Transcript Overview of Judges Faithful Unfaithful Time frame: 300 – 350 years covering 13 judges 7 times they fall away from God 7 times they were.

Overview of Judges
Faithful
Unfaithful
Time frame: 300 – 350 years covering 13 judges
7 times they fall away from God
7 times they were oppressed by their enemies
7 different heathen nations
7 times they cried for help to God
7 times they were delivered from their enemies
Joshua 24:20 "If you forsake the LORD and serve
foreign gods, then He will turn and do you harm
and consume you, after He has done you good.“
"When a Christian reads the book, he is
impressed with the way in which it underlines the
truth that rebellion against God brings
punishment, but repentance brings restoration.“
Key word: confusion
Key verse: Judges 17:6 In those days there was
no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in
his own eyes. Also 21:25
2 Timothy 3:1 But know this, that in the last days
perilous times will come: 2 For men will be lovers
of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud,
blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful,
unholy, 3 unloving, unforgiving, slanderers,
without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, 4
traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure
rather than lovers of God, 5 having a form of
godliness but denying its power. And from such
people turn away!
Galatians 1:6 I marvel that you are turning away
so soon from Him who called you in the grace of
Christ, to a different gospel, 7 which is not
another; but there are some who trouble you and
want to pervert the gospel of Christ. 8 But even if
we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other
gospel to you than what we have preached to
you, let him be accursed.
Author: is not named but most believe it was
Samuel
1. The work is from a single individual.
2. The life of Samuel fits into the historical timeframe because the narrative was written before
Jerusalem was captured and after Israel had a
King (Judg. 1:21; 17:6).
3. The author also knew that the Tabernacle had
been moved from Shiloh, an event that took place
in Eli's priesthood (Judg. 18:31).
4. The book appears to have been written by a
prophet because it harshly condemns the leader's
wrong-doings.
5. Hebrew tradition historically supports Samuel
as the author.
3 specific sins of Israel.
1. They did not drive out the Canaanites.
2. They practiced idolatry.
3. They married pagan wives.
Practical lesson we learn from the book of Judges
1. we are always just one generation away from
apostasy.
Judges 2:7 So the people served the LORD all the
days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who
outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great works
of the LORD which He had done for Israel. 8 Now
Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD,
died when he was one hundred and ten years old.
9 And they buried him within the border of his
inheritance at Timnath Heres, in the mountains of
Ephraim, on the north side of Mount Gaash. 10
When all that generation had been gathered to
their fathers, another generation arose after
them who did not know the LORD nor the work
which He had done for Israel.
We need to begin in the home with our families.
Deuteronomy 11:18 " Therefore you shall lay up
these words of mine in your heart and in your
soul, and bind them as a sign on your hand, and
they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. 19
"You shall teach them to your children, speaking
of them when you sit in your house, when you
walk by the way, when you lie down, and when
you rise up. 20 "And you shall write them on the
doorposts of your house and on your gates, 21
"that your days and the days of your children may
be multiplied in the land of which the LORD
swore to your fathers to give them, like the days
of the heavens above the earth.
Deuteronomy 4:9 " Only take heed to yourself,
and diligently keep yourself, lest you forget the
things your eyes have seen, and lest they depart
from your heart all the days of your life. And
teach them to your children and your
grandchildren, 10 "especially concerning the day
you stood before the LORD your God in Horeb,
when the LORD said to me, 'Gather the people to
Me, and I will let them hear My words, that they
may learn to fear Me all the days they live on the
earth, and that they may teach their children.'
We don’t want to be like Eli.
We must teach this new generation the
importance of leadership.
Judges 2:18 And when the LORD raised up judges
for them, the LORD was with the judge and
delivered them out of the hand of their enemies
all the days of the judge; for the LORD was
moved to pity by their groaning because of those
who oppressed them and harassed them. 19 And
it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that
they reverted and behaved more corruptly than
their fathers, by following other gods, to serve
them and bow down to them. They did not cease
from their own doings nor from their stubborn
way.
2 Timothy 2:1 You therefore, my son, be strong in
the grace that is in Christ Jesus. 2 And the things
that you have heard from me among many
witnesses, commit these to faithful men who will
be able to teach others also.
2. True repentance that comes from the heart will
bring you back into favor with God.
Judges 10:10 And the children of Israel cried out to the
LORD, saying, "We have sinned against You, because
we have both forsaken our God and served the Baals!"
11 So the LORD said to the children of Israel, "Did I not
deliver you from the Egyptians and from the Amorites
and from the people of Ammon and from the
Philistines? 12 "Also the Sidonians and Amalekites and
Maonites oppressed you; and you cried out to Me, and I
delivered you from their hand. 13 "Yet you have
forsaken Me and served other gods. Therefore I will
deliver you no more. 14 "Go and cry out to the gods
which you have chosen; let them deliver you in your
time of distress." 15 And the children of Israel said to
the LORD, "We have sinned! Do to us whatever seems
best to You; only deliver us this day, we pray." 16 So
they put away the foreign gods from among them and
served the LORD. And His soul could no longer endure
the misery of Israel.
3. We can accomplish great things in the name of
God even if we are small in number.
Judges 6:15 So he said to Him, "O my Lord, how
can I save Israel? Indeed my clan is the weakest
in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's
house." 16 And the LORD said to him, "Surely I
will be with you, and you shall defeat the
Midianites as one man.“
Philippians 3:17 Brethren, join in following my
example, and note those who so walk, as you
have us for a pattern.
4. If you play with fire you are going to get
burned.
Judges 16:16 And it came to pass, when she
pestered him daily with her words and pressed
him, so that his soul was vexed to death, 17 that
he told her all his heart, and said to her, "No razor
has ever come upon my head, for I have been a
Nazirite to God from my mother's womb. If I am
shaven, then my strength will leave me, and I
shall become weak, and be like any other man.“
1 Corinthians 15:33 Do not be deceived: "Evil
company corrupts good habits
A few notable points
1. This book has 2 beginnings.
A. Short lived faithfulness after Joshua’s death.
B. The beginning of their backsliding.
2. The oldest Parable in the world. Judges 9:7-21
3. The rise of a women leader Judges 4
4. The first idolatrous priest Judges 18:30
Romans 15:4 For whatever things were written
before were written for our learning, that we
through the patience and comfort of the
Scriptures might have hope.