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Theme: Worshiping God in truth and spirit means men must tear down the idols they have set up in their lives.
Theme: Worshiping God in truth and spirit means men must tear down the idols they have set up in their lives.
Date: 08/13/17 File name: Judges_10.wpd
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Date: 08/13/17 File name: Judges_10.wpd
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The tenth chapter of the Book of Judges is an interesting chapter in that it is both a postlude and a prelude.
It is a postlude to the Abimelech story in that it wraps up the events of his reign of terror.
It’s a prelude to the next major Judge — Japhthah, as it sets up his story in the last two verses of the chapter.
In between we have the story of Israel’s lapse into idolatry which is the story I want us to think about this evening.
The tenth chapter of the Book of Judges is an interesting chapter in that it is both a postlude and a prelude.
It is a postlude to the Abimelech story in that it wraps up the events of his reign of terror.
It’s a prelude to the next major Judge — Japhthah, as it sets up his story in the last two verses of the chapter.
In between we have the story of Israel’s lapse into idolatry which is the story I want us to think about this evening.
I. THE POSTLUDE
1. the first portion of this chapter records the lives of two “minor” judges
a. our knowledge of these two men is sketchy at best
2. Tola is the first judge were told about
“After the time of Abimelech a man of Issachar, Tola son of Puah, the son of Dodo, rose to save Israel.
He lived in Shamir, in the hill country of Ephraim. 2 He led Israel twenty-three years; then he died, and was buried in Shamir.”
(, NIV84)
a. his name means “worm”, and all I can say is I hope it’s not indicative of his character
character
b. he’s from the tribe of Issachar
c. he’s from the lineage of Puah, his father, and Dodo, his grandfather
d. he lived in and judged from the central portion of Israel — the hill country of Ephraim, and not in the tribal area of Issachar itself
Ephraim, and not in the tribal area of Issachar itself
e. he judged Israel for 23 years, the longest span of any “minor” Judge
3. Jair is the second judge mentioned
“He was followed by Jair of Gilead, who led Israel twenty-two years.
4 He had thirty sons, who rode thirty donkeys.
They controlled thirty towns in Gilead, which to this day are called Havvoth Jair.” (, NIV84)
a. his name means “a God enlighten”
b. there is no family pedigree or background given
c. he lived in and judged from the land of Gilead, east of the Jordan River
d. he became a man of wealth and status
e. he was known for his sons, to whom he apparently delegated responsibility for securing peace for the region
securing peace for the region
f.
He judged Israel for 22 years, the second longest span of any “minor” Judge
A. LESSON
A. LESSON
1. Tola and Jair remind us that history is full of the names of people who made a real difference with their lives of whom we know little if anything about
difference with their lives of whom we know little if anything about
a. this is especially true in Kingdom Work
ILLUS.
I have a friend, his name is Micah Fries (Freeze), and he pastors the Brainerd Baptist Church in Chattanooga, TN.
It’s a huge traditional Southern Baptist Church, founded back in 1927.
Their Sunday AM worship features a 200 voice choir, accompanied by a full orchestra.
On Sunday evening you’ll find the various praise teams leading the worship.
It’s a multi-staff church, and hosts a school for kindergarten through fifth grade.
It’s a large, successful urban church, and Micah is leading it well.
Micah is one of those guys who will someday be the president of the Tennessee Baptist Convention or even the Southern Baptist Convention.
Baptist Church in Chattanooga, TN.
It’s a huge traditional Southern Baptist Church, founded back in 1927.
Their Sunday AM worship features a 200 voice choir, accompanied by a full orchestra.
On Sunday evening you’ll find the various praise teams leading the worship.
It’s a multi-staff church, and hosts a school for kindergarten through fifth grade.
It’s a large, successful urban church, and Micah is leading it well.
Micah is one of those guys who will someday be the president of the Tennessee Baptist Convention or even the Southern Baptist Convention.
The church just commissioned a sit-down-in-the-studio-professionally-done oil painting of Micah to adorn their “hallway of pastors.”
Lots of churches do that.
When we were down in Dallas, Texas back in May and went through the First Baptist Church they also had a hallway of pastors and their biographies.
Theirs was slick because it was a professionally done multi-media presentation.
Micah’s portrait will soon adorn the hallway with dozens of other pastors of the Brainerd Baptist Church.
I’m that’s cool.
I have no problem with churches commemorating their history in that way.
Why do I tell you this?
Because what you won’t see are portraits of the hundreds if not thousands of believers who faithfully taught Sunday School in those congregations.
You won’t see portraits of all those believers who faithfully taught VBS for 20 or 30 years, or RA’s year after year.
You won’t see the names of choir members, or orchestra members, or hand bell-ringers, or pianists, or organists on some nice plaque prominently displayed in the church hallway.
But those churches would not have existed without all those people faithfully serving God with their gifts, and their talents.
Most are names lost to church history.
2. Tola and Jair remind us that history is full of the names of people who made a real difference with their lives of whom we know little if anything about
difference with their lives of whom we know little if anything about
II.
THE PRELUDE
1. in a couple of Sundays, we will look at the story of the next significant Judge in the book of Judges
book of Judges
a. his name is Jephthah the Gileadite, and he’s introduced to us as a “mighty warrior” with very humble beginnings
with very humble beginnings
2. his story is set up in the last two verses of chapter 10
“When the Ammonites were called to arms and camped in Gilead, the Israelites assembled and camped at Mizpah.
18 The leaders of the people of Gilead said to each other, “Whoever will launch the attack against the Ammonites will be the head of all those living in Gilead.” 1 Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty warrior.
His father was Gilead; his mother was a prostitute.”
(, NIV84)
a. the Israelites are once again struggling because of their rebellion against God
b. the cycle of sin that we have talked so much about in this book has happened again, and we find Israel crying out to God … again
again, and we find Israel crying out to God … again
c. and God delivers ... again!
3. don’t we have a great God?
a. He’s a God who delivers us, when everyone else would have throne their arms up in despair, and given up on us
despair, and given up on us
A. THE LESSON
A. THE LESSON
1. God is not bound by human stereotypes to the kind of person he uses
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THE PROFANE AND THE PROVISION
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