Sermon Tone Analysis

Review

The Seed

​ ESVI will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.”

Throughout this time we are continuing to trace out this promise that was made in the Garden of Eden.

As we trace this out we have looked so far at Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, and Joshua.

As we have look at these individuals, we have looked at them with the whole of the Bible in mind.

We are not taking them out of the Bible and only looking at their life.

We are making it a point to show how they fit in the whole of Scripture and how the whole Bible is one event pointing to God and His glory.

Noah we saw that he was hoped to be the offspring that would bring relief from their work and from the painful toil of their hands.

​ ESVand called his name Noah, saying, “Out of the ground that the Lord has cursed, this one shall bring us relief from our work and from the painful toil of our hands.”

Abraham, we looked again as His faith and we also saw the compassion that He had for the lost.

We saw the promise/covenant that God made with Abraham in

​ ESVNow the Lord said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you.

And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.

I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”

Then we looked at Isaac and the fact that he is receiving a blessing because of Abraham.

The faith that Abraham had and the obedience that we see in Isaac result in a blessing that Isaac for one did not ask for and also did not deserve.

This si the same as our blessing that we receive through Christ and because of Christ.

​ ESVAnd the Lord appeared to him and said, “Do not go down to Egypt; dwell in the land of which I shall tell you.

Sojourn in this land, and I will be with you and will bless you, for to you and to your offspring I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath that I swore to Abraham your father.

I will multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven and will give to your offspring all these lands.

And in your offspring all the nations of the earth shall be blessed,

Then we took a look at Jacob...Again the blessing is passed to Jacob and even more than Isaac blessing Jacob we saw were God chose Jacob.I don’t know if I talked about this with Jacob, but I want to make this point.God chose Jacob, it was not just some random thing that happened or took place.

​ ESVshe was told, “The older will serve the younger.”

As it is written, “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”

God is sovereign.

God is in complete control.

God chose Jacob for a purpose just like he has chosen you for a purpose.

You are created for a specific purpose.

When you read

​ ESVFor you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb.

I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.

Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well.

My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth.

Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them.

there is no accident or mistake in how your are made.

After spring break Sam shared with you about Joseph and the wisdom that he displayed throughout his life.

In the midst of all the trials that Joseph endured he still trusted God and displayed wisdom that is glorifying to God.

​ ESVThe fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.

​ ESVTrust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.

The next week you learned and talked about Moses.

You talked about the times that you doubt or in your fear you doubt.

Looking at the life of Moses and in his doubt God continued to pursue him and also make sure that Moses knew God was with him.

That the excuses that Moses tried to come up with, God not only already knew what they were going to be but also provided the fix for those excuses.

Then last week we looked at Joshua.

We looked at where Israel was and what they were about to do.

We looked at the command that God gave to Joshua and then to Israel

​ ESVOnly be strong and very courageous, being careful to do according to all the law that Moses my servant commanded you.

Do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may have good success wherever you go.

This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it.

For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.

Have I not commanded you?

Be strong and courageous.

Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”

this command for them to be strong and courageous is the same command that you have today when you go to school, when you are at home or work…This is the same command that you should have in your mind all the time.

This is what Moses had to do in the midst of the fears that he had.We are no different.

There is the assurance with this command...”…for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.” Remember that!!!

Judges

Tonight is going to be a little bit different in that we are not going to look particularly at an individual, but we are going to look at the nation of Israel.

We are going to see how it is possible to be the chosen people of God and still act in such a way that you do not look like a person who is a child of God.

This is much of what Israel looks like throughout the book of Judges.

There are some events in Judges that I would love for you to look at.

Take in to account the things, the details that are revealed.

Let me share with you the cycle that you see happening throughout Judges.

Judges portrays the geographical and religious situation of the Israelites after Joshua’s death.

It is a collection of primarily hero stories that emphasize the weaknesses of Israel’s leaders and God’s patient compassion.

The narrative also illustrates God’s punishment of His people when they turn from worshiping Him to worshiping Baal and living immorally.

This punishment usually consists in domination by another people.

Each story is set within a framework involving five steps, commonly referred to as the “Judges Cycle,” of sin, repentance, and salvation:

1.

Israel does evil and worships the Baals.

2. God becomes angry and hands Israel over to an enemy nation.

3. Israel cries for help.

4. God raises up judges who deliver Israel from the enemy.

5. Israel returns again to foreign gods

As I share this cycle with you I want us to look at a couple of things that will hopefully begin the connection to our series.

Let’s look at some parallels of Judges to Joshua.

• Joshua established land control; Judges 1 loses the land.

• Joshua established an obedient, unified people and a renewed covenant; Judges 2 reveals a disobedient people breaking the covenant.

• Joshua established strong leadership; Judges 3–16 shows an ever-worsening leadership crisis.

• Judges 17–21 reflect the chaos resulting from false worship, tribal disunity, moral disobedience, and loss of land.

Now let’s look at

This passage shows us that the inhabitants that were not driven out.

You see the seed of the serpent was not cleansed by Israel as God had commanded.

And because of this their disobedience is going to be punished.

God uses people that would not be expected.

Ehub 3:15

left-handed

Deborah 4:4

a woman

Gideon 6:11

scared and hid

Jephthan 11:1

son of a prostitute

Samson 13:5

was a Nazarite and yet broke every vow

There is a massive amount of lawlessness going on.

Now that I have i don’t know given a few things, let’s look more into Judges

Most of the time when people look at Judges they see it one of 2 ways.

the first way is what most scholars would interpret the book as a political document, demonstrating the need for a king to resolve the problems of Israel during the transitional period between the conquest of Canaan under Joshua and the establishment of the monarchy, and specifically to support the cause of David in opposition to the household of Saul.

Taking their cue from