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Introduction
When we think a of men we normally think of:
Strength
Leadership
Power
Influence
However, when we think of a woman there are many who think of:
Someone who is physically weaker than a man.
Someone that requires care and protection.
For many decades women were not given the right to vote, own property, or even aspire to certain professions.
Women were regarded as not having the intellectual or emotional capacity for certain professions (e.g., lawyers, doctors).
Women were regarded as not having a voice in governmental matters.
The Bible gives us another picture of the dignity and worth of women:
Women are created in the image of God.
Women and men are equal before the eyes of God.
God gave men and women different roles and responsibilities; but they are of equal worth and dignity before the eyes of the Lord.
The Bible does not treat women as a second class citizen, but treats her as a person of worth and value.
In our journey through the 2019 Bible Reading Plan we encounter how God saved the people of God through a woman.
Today, we will consider:
The consequences of sin
God’s deliverer
God’s plan of redemption
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The consequences of sin
I. Las consecuencias del pecado
The book of Judges shows us a continuous cycle that the people of God experienced:
The people would sin against God.
God would judge his people and give them into their enemies’ hands.
The people would cry out to God pleading for deliverance.
God would send a deliverer.
We see a summary of this cycle in
Judges 2:16-19
God’s people find themselves in this situation once more:
Jdg
The people have sinned against God and he has given them over to their enemies.
We cannot expect God’s blessing when we deliberately turn away from God and embrace our sin.
God will not be mocked by no human being.
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God gave the people over to Jabin, a caananite King.
Judges 4.2
The tells us that Sisera was the commander of the army.
The people of God feared him greatly.
Sisera was a mighty and powerful man.
The people of God start to cry out to the Lord to be delivered from the hand of Sisera.
They cry out in repentance before God.
The people of God had suffered greatly.
They have been oppressed for 20 years.
King Jabin was no ordinary king.
He had a mighty army.
His army was practically indestructible; after all, he possessed 900 chariots.
They were not ordinary chariots.
They were iron clad chariots.
The people of God knew that only God could deliver them.
God will show his mercy to his people.
God hears those that humble themselves before his presence.
God listens to those who cry out to him in faith and repentance.
God will send a deliverer just as he had done in the past.
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God’s deliverer
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La libertadora de parte de Dios
Who will God send to deliver his people from this mighty commander?
One may think that God will send a mighty warrior!
One may think that he will send another Moses!
One could also think that he would send a brave man like Joshua!
However, God does not do what many would expect him to do:
In those days Israel’s leader was not a man - it was Deborah, the prophetess.
Jdg 4:
It was a woman that was leading the people of God during this time of great difficulty.
We are also told of Barak, who acted as a military commander.
Jdg 4:
Deborah orders Barak to give orders to a troop of 10,000 men and fight.
She says it by God’s authority.
It is God who is commanding Barak to fight.
Judges 4:6
Barak is utterly intimidated by Sisera and his incredible army of 900 iron chariots.
He is afraid!
Judges 4.
After all, they are outnumbered.
Barak, being an experienced military commander, knows that they will not be successful in this battle.
However, he has forgotten that it is the Lord who has commanded them to fight.
Deborah is simply following God’s orders.
Barak will not go into battle unless Deborah goes with him.
Judges 4:9
Deborah goes with him.
However, she makes it very clear that the glory will not go to Barak.
God is delivering his people through a woman.
How is it that God will accomplish his deliverance of his people - not through a mighty warrior, not through an experienced commander, not through a mighty deliverer - but through a woman?
The battle scene is described in verses 14-16
Judges 4.
Sisera has had to flee on foot from his chariot.
Sisera has had to flee on foot from his chariot.
The people of God has triumphed over their enemies.
However, Sisera has fled.
He must be captured!
Verses 17-22 are an incredible description of what happens to Sisera.
He comes to the tent of a man that he knows - Heber the Kenite.
After all, King Jabin and Heber the Kenite had a close relationship.
There was a mutual promise to protect each other.
Is it possible that Sisera will find protection, regroup, and come to recapture the people of God?
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