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Gideon: .
The enemy oppressor is the Midianites.
Israel had just finished 40 years of rest.
They now enter 7 years of oppression by the Midianites.
After the seven years, they enter 40 years of rest.
But then this happened:
Judges 5:
Are we above God sending catastrophe into our lives to discipline us?
What are some times when it is a problem to have too much power?
What lies at the root of man’s rebellion?
Why do we pray?
I. Strength Comes from God Who Is Present
What stands out about Gideon’s attitude?
Who am I? What am I? My clan is the weakest!’
The Gospel
The Gospel IS the power of God to salvation
The world considers the gospel moronic
The world does not employ human wisdom in order to evaluate Christianity and the freely decide, based on that analysis, that the gospel makes sense.
1 cor 1 21
If you win people using gimmicks and rock bands, you have not won them to Christ.
You have won them to gimmicks and rock bands.
And when the smoke is gone, so are they.
II.
Assurance Comes from The God who is Patient
Gideon doubted that God would deliver Israel.
Yet Gideon demonstrated great reverence and fear of God.
If you do not fear God, then you do not know God.
What are some fleeces we lay out before God?
Gospel gimmicks?
Entertaining rather than training our children?
Rock bands and smoke machines rather than genuine worship from a pure heart?
Thinking the gospel isn’t sufficient to transform lives.
It needs our personal touch.
Believing that if things are going smoothly, God must approve and if things are falling apart, we must have sinned.
III.
Victory Comes from God who Is Powerful
God’s 300 v 120,000
Who can light the fires
Of a thousand burning suns
Blazing in the heavens?
There is only One
He is our God
1 cor 12
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IV. Summary
Our problems begin when we forget, neglect, or ignore the sovereignty of God.
When we elevate man, there is always corresponding downgrade of God.
We live with the delusion that we somehow do not deserve the suffering we experience in this life.
Reliance on ourselves is rebellion against and rejection of God’s sovereignty.
What is the chief end of man?
Man’ s chief end is to glorify God, (1 Cor.
10:31, Rom.
11:36) and to enjoy him for ever.
(Ps.
73:25–28)
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