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The Rise and Fall of Gideon
Read Judges 8:22-35 22 Then the men of Israel said to Gideon, “Rule over us, you and your son and your grandson also, for you have saved us from the hand of Midian.” 23 Gideon said to them, “I will not rule over you, and my son will not rule over you; the Lord will rule over you.” 24 And Gideon said to…
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Judges 2:1-5: To Follow Jesus or Not?
Judges 2:1-5 The angel of the Lord went up from Gilgal to Bokim and said, “I brought you up out of Egypt and led you into the land I swore to give to your ancestors. I said, ‘I will never break my covenant with you, 2 and you shall not make a covenant with the people of this land, but you shall break down…
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Real Obedience
If you only obey God’s word when it seems reasonable or profitable to you – well, that isn’t really obedience at all. Obedience means you cede someone an authority over you that is there even when you don’t agree with him. God’s law is for times of temptation, when ‘body and soul rise in mutiny…
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Obey Today not Tomorrow
Have you ever experienced being prompted by the Spirit of God and you know for sure it was from God and then you choose to ignore it. I have in many ways tried to ignore it and let me say to you, it is not a good practice. When God prompts us – we must…
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BEAUTY AND DUTY
What should be the motivation of Christian obedience? What’s the broad motivation of why we should obey the Bible and obey the Lord? Beauty and duty. If we were completely sanctified, we would only do what God has said in His Word, strictly out of desire to please Him. We would never do it out…