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Passion
Read Judges 1 – Judges 2:7
Judges
Israelites lose the Kingdom Vision
God allows enemies to oppress them
Israelites cry out to the Lord
God sends a judge get them back on
track
Judges 21:25 – In those days Israel had no king; everyone did as he saw fit.
Judges 18:1 – In those days Israel had no king.
Deborah
• Deborah, God’s spokesperson, tells Barak to go defeat Israel’s enemies.
• He agrees with qualifiers– What?!– You don’t tell Almighty God conditions of doing his will
• God allows this and uses it to bring Israel back
Gideon
• Israelites now hiding from their enemies.• God gives Gideon a direct command• Gideon “tests” God– We often commend Gideon for his discernment– This was direct disobedience– How many of us would allow our children to do
that?• Graciously God still uses Gideon to accomplish
his purposes
Samson• Samson was from the tribe of Dan• They were still cowering in the hills above
their inheritance 150 after Joshua• Shimshon – visible rays of light• Delilah – of the darkness• What do these have to do with each other?– Some big confrontation is coming– Who usually overcomes whom?
Hill where Samson lived
• Left side archeologists found evidence of a permanent tent city
• Judges 13:25 – Mahaneh Dan – “Camp of Dan”
Shephelah – what Samson saw
Beth Shemesh – a Levitical city
Delilah came from somewhere here
• Samson went down and “saw” a woman• Samson’s parents begged him to marry one
from his tribe• Why would he want to buy into a Kingdom
vision his parents didn’t have?• Tribe of Dan lost their passion
• Samson found himself alone in a cave– No support– His own people tried to turn him in– Scolded for trying to do what the Israelites should
be doing• Why would he want to be a part of that?!
Where is our Passion?• Do we act like the tribe of Dan?– Survival mode – act like God isn’t sovereign
• What message are we teaching our children?– There is a lot of passion in our children’s world– Do they see it coming from us on the things that
matter?• Are we like the men of Dan and Judah?– What kind of support system are we?
• Do our children catch the Kingdom vision?– Are we presenting it to them?
Next Week
• City Gates