Step Up!Membership Day

Bro. Jun MangayaSeptember 11, 2016

A Few Courageous Men

Judges 6:1-7:21

Introduction:

Takot ang mga Hudyo dahil sa sunod-sunod na pagsalakay

Judges 6:1- 10The Israelites did evil in the eyes of the LORD, and for seven years he gave them into the hands of the Midianites. 2 Because the power of Midian was so oppressive, the Israelites prepared shelters for themselves in mountain clefts, caves and strongholds. 3 Whenever the Israelites planted their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites and other eastern peoples invaded the country.

4 They camped on the land and ruined the crops all the way to Gaza and did not spare a living thing for Israel, neither sheep nor cattle nor donkeys. 5 They came up with their livestock and their tents like swarms of locusts. It was impossible to count them or their camels; they invaded the land to ravage it. 6 Midian so impoverished the Israelites that they cried out to the LORD for help.7 When the Israelites cried out to the LORD because of Midian, 

8 he sent them a prophet, who said, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I brought you up out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. 9 I rescued you from the hand of the Egyptians. And I delivered you from the hand of all your oppressors; I drove them out before you and gave you their land. 10 I said to you, ‘I am the LORD your God; do not worship the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you live.’ But you have not listened to me.”

Mapapansin natin ang cycle ng:

• Paglapastangan (Rebellion) sa Dios• Pagpaparusa (Retribution) ng Dios• Paghingi ng Tawad (Repentance) sa Dios• Pagsasaayos (Restoration) ng Dios

Who is Gideon?

Gideon• A prophet in the Book of

Judges of the Hebrew Bible.

• He is the son of Joash, from the Abiezrite clan in the tribe of Manasseh and lived in Ephra.

• He is a judge of the Israelites who wins a decisive victory over a Midianite army with a vast numerical disadvantage, leading a troop of 300 men

Tignan natin kung paano siya nag-step-up bilang

lalaki

I. Nagsimula sa pamamalakad sa tahanan (6:27)

A. Kahit sa una ay may pag-aalangan

Dahil pinakamaliit lamang ang kaniling lipi at si Gideon ay mahina

6:15

B. Nauwi rin sa pagkaunawa

Nang makita niya ng mukhaan

ang anghel ng Dios6:22

I. Nagsimula sa pamamalakad sa tahanan (6:27)

II. Nagpapatuloy ang impluwensya sa Komunidad

A. Sa kabila ng oposisyon

Binalak nilang hulihin si Gideon para patayin

6:30

II. Nagpapatuloy ang impluwensya sa Komunidad

B. Sa tulong ng Banal na Espiritu (6:34)

II. Nagpapatuloy ang impluwensya sa Komunidad

C. Sa suporta ng mga kapanalig

Tumugon at nag-kaisa 6:35

III. Nagtapos sa pagtatagumpay sa bayan

A. Hindi dahil sa dami (300 laban sa 135,000) o sa galing ng sandata (7:3)

III. Nagtapos sa pagtatagumpay sa bayan

B. Dahil pa rin sa pagkilos ng Dios

Conclusion:

Sino ka man at anuman ang pinanggalingan mo; di ka man kilala at kulang sa karanasan; kahit gaano kaliit ang iyong pananampalataya magtiwala

ka lamang at maaari ka pa rin gamitin ng Diyos tungo sa tagumpay.

Step-up brothers in

Christ!