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This Sunday@ St Joe
Judges: Lessons of Hope and Warnings Judges 2 Followers of Christ are hypocrites in recovery Faithfulness goes up and down Romans 7:21-25 is the story of every Christian Judges describes the same problem among the Israelites -Israel rebels against God -God disciplines them -Israel repents -God delivers them Judges 2 describes this cycle of spiritual hypocrisy -Joshua dies after leading Israel into the Promise Land -God allows enemy nations to remain in their land to test and see if the Israelites would remain devoted to Him -Israel fails the test many times -God removes his protection and allows pagan nations to conquer the Israelites -Israel repents and begs God for mercy -God sends a Judge to deliver them from their enemies -12 are discussed in Judges, Samuel is the 13th Judge -Judge- leader (military and civil) who led alongside high priest Key Observations from Judges 2 1. God keeps His promises -He never broke his covenant with them -He disciplined them by removing his protection 2. Temptations authenticate our faith in God -Thorns- painful, uncomfortable -Traps- enticing, enslaving 3. Faith must be given to the next generation 4. The world offers destructive imitations -The Baals- collection of false gods -Baal- fertility god 5. God uses spiritual leaders to rescue His people -God calls the leaders he wants to use -Many leaders would never be elected to lead by us Lessons of Hope and Warnings from Judges 1. Trust God to keep his promises -He will not break his covenant -He will discipline his children -He will send spiritual leaders to rescue us 2. Share Jesus with the next generation -Let them see the power of Jesus in our lives -Share our spiritual stories with them -Pray with them and for them -Explain to them how to find and follow Jesus Christ 3. Do not compromise! -temptation is a subtle trap -the cycle of rebellion and rescue are real! -the cycle will be shorter and happen less if we: -Continue to gather as a church family (no isolation) -Trust God’s plan not the world’s plan for improving your life -Flee youthful lusts- don’t dance with destruction This week at St JoeSunday:
Worship service: 8:30 a.m. Worship service (& livecast): 10:30 a.m. Wednesday:
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2900 North Anthony Blvd.
Fort Wayne, IN 46805 (260) 471-4704 StJoeCommunity@gmail.com Email Pastor Greg Byman Email Youth Ministry Leader David Kurtz |
Sunday Worship:
8:30 AM and 10:30 AM Kids Connection (infants-5th grade): Sundays at 10:30 AM |
Wednesday:
6:30 PM Prayer Gathering 7:00 PM Youth Group |
