WHY YOU NEED A PREACHER (12 OF 42)
by Mike Stone
Scripture: Judges 6:1-10
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Why You Need a Preacher (12 of 42)
Series: The Coming King: Finding Jesus in Judges
Mike Stone
Judges 6:1-10
Our study of Judges is the story of Israel's rebellion and their longing for a king. Indeed, in those days there was no king in Israel and every man did that which was right in his own eyes. God in His Providence raised up judges to deliver the people. But as great as they were, they were fallen and sinful. And in each case, the inadequacy of the earthly ruler was to remind Israel that their ultimate deliverance would not come from an earthly leader.
In this process, the time of the Judges was to prepare Israel for a king and to awaken their hearts to kneel at His throne. But the King before whom our hearts should bow and our knees should bend was not king David, but King Jesus. So, as we move through these lessons, we are keeping our eyes open for the Coming King and we are committed to finding Jesus in Judges.
In this 12th lesson we are looking at why you need a preacher. (Judges 6:1-10)
This past week, I was channel surfing and came across a familiar old Western. It's a classic from the early days of Clint Eastwood. The movie "Pale Rider" was one of the biggest hits from 1985.
The film opens outside the mining town of LaHood, California. A group of poor prospectors is regularly abused and some even killed because of the robber-baron who runs the nearby town.
In the opening scene, a teenage girl's pet dog is killed by the bandits. As she buries the dog, she quotes the 23rd psalm, and whispers a brief prayer, "If You don't help us, we're all going to die. Please, just one miracle."
With that, the scene turns to the beating hoofprints of a pale horse, a symbol of death. And on that horse, Clint Eastwood's character comes riding in. Though the man on the pale horse enacts vengeance with a hickory axe handle, sticks of dynamite and his trusty revolver, the clerical collar he wears makes him known by the simple nickname, "Preacher."
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Series: The Coming King: Finding Jesus in Judges
Mike Stone
Judges 6:1-10
Our study of Judges is the story of Israel's rebellion and their longing for a king. Indeed, in those days there was no king in Israel and every man did that which was right in his own eyes. God in His Providence raised up judges to deliver the people. But as great as they were, they were fallen and sinful. And in each case, the inadequacy of the earthly ruler was to remind Israel that their ultimate deliverance would not come from an earthly leader.
In this process, the time of the Judges was to prepare Israel for a king and to awaken their hearts to kneel at His throne. But the King before whom our hearts should bow and our knees should bend was not king David, but King Jesus. So, as we move through these lessons, we are keeping our eyes open for the Coming King and we are committed to finding Jesus in Judges.
In this 12th lesson we are looking at why you need a preacher. (Judges 6:1-10)
This past week, I was channel surfing and came across a familiar old Western. It's a classic from the early days of Clint Eastwood. The movie "Pale Rider" was one of the biggest hits from 1985.
The film opens outside the mining town of LaHood, California. A group of poor prospectors is regularly abused and some even killed because of the robber-baron who runs the nearby town.
In the opening scene, a teenage girl's pet dog is killed by the bandits. As she buries the dog, she quotes the 23rd psalm, and whispers a brief prayer, "If You don't help us, we're all going to die. Please, just one miracle."
With that, the scene turns to the beating hoofprints of a pale horse, a symbol of death. And on that horse, Clint Eastwood's character comes riding in. Though the man on the pale horse enacts vengeance with a hickory axe handle, sticks of dynamite and his trusty revolver, the clerical collar he wears makes him known by the simple nickname, "Preacher."
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