HOW DID WE GET HERE (37 OF 42)
by Mike Stone
Scripture: Judges 17:1-6
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How Did We Get Here (37 of 42)
Series: The Coming King: Finding Jesus in Judges
Mike Stone
Judges 17:1-6
In those days there was no king in Israel and every man did that which was right in his own eyes. Our study of Judges is the story of Israel's rebellion and their longing for a king. But this book, like the whole of Scripture, is ultimately about the Lord Jesus.
Judges is preparing us for a coming king, the Lord Jesus. Tonight's text is a powerful and pointed story. It's a story of ruin and rebellion. And from this text, I think we'd do well to ask a simple but pointed question: How did we get here? (Judges 17:1-6)
A married couple pledged their lives to one another. Yet within a couple of years, they find themselves hiring attorneys and dividing their property. They might ask, "How did we get here?"
A church was founded on the principles of God's Word. But now their lady pastor is married to a woman and the rainbow flag on the building stands for anything but God's promise to Noah. They might ask, "How did we get here?"
A country founded on Judeo-Christian principles as found in the Bible now officially sanctions sexual perversion of the worst kind. The White House, home to every US president since John Adams in 1800, now flies the alphabet soup flag and hosts crossdressing transvestites on the White House lawn for "pride" month. We might ask, "How did we get here?"
When chapter 16 closed, the people of God were living under the faithful, though flawed, leadership of Samson. But in the brief snapshot of a half-dozen verses, we see an entire society slide into sin and debauchery. We might ask, "How did we get here?"
The answer is usually, "Slowly."
Little by little, one step at a time, slowly but surely drifting.
With the death of the final judge, Israel is now truly left unto themselves. And they do what wicked sinners do. They sin. And they do so wickedly.
For all of the wickedness and immorality committed in the first 16 chapt ...
Series: The Coming King: Finding Jesus in Judges
Mike Stone
Judges 17:1-6
In those days there was no king in Israel and every man did that which was right in his own eyes. Our study of Judges is the story of Israel's rebellion and their longing for a king. But this book, like the whole of Scripture, is ultimately about the Lord Jesus.
Judges is preparing us for a coming king, the Lord Jesus. Tonight's text is a powerful and pointed story. It's a story of ruin and rebellion. And from this text, I think we'd do well to ask a simple but pointed question: How did we get here? (Judges 17:1-6)
A married couple pledged their lives to one another. Yet within a couple of years, they find themselves hiring attorneys and dividing their property. They might ask, "How did we get here?"
A church was founded on the principles of God's Word. But now their lady pastor is married to a woman and the rainbow flag on the building stands for anything but God's promise to Noah. They might ask, "How did we get here?"
A country founded on Judeo-Christian principles as found in the Bible now officially sanctions sexual perversion of the worst kind. The White House, home to every US president since John Adams in 1800, now flies the alphabet soup flag and hosts crossdressing transvestites on the White House lawn for "pride" month. We might ask, "How did we get here?"
When chapter 16 closed, the people of God were living under the faithful, though flawed, leadership of Samson. But in the brief snapshot of a half-dozen verses, we see an entire society slide into sin and debauchery. We might ask, "How did we get here?"
The answer is usually, "Slowly."
Little by little, one step at a time, slowly but surely drifting.
With the death of the final judge, Israel is now truly left unto themselves. And they do what wicked sinners do. They sin. And they do so wickedly.
For all of the wickedness and immorality committed in the first 16 chapt ...
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