WHEN YOU CALL EVERYTHING "RIGHT", YOU END UP WRONG (42 OF 42)
by Mike Stone
Scripture: Judges 21:1-25
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When You Call Everything "Right," You End Up Wrong (42 of 42)
Series: The Coming King: Finding Jesus in Judges
Mike Stone
Judges 21
Our study of Judges is the story of Israel's rebellion and their longing for a king. They thought that an earthly king would solve their problems. God in Providence and mercy raises up judges to deliver the people. In each case, it was to remind Israel that their ultimate deliverance would not come from an earthly leader.
They needed a king to come, a king named Jesus.
Tonight, we study Judges 21 and a closing reminder of what happens when everyone does what is right in their own eyes. Namely, When You Call Everything "Right," You End Up Wrong. (Judges 21)
I'll never forget the Saturday morning when our 2 oldest children were preschoolers. I had them at home by myself. When an important call came in, I locked myself in the bathroom and told the kids to not bother me. There may have even been threats about opening the door.
Over 20 minutes later, the call was ending, and I was patting myself on the back for being Super Dad. For the better part of a half hour, everything seemed right. Nothing seemed wrong.
There were no tears. No banging on the door. No secret messages slid under the door. I didn't hear the dog barking or the TV blaring.
That's when I opened the door to see one of my kids coloring in the grout lines on our tile with a black marker. When everything seemed right, everything was very wrong.
Well Judges 21 teaches that lesson in a way that is far darker than a black marker and far more important than ceramic tile. For as I've told you many times in this series, when every man does that which is right in his own eyes, most men do wrong.
And it is very important in tonight's lesson that we note: It's not that every man is doing what he KNOWS to be WRONG. He's doing what he BELIEVES to be RIGHT.
And the reason is simple: When there is no set standard, there can be no violation of that standard. ...
Series: The Coming King: Finding Jesus in Judges
Mike Stone
Judges 21
Our study of Judges is the story of Israel's rebellion and their longing for a king. They thought that an earthly king would solve their problems. God in Providence and mercy raises up judges to deliver the people. In each case, it was to remind Israel that their ultimate deliverance would not come from an earthly leader.
They needed a king to come, a king named Jesus.
Tonight, we study Judges 21 and a closing reminder of what happens when everyone does what is right in their own eyes. Namely, When You Call Everything "Right," You End Up Wrong. (Judges 21)
I'll never forget the Saturday morning when our 2 oldest children were preschoolers. I had them at home by myself. When an important call came in, I locked myself in the bathroom and told the kids to not bother me. There may have even been threats about opening the door.
Over 20 minutes later, the call was ending, and I was patting myself on the back for being Super Dad. For the better part of a half hour, everything seemed right. Nothing seemed wrong.
There were no tears. No banging on the door. No secret messages slid under the door. I didn't hear the dog barking or the TV blaring.
That's when I opened the door to see one of my kids coloring in the grout lines on our tile with a black marker. When everything seemed right, everything was very wrong.
Well Judges 21 teaches that lesson in a way that is far darker than a black marker and far more important than ceramic tile. For as I've told you many times in this series, when every man does that which is right in his own eyes, most men do wrong.
And it is very important in tonight's lesson that we note: It's not that every man is doing what he KNOWS to be WRONG. He's doing what he BELIEVES to be RIGHT.
And the reason is simple: When there is no set standard, there can be no violation of that standard. ...
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