The Baptism Of Fire---Gideon
Jesse M. Hendley
Judges 6
In Hebrews, chapter 11, we have a roll-call of the men of faith, and GIDEON is mentioned as one of the men of faith. Let us go back now to Judges; chapter 6 and see what God has to say about Gideon.
Gideon was a man who had the baptism of fire, All through the Bible we read of holy men who had religious experiences, who met the Lord and KNEW that they met the Lord. And, friends, when we see how they met God, we will know that God is no respecter of persons, and that we can meet Him, too.
I like Gideon. Moses and Elijah and Isaiah were men of great stature, but somehow Gideon doesn't seem so great. And yet, he won a mighty victory for God because he had the baptism of fire. The Lord worked through this man Gideon.
You remember that Israel was in a deplorable apostasy. Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years. I wonder today, friends, as I study this Bible, if this constantly recurring crisis all around the world in every nation, the fear, and the war, and so forth, is not because of the evil that we have done in the sight of the Lord? Not in the sight of men, or our own sight, but in the sight of the Lord. The Lord delivered Israel to the enemy, the Midianites, BECAUSE OF THEIR SIN. And so great was their terror that they hid themselves in caves and mountains to get away from the enemy. They had no sustenance. The enemy took their sheep and oxen and everything they had. The enemy came up as grasshoppers, a great army, without number, and Israel was helpless in their hands.
In the midst of their suffering, THEN they cried unto the Lord. Sometimes, when people sin, they say it is no use to pray, that God won't answer their prayer anyhow. So they don't pray. But when you have failed God, that's the time you need to pray the most!
Here we read that when they did cry, the Lord sent a prophet unto th ...
Jesse M. Hendley
Judges 6
In Hebrews, chapter 11, we have a roll-call of the men of faith, and GIDEON is mentioned as one of the men of faith. Let us go back now to Judges; chapter 6 and see what God has to say about Gideon.
Gideon was a man who had the baptism of fire, All through the Bible we read of holy men who had religious experiences, who met the Lord and KNEW that they met the Lord. And, friends, when we see how they met God, we will know that God is no respecter of persons, and that we can meet Him, too.
I like Gideon. Moses and Elijah and Isaiah were men of great stature, but somehow Gideon doesn't seem so great. And yet, he won a mighty victory for God because he had the baptism of fire. The Lord worked through this man Gideon.
You remember that Israel was in a deplorable apostasy. Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years. I wonder today, friends, as I study this Bible, if this constantly recurring crisis all around the world in every nation, the fear, and the war, and so forth, is not because of the evil that we have done in the sight of the Lord? Not in the sight of men, or our own sight, but in the sight of the Lord. The Lord delivered Israel to the enemy, the Midianites, BECAUSE OF THEIR SIN. And so great was their terror that they hid themselves in caves and mountains to get away from the enemy. They had no sustenance. The enemy took their sheep and oxen and everything they had. The enemy came up as grasshoppers, a great army, without number, and Israel was helpless in their hands.
In the midst of their suffering, THEN they cried unto the Lord. Sometimes, when people sin, they say it is no use to pray, that God won't answer their prayer anyhow. So they don't pray. But when you have failed God, that's the time you need to pray the most!
Here we read that when they did cry, the Lord sent a prophet unto th ...
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