SERMONS ON JUDGES
Our sermon ideas on Judges will help you preach a powerful message on Israel's recurring cycle from sin and rebellion to repentance and deliverance. Preach on topics including God's covenant faithfulness, the lordship of God, and recovering life and identity as God's chosen people. Prepare your messages on God's Word in Judges with sermon outlines or an entire sermon series.
Samson: Playboy (2 of 3)
by Jerry Vines
In my mind Samson had the greatest potential of any Old Testament character. Samson had everything going for him. He had a unique conception - a godly mother and father who had prayed for him - a conception that was brought about in prayer. He had a unique childhood. Because the child grew and the Lord blessed him as the Bible says. Samson was a man who had true charisma in the sense that the Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon his life from time to time. He had every opportunity to become indeed a great man for God. We look at these early years and he was a superboy and we expect him to grow up to...
Being a Part of the Dream Team (3 of 10)
by Jeff Lynn
Back in 1992 the United States assembled a group of basketball players to play in the Olympics. It was the first time that professional athletes played for the United States Olympic Team. Because they got to pick the top NBA players, the team was collectively called, ''The Dream Team.'' Many consider it the greatest team ever assembled, in any sport. It dominated the Olympic competition, beating its eight opponents by an average of 44 points. It consisted of three of the greatest players ever to play the game: Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, and Larry Bird, along with Charles Barkley, centers David Robinson and Patrick Ewing...
Jehovah-Shalom: The Lord Is Peace (3 of 10)
by Dennis Marquardt
INTRO: There is restlessness in the world today - caused by many different problems. Governments are racing against time trying to solve problems in the hope they can bring peace to the world. In spite of this their efforts clearly fall short even when the appearances of peace are printed outwardly! ILLUS: The feeling of being beset by blind forces is especially strong in the mixed city of Jerusalem. ... Hardly a day passes in the ''holy city'' without a riot or a stoning, without cars being torched or firebombs thrown, without attempted lynchings or the stabbing of an Israeli by a Palestinian (or vice versa). After each incident...
Sin Is No Joking Matter (9 of 17)
by Ken Trivette
1. John Hunter says this of Samson: ''Samson is one of the great puzzles in the Bible. In one sense, no one was ever so richly endowed with potential for glorious blessing and victory. Yet at the end he was one of the greatest failures in history.'' 2. Over the course of the past few weeks we have been seeing more and more why this man, who began with so much promise and potential, was, in the words of Hunter, ''one of the greatest failures in history.'' He was a man of great physical strength, yet was weak morally and spiritually. He could conquer others, but he could not conquer himself. He was sent to deliver his people from the...
The High Cost Of Low Living (7 of 10)
by Stan Coffey
Low living bears a high cost. Sin will take you further than you want to go, keep you longer than you want to stay, and cost you more than you want to pay. It is very subtle; it begins very small. Sin is like perhaps some kind of spider bite: you can barely feel the bite, but soon the poison begins to spread. What was just a little prick on your skin becomes a terrible boil. Then that boil spreads and begins to infect your entire body. You find yourself with a burning fever, and soon your whole body is affected. That's the way sin works. Samson is a study in how sin begins small but has a terrible, terrible effect. In the last lesson we began to look at...
God Bless America: The Missing Element in America's Home
by Ernest Easley
As we continue thinking under the heading, ''God Bless America'' I want to talk to you this morning from God's Word about The Missing Element in America's Homes. Take your Bible and turn please to the book of Judges. And once you find the book of Judges look if you will to chapter 11. Across America today we are honoring our Fathers. In fact since 1922 the third Sunday in June has been set aside to pay tribute to our Fathers. But for many Father's Day has become a game of hide and seek! Today we've got deadbeat dads and fugitive fathers! According to a recent Gallup poll on fatherhood nearly 80% that responded said that the most...
Visitor from a Small Planet (1 of 3)
by Jeff Strite
OPEN: (We played the opening to the original Superman series, as well as displaying a picture of George Reeves - which stayed on the overhead thru the first illustration)''Faster than a locomotive. More powerful than a speeding bullet. Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound. Look! Up in the air! It's a bird. It's a plane. It's Superman.Superman. Visitor from a strange planet endowed with powers and abilities beyond those of mortal men. Superman. Who, disguised as Clark Kent, mild-mannered reporter for the Daily Planet, wages a never ending battle for Truth, Justice, and the American Way.''George Reeves was one of original...
Sin Cannot Win and Faith Cannot Fail (2 Of 6)
by Adrian Rogers
Be finding in the book of Judges, Judges chapter 4, and when you've found it look up here. I want every boy and girl, every man and woman within the sound of my voice to learn one thing -- if you learn nothing else, here it is, listen to it. Sin can't win and faith can't fail. Did that get in? I pray God it will because that is the burden and the title of this message, Sin Can't Win and Faith Cannot Fail. Judges 4 verse 1, ''And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the Lord, when Ehud was dead. And the Lord sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan that reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose host was Sisera, which dwelt...
Trouble in the Valley
by Daniel Rodgers
And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they slew the Canaanites that inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. And the name of the city was called Hormah. [18] Also Judah took Gaza with the coast thereof, and Askelon with the coast thereof, and Ekron with the coast thereof. [19] And the Lord was with Judah; and he drave out the inhabitants of the mountain; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron. INTRODUCTION: As we read this account of Judah's inability to defeat their enemies in the valley (possibly the Amalekites), we are puzzled because in the preceding...
From Cowards to Conquerors (7 of 9)
by Jeff Schreve
In September of the year 1900, Frank Baum published a book. He entitled it, ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.'' They made a movie, as you know, from that book in 1939 just simply titled, ''The Wizard of Oz.'' And in that story you had really four main characters and they were all seeking the wizard because they had a need. Dorothy had a need to go home. And so they said, ''Hey, follow the yellow brick road and go to the wizard, and the wonderful Wizard of Oz, he'll be able to take you home. And on the way she met the scarecrow. And he had a need for a brain. And then, on the way she and the scarecrow going to the wizard, they met the...
God's Vow is a Win-Win
by Brian Fletcher
Side note to SermonSearch Users...If you have been downloading my sermons you will notice this one is outlined a little differently. It's not my typical 3 point sermon. Plus this is a VERY difficult passage to preach on. I realize that there is much discussion on whether or not Jephthah actually sacrificed his daughter or not. I am falling on the side that he did not kill her but totally dedicated her to the Lord. Introduction: You can choose your house but you can't choose your neighbors! Stories of neighbors in previous house. Part 1: Explain the situation with Jephthah and the Ammonites Jephthah was a judge in Israel to help them...
