A Scared Young ManThe second lesson is that God is patient with His people when they have a lack of faith.Gideon was commissioned by God Himself to take on the Midianites and was promised victory against them because God was with them. Yet, at each turn, Gideon displayed a lack of faith. This is especially … Continue reading Gideon: A Biographical Study (Part 10)
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Gideon: A Biographical Study (Part 9)
A Scared Young ManIs there something that we can learn from Gideon’s account so far? I think there are two lessons we can see from this part of the account.The first lesson is that God will discipline His people.As we’ve seen, God warned the people that He would discipline the nation if they walked away … Continue reading Gideon: A Biographical Study (Part 9)
Gideon: A Biographical Study (Part 8)
A Scared Young ManThe enemy troops had gathered in the Valley of the Jezreel.In verse 34 of chapter 6, the account says that “the Spirit of the Lord took control of Gideon.” This gave him courage to assemble a coalition of forces from the tribes of Israel and prepare for battle.But, Gideon is not totally … Continue reading Gideon: A Biographical Study (Part 8)
Gideon: A Biographical Study (Part 7)
A Scared Young ManGideon is instructed by the Lord to build another altar to the worship of Yahweh. But at this time, the site of that altar was at the location of an Asherah pole, a center of pagan worship. An Asherah pole was a monument to a Canaanite goddess, named Asherah, the mother of … Continue reading Gideon: A Biographical Study (Part 7)
Gideon: A Biographical Study (Part 6)
A Scared Young ManWhat does Gideon do in response to the divine visitation?First, he asks the wrong question.He wants to know why this trouble had happened. As we’ve seen from verses 8-10, God had already told the people, through the unnamed prophet why they were being oppressed.God answers Gideon in verse 14,“The Lord turned to … Continue reading Gideon: A Biographical Study (Part 6)
Gideon: A Biographical Study (Part 5)
A Scared Young ManIt is the context of bringing a sinful people back to Himself that we find Gideon. Rather, it is the Angel of the Lord who finds Gideon. Not that God had any trouble finding this young man.What is Gideon doing when he receives this divine visitation? He is hiding in a wine … Continue reading Gideon: A Biographical Study (Part 5)
Gideon: A Biographical Study (Part 4)
A Scared Young ManThe people of Israel were subjected to a foreign invasion. The Midianites and their allies, the Amalekites and Qedemites, would camp on Israel’s land and would raid their food supplies until there was nothing left for them to eat. Israel was in desperate circumstances and the people did what they always did … Continue reading Gideon: A Biographical Study (Part 4)
Gideon: A Biographical Study (Part 3)
A Scared Young ManThe story begins with a scared young manWhen we first see Gideon in the book of Judges, he is a scared young man. This is because of the predicament in which his people find themselves beginning in Judges 6. The beginning of Judges 6 sets up the situation for the nation of … Continue reading Gideon: A Biographical Study (Part 3)
Gideon: A Biographical Study (Part 1)
IntroductionYou might be thinking to yourself, I’m not going to be leading a great army against anybody. Why should I look at Gideon? These biographies from the Hebrew Scriptures have a purpose for us as well.Paul wrote to the Corinthian church,“Now these things happened to them as examples, and they were written as a warning … Continue reading Gideon: A Biographical Study (Part 1)
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