MESSY PEOPLE, MERCIFUL GOD | "The Dangers of Success: Gideon"

This Lent we will be unpacking parts of the book of Judges. There is probably no book in the Bible as depressing as this book, except maybe Job or Lamentations, as it is a book that speaks directly about the failure of Israel. This is a shady book about a shady time in their history and its wedged right in between some really good years.

Moses' mantle of leadership was being passed onto the next generation in Joshua. It was a hopeful time. The people were ready to receive. They had been through enough that they were open to God’s call.

But then, by the time we reach the book of Judges, the Israelites have already settled in the land of promise and it has not been as great as it could have been. Joshua has now died and what we discover is that the Israelites’ have not followed Moses’ instruction at all. Namely, they have not conquered the Canaanites who were living in the land prior to God’s invitation of possession.

This week, Pastor Karla examines the story of Gideon. What a strange story...yet, what we see as impossible, God sees as an opportunity to reveal His power. That is God’s mercy. 

Passage: Judges 7

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