Stand-Ins: Part 5
July 14 th , 2024
Pastor Eric Harrelson – Executive Pastor
Stand Ins – Part 5
Judges 6:11-13 NIV
11 The angel of the Lord came and sat down under the oak in Ophrah that belong to Joash the Abiezrite, where his son Gideon was threshing wheat in a winepress to keep it from the Midianites.
12 When the angel of the Lord appeared to Gideon, he said, “The Lord is with you, mighty warrior.” 13 “Pardon me, my lord,” Gideon replied, “but if the LORD is with us, why has all this happened to us? Where are all his wonders that our ancestors told us about…-…but now the LORD has abandoned us and given us into the hand of Midian.”
Judges 6:14 NIV
14 The LORD turned to him and said, “Go in the strength you have and save Israel out of Midian’s hand. Am I not sending you?”
Judges 6:15-17 NIV
15 “Pardon me, my lord,” Gideon replied, “but how can I save Israel? My clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my family.”
16 The LORD answered, “I will be with you, and you will strike down all the Midianites, leaving none alive.” 17 Gideon replied, “If now I have found favor in your eyes, give me a sign that it is really you talking to me.”
Judges 7:2 NIV
2 The LORD said to Gideon, “You have too many men. I cannot deliver Midian into their hands, or Israel would boast against me, ‘My own strength has saved me.’”
Judges 7:4-7 NIV
4 But the LORD said to Gideon, “There are still too many men….”
5 ….the LORD told him, “Separate those who lap the water with their tongues as a dog laps from those who kneel down to drink.” 6 Three hundred of them drank from cupped hands, lapping like dogs.”
7 The LORD said to Gideon, “With three hundred men that lapped I will save you and give the Midianites into your hands.”
1 Corinthians 1:27-29, 31 NIV
27 But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. 28 God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things – and the things that are not – to nullify the things that are, 29 so that no one may boast before him.
31 Therefore, as it is written: “Let the one who boasts boast in the Lord.”
Next Steps
- I will accept Jesus as my Lord and Savior.
- I will be obedient to God in: ____________________
- I will sign up for Discovery Class – Wednesday July 31st .
- I will memorize Judges 6:14 NIV
14 The LORD turned to him and said, “Go in the strength you have and save Israel out of Midian’s hand. Am I not sending you?”