Sunday School
Shama my God. Our lesson today is rebuke and repentance.
Now when you think about rebuke and repentance and you realize that that's coming from The One and Only God. It puts a different spin on it than somebody sitting next to you too. Don't have no more power than you.
When God is coming to tell you. personally
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Get that here. Wax Saturday. The natural ear but more importantly get that spiritual ear open so you can hear what the said the Lord.
So he's going to talk to Israel. Well, he's talking to us this morning.
No, I listen today. Is coming from judges 10 10 through 18? Are golden text. is the children of Israel said it to the Lord we have said
doin to us what so ever seems good to me Deliver Us only. We pray thee this day.
Oh my God, Deliver us this day. Now. Let's get down to the how we get to that part. We got to get to where they're saying that we don't start out that we got to get there. Okay. We're going to go.
first with the confrontation with God
the children of Israel cried into the Lord saying we have sand against the both because we have forsaken Our God and serve Balaam.
Now when you see that word Balaam just remember that's plural. Bells mini God Many Idols I should say. It goes on to say and the Lord said unto the children of Israel. Did not I deliver you from the Egyptians and from the amorites and from the children of Amon and from the Philistines.
The zodiac is also the animal Acts. Andy Monday night's I'm killing these words forgive me. Did I press you and you cry to me and I delivered you out of their hands and I do that.
Get you have forsaken me. As for the other guys small G.
Well for I will deliver you no more. Go and cry until the guys what you have chosen them deliver you from deliver you in the time of your tribulation. You want to go and worship some idle Galaxy and then we talked about this a few weeks ago. Let that little statue.
Put it through the word Parts together in this little wooden legs together and and and come and help you out in your in your distress what that little that little place for a dried-up piece of pottery coming and nnn walking self over and help you.
Play do it. There's no life in it. It's dead. Is that God dead He's Alive and Alive forevermore.
God's not dead. He is still alive my God because he lives we can live again. You know what he said. Okay. Now we go on with the lesson of adverse 15 the children of Israel said unto the Lord. We have sinned.
Do unto us whatsoever seemed good into the Deliver Us only we pray thee this day. And they put away the strange Gods Moji from among them and serve the Lord capitals Lord as a superintendent always remind love. And his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel. God feels
he feels heat Lord. Don't let me go too far need to go. I need to get through this with me Jesus.
Being the children of the amorites were gathered together and encamped in Gilead and the children of Israel assemble themselves together and encamped in most nasty.
and the people of the the people and the princess of Gilead said one to another what man is he that will begin to fight against the children of a mine. He shall be head over all the habitants of Gilead. No, I've read the lesson now. I want to remind us of a few things. We want to get out of here.
The great story of respiratory restoration began with confession of sin. It is important that when we confess seeing that it's not just our lips confessing. Just look at the life of David in the in the Bible when he was when he was boldly confronted about his sin. He confessed it General confession always least to obeying God again. genuine genuine repentance Lord. Whatever I have done everything that I have done contrary to your will contrary to your purpose my God, please Lord, forgive me. Lord cast it away from me Lord. God never to return to me ever again Lord, God. Please forgive me. I am so sorry that I dare to put what my wants above your desires.
It is important that we are wholeheartedly invested in letting God. No.
We do not desire to keep going down the road of Disobedience and being hard headed. I'm sure when David realize where he was in God.
There was nothing that he would put on the table that said was save this. I would say this back her I still want to do a dabble in that a little bit.
We cannot leave anything on the table that says well, I'm not quite done with that. You know how you have a good meal. And you feel so full that you that you you hurt your insides hurt with the move food was so good. And you said we'll take it away. I'm I'm done with that and you realize oh, oh, oh, wait. Wait. Wait. Wait a minute, though. Those greens were really good. Ho ho ho that to the side. I might come back to that. We can do that and send we can't do that. We can't go back to that no matter how good we thought it was if it displeases God throw it in the trash.
Let It Go Let It Go
Yes.
Yes.
Yes.
Yes, absolutely. Absolutely. We can go from here to the end of this row. And think of thought that we know it's against God. We can go from here that this role and hurt somebody and offend somebody but before we get to the end of this road, we better be asking God to forgive us because we don't know if we going to make it to the end of this row. You understand what I'm saying? So a thing like like like with David asking for forgiveness quickly.
Don't drag your feet. What you know.
Sometimes you may not know that that thing was against God when you first saved. But once the knowledge of the truth has come upon you you repent quickly. That next moment that next hour that next day is not promised.
At one thing you don't want to what 12? Rely on. is Maybe I will just keep doing what I'm doing. Until I'm on my deathbed.
And then I'll do a deathbed conversion.
How many people?
Have never made it home.
You never made it home. Never saw their bed again. Never saw their loved ones again.
Is not promised.
Look at the life of Jonah. We are familiar. God bless Jonah and he made up his mind to return to God and obey.
Jonah was in a place where if he had not
the world would have never known about him. He was in the belly of a great fish. If that fish had never given him given him up to the land. We would never have known his story. If he had never turned and decided that he was going to obey God. We would never have known his story. I'm serious.
So
the idea is repentance. Don't wait too long. Don't wait too long. Our lesson this week we learn or we will learn The Obedience of God bring forth blessings and always involve a change of life.
Facts that we want to get out of the lesson. To show how God pave the way for victory when Israel returned to God in obedience.
principal to see that God blesses his people when they returned to him in obedience.
The application to stress that we should be quick to confess sin and turn back to God in obedience. Okay. We read all of that and we want to understand where the children of Israel are.
when they first started talking their conversation if I'm understanding correctly.
Because they said this twice the first time.
in
verse 10 they cried out to the Lord.
and
it was it was like they
You know how you say it. I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry. I'm sorry I stump your toe dadadadadadadada. It doesn't sound heartfelt. It doesn't sound.
sincere
but people can say things in a way that is sincere, but it really isn't so not every every Declaration of
apology
it is what it seems to be on the surface.
But we understand by looking at this that God was not fooled by what they were saying. he was
I want to say
oh.
Not please. That's the nicest way I can say it. He was not pleased with with them just coming up in throwing something at him.
A net that goes to say that because the next verse the Lord said unto the children of Israel. Didn't I deliver you?
Did not deliver you. Let me just get to apologizing. Not if he didn't receive that, why would he go through this reminding them? Of what he had done for them? If he ever received that not is something that they would have the have the audacity.
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to stand or sit or to be in front of God the one God. And tell him that they're sorry and sincerely. And think that's going to fly.
They act like they don't know who they talking to.
You know him.
He is the one that delivered them from Egypt and from the Amorite and from the amount on them from the Philistine. He is the one they know this. I know through beer history with Moses. Even though that was their ancestors with Moses and and and Joshua back then they know their history of God having came and deliver them. So when cat is going through
Did I ever you?
Did not do it.
To me that sounds like he was appalled that they wouldn't dare to stand there before God and safe.
What is the we have sinned against thee both because we have forsaken by God and also serve. You going to stand up before God we serve I don't got.
You can stand before God.
almighty God You going to stand before him and declare that you have send in such a way?
That he has to remind you.
A vet what you should always already know and acknowledge.
I use my story. When you were five years old. Your mother pray and have the Saints pray for you when you have to Ricketts and when you had pneumonia every year didn't they pray for you and want you healed? What you diagnosed with with a rheumatoid arthritis with your joints with swollen lips swell up so much that you had to have your hand all wrapped up and was walking with with with with with a cane all year. Most of the year did not do that for you.
When your child was missing and you was out of your mind with were not knowing where your child was for. I don't know how long when the police would not say anything about where she was a whether they was looking or not. And you and your husband stupid in the living room before decorated for it before Christmas treats that was not even decorated because that's the way she left it and you didn't want to touch it. Did not not seven days hence bring her back. Gresham did not bring her back.
my God each one of us have a story.
Each one of us have a story.
When there was a missing and out who you friended you.
Who you call yourself boyfriend and girlfriend when you should have had yourself in the church? Russia he was out and he was trying to get you to come out the door and you wouldn't come out the door and you heard on the news in the next it the next day that he had killed his whole family. That could have been you.
my God godhead Put his arms around Israel and put a shield around them to help them to get through their burdens in their hard time. And every time he doesn't with the judges that are okay for a while until it bleeds until the judges go away and there they go running back to that clay statue. That dead clay statue that dead wooden statue.
Fandango bending down at Fat Pat be over as it may be shiny as it may be but it's dead. There's no life in it.
All the people walking around talking about the the great basketball players and how wonderful they are and how great they are and they worship these these athletes like their God. Yeah, I go to church, but we got a big game tonight. Well.
Who is your god?
on the next morning on the next morning when you got to go to work.
And you're driving down icy Street. And your car swerve you don't call that athlete to heal you. To stop your car from swinging back and forth in the middle of the street. Call your God. Call your God. That's your God calling. Let him come and fix you.
Call Jesus. Call Jesus. You got to go. Get help. Where are the help is willing to be given?
He's willing to help. The millionaires I hear billionaires out here got plenty of money that was on one of those something-or-other on TV. Oprah Winfrey on some other wealthy person was standing there asking everybody to give money. And then the little commentator in the little bubble. He says. He's got billions of dollars. How come they can help?
I got their hand in my pocket keeping their money in their pocket. pretty tired of God
We've got a bad. That is all of us. unconditionally faithful faithful in spite of Israel being hard headed disrespectful disobedient ignoring him
and allowing their need to bow to something that is not even a lot.
in spite of all of that our God
is still willing.
To be there for a hard-headed self.
Best that I got the love. The love that God has towards his people.
In the midst of our sin. In the midst of whatever dirt we may have in our mind to do this evening tomorrow next week next month next year. However long God is prepared to forgive us.
It is necessary that we do our part. and repent and acknowledge Him as God and God all by himself. That he is more than able to do more than we can even ask or think. He desires a relationship with us.
The relationship does not come by lying. to him I'm sorry Lord. What idea was bad?
In the midst of that thinking about what other dirt you can think up to do. It don't work that way. It don't work that way.
He said yet. Do you have forsaken me? You have served other gods. Wherefore will I deliver you no more?
Go Cryin to the gods for which you have chosen. Let them deliver you. in the time of your tribulation
I mean this is this is scripture. That's what he said. Let them do it. Now he knows that they're little Idols can't do nothing. I mean he knows that but apparently.
by the way, Israel is behaving they believe that it can do something because when you put the almighty God Elf on the Shelf and go get a little carved out thing that that that mr. Someone so our lady someone so it's somebody else cross carved up. Evidently you think it's got more power than God.
so he's just
rehearsing to them
what it is they rehearsing in their mind.
What does god require?
So much.
That you would put him. aside for a thing
The children of Israel said into the Lord we have sinned.
Do the hour to us? Whatever seems good to me.
What what whatever seems good to the Lord, whatever it is.
Whatever it is with willing to take it cuz we were wrong.
Sincerely when we were wrong, we knew better. We were wrong. And we asked we sincerely ask your forgiveness.
And we pray that end and Deliver Us only we pray. the this day this day
if you if you if you can Deliver us this day
and they put away.
the strange gods from among them
I would have liked to see. Right there for it to say. We threw them in the fire. We brought them up or something. but it says we put them away. and serve the Lord
and is so was Greed for the mystery of Israel. Israel
how blessed they are that God would choose them as His. family
blessed
No. we go on
and I'm not a real wordy person. So forgive me if I go on to the questions. but
if you
Think about it. in your heart when you Are you in your secret place?
And you begin to examine yourself?
and you begin to
Talk to God.
Will let him know.
Where he stands in our life? Let him know how important he is in our life. Let him know that his will. Is of primary importance to us? What is it that he wants? This day this hour. What is it that he wants do you want me to raise my hand? Do you want me to? Walk from here to there. What is it that you want me to do my God? Is there somebody that you want me to call and reach out to?
In that time and that space when you're in that in that place. Take a moment and ask God. What is it that you want? And then hold still. Who tell you? He'll tell you. What do you want me to do right now? Which way do you want me to go?
My God, I love you. I may not. Love you as well as you love me. But my God help me. to love you better Help me to love you deeper. Lord teach me to love you in the way that you want me to love you.
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nothing take the time to just get quiet. Just get quiet. Let God. Speak in your heart.
No it our questions. I'll do the best I can I hope that I have given you. some information To where? Wii with your studies you will have enough ammunition.
to follow the questions
question number one
What details are given by judges 10? About Israel's departure from God that shows their depravity.
Okay anybody else?
Anybody else?
How was the people's initial cry? to God different from other time
They confessed and the in the level of of sincerity changed from the then the first part of the scription. Now we read in our other lessons when they when they turn from God that they would do it all kind of things keep the keeping spoils from from the war and I mean they they were just doing their own thing all across Joshua Judges. They were just doing whatever it is they wanted to do. Will you do one thing I find out that though? That we keep stumbling over.
And I'll just take a moment and and and just acknowledge that God.
Has his own way he wants things done.
I mean doing it our way and doing the part his way and mostly our way or any variation thereof. Is not acceptable. Is wholly and totally his way or the highway.
He is God what he say? I am the way.
So is his way?
Our way will get us a free ticket to the pit.
so when we when we think about that time and our quiet place and we dare to ask him those questions and end and we hear it. Is not the time to go back and save the Lord. I think I think I ought to wear the black coat and go down to the Northeast quarter in the instead of the southwest corner.
It don't work that way. What he has waiting? Is maybe somebody that's color blind that's going to be on the court and he told you to go to.
He has a reason why he does things the way he does it and because he is all-knowing.
He has a better perspective.
Then we ever could. so that's my side note. Who were the enemies and how long had they? dominated Israel
Yeah, there's a long list of minute. Yeah, I know.
Yes, yes. It was a long time. they
I can't imagine having.
I just think about the war that's been going on over there for the past couple of weeks. And how awful that he has for the last couple of weeks. I can't imagine that being stretched out 18 years.
Play indoor 18 years. And going to end up moving from back and forth to God.
question number four What was Israel's to fold said that they confess to God.
Yes. They have forsaken him.
They have forsaken him.
forsaken God
you let God go. Where you going? Where you going?
if you if we Let Jesus go and we all get up and leave up out of here. And we all go out and have our mind on doing whatever it is we used to do.
What in the world are you doing?
Absolutely, nothing. Yeah, you're forsaking God for the sake of a few minutes. Of whatever it is you doing?
Is that worth it?
Number 5. What did God remind Israel of when they cried out to him?
Yeah, yeah. He reminded him that I was. Before you went over there and was playing with your doll babies.
I was there for you.
When your dog babies was crumbling and what not in people are beating you over the head I was there for you.
God is is is not what God is there for us?
Question number six what makes us think that Israel was not sincere when they first approached guide with their plea.
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He let them know in his it in the way he spoke to them.
The didn't I? Didn't I?
He reminded them did not do that. What's that mean? Was it that was it I love that baby over there.
I didn't do that. I thought I feel that. Download a baby. A lot of power.
No power at all.
Didn't I deliver you?
Think about it.
It got me to thinking. about my life it got me to thinking. about the struggles in my life and how God has been there for me whether or not I was there for him.
He has been faithful.
He has been faithful. I can't say that enough.
If you dare not ask him for help. If you dare to get it in your head I got this. That you decide that. Well, I've got all of this money. And I've got all of this property and I've got so much knowledge on how to do this that and the other and I've got all of these professionals around me that I I really don't need a don't know where I would fit God into my light if that's the way you rolling. roll own
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Yeah.
Yeah.
Went went went got what God takes the time. To tell you what he wants. And the way he wants it.
believe and take the time to yield the right of way
He has the right of way.
Yes, ma'am.
Say that. Say that.
Yes.
Yes, yes. powerful powerful Yes, you got to listen. Yeah.
No. Yeah, and then the thing is that.
Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.
Absolutely, absolutely. Is it is necessary that you take the time to yield the right-of-way? Yield the right away. He has the right of way. Let him speak and Lead he has the right of way. It's important that we
get this message in our spirit. Because it will help us. daily knowing that when we repent. and knowing that when we have and knowledge God that we take the time to consult him on what the desires of his heart is and follow the desires of his heart above and beyond anything we could even
Resent as a substitute. because he knows omnipresent Yes. all-knowing absolutely God knows where we're headed before we do. You know, so we just need need need to put in a 9 hour. Put it on our God knows my way better than I do.
question number 7 To whom did God say Israel should appeal to for assistance.
Yeah. How do we know Israel became sincere in their cries to God?
They changed they changed they were willing to take whatever punishment God had for him. Lord went with whatever you whatever you want to do. However you want to do it.
Not my will Lord let your will be done.
and number 9
How did God respond to Israel's repentant attitude and actions?
Yes, ma'am. Co-pastor. I thought you to Hannah.
All right. All right. number 10 What problem did Ezra have when the ammonite gathered for battle?
Didn't have a physical leader. They didn't have a physical leader. But if we go on to the next chapter will find it. Yeah, there's a leader coming but it's just not you know that that's the one thing about the way I bibles are set up its chops thing right in the middle before he before it gets to where it is actually going but we are very thankful for the participation and I hope and pray that everyone receive something out of out of the lesson of something to keep and to move forward with Let us all get ready to take up by offering of with a star. What about greeters to? One of my graders to take up the offering for us if there's any offering and we'll pray out. Lord Jesus we thank you for this lesson. We thank you Lord, God for letting us see a window into Israel struggle. We thank you Lord, God for how you are allowing us to see ourselves. in that struggle help us Lord guide to rise Lord guide to your desires. Got to do what it is. You would have us to do the walk in your way further than only our desire Lord father that we would please you more than ourselves father in your name. Call we just want to let you know father. You're welcome Lord father in our presents. Like I wherever we are father be here Lord God Speak Lord God as you will learn as you will instruct Lord God would love to come for the Lord. God do Lord father your will. In all that we do and all that we say Lord God. We thank you God for your input father in the end of in the service today Lord God probably continue here Lord father lets some so be saved nothing message Lord father spoke with him as deeply Lord God help us Lord God is to be feared Lord God throughout this week Lord Father Baker Manor lock guy that you have given us father. We ask you to bless their father. I breakfast Lord. We ask you Lord father bless the offering father in Jesus name, by the way. Thank you for all the things I man.
