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Gideon - Judges 6
This is a historical account of the great God of the Bible proving his power over other so called gods and other nations by using an unlikely untrained man to lead a miraculous victory.
Basic Truth - It is the person and power of God that takes broken men and women and equips them for the ministry of heart change.
Basic Truth application - We are going to see today how God can take you and empower you into a spiritual leader.
-What is a spiritual leader?
Someone who encourages others to make spiritual connections with God.
Spiritual leader can be a formal position or informal.
The beauty about spiritual leadership is that God uses broken people to effect the lives of others.
-To be a spiritual leader, an influencer of others you qualify by having 2 qualities:
1. be a broken person
2. fully trust and surrender your self to God
Basic Truth - The Spirit gives life, the flesh counts for nothing.
Introduction -
One of the key verses in the book of Judges is this.
The time of the judges is one of the saddest times in the nation of Israel’s history.
The cycle of sin in the Judges
One author said it was like watching the Roman Empire at the end of its greatness begin to fall apart.
The one redemptive factor about this time is - God is still working.
When it seems like God has given up on His people, He hasn’t.
When you read the book from front to end you see a pattern that happens over and over.
It’s called “The Cycle of Sin”.
The cycle of sin in the Judges (Make this into a
***Cycle if sin in the Judges Visual.
Israel Falls Into Sin - Disobedience (Most of the time this was over them leaving the God of the Bible and following foreign gods.)
Israel Falls Into Sin - Disobedience (Most of the time this was over them leaving the God of the Bible and following foreign gods.)
Israel is Enslaved (disciplined)
Israel Cries to the Lord (repentance)
God Raises Up A Judge (spiritual leader)
Israel is Delivered (deliverance)
Israel Serves the Lord (obedience)
QUESTION - Is this cycle something that you can relate to in your life?
Could you say, When I step back in my life and look at this cycle that Israel went through over and over - I can see this same cycle in my life as well?
The great news is that God desired to free Israel from this trap and He desires to free you from it as well.
In our passage today Israel is being oppressed by another nation - Midianites.
God has heard their cry and is raising up a leader/Judge to help the people spiritually.
His name is Gideon.
As you grow spiritually, God is transforming you, growing you, Sanctifying you so that you have spiritual impact on others.
Something to consider: THE NARRATIVE REMAINS A CONTEST BETWEEN YAYWEH AND BAAL.
Something to consider: THE NARRATIVE REMAINS A CONTEST BETWEEN YAYWEH AND BAAL.
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We see
I. When God calls me to lead (minister) He empowers me for the ministry.
There was a problem (need) and God called Gideon to lead.
There was a problem (need) and God called Gideon to lead
What was the problem?
Due to the sin of Israel God sent the Midianites to oppress them.
God raised up a Judge names Gideon (chapter 6).
Judges in Bible times not only settled disputes, but also led Israel spiritually.
God led a man named Gideon to be the Judge and leader in Israel to push back against the oppression if the Midianites - foreign power.
How did God do this?
In this situation, God used the passion that was in Gideon for his people.
Speaking of the oppression of
Application - Sometimes when God calls you to do something for Him - he gives you a passion for it.
Illustration - Many times in a church family someone will get a passion for a specific ministry.
Let’s use for example, feeding the homeless.
The person who has been given the passion for the ministry will assume that he or she can’t lead it.
All the while missing that God has called them to this.
So the person who is so passionate about this ministry will try and give this passion away to others.
They will demand that the deacons start a ministry to the homeless.
Guess what, God didn’t give that passion and that ministry to the deacons.
He gave that passions and ministry to the person who has the passion for it.
When God gives you a passion for something, the first question you should ask yourself is - Is God calling me to lead this?
We aren’t allowed to give away, the ministry that God has given us to do.
Our tendency is to say, but I’m too week.
I’m not trained.
I’ve never led before.
This is exactly what Gideon did when He was called to lead.
In this we see the -
The weakness of Gideon
God did not call a brilliant man to lead, nor a rich man to lead.
Midian came from the weakest tribe in his clan and held the lowest position in his family.
Q - If Midian did not come from a place of honor or strength then what kind of leader was he?
- he called a man in who the Spirit of God had rested.
He was the leader in whom the Spirit of God had rested.
Judges 6:7
The Spirit of the Lord clothed Gideon.
God empowered Gideon.
God impassioned Gideon.
When God calls you to lead (minister) He empowers you for the ministry.
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God calls me to lead (minister) so He will be glorified
God desires to be glorified more than anything else in the entire Universe.
Jonathan, Doesn’t God desire to save sinners most of all.
Saving sinners is one of God’s highest priorities.
The reason God desires to save sinners is because saving sinners is the chief means by which He glorifies Himself.
Saving sinners bring more worshipers to God.
You know what is so wonderful about glorifying God?
That the Christ follower is at his happiest, most satisfied, most joyful when he is doing what brings God glory.
The reason that God calls you and I to minister to others is so we can point others to Jesus and glorify Him.
How does this apply to Gideon?
Here is what we know about the Midianite army.
There were so many camels, so many warriors, they could not be counted.
This is an insurmountable problem.
What God has called Gideon to seems impossible.
-Midianites are camped in the Valley Of Jezreel (145 square miles),
-happens to also be the site of where the Battle of Armageddon is prophesied to take place in Revelation.
Note on verse 11.
-deep into the land of Israel,
This battle did not take place on a national border or in another country.
Americans tend to think of war as something that happens outside your border.
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