V. This year, I have been made keenly aware of the potentials for individual and corporate chaos that AI can represent to believers. I can tell you with certainty that Christians are not immune to being sucked into the rabbit-hole of manipulative information-overload. A. A faithful watchman should

VIII. Judges 8. A. vs. 1-9. 1. In the thick of Gideon’s victorious “evangelism” campaign of converting the Midianites to reduction and death, Gideon must deal with trouble in the church. c/w ACT 14:27-28; 15:1-2. 2. The first grief was from Ephraim who

Building In Spite Of Troubles (Nehemiah 4) I. The Book of Nehemiah is an account of the building/rebuilding program in the post-captivity return of some of the Jews from Babylon. Nehemiah’s account focuses on the wall. A. Daniel had prophesied that the wall would be built

VII. Judges 7. A. This chapter sets forth one of the most incredible military victories of all time wherein a Judges 6-26-25 Page 11  small troop of 300 with improbable outfitting were used of God to defeat a multitudinous army of Midianites. This engagement far outranks the later

Mind Your Own Business I. Scripture teaches us that it is God’s province to have full insight into everything we think or do. HEB 4:12-13. A. Do you know of a sinner who should be trusted to assume such power? Do you tinker with such power

Getting Closer To God The Right Way I. This sermon is a follow-up to a previous message about making good choices based on knowledge, prudence and prayer for wisdom and understanding, not on subliminal prompts. II. It has become popular for professing Christians to emphasize relationship over religion

This was an extemporaneous message.

VI. Judges 6. A. This chapter begins the account of Gideon being raised up to judge Israel. Next to Samson, Gideon’s record as a champion of faith (HEB 11:32) is the longest in this book. B. Israel’s sin in going after the gods of the Amorites (v

Prompts v. Prudence and Prayer I. Wisdom calls us to be prudent. PRO 8:12; 13:16; 14:15; 22:3. A. prudent: Of persons (rarely of inferior animals): Sagacious in adapting means to ends; careful to follow the most politic and profitable course; having or exercising sound judgement

V. Judges 4-5. A. These chapters set forth the next degeneration and oppression of Israel, against which a remarkable female judge (Deborah) and a remarkable female domestic champion (Jael) were called and honoured. 1. Deborah the prophetess (JDG 4:4) is one of a number of prophetesses in the

Some Thoughts On The Nazarite A. The O.T. law of the Nazarite is found in NUM 6:1-21. 1. Being a Nazarite was not binding upon all in Israel but only to those so appointed by God, as Samson (JDG 13:5) or a vow, as Samuel

E. NOTE: The sinless Jesus submitted to this ordinance administered by a sinner. Behold this great condescension of Almighty God which shows us that obedience in godly things is not absolutely conditioned upon the flawlessness of the one in authority. 1. As a child, he subjected Himself to sinful parents

IX. The apex of John’s ministry was his baptism of Jesus Christ. MAT 3:13-17; MAR 1:9-11; LUK 3:21-23. A. The sinless Jesus submitted Himself to this ordinance of a temporary figurative death, burial and resurrection which spoke of His own work to save

Idle Words, Questionable Expressions I. God knows altogether every word we speak. PSA 139:4. II. Our speech is a window to the heart. LUK 6:45. A. Our speech can bewray us (expose us). MAT 26:73. B. We can gain reasonable insight into what is going on

Naaman (2 Kings 5) A. Jesus referred to Naaman, the leprous Syrian, in LUK 4:27-29. 1. Naaman was cleansed at a time when many lepers in Israel were not cleansed. a. Naaman was an uncircumcised Gentile who would be immersed in Jordan. b. Naaman was a proficient

VIII. John’s ministry generally had broad acceptance. MAT 3:5. A. The people were for a season willing to rejoice in his light. JOH 5:35. B. But John did not use the crafty sophistry of the religious leaders. c/w 2CO 4:2. 1. He was not a

Judges 3. A. This chapter begins the details of the repetitive roller-coaster pattern of sin, bondage, crying, deliverance, rest and return to corruption. We see here three judges/saviors: Othniel, Ehud, Shamgar. B. The closing verses of JDG 2:20-23 are here given more details (vs. 1-4

VII. The beginning of John’s ministry was a watershed moment in God’s program. LUK 16:16. A. The prophesied kingdom of God was preached as being “at hand” and people were actively pressing into it by faith, repentance, confession of sins, and baptism. MAT 3:1-6; 21

VI. John “...waxed strong in spirit, and was in the deserts until the day of his shewing unto Israel” (LUK 1:80). A. That day came at a notably identified time. LUK 3:1-2. 1. The sceptre had departed from Judah: they were a subjugated nation under Gentile dominion

Christ, Our Altar For Sacrifices I. The Jews for centuries offered carnal, bloody sacrifices on a material altar which never took away sin since the sacrifices themselves were under the bondage of corruption. HEB 10:1-4. A. Paul makes clear to the Hebrew Christians that the uncorrupted Jesus