1. Thru the Bible in 24 Weeks

2. Introduction The Bible contains stories of the greatest EVILS..... betrayals, revenge, deception The ultimate Prince of Deception - Satan The Bible contains stories of the greatest GOOD..... miracles, achievements, courage The greatest sacrifice for you and me The crucifixion & resurrection Of Jesus Christ our Lord!

3. Judges Deliverers for 1 purpose, not court judges 11 th Century BC. 450 years following Joshua Author: Unknown (Jewish tradition says Samuel is author). Purpose of Judges is to show the failure of the Israelites to keep the covenant. The years between Joshua & David

4. 450 years of Judges (America?) Judges were as bad as people Everyone doing what was right in their own eyes Same sex marriage? Unwilling to help each other Greed, out for self Living with idolaters & believing false religions CoExist – all religions lead to God Intermarried w/pagan religions – away from God Unevenly Yokes (marrying nonChristian)

5. Lord Deliver Me – Sin – Lord Deliver Me The Lord sent plagues, parted the Red Sea The Israelites turned their backs on God Israelites believed in Canaanites gods, each god having it’s respective sphere of influence

6. Book of Lessons& Punishment God did intervene occasionally to prevent failure Punishments to teach privileges not license to sin God is the same. At creation, OT, NT, 2013 Patterns Sin then suffering because of sin God raising up a deliverer to get them out of it OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN

7. Judges of Israel Othinel from MesopotamiaIbzan (30 sons, 30 daughters) Ehud stabbed King Eglon, killed 10,000 Moabites Elon- unknown Shamgar killed 600 PhillistinesAbdon (40 sons) Deborah & Barach from Jabin, Canaan king Samson from Phillistines Gideon from MidianitesEli (raised Samuel) Tola – unknownSamuel - from Phillistines Jair (30 sons)Joel / Abijah Jephthah from Ammonites

8. Gideon in Judges 6 - 8 Angel of the Lord appeared to Gideon Gideon was reluctant, asked for signs from God. Meat & Flour, fleece dry, fleece wet Gideon & 300 killed 120,000 Midianites Gideon built an altar to the L ORD Called it The L ORD Is Peace. To this day it stands in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

9. Samson in Judges 14 - 16 Tore a lion apart with his bare hands Scooped bees out of lion’s carcass Killed 30 Philistines; took clothes for a bet Caught & tied 300 foxes tails & set on fire Killed 1000 men with jawbone of donkey Pulled down 2 temple pillars, killing 1000 Philistines and himself – end of Judges