2. Judges
6: 1-10
* Alliance
of Midianites, Amalekites, and Arabians impoverish Israel.
* A Prophet Pronounces Judgment.

3. When the angel of the Lord appeared
Judges 6:12
When the angel of the Lord appeared
to Gideon,
he said,
“The Lord
is with you,
mighty warrior.”

4. Judges 6:13
“But sir,” Gideon replied, “if the Lord is with us, why has all this happened to us? Where are all His wonders that our fathers told us about when they said, ‘Did not the Lord bring us up out of Egypt?’ But now the Lord has abandoned us and put us into the hand of Midian.”

5. Judges 6: 14-24 God gives Gideon the mission to lead Israel’s armies.
Gideon responds
with fear & insecurity.
Gideon tests the Lord and God provides a miraculous response.

7. Gideon breaks down the altars to Baal & Asherah
Judges 6: 25-27
Gideon breaks down the altars to Baal & Asherah
at night
with his servants.

8. Judges 6: 28-32
Cycle of false idol worship is broken within Gideon’s family; with his father defending him to the mob.

9. The Name Game: Gideon “Hacker”
Jerub-Baal
“Let Baal
Contend with him”

10. Judges 6: 34-35 34 “Then the Spirit of the Lord came
upon Gideon, and he blew a trumpet, summoning the Abiezrites to follow him.
35 He sent messengers throughout Manasseh, calling them to arms,
and also into Asher, Zebulun and Naphtali, so that they too went up to meet them.”

11. Judges
6: 36-40

12. Points to Ponder: 1.) Is Faith or Fear directing your life?
2.) Are you following God’s direction or
making excuses as to why you can’t?
3.) What “cycles of sin” are in your life
that God wants to deliver you from?

13. a generation that seeks who seeks Your Face, Oh God of Jacob.
“Give Us Clean Hands”
We turn our eyes from evil things. Oh Lord, we cast down our idols. Give us clean hands
and give us pure hearts. Let us not lift our souls to another. Oh God, let this be
a generation that seeks who seeks Your Face, Oh God of Jacob.

16. John 14:27 “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you.
I do not give to you as the world gives.
Do not let your hearts be troubled
and do not
be afraid.”

17. Ephesians 2: 14-18
14 “For he himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility, 15 by abolishing in his flesh the law with its commandments and regulations. His purpose was to create in himself one new man out of the two, thus making peace, 16 and in this one body to reconcile both of them to God through the cross, by which he put to death their hostility. 17 He came and preached peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near. 18 For through him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.”