1. Leave a Legacy of Faith Judges 7-8

2. DO YOU WANT TO… overcome an addictive sin? love someone who seems unlovable? respond to pain with peace and joy? introduce a friend or family member to Jesus? make a lasting impact in this world for Christ? GREAT VICTORIES REQUIRE GREAT FAITH

3. Idolatry JudgmentRemorse Deliverance JUDGES

4. TEST #1: DEFEAT AN UNDEFEATABLE ENEMY An impossible task (7:1-9) Gracious encouragement (7:10-14) Choice: will trust God (7:15-18) Result: stunning victory (7:22-25) Faith can overcome impossible odds!

5. TEST #2: RESIST TEMPTATION TO GET YOURS A tempting offer (8:22) Deuteronomy 17:14-15 When you enter the land the Lord your God is giving you and have taken possession of it and settled in it, and you say, Let us set a king over us like all the nations around us, be sure to appoint over you the king the Lord your God chooses.

6. TEST #2: RESIST TEMPTATION TO GET YOURS A tempting offer (8:22) Choice: will NOT trust God (8:23-30) –Collects a kings fortune (v26) –Dresses like a king (v26) –Builds a harem fit for a king (v30)

7. TEST #2: RESIST TEMPTATION TO GET YOURS A tempting offer (8:22) Choice: will NOT trust God (8:23-30) Deuteronomy 17:17 He must not take many wives, or his heart will be led astray. He must not accumulate large amounts of silver and gold.

8. TEST #2: RESIST TEMPTATION TO GET YOURS A tempting offer (8:22) Choice: will NOT trust God (8:23-30) –Collects a kings fortune (v26) –Dresses like a king (v26) –Builds a harem fit for a king (v30) –Solidifies power with an idol (v27) –Names his son, My Father is King!! (v31)

9. TEST #2: RESIST TEMPTATION TO GET YOURS A tempting offer (8:22) Choice: will NOT trust God (8:23-30) Result: a legacy of sin and suffering –his nation relapses into idolatry (8:33-34) –his family self-destructs (9:5,52-53) We are building our legacies every day, either legacies of faith, or legacies of sin

10. Our legacies are determined by the small choices we make each day. Are you building a legacy of faith or a legacy of sin?

11. Our legacies are determined by the small choices we make each day. Are you building a legacy of faith or a legacy of sin?