Message Notes

A DEADLY PATTERN OF DOING EVIL

1. Then the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD Judges 2:11

2. So the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD Judges 3:7

3. And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the LORD Judges 3:12

4. The children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the LORD Judges 4:1

5. Then the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD Judges 6:1

SINS OF ISRAEL

1. Disobedience Judges 2:2, 17

2. Serving Baals Judges 2:11

3. Forsaking God Judges 2:12

4. Corruption Judges 2:19

5. Stubbornness Judges 2:19

INNUMERABLE ENEMIES OF ANCIENT ISRAEL

1. Mesopotamians Judges 3:7-11

2. Moabites Judges 3:12-30

3. Philistines Judges 3:31

4. Canaanites Judges 4-5

5. Midianites Judges 6-8

THE MERCY OF THE LORD

1. He would hear the cries of oppressed Israel

2. He would respond to their cries and send a deliverer, a judge

3. Series of Judges

a) Othniel: Mesopotamian enemy

b) Ehud: Moabites

c) Shangar: Philistines

d) Deborah: Canaanites

e) Gideon: Midianites

OPPRESSION IN THE DAYS OF GIDEON

1. Three sets of enemies mentioned

a) The Midianites (most prominent) Judges 6:1

b) The Amalakites Judges 6:3

c) People of the East Judges 6:3

2. Plight of Israel

a) Lived in dens and caves Judges 6:2

b) Lived in the mountains Judges 6:2

c) Destruction of the land Judges 6:4-5

d) Israel greatly impoverished Judges 6:6

SENDING OF A PROPHET

1. Unnamed prophet Judges 6:8

2. He works separately from the Judges God raised up

3. His task is to bring a special message from God Judges 6:8-10

a) To remind Israel of what God had said to them

b) To urge Israel to repent from their sin of disobedience