May 14, 2025
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Reading along with us in Judges and Titus? Here’s today’s reading:
Judges 2 (NIV)
The Angel of the Lord at Bokim
1 The angel of the Lord went up from Gilgal to Bokim and said, “I brought you up out of Egypt and led you into the land I swore to give to your ancestors. I said, ‘I will never break my covenant with you, 2 and you shall not make a covenant with the people of this land, but you shall break down their altars.’……Continue Reading
How significant it is that the angel of the Lord (who many believe to be the 2nd person of the Trinity) comes and gives a personal message to the Jews. He knows full well what they will do, and yet He assures them what He will do and what they will do if they will remain faithful to Him. As far as the rest of the chapter, how significant is leadership? Someone to lead the charge and set an example and holed accountable the people to do what is right? For the Israelites..vitally important. The minute a leader left, they were back worshipping idols. It shouldn’t be the same for us. We should maintain our commitment to God, rooted in our knowledge and faith in Him and the memory we have of His faithfulness to Him. Now we do have the Holy Spirit in us in a way that they didn’t. I wonder to what extent we can say, we would never forsake the Lord in that way is because the Holy Spirit is within us?
Here we go. The lord shows up. They repent for a short time
One generation died and the next did not follow God. United States past 60 years. And look at the decline and insanity. Each generation has the responsibility to teach the next generation about the love of God. Never forget from 1990-2000 took on the task of youth leader. To this day I’m reminded of approximately 30 teenagers who 95 percent of had zero clue of any teaching of God. These kids were 14-16 years of age. Extremely difficult to break through as there foundation had already been built without God. So when we see the young kids running with excitement to learn about God. And giving them a foundation on solid rock. Let’s embrace that and build on that
Judges 2
It amazes me that each time a Judge passed the Israelites returned to wickedness and at an even greater level than previously. We are so blessed to have the Spirit living within us to lead, guide, and minister to us! All we have to do is listen and follow.
Judges 2
Judges 2
It’s so important to pass down the Word of the Lord to the next generation.
So sad to see how quickly without leadership the people get so lost. Moses and then Joshua were such strong leaders and now when left on their own they fall so quickly to the ways of the world. I appreciate the point Pastor makes about the Holy Spirit, does having the Holy Spirit inside us in a way that it wasn’t for them yet make the difference? Certainly, even with the Holy spirit we tend to easily fall off the path when temptation, fear, or doubt give us a shove but the Israelites seemed to take that to a hard and fast extreme. Makes me also think about the importance of going to church sitting under godly leadership and having some sense of accountability and direction. Over the years I have met so many people who say they believe in God and consider themselves Christians but feel like they do not need church. I so disagree because first, fellowship with believers is important to our walk but as we see here, having leadership in our lives is also so important to keeping God’s commandments.
Judges 1 and 2
Judges 2 after the death of Joshua the Israelites are turning their backs and worshipping other Gods. When the Israelites are in great distress they will repent and cry out to God this was their repentance after after failing God.
God never breaks his relationship with us, but we break it with him when we sin. If we do not cease to do things that are wrong, they become traps for us to get stuck in and it becomes more and more difficult to break out of them. God will not do it for us, we must first choose to stop it then turn to him for help. And having the Holy Spirit, God’s word, strong leadership, and fellowship with believers to depend upon can help us conquer any sinful circumstance.
”And when the Lord raised up judges for them, the Lord was with the judge and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge; for the Lord was moved to pity by their groaning because of those who oppressed them and harassed them. And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they reverted and behaved more corruptly than their fathers, by following other gods, to serve them and bow down to them. They did not cease from their own doings nor from their stubborn way.“
Judges 2:18-19 NKJV
It is interesting how God uses judges at this time to rescue the Israelites, it shows a difference from Kings and prophets. A judge is totally different, they delivered but each in a different way.
Judges 2