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THE JUDGES CYCLE

THE JUDGES CYCLE. THE CYCLE OF UNBELIEF. Num_33:52 then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their figured stones , and destroy all their molten images, and demolish all their high places:

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THE JUDGES CYCLE

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  1. THE JUDGES CYCLE

  2. THE CYCLE OF UNBELIEF

  3. Num_33:52 then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their figured stones, and destroy all their molten images, and demolish all their high places: Num_33:55 But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you, then shall those that ye let remain of them be as pricks in your eyes, and as thorns in your sides, and they shall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell.

  4. Deu_4:38 to drive out nations from before thee greater and mightier than thou, to bring thee in, to give thee their land for an inheritance, as at this day.

  5. OBEDIENCE = BLESSINGS DISOBEDIENCE = CURSINGS

  6. The history of mankind mirrors this situation, and New Testament warnings suggest that we need to consider our position, individually and as a body, carefully. HISTORY OF MANKIND

  7. Deu 7:22 And Jehovah thy God will cast out those nations before thee by little and little: thou mayest not consume them at once, lest the beasts of the field increase upon thee. Deu 7:23 But Jehovah thy God will deliver them up before thee, and will discomfit them with a great discomfiture, until they be destroyed.

  8. Jdg 3:1 Now these are the nations which Jehovah left, to prove Israel by them, even as many of Israel as had not known all the wars of Canaan; Jdg 3:2 only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as beforetime knew nothing thereof: Jdg 3:3 namely, the five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwelt in mount Lebanon, from mount Baal-hermon unto the entrance of Hamath. Jdg3:4 And they were left, to prove Israel by them, to know whether they would hearken unto the commandments of Jehovah, which he commanded their fathers by Moses.

  9. “SPIRITUAL ADULTERY” Taking the love belonging to God and giving it to another

  10. Jdg 3:5 And the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites: Jdg 3:6 and they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their own daughters to their sons and served their gods. Jdg 3:7 And the children of Israel did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, and forgat Jehovah their God, and served the Baalim and the Asheroth.

  11. Jos 10:25 And Joshua said unto them, Fear not, nor be dismayed, be strong and of good courage: for thus shall the LORD do to all your enemies against whom ye fight.

  12. They became sapped by the prosperity they now had, and the appealing (to the flesh) habits of their neighbours.

  13. LAODICEAN PERSEPECTIVE Because thou sayest, I am rich, and have gotten riches, and have need of nothing; Rev 3:17

  14. LAODICEAN REALITY and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: Rev 3:17

  15. Rom 15:4 For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that through patience and through comfort of the scriptures we might have hope. Rom 15:5 Now the God of patience and of comfort grant you to be of the same mind one with another according to Christ Jesus: MIND OF CHRIST MIND OF CHRIST

  16. Eph 5:15 Look therefore carefully how ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise; Eph 5:16redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

  17. Psa 89:47 Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?

  18. THE PROBLEM OF UNBELIEF TRAGEDY AND LOSS

  19. “how can there be a God when…….?”

  20. “how could this happen….?”

  21. Brother Robert Roberts

  22. 2Co_1:4 Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.

  23. “how can there be a God when…….?”

  24. 2Co 1:3 Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; 2Co 1:4 Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.

  25. JOBS LOSS HIS LIVESTOCK HIS FAMILY HIS HEALTH

  26. Job 1:20 Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped, Job 1:21 And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD. Job 1:22 In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly.

  27. Job 2:7 So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown. Job 2:8 And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.

  28. Job 2:9 Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die.

  29. Eliphaz Job 4:3 Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands. Job 4:4 Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees. Job 4:5 But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.

  30. Job 1:1 There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.

  31. Rom 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

  32. Job 42:10 And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before. Job 42:11 Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him over all the evil that the LORD had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one an earring of gold. Job 42:12 So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses. Job 42:13 He had also seven sons and three daughters.

  33. Does the knowledge and practice of religionin this life influence destiny in another?

  34. Heb 11:9 By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise: Heb 11:10 For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.

  35. He finds it unthinkable that he should adjust his present interests for the sake of a future of which he has never been persuaded

  36. Is this As good as it gets?

  37. “SPIRITUAL ADULTERY” Taking the love belonging to God and giving it to another

  38. Mat 6:19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: Mat 6:20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: Mat 6:21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

  39. THREE SCORE AND TEN

  40. ”how good it can get”

  41. 1Co 2:9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.

  42. Faith calls upon us to believe in things which are not seen, and faith is a living thing, a matter of feeling, as well as of mental conviction. If it so happens that in spite of all our reasons for having faith, one does not feel that confidence which ought to come, there is a very great danger that in the absence of feeling there will not be real interest, and without the interest there will not be study, and without study there will not be development; and as faith is a living thing, it obeys the laws of all living things. It requires nourishment and if it does not get the nourishment it is apt to languish and die. So I can understand one drifting away into unbelief…………….

  43. No feeling leads to no interest No interest equates to no study No study leads to no development or growth No development leads to no nourishment And then no nourishment leads to death

  44. “the truth does not mean as much as it used to”

  45. ETERNAL INTERESTS TEMPORAL INTERESTS

  46. Bring all the things that the world has to offer into the comfort of your own home, and do it faster than ever before!

  47. TIME

  48. Bring all the things that the world has to offer into the comfort of your own home, and do it faster than ever before!

  49. (WEBSTERS) DiscipleDISCIPLE, n. [L., to learn.] 2. A follower; an adherent to the doctrines of another. Hence the constant attendants of Christ were called his disciples; and hence all Christians are called his disciples, as they profess to learn and receive his doctrines and precepts. G3101mathētēs (STRONGS) math-ay-tes' From G3129; a learner, that is, pupil: - disciple.

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