So the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD; they forgot the LORD their God and served the Baals and the Asherahs. Sermons
I. THE LIMITS OF COMMUNION BETWEEN THE CHILDREN OF GOD AND THE WORLD, The law of extermination prescribed to Israel made the path of duty very clear. It was God's purpose to disentangle the national and individual life of his people from the perversions, corruptions, and self-contradictions of idolatrous worship. He desired to separate them entirely to himself. Severe and uncharitable as this rule might at first appear, it was true mercy to the world as yet unborn, and to the future that was to be redeemed to God. Some comforts and conveniences, a few really valuable fruits of pseudo-civilisation and the contact with the currents of thought and life in the great world of men, had to be sacrificed, but the advantage was more than worth them all. The same problem presents itself to-day to the Christian. How far is it allowable for the life of a child of God and a child of this world to intermingle? What relations of this life are to be kept apart from the world, and to subsist only between Christians, and what relations may be shared with the world? The letter of the ancient prescript is of course obsolete, but the spirit must still be binding. Evidently, however, the relations of what are strictly religious communions can only be sustained between true Christians. And many of the higher relations of our natural life, as, for instance, marriage, can only be worthily sustained by Christians. The spirit of the old law was, immediately, severe, but, ultimately and more largely, merciful. So ought the disposition of the Christian to be. Of course the extent and direction in which we observe this law of heavenly prudence must be left to every man's conscience in the sight of God. It ought to be remembered that often when it seems to act against others it is really for their good. II. HOW INTIMATE ASSOCIATION WITH THE WORLD AFFECTS THE TONE AND QUALITY OF THE SPIRITUAL LIFE. 1. Habit blunts the conscience to unlawful customs. 2. Personal attachments and friendships lend attraction to social and religious observances which are really unrighteous. 3. The relations of civil life create entanglement and perplexity. 4. The peculiar, intimate, and profound relations of marriage add to the force of all influences that affect the religious nature and the spiritual life. - M.
Served their Gods... forgat the Lord, and served Baalim and the groves. I. THE FORM OF THEIR SIN. One of omission (Judges 2:2).1. No sin of omission is ever small. (1) (2) (3) 2. Sins of omission may become indefinitely great. II. THE TENDENCY OF SIN TO MULTIPLY ITSELF. 1. No sin stands alone. 2. The root-sin here was failure to exterminate the Canaanites. 3. It led to their dwelling among the idolators. 4. Their intermarrying with the ungodly. 5. Their worship of false gods. 6. The facility with which they made the change. III. THE DEPLORABLE END TO WHICH THEIR EVIL COURSE LED. 1. There was entire abandonment of God as their God. Sin is a great — (1) (2) 2. There was sinking down to the level of heathen worship and heathen practices. (J. P. Millar.) People Amalek, Amalekites, Ammonites, Amorites, Anath, Aram, Canaanites, Chushanrishathaim, Chushan-rishathaim, Eglon, Ehud, Gera, Hittites, Hivite, Hivites, Israelites, Jebusites, Kenaz, Moabites, Othniel, Perizzites, Shamgar, Sidonians, ZidoniansPlaces Canaan, Gilgal, Jordan River, Lebanon, Lebo-hamath, Mesopotamia, Moab, Mount Baal-hermon, SeirahTopics Asherahs, Asheroth, Ashe'roth, Astartes, Baalim, Baals, Ba'als, Evil, Forgat, Forget, Forgetting, Forgot, Groves, Minds, Servants, Serve, Served, Serving, Shrines, Sight, SonsOutline 1. The nations which were left to prove Israel5. By communion with them they commit idolatry 8. Othniel delivered them from Chushan-Rishathaim 12. Ehud from Eglon 31. and Shamgar from the Philistines Dictionary of Bible Themes Judges 3:7 5960 success 5607 warfare, examples Library Use what You HaveFew people really are and do their best. Nature has blessed a few with great talents and abilities. These persons often become proud, self-centered, and feel themselves to be superior, and for that reason many times they fail to make the proper use of their abilities. How often are they used in a bad or foolish way, so that what might be a blessing to the world fails to be such! There are many others who realize they do not possess these natural gifts. They look upon those who have them, and envy … Charles Wesley Naylor—Heart Talks Gifts and Talents. Whether Baptism Should Take Away the Penalties of Sin that Belong to this Life? "This Then is the Message which we have Heard of Him, and Declare unto You, that God is Light," Whether the Old Law Enjoined Fitting Precepts Concerning Rulers? The Country of Jericho, and the Situation of the City. The Prophecy of Obadiah. The Doctrine of Angels. Judges Links Judges 3:7 NIVJudges 3:7 NLT Judges 3:7 ESV Judges 3:7 NASB Judges 3:7 KJV Judges 3:7 Bible Apps Judges 3:7 Parallel Judges 3:7 Biblia Paralela Judges 3:7 Chinese Bible Judges 3:7 French Bible Judges 3:7 German Bible Judges 3:7 Commentaries Bible Hub |
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