Judges 18:1-31 In those days there was no king in Israel: and in those days the tribe of the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in… I. THE STRAITS TO WHICH UNBELIEF REDUCES THE STRONG (ver. 1). II. DISCONTENT WITH A DIVINELY-MARKED LOT LEADS TO EVIL (ver. 2). III. TRIFLING CIRCUMSTANCES OFTEN LEAD TO THE DISCOVERY OF SINFUL SCHEMES (ver. 3). IV. SILENT NEGLECT AT FIRST, LEADS AFTERWARDS TO OPEN REJECTION OF GOD'S ORDINANCES (ver. 5). V. THE MOST INOFFENSIVE PEOPLE ARE NOT SAFE FROM THE ATTACKS OF EVIL MEN (vers. 7, 9, 10). VI. RELIGION IS SOMETIMES INVOKED TO AID THE PLOTS OF THE UNGODLY (ver. 5). VII. INDIRECTNESS IS A CHARACTER OF THE WORLD'S COUNSEL (ver. 6). VIII. FALSE WORSHIPPERS TAKE REFUGE IN IMITATING THE APPEARANCES OF THE TRUE (vers. 14, 17). IX. DIVINE PROVIDENCE OFTEN OFFERS NO INTERRUPTION TO THE EXECUTION OF THE DESIGNS OF THE WICKED. X. THE SUDDEN DESTRUCTION OF THE MAN-MADE RELIGION (vers. 15-20). XI. PRAYER WILL NOT SECURE THE DIVINE BLESSING ON A WRONG ACTION (vers. 5, 6, also vers. 18, 19). XII. WORLDLY MINDS CARE LITTLE FOR ACCURACY IN SPIRITUAL THINGS (vers. 17-19). XIII. NEITHER MORAL PRINCIPLE NOR SOUND REASON CAN BE EXPECTED OF THOSE WHO DENY TO GOD HIS NATURAL RIGHTS. XIV. SUCCESS IN EVIL IS NO PROOF OF THE DIVINE APPROVAL. XV. TRUE SERVICE IS NOT TO BE EXPECTED FROM A FALSE PRIEST (ver. 20). XVI. THE EXCESSIVE IMPORTANCE WHICH AN IDOLATER ATTACHES TO HIS GODS (ver. 24). (J. P. Millar.) Parallel Verses KJV: In those days there was no king in Israel: and in those days the tribe of the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in; for unto that day all their inheritance had not fallen unto them among the tribes of Israel. |
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