So the land had rest for forty years, until Othniel son of Kenaz died. Sermons
I. IT IS A REWARD OF CONSECRATED EFFORT AND SELF-DENIAL. II. A PREPARATION FOR HIGHER CONCEPTIONS AND REALISATIONS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS. III. A SABBATH OF CONSECRATED TIME AND SERVICE TO THE HIGHEST. - M.
The nations which the Lord left, to prove Israel by them. I. IT WAS GOD'S OWN THOUGHT TO PUT THEM TO THE PROOF.1. Far otherwise were the thoughts of the nations. (1) (2) 2. The nations could do nothing without God's permission. 3. This proving of character was done out of respect to His covenant. (1) (2) (3) 4. God puts His people under discipline to serve wise and holy ends. (1) (2) 5. God Himself determines the time, manner, and severity of the trial. II. IT WAS NECESSARY TO PUT ISRAEL TO THE PROOF. 1. Their allegiance to their God must be ascertained. (1) (2) (3) 2. Human protestations of obedience are little to be trusted. III. THIS TESTING OF CHARACTER WAS MADE IN LOVE, NOT IN ANGER. 1. All God's dealings with His covenant people are necessarily in love. This is the very spirit of His covenant: "Your God" — "God is for you" — always on your side. 2. It was love to prevent a breach of the covenant. 3. It was love to teach the heart the bitterness of sin. 4. It is love to teach self-knowledge and humility. 5. It is love where a false character exists to have the discovery of it made known in good time. IV. OBEDIENCE IS WITH GOD THE ALL-IMPORTANT REQUIREMENT. 1. Obedience is the index which shows that the heart is right with God. 2. Obedience springs naturally from the fear and the love of God. 3. In the gospel obedience must spring from love. 4. Obedience in the gospel is the obedience of children. 5. Obedience must be shown in the face of opposition. (J. P. Millar.) 1. Chastisement as well as trial. 2. A special mark is put on the reason for this course of dealing (chap. Judges 2:20-23). II. GOD'S CHOICE OF INSTRUMENTS. 1. God designates His own agency to do His work. 2. God selects His instruments from the camp of His enemies equally with His friends. 3. A sinning people often supply the means of their own correction. 4. God can turn the most unlikely persons into fit instruments for doing His work. III. THE TENDENCY OF THE COVENANT PEOPLE TO APOSTATISE FROM THEIR GOD. 1. It is what might have been least expected. 2. The root-cause lies in the depravity of the human heart. 3. Remissness of parental training one of the immediate causes. IV. EACH NEW GENERATION REQUIRES IN SOME DEGREE TO BE TAUGHT BY AN EXPERIENCE OF ITS OWN. 1. The strange incapacity of the human heart for receiving Divine lessons. 2. Personal experience is the most effective method of teaching. (1) (2) 3. Each generation must have a character of its own, and answer for itself. (J. P. Millar.) To teach them war it was a necessity for the Israelites that they should "learn war." In their case "learning war" meant learning that God alone could fight for them. Do not the Canaanites of unbelief, heresy, and worldliness still remain? And is not the evil of their remaining presence overruled for a twofold good — that of teaching His Church how to make war, and of proving their faithfulness toward Himself?(L. H. Wiseman, M.A.) 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 Death, Died, Dieth, Forty, Kenaz, Othniel, Oth'ni-el, Peace, Rest, Resteth, TillOutline 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 3:11 1654 numbers, 11-99 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 3:11 NIVJudges 3:11 NLT Judges 3:11 ESV Judges 3:11 NASB Judges 3:11 KJV Judges 3:11 Bible Apps Judges 3:11 Parallel Judges 3:11 Biblia Paralela Judges 3:11 Chinese Bible Judges 3:11 French Bible Judges 3:11 German Bible Judges 3:11 Commentaries Bible Hub |
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