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Title: Gideon: Judges 6-8


1
Gideon Judges 6-8
  • Summary of the Story
  • A Call to Service
  • Reveals the Character of God and how He works in
    our lives

2
Midianites Oppress Isreal
  • Israelites disobedient to the Lord, they were
    opporessed by the midianites for seven years
    they worshiped their gods (Baal)
  • Judges 67, people of Israel cried to God for
    help.
  • The Amalekites were an ancient nomadic tribe that
    were compared to locusts
  • (Judges 712)

3
Characteristics of Gideon
  • Helped to create sustenance for his family at the
    time of oppression hard worker 611
  • Judges 612
  • Became a MIGHTY MAN OF VALOR thats what God
    called him because God saw him not for what he
    was but for what He was going to make him to
    be.

4
Characteristics of Gideon
  • Youthful, brave, felt the responsibility to help
    his people (responded, although slowly) to the
    calling, despite his youth and despite he was
    from a poor family. (Judges 615)
  • a man of prayer Judges 613
  • Judges 6 14-16 the Lords conversation with
    Gideon, I have sent you and you should defeat
    them as one man. It is through God that our
    victories are won Prov. 35,6

5
Gideons Relationship with God
  • Gideon did not want to be deceived but wanted
    prove that it was indeed God that was talking
    with him 617-24 and (2 Corinthians 1114)
  • Judges 612, the Angel of the Lord is the Holy
    Spirit-God HIMSELF not just an angel, present
    from the beginning with the father, told Gideon
  • The Lord is Peace Yahweh Shalom Shalom means
    wholeness, security and well-being,
    prosperity, peace and friendship Gideon
    discovered a new relationship with God. Gideon
    had a personal understanding of who God is and
    this is how he was able to trust Him and His will
    for Gideon.

6
First things are first Judges 625-26
  • Gideon destroys the Altar of Baal and his
    mother Asherah a Canaanite goddess
  • The altar his father built/worshipped

7
Gideons Relationship with God Putting out a
fleece
  • Gideon needed confirmation of his calling by the
    Lord he had a relationship with God that
    provided assurance/confidence for the calling
    Judges 636-40

8
The True 300 Judges 77
  • God wanted Gideon and the Israelites to know for
    sure that its because God was with them (and
    its not their own might) that they were
    victorious. Judges 72 and 2 Corinthians 129
  • First Gideon started out with 32,000 and after he
    told all those who were scared can leave, it was
    10,000 but still that was too many men God wanted
    less.

9
God provides Gideon more assurance of victory
  • Judges 79-15, With Gods assurance Gideon
    encouraged his army.
  • Military Strategy They tricked the enemy
    (120,000 men) Judges 720-25

10
A Call to Service
  • What are we called to do? What do we feel a
    responsibility to do? Do we have a relationship
    with God, so that we have an understanding for
    His will in our lives?
  • Is God sending messages to our hearts and are we
    sensitive to what our hearts are aching for?
  • Are we feeling the responsibility like Gideon did?
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