{"id":5199,"date":"2014-03-15T07:00:57","date_gmt":"2014-03-15T12:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scquest.org\/?p=5199"},"modified":"2014-03-13T10:03:03","modified_gmt":"2014-03-13T15:03:03","slug":"judges-in-21-thoughts-on-the-seventh-book-of-the-bible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scquest.org\/?p=5199","title":{"rendered":"Judges in 21: Thoughts on the seventh book of the Bible"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Judges<\/h1>\n<p>I don\u2019t consider these summaries but focus points.\u00a0The earlier books:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scquest.org\/genesis-in-50-thoughts-on-the-first-book-of-the-bible\/\" target=\"_blank\">Genesis<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scquest.org\/exodus-in-40-thoughts-on-the-second-book-of-the-bible\/\" target=\"_blank\">Exodus<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/p34kFn-R4\" target=\"_blank\">Leviticus<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scquest.org\/numbers-in-36-thoughts-on-the-fourth-book-of-the-bible\/\" target=\"_blank\">Numbers<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scquest.org\/deuteronomy-in-34-thoughts-on-the-fifth-book-of-the-bible\/\" target=\"_blank\">Deuteronomy<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scquest.org\/joshua-in-21\/\" target=\"_blank\">Joshua<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Judg1:\u00a0When God commands and provides for obedience, our options are defeat or be\u00a0defeated (Judg1\/Gen4\/Phil2:12-13)<\/li>\n<li>Judg2:\u00a0The downward spiral of sin and rebellion can only be stopped by the gracious\u00a0hand of God (Judg2\/Ps51\/Eph4:17ff)<\/li>\n<li>Judg3:\u00a0The cry of God\u2019s people from oppression is answered by a deliverer\u00a0(Judg3\/Exod2-3\/Jas5\/Rev6)<\/li>\n<li>Judg4:\u00a0The rescuer rarely comes from the direction you are looking\u00a0(Judg4\/John7:41\/Rev19:11)<\/li>\n<li>Judg5:\u00a0The LORD will crush his enemies (Judg5\/Ps75\/Rev14)<\/li>\n<li>Judg6:\u00a0Strength does not come from within you, but from the One with you\u00a0(Judg6\/Isa41:10\/Josh1:5\/Heb13:5)<\/li>\n<li>Judg7:\u00a0When there is victory, it is because the LORD included us in his plans, not\u00a0because we included him in ours (Judg7\/Luke10:1-24\/Acts13:48-49)<\/li>\n<li>Judg8:\u00a0No matter what our physical oppression, that which shackles our soul runs\u00a0deeper and enslaves longer (Judg8\/Rom5-6)<\/li>\n<li>Judg9:\u00a0We all await the coming of the True King (Judg9\/Ps110\/John18:33ff\/Rev17)<\/li>\n<li>Judg10:\u00a0False gods readily receive worship but never come to the rescue\u00a0(Judg10\/Jer10\/Luke18:18ff\/Col3:5ff)<\/li>\n<li>Judg11:\u00a0The LORD is the Judge. Be careful what you do and say\u00a0(Judg11\/Isa33:22\/John5)<\/li>\n<li>Judg12:\u00a0Every leader has an expiration date. Only One defeated his\u00a0(Judg12\/Ps90\/John20\/Rev1)<\/li>\n<li>Judg13:\u00a0The LORD is the worker of wonders, rescuing with unlikely individuals\u00a0(Judg13\/Isa53\/1Cor1:18ff)<\/li>\n<li>Judg14-16:\u00a0Broken men in their life and death point to the Breaker of Death and Giver of Life\u00a0(Judg14-16\/1Cor15:54-57)<\/li>\n<li>Judg17-18:\u00a0In a spiritual desert every mirage fools you into believing it will satisfy your thirst\u00a0(Judg17-18\/Ps115:1-8\/Jer2:1-13)<\/li>\n<li>Judg19-20:\u00a0Sin, abuse, war, and death follow in the wake of a nation who has rejected the\u00a0true King (Judg19-20\/Ps47:8\/1Tim6:15-16\/Rev15:3)<\/li>\n<li>Judg21:\u00a0Doing what is right in my own eyes, or \u201cfollowing my heart,\u201d only leads to sin,\u00a0pain, and eventually death (Judg21\/Eph2:1-3\/Rom3)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Judges I don\u2019t consider these summaries but focus points.\u00a0The earlier books:\u00a0Genesis,\u00a0Exodus,Leviticus,\u00a0Numbers,\u00a0Deuteronomy, Joshua. 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