The book of Judges Lesson 4:
Chapter 3
Israel cries out and God rescues them.
Major Concept:
"For everything
that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through
endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope."
(Romans 15:4)
Sub-concepts: 1. God provides help through
ordinary persons in extraordinary ways.
2. God provided encouragement to the chosen.
Lessons:
1. Memory is unreliable!
In just over 148 years Israel left God,
was punished, and cried out to God 3 times. Some of the Canaanites were
allowed to test Israel to see if they would obey God.
(Judges 3:4)
2. God is faithful!
Refer to 3
judges.
Application
Biblical ignorance is
dangerous in any time and culture!
Why were the Bereans more noble? (Acts
17:11)
"...my people are desroyed from lack of knowledge."
(Hosea 4:5,6)
II Timothy 2:15
II Timothy 3:16,17
Memory Verse "Now the
Bereans were of more noble character than the Thessalonians, for they
received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every
day to see if what Paul said was true."
(Acts 17:11)
