TEXT: Judges. 6:11-16
INTRODUCTION:
A. Heb. 11:32-34.
A GENUINE HERO OF FAITH.
B. GIDEON EXCHANGED HIS FEARFUL HEART FOR TRUST IN GOD’S
POWER.
C. SOME VALUABLE LESSONS FOR US.
I. Judges 6:1-6 GOD USES TRIAL TO GET OUR ATTENTION
(Prov. 3:11-12; Jas. 1:1-2).
II. Judges 6:11-12. GOD ALWAYS SEES MORE THAN WE DO
– “thou mighty man of valor”
A. WE ALL HAVE VALUE (1 Tim. 1:15-16; Luke 8:9-14; Matt. 8:10-13).
B. GOD FINDS US USEFUL (Phil. 2:12-13; 4:13) GIVES US STRENGTH(1 Cor. 15:58).
C. JESUS IS WITH US WHEN WE DO RIGHT (Matt. 18:20; Phil. 4:4-5).
D. THE UNSEEN DANGER (1 Pet. 5:8: 2 Cor. 11:14-15; 2:11).
E. THE UNSEEN REWARD (Col. 3:1-2;
2 Cor. 5:1; Heb. 11:8-10).
III. Judges 6:25-32. INTEGRITY IS VITAL (Psa. 26:1; Matt. 6:1).
IV. Judges 6:33-40.
GOD’S LOVE BRINGS US PATIENCE
(Phil. 3:12, 13-14) FOR OUR
GROWTH (2
Pet. 3:9, 15) & SIN.
V. Judges 7:1-8. ANY NUMBER
+ GOD = SUCCESS
(Luke 18:27; 2 Cor. 12:9).
VI. Judges
7:9-25. GOD GIVES ASSURANCE.
(1 John 5:11-12; 1 Cor. 10:13; 1 John 1:9; 5:4).
VII. Judges
8:1.
EXPECT CRITICISM, DEAL
WITH IT GRACEFULLY
(Prov. 15:1).
VIII. Judges
8:4-21. FINISH STRONG
(Gal. 6:9; 2 Cor. 1:1, 16; Heb. 4:13; 12:1-3).
VII. Judges 8:22-23. ALWAYS GIVE GOD THE CREDIT.
CONCLUSION: Judges 8:24-35.
A. THE END OF GIDEON’S LIFE SERVES AS A WARNING.
B. WE CAN BE OF GOOD USE TO GOD IF WE LEARN TO TRUST HIM