THE TIMES OF THE JUDGES

APOSTASIES OF GOD’S PEOPLE

DO NOT FORGET THE LORD YOUR

GOD

ONE IMPORTANT LESSON WE MUST LEARN FROM THE

PAST

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“RULERS” from the verb “to put right and than to rule”“DELIVERER” or

“SAVIOUR”

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GOD IS SOVEREIGNHe is in on the

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DEUTERONOMY 8:11

BE CAREFUL THAT YOU DO NOT

FORGET THE LORD YOUR GOD

IT WAS THE

WORST OF TIMES

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HOW CAN THIS HAPPEN TO

THE CHOSEN PEOPLE

Judges 21:25In those days there was

no king in Israel; EVERYONE DID WHAT

WAS RIGHT IN HIS OWN EYES.

FREE FOR ALL

DO YOUR OWN

THING

THE APOSTLE PAUL

HAS THIS TO SAY TO US TODAY

LEARN FROM THE PAST

Moreover, brethren, I do not want you to be unaware that all our fathers were under the cloud, all passed through the sea, all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea, all ate the same spiritual food, and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them, and that Rock was Christ. But with most of them God was not well pleased, for their bodies were scattered in the wilderness. Now these things BECAME OUR EXAMPLES, to the intent THAT WE SHOULD NOT LUST AFTER EVIL THINGS as they also lusted.

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And do not become idolaters as were some of them. As it is written, “THE PEOPLE SAT DOWN TO EAT AND DRINK, AND ROSE UP TO PLAY.” Nor let us COMMIT SEXUAL IMMORALITY, as some of them did, and in one day twenty-three thousand fell; nor let us TEMPT CHRIST, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed by serpents; nor COMPLAIN, as some of them also complained, and were destroyed by the destroyer. Now ALL THESE THINGS HAPPENED TO THEM AS EXAMPLES, and they were written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the ages have come.

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EGYPT

WILDERNESS

CANAAN

The place of BONDAGE

The place of TRAINING

The place of POSSESSION

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FEAR THE LORD

SERVE HIM IN SINCERITY AND IN TRUTH

PUT AWAY THE GODS WHICH YOUR FATHERS SERVED ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RIVER AND IN EGYPT

CHOOSE FOR YOURSELVES THIS DAY WHOM YOU WILL SERVE

If you forsake the Lord and serve foreign gods, then He will turn and do you harm and consume you, after He has done you good.”

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“Now therefore, put away the foreign gods which are among you, and incline your heart to the Lord God of Israel.”And the people said to Joshua, “THE LORD OUR GOD WE WILL SERVE, AND HIS VOICE WE WILL OBEY!”

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BE CAREFUL THAT YOU DO NOT FORGET 

THE LORD YOUR GOD

Deuteronomy 8:11

JOSHUA(JEHOVAH IS SALVATION)

PROMISE TO

REALITYFrom SLAVERY to

CONQUERORIsrael POSSESS

their INHERITANCE of the PROMISED LAND

Lift your eyes now and look from the place where you

are - northward, southward, eastward, and westward; for all the land which you see I give to you and your

descendants forever. GO

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Not a word failed of any good thing which the Lord had spoken to the

house of Israel. All came to pass. Joshua 21:45

Every place that the sole of your foot will tread upon I have given

you, as I said to Moses. Joshua 1:3

GOD ISFAITHFUL

GOD IS NOT A MAN THAT HE SHOULD

LIE

God’s promise to give the landGod’s promise for Israel to inhabit and possess the landGod’s promise to go before them and fight for them in the land God’s faithfulness to His promises

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enough land for their immediate use,

THEY STOPPED FIGHTING

FIERY-EYED FIGHTERS BECAME WELL-FED FARMERS

SWORD AND SPEARS TURNED TO PLOUGH SHEAR AND SICKLE

• Redeemed

• Enthusiastic

• Drop out• Problems• Pastor • Delivered

Is this the

cycle of your

life?

HOW TO

KEEP YOUR

BLESSING

S?

BE CAREFUL THAT YOU DO NOT FORGET 

THE LORD YOUR GOD

Deuteronomy 8:11

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? FEAR THE LORD

SERVE HIM IN SINCERITY AND IN TRUTH

PUT AWAY THE GODS WHICH YOUR FATHERS SERVED ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RIVER AND IN EGYPT

CHOOSE FOR YOURSELVES THIS DAY WHOM YOU WILL SERVE

HOW CAN I GROW?

ORWHAT IS STOPPING

ME FROM GROWING?

ARE YOU WILLING TO PAY

THE PRICE?

Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of

witnesses, LET US LAY ASIDE EVERY WEIGHT, AND THE SIN WHICH SO EASILY ENSNARES US, and LET US RUN WITH ENDURANCE THE RACE THAT IS SET BEFORE US, looking

unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the

cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Hebrews 12:1-2

LOOK TO JESUS

LAY ASIDE EVERY WEIGHT, AND THE SIN

WHICH SO EASILY TRAP

US

HOW TO FINISH

THE RACE WELL

?

What is this

EVERY WEIGHT

& SIN

?

The thrust is EDIFICATION,

FELLOWSHIPPING & COMMUNION

WITH GOD

That which does not build us up

That which does not make us

strongerAre WEIGHTS

ENTERTAINMENT

RECREATION, RELAX AND REST WHEN TAKEN FAR MORE THAN

NEEDED

SEEKING THE POSSESSIONS AND THINGS OF THIS WORLD

LISTENING TO MUSIC AND OTHER SOUNDS

WATCHING FILMS, VIDEO AND TV PROGRAMSH

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But Ruth said, “Don’t force me to leave you; don’t make me go home. Where you go, I go; and where you live, I’ll live. Your people are my people, your God is my god; where you die, I’ll die, and that’s where I’ll be buried, so help me God—not even death itself is going to come between us!”

Ruth had her heart set

on going with her (Naomi)

RUTH 1:16-18

Is there a weight 

in your life you must lay aside

?

OUR CHOICES Not always between right and wrong,

but between something that may

hinder us and something

else that may not.  

DO NOT FORGET THE LORD YOUR GOD

THE LESSON WE MUST LEARN TODAY IS