In Judges, chapter eighteen, verse twenty, the prominence given to the priest in chapters seventeen through eighteen emphasizes that not only the people had been corrupt but also the sacred ministry. The Levite priest was willing to serve as priest of other gods solely for money and position, as in verse twelve of chapter seventeen. […]
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In Judges, chapter seventeen, verse six, there was no king in those days. People who do what is right in their own eyes inevitably do what is evil n the eyes of God, as in chapters two, verse one, four, verse one, six, verse one, and ten, verse six, respectively. The lawless attitude is as
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In Judges, chapter seventeen, verse five, because Micah did not submit to the authority of God’s inspired, written revelation through Moses, he deceived himself and did what was right in his own eyes. Instead of following God’s Word as in Deuteronomy eleven, verses eighteen through twenty-five, and Joshua one, stanzas five to eight, respectively, he
In Judges, chapter seventeen, verse one, Micah is the book’s final section, beginning at this verse until the end. The portion illustrates how soon, during the period of Judges, Israel fell into low moral standards, perverted religious practices, and chaotic social order. These illustrations demonstrate that if God’s Word and sound ethical principles are not
In Judges, chapter sixteen, verse twenty-eight, Samson, now with a repentant spirit and a renewal of faith in God, calls upon the Lord, and his prayer receives favor with God. This final demonstration of Samson’s faith results in inclusion among the heroes of faith as in Hebrews eleven, verses thirty-two through thirty-four. Samson receives an
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In Judges, chapter sixteen, verse twenty, Samson is an example of those believers who think that God will remain with them even while they continue in sinful and immoral conduct. The Lord departed from this judge because of his continued disobedience. The passage strongly warns us that the Lord can leave a persistently sinning person
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In Judges, chapter sixteen, verse nineteen, Samson compromises with Delilah by continuing to disregard God’s instruction to remain separate from the wicked nations of Canaan, as in Deuteronomy seven, verses one through four. “When the LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many
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In Judges, chapter sixteen, verse one, Samson went to Gaza. One of the five principalities of the Philistines, which was ten miles from Ashkelon. A chief city, to make some new attempt upon them, whom he feared not in their cities or camps, having had such huge experience of his strength and God’s assistance. Possibly
In Judges, chapter fifteen, verse twenty, during the twenty years Samson was judge over Israel, the son of Manoah, never succeeded in delivering the people from the oppression of the Philistines. His record consisted only of sporadic exploits against the heathen nation. What might God have accomplished through Samson if he had been faithful to
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In Judges, chapter fifteen, verse fourteen, empowerment from the Spirit in the Old Testament does not mean that God endorsed the person’s way of life, as an example with Balaam in Numbers twenty-four, verse two. The Spirit of the Lord is not equivalent to the filling of the Spirit recorded in the New Testament of
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