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Leave a Legacy of Faith Judges 7-8

Leave a Legacy of Faith Judges 7-8. Do you want to…. overcome an addictive sin? love someone who seems unlovable? respond to pain with peace and joy? introduce a friend or family member to Jesus? make a lasting impact in this world for Christ?. Great Victories require Great Faith. Judges.

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Leave a Legacy of Faith Judges 7-8

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  1. Leave a Legacy of Faith Judges 7-8

  2. Do you want to… • overcome an addictive sin? • love someone who seems unlovable? • respond to pain with peace and joy? • introduce a friend or family member to Jesus? • make a lasting impact in this world for Christ? Great Victories require Great Faith

  3. Judges

  4. TEST #1: Defeat an Undefeatable Enemy • An impossible task (7:1-9) • Gracious encouragement (7:10-14) • Choice: will trust God (7:15-18) • Result: stunning victory (7:22-25) Faith can overcome impossible odds!

  5. TEST #2: Resist Temptation to “Get Yours” • A tempting offer (8:22) Deuteronomy 17:14-15 When you enter the land the Lord your God is giving you and have taken possession of it and settled in it, and you say, “Let us set a king over us like all the nations around us,” be sure to appoint over you the king the Lord your God chooses.

  6. TEST #2: Resist Temptation to “Get Yours” • A tempting offer (8:22) • Choice: will NOT trust God (8:23-30) • Collects a king’s fortune (v26) • Dresses like a king (v26) • Builds a harem fit for a king (v30)

  7. TEST #2: Resist Temptation to “Get Yours” • A tempting offer (8:22) • Choice: will NOT trust God (8:23-30) Deuteronomy 17:17 He must not take many wives, or his heart will be led astray. He must not accumulate large amounts of silver and gold.

  8. TEST #2: Resist Temptation to “Get Yours” • A tempting offer (8:22) • Choice: will NOT trust God (8:23-30) • Collects a king’s fortune (v26) • Dresses like a king (v26) • Builds a harem fit for a king (v30) • Solidifies power with an idol (v27) • Names his son, “My Father is King”!! (v31)

  9. TEST #2: Resist Temptation to “Get Yours” • A tempting offer (8:22) • Choice: will NOT trust God (8:23-30) • Result: a legacy of sin and suffering • his nation relapses into idolatry (8:33-34) • his family self-destructs (9:5,52-53) We are building our legacies every day, either legacies of faith, or legacies of sin

  10. Our legacies are determined by the small choices we make each day. Are you building a legacy of faith or a legacy of sin?

  11. Our legacies are determined by the small choices we make each day. Are you building a legacy of faith or a legacy of sin?

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