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Sunday School Remix

Sunday School Remix. To begin with, things are bad. 12th Century B.C. “The Israelites did evil in the eyes of the Lord...” (what does this mean?). Delivered into the hands o fhte Midianites (tribal groups who conduct raids) (riding camels = WMD’s).

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Sunday School Remix

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  1. Sunday School Remix

  2. To begin with, things are bad...

  3. 12th Century B.C.“The Israelites did evil in the eyes of the Lord...” (what does this mean?)

  4. Delivered into the hands o fhte Midianites(tribal groups who conduct raids)(riding camels = WMD’s)

  5. When all else fails they call upon the Lord(just one of the many gods they were worshipping...)

  6. The Lord sends them a prophet(we don’t know his name)(tells them the story so far)(the next chapter is about to be written)

  7. Then God finds the worst champion he can find...

  8. Gideon is threshing wheat in a winepress... “The Lord is with you, mighty warrior!”

  9. Gideon’s response is pretty human isn’t it?“Where is God in the middle of our mess?”

  10. “My clan is the weakest in Manasseh and I am the weakest of the weak...”

  11. Gideon is starting to understand that this stranger is a divine messenger... but he doesn’t want that to be true.

  12. Then we get verse 14... “Go in the strength that you have, and save Israel out of Midian’s hand.”

  13. Am I not sending you?

  14. Do you think that God doesn’t know your shortcomings? God knows that we are probably not the best choice... He merely wants us to trust and go in the strength that we have.

  15. God doesn’t call the qualified, he qualifies the called.

  16. A Series of Tests and Challenges

  17. Naturally, Gideon begins to test God immediately. “Wait until I get back from fixing dinner...”

  18. The angel conflagrates the food and sends Gideon a message... This got real.

  19. Then God tests Gideon... “Go and destroy the family idol altar and the cultic pole people worship beneath...” This may get him killed

  20. He sneaks with some friends at night and destroys the asherah... People want to kill him. His dad sticks up for him.

  21. Gideon starts getting called Jerbaal(baal will fight against)Midrash: Abraham and the Idol Store

  22. The Wet/Not Wet Fleece“is it okay to ask God for proof?”God’s will is revealed to those who seek it.

  23. Gideon was moving in the right direction, forward where God seemed to be leading...

  24. Against all Odds---Where God prefers to do work.

  25. Troop Counts: Midian = 135,000 Gideon = 32,000Apparently this was too much for God

  26. “Hey, anyone scared? You’re free to go home...”(22,000 soldiers split)

  27. Fear of the future separates the fearful from the faithful...

  28. Now the odds are 13-1But this is still not good enough for God...

  29. Spring of HarodLapping like a dog300 warriors left

  30. “like a dog” feral, ferocious ready to fight.

  31. Now the odds are 450-1God: “Now this is more like it...”

  32. horns, pots, torches... and really cool slogans to shout

  33. horns, pots, torches... and really cool slogans to shout

  34. So what might God be calling you to do and to be?

  35. What is your calling? “the world’s greatest needs intersecting with your deepest desires...”

  36. What is your calling? “the world’s greatest needs intersecting with your deepest desires...”

  37. Kisses from Katie... A story of how the unqualified get called...

  38. GOD DOESN’T CALL THE QUALIFIED, HE QUALIFIES THE CALLED...

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