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Welcome To Pastor Garry Clark’s PowerPoint presentation from the January 27 th sermon: 300: 99% God… 1% Me. Information on ordering a DVD copy of this sermon will be available at the end of this presentation.
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Welcome To Pastor Garry Clark’s PowerPoint presentation fromthe January 27thsermon: 300: 99% God… 1% Me Information on ordering a DVD copy of this sermonwill be available at the end of this presentation
If You Were Given A Test Of 100 Multiple Choice Questions, How Many Think You Could Answer AT LEAST ONE Right?
Do You Think You Would Be Full Of Yourself If You Answered One, Two, Or Even Five Correctly?
Judges 7:1-31 Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people that were with him, rose up early, and pitched beside the well of Harod: so that the host of the Midianites were on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley.
Judges 7:1-32 And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people that are with thee are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me.
Judges 7:1-33 Now therefore go to, proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, Whosoever is fearful and afraid, let him return and depart early from mount Gilead. And there returned of the people twenty and two thousand; and there remained ten thousand.
TOO MANY 32,000 Started 22,000 Left 10,000 Stayed(still too many)
TOO MANY Judges 7:4And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people are yet too many; bring them down unto the water, and I will try them for thee there: and it shall be, that of whom I say unto thee, This shall go with thee, the same shall go with thee; and of whomsoever I say unto thee, This shall not go with thee, the same shall not go.
GOD SAYS,,I WILL TRY THEM,, Whom I Say Unto You, The Same Shall Go With You
GOD SAYS,,I WILL TRY THEM,, Whom I Say Unto You, The Same Shall NOT Go With You
Judges 7:5-65 So he brought down the people unto the water: and the LORD said unto Gideon, Every one that lappeth of the water with his tongue, as a dog lappeth, him shalt thou set by himself; likewise every one that boweth down upon his knees to drink.
Judges 7:5-66And the number of them that lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, were three hundred men: but all the rest of the people bowed down upon their knees to drink water.
God Said To Gideon: • Everyone That Laps OfThe Water With TheirTongue (As A Dog), SetThose Apart • Everyone That Bows OnHis Knees, Set Those Apart
The Dog Lappers Were 300 Men The Bow Downers Were 9,700 Men
Judges 7:7And the LORD said unto Gideon, By the three hundred men that lapped will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into thine hand: and let all the other people go every man unto his place.
,,The Dog Lappers,,THAT,S YOUR TEAM Send The9,700 Away!
I Think Almost Anyone Can Score A 1% On Their Test Without A Whole Lotta Help!
Judges 7:8So the people took victuals in their hand, and their trumpets: and he sent all the rest of Israel every man unto his tent, and retained those three hundred men: and the host of Midian was beneath him in the valley.
WHY IS GOD DOING THIS? One Answer: To Keep IsraelFrom Being Puffed Up With Pride
Look At Judges 7:2 Again... Judges 7:2And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people that are with thee are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me.
Psalms 138:6Though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off.
Proverbs 6:16-1716 These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: 17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
Proverbs 16:18Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
James 4:6-76 But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble. 7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
1 Peter 5:6-86 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: 7 Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you. 8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
THE MAKING OFA WARRIOR! • Repentance • Positive Ifs • Peace • Obedience • Humility
Judges 7:9And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him, Arise, get thee down unto the host; for I have delivered it into thine hand.
Judges 7:10-1110 But if thou fear to go down, go thou with Phurah thy servant down to the host: 11 And thou shalt hear what they say; and afterward shall thine hands be strengthened to go down unto the host. Then went he down with Phurah his servant unto the outside of the armed men that were in the host.
,,If You Fear To Go Down,, • You Shall Hear WhatThey Say • Your Hands Will BeStrengthened To Go
The Enemy Was Like Grasshoppers (So Many), You Couldn,t Count Them All!
Judges 7:12And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like grasshoppers for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand by the sea side for multitude.
THE ,,I HAD ADREAM,, SPEECH! Judges 7:13-1413 And when Gideon was come, behold, there was a man that told a dream unto his fellow, and said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and, lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the host of Midian, and came unto a tent, and smote it that it fell, and overturned it, that the tent lay along.
THE ,,I HAD ADREAM,, SPEECH! Judges 7:13-1414 And his fellow answered and said, This is nothing else save the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel: for into his hand hath God delivered Midian, and all the host.
GIDEON HEARDTHE DREAM Judges 7:15And it was so, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and the interpretation thereof, that he worshipped, and returned into the host of Israel, and said, Arise; for the LORD hath delivered into your hand the host of Midian.
THE ,,I KNOW WE CAN DO THIS THING,, SPEECH! The Lord Has Delivered TheEnemy Into Our Hands... Judges 7:16And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put a trumpet in every man's hand, with empty pitchers, and lamps within the pitchers.
THE ,,I KNOW WE CAN DO THIS THING,, SPEECH! He Put The 300 Men Into Three Groups... 100 100 100
THE ,,I KNOW WE CAN DO THIS THING,, SPEECH! A Trumpet In One Hand, A Pitcher In The Other 100 100 100
THE ,,I KNOW WE CAN DO THIS THING,, SPEECH! Judges 7:17-1817 And he said unto them, Look on me, and do likewise: and, behold, when I come to the outside of the camp, it shall be that, as I do, so shall ye do.
THE ,,I KNOW WE CAN DO THIS THING,, SPEECH! Judges 7:17-1818 When I blow with a trumpet, I and all that are with me, then blow ye the trumpets also on every side of all the camp, and say, The sword of the LORD, and of Gideon.