Sunday 26th November 2023
Read: Judges 10:1-11:11; Judges 11:12-12:15
Sermon: Judges 10:1-12:15
10:1-5 The A, B, C, D, E, cycle continues
10:6-16 The Ammonite oppression and the Lord: Israel vs the Lord
10:6-9 the Ammonites oppress Israel
10:10-16 the Lord’s exasperation at Israel’s misery
10:17-11:11 The Ammonite oppression and Jephthah: The elders vs Jephthah
10:17-11:3 Who will fight the Ammonites?
11:4-11 Jephthah’s exploitation of Israel’s misery
11:12-28 Whose land is it: Jephthah vs Ammonite king
11:29-40 Jephthah vs his daughter
11:29-33 a foolish vow
11:34-40 why continue with a wicked vow (Lev. 5:4-6)?
12:1-7 Jephthah vs the Ephraimites
12:8-15 The A, B, C, D, E, cycle continues