DISCOVER BIBLE | A VICIOUS CYCLE

1. Introduction

a) The Bible is full of wonderful stories and special truth. What we want to do is to discover the Bible.  

b) Psalm 119:11 says, "Your word I have hidden in my heart, that I might not sin against You." 

c) Nurture and grow your understanding of the Bible as you read and discover the Bible.  

2. The 5 Spokes of the Vicious Cycle:

a) They sacrificed to the Lord - Judges 2:5-10.

Judges 2:5-10 New King James Version (NKJV) 

Then they called the name of that place Bochim; and they sacrificed there to the Lord. And when Joshua had dismissed the people, the children of Israel went each to his own inheritance to possess the land. 

So the people served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great works of the Lord which He had done for Israel. Now Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died when he was one hundred and ten years old. And they buried him within the border of his inheritance at Timnath Heres, in the mountains of Ephraim, on the north side of Mount Gaash. 10 When all that generation had been gathered to their fathers, another generation arose after them who did not know the Lord nor the work which He had done for Israel.

b) They did evil in the sight of the Lord - Judges 2:11-13.  

Judges 2:11-13 New King James Version (NKJV) 

11 Then the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and served the Baals; 12 and they forsook the Lord God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt; and they followed other gods from among the gods of the people who were all around them, and they bowed down to them; and they provoked the Lord to anger. 13 They forsook the Lord and served Baal and the Ashtoreths.

c) The anger of the Lord burned against Israel - Judges 2:14. 

Judges 2:14-15 New King James Version (NKJV)

14 And the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel. So He delivered them into the hands of plunderers who despoiled them; and He sold them into the hands of their enemies all around, so that they could no longer stand before their enemies. 

d) They were severely distressed, and cried unto the Lord - Judges 2.15. 

Judges 2:15 New King James Version (NKJV)

15 Wherever they went out, the hand of the Lord was against them for calamity, as the Lord had said, and as the Lord had sworn to them. And they were greatly distressed.

e) The Lord raised up Judges, who delivered them from the hands of those who plundered them - Judges 2:16. 

Judges 2:16 New King James Version (NKJV)

16 Nevertheless, the Lord raised up judges who delivered them out of the hand of those who plundered them. 

3. Note:

a) Is it not tragic that we have never learned for ourselves that disobedience causes misery? Note God was always ready to deliver them if they would turn to Him. So it is today. NEVER believer you have passed out of the love and grace of our God. 

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