week of 4/6

Unit 08  Session 1

GOD RESPONDS TO HIS PEOPLE

JUDGES 3:1-11

 

Key Concept:

God both disciplines and delivers His people.

When God led Israel into the promised land, they obeyed Him by defeating the wicked Canaanites in the land (Judges 1:1-26). However, they failed to complete the conquest as God instructed (vv. 27-36). As a result, the Lord told Israel the remaining peoples of the land would be thorns in their side and their gods a constant temptation (2:3). This began a cycle repeated time and again in Judges: (1) Israel sinned; (2) God disciplined His people by handing them over to a foreign oppressor; (3) Israel cried out to God; (4) God raised up a judge to deliver them; and (5) Israel had rest as long as the judge was alive. Rinse and repeat.

As you examine Judges 3:1-11:

✞   Consider that without Joshua's leadership, the people of Israel quickly fell into 

    idol worship.

     

✞   Recognize that God's discipline is an expression of His Fatherly love.