Right in Whose Eyes? - Message 6 - Gideon's Mighty God - Judges 7:1-25
Outline:
I. The Necessity of Weakness – vs. 1-8
A. Who Gets the Glory? (vs. 1-3)
1. The Springs of Trembling (Harod) 2. “My Own Hand Saved Me” – 1 Cor. 4:7; Gal. 6:14; 2 Cor. 11:30 3. Too Scared to Serve – Deut. 20:8; 2 Tim. 1:7
B. Sifted for Service (vs. 4-8)
1. Three Hundred Strong? 2. Reduced to Ridiculous Helplessness 3. “I Will Save You”
II. The Encouragement in Weakness – vs. 9-15
A. Arise, Go, I have Delivered (vs. 9) B. But if You Are Afraid (vs. 10-11) – Psa. 103:14; Heb. 11:32-34 C. Faith from the Faithless (vs. 12-14) – trusting the pagan dream more than the promise of God D. Faith Strengthened produces Worship (vs. 15)
III. The Victory through Weakness – vs. 16-25
A. The Plan (vs. 16-18)
1. Ram’s Horns, Pitchers, Torches, no Swords 2. “The Lord’s and Gideon’s” – the Battle is the Lords – 2 Chron. 20:15, 17
B. Stand Still and See (vs. 19-21) – Exodus 14:13-14 C. The Midianites Ran, Cried, Fled (vs. 22) – the Lord did it D. Pursuit (vs. 23-24) E. The Raven and the Wolf (vs. 25)
IV. The Gospel, Triumphant in Weakness – 1 Cor. 1:21-29
A. The Foolishness of Preaching B. The Fishermen, Unlearned C. The Spirit, not the Power of Persuasion
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Phillip was called to new life in Christ at age 9, called to preach at age 14, and ordained to the gospel ministry at age 20. He graduated from The Criswell College (Dallas, Texas) in 1993 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Biblical Studies with a major in Evangelism. He...