Lesson 7 JUDGES RETURNING TO GOD
Leadenhall Baptist Church Bible Study Series
CONQUERING THE PAIN IN YOUR PAST
Class description
In this lesson, Pastor Alvin Gwynn Jr leads the newest session of our new bible study series on Judges Returning To God. Today’s class discussion we review Jephthah’s journey and how it relates back to our personal stories today.
How do you make decisions about who you allow to lead you and how you will choose to follow?
This discussion is from lesson 7 in the companion book JUDGES: RETURNING TO GOD BY Donald Baker
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Session Scriptures: Judges 6:33, 7:22 & Judges 9
Lesson Highlights
FINDING STRENGTH IN YOUR TRAGEDY
Jephthah’s rejection was not the end of his story. Despite his inequities he found his way through submission to Christ.
POWER IN WORDS
Words give life to thoughts and ideas. Be careful what you say to others and what you allow yourself to absorb from others.
RECOGNIZE MANIPULATION
The joke: As we get older we get more mature. People are and will always be people. On a borad level, not an individual level, we find the actions of a child are exagerated in the actions of adults.
Beware of those who always need a piece of your butter scotch cookies before they can add value into your life.
THE CYCLE IS INTENDED TO END WITH DELIVERANCE
TAKE ACTION
Take Action!
What kind of relationship do we want to have with God?
Our actions become our routines. How you are in your personal relationships can also reflect your relationship with Christ. Have you mended transgressions, surrendered to the will of others who want the best for you, and cast away the things that don’t actually bring value into your life?
Take time this week to evaluate your personal and spiritual relationships.
Lesson Scriptures
Judges 11:1-14
1 Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valor, and he was the son of a harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah.
2 And Gilead's wife bare him sons; and when his wife's sons grew up, they drove out Jephthah, and said unto him, Thou shalt not inherit in our father's house; for thou art the son of another woman.
3 Then Jephthah fled from his brethren, and dwelt in the land of Tob: and there were gathered vain fellows to Jephthah, and they went out with him.
4 And it came to pass after a while, that the children of Ammon made war against Israel.
5 And it was so, that, when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah out of the land of Tob;
6 and they said unto Jephthah, Come and be our chief, that we may fight with the children of Ammon.
7 And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, Did not ye hate me, and drive me out of my father's house? and why are ye come unto me now when ye are in distress?
8 And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, Therefore are we turned again to thee now, that thou mayest go with us, and fight with the children of Ammon; and thou shalt be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.
9 And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, If ye bring me home again to fight with the children of Ammon, and Jehovah deliver them before me, shall I be your head?
10 And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, Jehovah shall be witness between us; surely according to thy word so will we do.
11 Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and chief over them: and Jephthah spake all his words before Jehovah in Mizpah.
12 And Jephthah sent messengers unto the king of the children of Ammon, saying, What hast thou to do with me, that thou art come unto me to fight against my land?
13 And the king of the children of Ammon answered unto the messengers of Jephthah, Because Israel took away my land, when he came up out of Egypt, from the Arnon even unto the Jabbok, and unto the Jordan: now therefore restore those [lands] again peaceably.
14 And Jephthah sent messengers again unto the king of the children of Ammon;
Judges 11:28, Judges 12:7
28 Howbeit the king of the children of Ammon hearkened not unto the words of Jephthah which he sent him.
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7 And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then died Jephthah the Gileadite, and was buried in [one of] the cities of Gilead.
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