24. Judges, Part 1

Welcome to Reformed Bible Study. The book of Judges confronts us with a sobering paradox: a people who have witnessed the mighty acts of God and sworn covenant loyalty to him, yet who spiral downward through a relentless cycle of sin, servitude, and desperate supplication — and through it all, a God who remains faithful to his faithless people. In the two judges we examine today, Deborah and Jephthah, we see that faithfulness and foolishness can inhabit the same story, and that the Lord accomplishes his purposes through the most unlikely instruments, pointing us forward to the one Deliverer who would succeed where all others fell short.