Sermon Series: Period of the Judges

Ebenezer The Stone of Help I Samuel 7 Prepare Your Hearts Before the Lord vs. 3-6 As Samson is physically preparing the people for deliverance, Samuel is spiritually preparing the people for deliverance. To be delivered from a circumstance or a situation and not serve God afterwards doesn’t benefit the Lord at all. Vs. 3. If we want revival: We must get rid of false idols and false gods We must prepare our hearts We must determine to serve only […]

The Philistines Took the Ark of God I Samuel 5-6 The Philistines and Their God chap 5 The Philistines took the captured Ark to the Philistine town of Ashdod and placed into the temple of Dagon. The next morning, the people of the town opened the temple and found the huge stage of Dagon push over. The put the statue back. The next morning the statue was knocked down again, this time the head and hands were cut off. In […]

The Glory is Departed From Israel I Samuel 4 Faith in the Ark vs. 1-5 The Philistines had been oppressing Israel for 40 years. Between the preaching of Samuel and the beginning exploits of Samson, it gave Israel the courage to face the Philistines vs. 1. Unfortunately, the first battle was lost, with 4,000 Israelites slain. The solution for the people was to bring the Ark of the Covenant to the battlefield as a good luck charm. Eli’s sons Hophni […]

Responding to the Word of God I Samuel 3 The Desire to Respond   How to Respond It Must Be Personal It Must Be Practical It Must Be Measurable  

El De’ot, The God of Knowledge The God Who Knows Everything 1 Samuel 2 God’s Omniscience Omni “all” science “knowledge” I Kings 8:39 – God knows all hearts Psalm 139:2 – God knows what we are thinking Isaiah 40:13-14 Nobody taught God Isaiah 42:9 We have proof by fulfilled prophecies Matthew 10:30 God knows the numbers of hairs Romans 11:33 – God’s knowledge is unsearchable   Hannah’s Praise vs. 1-10 Hannah was excited that God would answer her prayers! Eli’s […]

Hannah For This Child I Prayed I Samuel 1 Barrenness vs. 1-8 This story is placed in the last of the book of Judges. Disobedience and ungodliness are rampant throughout the land. Elkanah was a Levi, from the family of Kohath. He was part of the family who was to take care of the furniture in the Tabernacle. Instead, he is living for himself and topping it off he had two wives: Hannah and Peninnah. Peninnah could have children, but […]

Jephthah Mighty Man of Valour Judges 11-12:7 Jephthah’s Family vs. 1-11 Jephthah’s mother was a harlot and this causes his family to reject him and cast him out. Instead of fighting with them, he fled and made a name for himself. When hit with the Ammonites, they called for Jephthah. Valor in the Bible carries the idea of military veteran.   Jephthah’s Enemy vs. 12-29 Jephthah sent messengers to communication with Ammon. When they began to speak falsehoods, he corrected […]