Title Judges 7:1~8 Jehovah chooses
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Judges 7:1-8 Jehovah chooses Topic: 36. Grace. 2010. 1. 31.
◎ Introduction
: God and Gideon appointed 300 men to save Israel from the hand of Midian.
※ There were 32,000 people who responded to Gideon's call. They gathered voluntarily, but they were not fit in the sight of God.
1. Sending those who tremble in fear. (1~3)
2. Leaving only those who lick the water. (4-8)
1. Sending those who tremble in fear. (1~3)
One). Gideon went to war with the crowd to fight the Midianites. (One)
※ Gideon encamped next to the “spring of Harod” (located in the northeast of the Jezreel Valley).
※ The Midianite army was located in the northern part of Israel.
※ Gideon was convinced that God had established him as the savior of Israel, and he followed God's command without delay.
2). God gives Gideon an unexpected command. (2~3)
※ “There are too many people following you.” God does not give them into their hands.
※ This is because Israel will say that they defeated Midian with their own hands against God.
※ Considering that the number of Midianites is 135,000, but Israel's is only 32,000, the number here is not a simple number. 'The pride of Israel'
① This battle has already ended with Israel's victory.
* Only the process of how to achieve victory remains.
② Despite the suffering caused by the looting of Midian, Israel still had not completely abandoned their pride.
* Their rebellion was already revealed in the fact that they found God only after 7 years of suffering.
※ God wanted Israel to realize God's work in the war against Midian. Therefore, the number of gathered groups was reduced.
3). God has a standard for selection. (3)
※ “Whoever trembles with fear, go back” There was no need for those who tremble in fear.
* The people who returned were 22,000, and 10,000 were left behind.
※ God also told Moses, “Let those who tremble for fear return to their homes” (Deuteronomy 20:8).
※ In Israel's camp in front of the Midianite army, God was fighting Israel, not the Midianites.
※ Midian was only a tool to discipline Israel.
※ Midian was treated according to God's will. The problem is Israel's sin of leaving God and glorifying God.
It was the pride of refusing to
2. Leaving only those who lick the water. (4-8)
※ Because I was afraid, I sent more people and there were 10,000 people.
One). God tells us to reduce the number left over. (4)
※ The fact that there are ten thousand is God's intention not to give Israel any room to boast.
※ Until they fully realize that it is a war that they can never win with their own abilities, you will have to remove the grounds they have.
will be. That is why God has chosen the soldiers.
2). He tested those who would choose the soldiers of God. (5)
※ The selection criteria were neither a good horse rider nor a good swordsman.
※ God has given us guidelines to do what He tells us to do.
※ All the people are told to go down to the water and drink.
※ As for drinking water, 300 people grabbed it with their hands and licked it, and everyone else got down on their knees to eat.
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3). God had a choice. (7-8)
※ The Lord chose the 300 who licked the water, and sent the rest back to their respective dwellings.
※ There is no explanation as to why he chose the one who scooped up water by hand. Perhaps it was to make people realize the work of God by choosing very few rather than too many.
※ “Then the people lifted up their bread and their trumpets” The fact that the war is in God's hands is evident in the equipment of the remaining soldiers.
※ “They let the three hundred remain.” Now all the people will be sent back, and they will go to Midian in the center under them.
◎ Conclusion: