What Is Right?
Series: Right in God's Eyes
October 01, 2023
Frank Foreman
Judges 21:25, In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did what was right in his own eyes. ---------- As we take our final look at the book of Judges, we are left with potential discouragement. The period of the Judges was a a time of great darkness in the nation of Israel as the people were on the roller coaster ride of sin and idolatry, suffering, and deliverance by God's intervention; only to fall back into that pattern of sin all over again. ---------- In these final chapters of the book, we see just how far the decay of the sin was reaching. Sadly, it gives us a glimpse of something we are all too familiar with--what effect unrepentant sin has on people and the consequences are for a nation who no longer acknowledges the sovereignty of God. ---------- It is a sobering reminder of how careful we must be not to fall into the temptations of sin or to even assume we are above falling into the traps of sin. We need to continually fix our eyes, our hearts, and our minds on Jesus Christ.
Episode Notes
(Journal) Judges Chapters 19-21
(Journal) Judges 19:1a, In those days, when there was no king in Israel…
(Journal) Judges 19:24, Behold, here are my virgin daughter and his concubine. Let me bring them out now. Violate them and do with them what seems good to you, but against this man do not do this outrageous thing.” (YLT), …and do to them that which is good in your eyes…
(Journal) Judges 21:25, In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did what was right in his own eyes.
1. Do not think yourself above or beyond the reach of sin.
1st Corinthians 10:12, Therefore let anyone who thinks that he stands take heed lest he fall.
2. Do not look to culture for standards of right and wrong.
Proverbs 14:12, There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death.
3. Do not continue to pile on one mistake after another.
Psalm 145:8-9, (NIV) The Lord is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in love, The Lord is good to all; He has compassion on all that He has made.
Big Idea: Israel’s desperate need for a King…. Points to our need for Jesus.
Next Step: Let’s take time this morning to be grateful.
- God’s grace is greater than our sin.
- God’s standards are right and good.
- God’s patience offers us tomorrow.
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