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Bring Back the Glory
Judges 17-21
Judges 17:6 These final chapters begin
and end with these bookends making it clear that God's people had moved away
from moral absolutes. There was
no absolute truth, no authority...they had lost their moral compass. In Anytime a nation goes down
and experiences the judgment of God is happens in this order:
Moral decay in the home, then in the church, and finally in the
government. "As the home goes, so goes
the church, and as the church goes, so goes the nation." Here's 3 things it will
take to bring back the glory to the
1.
Families with a Foundation. v. 1-6 This is not the prophet Micah.
He is a spoiled brat. His
mother saved money and he decided to steal it--1100 shekels of silver.
She didn't know whom the thief was, so she pronounced a curse upon
him. He got scared when he heard
that and returned it, not out of conviction, but out of fear.
Rather than scolding him, she blessed him.
She was so glad to get the money back.
She said she was dedicating it to the Lord and then she made an idol
with it. Of course, the Bible
strictly forbids this sort of idolatry.
This is how spiritually blind they had become in their apostasy.
Far removed from the true worship of God--thinking this was doing God
a favor by making an idol to Him. v. 5 Micah had shelves full of idols...he was steeped in idolatry.
Then he appointed his son to become a priest.
He didn't qualify, and it wasn't God's way.
It is absolute confusion spiritually, and they think they are
actually serving God. So, in this family we have
coveting, stealing, cursing, dishonoring of parents, idolatry, and God knows
what else. They are morally
bankrupt. But if you would have
gone to them and confronted them about all of this they would say, "That's
your opinion, but this is the way we want to do it."
Every man what was right in his own eyes! This is where Parents are losing their
kids because we are not the examples we need to be.
We want them to obey but they see us going our own way personally.
Our inconsistencies will be magnified in our kids, just as Micah's
mother's issues were magnified in his life.
And what we allow in moderation our kids abuse in excess! ill.--in a small As parents we don't get
what we want, we get what we are. And I share this because
bringing back the glory to We need families w/ a
foundation.
2.
We need Preachers with Principles. v. 7 This was a
priest, and he is out of a job. v. 8-13
He has lots of needs, and crosses paths w/ the ungodly Micah, who
says, man, have I got a deal for you!
He knew his son was not a real priest, so he tries to get this priest
to move in. He feels good about
being religious. But religion
sends more to hell than sin does! This priest proves himself
to be a hireling, because he agrees and just for the money. 18:4 'hired'? John 10:11 Know how to tell the
difference between a true man of God and a hireling?
The hireling is committed only to himself and keeping his salary, not
the truths of God's Word. Am I saying the preacher
shouldn't be paid? Perish the
thought! The Bible says that
those that preach the gospel should live of the gospel, matter of fact, they
are worthy of double honor. But the hireling tells
people what they want to hear in order to draw a crowd and not offend
anyone. He is not called of God,
he simply chose a career. There is not much wrong w/
the Our churches are getting so
caught up in contemporary worship styles and fads and self help topics we
have left off prophetic preaching of the fiery truths of God's Word!
I think sincere Hate speech legislation is
on its way big time to the Galatians 4:16 Ecclesiastes 7:5 Americans are flocking to
hear the songs of fools that are hirelings, not committed to the Word of
God! My job is not to fill this
auditorium...it is to fill this pulpit! To bring back the glory we
need families w/ a foundation and preachers with principles...
3.
We need Government with God. Hold on.
Hang with me. 17:6 'no king' I realize God didn't
establish And when we take God and
Biblical morality out of our nation, it begins to unravel.
We have lost our
foundation. Every man does what
is right in his own eyes.
Politicians don't mind talking about values until you ask them 'whose
values' are these values? Why do you think the
homosexuals say they have the right to get married?
Because every man does what is right in his own eyes. Judges keep striking down
laws of common sense in favor of political correctness which protects
pedophiles and pornographers and criminals of all ranks.
We have lost our moral compass! I like what I'm seeing,
however, in Christian America. I
see a mass of believers getting involved in politics, running for office,
protesting, and taking their stand.
Don't believe the liberal left that says because we believe in God we
should just shut up. It's
because we believe in God that we ought to speak up! There are sparks, and we
need to fan the flames. Our
homes and our churches can affect our government.
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