INTERACTIVE TEACHING/LEARNING GUIDE
Week 10
Session Title: “God Uses Rejects”
Focal Passage: (Judges 10:6-11:11)
Central Teaching/Learning Aim: To examine how Jephthah became a leader even
after being rejected by others and realize God desires us to influence others regardless
of our disadvantages and past rejections.
I. Hook
A. Share the following response from coach Jerry Manuel to rejection:
Jerry Manuel is the fourth winningest manager the Chicago White Sox has ever
had. Only once since 1998 has his team finished lower than second place in the
American League Central Division. In 2000 Jerry's boys won their division, and
he was named American League Manager of the Year. On Sunday, September
28, 2003, the 49-year-old manager recorded his 500th victory in his six seasons
with the club. Ironically, the next day, Jerry Manuel was fired for not guiding his
team to post-season play.
Manuel, an avowed follower of Jesus Christ, had been alerted to his imminent
firing a few days before it was made public. In response to news of his dismissal,
the soft-spoken manager said, "When I came here, I came here to be a servant
and not a celebrity. Obviously, that's changed. But that's still how I feel, and I
don't have any regrets."
It is Manuel's servant model of leadership that accounts for the gracious way he
accepted what many would view as rejection. In six seasons, he recognized, he
had done more than win baseball games. "If you don't win, you like to make
people better once you've left them, make people better players," Manuel said. "I
think to some degree, as a staff, we've accomplished that. That's probably the
greatest reward."
"Obviously you want to win," he added. "But if you can impact somebody's life
and head it in the direction that they can be somewhat successful, whether it's
the game or not, I think that's the biggest thing for me."
Yahoo Sports (9-24-03) and AP (9-28-03)
Ask – Has there been a time when you felt unaccepted or snubbed for
something you may or may not have had any control over? What developed in
your life because of the rejection?
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State – In today’s study Jephthah is rejected and expelled by his own family later he is asked to lead Israel in battle against the Philistines – Rejection of any
kind hurts, but God desires us to influence others regardless of our
disadvantages and past rejections.
B. Optional Method – Share the following partial biography of Chuck Colson:
About Chuck Colson
More than 30 years ago, Charles W. Colson was not thinking about reaching out to
prison inmates or reforming the U.S. penal system.
In fact, this aide to President Richard Nixon was "incapable of humanitarian
thought," according to the media of the mid-1970s.
Colson was known as the White House "hatchet man," a man feared by even the
most powerful politicos during his four years of service to President Nixon.
When news of Colson's conversion to Christianity leaked to the press in 1973, the
Boston Globe reported, "If Mr. Colson can repent of his sins, there just has to be
hope for everybody."
Colson would agree. He admits he was guilty of political "dirty tricks" and willing to
do almost anything for the cause of his president and his party.
In 1974, Colson entered a plea of guilty to Watergate-related charges; although
not implicated in the Watergate burglary, he voluntarily pleaded guilty to
obstruction of justice in the Daniel Ellsberg Case.
He entered Alabama's Maxwell Prison in 1974 as a new Christian and as the first
member of the Nixon administration to be incarcerated for Watergate-related
charges. He served seven months of a one-to-three year sentence.
In 1976, Colson founded Prison Fellowship Ministries, which, in collaboration with
churches of all confessions and denominations, has become the world's largest
outreach to prisoners, ex-prisoners, crime victims, and their families. Colson has
spent the last 25 years as head of Prison Fellowship Ministries.
Colson saw early on that reconciliation among offenders, victims, their families,
and communities should be a ministry of the Church. He set Prison Fellowship in
place to exhort, equip, and assist the church in this ministry. That decision
marshaled the involvement of the Church in prison outreach.
To help stem the cycle of crime and poverty, Prison Fellowship, under Colson's
leadership, introduced Angel Tree, a program that provides Christmas presents to
more than 500,000 children of inmates annually on behalf of their incarcerated
parents. These simple acts of kindness have revitalized hope and reconciliation
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among millions of children and their families, many of whom subsist below the
poverty level. Angel Tree has also launched a summer camping program,
partnering with churches in eight selected areas around the country to send the
children of prisoners to a Christian summer camp.
Despite his work critiquing the culture, Colson's heart is ever with the prisoner. He
has clearly never forgotten the promise he made to his fellow inmates during his
brief stay in prison: that he would "never forget those behind bars."
Ask – Has there been a time when you felt unaccepted or snubbed for something
you may or may not have had any control over? What developed in your life
because of the rejection?
State – In today’s study Jephthah is rejected and expelled by his own family - later
he is asked to lead Israel in battle against the Philistines – Rejection of any kind
hurts, but God desires us to influence others regardless of our disadvantages and
past rejections.
C. Optional Method – Movie Clip – “The Terminal” A Citizen of Nowhere (DVD
Chapter 2)
Start: 05:21
Stop: 07:24
The Terminal is the story of a foreign traveler named Victor Navorski (Tom Hanks)
who unwittingly gets caught up in a series of bureaucratic glitches making it
impossible for him to return home.
Victor arrives at New York City's JFK airport and finds he is stranded in a no man's
land. He is not allowed to get back on a plane, but neither can he leave the airport
and legally enter the United States. Frank Dixon, the director of customs, hauls
Victor into his office to explain the situation to a man who speaks virtually no
English.
Sitting at his desk, Dixon opens up his lunch box and tells Victor, "I have a bit of
bad news. It seems that your country has suspended all traveling privileges on
passports that have been issued by your government, and our state department
has revoked the visa that was going to allow you to enter the United States. That's
it in a nutshell, basically. It seems that while you were in the air, there was a
military coup in your country. Most of the dead were members of the presidential
guard. They were attacked in the middle of the night. It was a terrible firefight.
There were very few civilian casualties, so I'm sure your family is fine."
Officer Mulroy interrupts Dixon: "Mr. Navorski, your country was annexed from the
inside. The Republic of Krakozia is under new leadership."
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Victor, upon hearing his country's name mentioned, responds: "Krakozia,
Krakozia, Krakozia!"
Dixon says, "I don't think he gets it." Officer Mulroy nods in agreement.
Dixon uses an object lesson, and says, "Look. Imagine that these potato chips are
Krakozia."
Victor corrects his pronunciation, "Kra-ko-zia."
Dixon: "Kra-ko-zia. Kra-ko-zia."
Victor: "Okay."
Dixon: "So the potato chips are Krakozia, okay, and this apple…"
Victor, holding up a tour book of NYC says, "Big Apple. Big Apple."
"Big Apple—represents the liberty rebels, okay?" Then, Dixon uses the apple to
smash the bag of potato chips, covering Victor with crumbs. "No more Krakozia,"
Dixon continues. "New government. Revolution! You understand? So all flights in
and out of your country have been suspended indefinitely and the new
government has sealed all the borders, which means that your passport and visa
are no longer valid, so currently, you are a citizen of nowhere."
Officer Mulroy: "Now even if we could get your new papers, we couldn't process
them until the United States recognizes your country's new diplomatic
reclassification."
Dixon agrees, "You don't qualify for asylum, refugee status, temporary protective
status, humanitarian parole, or non-immigration work, travel or diplomatic visas you don't qualify for any of these things. You are, at this time, simply
unacceptable."
"Unacceptable?" Victor asks, struggling to understand.
"Unacceptable," Dixon replies.
II. Book
A. Utilize the discussion guide to examine the Scripture passages.
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III. Look
A. Place members in groups and have them discuss the group assignments.
Group 1
God’s grace can overcome rejection.
What is God’s grace? (God’s desire and His power that I need)
How do you get more grace?
Read James 4:6, I Peter 5:5 and Proverbs 3:34
(God is opposed to the proud but gives grace to the humble.)
What area of my life do I need God’s desire infused into my life?
Where do I need His power?
What area of your life do you need to humble before God?
Why not do it now?
Humbly ask God for more grace - I need your grace
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God’s grace can overcome rejection.
What is God’s grace? (God’s desire and His power that I need)
How do you get more grace?
Read James 4:6, I Peter 5:5 and Proverbs 3:34
(God is opposed to the proud but gives grace to the humble.)
What area of my life do I need God’s desire infused into my life?
Where do I need His power?
What area of your life do you need to humble before God?
Why not do it now?
Humbly ask God for more grace - I need your grace
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Group 3
God’s grace can overcome rejection.
What is God’s grace? (God’s desire and His power that I need)
How do you get more grace?
Read James 4:6, I Peter 5:5 and Proverbs 3:34
(God is opposed to the proud but gives grace to the humble.)
What area of my life do I need God’s desire infused into my life?
Where do I need His power?
What area of your life do you need to humble before God?
Why not do it now?
Humbly ask God for more grace - I need your grace
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Group 4
God’s grace can overcome rejection.
What is God’s grace? (God’s desire and His power that I need)
How do you get more grace?
Read James 4:6, I Peter 5:5 and Proverbs 3:34
(God is opposed to the proud but gives grace to the humble.)
What area of my life do I need God’s desire infused into my life?
Where do I need His power?
What area of your life do you need to humble before God?
Why not do it now?
Humbly ask God for more grace - I need your grace
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IV. Took
A. Read the following excerpt from James Robison’s book “Knowing God as Father”
page 6
Knowing God as Father by James Robison
As for me, I grew up without a father. I was born as
a result of a forced sexual relationship when a lust driven
man forced his affections on a woman who
served as a practical nurse for his ailing father. The
result of that forced sexual encounter was my
conception. My mother shared the rest of the story
with me when I was in my early teens. After a doctor
refused to abort the unwanted child, my mother,
not knowing how she could care for me, prayerfully
pondered her dilemma. She said God told her that she
should have the baby and that her child would bring
joy into the world.
My father had no desire whatsoever to be part of my
life. He never took me fishing. He never played ball
with me. He never said, “That’s good, son.” His lack of
involvement deeply wounded me and created a terrible
sense of insecurity, guilt and fear, feelings that
handicapped me emotionally for many years. It was
only when I met Jesus, and He introduced me to
His perfect, heavenly Father, that I was able to overcome
the hurts of the past and find real meaning in life.
State – Do you sense the same feelings that James did? Feelings of insecurity,
guilt and fear – Don’t let the rejection you sense in your life handicap you any
longer.
Read Psalm 139: 1-18 – Comforting words for those that feel rejected. There is no
situation hopeless with God.
B. Optional Method - Share the following article:
Think of obstacles as popsicles. Columnist Lona O'Connor tells how when she
was a kid she heard the Johnny Nash song "I Can See Clearly Now" in these
words: "I can see clearly now, the rain is gone. I can see all Popsicles in my way."
She grew up thinking of challenges in life as "rows of Popsicles melting in the sun - red, yellow, green." Only later in life did she realize that the real lyric was: "I can
see all obstacles in my way."
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She recommends singing it her way. Conceive of obstacles, not as bricks, or
mountains, but as popsicles.
(Lona O'Connor, "See Obstacles as Popsicles -- and Watch Them Melt Away,"
The Charlotte Observer, 21 May 2002, 4D.)
Read Psalm 139: 1-18 – Comforting words for those that feel rejected. There is no
situation hopeless with God.
Close in prayer
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DISCUSSION GUIDE
(Teacher’s Copy)
1. What is the sin that so easily beset Israel? (10:6)
[Idolatry of multiple gods.]
2. What outside influences do we sometimes inadvertently allow in our lives? What effect does
that have on us?
3. The Lord was so angry with Israel he decided to crush them by using who? (10:7)
[Philistines and the children of Ammon]
4. How long did the philistines and the children of Ammon oppress Israel? (10:8)
[18 years]
5. How did the Lord initially answer Israel’s cry? (10:11-12)
[Reminds them of how He had rescued them in the past after repeated betrayals.
Questions why He should save them this time. Suggests they call out to the gods
they have repeatedly chosen.]
6. How do we know their conviction and confession were genuine? (10:10-16)
[They took action by getting rid of all other gods and idols, and they began serving
only the Lord.]
7. Can you think of a time when your convictions were strong enough to lead to action?
8. What disadvantages did Jephthah face during his life? (11:1-2)
[He was a son of a harlot. He had been driven away from his family and was denied
his inheritance. He fled and became the leader of a band of raiders (probably
protected Israelite towns from the Ammonites).]
9. Why did the elders of Gilead go to recruit Jephthah? (11:4-6)
[The children of Israel were assembled and encamped, but needed a leader.]
10. What objections did Jephthah make? (11:7)
[Reminded them of how he was treated in the past. Questions why they were coming
to him now that they were in trouble.]
11. How were the elders of Gilead showing Jephthah that they were repenting for how they had
treated him? (11:8)
[By asking Jephthah to come back and lead.]
12. What fair question does Jephthah ask the elders to answer? (11:9-10)
[If I come back, and the Lord delivers the people of Ammon to me, will I be your
leader?]
13. Did Jephthah go with the elders of Gilead?
[Yes]
14. Have you ever been in a position to be an influence on people that have rejected you?
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DISCUSSION GUIDE
(Student Copy)
1. What is the sin that so easily beset Israel? (10:6)
2. What outside influences do we sometimes inadvertently allow in our lives? What
effect does that have on us?
3. The Lord was so angry with Israel he decided to crush them by using who? (10:7)
4. How long did the philistines and the children of Ammon oppress Israel? (10:8)
5. How did the Lord initially answer Israel’s cry? (10:11-12)
6. How do we know their conviction and confession were genuine? (10:10-16)
7. Can you think of a time when your convictions were strong enough to lead to action?
8. What disadvantages did Jephthah face during his life? (11:1-2)
9. Why did the elders of Gilead go to recruit Jephthah? (11:4-6)
10. What objections did Jephthah make? (11:7)
11. How were the elders of Gilead showing Jephthah that they were repenting for how
they had treated him? (11:8)
12. What fair question does Jephthah ask the elders to answer? (11:9-10)
13. Did Jephthah go with the elders of Gilead?
14. Have you ever been in a position to be an influence on people that have rejected
you?
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Living With Integrity
(Judges 11:12-12:15)
Monday – Read Judges 11:12-12:15

This passage deals with the life of Jephthah. He was a man of integrity who
showed great diplomacy and follow through.
 Outline this passage and list the major events.
 What stand out about Jephthah?
 What was Jephthah’s strategy for peace?
 Ask God to give you the character of Jephthah today.
Tuesday – Read Judges 11:14-27
 Today we see Jephthah’s character begin to be revealed. Apparently he was
a peaceful man. He tried to avoid a fight. Are you a peacemaker?
 Jephthah used his knowledge of history to keep the peace. Do you ever go
into “battle” without all the facts?
 Do you seek peace over fighting? Are you known as a peacemaker?
 Seek peace with someone today.
Wednesday – Read Judges 11:29
 Only after diplomacy failed did Jephthah advance the troops, and not until the
“Spirit of the Lord” was on him.
 How do you know when the “Spirit of the Lord” is on you?
 How do you know when the “Spirit of the Lord” is not on you?
 Ask the “Spirit of the Lord” to go with you today.
Thursday – Read Judges 11:30-40
 Today we see Jephthah waiting but more impatiently keeping a vow he made
to the Lord.
 How often do you promise God something and keep your promise?
 What was his vow? What did it cost him?
 Jephthah knew what could happen as a result of his vow but made it anyway.
Do you ever make vows to God knowing you probably won’t keep them?
 Confess to God today any vows you have broken.
 Renew any vows you have made and then watch God’s faithfulness.
Friday – Read Judges 12:7-15
 Here we have Jephthah’s death and the story of 3 more leaders of Israel. The
aspect that jumps out is the lack of substance to their epitaph.
 What are they remembered for?
 They had a lot of things apparently but what did they do with them?
 How are you managing the resources God has given you?
 What will your epitaph say about you?
 Live your life today as a life worth remembering.
SECOND CHANCE LIVING: FALLING INTO THE ARMS OF A LOVING GOD
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“God Uses Rejects”
Judges 10:6-11:11
(EXEGETICAL: What it meant to Israel back THEN)
THE RESULT OF JEPHTHAH GOING BACK WITH THE ELDERS OF GILEAD
AFTER THEY HAD GONE TO TOB TO BRING HIM BACK FROM EXILE
TO FIGHT AGAINST AMMON WHO HAD SHATTERED AND CRUSHED ISRAEL
FOR EIGHTEEN YEARS
BECAUSE THEY AGAIN HAD DONE EVIL IN THE EYES OF THE LORD
AND HE HAD SOLD THEM INTO THE HAND OF AMMON UNTIL
THEY HAD REPENTED AND HE HAD GRIEVED OVER THEIR MISERY;
AND AFTER JEPHTHAH, THE VALIANT WARRIOR WHO HAD BEEN BORN OF A
HARLOT, HAD BEEN EXILED FROM HIS HOME AND INHERITANCE;
AND AFTER THE ELDERS OF GILEAD HAD PROMISED BEFORE THE LORD
THAT THEY WOULD MAKE HIM HEAD [LEADER] OVER ALL THE PEOPLE, AS HE
HAD BARGAINED, ON THE CONDITION THAT
THE LORD SHOULD GIVE HIM VICTORY OVER AMMON . . .
WAS THAT THEY MADE HIM BOTH LEADER OF THE PEOPLE
AND COMMANDER OF THE ARMY.
I.
The LORD’s RESPONSE to the actions of Israel’s repentance [praying for mercy,
removing their foreign gods, and serving the LORD], after they again had done evil
in the LORD’s eyes and He had sold them into the hand of Ammon, which had
shattered and crushed them for eighteen years until they had cried out from their
great distress in repentance and confession, though at first He had refused to
deliver them . . . was that He was grieved over their misery, (10:6-16).
A. The Manner in which Israel again did evil in the LORD’s eyes (3:7, 12; 4:1; 6:1;
8:33) . . . was by serving the Baals, the Ashtoreths, the gods of Syria, Sidon,
Moab, Ammon, and Philistia and by forsaking the LORD, rather than serving
him, (10:6).
B. The LORD’s Response to Israel’s again doing evil in His eyes . . . was to glow
with anger (2:14, 20; 3:8) against Israel and to sell (3:8; 4:2) them into the hand
of Philistia and into the hand of Ammon, (10:7).
C. The eighteen year (3:8, 14; 4:3; 6:1) Oppression (3:8, 13; 4:2; 6:1) of Ammon
against the Israelites on the east side of the Jordan in Gilead, the [former] land
of the Ammonites . . . shattered and crushed the Israelites, (10:8).
D. The Result of Ammon crossing over the Jordan [to the west] to fight against the
tribes of Judah, Benjamin, and Ephraim . . . was that they [the western tribes]
were greatly distressed, (10:9).
E. The Content of Israel’s Repentance/Confession (3:9, 15; 4:3; 6:6) as they cried
out to the LORD . . . was that they had sinned against him, having forsaken
[Him] their God and instead served the Baals, (10:10).
Note: This was the first time in all of Israel’s crying out to the Lord during the
Judges that they actually confessed their sin of forsaking him to serve false gods.
Previously they had simply cried out for deliverance.
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F. The LORD’s Reminder to the repentant Israelites regarding their former cries
during times of oppression at the hand of the Egyptians, the Amorites, the
Ammonites, the Philistines, the Sidonians, the Amalekites, and the Maonites . . .
was that He had delivered them [faithfully, every time], (10:11-12).
G. The LORD’s Judgment against Israel, since they had forsaken Him [again] and
served other gods . . . was that He would no longer deliver them, but that they
should go to and cry out to the gods they had chosen and let those gods deliver
them in their time of distress, (10:13-14).
H. Israel’s desperate Response to the LORD’s severe judgment . . . was to confess
that they had sinned, to cast themselves on the LORD’s mercy [“do whatever is
good in your eyes”], to pray for deliverance, to remove their foreign idols, and to
serve the LORD, (10:15-16a).
I. The LORD’s Response to the actions of Israel’s repentance . . . was that He
was grieved over their misery, (10:16b).
II. The QUESTION the princes of Gilead asked one another when they had
assembled their army at Mizpeh to battle against Ammon . . . inquired as to who
would begin the fight against Ammon and who would be the head [leader] over all
the people of Gilead, (10:17-18).
A. Israel’s Response to Ammon’s mustering and camping its army in Gilead . . .
was that Israel assembled and camped its army in Mizpeh, (10:17).
B. The Question the princes of Gilead asked one another . . . inquired as to who
would begin the fight against Ammon and who would be the head [leader] over
all the people of Gilead, (10:18).
III. Jephthah’s RESPONSE to his brothers’ exiling him from his home and inheritance,
since he was the illegitimate son of a harlot . . . was to flee from where his brothers
lived to the land of Tob [northeast] and to gather around him worthless men [thugs]
who followed him, (11:1-3).
A. The Parents of Jephthah, the valiant warrior from Gilead . . . were a harlot and a
man named Gilead, (11:1).
B. The Reason the legitimate sons of Gilead, when they were grown, threw out
[see Genesis 3:24] Jephthah and vowed he would have no inheritance in the
house of their father . . . was because he was the son of another woman, (11:2).
C. Jephthah’s Response to his brothers’ exiling him from his home and inheritance
. . . was to flee [see Genesis 16:6] from where his brothers lived to the land of
Tob [northeast] and to gather around him worthless men [like Abimelech in 9:4]
who followed him, (11:3).
Note: Verses 1-3 served as a flashback to set up the next section of the story. The
events of 1-3 had taken place some years before, but had become relevant. Of
interest to the reader were the similarities between Jephthah and Abimelech. Both
were illegitimate sons and both gathered an army of thugs. The story would not
have sounded promising to those who made the comparison with Abimelech.
IV. The RESULT of Jephthah’s going back with the elders of Gilead after they had
gone to Tob to bring him back to fight against Ammon and after they had promised
before the LORD that they would make him head [leader] over all the people, as he
had bargained, on the condition that the LORD should give him victory . . . was that
they made him both head [leader of the people] and commander [of the army],
(11:4-11).
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A. The Offer extended by the elders of Gilead to Jephthah, whom they had gone to
bring from the land of Tob, at the time when Ammon fought against Israel . . .
was that he come and be their commander so that they could fight against
Ammon, (11:4-6).
Note: The story that left off at 10:18 was resumed.
B. Jephthah’s Response to the elders’ offer that he be their commander . . .
challenged, “Have you not hated me? Have you not thrown me out of my
father’s house? Why is it that you have now come to me in your distress?”
(11:7).
C. The elders’ Renewed Offer to Jephthah, after explaining that they had come
back to him in their distress so that he might go and fight against Ammon with
them . . . was that he be the head [leader] over all the people of Gilead, (11:8).
Note: The offer just got upped from commander of the army to leader of the people,
from general to president.
D. Jephthah’s Question to the elders [to clarify the offer] . . . probed, “If you take
me back to fight Ammon and the LORD gives them to me, shall I [truly] be your
head [leader]?” (11:9).
E. The elders’ Promise to Jephthah, calling on the LORD to witness between them
. . . was that they would do as Jephthah had said, (11:10).
F. The Result of Jephthah’s going back with the elders of Gilead . . . was that they
made him both head [leader of the people] and commander [of the army],
(11:11a).
Note: Jephthah got more than he had bargained for. The elders made him both
leader and commander before he even went out to battle. The elders of Israel were
pretty desperate for help.
G. Jephthah’s words [his covenant with the elders] . . . were spoken before [the
witnesses of] the LORD in Mizpeh, (11:11b).
(THEOLOGICAL: What it means to God’s People ALWAYS)
FINDING GOD-FEARING LEADERS
TO DELIVER GOD’S REPENTANT PEOPLE . . .
REQUIRES HUMILITY AND RECOGNITION OF POTENTIAL.
I.
II.
Replacing God with false gods . . . guarantees His severe discipline, (10:6-9).
God’s response to hypocritical confessions . . . compels insincere worshippers to live
with relentless discipline, (10:10-14).
III. Sincere actions of repentance . . . move God to act in mercy, (10:15-16).
IV. Those who are rejected by their peers . . . may later be sought out because of their
potential, (10:17-11:6).
V. Finding competent, God-focused leadership . . . requires humility and recognition of
potential, (11:7-11).
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(PEDAGOGICAL: What it means to us TODAY)
ADOPT GOD-FEARING LEADERS.
I.
II.
Expect God to deal with your disloyalty.
A. God will discipline your acts of disloyalty, (10:6-9).
1. God disciplined Israel’s repeated disloyalty.
2. God will discipline your acts of disloyalty.
B. God may not fix the consequences of your chronic disloyalties, (10:10-14).
1. God refused to deliver Israel after insincere professions of loyalty.
2. God may not quickly deliver you from your repeated disloyalties.
C. God will deliver you for service when you truly repent, (10:15-16).
1. God felt compassion for Israel’s sincere repentance.
2. God will respond to your sincere repentance.
Willingly adopt God-fearing leadership.
A. Don’t reject potential leaders just because of their circumstances, (10:17-11:6).
1. Israel (Gilead) had rejected Jephthah because of his illegitimacy.
2. Don’t reject a potential leader because of his circumstances.
B. Humbly admit your need for leadership, (11:7-8).
1. Israel humbly acknowledged their need of a leader.
2. Humbly admit your need for leadership.
C. Acknowledge the God-fearing leader’s potential to lead, (11:9-10).
1. Israel acknowledged Jephthah’s ability to lead.
2. Acknowledge God-fearing leader potential.
D. Adopt God-fearing leaders, (11:11).
1. Israel made Jephthah their leader and commander.
2. Adopt God-fearing leaders for yourself and your family.
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