KNOWING gOD - BOOK OF JUDGES LESSon #10Sermon Notes |
Date of Sermon: August 10, 2014
Main Idea: God longs for me to know him Key Verse: "And (Gideon) said to him, 'If now I have found favor in your eyes, then show me a sign that it is you who speak with me. Please do not depart from here until I come to you and bring out my present and set it before you.' And (Yahweh) said, 'I will stay until you return.'" Judges 6:17-18 Bible Reading: 11 Now the angel of the Lord came and sat under the terebinth at Ophrah, which belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, while his son Gideon was beating out wheat in the winepress to hide it from the Midianites. 12 And the angel of the Lord appeared to him and said to him, “The Lord is with you, O mighty man of valor.” 13 And Gideon said to him, “Please, my lord, if the Lord is with us, why then has all this happened to us? And where are all his wonderful deeds that our fathers recounted to us, saying, ‘Did not the Lord bring us up from Egypt?’ But now the Lord has forsaken us and given us into the hand of Midian.” 14 And the Lord turned to him and said, “Go in this might of yours and save Israel from the hand of Midian; do not I send you?” 15 And he said to him, “Please, Lord, how can I save Israel? Behold, my clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father’s house.” 16 And the Lord said to him, “But I will be with you, and you shall strike the Midianites as one man.” 17 And he said to him, “If now I have found favor in your eyes, then show me a sign that it is you who speak with me. 18 Please do not depart from here until I come to you and bring out my present and set it before you.” And he said, “I will stay till you return.” Outline: I. God Knows Me (11-13) A. God knows where I am (and what I am doing) (11) B. God knows who I am (in spite of circumstances) (12) C. God knows my doubts about his character (13) II. God Knows My Capabilities (14-16) A. God wants to accomplish his will through me (14) B. God knows my self-doubt (15) C. God knows his presence will supply all I lack (16) III. God Wants Me To Know Him (17-18) A. God knows my doubts about His revelation (17) B. God wants me to know him (18) |