1. The document summarizes the biblical story of Jephthah, who was rejected by his family but later called upon to defend his people from the Ammonites. He made a rash vow that if he was successful, he would sacrifice whatever came out of his house first. Unfortunately, his daughter was the first to greet him, and he was forced to follow through on his vow.
2. It discusses how to overcome rejection through accepting God's love, stopping self-blame, living as a new person in Christ, and realizing that rejection can shape but not define one's life.
3. Scholars debate whether Jephthah actually sacrificed his daughter or dedicated her to lifelong service at
A look into the Biblical passages that focus on "one another". This is a reflection tool to help you understand the context of your relationships as well as review God's call for us to like together.
This is a study of Jesus being incompatible with the devil. He is an example of how believers in Jesus are to be incompatible with those who are not believers. Good and evil just do not mix.
Sharing Your Faith 1 Peter 3:15-16 Adapted from K. Edward Skidmore, Charles Mallory & James Kirkland sermons http://www.sermoncentral.com/print_friendly.asp?ContributorID=&SermonID=132675 http://www.sermoncentral.com/print_friendly.asp?ContributorID=&SermonID=93711 http://www.sermoncentral.com/print_friendly.asp?ContributorID=&SermonID=151157
A look into the Biblical passages that focus on "one another". This is a reflection tool to help you understand the context of your relationships as well as review God's call for us to like together.
This is a study of Jesus being incompatible with the devil. He is an example of how believers in Jesus are to be incompatible with those who are not believers. Good and evil just do not mix.
Sharing Your Faith 1 Peter 3:15-16 Adapted from K. Edward Skidmore, Charles Mallory & James Kirkland sermons http://www.sermoncentral.com/print_friendly.asp?ContributorID=&SermonID=132675 http://www.sermoncentral.com/print_friendly.asp?ContributorID=&SermonID=93711 http://www.sermoncentral.com/print_friendly.asp?ContributorID=&SermonID=151157
It is important to know that God made us to have emotions, therefore, having emotions in itself, is not a sin. However, if we are not careful, satan can manipulate our emotions, such as anger, and cause us to hate or kill another person! Satan can lead one to believe that the lust they have is really “love,” justifying acts of adultery, fornication and sodomy.
We are living in the days where great faith is needed to survive in this world. I often cringe when I look at the news. What do we have to look forward to? Today, we face a volatile economy, with the dow plunging more than 2,300 points on this past Thursday and deemed to be the worst day on Wall Street since 1987 (they are said to have rebounded from the plunge). There is a global crisis, a pandemic, as the coronavirus outbreak continues to spread, topping out at 125,000 cases globally. The world is in a sheer panic with consumers buying items such as, toilet paper and hand sanitizer in bulk and major events, schools and entertainments venues shutting down. As for our political climate, well, Trump is our president. I will leave it at that. Violence and Sodomy, as we know, continues to run rampant. Not to mention the natural disasters we face. This list goes on and on.
The church is the mother of believers--the God-ordained school of virtue in which Christian disciples learn how to desire the good and to reject what is false. Romans 12:9ff outlines covenant life in the congregation.
The Salvation We Share Jude 3-4 Adapted from a sermon by Steve Shepherd http://www.sermoncentral.com/sermons/the-salvation-we-share-steve-shepherd-sermon-on-salvation-126418.asp
This is a study of those who are proud and self-righteous, and have a tendency to look down on those less perfect. God hates this attitude, and is very angry at those who presume to be holier than thou.
Based on "Respectable Sins" by Jerry Bridges, this lesson examines the sin of pride; specifically, pride of moral self-righteousness, doctrinal pride, pride of achievement, and an independent spirit. The fact that God is the source of all our success, that we need to be humble in our doctrine and opinions, and that we need to maintain a teachable spirit are all emphasized.
Sure You're Mature_Session 3_The World and the Christianroadsidebbc
Sure You're Mature's session regarding the Christian and the world.
Sure You're Mature was a values formation event for the young professionals of today, and was held at Road Side Bible Baptist Church from December 26-29, 2010. The event was attended by different churches.
God is the highest definition of all that is good, especially humble unselfishness. How would have ever imagined a God so intensely unselfish as the God of the Bible? he blows my mind in every category! I hope your mind expose with wonder and gratitude as you get to know this God--the only true God--the God Who sent Jesus to rescue a bunch of rebels like us--not because he had to but because He wanted to!
A Passionist reflection on the passage of Paul's letter to the Galatians where he expresses the Freedom from sin that we Christians have through Christ. This reflection also compares Christian Freedom from the American context of Freedom.
It is important to know that God made us to have emotions, therefore, having emotions in itself, is not a sin. However, if we are not careful, satan can manipulate our emotions, such as anger, and cause us to hate or kill another person! Satan can lead one to believe that the lust they have is really “love,” justifying acts of adultery, fornication and sodomy.
We are living in the days where great faith is needed to survive in this world. I often cringe when I look at the news. What do we have to look forward to? Today, we face a volatile economy, with the dow plunging more than 2,300 points on this past Thursday and deemed to be the worst day on Wall Street since 1987 (they are said to have rebounded from the plunge). There is a global crisis, a pandemic, as the coronavirus outbreak continues to spread, topping out at 125,000 cases globally. The world is in a sheer panic with consumers buying items such as, toilet paper and hand sanitizer in bulk and major events, schools and entertainments venues shutting down. As for our political climate, well, Trump is our president. I will leave it at that. Violence and Sodomy, as we know, continues to run rampant. Not to mention the natural disasters we face. This list goes on and on.
The church is the mother of believers--the God-ordained school of virtue in which Christian disciples learn how to desire the good and to reject what is false. Romans 12:9ff outlines covenant life in the congregation.
The Salvation We Share Jude 3-4 Adapted from a sermon by Steve Shepherd http://www.sermoncentral.com/sermons/the-salvation-we-share-steve-shepherd-sermon-on-salvation-126418.asp
This is a study of those who are proud and self-righteous, and have a tendency to look down on those less perfect. God hates this attitude, and is very angry at those who presume to be holier than thou.
Based on "Respectable Sins" by Jerry Bridges, this lesson examines the sin of pride; specifically, pride of moral self-righteousness, doctrinal pride, pride of achievement, and an independent spirit. The fact that God is the source of all our success, that we need to be humble in our doctrine and opinions, and that we need to maintain a teachable spirit are all emphasized.
Sure You're Mature_Session 3_The World and the Christianroadsidebbc
Sure You're Mature's session regarding the Christian and the world.
Sure You're Mature was a values formation event for the young professionals of today, and was held at Road Side Bible Baptist Church from December 26-29, 2010. The event was attended by different churches.
God is the highest definition of all that is good, especially humble unselfishness. How would have ever imagined a God so intensely unselfish as the God of the Bible? he blows my mind in every category! I hope your mind expose with wonder and gratitude as you get to know this God--the only true God--the God Who sent Jesus to rescue a bunch of rebels like us--not because he had to but because He wanted to!
A Passionist reflection on the passage of Paul's letter to the Galatians where he expresses the Freedom from sin that we Christians have through Christ. This reflection also compares Christian Freedom from the American context of Freedom.
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The third study in our "Growing Deep in the Gospel" series. In this study we answer the question "What isn't the Gospel?" by looking at false gospels, the difference between religion and the gospel and three ways to live: be your own god, make yourself right with God and trust Jesus.
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Our Responsibility to God’s WILL
His priority must be our priority!
Let’s quickly examine the Ant for some Wisdom!
Their Queen our King
Their Colony or community our Church
They are super-organisms we are the body of Christ
They live to reproduce, we do the same, though we both can’t
It’s not about them, it’s not about us.
Which sins mentioned in the Torah are termed abomination?
Abomination: a thing that causes disgust or hatred. Atrocity, disgrace, horror, obscenity, outrage, evil, crime, monstrosity, anathema, bane, detestation, loathing, aversion, antipathy, revulsion, repugnance, abhorrence, odium, execration, disgust, horror, hostility.
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Bible Study: Keeping Your Promises
JEPHTAH
Keeping Your Promises: Even When It Costs You!
2. Acceptance & Rejection:
Everyone wantstobe loved.Bynature,people crave acceptance,andtheyfearrejection.
Nobodywantstobe rejected.
o Seekingacceptance indifferentplaces: (Somepeople are sohungryforlove and
acceptance that theywill payanyprice to getit.)
Business
Academics
Athletics
Romance
Some have beenrejectedsooftenthattheyhave givenup.Theysettleforrejectionasanormal
part of life.Unfortunately,manytimestheyreinforcetheirrejectionthroughdepressed
behaviorpatternssuchasdrug or alcohol abuse.
Questions?Thoughts?
Judges 10-12:
1. Includesastrange story of acceptance and rejection.It,too,issetina time whenthe promise
seemedtobe fading.It’sthe storyof Jephtahthe Gileadite –a mostunusual hero.The bible
says,“Jephthahthe Gileadite wasamightywarrior.HisfatherwasGilead;hismotherwasa
prostitute”(Judges11:1NKJV) thisillegitimatesonwasnotexactlythe familyfavorite. Gilead’s
othersonsexpelledhimfromthe family.JephtahfledtoTob.Inthe edge of the wilderness.
There he gathereda bandof roguesandrebelsaroundhim. He survived,butnotwithoutthe
painof rejectioninhisheart.
Aftera while the Ammonitesfromthe Transjordanattackedthe communitiesof the
districtof Gilead.Andthe familysentforthe helpof Jephthahtorescue them.Crazy, his
ownrelativesthrewhimoutbutwantedhishelp.
The Nature of Rejection:
Rejectionhasaway of toughingus upto deal withthe realitiesof life.Just as the human body develops
immunities to resist disease, likewise our personality develops skills to resist rejection.
1. Avoidit
2. Attack it
3. Denyit
4. Compensate forit
Jepthah had become an expert at compensation. He had developed a barrier that would not allow
anyone or anything to penetrate. He had become a “mighty warrior”. He could slice your head off and
not care. But down inside, his heart longed for acceptance.
Questions?Thoughts?Howdoyoudeal withrejection?
3. Nothing Like Crisis to Pull Things Together:
The Ammonite invasionwasjustwhatJephthahneeded- achance toreconcile withhisrelatives,an
opportunitytobe restoredtoleadershipandprominence.“Come,”theysaid,“be ourcommander,so
we can fightthe Ammonites”(Judges11:6).Jephthahreplies(Judges11:7)
So theypromisedtomake himtheircaptainandput himoverall the citiesof Gilead.Jephthahaccepted
theiroffer.Necessityisnotonlythe “motherof invasion”,itisalsooftenthe “motive of acceptance.”
The threat of a commonenemy drew themall together.
Jephthah had a heart for God despite his background as the illegitimate son of a prostitute, a desert
bandit,anda social outcast.Andyet, he was a person of great faith in God. Perhaps the rejection drew
him closer to God. He may have turned to the Lord as the only One who would accept him.
Reasons for Rejection:
1. Personal rejection(Youdon’twantme)
2. Social rejection(Nobodywantsme)
3. Conditional love(Youonlylove me if….)
4. Deprivationof love (Youdon’tlove me)
5. Divorce (Youleftme)
6. Desertion(Youleftusall)
7. Dysfunction(Youdon’tunderstandme)
8. Abuse (Youhurtme)
9. Insecurity(Idon’tlike myself)
10. Death(You’re nothere for me)
Overcoming Rejection:
In orderto overcome rejection,we mustcome toGRIPS withcertainKEY FACTORSinour lives.We must:
1. AcceptGod’s love forus;
2. Stopblamingourselves;
3. Stopblamingothers;
4. Start livinglike anewperson.
Most of us have to deal withrejectioninourlivessoonerorlater.Youmighthave to overcome rejection
fromfamilymembers,friends,co-workers,etc.Whileyourlife mightbe shapedbythatrejection,itdoes
not have to be limitedbyit.Youcan learnto overcome it.In fact, you can even become a better person
because of it.
Can’t we work this out?
The Ammonite kinginsistedthatthe landbelongedtothe Ammonitesandthatthe Israelitestookitfrom
them in the conquest under Joshua. Jephthah tried settling the issue peacefully but it didn’t work.
Finally, Jephthah took his case to God. (Judges 11:27) This recognized God alone is sovereign over the
land. Unfortunately, the king rejected Jephthah’s appeal and continued going towards the Israelites.
4. Promises, Promises:
“The Spiritof the Lord came upon Jephthah” (Judges 11:29). He rallied a great army and crossed Gilead
and Manasseh to meet the enemy at Mizpah. En route to the battle, he made a solmn vow to God:
(Judges11:30, 31) A vowwas a solemnpromise toGod. The Hebrew term “nadir” conveys the idea of a
consecrationtoGod, meaningaseriouscommitmentorpledge.Itrepresentednotonlyaperson’swork,
but also his character. Such vows were not to be made or taken lightly.
Examples:
Psalm50:14
NT, Jesusremindsustospeakthe truthwhenwe take an oath or make a vow. (Matthew 5:37)
Thiswas serious.Itmeantkeepingacovenant,andultimatelythe honorof one’scharacter.
The Promise Keepers Phenomenon 7 basic promises
1. Honor JesusChristthroughworship,prayer,andobedience toGod’swordthroughthe powerof
the HolySpirit.
2. Pursue vital relationshipswithafew othermen,understandingthatwe needbrotherstohelpus
keepourpromises.
3. Practice spiritual,moral,ethical,andsexual purity.
4. Buildstrongmarriagesandfamiliesthroughlove,protection,andbiblical values.
5. Supportthe missionof the church byhonoringandprayingfor yourpastor and byactivelygiving
time andresources.
6. Reach beyondany racial and denominationalbarrierstodemonstrate the powerof biblical
unity.
7. Influence the world,beingobedienttothe GreatCommandment(Mark12:30,31) and the Great
Commission(Matthew 28:19,20)
Jephthah’s Win:
Jephthahwinsoverthe Ammonites.He returnshome asIsrael’sgreathero.ButwhenJephthah reached
hishouse,tohisutter dismay,hisowndaughterran out to meet him dancing and playing a tambourine
(Judges11:34). It wasn’ta sheepora goat,it washis onlychild!He had promised to sacrifice her to God
as a burnt offering. Now what would he do?
Many newbelieversmake the mistake of OVERCOMMITTINGthemselves.Theyare soexcited
abouttheirnewlife inChristthattheywantto experienceeverythingtheycan.Sothey
volunteerforeveryjob inthe church.The problemis,theyoftendosoat expense of their
families.
EX) beingcommittedtochurchthat he spentmore time there thanat home.Ignoringmarriage.
Ignoringfamily.Etc. Becomingsoovercommittedthatyoustart doingthe wrongthingsat
home.Eventuallyitcancostfamily.
Keeping Your Word:
Jephthah’svowwasmade ingoodfaith.
5. What was the vow?1 Viewisthathe promisedtosacrifice whatevercame outof his house asa
burntofferingtoGod. Inthose days,animalswere oftenkeptinthe house.Anythingcould’ve
come out of his house:asheep,a goat,or a cow (Whichhappento be appropriate sacrifices).A
dog,a cat, or evena mouse couldhave come runningoutof hishouse as well.Those animals
wouldnothave beenanappropriate sacrifice toGod.
That is why some translators prefer to translate the passage: “Whatever comes out of my
house…..will be the Lord’sorI will sacrifice itasa burntoffering.”The original Hebrewallowsfor
eithertranslation.Thatwayif whatcomesout of the house isnot appropriate forsacrifice,itcan
be dedicated to God’s service.
FOR EXAMPLE) in biblical times, animals not suitable for sacrifice could be given to the priest
and sold. The proceeds would then would then go to the temple. Leviticus 27 gives various
amountsto be paidfor the redemptionof persons who had been vowed to the Lord or animals
that had been dedicated to the Tabernacle.
Issue at Stake:
DidJephthahactuallyslewhisowndaughterandofferedherasaburnt sacrifice toGod. Commentaries
on thispassage are equallydivided.
What textsays?
1. He wasbrokenheartedoverthe vow (Verse 35)
2. His daughteracceptedit:“Do to me justas you promised”(36)
3. She askedfora 2 monthdelaytoweepbecause “she wouldnevermarry”(37,38)
4. He laterfulfilledthe vow(39)
The bible doesnotactuallysaythat he sacrificedher.Itsays that he kepthispromise tothe Lord. Nowit
isoftensuggestedthatJephthahwasarogue,the son of a harlot,anda manof war. Therefore,itis
impliedthathe couldhave killedher.
However,considerthe reasonswhyhe wouldnothave killedher:
1. Childsacrifice wasforbiddenbythe Law of Moses(Leviticus20:2-5; Deuteronomy18:10)
2. Childkillersare universallycondemnedinScripture:kingof Moab(2 kings3:26, 27), Ahaz(2
Chronicles28:3),Manasseh (2 Kings21:6) and Herod(Matthew 2:16).
3. Jephthahhadjustdefeatedthe Ammonites,whowere notoriousforchildsacrificetothe gods
Molechand Chemosh.
4. God wouldnotletAbrahamsacrifice Isaacto Him (Gen22:12)
5. Jephthahisdescribedasbeingfilledwiththe HolySpirit(Judges11:29)
6. The daughtereagerly acceptedthe consequencesof the vow-perpetualvirginity(notdeath).
7. The Israelitescommemoratedthisvow everyyearasan annual practice (Judges11:40). It is
highlyunlikelytheywouldhave celebratedawrongor sinful decision.
Baby Dedication Is Serious Business:
Common:
1. Samuel’smother“loaned”himtothe Lord. She presentedhimtoEli,the priestatthe
tabernacle.(1Samuel 1:28)
6. 2. Readabout “youngvirgins”dancingatthe annual festival of the Lordat the Tabernacle inShiloh
(Judges21:19-22) those mentionedinthispassage were takenbythe Benjamitestobe their
wives.Therefore, it’sinbible history.
Thoughvictoriousinbattle,he wouldhave nooffspringtoperpetuate hisfamilyline.Inancienttimes,
thiswas consideredagrave tragedy.
Whateverviewyoutake,the factremainsthathe fulfilledit.Hisheartwasbroken.
Dedicating Ourselves to God
Whena couple dedicatestheirchildrentoGod, there really dedicatingthemselvestoGod.The promise
to raise the childbytheirChristlike example.Onlythe Spiritof Godcan transforma humanheart.
God challengesustoraise ourchildrenbyHis principles.
Deuteronomy 6:6,7
Proverbs22:6
Proverbs23:26
Ephesians6:1,4
The emphasisonaccountabilityinscripture restssolelywiththe parents.
If our example contradictsourinstruction,we sendaconfusingmessage tothose aroundus.Ask
yourself, doesmylifebackupmy instruction?Whenyouare determinedtobe the godlyexamplethose
aroundyou need,Godwill blessthemthroughyourinfluence.
The itemson whichwe spendourtime andmoneyare probablythe mostimportantthingsinour lives.
Andthe people we spendourtime withare probablythe mostimportantpeople inourlives.
Making promisesisone thing.Keepingthemisanother.Goingfroma promise makertoa keeperof
promisesbeginsinourownhearts.Itbeginsbygivingourselvestotallyto Godand lettingHimbecome
the objectof our love anddevotion.Onlywhenwe are fullycommittedtoHimcanwe become fully
committedtoour wivesandchildren.Onlythencanwe reallykeepourpromises.
ASK YOURSELF:
1. Have you everfeltrejected?How?Bywhom?
2. How didyoudeal withitor how are youdealingwithit?
3. Have you evermade a promise thatyoulaterwishedyouhadnot made?
4. Have you evermade a vowthat reallycostyousomething?
5. WouldGod ask usto keepa promise thatviolatedHisWord?
6. Do youhave a difficulttimekeepingyourpromises?
7. What usuallygoeswrong?
8. What shouldyoudodifferentlyinthe future?
9. What shouldyoudodifferentlyinthe future?
10. In whatareas doyou needtobe a betterexample toothers?