Doing Right in spite of feeling weak

DOING RIGHT IN SPITE OF

FEELING WEAK

Judges 6:1-11

Hebrews 11

Gideon

Judges 6:1-11

Why study the life of Gideon?

Judges 6:1-11

The harvest truly is plentiful,

but the laborers are few.

Therefore, pray to the Lord of

the harvest that He would

send out laborers into His

harvest.

Matthew 9:37-38

The Judges

The CycleBlessings

Disobedience

BondagePrayer

Deliverance

5:31

6:11-12

6:6 6:2

6:1

The Enemy

Whenever Israel had

sown, Midianites would

come up; also Amalekites

and the people of the

East would come up

against them.

Judges 6:3

1. God knows our potential in Christ

And the Angel of the LORD appeared to him, and said to

him, “The LORD is with you, you mighty man of valor.

Judges 6:12

You are God’s child (John 1:12)

You are God’s friend (John 15:15)

You have been justified before God Almighty (Romans 5:1)

You are free from Condemnation (Romans 8:35)

You belong to God (1 Cor.6:20)

You are a saint (Eph.1:1)

You are God’s workmanship (Eph.2:10)

You are complete in Christ (col.2:10)

God’s Power + spiritual gifts +

God’s purpose = Our Potential

Our Righteous Potential

The books in

heaven

And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their deeds, by the things which were written in the books. Rev.20:12

2. God works within us before He works through us

Now it came to pass the same night that the LORD said

to him, “Take your father’s young bull, and tear down the

altar of Baal that your father has, and cut down the

wooden image that is beside it.

Judges 6:25

A Vessel of Honor– If anyone cleanses himself from iniquity, he

will be a vessel of honor, and useful for the

Master, prepared for every good work.

2 Timothy 2:21

Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we

not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in

Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?

And then I will declare to them, I never knew you;

depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!

Matthew 7:22-23

A Tool of Purpose

3. God loves to show Himself strong when we feel weak

And the LORD said to Gideon, The people who are with

you are too many for Me to give the Midianites into their

hands, lest Israel claim glory for itself against Me,

saying, ‘My own hand has saved me.’

Judges 7:2

Therefore I take pleasure in

infirmities, in reproaches, in

needs, in persecutions, in

distresses, for Christ’s sake.

For when I am weak, then I am

strong.

2 Corinthians 12:10

DOING RIGHT IN SPITE OF

FEELING WEAK

Judges 6:1-11