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Sunday School Lesson Sunday June 18, 2017 Jephthah’s Answer and Vow

To follow along, visit your local Christian bookstore, and ask for the Bible Expositor and Illuminator

Time:  1087 B.C   Place:  Mizpeh

Lesson Outline:  I. The Ammonite Invasion Judges 11:4, II. The Choice of Jephthah – Judges 11:5-11, III. The Ill-Advised Vow -Judges 11:20-31

Introduction

Sin inevitably brings divine judgment and discipline. For those who claim the name of the Lord, that discipline is specifically designed to bring them to repentance. Not only did God’s chastisement drove his people to the confession of sin and repentance but it also drove them to desperation. In seeking someone to lead them against their enemies, they chose a man who had previously been rejected and disowned by the name of Jephthah. They were no longer concerned about Jephthah’s parentage or even his morality, they wanted a skilled military leader and they knew he would fit the description. Read More

Psyche

There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch. Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer. (Deuteronomy 18:10-11)

Some ancient pagan customs demanded that a son or daughter be offered as a sacrifice in order to learn about the future or to seek favor from a supposed deity. God instructed the children of Egypt not to take on the customs or practices of the other nations who served pagan gods. As the children of God, we are the spiritual Jew, and we must submit ourselves to His written Word as they did. Read More

Hell Is Real – Part 2

And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torment, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom – Luke 16:23.

In the original language of the Bible, Hell was described as Sheol, Hades, Gehenna and Tartarus; it is a place where Jesus will not be accessible. A place where the spirit does not die, a place where there will be continued torment for the wicked.  Hell is for those that would not receive the invitation of Salvation through Jesus Christ, the Son of God. Read More