Series Summary:

Who will fight for us? What we are fighting for? These questions guide our lives and the lives of generations. The book of Judges shows us that when we are unwilling fight as God commanded, compromise to get along, fight with the wrong people, and fight for lesser things we descend into tribalism and chaos. We end up with the disaster of everyone doing what is right in their own eyes. We find ourselves crying out again, Who will fight for us? #Judges#2026

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Starter

Who is someone that God used in your life as a kind of judge or deliverer?

Pray

Study Questions

The Lord promised the land of Canaan to Abraham, Issac, and Jacob. The people of Canaan were so wicked and had polluted the land so badly the Lord said they had to get out. God tells the Israelites to, divide the Land by lot, drive out inhabitants, not to make treaties or covenants, destroy idols and worship sites, not intermarry, not adopt Canaanite customs, and worship only at the chosen place, setting yourselves and the land apart. It is now time for the people of God to take the land. However, The Angel of the Lord confronts them with reality, “But you have not obeyed Me. What is this you have done?” “The Lord’s anger burned” so He “raised up judges” like Othniel, Ehud, and Shamgar.

READ: Judges 2:18-19

  1. What was the pattern of the Lord’s people for 350 years during the period of the Judges?
  2. What patterns might we have been stuck in for the last 250 years as the Lord’s people in this land?

READ: Deuteronomy 7:1-4, Judges 3:5-8

  1. 60 Years earlier, the Lord told His people exactly what they were to do.
    1. What small things did they start doing and continued doing that lead them to abandon the Lord after they got the blessing of the land?
    2. How are these still the same things we see that lead people to abandon the Lord today?

READ: Judges 1:12-13, 3:9-11

  1. What can we learn about Othniel the first judge?
    1. Who handed over Cushan-rishathaim to Othniel? & Why is that important to remember?
    2. How long was the peace?

READ: Judges 3:12-14

  1. What happened to the peace?
  2. How long were the Israelites in service to king Eglon?
  3. How does our peace get ruined by simple little decisions over time like the Israelites?
  4. The common greeting in the New Testament is “grace and peace”. There is not peace in our relationship with God or others without death and grace. What do the following verses say about the peace we are to have as believers? & How is this peace similar and different from the peace in Judges?

READ: Matthew 10:34, John 14:26-27, 16:33, 20:21, Romans 14:17, 15:13, Philippians 4:7, Colossians 3:15

What do the previous verses say about the peace we are to have as believers? & How is this peace similar and different from the peace in Judges?