Do you love a good _______?

Negotiation matters when _____________ fail.

The _____ of salvation and sin has come around.

God was sick of their _________.

We must be _______ with God’s provision.

We hurt God’s ________ when we sin.

Jephthah was a _______ with a tragic upbringing.

Jephthah __________ with the elders of Gilead.

Jephthah __________ with the king of Ammon.

Jephthah acknowledges that the Lord _____.

In every conflict, the Lord is in _______.

The ______ of the Lord comes on Jephthah.

Jephthah __________ with the Lord.

God leads his people in a crushing _______.

Jephthah takes no ______________ for his foolish promise.

Jephthah’s __________ led to his personal disaster.

Jephthah ________ the Ephraimites.

Insecure leaders produce tragic ________.

We must not _______ with God for his grace.

Last week – the story of Gideon, who refused the offer of ______________

1. Abimelech wants to be King 

But Gideon replied, “I will not rule over you, nor will my son. The Lord will rule over you! 

Gideon had ________ sons by many wives down in the town of Ophrah. 

But up in Shechem, Gideon’s other son  ___________________  decided he would make himself King. 

In Shechem they had replaced the true God with a local god called _____________     __________________ . 

In the story of Abimelech, there is no external enemy like the Midianites, but rather it is going to be ___________________ versus ____________________ a virtual civil war in the land! 

2. The Son From Hell 

Abimelech persuaded the people of the town of ___________________ to support his quest for the Kingship. 

To do this, he had to kill his  ______________ brothers down in Ophrah. 

But the youngest of the brothers called _______________  got away. 

He stood on Mt Gerizim and recited a “fable”, which turned out to be a prophecy from God. 

Of the four trees, ________________ didn’t want to become King, but the ______________ did want to be King. 

One day some real nasty types showed up in Shechem, this was _____________ and his gang. 

Gaal wanted Shechem to get rid of _____________________  and reassert its independence. 

3. Jotham’s prophecy comes true 

Abimelech reacted to Gaal’s challenge by turning up at night and surrounding  the town of _______________________ .

Gaal thought he saw them but the town governor lied to him, saying it was just  _______________________ on the hillside. 

So Gaal had to engage Abimelech and his forces in a fight to the death. 

Abimelech proceeded to _________________ as many people as he could and he burnt down the Temple of ________________  _______________ .

Not satisfied, Abimelech went off to do the same to the town of Thebez, but a woman hurled down a  ____________________ which crushed him. 

In this way the prophecy which _________________ spoke came true. 

CONCLUSION: 

Israel won’t get the right King until they get a man who is totally loyal to God and his covenant, and this is ______________ .

The opportunity to ____.

God uses _______ to lead his people.

The Lord answers their cry with a ______.

Friends show us love when they ______ us.

The angel gives Gideon the opportunity to ____.

Gideon ______ his own ability.

Gideon desired a supernatural ____.

The Lord tells Gideon not to be ______.

There is no room for ______ to other gods.

Gideon goes from zero to ____.

God answers both Gideon’s requests for _____.

We are _______ for believing without seeing.

The victory will be clearly from ___ not man.

His human power _________.

Gideon is _________ he will be victorious.

All good things come from the Lord, for his _____.

Gideon decided to pursue these enemies for _______.

Gideon makes a gold object of _______.

Gideon finally leads the people ______.

There is only one leader who got it all _____.