1. Moses or Jesus?  3:1-6

2. Your thing or God’s thing?  3:7-19

3. How do you get a good rest?  4:1-11

4. Want to be on the winning side? 4:12-13

1. Religion

2. Household of God

a. Gathering of the living God

b. A pillar and buttress of the truth

3. The Secret of Godliness 

a. manifested in the flesh

b. vindicated by the Spirit

c. seen by angels

d. proclaimed among the nations

e. believed on in the world

f. taken up in glory

4. Living in step with Godliness

a. Godliness and behaviour

b. Up close and personal

5. Guarding the Truth

He was manifested in the flesh,
vindicated by the Spirit,
seen by angels,
proclaimed among the nations,
believed on in the world,
taken up in glory.

Both saint and sinner.

They rebel but don’t ask for ____.

The Lord hadn’t _________ them.

The child was to have special _________.

They came into the ________ of the Lord.

Sin is not outside God’s ___________.

Samson’s rejection led to _____.

God’s people __________ their saviour.

Delilah was _______ to betray Samson.

God’s saviour is captured and ________.

God’s saviour is __________.

Through his death, Samson ______ the enemy.

What a wonderful _______!

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 ______________ .