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Judges 7:2 · BSB
7:2 Then the LORD said to Gideon, “You have too many men for Me to deliver Midian into their hands, lest Israel glorify themselves over Me, saying, ‘My own hand has saved me.’
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…walked through three chapters, but I do think that there is a pinpoint of something happening right in the middle of everything that we read inJudges chapter 7, verse 2. We've highlighted it before, I'm going to highlight it again. The people with you are too many for me to give the Midianites into your hand. God…
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…without a sign, amen? And I know that's hard. I know it. Okay, let's get back to our text. It's time for the battle. So now we're going to go toJudges chapter 7, verses 1 through 3. That's page 241. Just turn the page over. It says, early in the morning, Jerobbal, that is Gideon, and all of his men camped at the spring of…
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…450 opponents. That's a lot, okay? So you may be asking, why would God do this? Why would He put Gideon in this situation? This is what He says inJudges 7, verse 2. The Lord said to Gideon, the people with you are too many. It's too many for me to give the Midianites into their hand, lest Israel boast over me,…
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…and then he asks for Gideon to gather the warriors of Israel. 32,000. But God wants Gideon to lean on him, not on man. And so look what God says inJudges 7, verse 2. The Lord said to Gideon, You have too many warriors with you. If I let all of you fight the Midianites, the Israelites will boast to me that they…
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…fighting force. We know that because Midian has already taken Israel captive. They've already been beat once. 32,000 men show up. It was then inJudges 7, verse 2, the Lord said to Gideon, You have too many men. Okay. This is the part, if I'm Gideon, that it's like, I got it. Addition by subtraction, you…
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…our weaknesses are exposed, which we don't like that, especially us guys, but it's in that that we deepen our dependence on God. Now let's look.Judges chapter 7, verses 2and 3. The Lord said to Gideon, You have too many warriors with you. Wait a minute, God. We're only at 32,000. They're at 135,000. You have too…
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…reduced it twice until it was 300 men to face this massive, massive army. And why did God do that? That's kind of a crazy military tactic. But inJudges 7, verse 2, this is why. God said to Gideon, The people with you are too many for me to give the Midianites into your hand, lest Israel boast over me, saying,…
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…upset with him. And what happened as a result of that is the Philistines were going to come and have a battle with Israel. Now mark what it says inJudges chapter 7 verse 2. The Lord said to Gideon, the people with you are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israelite boast over me, saying my…
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