Sep 6, 2017
In this eighth episode on the book of Judges, we’ll be looking at chapters 11 and 12. I’ve entitled this episode, “A False View of the One True God.” In it, we are going to take a look at an all-too-common problem that the people of God have always faced: A false or incomplete understanding of who He is and how He works. Knowing God insufficiently or incompletely can lead to some serious miscalculations in terms of how we relate to Him. Some of us fear Him inordinately, seeing Him as little more than a vengeful judge who loves to punish wrong-doers. Others see Him as all-loving and completely tolerant of all our faults and foibles. He becomes little more than a doddering old grandfather in the sky who exists for no other reason than to make us happy. Misrepresentations of God are dangerous. Misunderstanding God can be deadly. And the story of Jephthah and his unnecessary vow to God provides a sobering example of what can happen when we fail to know God well. Jephthah was going to make a mistake he would live to regret. It was going to cost him greatly. But it had all been unnecessary. It was all due to his lack of knowledge of God. And we have been given the Word of God so that we might better understand the nature and character of God. The Bible is the revelation of God to man. He unveils Himself to us in His Word so that we might know how to relate with and respond to Him.