Sermon Notes – January 15, 2023
Is the Old Testament God Mean?
Judges Series
January 15, 2023
Pastor Val @ Renewal
Judges seems to give __________for “holy war.”
Potential Problems:
- God’s ____________ approval of cruelty and killing
- Certain actions cannot be ____________ from Scripture
- God’s choice to use undisciplined and immoral men to ____________ His will
Wester vs. Eastern Concepts of Self
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Holy War: This war is not so much theological as a __________ ideology!
Herem = Devoted to God when referred to living things means ___________ _________!
Inclusio = ___________
Reasons for Herem
- ___________ of Canaanites
- ____________ of Israelites
- _______________ of Patriarchal Promises
During the period of Judges there was no ___________ king
What was God’s Purpose(s) for War?
- The war was not carried out on the basis of race
- Purpose – to break down the altars of idols and ________pagan worship, not necessarily the people of a particular race.
- The war was not carried out on the basis of imperial expansion
- Purpose – create a __________ where the Israelites could serve and honor God
- The war was not carried out as God’s judgment, and through direct revelation
- Purpose – the intrusion ethic – where future judgment “__________” on the present.
What is the Bible?
- The Bible in its entirety, is not the ___________ revelation of God’s will delivered to humankind
- Not God’s revelation continues today on an ___________ level to what Moses, Joshua, or the Apostles.
- Some believe that the Bible is ______divine and inerrant revelation from God
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