Learn From Gideon, 19

~ Peer Pressure Can Derail ~

The Biblical account of the life of Gideon provides for one of the most interesting character studies in all of Scripture.  In this series we will discover practical lessons for living the Christian life today.  

Scripture  ~  “Now it came to pass the same night that the Lord said to him, ‘Take your father’s young bull, the second bull of seven years old, and tear down the altar of Baal that your father has, and cut down the wooden image that is beside it; and build an altar to the Lord your God on top of this rock in the proper arrangement, and take the second bull and offer a burnt sacrifice with the wood of the image which you shall cut down.’  So Gideon took 10 men from among his servants and did as the Lord had said to him.  But because he feared his father’s household and the men of the city too much to do it by day, he did it by night” (Judges 6:25-27).  

Learn From Gideon  ~  Peer pressure can derail obedience.

1. Gideon apparently became doubtful and then reluctant—even after his calling, he continued to make excuses and question.
2. Partial obedience is disobedience.
3. True obedience includes what God says to do, how God says to do it, and when God says to do it. 

concluding comment  ~  We learn about Gideon primarily from Judges 6-8, but also Isaiah 9:1-7, and Hebrews 11:1-3, 32-34.

~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW

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