The Cost of Compromise No King - Sermon Series Judges 21:25 Bible Project Judges Overview: https://youtu.be/kOYy8iCfIJ4 How did they get there? Moses Exodus 19:5-6 (ESV) Joshua Joshua 23:2-16 (ESV) Joshua instructed them to: - Know and follow all that is written in the Law. - Do not mix belief in God with other beliefs. - Depend on the Lord for strength in battles. If they do not: - He will not drive out the nations. - The nations will bring suffering and torment. - The Lord will bring destruction on them. Joshua 24:14-18 (ESV) Joshua 24:28 (ESV) Judges 2:6-8 (ESV) Judges 2:10b (ESV) - (...and there arose another generation after them who did not know the Lord or the work that he had done for Israel.) They Compromised their Devotion - They were more concerned with following a leader than following the Lord. - We must be diligent in teaching the next generation. - Are you devoting yourself to the Lord everyday? Judges 1:1-3 (ESV) They Compromised their Dependence Judges1:4-18 Judges 1:19 (ESV) “Where are you saying, ‘I can’t’ but God is saying, ‘I can’? They Compromised their Doctrine Judges 1:21 (ESV) Judges 1:27-36 Have your beliefs mixed together with the beliefs of this world? Next Steps: - Have you devoted yourself to the Lord completely? - Are you depending on him totally? - Are you believing things that are opposed to the Word?