Sermon
Judges 1: Kingless Israel
Stonebrook Community Church
Speaker: Brad Barrett, with John Shields
April 27, 2025 · 36 min
Summary
Judges 1 introduces Israel's failure to completely drive out the Canaanites after Joshua's death, setting up a cautionary narrative about spiritual compromise. The pastor warns that Israel's disobedience and unfaithfulness to God's commands will lead to their corruption by pagan influences, illustrating the deadly consequences of rejecting God's leadership.
Highlights
Instead of making this the land of the people of God, they became like the people of the land.
The people failed, but the Lord never failed. He will never forget, He will never let us down, He will never back out on His promises, and we can stake our lives on it.
Sin offers life, but it delivers death.