Sermon
Judges 19-21
Stonebrook Community Church
Speaker: Matt Heerema
July 27, 2025 · 39 min
Summary
Judges 19-21 depicts Israel's moral and spiritual collapse as the nation abandons God's law and descends into brutal civil war, illustrating the chaos of expressive individualism. The sermon argues that humanity's core problem is a sinful heart requiring divine transformation, which God accomplishes through Jesus Christ as the King who circumcises hearts and enables obedience.
Highlights
What we're seeing is not true piety and faith from Israel. It's kind of an echo of it, sort of a shadow of it—a collapse, a total collapse, of their obedience to God.
The predominant philosophy of our age is expressive individualism—the idea that meaning can only be found by giving expression to our feelings and desires. No one can tell you who you are. You have to look within and figure out what you feel is true, what you desire to do, and then you have to go do it.
Our problem is our heart. We need a new one. And God provides it through Jesus Christ.