Summary
We'll go to Matthew chapter 18, Matthew chapter 18, looking at verse 10, and actually this is we're going to back up, we're going to just go, we're going to start at the beginning of 18 where it says, it says, at that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. What are the things that should be done back to Joshua chapter 23 again, echoing in verse 6, therefore be very steadfast to observe and do all that's written in the book of the law of Moses, turning aside from it neither to the right nor to the left, obeying God and obeying his word, holding it fast down into verse 8 again, but hold fast to the Lord your God as you have done to this day. Joshua then finishes here with a review of God's salvation history, that's in chapter 24, beginning with verse 2, second parts of verse 13, it's really a nice, it's a 30,000-foot look, but it's a very, very nice overview of God's salvation history. Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, Jacob the father of Judah, and his brothers and Judah, the father of Perez and Zeera by Tamar and Perez, the father of Hezran, and Hezran the father of Aaron, and Aaron the father of Amidadab, Amidadab the father of Nashon, and Nashon the father of Selman, and Selman the father of Boez by, well now who pops up? And today, and we're gonna do just various people in the Bible, if there is someone that you would really like for me to touch on, because I'm not telling you who we're doing each week, if there's someone, and I don't already have it in my list, let me know because I may add it into my list, and I may not because that's just gonna be how I am. So, God raises these judges to lead Israel, and Israel, they will moan and they will groan because they are reaping the consequence of turning from the Lord and worshipping false gods, and so God allowed for the consequences to happen just as he said they would, and they cried out to him, and he would provide a judge, provide someone to rescue Israel, to save Israel out of the hand of their enemies, and the Israelites would turn, and then as soon as that judge would die, they would go into a period again of abandoning the Lord.
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