4.06.2025 | The First Judges
Judges 3:7-31
In 1998, five countries worked together to launch the International Space Station. It orbits Earth approximately 15 times per day collecting data for research. It’s been flying the same path around the planet for 24 years. If you do the math, this means the International Space Station has circled the planet more than 131,000 times! Talk about going around in circles!
After Joshua died, the next generation of Israelites forgot about the wondrous works God had done. For many years after that, the people followed the same devastating cycle of sin. Over and over again, the Israelites forgot God, turned away from God, and then cried out “God save us!” Each time, God sent a judge to deliver His people and save them from their enemy. But the cycle of sin kept going around and around.
This same cycle is in our lives. We have sinned and turned away from God. When we realize how sin separates us from God, we should cry out “God save us!” Glory to God that He has heard those cries for help! He sent Jesus to die on the cross for our sin and be the perfect Deliverer. Only Jesus has the power to defeat sin. He is the better rescuer who can deliver us from the cycle of sin.
God brought consequences to His people for their sins, but He also raised up judges to save them from their enemies. We also have consequences for our sins, but God sent Jesus to save us from our sins once and for all.
