Module 4

God's Abiding Presence with us on our Journey to Salvation

God Anoints Judges

Learning Doctrine: Understand that

Outcomes
God chooses Judges to lead
His people,

Morals: Follow God through

the leaders He has
appointed,

Worship: Pray for the

leaders appointed by God
 Overview: Judges

https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=kOYy8iCfIJ4&t=15s
 The judges were the
Why did God successive individuals, each
anoint Judges? from a different tribe of Israel,
chosen by God to rescue the
people from their enemies
and establish justice and the
practice of the Torah
amongst the Hebrews. In
accordance with the needs of
the time, their functions were
primarily martial and judicial.
 How did God show his fidelity to the promises
that he made to the Israelites?

The whole story of salvation

Before any of His promises
can be applied to the Body of
Messiah, God’s promises were
first given to His people Israel.
And it is impressive how often
God stresses the fact that His
promises are eternal and last
forever.
centers around the history of
Israel, her creation, redemption
and restoration. God’s might and
power is evident in His
everlasting promise to Israel
(first laid out in Genesis 12:1-3).
There, the Lord promises He will
make Abram into a great nation
and will bless him.
 Why did God command the Deuteronomy 7: 1-6 tells us
judges to destroy the altar that God choose the Israelites
of the gods and goddesses? over many other nations
because they were his
chosen people. The command
was to completely destroy the
Canaanites and their altars.
This destruction was
necessary because of their
worship practices.
 Importance of Judges
The judges were the
successive individuals, each
from a different tribe of Israel,
chosen by God to rescue the
people from their enemies
and establish justice and the
practice of the Torah amongst
the Hebrews.
The time of the judges brought about
great apostasy in Israel. The nation
underwent political and religious
turmoil as the people tried to possess
those parts of the land that had not
yet been fully conquered. Their main
task was to obtain justice for the
tribes of Israel in the face of their
enemies, annihilate or drive out their
oppressors, and bring salvation, rest
and peace to the land.
 Our Learning Goals
Learning Outcome 1
Doctrine: God calls judges to lead
His people. He called Joshua to lead
His people into the Promised Land.
He called Deborah to lead His
people against the Canaanites
assuring the Israelites of His
presence and protection. He
showed how much He loved the
Israelites by saving them from the
hands of the Medianites. He sent
Gideon to save His people. He hears
the prayer of His faithful people. He
heard the faithful prayer of
Samson.
Learning Outcome 2 Learning Outcome 3
Morals: Empowered by the
Worship: The Judges leaders
presence of God through remained faithful to God by
His angel, the judges constantly conversing with
bravely destroyed the Him through prayer. Fidelity
altars of gods and to our commitment to the
goddesses. Fulfilling God- Lord is possible only through
given mission always a persistent prayer. We give
entails free commitment in real praise to God, whenever
word and deed to God’s we pray to Him with all our
mind and heart. The sign of
call.
the cross reminds us of our
faith to God.