Peter Barnes | Judges 3:12-30
SERMON NOTES
EHUD AND HIS LEFT-HANDED TRIBUTE
(Judges 3:12-30)
1. Rebellion.
– 3:12a; Andrew Fausset: ‘Evil is a path sloping downward.’
2. Repression.
– 3:12b-14; for 18 years! The City of Palms is Jericho.
– Hosea 6:5 – God’s Word judges and kills
3. Remorse.
– 3:15a; note 2 Cor.7:10
4. Rescue and Rest.
– 3:15-29; this is not to be allegorized with talk of the sword of the Spirit.
– Arthur Cundall and Andrew Fausset are hesitant about Ehud’s actions. Note 2 Cor.10:1-5
– von Moltke (no!) versus Bonhoeffer (yes!) on the obligation to kill Hitler. Note Ehud’s faith in verses 15 and 28
– rest for 80 years (3:30)