Peter Barnes | Judges 21
SERMON NOTES
BAND-AID THERAPIES
(Judges 21)
– Paul Johnson called social engineering ‘the century’s most radical vice’.
1. A rash oath.
– 21:1-3; Benjamin had been treated as pagans (Deut.7:1-3)
– Eccles.5:2, 4-5; we ought to pray Psalm 141:3
2. Two solutions by social engineering.
(a) they attack Jabesh Gilead and obtain 400 women. Judges 21:5, 9, 10-12
(b) they make provision for 200 young women to be kidnapped. Judges 21:13-24; Matt.23:23-24
– we ‘solve’ one mess by creating another.
3. God’s evaluation.
– 21:25; Ps.78:70-72 for the true king
– Augustine: ‘it was a truant’s freedom that I loved’.