Peter Barnes | Judges 18
SERMON NOTES
SPREADING SPIRITUAL CORRUPTION
(Judges 18)
What happens when God’s people become spiritually corrupt?
1. There is warfare within the covenant community.
– 18:7, 16-19 – the Danites aim at a soft target – a contrast to Joshua and Caleb in Numbers 13-14
– contrast to John 13:34-35
2. The clergy are governed by worldly concerns.
– 18:3-6 – he says what will be popular; he takes what he can get (18:19-20)
– see 1 Kings 22:5-18
– note Gal.1:10; 5:11; Jer.5:30-31
3. The view of God becomes debased.
– 18:22-24, 27 – home-made gods!
– evades the curse of 17:2 only to pull down the curse of Deut.27:15
– 1 Kings 12:28-30; see Ps.18:16-19; 31:2; 35:17-18; 69:14; 1 Tim.1:17