Quick Review!
•Faith is tested so that you know where you stand
•Faith that is tested is faith that is built
•Faith that rubs up against resistance becomes strong
Point Number 1
*We’ve got to
Life Note - Faith that is
Judges 6:34 NKJV
But the Spirit of the LORD came upon Gideon; then he blew the trumpet, and the Abiezrites gathered behind him.
Psalm 144:1 NKJV
Blessed be the LORD my Rock, Who trains my hands for war, And my fingers for battle—
• When God is our Rock, our Faith is in Him
• When God is our Rock, he is the one who trains us for Battle**
Point Number 2
*Throw your
Sometimes when we are about to Battle things look overwhelming!
Judges 6:15 ESV
And he said to him, “Please, Lord, how can I save Israel? Behold, my clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father’s house.”
Judges 7:2 NKJV
And the LORD said to Gideon, “The people who are with you are too many for Me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel claim glory for itself against Me, saying, ‘My own hand has saved me.’
Bigger is not always better…
You can never be
God does not want us to trust in our
Judges 7:2 NKJV
And the LORD said to Gideon, “The people who are with you are too many for Me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel claim glory for itself against Me, saying, ‘My own hand has saved me.’
Here is the only formula we need to know when it comes to Spiritual
*Warfare…*
God is here and it does not matter who is out there.
God with us is bigger than any enemy
With God,
Deuteronomy 32:30 ESV
How could one have chased a thousand, and two have put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, and the LORD had given them up?
IF Gideon had faith -13 men would be enough to defeat the Midianites!