Heb # 41 How Did Gideon get into Heb 11 Judges 6 -8?

Today's Gospel Installment- 06-28-2020--Sermon Title- -How did Gideon get into Hebrews 11---Text Hebrews 11 vs 32 to 40 and Judges 6 to 8-1. Hebrews 11 is choke full of gospel nuggets especially if you go back to the original stories of the people who are mentioned there and that is what we have done so far and it has been a gold mine of nuggets.--2. God was preaching the gospel of Christ Jesus by their lives and so we entered the story of Gideon and his exploits to fight and defeat the Midianites.--3. The Midianites had been harassing Israel and destroying their livelihood. But this did not happen by mistake. It was because Israel had sinned against God and God is He, who had strengthened the hands of the Midianites against His people. God is always behind everything that happens-so pay attention. --4. We worked the testimony of sin and how it relates to Law-because it is there in this story. Many talk Law, but they do not understand what that actually means. The Law was not given to ENRICH, but to IMPOVERISH. --5. We worked the testimony of how Gideon was called into the ministry to accomplish the salvation of His people Israel.--6. Gideon destroyed altars to Baal along the way-altars that represented false worship and there were some who were offended by it and wanted him killed for it.--7. But before Gideon had gone to war-He had asked God for a sign-the sign of the fleece and we expounded the gospel testimony of it.--8. We expounded the gospel testimony according to the Midianites and how and why they were defeated.--9. In Gideon we have the story of God's way of doing salvation and the nuggets are plenty for those appointed to hear them.--10. And they are free-