Passage
Judges 1:1-26 (ESV)
Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch
Acts 8:26-40
Key Verse: 8:35
"i Have Given the Land into Their Hands"
Date: Nov. 1, 2017
Daily Bread
Introduction to Judges
Key Verse: 1:2
1. The Lord was with Judah (1-19a)
Joshua fought the Lord's battles to secure the Promised Land, and allotted the twelve tribes their portions of land. But they still had to drive out the Canaanites (Jos 23:4-13). The Israelite leaders prayed (1), the tribe of Judah obeyed, teaming up with the tribe of Simeon (2-3), and the Lord gave them victory (4). They exacted justice upon Adoni-Bezek (6-7). They took Jerusalem and the cities in the south and west. The story of Caleb giving his daughter Aksah in marriage to Othniel (the first judge) and some springs of water is repeated here (Jos 15:15-19). Then Judah helped Simeon to gain more territory. The Lord was with Judah when they followed God's direction.
2. Seeds of defeat (19b-26)
Judah couldn't expel enemies who had iron chariots. Benjamin couldn't defeat the Jebusites, who lived among them. A man from Bethel betrayed his town to the tribes of Joseph, but he went and built the town Luz. These and other vestiges of Canaanites would cause trouble later for Israel, since they didn't join Israel.
Prayer: Lord God, you give victory to all who follow your direction without compromise. Help me to listen and follow your will, rather than what is convenient.
One Word: Take with faith what God wants to give
