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God's Army & Battle Plan

God’s Army & Battle Plan

Pastor Phil Derstine   3-26-23

 

Gideon’s 300 – Judges 6 & 7

·       A story about how God SPEAKS to us,  INSTRUCTS us, TESTS us, and PROMOTES us…. For Victory!

·       Hebrews 11:32 – Gideon mentioned in the Faith Hall of Fame!

 

1.     Somebody Prayed – Judges 6:7

 

2.     God Answered – Judges 6:10

 

3.     Commissioned by God – Judges 6:12

·       New Name: “Mighty Warrior”

·       “Go in the strength you have”

·       “I will be with you… together.”

 

4.     Gideon’s Fleece – Judges 6:36 (A Miracle from God for confirmation)

 

5.     Army Tested by God – Judges 7:2 (32,000 men gathered)

·       22,000 men left for fear (2/3 went home!)

·       9,700 men failed the test (97%)

·       300 men were chosen by God! (Only 3%)

 

6.     God’s Battle Plan – Judges 7:16

·       Trumpets (Your VOICE), Torches (Holy Spirit FIRE), Empty Jars (Earthen VESSELS)

·       II Corinthians 4:7 “We have this treasure (Holy Spirit) in earthen vessels (jars of clay) to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us.” 

·       II Corinthians 12:9 “My strength (power)is perfected in weakness.”

·       “The Sword of the Lord and of Gideon(Put your name in there)

 

7.     Enemy destroyed themselves – Judges 7:22

·       II Corinthians 10:4 The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world.  On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds: (5) Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ.”