Exposed for Destruction

Judges 18:7

"Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people that were therein, how they dwelt careless, after the manner of the Zidonians, quiet and secure; and there was no magistrate in the land, that might put them to shame in any thing; and they were far from the Zidonians, and had no business with any man."

Every year I take a foreign trip to visit a missionary friend of mine down in Central America.

Will Ye Plead for Baal?

Judges 6:31

"And Joash said unto all that stood against him, Will ye plead for Baal? will ye save him? he that will plead for him, let him be put to death whilst it is yet morning: if he be a god, let him plead for himself, because one hath cast down his altar."

One of the first things Gideon did when he began to lead Israel was to remove the altars of Baal.

It Still Takes God

Joshua 7:12

"Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies, but turned their backs before their enemies, because they were accursed: neither will I be with you any more, except ye destroy the accursed from among you."

The children of Israel had just won the battle of Jericho.

Discouraging Hearts

Deuteronomy 1:28

"Whither shall we go up? our brethren have discouraged our heart, saying, The people is greater and taller than we; the cities are great and walled up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakims there."

It is often talked about much in Christianity how discouraging it can get fighting the world system.

Declare Your Pedigree

Numbers 1:18

"And they assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month, and they declared their pedigrees after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, by their polls."

I have a preacher friend who has bred Rottweilers for several years.