The Lord brings charges against His people in Judges 2:1-15. The charge or accusation was very serious; the Israelites had disobeyed God, compromised with the enemies dwelling in the Promised Land and engaged in their false worship. To expose this terrible evil, God Himself made a very special appearance to expose the sin of His people.
Although the charges of Israel’s unfaithfulness were clearly spelled out in Scripture, nevertheless the Lord reminded His people of these wonderful facts: It was the Lord Himself who had delivered them from Egyptian slavery and given them the Promised Land – the land promised to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Moreover, the Lord was faithful to keep all His promises which He had proven through the years by the fact that He had never broken His covenant with His people. In fact, not even one word of His promises or covenant had ever been broken. God would be faithful until the end, but the people would forfeit blessing for trouble, due to their disobedience.
This sermon will challenge any Christian who still loves the world and so compromises with it by playing with sin. There can be no peace pacts made with sin – sin must be mortified in the Christian’s life. Don’t miss the last 10 minutes of this sermon which present the Christian’s great hope of overcoming sin.
