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Theme: Sin, when allowed to fester, and remain unresolved, can be “deadly” in more than one way.
Theme: Sin, when allowed to fester, and remain unresolved, can be “deadly” in more than one way.
Date: 08/27/17 File name: Judges_12.wpd
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Date: 08/27/17 File name: Judges_12.wpd
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Once upon a time there were two merchants who were bitter rivals.
Their stores were across from each other, and they spied on the other endlessly, each tracking the other’s business.
Each storekeeper was more concerned about the customers who entered the store of his rival than he was about servicing his own customers.
One night an angel appeared to one of the shopkeepers.
He told the man that he could have one wish, but there was a condition to the wish: His rival would receive double what he requested.
Rather than bear the though of having his rival twice as happy, twice as healthy, or twice as rich, he said to the angel: “Strike me blind in one eye.”
Once upon a time there were two merchants who were bitter rivals.
Their stores were across from each other, and they spied on the other endlessly, each tracking the other’s business.
Each storekeeper was more concerned about the customers who entered the store of his rival than he was about servicing his own customers.
One night an angel appeared to one of the shopkeepers.
He told the man that he could have one wish, but there was a condition to the wish: His rival would receive double what he requested.
Rather than bear the though of having his rival twice as happy, twice as healthy, or twice as rich, he said to the angel: “Strike me blind in one eye.”
When pride is coupled with envy, the mixture is self-destructive.
The Ephraimites had a difficult time enduring the success of someone else.
They were unable to bear having their Israelite brothers enjoy freedom from Ammonite oppression, even though Jephthah’s victory benefitted them as well.
Rather than “rejoice with those who rejoice,” they chose to challenge the champion — with calamitous consequences.
I. EPHRAIM’S DEADLY SIN: PRIDE AND ENVY
1. Israel’s twelve tribes were named for Jacob’s children or, in the case of Ephraim (and Manasseh), his grandchildren
Manasseh), his grandchildren
a. Ephraim was born in Egypt to Joseph's wife, Asenath
b.
Joseph named his second-born son “Ephraim” because “God has made me fruitful in the land of my suffering”
in the land of my suffering”
2. when Jacob gave his blessing to his grandsons Ephraim and Manasseh, he chose to bless the younger Ephraim first, despite Joseph’s protests
bless the younger Ephraim first, despite Joseph’s protests
a. in doing so, Jacob noted that Ephraim would be greater than Manasseh
b. numerically, that was never so
3. when the people of Israel entered the land of Canaan we see this coming true
a. the territory of Ephraim contained the early centers of Israelite religion — Shechem and Shiloh (Shiloh being were the Ark of the Covenant resided)
and Shiloh (Shiloh being were the Ark of the Covenant resided)
b. describes them as a tribe of warriors and valiant fighters
1) Joshua was from the tribe of Ephraim
2) in the Song of Deborah the tribe is commended as among the first to respond to the summons to arms ()
the summons to arms ()
c. the Jewish Talmud — a collection of Jewish commentaries — describes Ephraim himself as modest and generous
himself as modest and generous
1) his descendants would not remain that way
d. in Deuteronomy the tribe of Ephraim is portrayed as domineering, haughty, discontented, and jealous
discontented, and jealous
A. EPHRAIM’S SINS
A. EPHRAIM’S SINS
1. Jephthah has won a great victory over the Ammonites with the help of the Lord
a. during the battle, the Ammonites are routed, Israel subdues Ammon, and devastates the heart of the Ammonite kingdom by destroying 20 towns and cities
devastates the heart of the Ammonite kingdom by destroying 20 towns and cities
2. you would think that all of Israel would rejoice at the defeat of the Ammonite kingdom — a people who had been a thorn in their side for 18 years
— a people who had been a thorn in their side for 18 years
a. you would be wrong
3. in Judges, chapter 12 we have the story of the Ephraimites whose pride gets the best of them
of them
a. if you remember, we saw something very similar back to the story of Gideon
“Now the Ephraimites asked Gideon, “Why have you treated us like this?
Why didn’t you call us when you went to fight Midian?”
And they criticized him sharply.”
(, NIV84)
1) you gotta wonder about folks who are always ticked off about not being part of the fight
the fight
b. as with Gideon the Ephraimites go whining to Jephthah complaining that he did not involve them in the battle against the Ammonites
involve them in the battle against the Ammonites
1) we can only assume they’re upset because it means that they missed out on gathering the “spoils of war”
gathering the “spoils of war”
2) they are so embittered that they threatened to burn Jephthah’s house down around his head
around his head
3) which makes me wonder ... can we add greed to Ephraimites pride and envy?
4. the Ephraimites expected their egos to be stroked, soothed, and mollified
a. that’s not going to happen
II.
JEPHTHAH’S DEADLY SIN: WRATH
1. Jephthah’s response is terse () —
“Jephthah answered, “I and my people were engaged in a great struggle with the Ammonites, and although I called, you didn’t save me out of their hands.
3 When I saw that you wouldn’t help, I took my life in my hands and crossed over to fight the Ammonites, and the LORD gave me the victory over them.
Now why have you come up today to fight me?”” (, NIV84)
a. translation: “I called you to be part of Israel’s defense, but you ignored me.
When I saw that you wouldn’t help, I took the Army that I had, confronted the Ammonites, and defeated them with the help of the Lord.
Now why are you so ticked off about that?”
saw that you wouldn’t help, I took the Army that I had, confronted the Ammonites, and defeated them with the help of the Lord.
Now why are you so ticked off about that?”
2. the result is carnage
a. the Ephraimites, their pride and envy getting the best of them, will not back down
b.
Jephthah, his anger boiling over, also will not back down
“Jephthah then called together the men of Gilead and fought against Ephraim.
The Gileadites struck them down because the Ephraimites had said, “You Gileadites are renegades from Ephraim and Manasseh.”
5 The Gileadites captured the fords of the Jordan leading to Ephraim, and whenever a survivor of Ephraim said, “Let me cross over,” the men of Gilead asked him, “Are you an Ephraimite?”
If he replied, “No,” 6 they said, “All right, say ‘Shibboleth.’
” If he said, “Sibboleth,” because he could not pronounce the word correctly, they seized him and killed him at the fords of the Jordan.
Forty-two thousand Ephraimites were killed at that time.”
(, NIV84)
c. 42,000 Ephraimites are killed, almost wiping out the entire tribe
III.
APPLICATION
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I have discovered in my own walk of faith, that one of the ironies of the Christian life, is that the closer I come to Christ the more sinful I become
that the closer I come to Christ the more sinful I become
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