Everyone Serves a King

Everyone Serves a King

Judges 17-21 CSB

Outline:

The Quest for Peace

Judges 3-8

The land was at peace when God’s people were faithful.

Every soul longs to be at rest and peace.

You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our hearts are restless until they rest in you. ~ St. Augustine

Judges 17-21

In those days, there was no king in Israel; everyone did whatever seemed right to him.

• 1 Peter 2.10

An idol is whatever you look at and say, in your heart of hearts, “If I have that, then I’ll feel my life has meaning, then I’ll know I have value, then I’ll feel significant and secure….Idols give us a sense of peace, security, control, confidence, and safety.” ~ Tim Keller

Judges 17.4-5 Money / greed

v.13 more greed, but also religion

Judges 18

Judges 19

vv.24-26

Judges 20-21

Once you know who you are in God, you can turn to the world in love. But if you don’t, you’ll turn to the world looking for love. So much of our identity hinges on this ordering. ~ Justin Whitmel Earley