2. The book of Judges

3. 1. The next generation FORGOT the
lessons learned by the previous one

4. 2. SENSUAL and MATERIAL
satisfaction are common causes of
FORGETTING God.

5. 3. We see a pattern of
increasing
UNFAITHFULNESS
build throughout the
pages of Judges.

6. 4. As the people consistently
break the covenant, they are
ensnared and oppressed by other
NATIONS

7. 5. God handed them over to these
other nations as a form of
DISCIPLINE.

8. 6. When the people repented,
God raised up leaders, the Judges,
to DELIVER his people from the
oppression caused by their
disobedience.

9. 7. The cycles of unbelief and
deliverance:

10. 8. History has a habit of repeating
itself….cycles of “asleepening” and
“awakening” in America.