Link to the Show / Show NotesPart 2 of the new study series 'Men For The Hour', added 21st September. We meet the first of the Old Testament Judges, Othniel, who serves as a demonstration of God's blueprint for these deliverers. Brief sermon excerpt: "Whilst some have concluded that Othniel is an awfully boring, uninteresting character; I think he's probably the most exciting of all the Judges. You can see God more clearly in the account of Othniel's life because the personal, biographical details - whether they account his successes or failures - are withheld, because the Spirit desires us to see that God was the deliverer of His people in bondage. I think he's a bit like John the Baptist. Remember what he said when he introduced the Lord Jesus Christ? 'He must increase, I must decrease'. The Holy Spirit has desired a paradigm, a pattern to show us, right at the beginning, in this first example, this prototype, He wants us to see a paradigm of salvation..."
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