Judges 10:6-18
Again the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the Lord. He sold them into the hands of the Philistines and the Ammonites.
The Lord replied, “When the Egyptians, the Amorites, the Ammonites, the Philistines, the Sidonians, the Amalekites and the Maonites oppressed you and you cried to me for help, did I not save you from their hands? But you have forsaken me and served other gods, so I will no longer save you. Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen. Let them save you when you are in trouble!”
But the Israelites said to the Lord, “We have sinned. Do with us whatever you think best, but please rescue us now.” Then they got rid of the foreign gods among them and served the Lord. And he could bear Israel’s misery no longer.
Southern Israel is now caught in a vice between the Philistines on the west and the Ammonites on the east.
Why?
Men are weak and easily lost their memory of what God has done for them. Again the Israelite did evil in the eyes of the Lord.
Even the Lord said to them God and cry out to the gods you have chosen, "Let them save you when you are in trouble.", but God could bear Israel's misery no longer. This is the mercy of the Lord to us.
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神這次沒有馬上拯救他們，責備訓他們一頓。神為他們擔憂！
1.神要和我們建立一種什麼關係? 建立在愛、互信、生命、長遠的關係，不是利益的關係。以色列人與神是利益的關係。當人沒有求於神就沒有關係了。把耶和華看成和其他神一樣。以色列人為何拜那麼多神，因為他們認為多拜對他們有好處。
現在是否走頭無路了才來求神?來求看看！他們只是想利用神而已。
神的心一直掛念人的情況！似乎以色列人願意傳上一切代價，求神救他們。歷史證明，以色列人還是沒有除掉外邦的神！只要以別神代替耶和華的都是外邦的神。如果沒有當前緊急的事，我們會除去外邦偶像嗎？
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How?
Remember the grace of the has done to us, persistent follow the word of the Lord, and honor the name of the Lord! Do everything and talk with the heart of the Lord, not from my position.
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