Causes, Consequences, and Cure of Spiritual Declension

I. Weep: We Have Been Warned (2:1-9)
A. The Angel of the Lord Warns (vv. 1-3)
B. Crocodile Tears or Sorrow unto Repentance (vv. 4-5)
C. Joshua's Generation Served the Lord (vv. 6-9)
II. Beware: Cycle of Repeated Spiritual Decline (2:10-19)
A. No Memory: Forgot the Lord's Works (v. 10)
B. No Separation: Serve Baal (vv. 11-13)
C. No Victory: Utterly Defeated by Their Enemies (vv. 14-15)
D. No Repentance: Back to Sin, Worse than Before (vv. 16-19)
III. The Lord's Mercy and His Chastening (2:16-3:6)
A. Provoked to Anger! By Their Wickedness (v. 12)
B. Pity! The Lord Raised up Judges (v. 16)
C. Permanent Defeat! Enemies Left in the Land (2:20-3:6)
IV. The Cure for Spiritual Decline
A. Separate from Idols and Idolatrous Culture
B. Feel the Emergency of Provoking the Lord
C. Humbled by His Pity and Stirred by His Grace
D. Living Union with Jesus Christ