Pretend Piety

Right in Whose Eyes? - Message 17 - Pretend Piety - Judges 17-18

Outline:

I. Profession without Possession – 17:1-6
A. Micah’s Sin and His Mother’s Reaction
B. Micah’s “Repentance” and His Mother’s Reward
C. Micah’s Sin, Again – Setting Up a House of God – Deut. 12
D. No King! No King?

II. A Levite Lucky Charm – 17:7-13
A. The Levite Priesthood – Exodus 32:25-29
B. The Wandering Levite

III. God, Bless Our Sin – 18:1-10
A. Amorites Prevented Dan from Taking Their Land
B. Dan Looked for Another Land
C. A Familiar Voice
D. Ask God to Prosper Our Rebellion
E. Taking Advantage of An Unsuspecting People

IV. A Growing Ministry – 18:11-26
A. Stealing Stolen Goods from One Who Stole
B. Every Pastor wants a Bigger Church
C. If You Can Steal a God, it isn’t a God

V. Success through Syncretism – 18:27-31
A. Taking an Easy Target
B. The Identity of the Levite – Jonathan, grandson of Moses!
C. Generational Idolatry
D. Rejecting God’s Rightful Place