Judges 8:22-35

Introduction:

Civil victory and spiritual defeats

I. Civil exaltation refused (vv. 22,23)

A. Offer
B. Refusal

II. Imperfect piety (vv. 24-28)

 A. Collection
B. Creation

III. Bitter fruits from bad seeds (vv. 29-35)

 A. Family and death of Gideon
B. With the shadow gone darkness returns

IV. Summary and application

All laws and lessons of the old economy point to the substance of salvation