Daily Devotions
It Is Written
"This nation has transgressed My covenant..."
Text: Judges 2:20
A SOLEMN DECISION
The LORD God had to declare this solemn word in response to the stubborn ways of the children of Israel.
“Then the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel;
and He said, ‘Because this nation has transgressed My covenant
which I commanded their fathers, and has not heeded My voice,
I also will no longer drive out before them any of the nations
which Joshua left when he died,
so that through them I may test Israel, whether they will keep the
ways of the LORD, to walk in them as their fathers kept them, or not.’
Therefore the LORD left those nations, without driving them out immediately;
nor did He deliver them into the hand of Joshua.”
Judges 2:20-23
1. The stubborn ways of the children of Israel
a) Their stubbornness cost them a great deal.
b) Their future was severely and adversely affected.
2. Reasons for this Solemn Decision of the LORD
a) Transgression
“Because this nation has transgressed My covenant” Judges 2:20
b) Disobedience
“And has not heeded My voice” Judges 2:20
3. Divine Decisions
These decisions were made by the Lord, in response to the sinful ways of the children of Israel.
a) Concerning the unfinished work of Joshua.
“Which Joshua left when he died” Judges 2:21
b) Concerning the nations still staying on in Canaan.
“I also will no longer drive out before them any of the nations” Judges 2:21
c) Testing of the heart
“So that through them I may test Israel” Judges 2:22
i) Whether they would keep God’s laws
ii) Or not keep His commandments.
d) The nations
“Therefore the LORD left those nations, without driving them out immediately” Judges 2:23
e) No deliverance
“Nor did He deliver them into the hand of Joshua” Judges 2:23