Church notes - 17th April 2016

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17th April
Every Move I Make: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Tr5eUBTClw
Lifesong: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gnf1xczuOrA
During offering - Just a Closer walk with thee: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1P-Q-T4YXGY

Bible Reading: 1 Samuel 8:1 - 9
Christ is Enough: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6MzgVsP2uE
Oceans: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBJJJkiRukY

Judges 19 - 21
God is telling us something we need to know.

'Judges Chronicles the downward Spiral of a society that rejects God as King' - David Jackson
Judges 19
A concubine - guaranteed food and clothing, but nothing else!
A wife - guaranteed more rights

The suffering that the concubine endured in Gibeah was so severe that she was either unconscious or dead when her husband saw her at the step in the morning.

A world without absolutes is a scary place.
'If God is dead, then everything is permitted!' Nietzche.

A price is paid when one engages in promiscuous sexual activity

Judges 20

Contrast - Nehemiah1, 2
When he heard of the problems in Jerusalem Nehemiah did these things
- He burst into tears
- He prayed for a month
- Then he took action

The Israelites in this situation acted immediately.

Judges 21
A 'great' situation (note the sarcasm...)

All of this took place because the Levite couldn't treat his concubine with respect.
Israel had neglected God as their King

Only Jesus' return will repair the situation.

It looks like freedom, but it's actually slavery. Slavery to one's own desires; to sin.
This was the situation in Israel.