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The Excuses We Make to Do What We Think Is Right Sharper Iron from KFUO Radio
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Rev. Dr. Adam Koontz, assistant professor of exegetical theology at Concordia Theological Seminary in Ft. Wayne, IN, joins host Rev. Timothy Appel to study Judges 21:1-25.
The book of Judges comes to the end of the course that Israel has set for itself when everyone does what is right in his own eyes and rejects the LORD’s kingship over them. Rather than look for reconciliation and atonement from the LORD, the people of Israel continue with the foolish oaths that they have already made. On the one hand, they rightly recognize the need to preserve their Benjaminite brothers; on the other hand, they fail to see the sinful role they have played. As they had previously acted toward Benjamin in the civil war, they now treat the tribe of Jabesh-gilead as unbelievers in devoting them to destruction in order to gain wives for Benjamin. When that plan fails to gain enough wives, they engage in further deception toward the women of Shiloh, attempting to find solace in their self-made piety. All of this points to the destruction that is wrought when sinners do whatever they think is right. The only true solution is the one that LORD provides: faith in the true King, Jesus Christ, who has given reconciliation with God and atonement for our sins.
“Rebellion and Rescue” is a mini-series on Sharper Iron that goes through the book of Judges. This book is characterized by a familiar. As the generations after Joshua forget the LORD and what He has done for Israel, they fall into idolatry. The LORD gives them over into the hands of their enemies in order to bring them to their senses. When they cry out to Him in repentance, He sends a judge to rescue them and give them rest for a time, until they relapse into idolatry once more. In this cycle, we see a picture of our own Christian life. Daily, the old Adam in us is drowned in contrition and repentance, and the new man emerges in Baptismal forgiveness to live in righteousness and purity before God forever.
Rev. Dr. Adam Koontz, assistant professor of exegetical theology at Concordia Theological Seminary in Ft. Wayne, IN, joins host Rev. Timothy Appel to study Judges 21:1-25.
The book of Judges comes to the end of the course that Israel has set for itself when everyone does what is right in his own eyes and rejects the LORD’s kingship over them. Rather than look for reconciliation and atonement from the LORD, the people of Israel continue with the foolish oaths that they have already made. On the one hand, they rightly recognize the need to preserve their Benjaminite brothers; on the other hand, they fail to see the sinful role they have played. As they had previously acted toward Benjamin in the civil war, they now treat the tribe of Jabesh-gilead as unbelievers in devoting them to destruction in order to gain wives for Benjamin. When that plan fails to gain enough wives, they engage in further deception toward the women of Shiloh, attempting to find solace in their self-made piety. All of this points to the destruction that is wrought when sinners do whatever they think is right. The only true solution is the one that LORD provides: faith in the true King, Jesus Christ, who has given reconciliation with God and atonement for our sins.
“Rebellion and Rescue” is a mini-series on Sharper Iron that goes through the book of Judges. This book is characterized by a familiar. As the generations after Joshua forget the LORD and what He has done for Israel, they fall into idolatry. The LORD gives them over into the hands of their enemies in order to bring them to their senses. When they cry out to Him in repentance, He sends a judge to rescue them and give them rest for a time, until they relapse into idolatry once more. In this cycle, we see a picture of our own Christian life. Daily, the old Adam in us is drowned in contrition and repentance, and the new man emerges in Baptismal forgiveness to live in righteousness and purity before God forever.
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