Jeff Cavins

And that's the question that we would ask of anybody listening to the readings or actually reading the Bible is, who are you going to serve? Now, that moves into that next part of the green period, and that's the Judges. And the book of Judges is a long book. And the way to understand it is that at the end of Joshua, Joshua dies, and suddenly they don't have any leadership anymore.

They had Moses for 80 years, they had Joshua, and now they don't have any central leadership at all, and they go through this rather lengthy period of time with no leadership, and And what happens is they enter into a cycle that is just deadly. And it's repeating seven times in the book of Judges, and it starts off with sin. And that sin, just remember S's here, the sin leads to servitude.

They had Moses for 80 years, they had Joshua, and now they don't have any central leadership at all, and they go through this rather lengthy period of time with no leadership, and And what happens is they enter into a cycle that is just deadly. And it's repeating seven times in the book of Judges, and it starts off with sin. And that sin, just remember S's here, the sin leads to servitude.

They had Moses for 80 years, they had Joshua, and now they don't have any central leadership at all, and they go through this rather lengthy period of time with no leadership, and And what happens is they enter into a cycle that is just deadly. And it's repeating seven times in the book of Judges, and it starts off with sin. And that sin, just remember S's here, the sin leads to servitude.

And isn't that a truth? Sin leads to servitude. We become slaves. The servitude, the slavery... leads to supplication. We pray and we ask God, please deliver us. And that supplication leads to salvation. God raises up a judge, which is not like Judge Judy, but it is like a warrior king almost. And then they receive victory.

And isn't that a truth? Sin leads to servitude. We become slaves. The servitude, the slavery... leads to supplication. We pray and we ask God, please deliver us. And that supplication leads to salvation. God raises up a judge, which is not like Judge Judy, but it is like a warrior king almost. And then they receive victory.

And isn't that a truth? Sin leads to servitude. We become slaves. The servitude, the slavery... leads to supplication. We pray and we ask God, please deliver us. And that supplication leads to salvation. God raises up a judge, which is not like Judge Judy, but it is like a warrior king almost. And then they receive victory.

And then after that salvation, then we see this repetition, sin entering in again. And this goes over and over seven times in the book of Judges. And Father, sometimes when I read this, I almost want to say, guys, hello. But then I'm looking in the mirror, you know, it's like, hello, Jeff. And I find myself in this and it's like, why didn't you guys get it? Because we didn't.

And then after that salvation, then we see this repetition, sin entering in again. And this goes over and over seven times in the book of Judges. And Father, sometimes when I read this, I almost want to say, guys, hello. But then I'm looking in the mirror, you know, it's like, hello, Jeff. And I find myself in this and it's like, why didn't you guys get it? Because we didn't.

And then after that salvation, then we see this repetition, sin entering in again. And this goes over and over seven times in the book of Judges. And Father, sometimes when I read this, I almost want to say, guys, hello. But then I'm looking in the mirror, you know, it's like, hello, Jeff. And I find myself in this and it's like, why didn't you guys get it? Because we didn't.

You know, how come you didn't fly right? Because I didn't.

You know, how come you didn't fly right? Because I didn't.

You know, how come you didn't fly right? Because I didn't.

Well, we have 12 judges in the book of Judges, and some of them, they're not all one after the other. There are times when there is a couple of judges at the same time in different areas of the land, and you have to remember that when you read it. And there's 12 of them. One woman, her name is Deborah, in Hebrew, Devorah, buzzing bee is what it means in Hebrew.

Well, we have 12 judges in the book of Judges, and some of them, they're not all one after the other. There are times when there is a couple of judges at the same time in different areas of the land, and you have to remember that when you read it. And there's 12 of them. One woman, her name is Deborah, in Hebrew, Devorah, buzzing bee is what it means in Hebrew.

Well, we have 12 judges in the book of Judges, and some of them, they're not all one after the other. There are times when there is a couple of judges at the same time in different areas of the land, and you have to remember that when you read it. And there's 12 of them. One woman, her name is Deborah, in Hebrew, Devorah, buzzing bee is what it means in Hebrew.

And we know of Deborah, but the most famous of all the judges is Samson. And Samson is an extraordinary individual. He is no doubt a very good-looking man. He is a practical joker. He loves women. And he has also taken an extraordinary vow. Imagine that.

And we know of Deborah, but the most famous of all the judges is Samson. And Samson is an extraordinary individual. He is no doubt a very good-looking man. He is a practical joker. He loves women. And he has also taken an extraordinary vow. Imagine that.

And we know of Deborah, but the most famous of all the judges is Samson. And Samson is an extraordinary individual. He is no doubt a very good-looking man. He is a practical joker. He loves women. And he has also taken an extraordinary vow. Imagine that.

You know, you take a vow, and yet you're struggling with everything everyone else is struggling, but you took a vow, and that vow is called a Nazarite vow. which means that you are holy unto the Lord, you are sanctified unto the Lord, you're not a priest, but you are sanctified. And this could be a man or a woman, by the way, Scripture tells us, and you don't cut your hair.