W. Robert Godfrey
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We have the very positive judges, Othniel, Ehud, and Deborah.
And now we have Gideon who starts out well,
That should be a warning to all of us.
It doesn't get easier to be a Christian as you get older.
We think we ought to be able to coast a little bit when we get older.
And Gideon is that transition point.
Then after Gideon, we have a lot of talk about his son Abimelech.
But I don't think Abimelech is a judge either.
He's a kind of anti-judge, contrasted with the true judges of Israel.
Abimelech, you remember, has a Hebrew name, means, my father is king.
Now, Abimelech presumably didn't name himself.
But Abimelech certainly lived as if his father had been king, and he was now.
And what God was saying is, you're not king, and you're a danger to your people.
Gideon's a very important judge.