This lesson deals with the cycle of disobedience, destruction and deliverance that characterizes the book of Judges.
Not a message about one person like Gideon, but about a condition of this life. It is called despair meaning all hope is gone. The Lord has left us on our own. Throughout scripture, God gives us examples of those who seemed to be left by the Lord and thought they had been deserted by Him but later found that He hadn't left them at all.
God is a just God who will and does judge sin. Eli is a perfect example that God will judge just as He has said He will.
Proverbs warns of the prating fool. Find out what a prating fool is and why he is so dangerous.
We can know much about the characteristics of hypocrites by looking into the life of Abiathar. Are you playing the part of a hypocrite?
