An idol is a pagan god or any object of excessive devotion or admiration. Each person has idols of the heart that they must contend with.
This world needs the atonement of “a lamb”, but only “the lamb” can avail. Have you made the Lamb “your lamb”?
God’s will may be either absolute or conditional; this verse proves that we can disobey God’s desired will for ourselves.
The story of Gideon shows how God can give the victory if we will trust entirely in Him.
Israel will continue to spiral downward away from their God but He will continue to hear their pleas for help and send them deliverers.
