JUDGES 2

1 And an angel of the Lord came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you.

2 And ye shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall throw down their altars: but ye have not obeyed my voice: why have ye done this?




IT DIDN’T TAKE LONG




All through their wilderness wanderings, the children Of Israel had been warned that they must not associate with the people of the land. 




In Chapter 24 of Joshua, they had pledged to serve God and him alone and here barely two chapters into Judges, we have the angel of the Lord asking why they had broken their covenant with God.




The problem started in Chapter 1, so many of the children did not conquer the land they were given. They compromised with the people of the land. They were to destroy the people of the land, but instead they compromised with them.

The book of Judges shows what happens when a child of God compromises with the world, it is a book of missed opportunities. It is a book of broken promises.. broken covenants.

So how does this apply to us. Well we make promises every Sunday, we re-dedicate our lives on Sunday and are compromising in Monday.. amen.




We are like the Children of Israel. Let me explain.

Your pastor is like Joshua in Chapter 24 of his book, he is saying.. Who will serve the Lord?. we all stand and say Oh We will we will. Maybe we will set up a memorial like the children of Israel did, maybe we will write down the date of that commitment.




How often are we like the children of Israel?




We forget our commitment that we made very quickly, just like the children of Israel did. God never breaks his covenant with us, so how can we so easily break our covenant with Him?




Why don’t we follow through with our commitment, simply said it’s because we refuse to throw down our idols. So many times, the kings of Israel put away their idols, but when that Good king died, they were brought out again, it’s like us, we just move our idol like our TV to another room. Maybe we should be like Josiah who ground the idols to dust.




God wants to ask you the question at the end of verse 2




 why have ye done this?

Basically, why have you broken my covenant?

Why have you not obeyed me?

Why haven’t you broken down your idols?

Why have you compromised with the world?




It’s time to keep your covenant with God.. He’s keep his with you

God bless you

Keith