Judges – Israel vs. America

The Book of Judges is a look into the lives of a nation that has abandoned the Lord. They were supposed to be His representative all other nations but has forgotten who He is and what He said. There are some very gruesome stories in here about destruction of property, greed, deception, murder, rape, violence, dismemberment, prostitution, revenge, and other sins. These sins were even committed by Levites, the spiritual leaders of the Israelites.

We can learn a lot about how horrible life can be without the Lord by reading Judges, but I’m more concerned about how a nation gets to that point and how they might be able to turn it around. The beginning of Judges gives us clues as to how it happened.

Please Read Judges 1:19-2:15 and see if you can find clues as to what crippled the nation of Israel.

1. What clues did you find?
2. What should Israel have done to prevent their decent into immorality?
3. How is America similar or different than Israel in the times of Judges?
4. What can each one of us do to help turn America around?