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Series Code: KCBG
Program Code: KCBG190008S
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00:02 Hey, campers, welcome to Bible Gems.
00:05 Today, we're gonna be learning about a man named Gideon 00:07 and how he fought an entire army with God's help. 00:10 Isn't that right, Julie? 00:12 Julie? Attack! 00:13 No, no, Julie not yet! 00:15 Oops, sorry. 00:17 Ooh, the Midianites are coming. 00:19 Bible Gems is up next. 00:45 Welcome, boys and girls to Bible Gems. 00:49 Come and join us. 00:50 We have a real gem today. 00:52 You won't wanna miss it. Come on. 00:58 Aunty Linda, I found the most amazing 00:59 Bible Gem ever. 01:01 We got this from the... 01:02 Oh, Uncle Aron, Uncle Aron look. 01:04 Oh boy! 01:05 Can you tell us the story please? 01:06 Oh, that's a great Bible gem. 01:08 Hey, that goes along with our song today. 01:12 Miss Jo Dee, teach us our song, now we've got a Bible Gem. 01:15 Yeah, are you excited, boys and girls? 01:17 Yes! 01:20 If God be for us 01:23 Who can be against us 01:26 Romans 8:31 01:30 If God be for us 01:33 Who can be against us 01:36 Romans 8:31 01:42 That's awesome. 01:44 Well, what about that story, Uncle Aron? 01:47 All right. 01:48 The story we're gonna learn about today is a man 01:51 who is really scared. 01:54 Anyone here ever been scared before? 01:56 Richard, yeah, 01:57 I've been scared before too but, 02:00 over time, once God made Himself known to this man, 02:04 he became more and more and more courageous. 02:07 The man's name was Gideon. 02:10 Before I go into the story of Gideon, 02:12 let me tell you about the time period 02:14 that he was living in. 02:15 It was the time period in the Bible called 02:17 the period of the Judges. 02:19 During the time of the Judges, 02:22 there wasn't a king ruling over Israel. 02:24 And often what took place was that 02:26 there were foreign enemies of Israel 02:29 and they would come in 02:30 and they would oppress the people of God. 02:32 And this one time, the Midianites came in, 02:35 and for seven years 02:37 the Israelites were held in bondage. 02:40 They were being oppressed by the Midianites, 02:43 but eventually the children of Israel 02:45 got so tired of being oppressed 02:47 by the Midianites that they cried out to God. 02:49 They said, "God, deliver us from the Midianites." 02:52 Anyone here ever cried out to God for help before? 02:56 Yeah, that's what we need to do in our time of need. 02:58 So the Israelites cried out to God and said, 03:00 "God, help us." 03:02 And God heard their cry, 03:04 and He sent a prophet to tell them, 03:06 that they would be delivered. 03:08 So God came and He sent an angel 03:11 to a man named Gideon, and there was Gideon. 03:15 And guess what Gideon was doing? 03:17 He was hiding. 03:19 He was scared of the Midianites 03:21 and he was away at his father's winepress 03:24 and he was in secret 03:26 because he was afraid of the Midianites. 03:28 And there comes the angel of Lord 03:30 came right to Gideon and said, 03:32 "Gideon, you're a mighty man of valor, 03:34 and I'm gonna use you to deliver the Israelites." 03:38 Was Gideon ready to go right then and there? 03:42 No! He said, "Really? 03:45 Me? 03:46 I'm the least in all of my clan, 03:49 all of my, in my family, 03:50 I'm the smallest, I'm the littlest. 03:52 I can't do that!" 03:54 But God reminded him that He was with him. 03:57 And if God is with us, that's all that matters, right? 04:02 If God is with us, who can be against us? 04:04 So Gideon said, "Okay, God, 04:06 I'm gonna come and I'm gonna make you 04:08 an offering so I know it's you." 04:10 And so Gideon brought God an offering and boom, 04:13 it's set on fire right in front of him. 04:15 And he said, "Whoa, God really must be with me." 04:19 Then God said, "Yep, it really is Me. 04:21 Now, what I want you to do 04:23 before I use you to deliver My people, 04:26 I need you to go and to tear down 04:29 the altars of Baal 04:31 that your father has in his front yard." 04:35 "Okay. 04:36 But if I tear it down, all the people in the city 04:39 are gonna wanna kill me." 04:41 God said, "You gotta do it, 04:43 because before I can be fully with you, 04:45 you need to get rid off 04:47 of all of the idols in your life. 04:49 So Gideon, even though he was beginning 04:52 to step forward with courage with God, 04:54 was a little bit afraid, 04:56 and instead of going out in the middle of the day, 04:58 he went at night time 05:00 and he went to the altar of Baal, 05:03 and in the middle of the night, 05:04 he came and he tore it down, and he ripped it apart 05:08 and then he set up an altars to the Lord, 05:11 right on the same place. 05:13 He set it up, and he built it and there 05:16 they began to worship God but, 05:19 where the other people 05:20 in the town happy that their altar to Baal 05:22 was torn down? 05:24 No! No! 05:25 And so they came and they said, "Whoa, who tore down our altar? 05:29 Who did it?" 05:30 And someone said, "I heard it was Gideon." 05:32 They said, "Oh, where's Gideon? 05:34 They went looking through, where's Gideon? 05:35 We're gonna kill him." 05:37 But then, Gideon's dad stepped up and said "What? 05:40 You're gonna defend Baal? 05:43 Baal was the one whose altar was destroyed. 05:45 Let Baal defend himself." 05:47 And they said, "Well, that makes a lot of sense. 05:49 If our God is really that powerful, 05:51 we should let him defend himself." 05:54 And so they gave Gideon a nickname. 05:56 Who knows the nickname that they gave to Gideon? 05:59 Anyone here? No? 06:01 They named him "Jerubbaal" 06:05 which means "Let Baal defend himself." 06:08 It was a name in honor to the glory of God. 06:11 So there was, Gideon said, "Wow, God is really with me." 06:15 Now, was Gideon ready to go right then and there? 06:19 No, not yet. 06:20 He's still needed to make sure that 06:22 God is with him 06:23 and so what Gideon did is he went, 06:25 and he grabbed the fleece. 06:27 He grabbed the fleece and he said, 06:28 "Okay God, I'm gonna put it on the ground here 06:32 and if in the morning, the fleece is wet, 06:37 well then I'll know that you're with me." 06:40 And he went to bed that night and he woke up in the morning 06:43 and guess what happened, boys and girls? 06:46 The fleece was soaking wet and so he said, "Oh! 06:48 Okay God must be with me." 06:51 Was he ready to go then? 06:52 No! No! 06:54 He said, "Okay God, don't be mad at me, 06:57 but I wanna give one more test. 06:59 I wanna put the fleece out again but this time, 07:01 the way I'll know you're with me 07:03 is if the fleece is dry 07:04 and the ground around it is wet." 07:06 So there he went, and he put out the fleece 07:09 and he went to bed that night. 07:13 And he woke up in the morning and he came back out 07:15 to the fleece and guess what? 07:17 The ground was wet but the fleece was dry. 07:23 And he said, "Whoa, God is really with me. 07:26 Okay, I think I'm almost ready to go." 07:30 So God came and He told him. 07:31 He said, "Okay, there's 32,000 of you 07:36 and a 120,000 Midianites. 07:40 And Gideon said, "Well, 07:41 the odds are looking a little bit 07:42 in the favor of the Midianites." 07:45 And God said, "Well, I don't wanna use 32,000. 07:50 I wanna use less." 07:51 And so he told Gideon to say anyone 07:54 who is afraid that they can go home. 07:57 And so Gideon went away, 07:58 "If you're afraid, you get to go home." 08:00 And how many went home? 08:01 Twenty two thousand. That's right. 08:04 Twenty two thousand went home and they were afraid. 08:06 So Gideon was left with how many? 08:08 Ten thousand. Ten thousand. 08:10 And he's like, wow, God just took, you know, 08:13 two-thirds of my troops. 08:15 Well, I hope He doesn't take anymore, 08:16 10,000 versus 120,000, but was God done? 08:21 No. Dwindling down He said no. 08:23 He said "All right, the next test 08:24 I want you to do is I want you to bring your army, 08:27 bring them to the water, bring them to the water 08:31 and have them get a drink of water." 08:33 Now, there was two groups of people. 08:35 Some of them came to the water, 08:37 and what did they do when they came to the water? 08:40 They stuck their face in it. 08:41 They were so used to bowing down 08:43 to idols that they bowed all way down 08:45 to the river instead. 08:47 And they just slurped up that water. 08:49 But, there were some that just got on their knees, 08:53 and they got their hands, 08:55 and they dipped their hands into the water, 08:57 and they kept their head up, and they lapped it, 09:00 they drank it out of their hands. 09:02 And God said, "All right, Gideon. 09:05 This is what I want you to do. 09:06 Only bring with you in the battle, 09:09 those who stayed on their knees and drank out of their hands. 09:13 All of those who stuck their face in the water, 09:16 tell them to go home. 09:18 And how many men were left with Gideon? 09:21 Three hundred. Whoa, only 300? 09:25 300 versus 120,000! 09:31 Man, at this rate, God better do a miracle. 09:35 And what was God about to do? A miracle. 09:39 And so, Gideon, he said, 09:41 "Okay, I'm still little bit nervous 09:43 but I have the confidence that God is with me." 09:46 And as he was thinking things through, 09:48 God came to him and said, 09:49 "Okay, Gideon, this is what I want you to do. 09:52 I want you to go down into the valley 09:55 where the Midianites are staying, 09:58 and I will give you courage when you go down. 10:00 But if you are still a little bit afraid, 10:02 you can bring with you your servant. 10:04 And so Gideon, 10:06 he was still a little bit afraid 10:07 and so he brought with him his servant, 10:10 and he got up and he went to spy on the Midianites. 10:12 Now, let's go together. 10:14 The Midianites are right down there in the valley. 10:17 Let's quietly let's go and sneak over 10:20 and see if we can overhear something going on 10:23 with the Midianites. 10:24 Let's go guys. 10:26 Don't get too close, they might wake up, okay. 10:29 So there they were 10:30 and they overheard a conversation. 10:35 "Hey, wake up. 10:40 I had an awful dream. 10:43 You know what it was?" "What?" 10:45 "I dreamt a barley loaf rolled down the hill 10:51 and hit our tent 10:52 and destroyed it and knocked it down. 10:55 What do you think it means?" 10:56 "It means that Gideon is going to win the battle." 10:59 "Oh, no! 11:02 Well, we better get our swords and get ready for battle." 11:08 Once Gideon heard this, 11:09 he quietly went back to the camp 11:11 while worshiping God. 11:13 He went back to the camp, and he said, Oh! 11:16 He got his 300 men together and he said, 11:19 "Guys, okay, God is with us. 11:21 And this very night, 11:23 we're gonna defeat the Midianites." 11:24 So he gave them all a lamp. 11:27 He gave them all a lamp into their hands 11:29 and he gave them a clay pitcher, jug there. 11:33 And then they all had trumpets, and they went out 11:36 and they split up in the third 11:38 so a 100 went over there, 11:39 a 100 went over there and a 100 were here. 11:42 And they went all around the valley. 11:45 And altogether, right before they attacked, 11:50 they cried out. 11:52 The trumpets began to blare and they cried out, 11:57 "The Sword of the Lord and of Gideon." 12:00 The Sword of the Lord and of Gideon. 12:02 The Sword of the Lord and of Gideon. 12:05 The Sword of the Lord and of Gideon. 12:09 And then, there was mayhem in the camp 12:12 and something began to happen. 12:15 "I can't see anything, it's pitch black!" 12:17 "I can't either." "Can you see anything?" 12:18 "No." "They must be coming. 12:20 I heard a terrible yell. Let's fight them." 12:27 And God began to perform a miracle. 12:30 All of the Midianites began to slay one another! 12:34 They didn't know 12:35 who the enemy was and they just... 12:37 It was chaotic 12:38 and they were stabbing each other 12:39 and they didn't know what was going on. 12:41 And then, the army of 300 went into the camp, 12:45 and they slew how many? 12:48 All of them, all the 120,000. 12:51 And God defeated the Midianites and delivered the Israelites. 12:57 Now, boys and girls, you may be scared, 13:00 you maybe a little person with not a lot of strength, 13:04 but God knows that if He comes 13:07 and He fights your battle for you, 13:08 that you don't need to be afraid of anyone of anything. 13:12 Do you boys and girls want to have God on your side? 13:15 Yes! 13:16 Because if God is with us, who can be against us? 13:21 Boys and girls, at home, I hope the same thing for you 13:24 that you bring God into your life, 13:25 and let Him defeat your enemies for you. 13:29 God is amazing, boys and girls. 13:31 Remember to share your Bibles 13:33 and you will find so many precious gems. 13:37 Well, come back and see us next time. 13:40 Bye, boys and girls! 13:41 Bye! |
Revised 2020-02-21