Spirit of the Lord came upon him speaking of othniel and he judged israel and went out to war
And the lord delivered delivered kushan rishithayim the king of mesopotamia into his hand and his hand prevailed against kushan rishithayim
So what do we see we see that it took a spear-filled man?
to come
And deliver israel out of the hand of kushan rishithayim
What is that? What is that a picture of a picture of a preacher sometimes?
And look what it says there it says the spirit of the lord came upon him and he judged israel
Because think about this you think he just came and just like don't worry guys live as pagan as you want
I'll just take care of this king of mesopotamia. No, he judged israel first and basically told him. Hey, you guys need to repent
Put away the false gods repent of this wicked deed put away all your garbage and your sinfulness and then i'll deliver you
So the deliverer othniel was not just to deliver to deliver them from the hand of the enemy he was there to judge
israel
In like manner that's what a pastor is for in like manner
That's what a preacher is for a preacher is there to encourage you to go forward for god to help you to be delivered
From bad habits or from false ideologies, but it's also here to judge you
Don't judge me then you need to go somewhere else if you don't want to be judged
Go to no judging baptist church
But you know what the the deliverer can only deliver if he judges the nation first
Okay
And look if you were to judge yourself, you wouldn't be judged
You know, hey israel if you would have just obeyed the lord
And just repented you wouldn't have needed othniel to come and deliver you from the hand of kushat rishat
You could have just obeyed god conquered land, but you know what it took it took you crying out to the lord
A deliverer being raised up by the name of othniel
And judging you for your wicked idolatry and then delivering you from the hand of the king of mesopotamia
And that's how it works today, you know, and you know christians should not get mad at the pastor
Christians should not get mad at the man of god and look other pastors should not get mad at the man of god
You know, especially if the members of their church are listening to people who preach the word of god harshly, right?
Hey, they're cleaning up your church members lives so they can be good church members for you
You should be thankful for that