First, consider the application
(A) Thinking
1. Who is Yelubali? Who and where did he go? Is it dangerous? 1
2. What did the LORD say to Moses? What was the result? 2/3
3. What did the Lord say to Gideon? How did God choose soldiers for Gideon? How many people are left in the end? How far is the Midian camp from them? 4/8
4. Where did the Lord tell Gideon to go? Who did you take? How many enemies did he see? What did you hear again? 9/ 14
What did Gideon do when he heard the dream and explained it? What did he say when he returned to the camp? What arrangements have you made? 15/ 18
6. How did Gideon lead the soldiers to fight? Which tribes participated in the war? 19/23
7. What is the purpose of Gideon's sending people all over the hill country of Ephraim? What did Ephraim do? 24/25
(2) Application
Summarize the advantages and disadvantages of Gideon's victory over the enemy?
Second, the classic reading outline
Gideon's Victory-The Work of the Unity of God and Man
I. Unity with God
1. Obey God's guidance-30,000 to 300 people 1/8
2. Believe in God's promise-don't look at the environment but look at the promise 9/ 16.
3. In the name of God-Fight for God and win by God 19/22
Second, unite the people.
1. With the servant Pra
2. With soldiers-300 people
3. With other tribes
(1) Participate nearby
(1) Manasseh
② Naphtali
③ Yashe
(2) further participation
(1) said Ephraim.
(2) guard the Jordan River estuary.
Third, think and answer.
1. Who is Yelubali? Who and where did he go? Is it dangerous? 1
A: 1), Yelubali is Gideon;
He and all the people who were with him got up in the morning and camped by the spring of Haru.
3), there is danger.
2. What did the Lord say to Gideon? What was the result? 2/3
Answer: God told Gideon that there were too many people following him, lest they boast of victory. He wanted to announce that anyone who was afraid and timid could leave and go back.
2) So 22,000 people went back, leaving only 10000 people.
3. What did the Lord say to Gideon? How did God choose soldiers for Gideon? How many people are left in the end? How far is the Midian camp from them? 4/8
Answer: 1) The Lord said to Gideon: There are still too many people. Take them to the water, and I can try them for you. Who shall I take you to see? This person can go with you. He can go with you, and I will show whom to say, this man can't go with you, so he can't go with you
2) The Lord said to Gideon, Anyone who adds water with his tongue should stand alone. Anyone who kneels down to drink water should also stand by and watch himself.
3), finally there are 300 people left;
The Midianite camp is on the plain below him.
4. Where did the Lord tell Gideon to go? Who did you take? How many enemies did he see? What did you hear again? 9/ 14
Answer: 1), the Lord ordered Gideon to go down to the Midian camp;
2), servant Pra
There are as many locusts as there are, and their camels are numerous, as many as the sand by the sea.
4) I also heard a man tell his companion his dream, saying that I dreamed that a barley cake rolled into the camp of Midian, reached the tent of meeting, hit it and turned it over.
What did Gideon do when he heard the dream and explained it? What did he say when he returned to the camp? What arrangements have you made? 15/ 18
Answer: 1), worship God;
2) Go back to the Israeli camp and say, Get up! The Lord has delivered the army of Midian into your hand.
3) So Gideon divided 300 people into three teams, and put horns and empty bottles in everyone's hands, all of which contained torches.
He said to them, "Look at what I have done. When I get to the camp, you will do as I have done.
When I and all the people who are with me blow the trumpet, blow the trumpet around the camp and shout, "The sword of the Lord and Gideon.".
6. How did Gideon lead the soldiers to fight? Which tribes participated in the war? 19/23
Answer: 1), Gideon and his hundred men came to the camp at the beginning of the third watch, blew horns and broke bottles in their hands.
All three teams blew horns and broke bottles, holding torches in their left hands and horns in their right hands, shouting, "The sword of the Lord and Gideon!"
They stood in positions around the camp. The whole camp is running around; Three hundred people made a hullabaloo about and told them to run away.
So three hundred men blew the trumpet, and the Lord struck all the people in the camp with the edge of the sword, and they fled to Beth Hashita in Serah and Abel Mehora near Taba.
2) The Israelites gathered from Naphtali, Asher and all Manasseh to pursue Midian.
7. What is the purpose of Gideon's sending people all over the hill country of Ephraim? What did Ephraim do? 24/25
Answer: 1), so Gideon sent messengers throughout the hill country of Ephraim, saying, "Go down and attack the Midianites, and guard the crossing of the Jordan until you reach Bethbara.
So all the people of Ephraim gathered together and guarded the fords of Jordan as far as Beth Barak.
They captured two leaders of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb. He killed Oreb on the rock of Oreb, and Zeeb in the winery of Zeeb. They pursued Midian and sent the heads of Oreb and Zeeb across Jordan to Gideon.
Fourth, the application solution
Application 1:
Summarize the advantages and disadvantages of Gideon's victory over the enemy.
A: 1. Favorable factors:
(1) The presence and help of God;
(2) god personally choose soldiers;
(3) The selected soldiers have a vigilant heart;
④ Gideon's obedience;
⑤ Use superb tactics.
6. There are other tribes participating in the war.
2. Disadvantages:
Facing the enemy, Gideon was both afraid and timid.
(2) Repeated layoffs show that most soldiers are timid, afraid and not alert.
The enemy is too strong.
Application 2:
Summarize the advantages and disadvantages of Gideon's victory over the enemy.
A: 1. Favorable factors:
(1) weather (at night, sudden attack, so that the enemy does not know the real situation. )
(2) the correct position (on the plain above Midian, commanding, mastering the movement of Midian)
(3) Harmony among people (people who follow Gideon are loyal and obey Gideon's orders)
The most important winning factor:
Gideon obeyed God, and God fought with him.
2. Disadvantages:
There are many people in Midian, and there are many wars and rides.
(2) The escape area is large and it is difficult to completely annihilate.
Application 3:
Summarize the advantages and disadvantages of Gideon's victory over the enemy.
A: ① Disadvantages-Gideon is timid. The enemy is outnumbered.
The Three Kingdoms Alliance, Midian, Amalek and all the orientals are scattered on the plains like locusts. Their camels are numerous, as many as the sand by the sea. ? ( 7: 12)
(2) Favorable factors-victory depends on God, that is, God gives his enemies into his hands, with God's presence and help, and God inspires him to forge ahead. Before the war, he was fully prepared, selected elite soldiers, carried special weapons "horn", "empty bottle" and "torch", unified command and unified action. At the same time, he blew the horn and worked together. They are hallelujah!