In this video listen to Judges 2 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer.

In Judges 2 Another generation arose who didn’t know Yahweh. This doesn't mean they didn’t know who God was, but that they didn’t know him meaningfully, or understand how to serve Him. Every generation faces the same challenges, but clothed in different clothing.

The tendency to distrust the advice of parents, and to seek out one’s own advancements is an old problem. It takes very prayerful parents to raise children in a worldly age. We are, just like the Israelites, surrounded by things that influence against God. This chapter describes the cycle of apostasy, where they turn repeatedly to follow other gods, and are handed over to them by the Lord. God allowed them to have the thing they loved.

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