Names of the first ten patriarchs form a story in their Hebrew meaning.
| Adam | Seth | Enos | Cainan | Mahalaleel | Jared | Enoch | Methuselah | Lamech | Noah |
| man | appointed | mortal sorrow | bring increase | the blessed god | shall descend | teaching | his death shall bring | down to | rest |
We must stop seeing ourselves the way the world sees us and start to see ourselves the way the Lord sees us – we would see our potential to assist in His work.
Satan does not need to tempt the world, he can just allow them to destroy themselves. Satan only needs to focus on those who are aware of their natural man and who are working to overcome it.
An agent is free of blessings and responsibilities until he signs on with a client in return for set responsibilities and blessings in accordance with the contract signed. having thus signed onto a contract the agent is no longer free to ignore the terms of the contract.
Don’t believe in who you are, believe in who Christ is and He will make you greater than you are – He will make us like Him.
The time of Gideon is around the time of the Judges (the sons of Samuel were wicked though they were in line to administer the temple ordinances), Sampson (gave up his covenant position by breaking his covenant even after having overwhelming evidence that it was not safe to do so), and in contrast this is around the time of Ruth who was a gentile who chose to follow the covenant as an example of righteousness.
Two-thirds of the men of Gideon were fearful and turned back when invited – I wonder if the day will come when members will be openly invited to turn back from some overwhelming task if they fear the process. If so we may well have two-thirds returning.