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   What has any of this to do in regards to a commentary of Judges Chptr 11   
   or for that matter with your subject topic?   
      
   In sounds more like someone preaching a teaching but there is no   
   reasoning   
   given for it. Again, you bring into the Old Testament commentary the   
   scripture from else where to support your judgment of the doings of old   
   testament saints. Are you commenting on Chapter eleven or are you using   
   it   
   to make a point of your own without understanding or even caring about   
   what was written for our understanding?   
      
   >   
   > Instruction   
   >   
   > This passage instructs believers to trust God’s Word fully and to guard   
   > their words carefully. Instead of bargaining with God, we are to walk by   
   > faith in His promises (2 Corinthians 5:7). We are called to be “slow to   
   > speak” (James 1:19) and to avoid swearing oaths beyond what is simple   
   > and true (Matthew 5:34-37). Rather than offering God worship of our own   
   > making, we are to yield our lives as living sacrifices in the way He has   
   > commanded (Romans 12:1). Obedience in faith is the true expression of   
   > devotion to God.   
      
   You totally ignored this chapter, How God used the son of a whore, how   
   the   
   person the Israelite's totally condemned and tossed aside they came to   
   him   
   for help, and how it was that helped them as well as the deal he made   
   with   
   them if he did it. There was no bargaining with God since God had already   
   gone before him with the battles of other people before he could get to   
   the Ammonites. He also laid out plainly to the Ammonites why this war was   
   to be and their mistake in warring with them. And wait!, there is still   
   more? It seems that you glossed over much. So much more, in my eyes.   
      
      
      
   >   
   > Encouragement and Hope   
   >   
   > Even in the failure of His servants, God remains faithful to His people.   
   > He gave Israel victory through Jephthah despite his flawed vow (Judges   
   > 11:32-33). This encourages believers that God’s purposes are not   
   > thwarted by human weakness. At the same time, the rejection and later   
   > acceptance of Jephthah foreshadows Christ, the One whom Israel rejected   
   > but who will yet deliver them (Romans 11:26). Our hope rests not in our   
   > vows or works but in Christ’s perfect obedience and sacrifice. Where   
   > Jephthah faltered, Christ triumphed. Where our words fail, His Word   
   > stands sure.   
      
   Are you kidding me? You even stated above that the victory was already   
   given to Jephthah by the spirit of God. And just where was J's failure?   
   You have not established that. J was the son of a whore, Jesus was not.   
      
   Jesus made no promises to His Father for victory, Jesus was the sacrifice   
   for the sins of man with His own blood. J's daughter did not have to shed   
   her blood. I saw no faltering of J' there. In fact what follows 11 proves   
   that. You should have taken a peek at it.   
      
   >   
   > Invitation   
   >   
   > Judges 11 shows that man’s attempts to bargain with God fail, but Christ   
   > has provided the only acceptable way of redemption. Our sins, like   
   > Jephthah’s vow, bring guilt and death (Romans 6:23). But God sent His   
   > Son to bear our sins and pay the penalty we deserved. Christ died as our   
   > substitute, taking the wrath of God in our place, and rose again in   
   > victory (1 Corinthians 15:3-4). His sacrifice is the only offering God   
   > accepts (Hebrews 10:10). You cannot secure God’s favor by promises or   
   > vows, but you can receive salvation by calling on the name of the Lord   
   > (Romans 10:9-13). Change your mind about sin, turn to Christ, and trust   
   > in His finished work for forgiveness and eternal life.   
      
   J went on to judge over Israel from this point until his death. He did   
   not   
   fail, he was elevated by Jehovah.   
      
   Based on this commentary of yours, which I just clicked on to see what   
   you   
   had to say and what Gods word said. I shuddered after reading it in   
   conjunction with the chapter you specified. Here you discredited a man of   
   God whom God honored and led.   
      
   Is this typical for all your commentaries?   
      
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