Lack of Leadership

Judges 18 and judges 19 both start with the same phrase, "In those days, when there was no king in Israel..." After that, the passage goes on to talk about some grievous sin that is committed by multiple people.

There is a simple message here. God wants us to have leadership. Now the Lord did not give Israel a leader because he want them each to follow him. As a matter of fact, when god finally appointed Saul as king over Israel, it was because the people called for it, not because God called for it. But he also did not install a leader because he wanted to teach us something.

We need leadership. And we need community. Grace Community Church has a great message on this on their website (gracecommunity.org). But we need a leader who will follow Scripture and help us apply the gospel. This leader needs to be surrounded by other godly men to hold him accountable, much as David was surrounded by Nathan and other prophets.

We need "one another..."