S4:061 Judges 9-12

Join The Journey

Watermark Community Church, Dallas, TX

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Christian, Bible, Devotional

5 • 827 Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2025

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

How do we make sense of God sending an evil spirit to Abimelech? In today’s episode, Join the Journey staff member Lauren Atkinson and Watermark staff member Ethan Howard discuss the downward cycle of the Israelite nation due to unfaithfulness and how God shows His glory and fulfills His good plan despite the sinfulness of man. If God is sovereign over evil, then He can redeem evil and use it for our good and His glory.

Additional Scripture Referenced:

Genesis 50:20, “As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today.”

Check out one of Ethan’s previous episodes!

https://open.spotify.com/episode/1zU4c8GCe3F6gRmJWgKblX?si=2860431843464aa4

Check out the Join The Journey Devotionals here!

https://www.jointhejourney.com/

You can also check out the Join The Journey Jr. Podcast:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/join-the-journey-junior/id1660089898

Transcript

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0:00.0	All right now, if we're honest, reading the Bible consistently can be a challenge, but it's never too late to start and we're in this together.
0:08.6	This is the Join the Journey podcast.
0:12.5	Thanks for joining.
0:13.7	My name is Lauren Atkinson on the Join the Journey staff team.
0:16.8	And today I am in the podcast studio with another Watermark staff member.
0:21.5	It's Ethan Howard.
0:22.6	Hey, everyone. It's good to be here.
0:24.2	Ethan, so fun to have you back.
0:26.5	You've been on the podcast before.
0:28.2	So we will link one of those episodes in the description.
0:32.2	But before we get started, why don't you tell us a little more about who you are, how you got to Watermark, and what you do here on staff.
0:39.1	That's great.
0:39.9	Well, the first time I was actually introduced to Watermark.
0:42.0	I was in seventh grade.
0:43.7	I grew up here, born in Raised in Dallas.
0:46.1	Still remember the first time walking into Wake and being shocked by how loud everything was.
0:52.8	And then it kind of started over a few just different years getting more
0:57.4	and more invited here and then went off to school and then came back and did the Watermark
1:02.2	Institute in 2021 to 2022 and rolled on full-time staff after that. And I currently serve
1:08.7	with our membership team. So get to meet with
1:11.4	anyone interested in membership and also get to have conversations around baptism, a range of
1:16.1	different things. I love it. And Ethan, we have been reading Year of the Word. We're in judges
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