In their culture, like ours, people will see themselves as victims, not villains.

The culture is dark, people are evil, cities are in decline, we've defunded the cops, the border

is open, literally that's everything that's happening in the days of judges and the people just felt like victims we deserve better and what God says is your cause is your sin. They want deliverance but before God delivers them

he sends a preacher to preach repentance. And so ultimately here's the big

idea. The people did what was evil in the sight of the Lord.

And again, they didn't feel that they did evil in their own eyes.

And their own eyes are like, we're good people, we're living good lives, we're making good decisions. Those who are political pundits and those who are social commentators and those who are professional educators,

they've all told us that the way we see the world and we see ourselves,

it's in fact good, right, and true.

And God says, no.

I wrote a book, I judge you by it, I find you guilty, you're a sinner.

And so ultimately, the root cause is sin.

And sometimes sin has personal implications

and applications.

Sometimes sin has national implications and applications.

Sometimes we're suffering because of our sinning.

A couple of things I want to note on this.

Number one, God rules whether or not you believe he does.

God rules whether or not you believe he does. God rules whether or not you believe he does.

And some people are like, I don't believe that God judges.

You will.

You will.

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