Text: Judges 7:1-23
Hymn: 823, May God Bestow on Us His Grace
Kretzmann Commentary: Judges
We see in Judges that salvation by trust and faith in God is not a new concept founded by St. Paul. In Judges 7 he scales back the army of the Israelites so severely that there is no question how this battle is to be won.
We can no more earn our eternal salvation than Gideon and his 300 men with trumpets, torches, and jugs could defeat the innumerable Midianites and Amalekites. Our sins, each one able to cast us out into the outer darkness, are exponentially more numerous than the armies that Gideon saw, yet God delivers us from all of them through Christ’s death and resurrection.
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May God Bestow on Us His Grace
- May God bestow on us His grace,
With blessings rich provide us,
And may the brightness of His face
To life eternal guide us
That we His saving health may know,
His gracious will and pleasure,
And also to the heathen show
Christ’s riches without measure
And unto God convert them. - Thine over all shall be the praise
And thanks of ev’-ry nation,
And all the world with joy shall raise
The voice of exultation;
For Thou shalt judge the earth, O Lord,
Nor suffer sin to flourish;
Thy people’s pasture is Thy Word
Their souls to feed and nourish,
In righteous paths to keep them. - Oh, let the people praise Thy worth,
In all good works increasing;
The land shall plenteous fruit bring forth,
Thy Word is rich in blessing,
May God the Father, God the Son,
And God the Spirit bless us!
Let all the world praise Him alone,
Let solemn awe possess us.
Now let our hearts say, Amen.
TURRIE on 
Dan
