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God Made Victory with Gideon and 300 Soldiers

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[Judges 7:7]

he Lord said to Gideon, “With the three hundred men that lapped I will save you and give the Midianites into your hands. Let all the others go home.”

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God made Gideon a judge to rescue the Israelites from Midian's hand.
Gideon blew his trumpet loudly to gather troops for war.
The number of people gathered was 32,000.

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Gideon took them and camped at the “Spring of Harod.” The Midianites to fight them were camping in a valley down a hill called the "Moreh." The number of Midianite soldiers was far more than Gideon's soldiers.

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But God, who appeared to Gideon, said something completely different.

“There are too many Israeli soldiers to fight the Midianites.

I don't want to hear the Israelites boast of having fought on their own and won.

So tell the Israelites that whoever is afraid should go home.”

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The current number of soldiers is also less than that of Midian, and God was telling Gideon

to return those who were afraid of them.

Gideon, who experienced the power of God, obeyed the word of God.

He told the people. “Any one of you who has a fear of war may return home.”

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22,000 people left after hearing Gideon's words.

Over a third of those who gathered have passed away. Gideon had only 10,000 men left.

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But God spoke to Gideon again. “There are still too many people. Take people to the water.

I'll try them. Only those who pass the test will go to war with you.”

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Gideon took people to the waters according to God's word.

The people started to drink water. As they were drinking water, God spoke to Gideon again.

“Separate the one who drinks water with his tongue like a dog and the one who kneels and

drinks water.”

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When Gideon listened to Jehovah, he saw people drinking water.

Most people knelt down to drink water, and a small number of people knelt and lick water.

The number of people who licked water was 300.

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God said to Gideon, “I will try to defeat Midian with these 300 men who licked the water.

Send all others home” According to God's word, only 300 people left and the rest were sent home. Gideon had only 300 soldiers left.

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That night, God spoke to Gideon. “Get up, go down and attack Midian.

But if you are afraid, take your servant Purah down to the Midian camp and listen to what they say. After listening to that, you will be courageous to attack.”

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Hearing God's word, he took his servant Purah and secretly went down to the edge of the enemy camp. The Midianite soldiers caught in the eyes of Gideon and Purah were countless like grains of sand by the sea.

Then he heard a Midianite soldier telling his dream story to a colleague.

“In my dream, a loaf of barley bread came into our camp, and how strong it pitched,

the tent collapsed and it became flat.”

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Another soldier who heard the dream said, interpreting the dream.

“Your dream has to do with the sword of Gideon, son of Joash, an Israelite.

God will make Gideon defeat Midian and all the army.”

Upon hearing this, Gideon thanked God and returned to his camp.

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Gideon was encouraged to speak to the Israelites.

“Wake up! Jehovah God has made us overcome the Midianites.”

Then, 300 soldiers were divided into three units, each with a hundred men,

and had a trumpet and a pot with a torch inside the pot.

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Gideon's 300 warriors reached around the enemy camp in the middle of the night and

blew a trumpet and broke the jar. And with a torch in their left hand and a trumpet in

their right hand, they said, "It is a sword for Jehovah and Gideon!" Exclaimed.

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When 300 Gideon soldiers blew the trumpets together, God worked.

He made the Midian soldiers fight among themselves.

That day, Gideon's 300 warriors defeated the great Midian and won a great victory.

God saved Israel from Midian's hand through Gideon.

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God has allowed only 300 warriors to defeat Midian's large army.

Gideon won great victory by obeying God's word.

The Bible has shown through Gideon and 300 warriors that if you have the faith to fully trust

in God, you can overcome any great power in this world.

We, who have been saved and become children of God, are different people in the way

we fight in this world. War is in the hands of God.

We must be people who add our best and sincerity to our faith in God.

Such a person will have the same victory as Gideon in any situation.

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