When We Make the Rules

What does society look like when we make the rules? Everyone does what is right in their own eyes.

This was the state in the time of the judges and it is more and more like our society today. When we do what is right in our own eyes religion is arbitrary and morality is self-serving. What we need, and what the world needs is a righteous King, a righteous ruler. What we need is Jesus Christ. The state of this world is a call to action, a call to trust Jesus and to live for his sake and the gospel's.

Judges

In the time of the Judges, there was no king. As a result the people of Israel did what was right in their own eyes. The time of the Judges is a time of chaos and turmoil, the people longed for a king. Our time is full of chaos and turmoil, it should cause us to long for the King—Jesus Christ.

Tim Stephens

Tim Stephens is the senior pastor of Fairview Baptist Church. Tim grew up on a farm in Eastern Ontario and has graduated with a Computer Engineering degree from Queen’s University, a Masters of Divinity degree from Detroit Baptist Theological Seminary, and is currently pursuing his Doctor of Ministry in Expository Preaching at the Master’s Seminary. He is happily married to Raquel and they have eight children.