TITLE:  Loopholes
TEXT:  Judges 21:17-24
PROPOSITION:  People look for loopholes to avoid obeying God.
QUESTION:  What?
KEY WORD:  Excuses
SCRIPTURE READING:  

INTRODUCTION:

1. The tribe of Benjamin needed wives.
2. Dilemma:
   1. Vow was made against “giving” daughters from other tribes.
   2. The law forbids taking wives from other nations.
3. Solution: Have Benjamin “kidnap” the girls – Catch-A-Wife
   1. That way vow was kept – they did not “give” them
   2. Benjamin will remain a viable tribe

 Everybody’s doing it.

Adam – Genesis 3

 The Devil made me do it

Eve – Genesis 3

 I was drunk

Nadab and Ahihu – Leviticus 10

 It was the situation I was in. It felt like the right thing to do

Uzzah and Ahio – 2 Samuel 6

 I thought; I assumed, I failed to check their sources

Young Prophet – 1 Kings 13

Naaman – 2 Kings 5