By Adrian Rogers

“So it was, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel again played the harlot with the Baals, and made Baal-Berith their god. Thus the children of Israel did not remember the Lord their God, who had delivered them from the hands of all their enemies on every side; nor did they show kindness to the house of Jerubbaal (Gideon) in accordance with the good he had done for Israel.”  Judges 8:33-35

When we look at this passage, it is clear there was a spiritual decline. Gideon had won a victory. How does spiritual decline happen after a victory? You would think that the people would be grateful and praise God so much that they would never face decline again, but they turned from God.

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