<img src="https://assets.podomatic.net/ts/19/64/ec/emailkirkm/3000x3000_5430950.jpg" alt="itunes pic" /><br /><p>This lesson is supposed to be about Ruth - but I'm skipping it.&nbsp; Steve did a great sermon based on Ruth - it's all you need, so find that, and you're good to go.&nbsp;</p> <p>So in this class, we revisited one of the fundamental problems faced by the people during the period of the Judges - and one which we also share: ignorance and disobedience.&nbsp; We are ignorant of God's Torah and the stories contained there.&nbsp; We don't teach our kids because we don't know any better ourselves.&nbsp; If the Judges-period-people had stayed close to the Torah and the lessons there, they would have avoided immense problems, pain, suffering and seperation from God.&nbsp; Same with us - we MUST dedicate ourselves to God's Torah!&nbsp;</p> <p>In an effort to demonstrate this, I returned us to 1 corinthians 10, where we re-examined Paul's lessons in context - then went back to a couple stories we missed earlier: the story of the snakes (Numbers 21) and the story of Spring Break in Moab (Numbers 25).&nbsp;</p> <p>To be clear: Satan doesn't have to get us by fighting or cursing.&nbsp; All he has to do is offer us some pleasure and in no time at all we forget to follow God.&nbsp; The question is: can <strong><em>you </em></strong>acknowledge your weaknesses and beg for help to avoid these temptations?</p>