Thursday
Evening Bible Study
September
20, 2018
Introduction
The book of Joshua recorded the overall conquering of the Promised Land of
Canaan.
Through their battles they conquer 31 kings over a period of about five
years.
Through Joshua’s leadership, they had done the larger, overall job of
taking care of the main resistance and establishing themselves as the dominant
force in the land.
(Jos 21:43–45 NKJV)
—43 So the LORD gave to Israel all the land of which He had sworn to give to
their fathers, and they took possession of it and dwelt in it. 44 The LORD gave
them rest all around, according to all that He had sworn to their fathers. And
not a man of all their enemies stood against them; the LORD delivered all their
enemies into their hand. 45 Not a word failed of any good thing which the LORD
had spoken to the house of Israel. All came to pass.
The main battles were over, but there were still pockets of resistance
left, still places to be conquered.
There is unfinished business.
The book of Judges gets its name from the people God used to help lead the
nation during the period between Joshua and the kings.
This would be a period of four hundred years.
Some were warriors, others prophets, one was a woman.
These people were not kings as such. The nation considered God to be their
king, and that God used a specific man to bring help and leadership to the
nation at various times.
The book of Judges is a “messy” book.
You are going to see a lot of things happen that will make your skin crawl.
You’re going to see God use some very flawed people to save the nation.
The book is summed up by the last verse:
(Judges 21:25 NKJV)
In
those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was
right in his own eyes.
We might tend to think that God only uses “perfect” people, but the truth
is, everyone God has every used is flawed at some point.
You’re going to see God’s people doing the most horrible things.
Note: Some of the events recorded in Judges may not be in chronological
order.
There aren’t a lot of time markers in each section. For example, in Judges
20:28 (at the end of the book), Phinehas is mentioned as being the high priest.
Yet he was also the high priest at the time of the beginning of the book. We
know that the book of Judges covers roughly four hundred years, and Phinehas
didn’t live that long.
3:1-6 Leftovers
:1 Now these are the nations which the Lord left, that He might test Israel by them, that is,
all who had not known any of the wars in Canaan
:2 (this was only so that the generations of the children of Israel
might be taught to know war, at least those who had not formerly known it),
:2 Israel might be taught to know war
Lesson
Bootcamp
Whether we realize it or not, we’re in the middle of a huge war that’s been
raging for thousands of years.
Sometimes we think we’re ready for warfare, but we’re far from it.
Sometimes the difficulties that take us by surprise come from those closest
to us, sometimes on purpose and sometimes not on purpose.
We just get caught off guard by difficult things around us.
(1 Peter 4:12 NKJV)
Beloved,
do not think it strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as
though some strange thing happened to you;
Paul wrote,
(Ephesians 6:10–13
NKJV) —10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His
might. 11 Put on the
whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the
devil. 12 For we do
not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against
powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts
of wickedness in the heavenly places. 13 Therefore take up the whole armor of
God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to
stand.
Are you learning how to fight the battles?
Are you learning to “stand” in the evil day?
Winning a battle doesn’t mean that you’re tough and mean,
it means that you learn to do things God’s way.
(1
Peter 4:19 NKJV) Therefore let those who suffer according to the will of God commit
their souls to Him in doing good, as to a faithful Creator.
:3 namely, five lords of the Philistines, all the Canaanites, the
Sidonians, and the Hivites who dwelt in Mount Lebanon, from Mount Baal Hermon
to the entrance of Hamath.
Video: Israel’s Enemies Map
The Philistines were in the south along the coast.
The Canaanites were scattered throughout the entire land.
The Sidonians were to the north.
The Hivites were northeast from Mount Hermon north.
:4 And they were left, that He might test Israel by them, to know
whether they would obey the commandments of the Lord, which He had commanded their fathers by the hand of
Moses.
We talked last week about these “tests”.
:5 Thus the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, the Hittites,
the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
:6 And they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their
daughters to their sons; and they served their gods.
:6 they took their daughters to be their wives
Lesson
Compromise
It might not sound like a big thing, but for the Israelites to marry those
outside their faith was starting down a road to trouble.
God had warned the people:
(Deuteronomy 7:1–4
NKJV) —1 “When the Lord your
God brings you into the land which you go to possess, and has cast out many
nations before you, the Hittites and the Girgashites
and the Amorites and the Canaanites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the
Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than you, 2 and when the
Lord your God delivers them over
to you, you shall conquer them and utterly destroy them. You shall make
no covenant with them nor show mercy to them. 3 Nor shall you make marriages with
them. You shall not give your daughter to their son, nor take their daughter
for your son. 4 For they
will turn your sons away from following Me, to serve other gods; so the anger
of the Lord will be aroused
against you and destroy you suddenly.
It might not seem like much when your son comes home from college and has
found a nice non-Christian girlfriend he wants to marry…
But heading down the wrong road in life always starts with
one step.
Illustration
When
the federal income tax was signed into law in 1913, a senator
speaking in opposition to the bill stated: “If we allow this 1 percent
foot-in-the-door, at some future date it might rise to 5 percent.”
We’re going to watch this played out – the results of people not following
God’s clear commandments.
The entire book of Judges is going to be an example of what happens when
God’s people turn their backs on God’s ways.
You may not think that it’s that big of a deal to do things God’s way, but
it is.
God isn’t “spoiling our fun”, He’s preserving our life.
People will think, “It’s okay to flirt even if I’m married.” Guys will spend time looking at things online
that they shouldn’t be looking at.
3:7-11 Othniel
:7 So the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord. They forgot the Lord their God, and served the Baals
and Asherahs.
These were the male and female “gods” of these people.
This was a result of the intermarriages…
:8 Therefore the anger of the Lord
was hot against Israel, and He sold them into the hand of Cushan-Rishathaim
king of Mesopotamia; and the children of Israel served Cushan-Rishathaim
eight years.
:8 Cushan-Rishathaim – “twice-wicked blackness”
:8 Mesopotamia - “Between the Rivers”
This is the land of Iraq today, between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
:9 When the children of Israel cried out to the Lord, the Lord
raised up a deliverer for the children of Israel, who delivered them: Othniel
the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother.
:9 Othniel – “lion of God”
We met Othniel last week. He’s the
fellow that captured the city of Debir (1:13) and was
rewarded by Caleb giving him Achsah, Caleb’s
daughter, to be his wife.
Othniel got some earlier experience on the battlefield, and now God is going
to use what Othniel has learned.
:10 The Spirit of the Lord
came upon him, and he judged Israel. He went out to war, and the Lord delivered Cushan-Rishathaim
king of Mesopotamia into his hand; and his hand prevailed over Cushan-Rishathaim.
:11 So the land had rest for forty years. Then Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
:10 The Spirit of the Lord
came upon him
Lesson
Imperfect and Spirit-filled
We see our first glimpse of the Holy Spirit in the book of Judges.
There are SEVEN mentions of the Holy Spirit in the book of Judges.
(Jdg 3:10 NKJV)
—10 The Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he judged Israel. He went out to
war, and the LORD delivered Cushan-Rishathaim king of
Mesopotamia into his hand; and his hand prevailed over Cushan-Rishathaim.
(Jdg 6:34 NKJV)
—34 But the Spirit of the LORD came upon Gideon; then he blew the trumpet, and
the Abiezrites gathered behind him.
(Jdg 11:29
NKJV)
—29 Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed through
Gilead and Manasseh, and passed through Mizpah of Gilead; and from Mizpah of
Gilead he advanced toward the people of Ammon.
(Jdg 13:25
NKJV)
—25 And the Spirit of the LORD began to move upon him at Mahaneh
Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol.
(Jdg 14:6 NKJV)
—6 And the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and he tore the lion
apart as one would have torn apart a young goat, though he had nothing in his
hand. But he did not tell his father or his mother what he had done.
(Jdg 14:19
NKJV)
—19 Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon him mightily, and he went down to
Ashkelon and killed thirty of their men, took their apparel, and gave the
changes of clothing to those who had explained the riddle. So his anger was
aroused, and he went back up to his father’s house.
(Jdg 15:14
NKJV)
—14 When he came to Lehi, the Philistines came shouting against him. Then the
Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him; and the ropes that were on his arms
became like flax that is burned with fire, and his bonds broke loose from his
hands.
The language here is very similar language to what we read in the New
Testament about the filling or baptism of the Holy Spirit.
(Acts 1:8 NKJV) But you
shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be
witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of
the earth.”
Even though we don’t know of anything bad about Othniel, you’re going to
see in future studies that some of the people God uses are quite flawed.
This is an example of God’s grace.
God always uses imperfect people, it’s just that some of us are more
imperfect than others.
Demonstrating the gifts of the Spirit doesn’t equate with maturity.
The Corinthians had all the gifts, but were quite carnal.
Maturity comes as we continue to allow God to mold us and shape us.
:10 he judged Israel. He went out to war
The idea is that he brought repentance to the nation. He cleansed the
nation of its idolatry. He got the nation back on track spiritually.
Then he went to battle.
3:12-30 Ehud
:12 And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the Lord. So the Lord strengthened Eglon king of
Moab against Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the Lord.
:12 Eglon king of Moab
Eglon – “calf-like”
Moab is across from Jericho, on the eastern side of the Jordan
:13 Then he gathered to himself the people of Ammon and Amalek, went and
defeated Israel, and took possession of the City of Palms.
:13 the City of Palms
This is another name for the city of Jericho.
Even though there was a curse placed by Joshua on anyone who rebuilt
Jericho, there were apparently people living at the site without having built
the walls and gates.
Jericho is the first city across the Jordan from the land of Moab.
Eglon sets up a sort of headquarters in Jericho.
When Joshua defeated Jericho, there was a curse placed on the city against
anyone who would rebuild the city.
(Jos 6:26
NKJV)
—26 Then Joshua charged them at that time, saying, “Cursed be the man before
the Lord who rises up and builds
this city Jericho; he shall lay its foundation with his firstborn, and with his
youngest he shall set up its gates.”
This curse would come to pass during the days of Ahab when a fellow named Hiel rebuilt the city.
(1 Ki 16:34
NKJV)
—34 In his days Hiel of Bethel built Jericho. He laid
its foundation with Abiram his firstborn, and with
his youngest son Segub he set up its gates, according
to the word of the Lord, which He
had spoken through Joshua the son of Nun.
But apparently without rebuilding the city as a full city, there were
people living at the site without rebuilding the fortifications and walls.
:14 So the children of Israel served Eglon king
of Moab eighteen years.
:14 eighteen years
They served the king of Mesopotamia for eight years. This time it’s Eglon
for eighteen.
It’s taking longer for the people to turn around and call on God for help.
Lesson
Too comfortable
Sometimes we can be too comfortable and tend to “sleep” through things we
ought to be waking up for.
Illustration
A big executive boarded a New York to Chicago train. He explained to the
porter, “I’m a heavy sleeper, but I want you to be sure and wake me up at 3:00
am for the stop in Buffalo. Don’t pay any attention to what I say when you wake
me, you just make sure I get off in Buffalo.” The next morning the executive
woke up in Chicago. He was furious. He found the porter and really gave him an
earful before hustling off to purchase a return ticket. After he left, a
co-worker said to the porter, “How can you stand there and let that passenger
abuse you like that?” “That’s nothing,” said the porter. “You should have heard
the guy who I put off in Buffalo!”
Our hearts can become hardened and callused to sin. Instead of “getting
off” where we should, we sleep right through and end up in trouble.
:15 But when the children of Israel cried out to the Lord, the Lord raised up a deliverer for them: Ehud the son of Gera,
the Benjamite, a left-handed man. By him the children of Israel sent tribute to
Eglon king of Moab.
:15 Ehud – “I will give thanks”
Josephus (Antiquities – 5:4:2) describes Ehud –
There was a young man of the tribe of Benjamin, whose name was Ehud, the
son of Gera, a man of very great courage in bold undertakings, and of a very
strong body, fit for hard labor, but best skilled in using his left hand, in
which was his whole strength
:16 Now Ehud made himself a dagger (it was double-edged and a cubit in
length) and fastened it under his clothes on his right thigh.
:16 under his clothes on his right thigh
Sort of secret-agent style. The
first Mossad agent.
:17 So he brought the tribute to Eglon king of
Moab. (Now Eglon was a very fat man.)
:17 Eglon was a very fat man
Eglon was a fairly large fellow.
He reminds me of Jabba the Hutt.
:18 And when he had finished presenting the tribute, he sent away the
people who had carried the tribute.
:19 But he himself turned back from the stone images that were at
Gilgal, and said, “I have a secret message for you, O king.” He said, “Keep
silence!” And all who attended him went out from him.
Apparently Ehud and his entourage had headed off towards Gilgal. Ehud sends them on up ahead while he goes
back towards Jericho to talk with Eglon.
:20 So Ehud came to him (now he was sitting upstairs in his cool private
chamber). Then Ehud said, “I have a message from God for you.” So he arose from
his seat.
It’s kind of like this climactic moment…
:21 Then Ehud reached with his left hand, took the dagger from his right
thigh, and thrust it into his belly.
:22 Even the hilt went in after the blade, and the fat closed over the
blade, for he did not draw the dagger out of his belly; and his entrails came
out.
:22 his entrails came out
I told you that things got messy.
Lesson
Cleansing Sword
The Old King James reads:
(Judges 3:22 AV) And the haft
also went in after the blade; and the fat closed upon the blade, so that he
could not draw the dagger out of his belly; and the dirt came out.
The sword goes in, the dirt comes out
God’s Word is like a sword.
(Hebrews 4:12 NKJV)
For
the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged
sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and
marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
Sometimes you can’t escape the filth that the world throws on you – how do
you handle those dirty thoughts? Sword
in, dirt out.
(Psalm 119:9 NKJV) How can a
young man cleanse his way? By taking heed according to Your word.
(Ephesians 5:26
NKJV) that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by
the word,
:23 Then Ehud went out through the porch and shut the doors of the upper
room behind him and locked them.
:24 When he had gone out, Eglon’s servants
came to look, and to their surprise, the doors of the upper room were
locked. So they said, “He is probably attending to his needs in the cool
chamber.”
:24 attending to his needs
This is a polite way of saying that the servants thought that Eglon was going to the bathroom and they didn’t want to
bother him.
:25 So they waited till they were embarrassed, and still he had not opened
the doors of the upper room. Therefore they took the key and opened them.
And there was their master, fallen dead on the floor.
:26 But Ehud had escaped while they delayed, and passed beyond the stone
images and escaped to Seirah.
:27 And it happened, when he arrived, that he blew the trumpet in the
mountains of Ephraim, and the children of Israel went down with him from the
mountains; and he led them.
:28 Then he said to them, “Follow me, for the Lord has delivered your enemies the
Moabites into your hand.” So they went down after him, seized the fords of the
Jordan leading to Moab, and did not allow anyone to cross over.
:29 And at that time they killed about ten thousand men of Moab, all stout
men of valor; not a man escaped.
:30 So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had
rest for eighty years.
:28 seized the fords of the Jordan
No bridges in those days. The
“fords” are not cars, but places to cross the river.
Video: Fords of the Jordan
Eglon had set up his Israel headquarters near the
old city of Jericho.
Ehud had been heading back to Gilgal when he turned back to kill Eglon.
When the Moabites realize their king has been killed, they all decide to
head back home to Moab, on the other side of the Jordan.
But Ehud has outflanked them and has already captured the fords at the
Jordan River and he kills all the Moabites trying to flee to Moab.
3:31 Shamgar
:31 After him was Shamgar the son of Anath, who
killed six hundred men of the Philistines with an ox goad; and he also
delivered Israel.
:31 Shamgar – “sword”
(in Chinese it’s translated “Jet Li”)
:31 ox goad
A pointy stick with a metal tip, about 8-10 feet long, to direct animals.
We have found archive footage of Shamgar in action. He was a martial arts master.
4:1-24 Deborah
:1 When Ehud was dead, the children of Israel again did evil in the sight
of the Lord.
:2 So the Lord sold them into
the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in
Hazor. The commander of his army was Sisera,
who dwelt in Harosheth Hagoyim.
:2 Jabin – “whom God observes”
:2 Hazor
A major city north of the Sea of Galilee
Those of you who went to Israel last November visited Hazor.
:2 Sisera – “battle array”
:2 Harosheth Hagoyim
“Woodland of the Gentiles”
33 miles southwest of Hazor in the valley of Megiddo
:3 And the children of Israel cried out to the Lord; for Jabin had nine hundred
chariots of iron, and for twenty years he had harshly oppressed the children of
Israel.
:4 Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth,
was judging Israel at that time.
:4 Deborah – “bee” (or, “gorgeous”)
:5 And she would sit under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and
Bethel in the mountains of Ephraim. And the children of Israel came up to her
for judgment.
:5 between Ramah and Bethel
Video: Deborah’s Battle Map
Deborah lives about 75 miles south of where Jabin
rules from.
Jabin’s city is in Hazor north of Galilee, his
general Sisera lives in Harosheth,
to the southwest.
Barak lives in Kadesh along the southern edge of the Sea of Galilee.
Mount Tabor will be a place of action as will the River Kishon.
Some of you have been to Mt. Carmel, so you’ll recognize this view.
:6 Then she sent and called for Barak the son of Abinoam
from Kedesh in Naphtali, and said to him, “Has not
the Lord God of Israel commanded,
‘Go and deploy troops at Mount Tabor; take with you ten thousand men of
the sons of Naphtali and of the sons of Zebulun;
:7 and against you I will deploy Sisera, the
commander of Jabin’s army, with his chariots and his
multitude at the River Kishon; and I will deliver him into your hand’?”
:6 Barak – “lightning”
I think he looked like this…but acted like this…
:8 And Barak said to her, “If you will go with me, then I will go; but if
you will not go with me, I will not go!”
:9 So she said, “I will surely go with you; nevertheless there will be no
glory for you in the journey you are taking, for the Lord will sell Sisera into the hand
of a woman.” Then Deborah arose and went with Barak to Kedesh.
:9 the Lord will sell Sisera into the hand of a woman
Lesson
Roles
To be honest, sometimes I have a hard time taking direction or accepting
ideas from a woman.
Nobody suffers more from this problem I have than my wife.
Maybe it’s because I was born in the fifties, and I just wanted to be a …
Video: Macho Man
Sure, I believe that God has set up order to the family, and men and women
do have roles to play.
Men are supposed to learn what it means to “lead” and be the “head”.
Women are supposed to submit.
I sometimes wonder if this isn’t because sometimes it’s hard for men to
lead and it’s hard for women to submit.
Peter gives us the idea that part of the reasoning is to teach men to lead
and to develop faith in women to trust God will work through their flawed
husbands. (1Pet. 3)
All this doesn’t mean that women don’t have good ideas.
We read that Sarah submitted to Abraham and called him “Lord”.
We also read that God told Abraham to listen to his wife.
The person who delivered the Jews from wicked Haman’s plot was a woman.
Queen Esther had been picked by God “for such a time as
this”.
We’re going to see in our story that a woman can be as much of a “hero” as
a man.
Illustration
45 years ago, on this day in 1973, Billie Jean King (29)
defeated Bobby Riggs (55) at tennis.
Video: This
Week Spotlight: Billie Jean King
I have to tell you that some of us guys had a hard time when
Billie Jean beat Bobby Riggs.
But one of the underlying stories is about how Barak was reluctant to take
on the role he was supposed to.
Don’t be afraid of taking the challenge that God lays before you.
Don’t be afraid of failing.
Theodore Roosevelt once said,
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points
out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done
them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose
face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs,
who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and
shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great
enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at
the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the
worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place
shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor
defeat.
Find the role God has for you and do it.
Show Map when reading.
:10 And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh;
he went up with ten thousand men under his command, and Deborah went up with
him.
:11 Now Heber the Kenite, of the children of Hobab
the father-in-law of Moses, had separated himself from the Kenites and pitched
his tent near the terebinth tree at Zaanaim, which is
beside Kedesh.
:12 And they reported to Sisera that Barak the
son of Abinoam had gone up to Mount Tabor.
Look at the map
:13 So Sisera gathered together all his chariots,
nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people who were with him,
from Harosheth Hagoyim to
the River Kishon.
:14 Then Deborah said to Barak, “Up! For this is the day in which
the Lord has delivered Sisera into your hand. Has not the Lord gone out before you?” So Barak went down from Mount
Tabor with ten thousand men following him.
:15 And the Lord routed Sisera and all his chariots and all his army
with the edge of the sword before Barak; and Sisera
alighted from his chariot and fled away on foot.
:16 But Barak pursued the chariots and the army as far as Harosheth Hagoyim, and all the
army of Sisera fell by the edge of the sword; not a
man was left.
:17 However, Sisera had fled away on foot to the
tent of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite; for there was peace between Jabin king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.
:17 Jael – “mountain goat”
We were told in vs. 11 that the Kenites lived near Kedesh.
:18 And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said to
him, “Turn aside, my lord, turn aside to me; do not fear.” And when he had
turned aside with her into the tent, she covered him with a blanket.
:19 Then he said to her, “Please give me a little water to drink, for I am
thirsty.” So she opened a jug of milk, gave him a drink, and covered him.
:20 And he said to her, “Stand at the door of the tent, and if any man
comes and inquires of you, and says, ‘Is there any man here?’ you shall say,
‘No.’ ”
:21 Then Jael, Heber’s wife, took a tent peg and took a hammer in her hand,
and went softly to him and drove the peg into his temple, and it went down into
the ground; for he was fast asleep and weary. So he died.
:21 drove the peg into his temple
I told you things would be messy
You might have thought that earlier when Deborah said that the people would
be delivered by the hand of a woman that she meant herself.
It would be Jael who stopped Sisera.
Speaking of women and brains…
Illustration
WOMEN'S BRAINS COST LESS
The patient’s family gathered to hear what the specialists had to say.
“Things don’t look good. The only chance is a brain transplant. This is an
experimental procedure. It might work, but the bad news is that brains are very
expensive, and you will have to pay the costs yourselves.” “Well, how much does
a brain cost?” asked the relatives. “For a male brain, $500,000. For a female
brain, $200,000.” Some of the younger male relatives tried to look shocked, but
all the men nodded in understanding, and a few actually smirked. Then the
patient asked, “Why the difference in price between male brains and female
brains?” “A standard pricing practice,” said the head of the team, “women’s
brains have to be marked down because they are used.”
:22 And then, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came
out to meet him, and said to him, “Come, I will show you the man whom you
seek.” And when he went into her tent, there lay Sisera,
dead with the peg in his temple.
:23 So on that day God subdued Jabin king of
Canaan in the presence of the children of Israel.
:24 And the hand of the children of Israel grew stronger and stronger
against Jabin king of Canaan, until they had
destroyed Jabin king of Canaan.
:23 God subdued Jabin
Lesson
Give credit
Ultimately, even though God used two women, Barak, and an army, it was God
who got the credit.
Jesus said,
(Matthew 5:16 NKJV)
Let
your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify
your Father in heaven.