Judges Charts

GOD USES COMMON PEOPLE

Judges 6:11-14

God uses all sorts of people to do his work—like you and me!

JACOB (Genesis 27–28)

Known as: A deceiver

Task: To “father” the Israelite nation

JOSEPH (Genesis 39ff)

Known as: A slave

Task: To save his family

MOSES (Exodus 3)

Known as: Shepherd in exile (and murderer)

Task: To lead Israel out of bondage, to the Promised Land

GIDEON (Judges 6:11-14)

Known as: A farmer

Task: To deliver Israel from Midian

JEPHTHAH (Judges 11)

Known as: Son of a prostitute

Task: To deliver Israel from the Ammonites

HANNAH (1 Samuel 1)

Known as: A homemaker

Task: To be the mother of Samuel

DAVID (1 Samuel 16)

Known as: A shepherd boy and last-born of the family

Task: To be Israel’s greatest king

EZRA (Ezra; Nehemiah)

Known as: A scribe

Task: To lead the return to Judah and to write some of the Bible

ESTHER (Esther)

Known as: A slave girl

Task: To save her people from massacre

MARY (Luke 1:27-38)

Known as: A peasant girl

Task: To be the mother of Christ

MATTHEW (Matthew 9:9)

Known as: A tax collector

Task: To be an apostle and Gospel writer

LUKE (Colossians 4:14)

Known as: A Greek physician

Task: To be a companion of Paul and a Gospel writer

PETER (Matthew 4:18-20)

Known as: A fisherman

Task: To be an apostle, a leader of the early church, and a writer of two New Testament letters