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BE CAREFUL ABOUT MINGLING WITH MIDIANITES; THEY'LL MESS UP YOUR LIVES

I just answered an email, asking me who I think the Midianites in Judges, chapter six represent. This was my answer: “I think the Midianites here probably represent the non-Christian people of this world, and the Christless culture of this fallen world, which will take over the lives of believers in Christ with their worldly influences and cause them to be robbed of their God-given blessings, their spirituality, etc. When and if God’s people begin to sin against Him, and flirt with the world this is what happens. Christians come into bondage to the modern-day Philistine, Midianite world around them. This is why following the example of people like Gideon and having spiritual leaders like him in churches is so important. I addres