Why Isn't Someone Yelling Rape? — Greg Locke

Judges 19: A Disturbing Account of Israel's Moral Collapse

Okay, the book of Judges chapter number 19. That's after the book of Joshua just before the book of Ruth in your Bible the book of Judges and chapter number 19. It's good to see tonight. I realize more than likely the rain has probably kept a few people away.

But I appreciate your faithfulness tonight in the house of God here at this revival service. I enjoyed myself yesterday appreciate the good blessings of God the two young men being saved and also being baptized yesterday.

I'm looking for the Lord to do great things not only tonight, but also through Friday night. Hope you'll do your dead level best to be here yourself and also bring somebody with you. Unless the rapture takes place or unless Jesus changes my heart about the message on Friday night I'll be preaching a message from Matthew chapter number 13 that the Lord has greatly used over the past couple of years across America.

It's entitled. What's everybody screaming about? So I hope that you'll be back for that service and bring your lost friends and neighbors and co-workers with you that night. And I'm not sure if I'll preach that message.

But if God lays it upon my heart as he has thus far I will and I normally I close out a revival meeting. With that I say that to say this tonight's message is a message that I've never preached in my life.

Unless you are a preacher and some are and most aren't but in this room tonight. But unless you're a preacher, especially somebody that travels a lot and does a lot of preaching by the grace of God. You may not understand the message tonight.

Very rarely if ever do I do this in my ministry most of the time. I know exactly where I'm going. I know where I've been. I know where I'm headed and I know where I'm at, but tonight I've got a text. That is just undeniably burning in my heart.

I didn't want to preach on this mess. If this would have been a message I was supposed to pick tonight. This would be the last thing out of priest. I've never preached on this text. I just read this text really and understood it just a couple of weeks ago in my ministry.

But it has been burning in my soul. And so for about the past two or three weeks of my life. This message has been not necessarily this message. But this portion of Scripture has just been inflamed in my soul.

And so we might go 20 minutes tonight. We might go an hour tonight. I don't know what we're going to do, but I'm telling you this message is just burning in my heart and because I've never preached it I'm just tickled pink to get it off my chest.

I don't know why the Lord wants me to preach it. I don't know what it is, but I've got a text tonight. That's rather lengthy. It's 30 verses long. I won't apologize for that because we need more what God says and what Greg says anyhow, but because of the length I understand I'm not going to have you stay in because I'm going to make some preliminary remarks as we read down through Judges chapter 19.

I'll begin my reading in verse number one. We will end our reading in verse number 30 and we will have the message tonight. And again, I just believe I have the mind of the Lord trying to do what God wants me to do tonight.

And so I hope this message will be a blessing to you as I try to obey God's Spirit. Judges chapter number 19. In verse number one, please follow along if you have a Bible if you do not Please look on with a neighbor very important verses tonight.

If you don't get these you're going to be very confused tonight when we get to the end of our message. Judges chapter 19 verse number Bible says and it came to pass in those days when there was no king in Israel that there was a certain Levite Sojourning on the side of Mount Ephraim who took to him a concubine that would have been the secondary wife.

All right. Who can do him a concubine out of Bethlehem Judah and his concubine played the whore against him and went away from him under her father's House to Bethlehem Judah and was there for whole months and her husband arose and went after her to speak friendly unto her and to bring her again having a servant with him and a bought a couple of asses and she brought him into her father's house and When the father the damsel saw him he rejoiced to meet him and his father-in-law the damsel's father retained him Basically kept him overnight and he abode within three days.

So they did eat and drink and lodge there. It came to pass on the fourth day. When they arose early in the morning that he rose up to the part of the damsel's father said unto his son-in-law Comfort thine heart with a morsel of bread and afterward go your way.

They sat down and did eat and drink both of them together for the damsel's father had said unto the man He can ten I pray thee in tarry all night. Let that heart be very. And when the man rose up to depart his father-in-law urged him.

Therefore he lodged there again verse number eight and he arose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart. And the damsel's father said comfort thine heart I pray thee and carries until afternoon.

And they did eat both of them and When the man rose up to depart he and his concubine and his servant his father-in-law the damsel's father said unto him behold now. The day draweth toward evening. I pray you Terry all night.

Behold the day draweth to an end lodge here that that heart may be merry and tomorrow get you early on your way that thou Mayest go home now. He had been there at this time for five and a half days. He went there to get his wife back just for a few minutes at the in-laws house and ended up staying five and a half Days and the Bible says in verse number ten, but the man would not carry that night.

It was time for him to go back. All right, but he rose up and departed and came over against Jebus Which is Jerusalem and there were with him two asses saddle his concubine also with him and when they were by Jebus The day was far spent means it's going in the night time now and the servant said unto his master Come I pray thee and let us turn into into this city of your Jebusite and lodge in it.

His master said unto him we will not turn aside hither into the city of a stranger. This is not of the children of Israel. He said listen. It's not our custom to go somewhere that we've not been invited.

We will pass over to give you and he said unto his servant come and let us draw near to one of these places to Lodge all night in Gibeah or in Rama and they passed on and went their way and the Sun went down upon them.

When they were by Gibeah, which belongeth to Benjamin and they turned aside there to go in and to lodge in Gibeah. And when he went in he sat him down in a street of the city for there was no man that took them into his house the lodging verse number 16 and Behold there came an old man from the work out of the field at even that was probably about nine o 'clock at night.

Which was also of Mount Ephraim and he sojourned in Gibeah. But the men of the place were Benjamin's and when he had lifted up his eyes He saw a wayfaring man in the street of the city and the old man said wither goest thou and whence comest thou.

And he said We are passing from Bethlehem Judah toward the side of Mount Ephraim from Vince Am I and went to Bethlehem Judah? He's talking about going to get his wife. But I am now going to the house of the Lord and there is no man that receiveth me to house.

Yet there is both straw and provender for our asses and there is bread and wine also for me and for thy handmaid and for the young Man, which is with thy servant. There is no one of anything. So I said listen, we're gonna sleep in the streets because we've got some hay.

We've got some meal and some provender for the donkeys. He said the girls gonna be taken care of we got plenty of wine. We got plenty of food. So he said we're just gonna camp out in the street tonight verse number 20 and the old man said peace.

Be with thee howsoever. Let all thy waltz laugh on me only lodge not in the street. He said please I beg in God's name don't stay outside. Here's why so he brought him into his house and gave provender under the asses and they washed their feet and did eat and drink.

Now as they were making their hearts merry behold the men of the city. Did you get that the men of the city? Certain sons of Belial. They stopped the house round about and beat out the door and spake to the master of the house the old man saying Bring forth the man that came into thine house that we may know him.

All right. They're not talking about let's shake hands and sign Bibles. Genesis 4 1 the Bible says. And Adam knew his wife. She conceived and brought forth a child. That's what they're talking about. These people were sodomites.

They were homosexuals. They were wicked. They were vile. They were perverts and God called him son to Belial. The word Belial means sons of the wicked one. These people were of the devil and the Bible says in verse 23 and the man.

The master of the house went out unto them and said unto them. Nay my brethren. Nay, I pray you do not so wickedly. Seeing that this man is coming to mine house. Do not this folly. Behold here is my daughter a maiden and his concubine.

So he's offering this fella his virgin daughter and also this other guy's wife. All right, and his concubine them. I will bring out now and humble Ye them and do with him what seemeth good unto you. I'm gonna tell you right now that was nothing good in their mind.

Okay, and a bit but under this man do not so vile a thing. Verse 45. But the men would not hearken to him so the man took his concubine and Brought her forth unto them and they knew her and abused her all the night until the morning and When the day began to spring they let her go.

Then came the woman in the dawning of the day and fell down at the door of the man's house where her Lord was Till it was light now. Here's the tragedy. Verse 27. And the Lord rose up in the morning and opened the doors of the house and went out to go his Way and behold the woman his concubine was fallen down at the door of the house.

And her hands were upon the threshold and he said unto her up let us be going but none answered. Then the man took her up upon an ass and the man rose up and got him unto his place. And when he was coming to his house he took a knife and laid hold on his concubine and divided her together with her bone into twelve pieces and Centered all the coasts of Israel and so it was that all that saw it said there was no such deed done nor seen.

From the day that the children of Israel came up out of the land of Egypt unto this day. Consider of it take advice and speak your minds tonight from judges. Chapter number 19. I want to bring a message in my heart that I've entitled.

Why Isn't Somebody Yelling Rape?

Why isn't somebody? Yelling right. Let's have a word of prayer father. I pray that you would help me tonight as I preach this message. I've never preached it Lord. I've never one time since I've been an evangelist for the past four years ever even attempted to preach from this text.

I do not know why you want me to but Lord I know this the devil doesn't want me to but Lord you've asked me to tonight. And so I'm going to do my best to obey you. I pray that you would move me out of the way and clear my heart and clear my mind.

You would write this very moment fill me with the precious Holy Spirit of God that I would be an open and a Blessing and a vessel of channel and a blessing to these dear people tonight as I preach the Bible or I am nothing I cannot nor do I want to preach this message without your power tonight and Lord these people cannot listen to this message without your Power tonight use this portion of Scripture to burden us.

I pray in Jesus name Amen, if you are just kind of chronologically reading through your Bible for a year and you came to judge a chapter 19. If you did not have a historical context to what in the wide world was taking place.

You would think to yourself why in the world did the good Lord in heaven ever put such a despicable portion of Scripture in the Bible? Why is it beginning to talk about a young lady that the Bible said or went a whoring away for her husband and a little bit?

Later a bunch of sodomites and perverts raped her and abused her and basically killed her and she fell on the threshold of the door. And her insensitive husband told her to get up. She didn't get up. He cut her in 12 pieces and sent her to the 12 tribes of Israel.

I will be honest with you to me That's a pretty disgusting portion of Scripture. It seems to me that would almost be like something that was from cycle comic strip. I was down at the little four winds this afternoon and I was having myself a cup of coffee and I was studying my Bible.

I was pouring over this portion of Scripture and I was watching the news and within 15 minutes There was at least a case of three different young ladies that were killed by some insane masochist. About some idiot about some redneck that decided one day he was going to get drunk and go out and kill some young lady.

And it almost seems to me This is like some type of USA Today or some type of Newsweek or some type of illustrated bulletin somewhere. That's on the news and all of a sudden we get some update and it almost seems like this could be something in a modern-day Newspaper and I think to myself Lord why in the world did you put that in the Bible by way of an introduction?

An Unhappy Marriage and the Failure of Communication

We are going to break this chapter in the three simple parts. Because basically this chapter only consists of three things in the first few verses number one. It consists of what I call an unhappy marriage.

The Bible says that here was a man who took a second wife a concubine that was legal back in those days. It's not today. So don't you get any bright ideas? I have a hard enough time taking care of the one I got.

I don't need five more. All right. I'd be broke if I did and my wife loves to go to goodies and my life. My wife loves to go to Walmart. I tell people all over this country. I bought myself a great plot in the in the basement of Walmart.

So my wife will visit me about 14 times a week. Amen. But the truth of matters is here was a man that had a concubine a second wife and The Bible says that she went a whoring. That's not Greg's talk. That's God's song.

Bible says that she committed adultery if you will and she ran away and it says that she went back to Bethlehem Judah to her father's house. She got upset at her husband rolled her eyes and said I'm out of here and ran back to daddy's house.

And so the Bible says here she was at her father's house not for four days. But the Bible says for four months now. My wife was in Thailand right now and she will be there for the next two and a half to three weeks and she's already Been gone for a week or two and I'm telling you what I'm about to go stir crazy.

I wake every more up every morning that it is a burnout volcano. I get about as frustrated as a ball-headed hippie and I feel so confused as a termite in a yo-yo. I can't even pick up my dirty socks from the floor.

I miss my wife. But here was a man whose wife left him and she was gone for four cotton-picking months now. Why did she leave. Because I believe that was an unhappy marriage. I believe that they didn't have the right kind of communication because communication is everything in a marriage.

Here was a man that did not meet his wife's needs. And so the Bible says she went off somewhere else and had her needs met by another man. Now mister I'm going to tell you something you hear me and you hear me.

Your world can be told by the countenance on your wife's face. Did you hear me your word will be told by the countenance on your wife's face and our marriages and our homes are under attack. Like never before and here was a man and here was a woman that had an unhappy marriage and she ran off to mama.

And she ran off to daddy. Now. This is all introduction. All right. I'm so glad we took the offering before I preach because I might get set on a rail after I preach this message tonight. But anyhow, here was a lady that ran back to her parents.

I love my mother-in-law. I love my father-in-law. I love my mother and I love my daddy. But they're not going to tell me how to raise my family. They're not going to tell me what I should do in my marriage and what I should not do and I think one of the Deaths of marriage is when moms and dads get so heavily involved and they overbear their sons and they overbear their daughters.

And they say you do thus and so and here was a young lady that did not leave and cleave. She went back to daddy's house. Well daddy retained her if I'd have been her daddy out I said hey you go back to your husband you let him take care of your problems because you're his problem now.

Not mine. And so the Bible says finally finally this fella got enough gumption and he got enough gut to get on the mule and take a servant with him and he was Finally going to speak to his wife. He was finally going to get her after all of this time.

Now the Bible says something very interesting. It said that when he arose he went to go speak friendly. Unto his wife, you know that tells me that tells me when she left. He wasn't speaking friendly. I When she left he was being an ingrate.

That tells me when she left he was coming to house and he was griping and bickering and complaining about what she was cooking. How come she wasn't putting it on so fast and bless God Almighty. How come we're always late for church, but yet you're the one out in the car.

Beep beep beep. Come on lady and she's cleaning knifers and she's painting walls and she's picking up toys and she's tripping over this and tripping over that. And she's trying to make sure the roast doesn't burn and you're outside saying bless God Almighty.

Why don't you get in the car? I'm so sick and tired of you always being late. And so she comes out there. She's got a kid in his arm. She's got a kid in this arm. She's got a baby in the oven that she's fixing to drop in just a couple of months and I mean she comes doubling out There and she puts the kids there and you're still beating the horn.

Oh, oh, we're gonna be late and brother. My mom's gonna wonder why we're not in the house to God all time. And by the way, baby, I got the thing is special this morning. So why don't you hurry up and she's sweating bullets her hairs all falling down her Maybelline's about to run off the side of her face.

She's got lipstick right down in the middle of her teeth and she starts to get in the car and you pull off rip her high. He'll shoo off and say oh, why are you always so late every time you get in the car?

And here was a man that was not speaking friendly. He was speaking unfriendly to his wife. I was reading just the other day in the book of Proverbs and my devotions. You know what? I came across in Proverbs 31.

We fellas always love to hear preaching on Proverbs 31 because it talks about what the woman ought to be. But can I remind you what the last three verses of that portion of Scripture says it says her children.

Rises up and call us her blessed her husband. Also praises her. You want to have a happy home mister you praise your wife. You want to have a happy home man? You submit to your wife and you meet the knee you submit to your husband and you do and you meet the needs of your Husband, but here was a group of people that had an unhappy marriage and the Bible said that finally he got there.

He got to the house and when he went in his father-in-law. The Bible says was happy to meet him. They never met before. What a pleasant surprise. And so they met and they shook hands and they exchanged some some nice things to say I'm sure and the Bible said that he was going to rise up early in the morning says that three times.

He was going to rise up early in the morning, but the next verse says he'd been there for four days. So he'd been lollygagging sitting around the sitting around the house for four days. Just kind of kicking up.

You know eating popcorn watching television and getting reacquainted with his wife since he's been gone for four months. And he was talking to mom-in-law and he was talking to daddy-in-law. And so he got up on the fifth day and he got ready to leave and they got something to eat in his daddy.

He said now listen son. He said I love you everything. He said I've only known you for five days. But man, you certainly feel like family. You're welcome here anytime you want to come as a matter of fact.

Why don't you not even leave today? Hey the day's already far spent man. It'd take you forever to get back to the house. He said why don't you stay and so after five and a half days finally he put his foot down and he said listen I just can't stay anymore.

I've got to get out of here. And so the Bible says that they got on the donkeys. They got the servant. He got his wife back grabbed her by the hand slipped that wedding ring back on her fingers spoke friendly to her gave her a Kiss and said honey, let's go back to the house.

And so here they go back to the house. The Bible says that as they were walking that the day was far spent and the night went away from them. Now we divide this portion of Scripture into three parts. I see it number one and unhappy marriage.

The Sinfulness of Gibeah and the Unholy Mess

But number two what I call an unholy mess. These people finally got to a place where the Bible says the Benjamites were living. And we're going to learn a little bit about the Benjamites in a minute. They were more than Benjamites.

They were sodomites. They were perverse and the Bible says that they got into this town and they decided hey, let's just sleep in the street. Let's just get ourselves a little pill. Let's just lay out right here and let's just look at the stars.

An old man came walking out of the woods one night. Or that night and he said fellas. He said it probably wouldn't be a good idea for you to stay out here. He knew where he lived. He said it probably won't be a good idea for you to stay out here tonight and they said oh, we'll be alright.

We got plenty of food. We got plenty of clothing. We got plenty of blankets and the Lord to take care of us. He said well, I'm not worried about that. I'm worried about somebody else. So he said won't you come in my house.

The Bible says that he pressed them they came in and they began to eat. All sudden by the time they were getting ready to lay down I'm not came to the door. It wasn't the mailman and it wasn't the Avon lady.

It was a bunch of sodomites. It was coming after the man. Do you notice that didn't say one of the wife didn't want that pretty little concubine. Wanted the man when the Bible says that men with me and working that which is unseemly.

Burned in their hearts one toward another and did not use the natural use of the Roman woman. Romans chapter number one. And so the Bible says these men begin to beat on the door and they said hey old man.

Why don't you bring that man that man that came into your house? And I bring him out that we may know him that we might commit immorality and ungodliness and homosexuality. With this fella. What a graphic passage of Scripture and the Bible says almost repeating Genesis chapter 19.

When lot went to the door the old fella went to the door and said fellas, don't you do this? I'll tell you what. I've got a virgin daughter. She's never been with anybody. Bible called her maiden. That was a virgin.

I've got a virgin daughter and he's got a wife. Wife and he's got a wife. You take me on you do what seems good to him. And there wasn't anything in their mind. That was good. You do what seems good in your eyes, but only leave this man alone.

He said do not this wickedness. Now you think about something for a moment in this portion of Scripture right here. Number one he called the sodomites sons of Belial which means sons of the devil. Then he told them do not so wickedly.

Then he said do not this folly and then he said don't do such a vile thing. Four times in three verses God condemned Sodomy you say we have a lot. You don't need to preach too much on the homosexuals because I know some I'm here at Memphis that meet together in a church.

No, bless God, you know a bunch of perverts and meet together and call themselves the church. That's what you know, there's no professing homosexual. It's a born-again Christian and you can take that to the bank and my dear friend.

I believe that they can progress in that sin for so long where the Bible says in Romans chapter 1 and verse 28 that God Gave him up to a reprobate mind to do those things which are unseemly and dishonor their bodies.

I believe with all of my heart that a homosexual can get saved by the grace of God because Paul said if eminent people shall not Go to God's Kingdom, but he told those Corinthians and such were some of you meaning.

There were some people in that congregation at Corinth that apparently at one time in their life had homosexual tendencies. Or they were sodomites, but they were saved by the grace of God. So I believe that sodomites can be saved.

But if they protest in their sin, God will give them up to a reprobate mind and they cannot get saved by the grace of God. So here's a bunch of reprobates at the door begging to have this man come out.

But the Bible says that the concubine was ushered out and ladies, excuse me for being very graphic tonight. But the Bible uses the graphic language. It says that they knew her and abused her all. The night.

It wasn't three men. It probably wasn't even thirty men. It was probably somewhere around the neighborhood of maybe a hundred and thirty to a hundred and fifty because the Bible says they're all the men Of the city that could have been more than that.

It says it all night long. They took this beautiful girl who was the husband who was the wife of this little fellow that was inside the room. Now had I been that man you call it unspiritually want to but buddy I came out with a King James Bible and start off shotgun and had myself a time revival.

I'll say that right now. But he was back in the house he's probably getting himself a good night's sleep and he wasn't a bit worried about it and the Bible says that his wife was being Used and abused and they let her go in the morning the Bible says.

She was so weary. She was so hurt and they had hurt this poor girl and riddled her little body and to the point when she crawled back. Let me tell you what her loyalty was said. She crawled back to the house where her Lord was.

She still wanted her husband. I don't know why she'd feel on the dirty bum after the way he just got through treating her sitting outside a bunch of sodomites. But anyhow, she crawled back to the door.

The Bible says and when he woke up the next morning get this. When he woke up the next morning. He only spoke friendly to her for a while. He got mean again. So, how do you know because Bible says when he came out he saw and he said get up.

Go on the house. Insensitive. What insensitive one did to his wife's name? He said get up and he said none answer. He reached down. He picked her up and he put her on the ass. The Bible says he took her back to the house.

So number one this portion of scriptures divided in an unhappy marriage and then number two in verses 25 or so. It's divided into what I called the unholy mess. But I want you to look if you would please at verse number 30 the last verse of this chapter.

The last verse of this portion of scriptures when I give you an undeniable message. He did this for a particular person. Here is an undeniable message. He's trying to get across. I want you to see what the Bible says matter of fact.

Don't look at verse 30 once you look at verse number 28. He said unto her up and let us be going but none answered reason. She didn't answered because she was dead. Then the man took her upon an ass and the man rose up and got him unto his place.

So he went back to the house verse 29 and when he was coming to his house He took a knife. I get this he took the knife and laid hold on his concubine and Divided her together with her bones. Let me chopped all the way through her bones.

Divided her with her bones into 12 Pieces and Sent her into all the coasts of Israel. There were 12 tribes. So he cut his wife into 12 different pieces and sent a different body part to each one of the 12 tribes of Israel.

How'd you like to get a UPS package like that in the mail on Monday morning? I'll tell you what a shock had to be. Look at the Bible says in verse number 30 and it was so. That all that saw it not some but all that saw it.

They said there was no such deed done nor seen. They'd never seen anything like this. And they'd never heard of anything like this and none of these people had ever done anything like this. The Bible says from the day that the children of Israel came up out of the land of Egypt unto this day.

Consider of it. Take advice. And speak your mind. I Like that last little phrase because tonight for the next few minutes. I'm gonna speak my mind about some things that are bothering me. I'm gonna speak my mind about some things that God has laid upon my heart if there is one Indelible thought that it plagued me.

Ever since I read this portion of Scripture, it was this thought. Why didn't somebody stand up and help this young lady? Why didn't somebody jump up from behind the bush or from behind the wall and say rape rape rape?

You sodomite cannot have her you can kill me and do anything you jolly. Well, please. But why didn't somebody yell rape and help and rescue this young lady and tonight? I'm gonna say Isaiah chapter 58 verse number one God said cry aloud lift up thy voice like a trumpet and show my people their sins.

And I think it's high time that we get some blood vault born-again Bible believing Holy Ghost feel sin-hating devil-condemning God-loving and righteous living people that will stand up and will say rape.

Rape rape cuz friend we're being raped in America. I mean number one. I want you to see tonight. Our country is being raped 200 years ago. We're probably one of the youngest nations in America, but we've been the most godly.

We have been the most blessed and if you think our nation was founded by a bunch of liberals. You're dumb as a box of rocks. Our nation was founded by men and women that love God. Our nation was founded by men and women that love the Bible.

But it's interesting to me you had a long person go to public school and they read some type of history book and it makes George Washington sound like he's a sodomite and it makes Abraham Lincoln sound like he was some kind of communist.

But friend I'm going to have you know that every single person that signed the Declaration of Independence. Except two were born-again Christians and the two men that weren't saved were more moral than most independent Baptists that I meet.

Our country was founded on principles of the Word of God and on principles of morality. Somebody asked me not long ago. They said but a lot. What do you think about American Christianity? I said, I think it's far more American than it is Christian.

That's for sure. And I'm gonna tell you something my dear friend our country Is being raped. There's three things our country's being raped about and we need to scream about it and talk about it tonight number one I'm gonna be very graphic.

Sexual Immorality and the Need for Moral Purity

First of all, our country's being raped by sex. Everywhere you look we are living in an adulterous and a fornicating and in an immoral society. You can't even go down to the co-op and buy a bag of corn feed without some naked lady's picture being all over the Front of it every time you go to Kroger's every time you go to Walmart.

Every time you go to some store, you got to pass a rack of magazine. And every time you look around there's some half naked lady. You're almost all naked lady right there on the front of that magazine and a man can't even hardly go through a magazine.