God sent Gideon on a mission to destroy the idols and false gods the Israelites were worshipping so that they would return to the one true God. And Gideon risked his life in the process: the people were mad with him and wanted to kill him. But he risked his life out of obedience to God and he rescued the people from idolatry and false worship. Well, the Lord Jesus not only risked his life, but he lost his life out of obedience to God. God the Father sent him into the world to suffer and to die in our place on the cross in order to bring us to the one true God. And out of obedience to his Father, and in order to bring us to God, Jesus died on the cross.
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