The Bible Project Daily Podcast When is the Right Time To Speak UP? (Judges 19: 1-30) (Warning Explicit Content)
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It’s Time to Speak Up
Let me end with one final observation — and I believe it comes straight from the last verse of this dark, sobering chapter.
It says: “Consider it, confer on it, then speak up.” That’s the call.
So when is it time to speak?
Let me give you some biblical guidance — a few situations where God’s people must raise their voices.
1. Speak Up When There’s Injustice
That’s the heart of this passage. A woman was brutally abused and killed, and the question is raised:
What will Israel do about it?
What will you do?
If you see injustice — in your community, in your workplace, in your neighbourhood — you don’t sit back. You say something.
God’s people are called to stand for justice — not just pray about it, but speak into it.
2. Speak Up When People Are in Danger
The men of Gibeah weren’t just wicked. They were dangerous. Do you think what happened that night would be the last time they acted like that?
And so it’s time to speak up — to prevent further harm.
If you have a friend drinking themselves into despair…
If someone you know is spiraling in addiction…
If someone is caught in a destructive relationship or lifestyle…
Love says something. Silence is not kindness. Sometimes silence is complicity.
So yes — for their good, for their soul — say something.
3. Speak Up About Jesus
Most importantly: speak up about the only true hope — Jesus Christ.
The solution to the mess we’re in isn’t better laws. It’s not moral behavior.
It’s spiritual transformation.
That’s why we need to speak.
People need the Lord. That’s not cliché — it’s reality.
He’s the only one who can rescue this culture, this country, and any human soul from the cliff it’s racing toward.
So yes, speak up. And don’t worry about the labels.
Today, if you say anything unpopular, you're called a bigot. A phobe. A hater.
This isn't
on it andut hate. It’s about holiness.
It’s about a God in heaven who wrote this Book — and who still speaks through it.
If this Book is true, then we must speak.
If it’s not, then anything goes.
But I believe it’s true. And I believe it’s time to speak.
Closing Words
You’ve heard it before. But it bears repeating.
Edmund Burke once said:
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”
So, brothers and sisters in Christ —
Consider it. Confer on tie and speak up.
That’s what this passage is calling us to do.
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