Great Potential is Wasted Because of Prejudice.. Judges11

Circumtance beyond his control forced Jephthah away from his people and into life as an outcast. Today both believers and nonbelievers may drive away those who do not fit the norms dictated by our society. Often, as in Jephthah's case , great potential is wasted because of prejudice--a refusal to look beyond ill-conceived stereotypes. Look around you to see if there are potential Jephthah being kept out due to factors beyond their control.

As a Christian, you know that everyone can have a place in God's family. Can you do anything to help these people gain acceptancefor their character and abilities? 

Jephthah sent messenger to the Ammonite king wanting to know why the Israelites in the land of gilead were being attacked. The king replied that Israel had stolen his land and he wanted it back.

Jephthah sent another message to the king. In it gave three arguments againts the king claim's;

1) Gilead was never the king's land in the first place because Israel took it from the Amorites, not the Ammonites

2) Israel should possess the land given by Osrael God , Ammon should possess land given by Ammon's god

3) No one had contested Israel's ownership of the land since its conquest 300 years earlier.

To Jephthah's credit, he tried to solve the problem without bloodshed. But king of Ammon ignored his message and preparedhis troops for battle.