JOSHUA 24:1
1. “Then Joshua assembled all the tribes of Israel at Shechem. He summoned the elders, leaders, judges and officials of Israel, and they presented themselves before God.
JOSHUA 24:2
1. Joshua said to all the people, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘Long ago your ancestors, including Terah the father of Abraham and Nahor, lived beyond the Euphrates River and worshiped other gods.
JOSHUA 24:3
3 But I took your father Abraham from the land beyond the Euphrates and led him throughout Canaan and gave
him many descendants. I gave him Isaac,4 and to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. I assigned the hill country of Seir to Esau, but Jacob and his family went down to Egypt.
JOSHUA 24: 5-6
5 “Then I sent Moses and Aaron, and I afflicted the Egyptians by what I did there, and I brought you out. 6 When I brought your people out of Egypt, you came to the sea, and the Egyptians pursued them with chariots and horsemen as far as the Red Sea.
JOSHUA 24:7
7 But they cried to the Lord for help, and he put darkness between you and the Egyptians; he brought the sea over them and covered them. You saw with your own eyes what I did to the Egyptians. Then you lived in the wilderness for a long time.
JOSHUA 24:8
8 “‘I brought you to the land of the Amorites who lived east of the Jordan. They fought against you, but I gave them into your hands. I destroyed them from before you, and you took possession of their land.
· THERE ARE 13 I’S IN THE FIRST 8 VERSES.
· GOD SPEAKS AND REMINDS THEM- I DID THIS
SLIDE 11: JOSHUA WARNINGS
· WARNINGS/ADISEMENTS STRAIGHT OUT OF V’S
14-15. WHAT DOES HE STATE THEY SHOULD DO?
JOSHUA 24:14
14. “NOW FEAR THE LORD AND SERVE HIM WITH ALL FAITHFULNESS. THROW AWAY THE gODS YOUR ANCESTORS WORSHIPPED BEYOND THE EUPHRATES RIVER AND IN EGYPT AND SERVE THE LORD.
JOSHUA 24:13
13. BUT IF SERVING THE LORD SEEMS UNDESIRABLE TO YOU, THEN CHOOSE FOR YOURSELVES THIS DAY WHOM YOU WILL SERVE, WHETHER THE gODS YOUR ANCESTORS SERVED BEYOND THE EUPHRATES, OR THE gODS OF THE AMORITES, IN WHO LAND YOU ARE LIVING. BUT AS FOR ME AND MY HOUSE, WE WILL SERVE THE LORD.”
PROMISE KEEPER
· 1997- LIVING IN PENNSYLVANIA
· ATTENDING A CHURCH
· GROUP OF MEN GOING TO DC TOGETHER
· WEEKEND SERIES OF MEETINGS/CHURCH SERVICES
· RFK STADIUM IN WASHINGTON DC (COMMANDERS)
· PASTOR JAMES RYLE (SMALL NOTEBOOK)
· 2ND LEVEL – CENTERFIELD
· I WAS DATING – LIVING AS A MISERABLE CHRISTIAN
· HAVING MOMENTARY FUN (SIN IS FUN)
· PASTOR RYLE SAID- YOU NEED TO END GAME TONIGHT
JOSHUA 24: 23
23. “NOW THEN,” SAID JOSHUA, “THROW AWAY THE FOREIGN GODS THAT ARE AMONG YOU AND YIELD YOUR HEARTS TO THE LORD, THE GOD OF ISRAEL.”
JOSHUA 24:24
24. AND PEOPLE SAID TO JOSHUA, “WE WILL SERVE THE LORD OUR GOD AND OBEY HIM.”
JOSHUA 24:25
25. ON THAT DAY, JOSHUA MADE A COVENANT FOR THE PEOPLE, AND THERE AT SHECHEM HE REAFFIRNED FOR THEM DECREES AND LAWS.”
JOSHUA 24:26
26. “AND JOSHUA RECORDED THESE THINGS IN THE BOOK OF THE LAW OF GOD. THEN HE TOOK A LARGE STONE AND SET IT UP THERE UNDER THE OAK NEAR THE HOLY PLACE OF THE LORD.”
· WORD FOR STONE HERE IS E’BEN
· SAME WORD USED FOR STONE IN GENESIS 28
· JACOB HAS AN ENCOUNTER WITH GOD
· WITNESS “YOU HAVE SEEN YOU’VE BEEN WITNESS TO GODS FAITHFULNESS” NOW WILL YOU BE?
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· LIFE GROUP CURRICULUM
· DR. BRIAN CHARETTE AUTHOR
· TITLE OF THIS LAST LESSON IS ‘ALL IN”
· WHERE DOES THIS PHRASE COME FROM?
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VIDEO “ALL IN”
· STAKES RAISED
· MUCH ON THE LINE
· JOSHUA IS CLOSE TO THE END
PRIDE
SIN
SLIDE 22: DIE
WHO WILL YOU SERVE ?
THE ISRAELITES SERVED MANY GODS
GOD OF FERTILITY
GOD OF CROPS
GOD OF RAIN
WE DON’T HAVE THAT AS MUCH NOW AS
I DECIDE NOW WHICH GOD I WILL SERVE OR
WHO WILL I SERVE- FOR MOST OF MY LIFE I HAVE SERVED ——- ME
THIS CHAPTER SAYS “I” (GOD SPEAKING 18 TIMES?)
I THEN HAVE TO WRESTLE WITH THE OTHER I-
ME
· LISTEN TO HOW HE ANTICIPATES
· SAYS ALL THIS AS IF THEY ARE NOT GONNA DO IT