Joshua provides the example of someone who saw the activity of God and served God up to his deathĮ. God never views you this way and it is a sin to adopt this view of manĭ. at times you may be tempted to think of yourself and all washed up and worthlessĬ. those later stages of life are difficult – my grandfather is in them right nowī. Joshua teaches a great lesson of faithfulness and obedience in the later stages of lifeĪ. God was not finished with Joshua yet just because he was now closing in on deathĢ.

– we will find his farewell speeches later in the bookĪ- However, at this juncture in 13:1, Joshua still needed to perform the critically important task of distributing the land,ġ. Transition: Not only are we once again confronted with the faithfulness of God, but in Chapter 13 the text teaches us about the omnipotence of God on behalf of Israelġ- Joshua was an old man, ready to move off the scene. Part of the Greatness of God is seen in his nearness to mankindĪ- we are tempted to view pain and trials as bad for us when in reality it is a time to see the faithfulness of God displayedī- if God is a God of Immutablity, Constancy, Faithfulness, Omnipotence then Romans 8:28 has to be true and we must see our painful trials as channel to the faithfulness of God – don’t get caught in Satan’s trapĬ- we must be individuals, families and church that sees and savors the faithfulness of Godĭ- if we don’t live out the faithfulness of God how will the world ever see the hope they can have in Christ.These conquests reminds us as the church that the covenant-keeping God will give his people the new heavens and the new earth, as he promised, and correspondingly that they must wait patiently for their inheritance (Revelation 21).Galatians 6:1 Romans 5:14 1 Thessalonians 5:14 H- Edification and discipleship is every Christian’s responsibility G- The future life of our church depends on you and I investing in the lives of the younger then us. He would fulfill his promises, right down to every last village or town and every last border, passing atop this hill over here and descending through that valley over there.Ī- Moses is called here in the text “the servant of the Lord” – context in v1-5 is the conquest east of the Jordan before crossing over into the Promised Landġ- we are told here that of Moses position before God – he was a servantĢ- we are shown here that Moses, like Joshua in chapter 11, was obedient to Godģ- this is consistent with the obedience seen in Joshua in chapter 11Ī- Joshua had to make his own choices and because of his depravity he didn’t always do that (9:14)ī- What Joshua did have was a role model of servitude towards God in Moses (1:1 – assistant)Ĭ- Remember we must learn from the characters’ response to God’s activityĭ- Who are you a role model for and how serious do you take that responsibility?Į- Titus 2 principle – be active in the life of othersį- Teach them about the activity of God in your life – 1 Thessalonians 5:11 (build up)

12–21).Ģ- Chapter 12 confirms that God was faithful to his promises to give these lands to his people. Ø Remember – we want to continually take a stain glass approach to the narrative stories in the Bibleġ- This chapter, summarizing the kings the Israelites killed and whose lands they took over, provides a transition between the conquest of the land (chs. Ø We pick up in Chapter 12 with a major transition in the book of Joshua Class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'>1) 8-10-08…AM…SBC 2)“Surmounting Insurmountable Problems”

Insurmountable problems