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 Welcome to the Lansdale Life Church podcast.

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 If you're seeking a closer relationship with Jesus Christ, this podcast is for you.

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 Thank you for joining us today.

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 All right, so today we're going to be in Joshua chapter 23 and 24.

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 I was just joking with Chris because I decided to do two chapters tonight

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 because 23 was a little shorter and then John Kratz, I guess, had already

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 prepared for Judges chapter one.

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 So he's two weeks from now.

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 So anyway, sorry, John, if you're watching this or you go back and listen to this.

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 But, uh, all in good fun.

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 It's pays to not be prepared sometimes two weeks in advance, but well, Jesse's

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 going to go, or no, no, John is going to, is John going to switch with Jesse?

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 I haven't seen Fred.

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 So we might get a switch, but yeah, there you go.

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 So tonight we're going to do Joshua 23 and 24 and I have three main points

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 that I want to share with this, uh, section of scripture and they're all

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 going to be centered around covenant because so much of what we see in this

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 text is relating to God's covenant with Israel and therefore it relates

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 to God's covenant with us and so we walk in the new covenant and Israel

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 is walking in the, um, covenant with Adam and Abraham and Moses.

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 And so then there, then there was one other major covenant in there.

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 You guys probably know what it is.

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 The starts with the D before Christ, the Davidic covenant, and then we have

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 the new covenant, which is what all the believers in Jesus, as Christ says,

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 the Messiah are walking in today.

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 But so much of the themes within scripture as a whole and within

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 So we're going to talk about three main things.

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 Number one is covenantal cling.

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 Number two is covenant, covenantal catechism and then covenantal choosing.

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 So let's pray and then we'll jump into the text.

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 So Lord, we thank you so much for this evening.

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 Lord, we just pray that you would just give us a spirit of wisdom and

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 revelation as we look at this text, that whether we're looking at it for

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 the first time or for the 50th, you would give us fresh revelation.

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 Just breathe on your words, Lord, help us to just get to know you better

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 and that we would walk away knowing and loving you more.

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 Jesus' name.

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 So verse one, Joshua was charged to Israel's leaders a long time afterward.

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 When the Lord had given rest to Israel from all their surrounding

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 enemies and Joshua was old and well-advanced in years.

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 So you guys remember that the context of this is the Israelites had

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 been battling the people in the land and the Lord had been blessing

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 them with victory after victory because he had promised them this land.

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 And they're not fully eradicated the people of Canaan, which is modern

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 day Israel, but they have basically effectively subdued them and

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 they've subdued the surrounding peoples.

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 But as we see when we flip forward to judges, they don't completely

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 eradicate them or push them out of the land.

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 And the ramifications for that are that they begin to adopt the

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 practices of the pagan people in the land, which will eventually

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 draw the people's hearts away from God and draw their hearts to the

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 demons or the pagan Gods, which basically in the Old Testament, it's the same.

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 So Joshua, now he's old and well-advanced in years.

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 And Joshua was the disciple of Moses, if you don't remember.

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 And Moses was the guy who brought everybody out of Egypt.

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 If you've never seen the movie.

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 And Joshua summoned all Israel to all 12 tribes, its elders, heads, judges,

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 and officers, and said to them, I am now old and well-advanced in years.

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 And you have seen all that the Lord your God has done to all these

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 nations for your sake, for it is the Lord your God who has fought for you.

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 Behold, I have allotted to you as an inheritance for your tribes, those

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 nations that remain, along with all the nations that I have already

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 cut off from Jordan to the great sea in the West.

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 The Lord your God will push them back before you and drive them out of your

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 sight and you shall possess their land, just as the Lord your God promised you.

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 in clearing the area of the pagan inhabitants, but the battle

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 the Israelites victory over the people of the land.

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 to the right hand, nor to the left, that you may not mix with these

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 or swear by them or serve them or bow down to them, but you shall

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 the region of Canaan, or today it's like modern day Israel and the

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 the people, and he uses this language cling, which the word

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 when Adam and Eve were clinging together as husband and

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 husband and wife and the husband will cleave or you

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 will leave the, or the verse about leaving the mother and

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 the father and cleaving or clinging same word there to

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 the covenant of marriage, this same idea is being used

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 with Israel and Joshua is using the same language that

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 become one with the Lord your God and cling to him in

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 covenant because he has rescued you from Egypt.

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 He has rescued you from the hands of all the attackers

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 along the way from Egypt to the promised land.

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 he's been faithful, uh, to do what he's promised to put

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 saying cling to the Lord because he's been good,

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 because this is his testimony that he has done

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 One man of you puts to flight a thousand since it

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 is the Lord your God who fights for you just as

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 the Lord is with them in battle and that he

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 what we are doing with our hearts.

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 clinging and cleaving to the things

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 of this world or to or to any thing

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 or person that we would put in front

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 of the Lord.

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 turn back, well, first of all, in

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 verse 11, he says, be very careful

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 in modern dating times, like we're

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 being intentional, right?

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 they will lead your heart astray.

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 the Lord's heart throughout all

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 of scripture is that he desires

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 a people to be holy and to be

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 To himself to be completely

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 dedicated to himself, and he

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 desires our hearts to be

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 completely abandoned and

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 dedicated to him.

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 with somebody, like if you're

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 married and you get married and

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 you make a covenant with them,

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 it's a serious thing.

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 being married, is that it's hard

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 The Lord made a covenant with us

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 and he's saying I'm seriously

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 wanting you to make a covenant

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 with me, but I need you also to

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 be serious and I need you to

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 love me with your whole heart

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 because he's loving us with his

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 whole heart guys.

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 become passionate and really

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 just to become passionate about

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 the Lord or become passionate in

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 love for for Jesus is to focus

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 on how much passion and how

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 much love God actually has for

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 us.

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 God loves us so much and he wants

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 us to love him so much.

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 loves, but he wants that love

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 back and he wants that

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 reciprocated and he wants us to

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 cling to him.

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 and this is why Paul calls it a

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 deep mystery that the church or

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 the people of God would marry

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 Christ at the end of the age,

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 the marriage of the supper of

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 a mystery how this is going to

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 happen.

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 I don't know, but it has to do

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 with union with the Lord and

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 we'll have new bodies which will

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 be completely incorruptible and

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 and holy and somehow, you know,

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 will be one with the Lord in

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 But the Lord desires us.

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 He desires us one to cling to

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 himself and two to not cling to

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 anything else.

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 The way the Lord sees a divided

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 heart or the way the Lord sees

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 a heart that is not fully

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 devoted to him is adultery.

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 He sees it as basically his

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 people cheating on him and and

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 when that when that happens,

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 the covenant is is has the

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 opportunity to be broken if

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 it's not mended, if there's not

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 repentance there.

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 we cling to him.

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 charging the nation of

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 Israel saying, cling to the

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 Lord, be very careful that you

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 love him with his with your

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 whole heart and that you cling

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 to him and that you don't cling

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 it's just good to say, but we

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 enter this covenantal love with

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 make ourselves beautiful before

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 him by his grace.

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 third section, there is a

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 choosing that we have to do and

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 there is something there and

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 that's also a mystery.

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 time that all this is by his

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 grace, there's no striving or

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 there's no working here.

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 it that will make us fall into

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 more sin if we think we can

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 actually achieve union or

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 covenant with God on our own

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 strength.

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 to do and we need to we need to

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 follow.

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 So that's the first point.

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 Cling to God, cling to him and

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 cling covenantally, covenantal

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 clinging.

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 about this, that your relationship

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 with God is like a marriage or if

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 you want to be very exact and

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 precise, it's like being

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 engaged.

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 We're contracted or we're

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 covenanted on some level.

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 There's been a transfer.

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 There's been consideration.

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 So it can be a real contract.

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 There's a down payment.

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 We have the Holy Spirit, but

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 we're still awaiting Christ.

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 If that's too deep for you,

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 then you can just think of it

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 as we are currently in some kind

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 of covenant with with the Lord.

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 And but it's it's like a it's

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 like a betrothal covenant.

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 If you've never thought about

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 that, I just encourage you just

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 take time this week and think

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 about it.

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 Just ponder the deep mystery that

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 is God making a covenant with us.

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 And it's really amazing.

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 You think, why would he want

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 to make a covenant with me?

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 I don't know.

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 He loves us.

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 That's who he is.

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 But it is worthy of meditation.

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 OK, second second point.

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 Oh, I guess we'll keep reading.

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 So we are on verse 14.

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 Joshua speaking.

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 way of all the earth and you

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 know in your hearts and souls

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 all of you that not one word

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 has failed of all the good

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 things that the Lord your God

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 promised concerning you all

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 have come to pass for you.

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 Not one of them has failed.

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 the above verses in verse 10

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 talking about one man puts a

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 thousand the flight and verse

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 nine for the Lord God has

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 driven out before you great and

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 strong nations.

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 Verse 15.

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 But just as all the good things

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 that the Lord your God promised

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 concerning you have been

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 fulfilled for you.

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 So the Lord will bring upon you

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 all the evil things until he

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 has destroyed you from off this

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 good land that the Lord your

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 God has given you.

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 If you transgress the covenant

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 of the Lord your God which he

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 commanded you and go and serve

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 other Gods and bow down to them

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 then the anger of the Lord

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 will be kindled against you and

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 you shall perish quickly from

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 off the good land that he has

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 given you.

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 And so this echoes

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 Deuteronomy chapter 28 and 29

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 and we're not going to read all

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 of it.

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 But in Deuteronomy 28 and 29

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 at the end of the Mosaic

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 covenant the Lord lays out

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 blessings for disobedience

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 and curses for disobedience.

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 And actually it's very

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 interesting.

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 There's a there's a cool book

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 if you want to dig into more

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 Old Testament context in history.

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 It's called the Epic of Eden.

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 It's a really easy read but it

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 basically details a lot of the

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 different covenants that were in

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 existence at the time of Israel

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 and the time of Moses.

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 those very specific templates of

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 where a king and a nation a

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 strong nation made a covenant

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 with a small nation.

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 And they basically the king would

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 give blessings for the faithfulness

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 of the covenant to the small

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 nation.

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 was faithful they would receive

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 the blessings of the king of the

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 suzerain.

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 That's the technical historical

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 term for it.

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 But and then I think the vassal

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 the vassal state and the

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 suzerain state but they would

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 have yeah they would have a

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 covenant in agreement.

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 But then they said OK if you

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 violate the terms of this

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 covenant if you're unfaithful

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 then we're going to keep these

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 curses on you.

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 So this follows the template of

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 one of the what do you call it

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 covenants of that era.

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 So the Lord is using this

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 template to communicate to

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 Israel that hey I am your king

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 and hold fast to me.

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 You don't need to hold fast to

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 any other nations because I

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 will protect you.

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 And so within the whole

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 covenantal framework of the

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 Mosaic covenant that's a little

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 bit too.

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 We're not going to go any

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 further in that because it's a

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00:25:50,799 --> 00:25:51,920
 little bit beyond the scope of

541
00:25:51,920 --> 00:25:52,880
 what we're talking about today.

542
00:25:53,240 --> 00:25:55,099
 But this would have been

543
00:25:55,099 --> 00:25:57,660
 something that was common in

544
00:25:57,660 --> 00:25:58,339
 the ancient world.

545
00:26:00,099 --> 00:26:03,019
 And I find that interesting as

546
00:26:03,019 --> 00:26:03,240
 well.

547
00:26:04,400 --> 00:26:05,119
 All right we're going to talk

548
00:26:05,119 --> 00:26:08,299
 a little bit about that later

549
00:26:08,299 --> 00:26:08,579
 too.

550
00:26:09,099 --> 00:26:10,099
 But all right let's keep going.

551
00:26:10,700 --> 00:26:12,680
 Chapter 24 verse 1 Joshua

552
00:26:12,680 --> 00:26:14,000
 gathered all the tribes of

553
00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:15,660
 Israel to Shechem and summon

554
00:26:15,660 --> 00:26:18,119
 the leaders or the elders the

555
00:26:18,119 --> 00:26:19,339
 heads the judges and the

556
00:26:19,339 --> 00:26:20,859
 officers of Israel and they

557
00:26:20,859 --> 00:26:23,160
 presented themselves before God.

558
00:26:23,980 --> 00:26:25,759
 And Joshua said to all the

559
00:26:25,759 --> 00:26:29,019
 people that says the Lord the

560
00:26:29,019 --> 00:26:31,160
 God of Israel long ago your

561
00:26:31,160 --> 00:26:32,400
 fathers lived beyond the

562
00:26:32,400 --> 00:26:32,839
 Euphrates.

563
00:26:33,480 --> 00:26:36,000
 Tara the father of Abraham and

564
00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:38,140
 of Nahor and they served other

565
00:26:38,140 --> 00:26:38,339
 Gods.

566
00:26:39,299 --> 00:26:40,920
 Then I took your father Abraham

567
00:26:40,920 --> 00:26:43,279
 from beyond the river and led

568
00:26:43,279 --> 00:26:44,740
 him through all the land of

569
00:26:44,740 --> 00:26:46,920
 Canaan and made his offspring

570
00:26:46,920 --> 00:26:47,240
 many.

571
00:26:48,400 --> 00:26:50,660
 I gave him Isaac and to Isaac I

572
00:26:50,660 --> 00:26:53,119
 gave Jacob and Esau and I gave

573
00:26:53,119 --> 00:26:54,779
 Esau the hill country of seer

574
00:26:54,779 --> 00:26:56,440
 to possess but Jacob and his

575
00:26:56,440 --> 00:26:58,980
 children went down to Egypt and

576
00:26:58,980 --> 00:27:01,059
 I sent Moses and Aaron and

577
00:27:01,059 --> 00:27:02,660
 plagued Egypt with what I

578
00:27:02,660 --> 00:27:03,900
 did in the midst of it.

579
00:27:04,900 --> 00:27:06,339
 And afterward I brought you out

580
00:27:06,940 --> 00:27:07,859
 then I brought your fathers

581
00:27:07,859 --> 00:27:09,579
 out of Egypt and you came to

582
00:27:09,579 --> 00:27:10,519
 the sea and the Egyptians

583
00:27:10,519 --> 00:27:12,500
 pursued your fathers with

584
00:27:12,500 --> 00:27:14,019
 chariots and horsemen to the

585
00:27:14,019 --> 00:27:15,900
 Red Sea and when they cried to

586
00:27:15,900 --> 00:27:17,160
 the Lord he put darkness

587
00:27:17,160 --> 00:27:19,000
 between you and the Egyptians

588
00:27:19,000 --> 00:27:20,539
 and made the sea come upon

589
00:27:20,539 --> 00:27:21,640
 them and cover them and your

590
00:27:21,640 --> 00:27:23,359
 eyes saw what I did in Egypt

591
00:27:23,359 --> 00:27:24,980
 and you lived in the wilderness

592
00:27:24,980 --> 00:27:26,279
 a long time.

593
00:27:26,859 --> 00:27:27,940
 Then I brought you to the land

594
00:27:27,940 --> 00:27:29,299
 of the Amorites who lived on

595
00:27:29,299 --> 00:27:30,400
 the other side of the Jordan

596
00:27:30,400 --> 00:27:32,220
 they fought with you and I

597
00:27:32,220 --> 00:27:34,400
 gave them into your hand and

598
00:27:34,400 --> 00:27:35,480
 you took possession of their

599
00:27:35,480 --> 00:27:36,660
 land and I destroyed them

600
00:27:36,660 --> 00:27:39,059
 before you then Balak the son

601
00:27:39,059 --> 00:27:40,880
 of Zippur king of Moab arose

602
00:27:40,880 --> 00:27:43,240
 and fought against Israel and

603
00:27:43,240 --> 00:27:45,700
 he sent and invited Balaam son

604
00:27:45,700 --> 00:27:47,579
 of Beor to curse you but I

605
00:27:47,579 --> 00:27:48,980
 would not listen to Balaam

606
00:27:48,980 --> 00:27:50,720
 indeed he blessed you so I

607
00:27:50,720 --> 00:27:51,940
 delivered you out of his hand

608
00:27:52,460 --> 00:27:53,460
 and you went over to the

609
00:27:53,460 --> 00:27:55,019
 Jordan and came to Jericho and

610
00:27:55,019 --> 00:27:56,339
 the leaders of Jericho fought

611
00:27:56,339 --> 00:27:58,039
 against you and also the

612
00:27:58,039 --> 00:27:59,559
 Amorites the parasites the

613
00:28:00,200 --> 00:28:02,680
 Canaanites the Hittites the

614
00:28:02,680 --> 00:28:04,039
 gurgishites the Hivites the

615
00:28:04,039 --> 00:28:05,480
 Jebusites and I gave them

616
00:28:05,480 --> 00:28:07,440
 into your hand and I sent the

617
00:28:07,440 --> 00:28:09,299
 Hornet before you which drove

618
00:28:09,299 --> 00:28:11,359
 them out before you the two

619
00:28:11,359 --> 00:28:13,099
 kings of the Amorites it was

620
00:28:13,099 --> 00:28:14,960
 not by your sword or by your

621
00:28:14,960 --> 00:28:17,359
 bow I gave you a land on which

622
00:28:17,359 --> 00:28:18,940
 you had not labored and cities

623
00:28:19,480 --> 00:28:21,079
 that you had not built and you

624
00:28:21,079 --> 00:28:22,460
 dwell in them you eat the

625
00:28:22,460 --> 00:28:24,519
 fruit of the vineyards and all

626
00:28:24,519 --> 00:28:26,240
 of orchards that you did not

627
00:28:26,240 --> 00:28:26,539
 plant.

628
00:28:29,180 --> 00:28:30,380
 So this brings us to our

629
00:28:30,380 --> 00:28:32,940
 second point and I call this

630
00:28:36,500 --> 00:28:40,460
 the covenantal catechism you

631
00:28:41,500 --> 00:28:42,519
 could also just call it I

632
00:28:42,519 --> 00:28:43,759
 wanted to use a C you could

633
00:28:43,759 --> 00:28:44,500
 also just call it the

634
00:28:44,500 --> 00:28:47,099
 covenantal gospel or the

635
00:28:47,099 --> 00:28:49,140
 covenantal chronicle so this

636
00:28:49,140 --> 00:28:51,519
 is the way that they would

637
00:28:52,940 --> 00:28:54,700
 preserve the good news of

638
00:28:55,720 --> 00:28:57,319
 salvation to the Israelites as

639
00:28:57,319 --> 00:28:58,460
 they would they would repeat

640
00:28:58,460 --> 00:28:59,640
 the story and we see many

641
00:28:59,640 --> 00:29:02,279
 times if you read Leviticus and

642
00:29:02,279 --> 00:29:03,720
 Numbers and you read through

643
00:29:03,720 --> 00:29:06,579
 some of the probably more

644
00:29:06,579 --> 00:29:08,839
 classically boring sections of

645
00:29:08,839 --> 00:29:10,420
 Scripture what you'll see in

646
00:29:10,420 --> 00:29:14,079
 there is you'll see and it's

647
00:29:14,079 --> 00:29:15,500
 not boring if you actually dig a

648
00:29:15,500 --> 00:29:16,940
 little bit but on the surface

649
00:29:16,940 --> 00:29:18,200
 is boring but what you'll see

650
00:29:18,200 --> 00:29:20,220
 in there is remember me the

651
00:29:20,220 --> 00:29:21,660
 Lord your God who brought you

652
00:29:21,660 --> 00:29:24,079
 out of Egypt and all the things

653
00:29:24,079 --> 00:29:25,660
 that they would do in these

654
00:29:25,660 --> 00:29:28,279
 feasts and the Passover and

655
00:29:28,279 --> 00:29:30,759
 with Pentecost and all the

656
00:29:30,759 --> 00:29:32,539
 different Jewish feasts would

657
00:29:32,539 --> 00:29:35,519
 be to reenact a certain part of

658
00:29:36,039 --> 00:29:37,799
 their history and their future

659
00:29:38,359 --> 00:29:40,960
 and it basically they would kind

660
00:29:40,960 --> 00:29:43,519
 of reenact these things but one

661
00:29:43,519 --> 00:29:44,599
 of the main themes that they

662
00:29:44,599 --> 00:29:46,220
 had to reenact was during the

663
00:29:46,220 --> 00:29:47,599
 Passover feast they would

664
00:29:47,599 --> 00:29:48,900
 remember that the Lord their

665
00:29:48,900 --> 00:29:49,920
 God brought them out of

666
00:29:49,920 --> 00:29:52,299
 Egypt and delivered them out of

667
00:29:52,299 --> 00:29:55,420
 slavery and into freedom and

668
00:29:55,420 --> 00:29:56,619
 this is one of the key themes

669
00:29:56,619 --> 00:29:57,579
 that the Lord does in our

670
00:29:57,579 --> 00:29:58,960
 life too he takes us out of

671
00:29:58,960 --> 00:30:00,400
 the slavery and the bondage of

672
00:30:00,960 --> 00:30:03,700
 and he brings us into freedom

673
00:30:03,700 --> 00:30:06,839
 in Christ and this was this was

674
00:30:07,819 --> 00:30:10,660
 the good news and this was the

675
00:30:10,660 --> 00:30:12,059
 fate the story of the

676
00:30:12,059 --> 00:30:13,839
 faithfulness of God back there

677
00:30:13,839 --> 00:30:15,140
 for the believers of this time

678
00:30:15,759 --> 00:30:18,220
 and the ancient people the

679
00:30:18,220 --> 00:30:19,559
 people in the ancient near east

680
00:30:19,559 --> 00:30:21,039
 they were storytellers they

681
00:30:21,039 --> 00:30:23,339
 would tell their stories and

682
00:30:23,339 --> 00:30:24,839
 with their stories it would

683
00:30:26,339 --> 00:30:28,259
 have a have a meaning and a

684
00:30:28,259 --> 00:30:29,700
 message in it even we see this

685
00:30:29,700 --> 00:30:31,319
 in the New Testament when

686
00:30:31,319 --> 00:30:33,740
 Steven is getting stoned we've

687
00:30:34,420 --> 00:30:36,700
 been studying acts but right

688
00:30:36,700 --> 00:30:38,839
 before Steven gets stoned the

689
00:30:38,839 --> 00:30:40,839
 gospel that he preaches is

690
00:30:40,839 --> 00:30:42,920
 literally to start with Abraham

691
00:30:43,539 --> 00:30:45,160
 and then go basically

692
00:30:45,160 --> 00:30:47,299
 scene by scene what's recorded

693
00:30:47,299 --> 00:30:49,420
 for us there is quite a lot

694
00:30:49,420 --> 00:30:50,680
 but he may have gone into more

695
00:30:50,680 --> 00:30:53,559
 detail but he's basically

696
00:30:53,559 --> 00:30:56,039
 saying our father was Abraham

697
00:30:56,039 --> 00:30:58,700
 and God gave the promise of

698
00:30:58,700 --> 00:31:00,680
 the land and the messiah to

699
00:31:00,680 --> 00:31:03,140
 Abraham and then Abraham had

700
00:31:03,140 --> 00:31:05,160
 Isaac and Isaac had Jacob

701
00:31:05,160 --> 00:31:06,740
 and he goes all the way down

702
00:31:06,740 --> 00:31:08,460
 the line and this was what

703
00:31:08,460 --> 00:31:09,799
 they would tell their children

704
00:31:10,400 --> 00:31:11,980
 and one other thing is

705
00:31:11,980 --> 00:31:13,220
 genealogies were very

706
00:31:13,220 --> 00:31:15,880
 important to the ancient

707
00:31:15,880 --> 00:31:17,700
 people and so those genealogies

708
00:31:17,700 --> 00:31:19,059
 that we find boring if you

709
00:31:19,059 --> 00:31:20,579
 were a Jewish person at that

710
00:31:20,579 --> 00:31:22,180
 time the genealogy would be

711
00:31:22,180 --> 00:31:23,140
 one of the more exciting

712
00:31:23,140 --> 00:31:24,380
 pieces where you would try to

713
00:31:24,380 --> 00:31:25,799
 go and you would find your

714
00:31:25,799 --> 00:31:27,559
 ancestor you would say oh this

715
00:31:27,559 --> 00:31:29,220
 is my ancestor and that was

716
00:31:29,220 --> 00:31:31,059
 his father and his father and

717
00:31:31,059 --> 00:31:33,339
 his father and so the line or

718
00:31:33,339 --> 00:31:35,700
 the continuity of this good

719
00:31:35,700 --> 00:31:38,940
 news of the gospel was something

720
00:31:38,940 --> 00:31:41,019
 that was catechized amongst the

721
00:31:41,019 --> 00:31:42,460
 Jewish people you wouldn't

722
00:31:42,460 --> 00:31:44,000
 and catechize just it means

723
00:31:44,000 --> 00:31:45,599
 like to teach or to kind of

724
00:31:45,599 --> 00:31:46,940
 like repeat or say it back

725
00:31:46,940 --> 00:31:48,019
 I'm not exactly sure if

726
00:31:48,019 --> 00:31:49,960
 that's the official term of

727
00:31:51,519 --> 00:31:53,000
 catechism but I grew up

728
00:31:53,000 --> 00:31:54,859
 performed so you know

729
00:31:54,859 --> 00:31:56,400
 Westminster catechism and all

730
00:31:56,400 --> 00:31:59,660
 that so yeah it was

731
00:31:59,660 --> 00:32:00,400
 something that they would

732
00:32:00,400 --> 00:32:06,220
 teach to people and the people

733
00:32:06,220 --> 00:32:08,380
 coming out the people coming

734
00:32:08,380 --> 00:32:10,359
 out of Egypt and into the

735
00:32:10,359 --> 00:32:12,039
 Promised Land it's a metaphor

736
00:32:12,039 --> 00:32:14,920
 of coming out of sin and

737
00:32:14,920 --> 00:32:19,019
 being free of of your sin

738
00:32:19,019 --> 00:32:21,160
 and receiving salvation and

739
00:32:21,160 --> 00:32:22,559
 then walking in the new life

740
00:32:22,559 --> 00:32:24,740
 in Christ coming into the

741
00:32:24,740 --> 00:32:27,660
 Promised Land and for us as

742
00:32:27,660 --> 00:32:30,559
 well it's helpful to just

743
00:32:30,559 --> 00:32:34,079
 meditate on those themes and

744
00:32:34,079 --> 00:32:36,519
 those ideas that the Lord is

745
00:32:36,519 --> 00:32:40,220
 faithful and that he does save

746
00:32:40,220 --> 00:32:42,960
 and bring us out of Egypt and

747
00:32:42,960 --> 00:32:46,400
 into the Promised Land and one

748
00:32:46,400 --> 00:32:48,519
 other thing even here people

749
00:32:48,519 --> 00:32:49,619
 say oh well the Old Testament

750
00:32:49,619 --> 00:32:51,660
 doesn't have have much grace

751
00:32:51,660 --> 00:32:54,720
 in it you can look at verse

752
00:32:54,720 --> 00:32:57,200
 twelve and it says after and

753
00:32:57,200 --> 00:32:59,119
 I sent the Hornet before you

754
00:32:59,119 --> 00:33:00,859
 which drove them out before

755
00:33:00,859 --> 00:33:02,240
 you the two kings of the

756
00:33:02,240 --> 00:33:04,200
 Amorites it was not by your

757
00:33:04,200 --> 00:33:06,380
 sword or by your bow and I

758
00:33:06,380 --> 00:33:07,839
 gave you a land on which you

759
00:33:07,839 --> 00:33:09,599
 had not labored and cities

760
00:33:09,599 --> 00:33:10,839
 that you had not built and

761
00:33:10,839 --> 00:33:12,220
 you dwell in them you eat the

762
00:33:12,220 --> 00:33:13,240
 fruit of the vineyards and

763
00:33:13,240 --> 00:33:14,740
 the olive orchards orchards

764
00:33:14,740 --> 00:33:17,000
 that you did not plant and

765
00:33:17,000 --> 00:33:18,700
 the Lord is just providing for

766
00:33:18,700 --> 00:33:20,279
 them time after time after

767
00:33:20,279 --> 00:33:22,819
 time and he's letting his

768
00:33:22,819 --> 00:33:25,140
 hand go before them and this

769
00:33:25,140 --> 00:33:27,000
 really is a picture of the

770
00:33:27,000 --> 00:33:28,259
 gospel it's a picture of what

771
00:33:28,259 --> 00:33:31,140
 Christ does for us is that he

772
00:33:31,140 --> 00:33:33,200
 goes before us he's preparing a

773
00:33:33,200 --> 00:33:35,220
 room for us he's preparing a

774
00:33:35,220 --> 00:33:38,000
 place for us John 14 Christ

775
00:33:38,000 --> 00:33:40,200
 says I'm going away and I'm

776
00:33:40,200 --> 00:33:41,740
 going to prepare a room for

777
00:33:41,740 --> 00:33:44,359
 for you and he's building

778
00:33:44,359 --> 00:33:45,559
 us a house in the Jewish

779
00:33:45,559 --> 00:33:48,099
 sense he's building a house

780
00:33:48,099 --> 00:33:50,279
 for his bride the Jewish

781
00:33:50,279 --> 00:33:52,420
 people would do that back in

782
00:33:52,420 --> 00:33:56,000
 the day so this this section

783
00:33:56,000 --> 00:33:58,740
 speaks of the covenantal gospel

784
00:33:58,740 --> 00:34:00,880
 that God is a faithful covenant

785
00:34:00,880 --> 00:34:03,920
 keeper and that he is the one

786
00:34:03,920 --> 00:34:05,799
 who will provide and supply

787
00:34:05,799 --> 00:34:08,719
 all of their needs and all of

788
00:34:08,719 --> 00:34:10,960
 their the things that they

789
00:34:10,960 --> 00:34:14,100
 need yeah so all right let's

790
00:34:14,369 --> 00:34:15,269
 keep going

791
00:34:17,390 --> 00:34:19,889
 verse 14 now therefore fear the

792
00:34:19,889 --> 00:34:21,150
 Lord and serve him in

793
00:34:21,150 --> 00:34:22,769
 sincerity and in faithfulness

794
00:34:23,329 --> 00:34:25,469
 put away the Gods that your

795
00:34:25,469 --> 00:34:26,849
 fathers served beyond the

796
00:34:26,849 --> 00:34:29,230
 river and in Egypt and serve

797
00:34:29,230 --> 00:34:32,110
 the Lord and if it is evil in

798
00:34:32,110 --> 00:34:33,650
 your eyes to serve the Lord

799
00:34:34,369 --> 00:34:37,050
 choose this day whom you will

800
00:34:37,050 --> 00:34:39,389
 serve whether the Gods your

801
00:34:39,389 --> 00:34:41,510
 fathers served in the region

802
00:34:41,510 --> 00:34:43,590
 beyond the river or the Gods

803
00:34:43,590 --> 00:34:44,869
 of the Amorites in whose land

804
00:34:44,869 --> 00:34:47,269
 you dwell but as for me and

805
00:34:47,269 --> 00:34:48,889
 my house we will serve the

806
00:34:48,889 --> 00:34:50,849
 Lord and the people answered

807
00:34:50,849 --> 00:34:52,469
 far be it from us that we

808
00:34:52,469 --> 00:34:53,610
 should forsake the Lord to

809
00:34:53,610 --> 00:34:55,329
 serve other Gods for it is

810
00:34:55,329 --> 00:34:56,530
 the Lord our God who brought

811
00:34:56,530 --> 00:34:58,150
 us in our fathers up from the

812
00:34:58,150 --> 00:34:59,710
 land of Egypt out of the house

813
00:34:59,710 --> 00:35:01,230
 of slavery and who did these

814
00:35:01,230 --> 00:35:04,989
 great signs in our site and

815
00:35:04,989 --> 00:35:06,690
 preserved us in all the way

816
00:35:06,690 --> 00:35:07,690
 that we went and among all

817
00:35:07,690 --> 00:35:09,210
 the peoples through whom we

818
00:35:09,210 --> 00:35:11,409
 passed and the Lord drove out

819
00:35:11,409 --> 00:35:12,809
 before us all the peoples of

820
00:35:12,809 --> 00:35:13,809
 the Amorites who lived in the

821
00:35:13,809 --> 00:35:15,010
 land therefore we will also

822
00:35:15,010 --> 00:35:17,590
 serve the Lord for he is our

823
00:35:17,590 --> 00:35:19,829
 God but Joshua said to the

824
00:35:19,829 --> 00:35:21,090
 people you are not able to

825
00:35:21,090 --> 00:35:22,230
 serve the Lord for he is a

826
00:35:22,230 --> 00:35:24,090
 holy God he is a jealous God

827
00:35:24,090 --> 00:35:25,590
 he will not forgive your

828
00:35:26,289 --> 00:35:27,650
 transgressions or your sins

829
00:35:28,170 --> 00:35:29,530
 if you forsake the Lord and

830
00:35:29,530 --> 00:35:30,949
 serve foreign Gods then he

831
00:35:30,949 --> 00:35:33,110
 will turn and do you harm and

832
00:35:33,110 --> 00:35:34,769
 consume you after having done

833
00:35:34,769 --> 00:35:36,489
 you good and the people said

834
00:35:36,489 --> 00:35:37,809
 to Joshua no but we will

835
00:35:37,809 --> 00:35:39,150
 serve the Lord and Joshua said

836
00:35:39,150 --> 00:35:39,989
 to the people you are

837
00:35:39,989 --> 00:35:41,489
 witnesses against yourselves

838
00:35:41,489 --> 00:35:43,050
 that you have chosen the

839
00:35:43,050 --> 00:35:44,590
 Lord to serve him and they

840
00:35:44,590 --> 00:35:46,389
 said we are witnesses he said

841
00:35:46,389 --> 00:35:47,449
 then put away the foreign

842
00:35:47,449 --> 00:35:48,590
 Gods that are among you and

843
00:35:48,590 --> 00:35:49,650
 incline your heart to the

844
00:35:49,650 --> 00:35:51,150
 Lord the God of Israel and

845
00:35:51,150 --> 00:35:52,409
 the people said to Joshua the

846
00:35:52,409 --> 00:35:53,650
 Lord our God we will serve

847
00:35:53,650 --> 00:35:55,030
 and his voice we will obey

848
00:35:55,449 --> 00:35:56,829
 so Joshua made a covenant

849
00:35:56,829 --> 00:35:58,050
 with the people that day and

850
00:35:58,050 --> 00:35:59,190
 put in place rules and

851
00:35:59,190 --> 00:36:00,570
 statutes for them at Shechem

852
00:36:01,169 --> 00:36:02,809
 and Joshua wrote these words

853
00:36:02,809 --> 00:36:03,829
 in the book of the law of

854
00:36:03,829 --> 00:36:05,570
 God and he took a large stone

855
00:36:05,570 --> 00:36:07,670
 and set it up there under the

856
00:36:07,670 --> 00:36:08,949
 Terribinth that was by the

857
00:36:08,949 --> 00:36:09,869
 sanctuary of the Lord and

858
00:36:09,869 --> 00:36:11,110
 Joshua said to all the people

859
00:36:11,110 --> 00:36:12,429
 behold this stone shall be a

860
00:36:12,429 --> 00:36:14,489
 witness against us for it has

861
00:36:14,489 --> 00:36:15,510
 heard all the words of the

862
00:36:15,510 --> 00:36:17,050
 Lord that he has spoke to us

863
00:36:17,050 --> 00:36:18,449
 therefore it shall be a

864
00:36:18,449 --> 00:36:19,849
 witness against you lest you

865
00:36:19,849 --> 00:36:21,230
 deal falsely with your God

866
00:36:21,750 --> 00:36:23,369
 so Joshua sent the people away

867
00:36:23,369 --> 00:36:26,090
 every man to his inheritance

868
00:36:27,289 --> 00:36:30,010
 so here the third point is

869
00:36:30,010 --> 00:36:31,590
 covenantal choosing

870
00:36:34,329 --> 00:36:36,670
 we have a choice put put

871
00:36:36,670 --> 00:36:38,489
 before us the Lord does not

872
00:36:38,489 --> 00:36:41,570
 force us to serve him

873
00:36:42,670 --> 00:36:44,969
 Joshua and this is Joshua's

874
00:36:44,969 --> 00:36:46,550
 bit reenacting the

875
00:36:48,130 --> 00:36:50,469
 Moses Joshua was Moses's

876
00:36:50,469 --> 00:36:53,090
 disciple and so Joshua saw

877
00:36:53,090 --> 00:36:55,389
 Moses do this where Moses

878
00:36:55,389 --> 00:36:56,889
 charged the people of Israel

879
00:36:56,889 --> 00:36:58,590
 after the repeating of the

880
00:36:58,590 --> 00:36:59,989
 law which is that's what

881
00:36:59,989 --> 00:37:01,489
 Deuteronomy means after the

882
00:37:01,489 --> 00:37:03,449
 law was repeated to Israel

883
00:37:03,449 --> 00:37:04,909
 at the end of the book of

884
00:37:04,909 --> 00:37:05,429
 Deuteronomy

885
00:37:06,789 --> 00:37:08,789
 Moses sets the same choice

886
00:37:09,409 --> 00:37:10,829
 in front of Israel and he

887
00:37:10,829 --> 00:37:12,949
 says I've set before you today

888
00:37:12,949 --> 00:37:15,610
 life and death and this is

889
00:37:15,610 --> 00:37:16,530
 specifically if you want to

890
00:37:16,530 --> 00:37:17,769
 look it up Deuteronomy 30

891
00:37:17,769 --> 00:37:19,429
 verse 11 through 20 and

892
00:37:20,190 --> 00:37:21,590
 Moses is basically saying the

893
00:37:21,590 --> 00:37:23,389
 same thing and Joshua is

894
00:37:23,389 --> 00:37:25,210
 just repeating what Moses is

895
00:37:25,210 --> 00:37:26,969
 saying he's charging the

896
00:37:26,969 --> 00:37:28,929
 people of Israel to choose

897
00:37:28,929 --> 00:37:30,949
 the Lord and there's

898
00:37:31,690 --> 00:37:33,909
 choosing is is also a mystery

899
00:37:35,909 --> 00:37:37,630
 because you know we know that

900
00:37:37,630 --> 00:37:39,469
 the Lord is sovereign this is

901
00:37:39,469 --> 00:37:41,449
 the age-old debate of you

902
00:37:41,449 --> 00:37:43,130
 know is which one is right

903
00:37:43,130 --> 00:37:45,409
 Calvinism or Armenianism

904
00:37:45,409 --> 00:37:47,190
 right if you're familiar with

905
00:37:47,190 --> 00:37:49,710
 those terms I'm sorry for you

906
00:37:51,710 --> 00:37:53,269
 if you're thanks for the joke

907
00:37:53,269 --> 00:37:54,510
 thanks for the laugh appreciate

908
00:37:54,510 --> 00:37:56,849
 that but if you aren't

909
00:37:56,849 --> 00:37:57,789
 familiar with those terms

910
00:37:57,789 --> 00:37:59,550
 basically it has it's the

911
00:37:59,550 --> 00:38:00,869
 debate that has to do with

912
00:38:00,869 --> 00:38:03,349
 the free will of God right

913
00:38:03,349 --> 00:38:04,989
 a free will of man and the

914
00:38:04,989 --> 00:38:06,650
 sovereignty of God how much

915
00:38:06,650 --> 00:38:08,010
 of it is God how much of

916
00:38:08,010 --> 00:38:09,989
 it is us does the Lord mark

917
00:38:09,989 --> 00:38:11,789
 us and predestinate us for

918
00:38:11,789 --> 00:38:14,210
 heaven and hell before the end

919
00:38:14,210 --> 00:38:17,230
 of time or are we do we

920
00:38:17,230 --> 00:38:20,590
 somehow play a part in

921
00:38:20,590 --> 00:38:22,050
 in that right that whole

922
00:38:22,050 --> 00:38:23,969
 discussion which I'm not

923
00:38:23,969 --> 00:38:25,449
 going to get into but no

924
00:38:25,449 --> 00:38:27,150
 matter which side you fall

925
00:38:27,849 --> 00:38:29,769
 into which can't you fall

926
00:38:29,769 --> 00:38:31,570
 into I grew up reformed it

927
00:38:31,570 --> 00:38:32,690
 was a good reform church

928
00:38:32,690 --> 00:38:34,690
 uh reformed

929
00:38:34,690 --> 00:38:36,469
 Charismatics that's not

930
00:38:36,469 --> 00:38:37,389
 something you come across

931
00:38:37,970 --> 00:38:39,550
 every day it's kind of like

932
00:38:39,550 --> 00:38:40,789
 a gay republican I guess

933
00:38:40,789 --> 00:38:42,070
 now it's getting more common

934
00:38:45,269 --> 00:38:47,469
 but basically what they

935
00:38:47,469 --> 00:38:50,190
 taught us was that you know

936
00:38:50,190 --> 00:38:52,070
 the Lord is the one who

937
00:38:52,070 --> 00:38:54,070
 chooses whether or not

938
00:38:54,070 --> 00:38:56,769
 you go to you know

939
00:38:56,769 --> 00:38:58,789
 or he's whether or not

940
00:38:58,789 --> 00:38:59,730
 you go to heaven or hell

941
00:38:59,730 --> 00:39:02,230
 depends on the Lord but also

942
00:39:02,690 --> 00:39:05,230
 um they were really good at

943
00:39:05,230 --> 00:39:07,849
 teaching us about how

944
00:39:07,849 --> 00:39:10,710
 our choice mattered so

945
00:39:11,490 --> 00:39:12,929
 yeah this is this is a bit of a

946
00:39:13,650 --> 00:39:15,389
 deeper topic which

947
00:39:15,389 --> 00:39:16,929
 you can get into just a little

948
00:39:16,929 --> 00:39:18,730
 bit but no matter which side

949
00:39:18,730 --> 00:39:20,590
 you believe in both sides

950
00:39:20,590 --> 00:39:22,409
 believe that you have to

951
00:39:22,409 --> 00:39:24,409
 choose and philosophers

952
00:39:25,289 --> 00:39:27,510
 debate over different words

953
00:39:27,510 --> 00:39:29,750
 if you go and try to read

954
00:39:29,750 --> 00:39:31,969
 Jonathan Edwards book I think

955
00:39:31,969 --> 00:39:33,849
 it's called like the free will

956
00:39:33,849 --> 00:39:36,429
 of of man or something

957
00:39:36,429 --> 00:39:37,389
 the volition of man

958
00:39:38,050 --> 00:39:39,150
 I don't know it's a long book

959
00:39:39,150 --> 00:39:40,389
 you know that one Chris

960
00:39:40,389 --> 00:39:41,570
 you have to read that in

961
00:39:42,290 --> 00:39:43,789
 somewhere seminary or something

962
00:39:43,789 --> 00:39:44,469
 but anyhow

963
00:39:45,429 --> 00:39:46,869
 basically the first like

964
00:39:46,869 --> 00:39:48,650
 20 pages he's just defining

965
00:39:48,650 --> 00:39:50,389
 what he means by free will

966
00:39:50,389 --> 00:39:52,489
 and what he what he defines

967
00:39:52,489 --> 00:39:53,570
 by choice

968
00:39:54,650 --> 00:39:56,230
 so basically philosophers

969
00:39:56,230 --> 00:39:57,369
 say there's a difference

970
00:39:57,369 --> 00:39:59,349
 between free will and choice

971
00:40:00,069 --> 00:40:01,389
 but no matter which side

972
00:40:01,389 --> 00:40:02,849
 you come down on

973
00:40:02,849 --> 00:40:03,949
 if you're on the reform side

974
00:40:03,949 --> 00:40:05,170
 and you believe you know

975
00:40:05,170 --> 00:40:06,010
 God is sovereign

976
00:40:06,869 --> 00:40:09,309
 and that he basically

977
00:40:09,309 --> 00:40:10,690
 is willing everything

978
00:40:10,690 --> 00:40:11,929
 that's happening in the earth

979
00:40:12,530 --> 00:40:13,590
 in that camp

980
00:40:13,590 --> 00:40:15,429
 you still have to choose

981
00:40:16,069 --> 00:40:16,550
 the Lord

982
00:40:16,550 --> 00:40:18,329
 whether it's you doing it

983
00:40:18,329 --> 00:40:19,489
 or the Lord doing it

984
00:40:19,489 --> 00:40:20,750
 you have to choose

985
00:40:21,269 --> 00:40:22,449
 that's what we see in scripture

986
00:40:23,110 --> 00:40:24,849
 but if you are come

987
00:40:24,849 --> 00:40:25,889
 from more of the other side

988
00:40:25,889 --> 00:40:26,650
 where you think

989
00:40:26,650 --> 00:40:28,909
 there's more of man's free will

990
00:40:28,909 --> 00:40:30,250
 and it's still by God's grace

991
00:40:30,250 --> 00:40:31,210
 you don't save yourself

992
00:40:31,210 --> 00:40:32,050
 in either camp

993
00:40:32,670 --> 00:40:35,570
 you still have to choose the Lord

994
00:40:35,570 --> 00:40:36,389
 does it make sense?

995
00:40:36,570 --> 00:40:37,130
 so there's a difference

996
00:40:37,130 --> 00:40:39,030
 in what I see as

997
00:40:39,030 --> 00:40:40,690
 free will and choice

998
00:40:41,309 --> 00:40:41,909
 and so

999
00:40:42,510 --> 00:40:44,289
 I'm gonna debate that later

1000
00:40:44,289 --> 00:40:45,949
 if you disagree

1001
00:40:45,949 --> 00:40:48,369
 but my point in general

1002
00:40:48,369 --> 00:40:49,429
 is just trying to say that

1003
00:40:49,949 --> 00:40:51,429
 we all have to choose

1004
00:40:51,429 --> 00:40:52,329
 your theology

1005
00:40:52,329 --> 00:40:54,909
 doesn't get you out of choosing

1006
00:40:54,909 --> 00:40:56,329
 doesn't get you out of

1007
00:40:56,329 --> 00:40:57,369
 actually performing

1008
00:40:57,369 --> 00:40:59,070
 and so I asked my pastor

1009
00:40:59,070 --> 00:41:00,250
 at that time I was like

1010
00:41:00,250 --> 00:41:01,710
 well why do we preach the gospel

1011
00:41:01,710 --> 00:41:03,170
 because we were more

1012
00:41:03,170 --> 00:41:04,550
 in the sovereignty camp

1013
00:41:05,289 --> 00:41:06,570
 and why do we pray

1014
00:41:06,570 --> 00:41:08,329
 and why do we do all these things

1015
00:41:08,329 --> 00:41:10,570
 and he answered me very bluntly

1016
00:41:10,570 --> 00:41:11,130
 he just said

1017
00:41:11,130 --> 00:41:13,349
 because the Bible commands us

1018
00:41:13,349 --> 00:41:14,690
 the Bible commands us

1019
00:41:14,690 --> 00:41:15,510
 to do these things

1020
00:41:16,089 --> 00:41:17,050
 and so yeah

1021
00:41:17,050 --> 00:41:18,130
 in our church we're not

1022
00:41:18,130 --> 00:41:19,329
 we're not reformed

1023
00:41:21,009 --> 00:41:22,610
 and I think Calvary Chapel

1024
00:41:22,610 --> 00:41:23,389
 doesn't necessarily

1025
00:41:23,389 --> 00:41:24,989
 take a position on it

1026
00:41:24,989 --> 00:41:25,769
 is that correct?

1027
00:41:25,769 --> 00:41:27,570
 yeah but

1028
00:41:28,650 --> 00:41:30,449
 what we see is that

1029
00:41:30,449 --> 00:41:31,829
 no matter what you believe

1030
00:41:31,829 --> 00:41:32,889
 you have to choose

1031
00:41:32,889 --> 00:41:33,869
 you have to obey

1032
00:41:33,869 --> 00:41:35,130
 Jesus says that

1033
00:41:35,130 --> 00:41:36,489
 if you obey me

1034
00:41:36,489 --> 00:41:37,829
 then that's proof

1035
00:41:37,829 --> 00:41:38,949
 that you love me

1036
00:41:39,849 --> 00:41:41,429
 and so what Joshua here is saying

1037
00:41:41,429 --> 00:41:44,170
 is basically choose life

1038
00:41:45,130 --> 00:41:45,849
 choose life

1039
00:41:45,849 --> 00:41:47,610
 don't get caught up in

1040
00:41:48,409 --> 00:41:51,170
 the high level philosophical arguments

1041
00:41:52,470 --> 00:41:53,849
 you have to obey

1042
00:41:53,849 --> 00:41:55,309
 you have to choose God

1043
00:41:55,309 --> 00:41:57,769
 and it's do you actually love him

1044
00:41:57,769 --> 00:41:59,690
 do you want to serve him or not

1045
00:41:59,690 --> 00:42:01,210
 because he says as for me

1046
00:42:01,210 --> 00:42:01,869
 in my house

1047
00:42:01,869 --> 00:42:03,269
 we will serve the Lord

1048
00:42:03,949 --> 00:42:05,889
 and so I think

1049
00:42:06,570 --> 00:42:07,969
 I really appreciate

1050
00:42:07,969 --> 00:42:09,530
 the Protestant

1051
00:42:09,530 --> 00:42:11,409
 and reformed tradition

1052
00:42:11,409 --> 00:42:13,150
 for all the scholarship

1053
00:42:13,150 --> 00:42:14,130
 and all the books

1054
00:42:14,130 --> 00:42:15,170
 and all the thinking

1055
00:42:15,170 --> 00:42:16,690
 that it's brought

1056
00:42:16,690 --> 00:42:18,150
 but I think sometimes

1057
00:42:18,809 --> 00:42:20,309
 we should take that

1058
00:42:20,309 --> 00:42:21,210
 but then we just

1059
00:42:21,210 --> 00:42:22,849
 take the Bible simply

1060
00:42:22,849 --> 00:42:24,150
 and just do it

1061
00:42:24,150 --> 00:42:26,250
 and don't think too deeply

1062
00:42:26,250 --> 00:42:27,710
 about everything

1063
00:42:27,710 --> 00:42:29,690
 that is being commanded for us

1064
00:42:29,690 --> 00:42:30,610
 we can think deeply

1065
00:42:30,610 --> 00:42:32,210
 and thinking honor is the Lord

1066
00:42:32,210 --> 00:42:33,670
 and doing good theology

1067
00:42:33,670 --> 00:42:34,210
 and scholarship

1068
00:42:34,210 --> 00:42:35,150
 definitely honors the Lord

1069
00:42:35,150 --> 00:42:37,429
 but there's a doing

1070
00:42:37,429 --> 00:42:38,349
 and a choosing

1071
00:42:38,349 --> 00:42:40,250
 that is required

1072
00:42:40,250 --> 00:42:41,369
 of the faithful

1073
00:42:42,070 --> 00:42:44,010
 and those who want to be

1074
00:42:44,650 --> 00:42:46,469
 covenantally clinging to the Lord

1075
00:42:46,469 --> 00:42:48,130
 we have to choose him

1076
00:42:48,130 --> 00:42:48,690
 covenantally

1077
00:42:48,690 --> 00:42:49,630
 and so the question is

1078
00:42:49,630 --> 00:42:50,530
 are you gonna

1079
00:42:51,510 --> 00:42:53,369
 are we choosing the Lord or not

1080
00:42:53,369 --> 00:42:54,130
 and many of us

1081
00:42:54,130 --> 00:42:54,789
 we're believers

1082
00:42:54,789 --> 00:42:56,230
 we're in the Lord

1083
00:42:56,230 --> 00:42:57,750
 we're faithfully serving him

1084
00:42:58,389 --> 00:42:59,849
 but still every day

1085
00:42:59,849 --> 00:43:01,329
 there's a choosing that happens

1086
00:43:01,329 --> 00:43:04,070
 we choose to do the right thing

1087
00:43:04,070 --> 00:43:05,469
 we choose to love the Lord

1088
00:43:05,469 --> 00:43:06,570
 we choose to pray

1089
00:43:06,570 --> 00:43:08,849
 we choose to come to Bible study

1090
00:43:08,849 --> 00:43:11,010
 we choose to read our Bible

1091
00:43:11,010 --> 00:43:13,489
 we choose to love our spouses

1092
00:43:13,489 --> 00:43:14,869
 we choose to love our kids

1093
00:43:14,869 --> 00:43:16,630
 we choose to serve in our communities

1094
00:43:17,289 --> 00:43:20,150
 and all of this choosing

1095
00:43:20,970 --> 00:43:21,949
 it doesn't

1096
00:43:21,949 --> 00:43:22,769
 and doing

1097
00:43:22,769 --> 00:43:24,570
 it doesn't take away

1098
00:43:24,570 --> 00:43:25,530
 from the grace of God

1099
00:43:25,530 --> 00:43:26,730
 but James says

1100
00:43:26,730 --> 00:43:27,809
 if you have faith

1101
00:43:27,809 --> 00:43:28,989
 but no works

1102
00:43:28,989 --> 00:43:30,650
 you actually don't have faith

1103
00:43:31,590 --> 00:43:33,989
 and so the choosing

1104
00:43:33,989 --> 00:43:38,869
 and the actually the doing

1105
00:43:38,869 --> 00:43:39,889
 and the works

1106
00:43:39,889 --> 00:43:42,210
 proves that we actually have love

1107
00:43:42,210 --> 00:43:43,730
 and everybody knows this

1108
00:43:43,730 --> 00:43:45,469
 right like if you say

1109
00:43:45,469 --> 00:43:46,329
 I love my wife

1110
00:43:46,329 --> 00:43:48,210
 or I love my you know

1111
00:43:49,309 --> 00:43:49,989
 girlfriend

1112
00:43:50,849 --> 00:43:52,329
 but you don't treat them

1113
00:43:52,329 --> 00:43:55,690
 well the people in your life

1114
00:43:55,690 --> 00:43:56,590
 and your wife

1115
00:43:56,590 --> 00:43:57,190
 girlfriend

1116
00:43:57,190 --> 00:43:57,789
 boyfriend

1117
00:43:57,789 --> 00:43:58,409
 husband

1118
00:43:58,409 --> 00:43:59,349
 they know

1119
00:43:59,349 --> 00:44:01,409
 they know that your actions

1120
00:44:01,409 --> 00:44:02,969
 and your words

1121
00:44:02,969 --> 00:44:04,230
 aren't lining up

1122
00:44:04,230 --> 00:44:05,230
 and the world

1123
00:44:05,230 --> 00:44:07,429
 the world loves this criticism

1124
00:44:07,429 --> 00:44:09,030
 like the biggest criticism

1125
00:44:09,030 --> 00:44:09,849
 in my opinion

1126
00:44:09,849 --> 00:44:11,050
 that the world has

1127
00:44:11,050 --> 00:44:12,070
 for the church

1128
00:44:12,070 --> 00:44:14,210
 is that we're all talk

1129
00:44:15,010 --> 00:44:16,429
 that we're hypocrites

1130
00:44:17,530 --> 00:44:18,469
 and they just

1131
00:44:18,469 --> 00:44:19,849
 they just love to point that out

1132
00:44:19,849 --> 00:44:21,530
 well also not realizing

1133
00:44:21,530 --> 00:44:22,730
 that they're judging us

1134
00:44:22,730 --> 00:44:23,929
 by our standard

1135
00:44:24,990 --> 00:44:26,590
 which is another topic

1136
00:44:27,130 --> 00:44:29,289
 but let's be

1137
00:44:29,849 --> 00:44:31,150
 let's choose the Lord

1138
00:44:31,150 --> 00:44:33,989
 let's be covenantal doers

1139
00:44:34,650 --> 00:44:36,050
 and let's choose

1140
00:44:37,929 --> 00:44:39,170
 to love the Lord

1141
00:44:39,170 --> 00:44:40,909
 and serve him all of our days

1142
00:44:40,909 --> 00:44:41,929
 I love that verse

1143
00:44:42,490 --> 00:44:43,030
 that says

1144
00:44:43,610 --> 00:44:45,130
 as for me in my house

1145
00:44:45,850 --> 00:44:46,769
 we will serve the Lord

1146
00:44:46,769 --> 00:44:47,949
 right that's a famous one

1147
00:44:47,949 --> 00:44:48,349
 a lot of

1148
00:44:48,349 --> 00:44:49,929
 you maybe have it in your house

1149
00:44:49,929 --> 00:44:50,250
 I know

1150
00:44:50,250 --> 00:44:51,650
 I think my parents have it

1151
00:44:51,650 --> 00:44:52,650
 in their house

1152
00:44:53,289 --> 00:44:54,469
 but as for me

1153
00:44:54,469 --> 00:44:55,670
 and my family

1154
00:44:55,670 --> 00:44:57,150
 we will serve the Lord

1155
00:44:57,150 --> 00:44:59,630
 and this is just a good reminder

1156
00:45:00,730 --> 00:45:01,250
 that

1157
00:45:01,250 --> 00:45:02,530
 it doesn't matter

1158
00:45:02,530 --> 00:45:03,869
 what other people

1159
00:45:03,869 --> 00:45:05,010
 are doing necessarily

1160
00:45:05,010 --> 00:45:05,909
 we should pray

1161
00:45:05,909 --> 00:45:06,550
 for other people

1162
00:45:06,550 --> 00:45:07,030
 we should

1163
00:45:07,030 --> 00:45:08,150
 try to reach them

1164
00:45:08,150 --> 00:45:08,730
 with the gospel

1165
00:45:08,730 --> 00:45:10,750
 but what are you doing

1166
00:45:11,369 --> 00:45:12,550
 what are we doing

1167
00:45:12,550 --> 00:45:13,449
 with our

1168
00:45:13,449 --> 00:45:14,969
 with our love for God

1169
00:45:14,969 --> 00:45:16,090
 are we choosing God

1170
00:45:16,090 --> 00:45:17,989
 are we growing closer

1171
00:45:17,989 --> 00:45:18,710
 in covenant

1172
00:45:19,349 --> 00:45:20,989
 in covenant love for him

1173
00:45:20,989 --> 00:45:22,610
 or are we are we drifting

1174
00:45:22,610 --> 00:45:23,349
 a little bit

1175
00:45:23,349 --> 00:45:24,289
 from the Lord

1176
00:45:24,289 --> 00:45:24,909
 and every day

1177
00:45:24,909 --> 00:45:25,909
 we have to wake up

1178
00:45:25,909 --> 00:45:26,869
 and make that

1179
00:45:28,809 --> 00:45:30,010
 make that decision

1180
00:45:30,010 --> 00:45:31,050
 and it I think

1181
00:45:31,050 --> 00:45:31,929
 it's just really cool

1182
00:45:31,929 --> 00:45:33,210
 what Joshua does

1183
00:45:33,210 --> 00:45:34,889
 he just charges them again

1184
00:45:34,889 --> 00:45:36,550
 and it's almost like a renewal

1185
00:45:36,550 --> 00:45:37,750
 of the vowels

1186
00:45:37,750 --> 00:45:38,429
 the vows

1187
00:45:38,429 --> 00:45:39,170
 not the vows

1188
00:45:39,170 --> 00:45:39,949
 the vows

1189
00:45:40,590 --> 00:45:42,250
 of covenant marriage

1190
00:45:42,869 --> 00:45:43,170
 right

1191
00:45:43,170 --> 00:45:44,170
 some people do that

1192
00:45:44,170 --> 00:45:45,230
 after years and years

1193
00:45:45,230 --> 00:45:46,329
 they renew their vows

1194
00:45:46,869 --> 00:45:47,590
 and they do it

1195
00:45:47,590 --> 00:45:48,369
 with witnesses

1196
00:45:48,710 --> 00:45:49,769
 and it's a beautiful thing

1197
00:45:49,769 --> 00:45:51,269
 and that's a picture

1198
00:45:51,269 --> 00:45:52,730
 of what Israel is doing here

1199
00:45:52,730 --> 00:45:53,809
 is they're renewing

1200
00:45:53,809 --> 00:45:54,690
 their covenant vows

1201
00:45:55,349 --> 00:45:56,030
 to the Lord

1202
00:45:56,630 --> 00:45:58,949
 and just to wrap up

1203
00:46:03,650 --> 00:46:04,650
 verse 29

1204
00:46:06,110 --> 00:46:07,269
 after these things

1205
00:46:07,269 --> 00:46:08,429
 Joshua the son of Nun

1206
00:46:08,429 --> 00:46:09,670
 the servant of the Lord died

1207
00:46:09,670 --> 00:46:11,289
 being 110 years old

1208
00:46:11,289 --> 00:46:12,030
 and they buried him

1209
00:46:12,030 --> 00:46:13,110
 in his own inheritance

1210
00:46:13,670 --> 00:46:15,150
 at Timnath Serah

1211
00:46:15,150 --> 00:46:16,409
 which is in the hill country

1212
00:46:16,409 --> 00:46:17,309
 of Ephraim

1213
00:46:17,309 --> 00:46:19,150
 north of the mountain of Gosh

1214
00:46:19,150 --> 00:46:20,909
 Israel served the Lord

1215
00:46:20,909 --> 00:46:22,170
 all the days of Joshua

1216
00:46:22,170 --> 00:46:23,570
 and all the days of the elders

1217
00:46:23,570 --> 00:46:24,630
 who outlived Joshua

1218
00:46:24,630 --> 00:46:25,349
 and had known

1219
00:46:25,349 --> 00:46:26,409
 all the work

1220
00:46:26,409 --> 00:46:27,969
 that the Lord did for Israel

1221
00:46:28,509 --> 00:46:29,610
 so I think that's so cool

1222
00:46:29,610 --> 00:46:30,210
 verse 31

1223
00:46:30,210 --> 00:46:31,829
 it says that

1224
00:46:31,829 --> 00:46:32,849
 everybody there

1225
00:46:33,610 --> 00:46:34,610
 who said yes

1226
00:46:34,610 --> 00:46:35,650
 we will serve the Lord

1227
00:46:35,650 --> 00:46:37,949
 that Joshua charged

1228
00:46:38,509 --> 00:46:39,650
 all of those people

1229
00:46:39,650 --> 00:46:40,610
 at least it says

1230
00:46:43,610 --> 00:46:44,090
 yeah

1231
00:46:44,090 --> 00:46:46,269
 says all the elders

1232
00:46:47,150 --> 00:46:47,590
 at least

1233
00:46:47,590 --> 00:46:48,750
 who outlived Joshua

1234
00:46:48,750 --> 00:46:49,530
 and all the people

1235
00:46:50,269 --> 00:46:50,809
 who were

1236
00:46:50,809 --> 00:46:52,110
 but essentially there

1237
00:46:52,110 --> 00:46:52,909
 the leaders of Israel

1238
00:46:52,909 --> 00:46:54,010
 they all stayed faithful

1239
00:46:54,010 --> 00:46:54,510
 to the Lord

1240
00:46:54,510 --> 00:46:56,550
 throughout that period of time

1241
00:46:56,550 --> 00:46:57,530
 I think that's just so

1242
00:46:57,530 --> 00:46:58,489
 so amazing

1243
00:46:59,230 --> 00:47:00,650
 and I wonder if

1244
00:47:01,309 --> 00:47:03,230
 if they made that

1245
00:47:03,230 --> 00:47:04,369
 like a ceremony

1246
00:47:04,369 --> 00:47:05,170
 or something

1247
00:47:05,170 --> 00:47:06,829
 each whatever

1248
00:47:06,829 --> 00:47:07,469
 a couple years

1249
00:47:07,469 --> 00:47:08,630
 or whatnot

1250
00:47:08,630 --> 00:47:09,829
 if the people of Israel

1251
00:47:09,829 --> 00:47:10,730
 would have actually

1252
00:47:10,730 --> 00:47:12,130
 stayed more faithful

1253
00:47:12,130 --> 00:47:13,090
 to the Lord

1254
00:47:13,090 --> 00:47:14,070
 because what we see

1255
00:47:14,070 --> 00:47:16,090
 if this is the pinnacle

1256
00:47:16,090 --> 00:47:17,389
 of the story

1257
00:47:17,389 --> 00:47:18,489
 up until that point

1258
00:47:19,269 --> 00:47:21,070
 of the Israelites

1259
00:47:21,070 --> 00:47:22,309
 taking the promised land

1260
00:47:22,309 --> 00:47:22,929
 and Moses

1261
00:47:22,929 --> 00:47:23,789
 passing the torch

1262
00:47:23,789 --> 00:47:24,510
 to Joshua

1263
00:47:24,510 --> 00:47:25,210
 and Joshua

1264
00:47:25,210 --> 00:47:26,070
 giving the charge

1265
00:47:26,070 --> 00:47:27,030
 what we see

1266
00:47:27,030 --> 00:47:27,869
 after Joshua

1267
00:47:27,869 --> 00:47:29,050
 passes away

1268
00:47:29,050 --> 00:47:30,469
 is we see

1269
00:47:30,469 --> 00:47:32,090
 the downward trajectory

1270
00:47:32,630 --> 00:47:33,409
 of Israel

1271
00:47:33,409 --> 00:47:35,030
 basically all the way

1272
00:47:35,030 --> 00:47:36,670
 until the prophet Samuel

1273
00:47:37,269 --> 00:47:38,849
 so Judges is just a mess

1274
00:47:38,849 --> 00:47:39,250
 you guys

1275
00:47:39,250 --> 00:47:40,469
 probably heard of

1276
00:47:40,469 --> 00:47:41,949
 the cycle of sin

1277
00:47:41,949 --> 00:47:42,949
 in Judges

1278
00:47:42,949 --> 00:47:43,929
 and it's

1279
00:47:44,670 --> 00:47:45,190
 it's rebellion

1280
00:47:45,190 --> 00:47:46,650
 it's punishment

1281
00:47:47,530 --> 00:47:49,289
 it's God raises up a judge

1282
00:47:49,289 --> 00:47:50,590
 and it just goes over

1283
00:47:50,590 --> 00:47:51,110
 and over again

1284
00:47:51,110 --> 00:47:52,750
 and then there's some sort of

1285
00:47:52,750 --> 00:47:53,929
 kind of effort

1286
00:47:53,929 --> 00:47:55,429
 for revival

1287
00:47:55,429 --> 00:47:56,030
 but it just

1288
00:47:56,550 --> 00:47:57,349
 goes around

1289
00:47:57,349 --> 00:47:58,090
 and around and around

1290
00:47:58,090 --> 00:47:58,889
 and we see this

1291
00:47:59,550 --> 00:48:00,610
 all throughout Judges

1292
00:48:00,610 --> 00:48:03,610
 and you guys are faithful attendees

1293
00:48:03,610 --> 00:48:06,590
 so we will go through it together

1294
00:48:07,110 --> 00:48:10,150
 but one thing I wonder

1295
00:48:10,909 --> 00:48:12,250
 and this is just to close

1296
00:48:12,250 --> 00:48:13,889
 but this is not really a point

1297
00:48:13,889 --> 00:48:14,750
 but it's more of just

1298
00:48:14,750 --> 00:48:15,809
 something I've thought about

1299
00:48:15,809 --> 00:48:16,489
 over the years

1300
00:48:16,489 --> 00:48:17,789
 is like why

1301
00:48:17,789 --> 00:48:19,070
 why did Judges

1302
00:48:20,269 --> 00:48:21,469
 follow Joshua

1303
00:48:21,469 --> 00:48:22,750
 and I noticed that

1304
00:48:23,369 --> 00:48:23,969
 Moses

1305
00:48:24,650 --> 00:48:27,329
 he specifically was investing

1306
00:48:27,849 --> 00:48:28,650
 in Joshua

1307
00:48:28,650 --> 00:48:29,989
 to raise him up

1308
00:48:30,650 --> 00:48:31,969
 but I don't see

1309
00:48:32,789 --> 00:48:33,909
 and that's not to

1310
00:48:33,909 --> 00:48:34,949
 put it all on Joshua

1311
00:48:34,949 --> 00:48:36,550
 because maybe he was

1312
00:48:36,550 --> 00:48:37,710
 but I don't see a person

1313
00:48:37,710 --> 00:48:38,789
 that Joshua

1314
00:48:38,789 --> 00:48:40,070
 was investing in

1315
00:48:40,070 --> 00:48:41,849
 to raise up

1316
00:48:41,849 --> 00:48:42,409
 necessarily

1317
00:48:42,409 --> 00:48:44,269
 as like a leader of Israel

1318
00:48:44,269 --> 00:48:45,610
 and maybe he was discipling

1319
00:48:45,610 --> 00:48:47,170
 or he was teaching the elders

1320
00:48:47,690 --> 00:48:48,849
 and to his credit

1321
00:48:49,809 --> 00:48:52,530
 there was faithfulness

1322
00:48:52,530 --> 00:48:53,630
 until all the elders

1323
00:48:53,630 --> 00:48:54,730
 passed away

1324
00:48:54,730 --> 00:48:55,809
 faithfulness to the Lord

1325
00:48:55,809 --> 00:48:57,469
 but whatever happened

1326
00:48:57,469 --> 00:48:59,090
 the link between Moses

1327
00:48:59,090 --> 00:49:00,130
 and Joshua

1328
00:49:00,730 --> 00:49:02,389
 because if you look at

1329
00:49:02,389 --> 00:49:02,989
 Joshua's life

1330
00:49:02,989 --> 00:49:04,030
 there's not that many verses

1331
00:49:04,030 --> 00:49:05,090
 that talk about Joshua

1332
00:49:05,090 --> 00:49:07,510
 but Joshua was basically

1333
00:49:07,510 --> 00:49:08,190
 in the tent

1334
00:49:08,730 --> 00:49:09,949
 of meeting night and day

1335
00:49:09,949 --> 00:49:10,789
 he was a worshiper

1336
00:49:10,789 --> 00:49:11,949
 and he loved the Lord

1337
00:49:11,949 --> 00:49:12,690
 so much that

1338
00:49:12,690 --> 00:49:13,710
 he wouldn't depart

1339
00:49:13,710 --> 00:49:14,710
 from the tent

1340
00:49:15,509 --> 00:49:17,050
 so he really loved the Lord

1341
00:49:17,050 --> 00:49:18,809
 and he took that seriously

1342
00:49:19,429 --> 00:49:21,170
 and he learned from Moses

1343
00:49:21,170 --> 00:49:22,289
 and so I just wonder

1344
00:49:22,289 --> 00:49:23,789
 who was Joshua teaching?

1345
00:49:24,150 --> 00:49:26,090
 Who was Joshua discipling?

1346
00:49:26,889 --> 00:49:27,869
 And I don't know

1347
00:49:27,869 --> 00:49:29,769
 I'm not gonna blame him

1348
00:49:29,769 --> 00:49:31,090
 because I'll meet him someday

1349
00:49:31,090 --> 00:49:31,750
 you know

1350
00:49:31,750 --> 00:49:34,289
 but there's some kind of breakdown

1351
00:49:34,289 --> 00:49:36,849
 between Joshua and Judges

1352
00:49:36,849 --> 00:49:38,949
 there's some kind of breakdown

1353
00:49:38,949 --> 00:49:40,110
 and maybe it had to do with

1354
00:49:40,110 --> 00:49:41,570
 they were very centralized

1355
00:49:42,110 --> 00:49:43,789
 and Moses was the top dog

1356
00:49:43,789 --> 00:49:45,510
 and then he discipled Joshua

1357
00:49:45,510 --> 00:49:46,750
 and they were still pretty centralized

1358
00:49:47,710 --> 00:49:49,030
 and then everybody kind of spread out

1359
00:49:49,030 --> 00:49:49,590
 in their camp

1360
00:49:49,590 --> 00:49:51,190
 and they had the different tribes

1361
00:49:51,190 --> 00:49:52,050
 and settlements

1362
00:49:52,050 --> 00:49:53,610
 and they you know

1363
00:49:53,610 --> 00:49:54,789
 it was more of like

1364
00:49:54,789 --> 00:49:56,110
 an eldership clan type of thing

1365
00:49:56,110 --> 00:49:56,550
 I don't know

1366
00:49:56,550 --> 00:49:57,250
 all the details

1367
00:49:57,789 --> 00:49:58,989
 but one thing is that

1368
00:49:59,590 --> 00:50:02,050
 was it a discipleship failure?

1369
00:50:03,010 --> 00:50:04,829
 Was there a failure to

1370
00:50:05,390 --> 00:50:07,269
 not disciple the people of Israel

1371
00:50:07,269 --> 00:50:08,989
 in the correct way

1372
00:50:08,989 --> 00:50:10,929
 to continue to repeat

1373
00:50:10,929 --> 00:50:13,869
 the covenantal gospel

1374
00:50:14,590 --> 00:50:16,550
 or to repeat the call

1375
00:50:16,550 --> 00:50:17,469
 to cling to the Lord

1376
00:50:17,469 --> 00:50:19,610
 and not cling to the other nations

1377
00:50:20,190 --> 00:50:25,130
 and to not put the choice

1378
00:50:25,130 --> 00:50:26,349
 in front of people

1379
00:50:26,349 --> 00:50:28,389
 because we don't see

1380
00:50:28,389 --> 00:50:30,110
 we don't see that much

1381
00:50:30,110 --> 00:50:31,309
 in all of Judges

1382
00:50:31,309 --> 00:50:32,210
 and even throughout

1383
00:50:32,210 --> 00:50:32,909
 the Old Testament

1384
00:50:32,909 --> 00:50:33,469
 at one point

1385
00:50:33,469 --> 00:50:34,769
 they lose the book

1386
00:50:34,769 --> 00:50:35,769
 they lose the law

1387
00:50:35,769 --> 00:50:37,809
 and then they find it again

1388
00:50:38,449 --> 00:50:39,909
 and then they weep because

1389
00:50:39,909 --> 00:50:41,010
 this is much later

1390
00:50:41,010 --> 00:50:42,230
 but they weep because

1391
00:50:42,230 --> 00:50:43,150
 they haven't been

1392
00:50:43,150 --> 00:50:44,449
 putting it into practice

1393
00:50:45,009 --> 00:50:45,730
 and so I don't know

1394
00:50:45,730 --> 00:50:47,869
 maybe there just wasn't a culture of

1395
00:50:48,510 --> 00:50:49,030
 discipleship

1396
00:50:49,030 --> 00:50:50,030
 or a culture of

1397
00:50:50,650 --> 00:50:51,989
 really passing down

1398
00:50:51,989 --> 00:50:53,110
 the story and the legacy

1399
00:50:53,110 --> 00:50:55,690
 and yeah in our

1400
00:50:55,690 --> 00:50:56,489
 in our day

1401
00:50:56,489 --> 00:50:57,449
 and in our lives

1402
00:50:57,449 --> 00:50:58,650
 let it not be said

1403
00:50:58,650 --> 00:51:00,590
 that we don't pass the torch on

1404
00:51:00,590 --> 00:51:02,750
 to the next generation

1405
00:51:02,750 --> 00:51:05,210
 and I'm not specifically

1406
00:51:05,210 --> 00:51:06,750
 making that point here

1407
00:51:06,750 --> 00:51:08,789
 but I've just always thought about that

1408
00:51:09,309 --> 00:51:10,349
 since I started studying

1409
00:51:10,349 --> 00:51:11,130
 the Bible seriously

1410
00:51:11,130 --> 00:51:14,130
 of what caused the downfall

1411
00:51:14,130 --> 00:51:15,190
 of Israel

1412
00:51:15,949 --> 00:51:17,769
 and the Lord does say

1413
00:51:17,769 --> 00:51:18,550
 my people suffer

1414
00:51:18,550 --> 00:51:20,690
 because of a lack of knowledge

1415
00:51:20,690 --> 00:51:23,590
 and it could possibly be that

1416
00:51:24,470 --> 00:51:25,590
 oh yeah vision

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 a vision from the

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 from the scriptures

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 but yeah let's pray

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 and then I have a few questions

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 if you guys

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 are up for hanging around

1423
00:51:37,610 --> 00:51:39,349
 Lord thank you so much

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00:51:39,349 --> 00:51:40,670
 we just pray that

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00:51:41,309 --> 00:51:43,150
 you would just do something

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 with this word

1427
00:51:44,789 --> 00:51:46,269
 Lord we pray that

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 you would just transform us

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 transform us into your image

1430
00:51:49,809 --> 00:51:51,530
 we want to become like you Lord

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 and we want to walk in a manner

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 that's worthy of the calling

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 that you've given us

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 and Lord we thank you for this

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 and bless

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 rest of the night

1437
00:52:01,570 --> 00:52:02,250
 Jesus Amen

1438
00:52:06,690 --> 00:52:08,590
 Thanks for joining us

1439
00:52:08,590 --> 00:52:09,929
 at Lansdale Life Church

1440
00:52:09,929 --> 00:52:11,110
 as we praise God

1441
00:52:11,110 --> 00:52:12,489
 and discuss His word

1442
00:52:13,010 --> 00:52:14,409
 don't forget to join us

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 for worship live Sunday mornings

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00:52:16,230 --> 00:52:18,650
 at 10 a.m. eastern on YouTube

1445
00:52:19,410 --> 00:52:20,130
 be blessed

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 and have a great day