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Joshua 1:1-9 · Providence Baptist Church - Sermons

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  If you want to turn, Joshua is where we're going to be this morning, the book of Joshua.
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  It is December 30th, 2012.
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  There's roughly 37 hours left in the year.
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  Now's the time to make those resolutions, right?
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  To make those changes.
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  To start the year off, turn the leaf over, however you want to say it.
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  It's that time where we start thinking, what are some areas that I can change?
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  What are some areas that I'm really disappointed in and I want to do better in?
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  Some big changes even, sometimes.
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  Examples like losing weight or decreasing debt or increasing retirement or saving for kids' college.
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  Not all our changes are physical or financial.
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  Some are even spiritual.
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  I want to be in the Word more.
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  I want to pray more.
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  I want to trust God more.
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  In all these resolutions that we make, and maybe not everybody in this room makes resolutions,
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  but I know some of us do.
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  In all these resolutions, what is it, what's your drive?
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  What's your reason for making those resolutions?
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  Because if the drive is right, if your reason is right for making these resolutions, then your succeeding increases substantially.
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  The chance of succeeding.
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  The chance of succeeding.
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  But let's be honest.
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  Most resolutions don't usually last, do they?
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  In fact, 80%, according to the New York Times, 80% fail or give up by Valentine's Day.
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  February 14th.
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  February 14th.
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  February 14th.
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  That's six weeks maybe?
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  Wow.
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  It's 80%.
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  Well, the question, of course, to that statement is why.
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  Why do these resolutions fail?
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  Why do we fail in not keeping our goals and our resolutions?
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  Well, I believe it has to do with that drive.
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  That reason why we do it.
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  Our will, we're going to act on what our heart loves.
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  So, and what our heart desires.
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  So what we love, what we desire, we're going to do.
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  So, if we love vanity, and that vanity is what's driving us to lose weight or eat healthier,
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  then chances are it's going to fail.
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  Well, and if we love financial security,
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  then our drive will be to save more or invest more.
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  And the counter to that is to not be generous as God wants us to be.
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  And the chances of that resolution succeeding will also be low.
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  The problem with all of us is our heart.
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  The things we love, the things we hold dear, the things we treasure, we act on.
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  Now, there's an assumption in making resolutions.
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  And that assumption is that I am strong enough.
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  That I can work harder and get, and see this to the end.
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  Well, the assumption is founded on your and my ability to do what is not in line with our hearts most of the time.
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  Because we're going to do what we love.
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  So, when we read in Matthew 22, verses 37-40, it says,
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  You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.
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  This is the great and first commandment.
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  And the second is like it.
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  You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
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  On those two commandments depend all the law and the prophets.
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  So, when we read those verses, and we hear those verses, it should rattle a little bit of emotion in us.
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  Rattle a little bit of conviction.
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  Because what we love, we will act on.
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  And Matthew 22 says,
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  Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and love your neighbors.
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  So, if we go back to the drive analogy, if we go back to the reason why we make resolutions.
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  If we love vanity, if we love vanity, then it is that vanity that is driving us to lose weight, to eat better, to exercise more.
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  And if we love vanity in this way, then we are finding our identity in our appearance.
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  We're finding our identity in how people see us, and not in Jesus.
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  And if we are not loving God, loving Jesus with all our heart, soul, and mind, as in Matthew 22 says,
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  then in turn we are not loving our neighbors as ourselves.
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  And if we love security, then that will drive us to set goals and resolutions that will give us security, or so we think.
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  And if we find our security in our future finances, and not in Jesus,
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  then we are not loving God as we should, and not loving our neighbors as ourselves.
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  Now, in all this, I'm not saying that exercise is bad, or investments are bad.
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  The heart, though, is the issue here that I'm trying to pick at.
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  So, what if we made a resolution on the 30th of December, 2012,
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  that lined up our drive, our reason, and our heart with God's heart?
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  What if they came together?
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  Well, let's see if we can accomplish that.
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  Let's see if we can all together, looking at the book of Joshua, accomplish that.
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  Joshua chapter 1 is where we will be.
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  That was just the introduction, guys.
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  We're going to read verses 1 through 9.
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  The Word of God says,
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  After the death of Moses, the servant of the Lord,
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  the Lord said to Joshua, the son of Nun, Moses' assistant,
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  Moses my servant is dead.
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  Now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, you and all this people,
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  into the land that I am giving to them, to the people of Israel.
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  Every place that the sole of your foot will tread upon,
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  I have given to you, just as I promised to Moses.
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  From the wilderness in this Lebanon, as far as the great river, the river Euphrates,
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  all the land of the Hittites to the great sea,
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  toward the going down of the sun, shall be your territory.
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  No man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your life.
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  Just as I was with Moses, so I will be with you.
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  I will not leave you or forsake you.
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  Be strong and courageous, for you shall cause this people to inherit the land
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  that I swore to their fathers to give them.
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  Only be strong and very courageous,
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  being careful to do according to all the law that Moses my servant commanded you.
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  Do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left,
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  that you may have good success wherever you go.
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  This book of the law shall not depart from your mouth,
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  but you shall meditate on it day and night,
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  so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it.
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  For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.
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  Have I not commanded you?
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  Be strong and courageous.
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  Do not be frightened and do not be dismayed,
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  for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.
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  Let's pray together.
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  Father, I ask for your mercy this morning and your grace that your word would be preached,
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  would be preached clear,
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  that nothing that is said would be in false teaching or not line up with your word.
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  That God, if there is something wrong that comes out of my mouth,
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  that it would fall from our ears and not be remembered.
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  Lord, we ask God that you would move this morning in our hearts,
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  move us to action as your children.
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  God, that we would love you, that we would treasure you,
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  and that we would act on that love.
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  We pray this in Jesus' name.
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  Amen.
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  Amen.
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  So, just a little bit of background here,
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  and these verses kind of give us most of it,
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  but the people of Israel have been in the wilderness for 40 years.
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  Moses had led them from Egypt.
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  They've wandered in the wilderness for 40 years.
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  They're sitting on the bank of the Jordan River,
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  and Moses passes away,
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  and God tells Joshua,
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  you're next in line.
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  You're my guy.
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  Lead these people to the promised land as I had promised.
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  Now, they were wandering in the wilderness
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  because of their disbelief and their idol worship and their sin,
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  and God promised that Moses would not see the promised land,
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  and so now, Joshua is the guy to lead them into the promised land.
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  So, that kind of sets us up a little bit where we started reading.
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  I want all of us here to be courageous Christians,
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  courageous men and women who love Jesus
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  and love our neighbors and one another.
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  It will take courage, and it takes courage,
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  to be men and women of God.
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  Even here in the United States, where we're pretty comfortable,
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  it takes a little bit of courage,
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  a little bit of drive,
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  a little bit of oomph to truly walk out the Word.
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  If our resolution this morning is to be courageous,
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  courageous men and women for the Lord,
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  then I believe by God's power and His provision
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  that we will succeed far past Valentine's Day.
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  Far past February 14, 2013.
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  Because to be courageous, as here in Joshua,
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  it's going to take a heart change.
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  To be what God commands Joshua to be and to do,
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  it's going to take our hearts being changed by God
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  to do and to will what He has commanded us to do.
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  So, starting off, I want you to be courageous,
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  I want all of us to be courageous in believing the promises of God
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  and not believing in our own promises.
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  So, the first question I want to pose to you this morning is,
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  do you believe the promises of God?
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  Do you truly believe those promises?
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  Do you believe that He is provider?
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  Do you believe that He is faithful?
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  Do you believe that He will never forsake you or leave you?
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  Do you believe that He works everything by His mercy and grace
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  for our good children of God, Christians?
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  Do you believe that He loves you and that He cares for you?
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  Because if you do, you'll act on those beliefs.
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  Because what we love, what we believe, we will act on.
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  So, if you believe the promises of God,
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  then you will live according to those promises.
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  Always mindful of those promises.
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  Now, look in Joshua 1.
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  We see a few promises.
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  Verse 3 says,
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  That every place that the sole of your foot will tread upon,
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  I have given to you, just as I promised to Moses.
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  Verse 6,
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  Be strong and courageous,
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  for you shall cause this people to inherit the land
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  that I swore, that I promised to your fathers to give them.
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  And in verse 9,
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  Have I not commanded you, be strong and courageous,
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  do not be frightened and do not be dismayed,
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  for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.
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  I point these out to you just to say,
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  God is going to do what He says He's going to do.
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  If God promises something, He's going to accomplish it.
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  And so, we can truly,
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  with everything in us,
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  believe the promises of God
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  because they're going to happen
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  or they have already happened.
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  So, here's the rubber meets the road.
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  In order to believe something,
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  and not just as a gullible mark,
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  not just as somebody who just believes everything,
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  and, you know, you hear it on the internet that it's true,
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  like that State Farm commercial.
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  I don't know if you've seen that.
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  It's really funny.
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  In order to believe something, though,
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  you truly,
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  you have to know it.
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  If you want to believe with every fiber of your being,
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  you have to know it.
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  And here, it's the promises of God.
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  So, do you know the promises of God?
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  Do you take your energy and time
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  to be strong and courageous
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  in learning the promises of God?
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  Are you able to,
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  in your life right now,
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  December 30th,
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  are you able to courageously trust
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  and believe the promises of God
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  based on what you know right now?
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  Are you able to do that?
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  What about,
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  for example,
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  what about when things don't go your way?
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  The way things are.
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  The way that you've planned them out
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  to happen, to occur.
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  Do you trust?
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  Do you believe?
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  Do you know God's promises?
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  Joshua.
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  Was Moses' assistant for 40 years.
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  Now, we don't have a lot of background
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  to Joshua and his relationship with Moses,
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  but 40 years seems like a really long time
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  to be number two in charge.
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  It took him 40 years.
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  God's timing was perfect
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  and Moses passed away
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  and Joshua was elevated to be the leader
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  and to lead them into the promised land.
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  Those 40 years were caused by sin.
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  God punished them
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  by making them wander in the wilderness
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  because of their idol worship
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  and their disbelief
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  and their sin.
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  So the timing there
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  was even long for Joshua.
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  And then a lot of Jewish scholars
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  say that Joshua chapter 1 here
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  was actually written 30 days
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  after Moses' death
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  because,
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  in tradition,
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  there was a 30 days of mourning
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  mourning for death of patriarchs
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  and leaders
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  and that kind of stuff.
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  So,
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  we don't have evidence of that,
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  but let's just say that's the case.
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  So there's another 30 days
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  of Joshua having to wait.
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  So things weren't really,
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  maybe things weren't happening
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  as he had planned,
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  as he had hoped for.
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  But God's timing,
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  God's call
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  was there on Joshua.
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  It was by God's hand
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  that he was put in the position
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  that he was in.
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  So for you and I,
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  can we look at the book of Joshua?
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  Can we look at Joshua's story
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  and can we say,
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  I believe the promises of God.
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  I trust God is working.
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  I believe that He does not forsake us.
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  He will not leave us.
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  He is faithful.
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  Can we do that?
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  Even when things aren't going our way.
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  So,
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  2013 can be
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  a year of courage
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  for you and for me
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  in believing God and His promises
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  and trusting
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  not our own knowledge
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  of what we think we know
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  or what's the most wisest thing to do,
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  but the trust in God
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  and His leadership
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  and His guiding
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  and understanding.
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  So not only be courageous
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  in believing the promises of God,
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  but be courageous
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  in acting on the promises of God
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  and not ignoring the promises
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  until you need something
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  like a Santa Claus
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  or a grocery list
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  that you hand to God.
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  God gives Joshua
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  four main commands in this text.
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  In verse 2,
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  He tells him to arise and go,
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  lead the people out.
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  Or in 6 and 7,
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  He tells them to be strong and courageous.
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  In 7 and 8,
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  He says,
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  do all according to the law.
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  And in verse 9,
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  He tells them,
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  do not be frightened
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  and dismayed.
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  Now,
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  the reason I
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  give those to you
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  is not just to point them out
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  so that you can kind of see
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  the commands of God,
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  but I want you to see
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  that God also gives Him
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  four promises
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  in these nine verses.
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  In verses 3 and 6,
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  God says,
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  I have given you the land
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  just as I promised Moses.
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  In verses 5 and 9,
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  God says,
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  I will be with you.
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  In verse 5,
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  He says,
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  I will not leave you
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  or forsake you.
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  And in verse 7 and 8,
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  He says,
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  if you do not turn from the law,
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  if you keep the law,
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  you will have good success
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  and be prosperous.
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  Now see,
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  the reason I point
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  these two out to you
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  is that here,
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  God is gracious
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  and merciful to Joshua.
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  He gives him the directions
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  and He also gives him promises
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  that I've already accomplished.
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  He puts them together
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  and says,
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  now go.
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  Makes it easy for Joshua.
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  It's like,
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  it's like,
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  it's like God gave the directions
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  and the map.
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  You've got to lay them out
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  step for step
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  and then gave them the map too
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  and said,
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  this is what you're going to encounter
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  and just go.
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  Made it simple.
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  He could trust,
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  not in his own accomplishments
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  and not in his own training,
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  but he can trust in God
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  and God's promises.
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  I don't know if you guys know,
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  but the new,
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  I'm sure you do,
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  a lot of you in here,
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  if you have iPhones,
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  you know this,
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  that the iPhone map app
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  is like horrible.
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  I haven't experienced
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  really bad things with it,
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  but some people
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  put in an address
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  and it takes them
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  15 miles
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  in the wrong place.
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  And Apple has apologized
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  and they've,
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  if I gave you direction somewhere
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  and I gave you 15 minutes
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  off the way,
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  that doesn't help you
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  and it doesn't,
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  makes me look like an idiot.
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  And God gives us his promises,
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  he gives us the direction
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  and they're always right.
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  They're always to where he wants us to be.
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  There's no mistake,
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  there's no questioning.
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  I'm sure Joshua,
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  after hearing this from the Lord,
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  these nine verses,
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  and then God speaks with him
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  more and more
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  like he did with Moses.
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  Joshua didn't say,
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  man,
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  I don't know,
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  what do you guys think?
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  Should we go?
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  It says,
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  it says that Joshua,
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  in fact,
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  look at Joshua chapter 3,
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  verse 5.
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  Flip over one page.
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  Joshua chapter 3,
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  verse 5.
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  They're getting ready to go.
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  He hasn't hemmed and hawed,
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  he hasn't doubted,
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  he believed the promises of God
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  because God gave him directions
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  and he gave him promises.
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  He made it clear to him.
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  He says,
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  then Joshua said to the people,
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  consecrate yourselves,
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  for tomorrow the Lord will do wonders among you.
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  That's good stuff.
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  He tells the people,
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  God is going to do wonders among you.
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  In other words,
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  we're going into the promised land
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  and God is going to work
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  because God is faithful
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  and we believe his promises.
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  So,
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  what's the rest of the story for Joshua?
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  Well,
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  he leads them into the promised land.
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  They defeat several armies
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  and several people.
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  They lose a battle,
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  one battle because of sin,
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  of one man,
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  one guy.
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  And Joshua is forced to discipline him
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  by killing him and his entire family.
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  And during his 110 years on earth,
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  he never forgets
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  and constantly reminds his people
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  what God has done
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  and is doing for them.
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  Constantly bringing people back
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  to the promises of God
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  because he is faithful
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  and God is going to do
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  what he says he's going to do.
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  So,
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  it isn't just good enough,
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  that was horrible,
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  it isn't good enough
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  to just believe.
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  We can believe,
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  but we must act
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  on what we believe.
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  See,
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  knowledge is nothing
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  without action.
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  James says that faith
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  without works is dead.
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  There's got to be action
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  to our lives.
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  And your neighbors
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  and your friends
• 20:23
  and your family,
• 20:24
  they're not going to care
• 20:25
  how much you know
• 20:26
  or how many verses
• 20:27
  you memorized in 2012.
• 20:29
  Just be honest.
• 20:31
  They're not.
• 20:32
  What they're going to care about
• 20:33
  is how you treat them,
• 20:35
  how you love them.
• 20:36
  So,
• 20:36
  do you love
• 20:37
  your neighbors,
• 20:39
  your friends,
• 20:39
  your family
• 20:40
  because
• 20:40
  and out of the love
• 20:42
  that God has shown you,
• 20:43
  and because
• 20:45
  and out of the love
• 20:46
  that you have
• 20:47
  for His Word.
• 20:50
  Be courageous
• 20:51
  in acting
• 20:52
  on the promises of God.
• 20:55
  Now,
• 20:56
  for some of you,
• 20:56
  this may be like
• 20:57
  the whetstones
• 20:58
  going to Afghanistan
• 20:59
  to minister.
• 21:01
  It may be
• 21:02
  leaving everything
• 21:03
  and everyone you know
• 21:04
  and moving your family
• 21:05
  to a new city.
• 21:07
  It may be
• 21:08
  being more generous
• 21:10
  in supporting
• 21:11
  and providing
• 21:11
  for others
• 21:12
  within this congregation.
• 21:13
  And you can
• 21:16
  fill it in.
• 21:17
  It may be
• 21:18
  a whole plethora
• 21:19
  of things
• 21:20
  that God is calling you
• 21:22
  to be courageous
• 21:22
  and acting
• 21:23
  on the promises of God.
• 21:25
  Because God
• 21:26
  doesn't change.
• 21:28
  So,
• 21:29
  for Joshua
• 21:31
  in this verse,
• 21:31
  God gave him promises
• 21:33
  along with commands.
• 21:35
  So,
• 21:35
  he said,
• 21:36
  go and do this
• 21:36
  and here's what
• 21:37
  I've already promised.
• 21:38
  Here's what I've done,
• 21:40
  I'm accomplishing,
• 21:41
  I have accomplished,
• 21:42
  now go and do it.
• 21:43
  So,
• 21:45
  what happens
• 21:45
  in our life
• 21:46
  when God
• 21:49
  doesn't give
• 21:50
  the promises?
• 21:51
  When he just
• 21:52
  gives us a command?
• 21:54
  Do we shrink?
• 21:55
  Does our faith
• 21:56
  shrink and shrivel
• 21:57
  and disappear
• 21:57
  and we just lose
• 21:58
  all gumption?
• 22:01
  we have been given
• 22:06
  his word.
• 22:08
  The word of God,
• 22:09
  the Bible
• 22:09
  that you hold
• 22:10
  in your lap,
• 22:10
  that you read
• 22:11
  on your phone.
• 22:13
  We've been given
• 22:14
  his word
• 22:14
  not only to guide us
• 22:16
  but to educate us
• 22:17
  and the world
• 22:18
  around us
• 22:19
  who God is
• 22:20
  and to remind us
• 22:22
  and to know
• 22:23
  his promises
• 22:24
  to us,
• 22:25
  his children.
• 22:25
  So,
• 22:28
  our faith
• 22:29
  acting on what
• 22:32
  we believe
• 22:33
  should be strengthened
• 22:34
  in the unknown
• 22:35
  because his word
• 22:37
  says he will do
• 22:38
  what he says
• 22:38
  he's going to do.
• 22:42
  He's going to provide.
• 22:44
  He's known.
• 22:46
  His name
• 22:47
  is God's provider.
• 22:49
  He's working out
• 22:52
  by his grace
• 22:52
  and mercy
• 22:53
  for our good
• 22:54
  even in the circumstances
• 22:57
  where it doesn't
• 22:57
  seem like that.
• 22:59
  He will never leave
• 23:00
  his children
• 23:01
  nor forsake them.
• 23:03
  He's the everlasting
• 23:04
  Father.
• 23:06
  He is who
• 23:06
  he says he is.
• 23:07
  He is the Savior.
• 23:10
  And in him
• 23:10
  we find
• 23:11
  our identity.
• 23:13
  Not in our
• 23:14
  circumstances.
• 23:15
  Not in what
• 23:16
  we've accomplished.
• 23:17
  We find our identity
• 23:18
  in him
• 23:19
  alone.
• 23:22
  And in our
• 23:22
  identity in Christ
• 23:23
  we can trust
• 23:24
  and act
• 23:25
  on his
• 23:26
  promises.
• 23:29
  And that's because
• 23:30
  he is God
• 23:31
  and he does
• 23:31
  what he says
• 23:33
  he's going to do.
• 23:34
  In his word
• 23:35
  for us to read
• 23:36
  today
• 23:36
  in Joshua's time
• 23:39
  where he gave him
• 23:40
  action
• 23:41
  told him what to do
• 23:42
  and gave him promises
• 23:43
  to go alongside those.
• 23:45
  We can read these
• 23:46
  and we can know
• 23:47
  the promises of God
• 23:48
  and we can act
• 23:49
  on them.
• 23:52
  But not only
• 23:52
  we need to be
• 23:53
  courageous in
• 23:55
  believing
• 23:55
  the promises
• 23:56
  of God
• 23:57
  and in acting
• 23:58
  on the promises
• 23:59
  of God
• 23:59
  but also be
• 24:01
  courageous in
• 24:02
  treasuring God's
• 24:03
  word
• 24:03
  and not just
• 24:05
  absorbing it
• 24:06
  as knowledge.
• 24:09
  Look at verse
• 24:09
  7 and 8
• 24:10
  in Joshua
• 24:11
  chapter 1.
• 24:12
  Only be strong
• 24:14
  and very courageous
• 24:15
  being careful
• 24:17
  to do
• 24:17
  according to
• 24:18
  all the law
• 24:19
  that Moses
• 24:19
  my servant
• 24:20
  commanded you.
• 24:21
  Do not turn
• 24:22
  from it
• 24:22
  to the right hand
• 24:23
  or to the left
• 24:24
  that you may have
• 24:25
  good success
• 24:25
  wherever you go.
• 24:27
  This book of the law
• 24:28
  shall not depart
• 24:29
  from your mouth
• 24:30
  but you shall
• 24:32
  meditate on it
• 24:32
  day and night
• 24:33
  so that you may
• 24:34
  be careful to do
• 24:35
  according to all
• 24:36
  that is written in it.
• 24:37
  For then
• 24:38
  you will make
• 24:39
  your way
• 24:39
  prosperous
• 24:39
  and then
• 24:41
  you will have
• 24:42
  good success.
• 24:44
  Now
• 24:45
  this is a dumb
• 24:46
  statement I know
• 24:47
  very elementary
• 24:48
  but there is a
• 24:49
  difference between
• 24:50
  knowing and
• 24:50
  treasuring.
• 24:52
  I know
• 24:53
  that my fridge
• 24:54
  is white
• 24:54
  and the inside
• 24:55
  of it is cold.
• 24:57
  I know that
• 24:57
  because it's a fridge
• 24:58
  and the outside
• 25:00
  looks white.
• 25:01
  I treasure
• 25:02
  my wife.
• 25:05
  Now things
• 25:06
  would get really
• 25:06
  awkward and really
• 25:08
  tough if I mixed
• 25:08
  those two up.
• 25:11
  Just honest.
• 25:12
  It would be horrible.
• 25:14
  My life would be
• 25:14
  horrible.
• 25:16
  Treasuring means
• 25:17
  that you value it.
• 25:19
  You protect it.
• 25:20
  You care for it.
• 25:21
  You revisit it
• 25:22
  time and time
• 25:24
  again.
• 25:25
  Now there are
• 25:26
  times in the evening
• 25:27
  when I get home
• 25:28
  from work
• 25:28
  that I just follow
• 25:29
  Jamie around
• 25:30
  in the building.
• 25:32
  She's doing laundry
• 25:32
  down the hall
• 25:33
  I just follow her.
• 25:34
  She's folding clothes
• 25:36
  I just follow her.
• 25:36
  She's punishing a child
• 25:37
  while I join in
• 25:38
  but I follow her
• 25:40
  just because
• 25:42
  I treasure her
• 25:43
  and I want to be
• 25:44
  with her
• 25:44
  and I want to
• 25:44
  spend time with her.
• 25:49
  It is the same
• 25:50
  with God's word.
• 25:53
  Do you look forward
• 25:53
  to times reading it?
• 25:56
  Or do you avoid
• 25:57
  or ignore
• 25:58
  such things
• 25:59
  in such times?
• 26:00
  Do you just read it
• 26:01
  to gain knowledge
• 26:02
  or do you truly
• 26:03
  believe it is
• 26:05
  the word
• 26:05
  of God
• 26:06
  from God
• 26:07
  to you?
• 26:10
  Knowledge is good
• 26:11
  but when it hinders
• 26:13
  or disrupts
• 26:13
  the proper relationship
• 26:14
  it ceases to be good.
• 26:17
  It's great for me
• 26:18
  to know that my fridge
• 26:19
  is white.
• 26:20
  Matches other appliances.
• 26:21
  It's great for me
• 26:22
  to know that the inside
• 26:23
  is cold
• 26:23
  that I can put milk
• 26:24
  and eggs in there
• 26:25
  and it will be okay.
• 26:26
  But the moment
• 26:28
  I treasure it
• 26:29
  that knowledge
• 26:31
  becomes my downfall
• 26:32
  and breaks
• 26:33
  the relationship.
• 26:36
  See there's power
• 26:37
  in a healthy marriage.
• 26:38
  There's power
• 26:39
  in the fact
• 26:40
  that it can display
• 26:41
  the gospel
• 26:42
  to the world.
• 26:42
  Husband and wife.
• 26:44
  The way the husband
• 26:45
  loves the wife.
• 26:46
  Christ and the church.
• 26:48
  It can show people
• 26:49
  what love
• 26:50
  really looks like.
• 26:52
  But the same is true
• 26:53
  with God's word.
• 26:54
  Like there's power
• 26:56
  in God's word.
• 26:58
  There's direction in it
• 26:59
  and it too
• 26:59
  can display the gospel
• 27:01
  as we treasure it
• 27:02
  and it becomes part
• 27:03
  of our everyday life.
• 27:07
  People around us
• 27:08
  will see differences
• 27:09
  when God's word
• 27:10
  has infiltrated
• 27:11
  our life.
• 27:14
  Now verse 7
• 27:15
  in Joshua chapter 1
• 27:17
  says do according
• 27:18
  to all the law
• 27:19
  that Moses my servant
• 27:20
  commanded you.
• 27:22
  Do not turn from it
• 27:23
  to the right hand
• 27:24
  or to the left.
• 27:26
  In other words
• 27:27
  when it is treasured
• 27:28
  it will not leave you
• 27:30
  and you will not leave it.
• 27:32
  It will always
• 27:33
  be on your mind.
• 27:36
  Verse 8 says
• 27:37
  this book of the law
• 27:37
  shall not depart
• 27:38
  from your mouth
• 27:39
  but you shall meditate
• 27:41
  on it day and night
• 27:42
  so that you may be careful
• 27:43
  to do according
• 27:44
  to all that is written
• 27:45
  in it.
• 27:47
  In your comings
• 27:48
  and goings
• 27:48
  it shall be on your lips
• 27:49
  treasuring it.
• 27:51
  Now that does not mean
• 27:53
  that you are constantly
• 27:54
  reciting scripture
• 27:55
  or singing through songs
• 27:57
  or scripture to songs
• 27:58
  although it could
• 27:59
  but that doesn't
• 28:00
  necessarily mean that.
• 28:02
  It means that
• 28:03
  that like ingredients
• 28:05
  that simmer on the stove
• 28:06
  for stew
• 28:07
  carrots
• 28:08
  beef
• 28:09
  onions
• 28:10
  potatoes
• 28:11
  you put it all in there
• 28:12
  you mix it up
• 28:13
  and you just let it
• 28:14
  simmer on the stove.
• 28:15
  Many ingredients
• 28:16
  they mold together
• 28:18
  and they become
• 28:18
  one great flavor.
• 28:21
  The word of God
• 28:22
  simmers in you.
• 28:24
  It changes your heart
• 28:25
  and your desires
• 28:26
  to match his desires.
• 28:27
  The many ingredients
• 28:28
  of you
• 28:29
  of your life
• 28:30
  your struggles
• 28:32
  your world view
• 28:33
  your culture
• 28:33
  the culture around you
• 28:34
  and the word of God
• 28:36
  all simmer.
• 28:38
  And it is the word of God
• 28:39
  instead of
• 28:40
  like the stew
• 28:41
  all the ingredients
• 28:42
  become one
• 28:43
  it is the word of God
• 28:44
  that rises out
• 28:45
  that prevails
• 28:47
  over the other flavors
• 28:49
  that takes over
• 28:50
  the other ingredients
• 28:51
  in our life.
• 28:53
  When we treasure
• 28:54
  the word of God
• 28:55
  we allow the word of God
• 28:56
  to change us
• 28:57
  by believing it
• 28:58
  by living it
• 28:59
  and by loving it.
• 29:01
  So 2013
• 29:02
  36 and a half hours
• 29:06
  from now
• 29:07
  can be the year
• 29:08
  that you treasure
• 29:09
  God's word
• 29:10
  more than you have
• 29:11
  in the previous years.
• 29:14
  If you treasure
• 29:15
  God's word
• 29:15
  your life will be different.
• 29:18
  You will act different
• 29:19
  you will live different
• 29:20
  you will talk different
• 29:21
  you will love different.
• 29:23
  When we treasure it
• 29:24
  we don't try
• 29:26
  to hoard it.
• 29:28
  We don't try
• 29:28
  to keep it for ourselves
• 29:30
  and store it away.
• 29:31
  That's what we do
• 29:31
  with knowledge.
• 29:33
  Some knowledge
• 29:33
  we share
• 29:34
  but when we treasure
• 29:35
  something
• 29:36
  we share it.
• 29:37
  We give it out.
• 29:38
  We let people know.
• 29:42
  We will want to share
• 29:43
  with anyone
• 29:44
  and everyone
• 29:45
  when we treasure
• 29:47
  something.
• 29:51
  So
• 29:52
  be courageous
• 29:53
  in believing
• 29:53
  the promises of God.
• 29:55
  Be courageous
• 29:55
  in acting
• 29:56
  on the promises
• 29:57
  of God.
• 29:58
  Be courageous
• 29:58
  in treasuring
• 29:59
  God's word.
• 30:02
  And be courageous
• 30:03
  in living out
• 30:03
  the word of God.
• 30:05
  Very similar
• 30:06
  to the last one
• 30:07
  or the second one
• 30:08
  acting on the promises
• 30:09
  of God
• 30:09
  but a little different.
• 30:10
  in our text
• 30:13
  Joshua 1
• 30:14
  1-9
• 30:14
  God tells Joshua
• 30:16
  twice to
• 30:16
  be courageous
• 30:17
  and strong.
• 30:18
  Two separate times
• 30:20
  reminds him
• 30:21
  be courageous
• 30:22
  and strong.
• 30:24
  Now he does so
• 30:25
  because he's telling
• 30:26
  him to do something
• 30:26
  right?
• 30:27
  He's telling him
• 30:28
  something that
• 30:29
  that is new
• 30:30
  something that
• 30:32
  is dangerous
• 30:32
  something that is
• 30:33
  that is life
• 30:34
  changing.
• 30:35
  Now when we
• 30:37
  believe the gospel
• 30:38
  when we treasure
• 30:40
  God's word
• 30:40
  we will do things
• 30:42
  that are new
• 30:43
  to those around us.
• 30:45
  We will do things
• 30:46
  that are
• 30:46
  different
• 30:48
  maybe awkward
• 30:49
  maybe
• 30:50
  they can't
• 30:51
  understand why
• 30:52
  and I believe
• 30:53
  as Christians
• 30:54
  there will come
• 30:55
  a moment
• 30:55
  or moments
• 30:56
  that God
• 30:57
  will ask you
• 30:58
  to do something
• 30:58
  to the world
• 30:59
  that may not
• 31:00
  make any sense.
• 31:02
  Are you willing
• 31:03
  to do so?
• 31:04
  Are you willing
• 31:05
  to do something
• 31:06
  that just seems
• 31:07
  a little awkward
• 31:08
  seems a little
• 31:08
  different
• 31:09
  and they just
• 31:10
  don't get it?
• 31:12
  For example
• 31:12
  Jamie and I
• 31:14
  went to see
• 31:15
  Les Miserables
• 31:16
  on the day
• 31:18
  after Christmas
• 31:18
  and we were
• 31:19
  super happy
• 31:20
  to do so
• 31:20
  believe it or not
• 31:21
  I was happy
• 31:22
  to go see it.
• 31:24
  The whole thing
• 31:25
  is a musical
• 31:25
  by the way
• 31:26
  if you haven't
• 31:26
  seen it
• 31:27
  even in normal
• 31:28
  conversations
• 31:28
  are sung
• 31:29
  so prepare yourself
• 31:31
  if you're going
• 31:31
  to see that.
• 31:32
  There's probably
• 31:33
  ten words
• 31:33
  that aren't sung
• 31:34
  in the whole
• 31:34
  thing
• 31:35
  but in the
• 31:37
  story
• 31:38
  in the story
• 31:39
  of Les Mis
• 31:40
  there's two
• 31:42
  main characters
• 31:43
  there's three
• 31:43
  or four
• 31:43
  but two
• 31:44
  main characters
• 31:44
  guys
• 31:45
  Jean Valjean
• 31:46
  is the one
• 31:47
  main character
• 31:47
  and he is
• 31:48
  the criminal
• 31:48
  he is the
• 31:49
  bad guy
• 31:50
  and then
• 31:52
  there's
• 31:53
  Javert
• 31:53
  who is the
• 31:54
  inspector
• 31:54
  who has
• 31:55
  been over
• 31:56
  seeing
• 31:57
  Jean Valjean
• 31:58
  from in
• 31:58
  prison
• 31:59
  and then
• 32:00
  trying to
• 32:01
  catch him
• 32:01
  because he
• 32:02
  missed parole
• 32:02
  throughout the
• 32:04
  years of the
• 32:04
  story
• 32:05
  at the
• 32:07
  beginning of
• 32:07
  the story
• 32:08
  Jean Valjean
• 32:09
  gains his
• 32:10
  freedom
• 32:10
  and he
• 32:12
  tries to find
• 32:14
  work
• 32:15
  and of course
• 32:15
  he's a criminal
• 32:16
  and nobody's
• 32:17
  going to give him
• 32:18
  work
• 32:18
  and he finds
• 32:19
  this church
• 32:20
  and he falls
• 32:20
  asleep on the
• 32:21
  front porch
• 32:21
  and in this
• 32:23
  church
• 32:24
  is a bishop
• 32:24
  and the bishop
• 32:25
  comes and he
• 32:26
  wakes him up
• 32:26
  in the middle
• 32:27
  of the night
• 32:27
  and of course
• 32:28
  Jean Valjean
• 32:28
  thinks
• 32:29
  this guy's
• 32:30
  going to run
• 32:31
  me off
• 32:31
  you know
• 32:32
  I'm done
• 32:32
  and the bishop
• 32:34
  says come in
• 32:35
  and he invites
• 32:36
  him into the
• 32:37
  into the house
• 32:37
  and he feeds
• 32:40
  him
• 32:40
  lets him sit
• 32:42
  by the fire
• 32:43
  warms himself
• 32:44
  gives him a bed
• 32:46
  to sleep in
• 32:47
  and in the middle
• 32:47
  of the night
• 32:48
  Jean Valjean
• 32:48
  decides that
• 32:49
  this isn't for me
• 32:50
  I'm going to
• 32:51
  steal what I
• 32:52
  can
• 32:52
  I'm going to
• 32:52
  grab what I
• 32:53
  can of the
• 32:53
  bishops
• 32:54
  the silver
• 32:54
  and whatever
• 32:55
  else I can
• 32:56
  grab
• 32:56
  and I'm
• 32:56
  going to
• 32:57
  run
• 32:57
  well he gets
• 32:58
  caught
• 32:58
  he gets
• 32:59
  caught
• 32:59
  not by the
• 33:00
  main inspector
• 33:00
  but by some
• 33:01
  other police
• 33:02
  or whatever
• 33:03
  and they
• 33:07
  bring him
• 33:08
  back
• 33:08
  and they
• 33:09
  confront
• 33:10
  they put him
• 33:11
  before the
• 33:11
  bishop
• 33:11
  and says
• 33:11
  this man
• 33:12
  has stolen
• 33:12
  your stuff
• 33:13
  and we want
• 33:14
  you to just
• 33:14
  claim your
• 33:15
  stuff so that
• 33:15
  we can put
• 33:16
  him back in
• 33:16
  prison forever
• 33:17
  because he's
• 33:17
  a criminal
• 33:17
  and he's
• 33:18
  nothing
• 33:18
  and the
• 33:19
  bishop says
• 33:20
  well I
• 33:21
  was trying
• 33:22
  to get
• 33:22
  him
• 33:22
  but I
• 33:24
  wanted to
• 33:24
  get him
• 33:25
  because he
• 33:25
  had forgot
• 33:26
  two of the
• 33:26
  greatest
• 33:26
  treasures I
• 33:27
  have
• 33:27
  which are
• 33:28
  these
• 33:28
  candle
• 33:29
  stands
• 33:29
  big huge
• 33:30
  pieces of
• 33:31
  silver
• 33:31
  and he
• 33:32
  said I
• 33:32
  wanted him
• 33:33
  to have
• 33:33
  these too
• 33:34
  so he
• 33:34
  gives him
• 33:35
  his greatest
• 33:36
  treasure
• 33:37
  forgives him
• 33:38
  and shows him
• 33:39
  mercy
• 33:39
  well this
• 33:40
  story
• 33:41
  carries
• 33:42
  throughout the
• 33:42
  whole
• 33:43
  rest of the
• 33:44
  story
• 33:44
  this is the
• 33:45
  beginning of
• 33:45
  the movie
• 33:45
  and Jean
• 33:47
  Valjean
• 33:47
  decides to
• 33:48
  because this
• 33:49
  bishop had
• 33:49
  shown him
• 33:50
  mercy that
• 33:50
  he was going
• 33:51
  to live
• 33:51
  differently
• 33:52
  that he was
• 33:53
  going to show
• 33:54
  mercy when he
• 33:55
  could that he
• 33:55
  was going to
• 33:56
  show grace to
• 33:56
  people when he
• 33:57
  could that he
• 33:57
  was going to
• 33:57
  give to the
• 33:58
  poor and he
• 33:59
  was no matter
• 34:00
  how successful
• 34:01
  in business he
• 34:01
  was going to
• 34:02
  be he was
• 34:02
  going to provide
• 34:03
  for people in
• 34:04
  need and show
• 34:04
  them mercy
• 34:05
  comes to the
• 34:08
  end towards the
• 34:09
  end of the
• 34:09
  movie and he
• 34:10
  has an opportunity
• 34:11
  Jean Valjean has
• 34:12
  an opportunity to
• 34:13
  kill the man
• 34:15
  who has been
• 34:16
  chasing him
• 34:16
  the man who
• 34:17
  had put him
• 34:17
  in prison
• 34:18
  the man who
• 34:18
  tormented him
• 34:19
  and he doesn't
• 34:21
  kill him
• 34:21
  he shows him
• 34:22
  mercy
• 34:22
  even in that
• 34:23
  moment
• 34:24
  drives Javert
• 34:26
  crazy to the
• 34:27
  point of suicide
• 34:27
  the point is
• 34:29
  I gave you
• 34:30
  that whole thing
• 34:31
  for this point
• 34:33
  the grace
• 34:35
  and the mercy
• 34:36
  that you have
• 34:37
  been shown
• 34:37
  in Christ
• 34:38
  Jesus
• 34:38
  that grace
• 34:42
  and that mercy
• 34:42
  that Jean Valjean
• 34:43
  had been shown
• 34:44
  pales in
• 34:45
  comparison to
• 34:45
  the mercy
• 34:46
  and the grace
• 34:46
  that you have
• 34:47
  been shown
• 34:47
  in Christ
• 34:47
  and that grace
• 34:53
  and that mercy
• 34:54
  should dictate
• 34:56
  how we live
• 34:57
  and how we love
• 34:58
  one another
• 34:59
  and how we love
• 35:00
  others
• 35:00
  and how we share
• 35:01
  our lives
• 35:01
  and how generous
• 35:02
  we are
• 35:03
  we can
• 35:06
  forgive
• 35:08
  when everything
• 35:09
  around us
• 35:10
  says to repay
• 35:11
  hate
• 35:12
  place judgment
• 35:14
  on
• 35:14
  we can be
• 35:16
  courageous
• 35:16
  in how we
• 35:17
  live
• 35:18
  because of the
• 35:20
  grace and the
• 35:21
  mercy that we
• 35:21
  have been shown
• 35:22
  there will also
• 35:25
  be moments
• 35:26
  in our lives
• 35:27
  as Christians
• 35:28
  that there will
• 35:30
  be danger
• 35:31
  involved
• 35:32
  some level
• 35:33
  of danger
• 35:34
  it may not
• 35:35
  be physical
• 35:36
  but it will be
• 35:37
  dangerous
• 35:37
  are you willing
• 35:39
  to submit
• 35:40
  to God's
• 35:40
  leading
• 35:41
  and do
• 35:41
  something
• 35:41
  dangerous
• 35:42
  for him
• 35:43
  are you
• 35:44
  willing to
• 35:45
  in those
• 35:45
  moments
• 35:46
  decide now
• 35:48
  that you're
• 35:48
  going to
• 35:48
  follow
• 35:49
  no matter
• 35:49
  what
• 35:50
  wherever
• 35:51
  that takes
• 35:51
  you
• 35:52
  wherever
• 35:52
  that leads
• 35:53
  Joshua
• 35:57
  in our
• 35:58
  text
• 35:59
  a couple
• 36:01
  chapters
• 36:01
  later
• 36:02
  he leads
• 36:02
  chapter 3
• 36:03
  he leads
• 36:04
  the people
• 36:04
  in the
• 36:04
  promised
• 36:04
  land
• 36:05
  it says
• 36:09
  in
• 36:10
  can't find
• 36:14
  it now
• 36:15
  it says
• 36:15
  that he
• 36:16
  had caused
• 36:16
  he'll cause
• 36:17
  his people
• 36:17
  to walk
• 36:20
  and gain
• 36:20
  the promised
• 36:20
  land
• 36:21
  he was
• 36:24
  Jesus
• 36:24
  like
• 36:25
  in the
• 36:26
  old
• 36:26
  testament
• 36:27
  there were
• 36:29
  battles
• 36:29
  there were
• 36:30
  judgments
• 36:31
  there was
• 36:32
  danger
• 36:32
  there was
• 36:33
  sin
• 36:33
  and there
• 36:34
  was victory
• 36:34
  Jesus
• 36:36
  Christ
• 36:37
  died
• 36:37
  so that
• 36:38
  he could
• 36:38
  lead
• 36:38
  his
• 36:38
  people
• 36:39
  into
• 36:39
  the
• 36:40
  eternal
• 36:40
  promised
• 36:41
  land
• 36:41
  like
• 36:42
  Joshua
• 36:43
  did
• 36:43
  here
• 36:43
  Jesus
• 36:45
  lived
• 36:46
  a
• 36:46
  sinless
• 36:46
  life
• 36:47
  died
• 36:48
  with
• 36:48
  the
• 36:48
  sin
• 36:48
  of
• 36:48
  the
• 36:49
  world
• 36:49
  on
• 36:49
  his
• 36:49
  shoulders
• 36:50
  he
• 36:51
  died
• 36:51
  in order
• 36:51
  that
• 36:52
  we
• 36:52
  could
• 36:52
  live
• 36:52
  and he
• 36:55
  leads
• 36:55
  us
• 36:55
  to
• 36:56
  the
• 36:56
  promised
• 36:56
  land
• 36:56
  if we
• 36:58
  follow
• 36:59
  him
• 36:59
  until
• 37:01
  that
• 37:01
  until
• 37:02
  that
• 37:02
  time
• 37:03
  when we
• 37:03
  reach
• 37:03
  the
• 37:04
  promised
• 37:04
  land
• 37:04
  there
• 37:05
  will
• 37:05
  be
• 37:06
  battles
• 37:06
  we
• 37:08
  will
• 37:08
  fight
• 37:08
  here
• 37:09
  on
• 37:09
  earth
• 37:09
  there
• 37:10
  will
• 37:10
  be
• 37:10
  struggles
• 37:11
  there
• 37:12
  will
• 37:12
  be
• 37:12
  sadness
• 37:13
  and
• 37:13
  sorrow
• 37:14
  there
• 37:14
  will
• 37:14
  be
• 37:15
  judgments
• 37:15
  there
• 37:16
  will
• 37:17
  be
• 37:17
  danger
• 37:17
  there
• 37:18
  will
• 37:19
  be
• 37:19
  victory
• 37:19
  are
• 37:21
  you
• 37:21
  willing
• 37:21
  to
• 37:22
  trust
• 37:23
  him
• 37:23
  are
• 37:24
  you
• 37:24
  willing
• 37:25
  to
• 37:25
  believe
• 37:26
  his
• 37:26
  promises
• 37:26
  and
• 37:27
  to
• 37:27
  repent
• 37:28
  of
• 37:28
  your
• 37:28
  sins
• 37:28
  and
• 37:28
  follow
• 37:29
  Jesus
• 37:30
  it
• 37:31
  will
• 37:31
  be
• 37:31
  the
• 37:31
  most
• 37:32
  courageous
• 37:32
  thing
• 37:33
  that
• 37:33
  you
• 37:33
  can
• 37:34
  do
• 37:34
  and
• 37:34
  the
• 37:34
  most
• 37:34
  dangerous
• 37:35
  and
• 37:36
  the
• 37:36
  most
• 37:36
  rewarding
• 37:36
  did
• 37:39
  you
• 37:39
  know
• 37:40
  that
• 37:40
  that
• 37:41
  70%
• 37:42
  of
• 37:42
  patients
• 37:43
  who
• 37:44
  had
• 37:44
  coronary
• 37:44
  bypass
• 37:45
  surgery
• 37:45
  major
• 37:47
  life
• 37:47
  threatening
• 37:47
  surgeries
• 37:48
  they
• 37:49
  may die
• 37:50
  if
• 37:50
  they
• 37:50
  don't
• 37:50
  have
• 37:50
  the
• 37:50
  surgery
• 37:51
  70%
• 37:52
  return
• 37:53
  to
• 37:54
  their
• 37:54
  old
• 37:54
  habits
• 37:55
  within
• 37:55
  two
• 37:55
  years
• 37:55
  70%
• 37:59
  now
• 38:00
  I'm
• 38:00
  probably
• 38:00
  one
• 38:01
  of
• 38:01
  those
• 38:01
  I
• 38:01
  haven't
• 38:02
  had
• 38:02
  coronary
• 38:02
  surgery
• 38:02
  or
• 38:03
  anything
• 38:03
  but
• 38:03
  I
• 38:03
  would
• 38:03
  probably
• 38:03
  be
• 38:04
  one
• 38:04
  of
• 38:04
  those
• 38:04
  it's
• 38:06
  because
• 38:06
  we
• 38:08
  are
• 38:08
  corrupt
• 38:08
  it's
• 38:09
  because
• 38:10
  we
• 38:11
  are
• 38:11
  not
• 38:11
  as
• 38:11
  strong
• 38:11
  as
• 38:12
  we
• 38:12
  think
• 38:12
  we
• 38:12
  are
• 38:12
  we
• 38:14
  need
• 38:15
  pun
• 38:16
  intended
• 38:17
  a
• 38:17
  heart
• 38:17
  change
• 38:18
  we
• 38:20
  need
• 38:20
  a
• 38:20
  life
• 38:20
  change
• 38:21
  and
• 38:21
  Jesus
• 38:22
  is
• 38:22
  strong
• 38:23
  enough
• 38:23
  he
• 38:24
  is
• 38:24
  !
• 38:24
  victorious
• 38:25
  over
• 38:25
  sin
• 38:25
  and
• 38:25
  death
• 38:26
  and
• 38:27
  the
• 38:27
  very
• 38:28
  problems
• 38:28
  we
• 38:28
  face
• 38:29
  he
• 38:29
  has
• 38:29
  beaten
• 38:29
  so
• 38:31
  let's
• 38:31
  trust
• 38:31
  him
• 38:32
  today
• 38:32
  let's
• 38:32
  trust
• 38:33
  him
• 38:33
  December
• 38:35
  30th
• 38:36
  2012
• 38:37
  we
• 38:38
  can
• 38:38
  be
• 38:38
  courageous
• 38:39
  in
• 38:39
  believing
• 38:40
  the
• 38:40
  promises
• 38:40
  of
• 38:40
  God
• 38:41
  we
• 38:42
  can
• 38:42
  be
• 38:42
  courageous
• 38:42
  in
• 38:43
  acting
• 38:43
  on
• 38:43
  the
• 38:43
  promises
• 38:44
  of
• 38:44
  God
• 38:44
  we
• 38:45
  can
• 38:45
  be
• 38:45
  courageous
• 38:46
  in
• 38:46
  treasuring
• 38:47
  God's
• 38:47
  word
• 38:47
  and
• 38:47
  we
• 38:47
  can
• 38:48
  be
• 38:48
  courageous
• 38:48
  in
• 38:48
  living
• 38:49
  out
• 38:49
  the
• 38:49
  word
• 38:50
  of
• 38:50
  God
• 38:50
  now
• 38:51
  I
• 38:51
  started
• 38:52
  by
• 38:52
  talking
• 38:52
  about
• 38:52
  resolutions
• 38:53
  and
• 38:54
  how
• 38:55
  the
• 38:56
  reason
• 38:56
  behind
• 38:57
  resolutions
• 38:57
  is
• 38:58
  why
• 38:58
  they
• 38:58
  fail
• 38:59
  God
• 39:01
  can
• 39:01
  change
• 39:01
  a
• 39:01
  heart
• 39:02
  God
• 39:03
  can
• 39:03
  take
• 39:03
  a
• 39:03
  heart
• 39:04
  of
• 39:04
  stone
• 39:04
  and
• 39:04
  make
• 39:04
  it
• 39:04
  a
• 39:04
  heart
• 39:05
  of
• 39:05
  flesh
• 39:05
  he
• 39:05
  can
• 39:06
  change
• 39:06
  your
• 39:06
  desires
• 39:07
  and
• 39:07
  your
• 39:07
  love
• 39:07
  he
• 39:09
  has
• 39:09
  in
• 39:10
  me
• 39:10
  he
• 39:11
  has
• 39:11
  in
• 39:11
  several
• 39:11
  in
• 39:11
  here
• 39:12
  the
• 39:13
  problem
• 39:14
  isn't
• 39:15
  if
• 39:16
  God
• 39:16
  can
• 39:16
  because
• 39:17
  he
• 39:17
  can
• 39:18
  the
• 39:18
  problem
• 39:18
  is
• 39:19
  will
• 39:19
  you
• 39:19
  let
• 39:19
  him
• 39:20
  will
• 39:20
  you
• 39:20
  invite
• 39:20
  him
• 39:21
  to
• 39:21
  change
• 39:21
  your
• 39:21
  !
• 39:21
  will
• 39:22
  you
• 39:22
  ask
• 39:22
  God
• 39:23
  for
• 39:23
  that
• 39:23
  new
• 39:23
  heart
• 39:23
  so
• 39:24
  that
• 39:24
  your
• 39:25
  resolution
• 39:26
  can
• 39:28
  see it
• 39:29
  to the
• 39:29
  end
• 39:30
  that
• 39:30
  you
• 39:30
  can
• 39:31
  be
• 39:31
  a
• 39:31
  man
• 39:31
  or
• 39:31
  woman
• 39:32
  of
• 39:32
  courage
• 39:32
  not
• 39:33
  for
• 39:33
  your
• 39:33
  name
• 39:34
  not
• 39:35
  for
• 39:35
  your
• 39:35
  glory
• 39:36
  but
• 39:37
  for
• 39:37
  his
• 39:37
  name
• 39:37
  and
• 39:37
  his
• 39:38
  glory
• 39:38
  let's
• 39:39
  pray
• 39:39
  together
• 39:40
  !