joshua chapter 23:01-16 follow-through i.introduction a.tonight - chapter 23 1. 20 years since...
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JOSHUAChapter 23:01-16
FOLLOW-THROUGH
I. INTRODUCTION
A. Tonight - Chapter 23
1. 20 years since Israel crossed the Jordan.
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2. Joshua is old yet the job is not complete!a) 7 tribes have not entered into the land!b) He feels a need to exhort them!
II. JOSHUA 23:1-2
A. Also includes “leaders”!
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1. Amongst the group was “Judges” and “Officers”!
a) Prestigious group! (1) Caleb as well as
Phinehas!(a) A “Who’s Who”!
(i) The 7 tribes also there!
B. Look at promise of victory
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III. JOSHUA 23:3-11
A. Coming from a man who has “been there, done that”!
1. Some will NEVER hear what he is about to say?
a) Because he is “old”!b) He is talking to a younger generation!
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c) How many of us, thought old people
knew ANYTHING? (1) What could be gained by listening?
B. What is “overall” warning?
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1. Falling away from the Lord!a) Main message a message of love!
(1) Verse 11(a) The warning:
IV. JOSHUA 23:12-16
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A. Most of us are thinking, “I would NEVER stop loving
Him!”
1. Joshua included leadership of Israel!
2. Quote Alan Redpath:
V. FIRST RESULT :
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A. Joshua 23:13a
1. Victory was guaranteed 2. Love for the Lord cold – power for victory diminishes.
a) Will see less victory and more defeat!
VI. SECOND RESULT :
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A. Joshua 23:13a
1. Notice how “miserable” this sounds? 2. Compromised walk ALWAYS a miserable walk 3. Love waxes cold – we are miserable.
a) Sad part, we might not realize it.
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(1) Revelation 3:17-19
b) Give satan a little territory and he will
want the whole land!
VII. THIRD RESULT :
A. Joshua 23:16b
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1. “Embarrassment” in this?
a) Love turns cold, will lose things that
matter most! (1) What was once gained – can be lost…
VIII. CONCLUSION
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A. 3 IMPORTANT steps in preventing love growing cold!
1. Obedience:a) Joshua 23:6 (1) John 14:15 (2) Compromise will
replace obedience!
2. Separation:a) Joshua 23:7-8
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(1) Longer enemy is allowed to live in
the land the more we resemble him!
3. Commitment:a) Staying in love requires commitment! (1) Cannot be haphazard.
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2. Cannot be the spouse always making excuses.
a) We need to be “there” committed, and involved!b) NEVER rest until fully
driven the enemy out!