In Joshua, chapter thirteen, verse six, God promises to drive out the Canaanites before Israel, yet the promise was conditional on Israel’s obedience. Since Israel neglected to drive out all the inhabitants of the land, God allowed some of them to remain among His people. This inactivity led to numerous problems for the Israelites, especially …
In Joshua chapter one, verse thirteen, Moses’ successor was old and stricken in years. However, he had aged and was advanced in days. He did not live beyond a hundred and ten years, as indicated in chapter twenty-four twenty-nine of the same book, and this was not a great age for the time. So it is …
In Joshua, chapter eleven, verse eighteen, the conquest of Canaan was an extended series of campaigns lasting about five years. Joshua made war for a long time with all those kings. Though the victory is put together and lies in a small compass, the triumph is not at once. Nor in a few days, as …
In Joshua, chapter ten, verse twelve, Moses’ successor prayed for a miracle, and God answered His prayer. As believers, we should not hesitate to pray that the Lord would work extraordinary ways on our behalf. God people live in an evil and hostile world. Therefore we face such challenges and difficulties that miracles are sometimes …
In Joshua, chapter ten, verse eight, even though the Israelites had made a mistake entering into a covenant with the Gibeonites, God helped His people defend them. Often failures that cause us to miss the perfect will of God are used by Him as occasions to demonstrate His faithfulness and love to us.God said to …
In Joshua, chapter nine, verse fourteen, Joshua and the leaders of Israel failed to pray and seek God’s will concerning the Gibeonites. They presumptuously entered into a covenant that they could not break. This ill-advised decision brought the ungodly Canaanites into Israel’s midst. In all decisions, we should seek God’s will and pray for His …
In Joshua, chapter eight, verse thirty, is the episode of building an altar at Mount Ebal, and reading the law reveals four principles for this book in the Old Testament. The right to possess the promised land depends upon the proclamation of and loyalty to the covenant of God. Israel’s access to God was always …
In Joshua, chapter seven, verse twenty-four, God punished the family of Achan because the family knew about his sin and did nothing about it. Deuteronomy twenty-four sixteen prohibits the punishment of children for the sins of their fathers. As a close-knit unit, all the members had a mutual responsibility to encourage, warn, and exhort one …
n Joshua, chapter seven, verse twelve, the truth of this stanza applies not only to God’s people corporately but also to individual members. Persistent and unrepentant sin in a person’s life will cut them off from the grace of God. Such individuals no longer live under the help and protection of God and will not …
In Joshua, chapter seven, verses one to twenty-six, is about the sin of Achan. The consequence within Israel and the severe penalty upon him and his family reveal several principles of judgment when God’s people flagrantly sin. When there is a sin or the toleration of sin among God’s people, it diminishes, hinders, or altogether …
