November 5, 2017

Just Like Their God

Speaker: Jay Pound Series: From Here to There Scripture: Joshua 10

Just Like Their God

Joshua 10

A Tense Situation (9.9-27)

      • Gibeon wonders if Israel will honor a treaty built on deceit
      • Israel wonders how God will respond to the treaty - and to their failure to inquire after him

 

Israel’s Dilemma

 

      • Be faithful to the treaty, or exit through the loophole

 

Israel’s Response

 

      • Israel immediately sends their whole army, including their best troops (10.7)
      • Though Gibeon negotiated in bad faith, Israel responded with great faithfulness (9.3-6; 10.7)
      • They are faithful, just like their God!

 

God’s Response

 

      • God responds to Israel’s faithfulness by affirming his faithfulness to them (10.8)
      • God - as always - follows through on his promises (10.11-14)

 

  • Conclusion: Just like our God

 


Take Home Idea: Just like Israel, we are a nation of priests, called to treat others not based on what they deserve, but based on how God has already done for us.

other sermons in this series

Nov 19

2017

As For Me

Speaker: Joel Sutton Scripture: Joshua 24:1–28 Series: From Here to There

Nov 12

2017

Testimony of an 85 Year Old

Speaker: Joel Sutton Scripture: Joshua 14:6–15 Series: From Here to There

Oct 22

2017

Error of Sight

Speaker: Joel Sutton Scripture: Joshua 9 Series: From Here to There