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Intro Today we’re talking about conquest. It is one of those themes running throughout the pages of the Bible. It’s part of our continuing look at the Big Picture of the Bible. We’ve seen the flow of Creation to recreation. We saw the Unfolding covenants that end with our everlasting unity with Christ.…

9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.” OVERVIEW OF JOSHUA First of the twelve historical books (Joshua-Esther) The Law — Genesis // Exodus // Leviticus // Numbers // Deuteronomy History —…

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The Place of the Serpent In Numbers 13 , the Israelites had arrived at the border of Canaan. Moses sent twelve spies into Canaan to report on the land and its inhabitants. They came back with the news that what God had said was true - Numbers 13:27 And they told him, “We came to the land to which you…

Holy War We closed last week with the demise of the giant Og, last of the Rephaim (see Deut. 3: 1-11 ). Israel’s battles in the Transjordon bring us face-to-face with an issue that has troubled bible students, pastor and scholars for centuries: the practice of extermination in Israel’s war of conquest.…

Genesis 25:19-28:9 Malachi 1:1-2:7 Review In our last Halftarah portion we spoke about Abraham and David getting old זָקֵן Grow Old = ‎ ( zā·qēn ) Strongs 2204 Abraham makes Isaac his heir and David Salomon, despite the attempts of Adoniyahu to take over Now it’s time to speak about and to the generations…

Good morning and Happy Father’s Day to all the fathers. A young boy once said that Father’s Day is just like Mother’s Day only you don’t spend as much on the gift. Most men… what gift? Mark Twain said, " When I was a boy of 14 my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around.…

Numbers 13:1-15:41 REVIEW TORAH GPS We continue to use the Torah as our guide to do our portions Study Numbers, and God has been at work We started talking about Bamidbar - in the wilderness / Numbers So far we can summarize what we have studied by this Summary Count all who can serve Adonai b’Midbar…

3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: Last week, we looked at how not to Possess your Possessions, Moses did not Sanctify or Glorify God in his life or the eyes of the people. This week however, we will…

Giant Problems This will begin with a review: I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.” So this struggle begins. Remember the serpent is actually a divine being, not a mere member of the animal…

1 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Send men to spy out the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the people of Israel. From each tribe of their fathers you shall send a man, every one a chief among them.” 3 So Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran, according to the command of the Lord , all…

Growing in Faith Placing my thoughts and actions within the commands of God has been difficult throughout my life. It is a difficult thing when the world whispers so much that only what you can see is what is real. Our eyes are born blinded to what God has in store for us. It takes an act of faith to…

Introduction This Torah Portion goes from Numbers 13:1-15:41 So far, we have discussed how God longed to show Himself to Israel. If they had come up to mount Sinai the complete restoration back to God would have been accomplished as the Lord would have tabernacled in them. They could not do it. We have…

Introduction Today I want to begin a short series, consisting of only a handful of messages, but I believe them to be profound in their subject matter, and absolutely vital for Christians to understand. The Title of the Series is simply ‘Spiritual Warfare’ There’s a reason why Paul admonished the church…

Several years ago there was a flight on a 4-engine jet plane. It was going to be a lengthy flight and the pilot encouraged the passengers to relax and enjoy the flight. Not long into the flight, the co-pilot came on the intercom and said, 'Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen, we have lost power on our…

Leader Guide ESV, Unit 7, Session 1 © 2018 LifeWay Christian Resources, Permission granted to reproduce and distribute within the license agreement with purchaser, edited by Rev. Lex DeLong, M.A. Summary and Goal God delivered Israel from slavery in Egypt, provided for them in the wilderness, and brought…

The Cost of Disobedience I’m going to begin with reading our passage for this morning, which is a little bigger chunk of scripture than I normally preach on, but it is a long narrative so I will read the whole thing and then we will get into finding some lessons in it. In case you missed the last week…

Numbers 12 -??? If you remember from our study last week, I mentioned this pattern that we see developing beginning in chapter 11 of the people murmuring against God. I warned you that it was going to be a pattern that we would see continuing as we progressed through the book. Where it looks like good…

Sarah lived one hundred and twenty-seven years; these were the years of the life of Sarah. Who is Sarah? Then God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name. And I will bless her and also give you a son by her; then I will bless her, and she…

Moses Is An Unusual Character Get Ready to Go to Canaan 1 The Lord spoke to Moses: 2 “Send men to scout out the land of Canaan I am giving to the Israelites. Send one man who is a leader among them from each of their ancestral tribes.” 26 The men went back to Moses, Aaron, and the entire Israelite community…

Intro: Open with me in your bibles to 1 John 2 this morning. It’s not my intention to preach a sermon to you this morning. What I would like to do is to take just a few moments to about the passion our Lord has for the lost and how we can appropriate that passion in our own lives. 1 John 2:6 declares…

Vision involves the ability to see God's presence, power and plan in spite of hte obstacles

How or why do we become fearful? We take your eyes off of the prize We focus on the giants We loose hope We stop trusting in the only one who can save us 25 When they returned from spying out the land, at the end of forty days, 26 they proceeded to come to Moses and Aaron and to all the congregation…

The Right Response 1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. 2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers…

“No!” “You can’t!” “It won’t work!” “There is no way.” “We took a vote.” How do you hear it? Do these words give you a sense of victory, or do they give you a sense of defeat? It may depend on whether you’re the one hearing them or the one saying them. Either way the source of these words can often be…