The Lost Inheritance

The Lost Inheritance

Text: Judges 2:6-10 (NRSV)

6 When Joshua dismissed the people, the Israelites all went to their own inheritances to take possession of the land. 7 The people worshiped the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great work that the Lord had done for Israel. 8 Joshua son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died at the age of one hundred ten years. 9 So they buried him within the bounds of his inheritance in Timnath-heres, in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash. 10 Moreover, that whole generation was gathered to their ancestors, and another generation grew up after them, who did not know the Lord or the work that he had done for Israel.

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I.        Introduction

II.      The Possession of a Generation: Living the Legend

A.      The Riches of A Great Land

B.      The Reverence of A Great Lord

C.      The Record of A Great Labor

III.   The Passing of a Generation: Losing a Leader

A.      The Leader of a Generation

B.      The Loss of a Generation

IV.    The Poverty of a Generation: Lacking the Lord

A.      Ignorant of His Person

B.      Ignorant of His Story

V.      Conclusion

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[1] The Holy Bible : New Revised Standard Version. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1996, c1989.