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Not Fully Conquering the Land. Deuteronomy 7:1,2 Deuteronomy 11:23-25 Deuteronomy 7:3-5 Deuteronomy 20:16-18. First Stumbling Block. Joshua Chapter 9 Gibeon’s Deception- vv.3-13 Israel did Not Consult God- vv.14,15 Had to Honor Their Agreement- vv.19-21. Failed After Joshua Died.
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Not Fully Conquering the Land Deuteronomy 7:1,2 Deuteronomy 11:23-25 Deuteronomy 7:3-5 Deuteronomy 20:16-18
First Stumbling Block • Joshua Chapter 9 • Gibeon’s Deception- vv.3-13 • Israel did Not Consult God- vv.14,15 • Had to Honor Their Agreement- vv.19-21
Failed After Joshua Died • Judges 1:21 “did not drive out” • Judges 1:27-36 “did not completely drive them out” • Israel seemed content to enslave the Canaanites!
WHY Were they Content? • Compassion – “Poor people, they are so misguided and helpless.” • Convenience – “It would be a lot easier for us if we just moved in and learned to ‘get along’ with these people.” • Opportunity to gain a resource- “IF we leave them alive, we can use them as SLAVES!”
Consequences • A snare & Temptation- Judges 2:1-4 • Next generation forsook the Lord – Judges 2:10-12 • Idolatry continued, in the greater part, until the exile many hundreds of years later!
Lessons from Israel • Matthew 5:39-47 “turn the other cheek to him also” “love your enemies” • Matthew 5:13-16 “you are the salt of the earth” you are the light of the world” “let your light so shine”
Lessons from Israel • Have to walk a Fine Line of Balance: • Living IN the World – 1 Corinthians 5:10 • Not being OF the World- Romans 12:2; 1 John 2:15-17 • 1 Corinthians 15:33
Sources of the Failure: • Rash Covenant w/o Consulting God • How Often do We fail to consult God? • Can always pray – 1 Thessalonians 5:17 • 2 Timothy 2:15 • James 1:5,6
Sources of the Failure: • Rash Covenant w/o Consulting God • How Often do We fail to consult God? • Can always pray – 1 Thessalonians 5:17 • 2 Timothy 2:15 • James 1:5,6
Possible Reasons of Israel • Resource, Convenient, Compassion for people • US – “more money, slightly easier to compromise, compassion for sin?” • Need Mind of Christ – 1 Corinthians 2:16
Lessons from Israel • Israel Stopped Looking Toward God, but Look Toward Their Neighbors! • How many “New Ideas” are Not Based on God’s Word, but recent trends in the world?
Lessons from Israel • Did Not Fully Conquer The Land! • Have we Fully Conquered the “Old Man of Sin?” • Romans 6:5,6 • Colossians 3:5
Galatians 2:20 "I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.”