Outline—Joshua 24:1–27

1. Communication of message from God (vv. 1–13)
2. Communication of message lest they forget (vv. 14–15)
3. Communication of message to always choose (vv. 16–25)
4. Monument as witness to the words of God (vv. 26–27)

Take Home Points

• Never underestimate the value of a father’s decision to serve the Lord.
• Never assume that choosing to serve God is a once-in-a-lifetime choice.
• Never forget that your life is not about you—it’s about God.

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Outline—Joshua 24:1–27

1. Communication of message from God (vv. 1–13)
2. Communication of message lest they forget (vv. 14–15)
3. Communication of message to always choose (vv. 16–25)
4. Monument as witness to the words of God (vv. 26–27)

Take Home Points

• What is your life about?
  • When you get up in the morning and think, “this is what I’m going to do”—recognize this as a sinful thought.
  • “What will God do through me today”—that is Biblical thought.
• Worship Him, then He gives you a purpose. He did it for Israel—He’ll do it for you.

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Outline—Joshua 23

1. Accept no substitute for the love of the Lord. (vv. 1–8)
2. Allowing a substitute for the love of God brings devastation. (vv. 9–13)
3. Don’t dare substitute anything for the love of God. (vv. 14–16)

Take Home Points

• Real religion is not a matter of feeling leading to truth. Instead, it is truth that leads to feeling.
• The destruction of family values (leadership, understanding and teaching) will effectively weaken the believer’s influence on the world.

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Outline—Joshua 22

1. Congenial parting (vv. 1–8)
2. Concientious precaution (vv. 9–10)
3. Concern producing action (vv. 11–12)
4. Cautious proceeding (vv. 13–30)
5. Calm peace (vv. 31–34)

Take Home Points

• Obedient unity as well as love must be our focus.
• Truth and love are met in God. (Psalm 85:10)
• Solving difficulties is accomplished best when two parties desire to promote obedient unity at the sacrifice of self.
• What will your zeal for God cause you to do?
  • The zeal for God caused them to build an altar.
  • The zeal for God caused soldiers to gather together and say, “We need to put aside error.”
  • The zeal for God caused them to send and find the real answer.
  • The zeal for God caused them to live in peace.

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Key Passage—Joshua 20:1–6

Related Scripture:

1. Joshua 21:1–3
2. Exoudus 21:12–13
3. Numbers 35:6, 9–34
4. Deuteronomy 4:41–45
5. Deuteronomy 19:1–13
6. Hebrews 6:17–20

Take Home Points

• We as guilty sinners are to fly to refuge, to the Lord Jesus Christ.
  • He doesn’t bar the door or bar the gate.
  • He protects us from the avenger of death.
  • His blood covers our sin.
• It is upon the death of the High Priest—Jesus Christ—that our freedom is founded. We are released from that guilt that we so rightly deserve.
• When we as believers go out into a lost world, we have the message of a place of refuge.
  • We are supposed to be making sure that the path is clear.
  • We are supposed to put up signs, “This Way to Refuge.”
  • We are supposed to make sure that people know where they should go to find refuge from the guilt of their sin.
• When we are tempted to follow the moral relativism of this world, we have ignored that which fixes law. We should remember to value things through God’s eyes.

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Outline—Joshua Chapters 13–19

1. Division according to God’s Word (Joshua 13:1–7)
2. Division by lot (Joshua 13:8–33, Joshua Chapters 14–18, Joshua 19:1–48)
3. Belated division by lot (Joshua 19:49–51)

Take Home Points

• Just as the people of Israel, we have a great inheritance. (Ephesians 1, Romans 8, 1 Corinthians 15)
• The people of Israel had a written Word of God which they considered binding. Do you consider the written Word of God as binding upon you and your life of faith, practice and belief?
• Joshua was still serving at the age of 90.—What’s your excuse?
• God didn’t only task the leaders—He tasked everyone.
• Do not look at what you don’t have, look at what you do have from God.
• Go out and possess your inheritance—serve and obey faithfully. Your inheritance from the Lord includes:
  • The fruit of the Spirit: love, joy and peace, and long-suffering—Know what it is to possess them and use them rightly.
  • Being invited into His presence in prayer at any time—At all times pray without ceasing.
  • The Word of God—Do you possess it? Do you know it?

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