Outline—Joshua 14:6–15

1. Caleb’s timber (vv. 6–8)
2. Caleb’s thirst (vv. 9–11)
3. Caleb’s faith (v. 12)
4. Caleb’s total surrender to God (vv. 13–15)

Take Home Points

• What characteristic has God been working out in your life?
• What is a long-standing prayer in your life?
• Do you know the difference between great giants and a little god, and a great God and little giants?

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Outline—Joshua 10:16–12:24

1. Completion of the main battle for the south (vv. 10:16–27)
2. Success in the southern campaign (vv. 10:28–42)
3. Success in the northern campaign (vv. 11:1–15)
4. Review of the conquest of Canaan (vv. 11:16–23)
5. Tally of the victories (chapter 12)

Take Home Points

Joshua’s Qualities of Leadership

• Nothing distracted him from pursuing the fullest victory. Do not be distracted or disoriented, but keep your eyes on the chief task. (v. 10:19)
• He communicated what made him strong by taking every teaching opportunity. (v. 10:25)
• He pursued his goals step by step with forethought. (v. 11:23)
• He used his errors as learning moments. (v. 11:6)
• He believed God without reservation (vv. 1:6, 10:42, 11:6) despite knowing that he had enemies who were coming for him. (v. 11:20—a verse especially for those who think they know more about God than God does)
• He obeyed God completely (v. 11:15)—a worthy statement to be striven-for in each of our lives.

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Outline—Joshua 10:1–15

1. Wild-eyed rage (vv. 1–5)
2. Worried plea (v. 6)
3. One night’s march (vv. 7–9)
4. Worried enemy (v. 10)
5. Wonders in the sky (vv. 11–15)

Take Home Points

• God is not restricted by the laws of nature.
• We do not need to "cover" for God—He needs no apology. He will have victory.
• Do not pray according to man’s natural laws, but according to God’s promises—but make sure they are relevant to the subject.
• Let God call you to that same sense of general-ship in your life:
  • Be faithful.
  • Be creative.
  • Take the initiative.
  • Trust & obey—no slacking, no shirking, no falling short of His commands.

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Outline—Joshua 9

1. Senses: common and otherwise (v. 14)
   1. Living by sight produces an error.
   2. We are equipped with wisdom for the asking.
2. Surprises (vv. 16–23)
3. Sovereignty (vv. 24–27)

Take Home Points

• As the Gibeonites, though you are unworthy to live—count yourself privileged to serve in the courts of the Most High God.
• Recommit to being identified with His people and "stick by the stuff."
• Challenge your kids to move beyond the material realities (common, fleshy sense) to the other realities (good sense, moral sense, and spiritual sense).
• The higher in accumulated and observed wisdom we go, the further divorced from dependence on common, fleshy sense we are.

Special Notes

1 Corinthians 2:14 teaches:

• The natural man has a natural nature and natural actions.
• The spiritual man has a spiritual nature and spiritual actions.
• The carnal man has a spiritual nature and natural actions.

From this we recognize that there is a sliding scale to wisdom and sense.  The more "common" sense (sense shared in common), the more close fellowship which we can enjoy.  Babies start with the five senses shared in common with humanity—taste, touch, feel, see, hear.  This is common fleshy sense.  The parent’s role is to use this common fleshy sense to draw the child from fleshy sense reality to the realities which one cannot experience with fleshy sense.

Observe the following scale:

Fleshy Sense  —>  "Horse" Sense —>  Moral Sense  —>  Spiritual Sense.

Observations:

• Of course spiritual sense cannot be had without regeneration by the grace of God (1 Corinthians 2:14), but that does not keep us from pursuing a recognition of the reality of the spiritual when witnessing, even with our kids.
• You may experience common sense with someone else that only goes so far as fleshy sense (like your baby), but does not extend to horse sense realities (like how to do some task successfully or with wise application of knowledge).
• Babies must be raised to maturity to appreciate realities that you cannot see, but are enforced by realities that they have attained.  (Teach wisdom in horse sense and show the horse sense of valuing moral sense.)

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Outline—Joshua 7

1. Trouble brewing (v. 1)
2. Intrusion of defeat (vv. 2–12)
3. Trail to Achan’s door (vv. 13–23)
4. Terrible nature of sin (vv. 24–26)

Take Home Points

• First observe the patience of God even in the midst of His anger.
• It is not a natural thing to fully confess our sin. Don’t be like Achan—don’t stop short of a full confession.
• Without giving God what is His due, do not expect the blessing of God.
• A great deal of sin in our lives will be defeated by daily being satisfied in God & being obedient to God.

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Outline—Joshua 5:13–6:27

1. Who is in charge? (vv. 5:13–15)
2. What are they to do? (vv. 6:1–5)
3. How is victory gained? (vv. 6:6–27)

Take Home Points

• Never forget who is on whose side.
• Learn the keys to victory for Christ—find time for silence with God.
• Make it your aim to obey.
• Don’t stop short of finishing His work.

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