Participants: Kelly Mowrer
Series Code: HWAL
Program Code: HWAL000510
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00:16 Hello, and welcome to HIS WORDS ARE LIFE.
00:18 I'm Kelly Mowrer, and thank you for joining again with me 00:21 to read God's Word together. 00:22 Let's pray before we start. Dear God thank you so much 00:27 for the wonderful truth that is in your Word. 00:31 Please open our eyes to see the lessons that you have for us 00:34 to learn today. We love you. Amen. 00:37 When we left off we were getting into one of my favorite stories 00:42 in the Bible. It's the story of Caleb. 00:44 He was one of the original 12 spies, sent over to Canaan. 00:48 He was 40 years old when he came back and he and Joshua 00:51 were the only two who were encouraging Moses 00:55 and the Israelites that God is with us and we can take 00:58 this land because of His power. The other ten spies were afraid 01:01 they saw the giants and they were thinking it was just 01:05 too much for them, and so God sent the Israelites 01:07 and those ten spies into the wilderness to wander 01:11 until they all passed away. He said, You won't inherit 01:15 this land because you didn't believe in my power. 01:17 Only Caleb and Joshua will go in to take the promised land 01:20 that I have brought you to, and so now, 01:23 Caleb was 40 years old at that point. Now he is 85. 01:28 Forty five years had gone by. And we come to the point 01:31 in the story where Joshua is now leading the children of Israel. 01:34 Moses had died. And Joshua is dividing the inheritance 01:38 among the children of Israel. And Caleb comes to Joshua, 01:42 and he says, Remember? The Lord had promised something to me. 01:46 He said, I was 40 years old when we went into that land, 01:49 and now I am 85. We're going to pick up now in Caleb's speech 01:53 to Joshua, in the book of Joshua, chapter 14, 01:57 we're going to pick up in verse 11. 02:00 As yet I am as strong this day as I was in the day that Moses 02:06 sent me: as my strength was then, even so is my strength now 02:11 for war, both to go out, and to come in. 02:15 And now therefore give me this mountain, whereof the Lord spake 02:20 in that day; for thou heardest in that day how the Anakims 02:24 were there and that the cities were great and fenced: 02:27 if so be the Lord will be with me, then I shall be able 02:31 to drive them out, as the Lord said. 02:34 And Joshua blessed him, and gave unto Caleb 02:39 the son of Jephunneh, Hebron for an inheritance. 02:42 Hebron therefore became the inheritance of Caleb, 02:45 the son of Jephunneh, the Kenezite unto this day, 02:48 because that he wholly followed the Lord God of Israel. 02:53 And the name of Hebron before was Kirjatharba; 02:59 which Arba was a great man among the Anakims. 03:01 And the land had rest from war. 03:04 We're going to skip ahead a few chapters now because from Joshua 03:11 15 up until Joshua 21, it is the dividing of the inheritance 03:16 among the tribes and the setting of the various borders 03:19 for each tribe. We're going to pick up our reading 03:22 in Joshua chapter 21, verse 43. 03:26 Again, we're picking up in Joshua chapter 21, verse 43. 03:31 And this is the King James Version. 03:32 And the Lord gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to 03:38 give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, 03:40 and dwelt therein. And the Lord gave them rest round about, 03:45 according to all that he sware unto their fathers: 03:48 and there stood not a man of all their enemies before them; 03:51 the Lord delivered all their enemies into their hand. 03:54 There failed not aught of any good thing which the Lord 03:58 had spoken unto the house of Israel; all came to pass. 04:02 We're continuing now with Joshua chapter 22. 04:05 Then Joshua called the Reubenites and the Gadites, 04:10 and the half tribe of Manasseh, And said unto them, 04:12 Ye have kept all that Moses the servant of the Lord 04:15 commanded you, and have obeyed my voice in all that I commanded 04:19 you: Ye have not left your brethren these many days 04:22 unto this day, but have kept the charge of the commandment 04:24 of the Lord your God. And now the Lord your God hath given 04:28 rest unto your brethren, as he promised them: 04:31 therefore now return ye, and get you unto your tents, 04:35 and unto the land of your possession, 04:37 which Moses the servant of the Lord gave you on the other side 04:40 Jordan. But take diligent heed to do the commandment 04:44 and the law, which Moses the servant of the Lord charged you, 04:47 to love the Lord your God, and to walk in all his ways, 04:51 and to keep his commandments and to cleave unto him. 04:54 and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul. 04:58 So Joshua blessed them and sent them away: 05:01 and they went unto their tents. 05:03 Now to the one half of the tribe of Manasseh Moses had given 05:07 possession in Bashan: but unto the other half thereof 05:10 gave Joshua among their brethren on this side Jordan 05:13 westward. And when Joshua sent them away also unto their tents, 05:17 then he blessed them, and he spake unto them, saying, 05:20 Return with much riches unto your tents, and with very much 05:24 cattle, with silver, and with gold, and with brass, 05:27 and with iron, and with very much raiment: 05:29 divide the spoil of your enemies with your brethren. 05:32 And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad 05:34 and the half tribe of Manasseh returned, and departed 05:37 from the children of Israel out of Shiloh, which is in the land 05:40 of Canaan, to go unto the country of Gilead, 05:43 to the land of their possession, whereof they were possessed, 05:46 according to the word of the Lord by the hand of Moses. 05:48 And when they came unto the borders of Jordan, 05:51 that are in the land of Canaan, the children of Reuben 05:54 and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh 05:57 built there an altar by Jordan, a great altar to see to. 06:01 And the children of Israel heard say, Behold, the children of 06:05 Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh 06:08 have built an altar over against the land of Canaan, 06:12 in the borders of Jordan, at the passage 06:14 of the children of Israel. And when the children of Israel 06:17 heard of it, the whole congregation of the children 06:19 of Israel gathered themselves together at Shiloh to go up 06:23 to war against them. And the children of Israel sent unto 06:28 the children of Reuben and to the children of Gad, 06:30 and to the half tribe of Manasseh, unto the land of 06:32 Gilead, Phineas the son of Eleazar the priest, 06:35 And with him ten princes, of each chief house a prince 06:39 throughout all the tribes of Israel; and each one was 06:43 an head of the house of their fathers among the thousands 06:46 of Israel. And they came unto the children of Reuben, 06:49 and to the children of Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh, 06:52 unto the land of Gilead, and they spake with them, saying, 06:55 Thus saith the whole congregation of the Lord, 06:58 What trespass is this that ye have committed against God 07:02 of Israel, to turn away this day from following the Lord, 07:05 in that ye have builded you an altar, that ye might rebel 07:09 this day against the Lord? Is the iniquity of Peor to little 07:13 for us, from which we are not cleansed until this day, 07:15 although there was a plague in the congregation of the Lord, 07:18 But that ye must turn away this day from following the Lord? 07:21 and it will be, seeing ye rebel today against the Lord, 07:25 that tomorrow he will be wroth with the whole congregation 07:28 of Israel. Notwithstanding, if the land of your possession 07:32 be unclean, then pass ye over unto the land of the possession 07:36 of the Lord, wherein the Lord's tabernacle dwelleth, 07:39 and take possession among us: but rebel not against the Lord, 07:43 nor rebel against us, in building you an altar 07:46 outside the altar of the Lord our God. Did not Achan 07:50 the son of Zerah commit a trespass in the accursed thing, 07:53 and wrath fell on all the congregation of Israel? 07:55 and that man perished not alone in his iniquity. 07:58 Then the children of Reuben and the children of Gad 08:01 and the half tribe of Manasseh answered, and said 08:05 unto the heads of the thousands of Israel, the Lord God of gods, 08:10 the Lord God of gods, he knoweth, and Israel 08:13 he shall know; if it be in rebellion or if in transgression 08:18 against the Lord, save us not this day, 08:21 that we have built us an altar to turn from following the Lord, 08:25 or if to offer thereon burnt offering or meat offering, 08:29 or if to offer peace offerings thereon, let the Lord himself 08:33 require it; and if we have not rather done it for fear 08:37 of this thing, saying, In time to come your children 08:39 might speak unto our children, saying, What have ye to do 08:43 with the Lord God of Israel? For the Lord hath made 08:46 Jordan a border between us and you, ye children of Reuben 08:49 and children of Gad; ye have no part in the Lord: 08:50 so shall your children make our children cease from 08:54 fearing the Lord. Therefore we said, Let us now prepare to 08:58 build us an altar, not for burnt offering, nor for sacrifice: 09:01 but that it may be a witness between us, and you, 09:04 and our generations after us, that we might do the service 09:07 of the Lord before him with our burnt offerings, 09:09 and with our sacrifices, and with our peace offerings; 09:11 that your children may not say to our children in time to come, 09:15 Ye have no part in the Lord. Therefore said we, 09:18 that it shall be, when they should so say to us 09:20 or to our generations in time to come, that we may say again, 09:25 behold the pattern of the altar of the Lord, 09:28 which our fathers made, not for burnt offerings, 09:31 nor for sacrifices; but it is a witness between us and you. 09:35 God forbid that we should rebel against the Lord, 09:38 and turn this day from following the Lord, 09:40 to build an altar for burnt offerings, for meat offerings 09:43 or for sacrifices, beside the altar of the Lord our God 09:46 that is before his tabernacle. And when Phinehas, the priest, 09:51 and the princes of the congregation and heads of 09:53 the thousands of Israel which were with him, heard the words 09:57 that the children of Reuben and the children of Gad 09:59 and the children of Manasseh spake, it pleased them. 10:02 and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest 10:05 said unto the children of Reuben, 10:07 and to the children of Gad and the children of Manasseh, 10:09 This day we perceive that the Lord is among us, 10:13 because ye have not committed this trespass against the Lord: 10:16 now ye have delivered the children of Israel out of the 10:19 Lord. And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, 10:22 and the princes, returned from the children of Reuben, 10:24 and from the children of Gad, out of the land of Gilead, 10:27 unto the land of Canaan to the children of Israel, 10:30 and brought them word again. And the thing pleased 10:33 the children of Israel, and the children of Israel blessed God, 10:36 and did not intend to go up against them in battle, 10:38 to destroy the land wherein the children of Reuben 10:41 and Gad dwelt. And the children of Reuben and the children of 10:44 Gad called the alter Ed: 10:47 for it shall be a witness between us that the Lord is God. 10:52 We're continuing now with chapter 23 of the book of Joshua 10:57 and this is the King James Version. 10:58 And it came to pass a long time after that the Lord had given 11:04 rest unto Israel from all their enemies round about, 11:07 that Joshua waxed old and stricken in age. 11:12 And Joshua called for all Israel and for their elders, 11:16 and for their heads, and for their judges, 11:18 and for their officers, and said unto them, I am old and stricken 11:23 in age: and ye have seen all that the Lord your God 11:26 hath done unto all these nations because of you; 11:29 for the Lord your God is he that hath fought for you. 11:33 Behold, I have divided unto you by lot these nations that remain 11:38 to be an inheritance for your tribes, from Jordan 11:42 with all the nations that I have cut off, even unto the great sea 11:45 westward, and the Lord your God, he shall expel them 11:49 from before you, and drive them from out of your sight; 11:53 and ye shall possess their land, as the Lord your God 11:57 hath promised unto you. Be ye therefore very courageous 12:01 to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law 12:05 of Moses, that ye turn not aside therefrom, to the right hand, 12:09 or to the left; that ye come not among the nations, 12:13 these that remain among you; neither make mention 12:17 of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by them, 12:20 neither serve them, nor bow yourselves unto them: 12:23 But cleave unto the Lord your God, as ye have done 12:27 unto this day. For the Lord hath driven out from before you 12:31 great nations and strong: but as for you, no man hath been able 12:36 to stand before you unto this day. One man of you shall chase 12:40 a thousand: for the Lord your God, he it is that fighteth 12:44 for you as he hath promised you. Take good heed therefore 12:49 unto yourselves, that ye love the Lord your God. 12:52 Else if ye do in any wise go back and cleave unto 12:57 the remnant of these nations, even these that remain among you 13:00 and shall make marriages with them, and go in unto them, 13:04 and they to you: Know for a certainty that the Lord your God 13:08 will no more drive out any of these nations from before you; 13:11 but they shall be snares and traps unto you, and scourges 13:16 in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish 13:19 from off this land which the Lord your God has given you. 13:22 And, behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth: 13:25 and ye know in all your hearts and in all your souls, 13:28 that not one thing hath failed of all the good things 13:32 which the Lord your God spake concerning you; 13:34 all are come to pass unto you, and not one thing hath failed 13:39 thereof. Therefore it shall come to pass, that as all good things 13:44 are come upon you, which the Lord your God promised you; 13:46 so shall the Lord bring upon you all evil things, until he have 13:50 destroyed you from off this good land which the Lord your God 13:52 hath given you. When ye have transgressed the covenant 13:56 of the Lord your God, which he commanded you, and have gone 13:59 and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them; 14:02 then shall the anger of the Lord be kindled against you, 14:06 and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land 14:09 which he hath given you. Thank you for joining with me 14:13 to read God's word today. Until we come together 14:16 again, may we be encouraged by Caleb's example, 14:20 to wait patiently until the promise of the Lord 14:22 is fulfilled in our lives, and encouraged by the word of 14:25 Joshua to obey every word that he has given, 14:27 because of our love for Him and his love for us. 14:30 Thank you for being with me and please join me again next time 14:33 to read God's word. |
Revised 2014-12-17