March 23, 2025
Teacher: Daniel Broyles
Big Truth:
God Fights For His People
Joshua 23:8–11
[8] but you shall cling to the LORD your God just as you have done to this day. [9] For the LORD has driven out before you great and strong nations. And as for you, no man has been able to stand before you to this day. [10] One man of you puts to flight a thousand, since it is the LORD your God who fights for you, just as he promised you. [11] Be very careful, therefore, to love the LORD your God.
Joshua 1:1–9
[1] After the death of Moses the servant of the LORD, the LORD said to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’ assistant, [2] “Moses my servant is dead. Now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, you and all this people, into the land that I am giving to them, to the people of Israel. [3] Every place that the sole of your foot will tread upon I have given to you, just as I promised to Moses. [4] From the wilderness and this Lebanon as far as the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites to the Great Sea toward the going down of the sun shall be your territory. [5] No man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your life. Just as I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not leave you or forsake you. [6] Be strong and courageous, for you shall cause this people to inherit the land that I swore to their fathers to give them. [7] Only be strong and very courageous, being careful to do according to all the law that Moses my servant commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may have good success wherever you go. [8] This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success. [9] Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”
Big Ideas:
Know
- God’s Creation Is Under God’s Supreme Authority
the land that I am giving (2) - God’s Creation Is Subject To God’s Sovereign Power
just as I promised (3) - Man’s Success Is Guaranteed If Aligned With God’s Will
No man shall be able to stand before you (5) - Man’s Success Is Reliant On God’s Presence
I will be with you. I will not leave you or forsake you. (5)
Feel
- Jesus Followers Are Called To Be Strong & Courageous
Be strong and courageous (6, 7, 9)
Do
- Jesus Followers Are Called To Be Careful
Be careful to do (7-8) - Jesus Followers Are Called To Be Careful To Do God’s Will
according to all the law … all that is written in it (7-8) - Jesus Followers Are Called To Be Careful To Talk About God’s Will
This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth (8) - Jesus Followers Are Called To Be Careful To Think About God’s Will
you shall meditate on it day and night (8)
Want
- Jesus Followers Are Called To Walk By Faith
By faith Rahab the prostitute did not perish … (Hebrews 11:31)
Additional Resources
Hebrews 11:35–39
… Some were tortured, refusing to accept release, so that they might rise again to a better life. [36] Others suffered mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment. [37] They were stoned, they were sawn in two, they were killed with the sword. They went about in skins of sheep and goats, destitute, afflicted, mistreated—[38] of whom the world was not worthy—wandering about in deserts and mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth. [39] And all these, though commended through their faith, did not receive what was promised …
Deuteronomy 31:6
Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be in dread of them, for it is the LORD your God who goes with you. He will not leave you or forsake you.”
Deuteronomy 31:7–8
[7] Then Moses summoned Joshua and said to him in the sight of all Israel, “Be strong and courageous, for you shall go with this people into the land that the LORD has sworn to their fathers to give them, and you shall put them in possession of it. [8] It is the LORD who goes before you. He will be with you; he will not leave you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed.”
Joshua 21:45
Not one word of all the good promises that the LORD had made to the house of Israel had failed; all came to pass.
Luke 9:23–25
[23] And he said to all, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. [24] For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it. [25] For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses or forfeits himself?
Matthew 28:19–20
[19] Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, [20] teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
Deuteronomy 6:4–7
[4] “Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. [5] You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. [6] And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. [7] You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.
Hebrews 11:31
By faith Rahab the prostitute did not perish with those who were disobedient
Talk About It
- How does fear and anxiety lead you to compromise and walk by sight?
- How does standing firm and taking courage in the Lord lead you to success and walk by faith?
- How are you being careful to do the will of God?
- Who are you regularly talking to about who God is and who He has called you to be?
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