Sermon Tone Analysis

I. What’s in a Name?

What’s in Name?

What’s in Name?

When Juliet Capulet was asked about Romeo Montague’s name, she responded “What’s in a name?

That which we call a rose.

By any other name would smell as sweet.”

Names have been a part of every culture since God called the first man, “Adam.”

אָדָם adam (9a); from an unused word; man, mankind:—any man(2), anyone(4), anyone’s(1), being*(1), common sort*(1), human(19), infantry(1), low degree*(1), low*(1), man(363), man’s(20), man*(1), mankind(9), men(104), men of low degree*(1), men’s(3), men*(4), mortal(1), one(3), people(1), person(5), person*(1), persons(3), population(1), someone(1).

Adam - אָדָם adam

The Hebrew word means human, man, mankind, person, or simply being.

But this designation came to mean something personal to Adam.

God gave Adam his wife and Adam named her “Eve.”

חַוָּה Chavvah (295d); from an unused word; “life,” the first woman:—Eve(2).

Eve - חַוָּה Chavvah

הוֹשֵׁעַ Hoshea - “salvación” יְהוֹשׁוּעַ Yehoshua - “Yahweh es nuestro salvación” traducido Josué en Español Ἰησοῦς Iēsous - The Greek form of Yehoshua, traducido Jesús en Español

The sound is similar and basically means “life-giver.”

Names in the Bible are often quite important and when God gives someone a new name, it is often an indication of what God is doing.

We see this happen with Abraham and Isaac

When we look at Joshua, it is not God that gives Joshua the name that we know him by.

It is Moses.

A. הוֹשֵׁעַ Hoshea - “salvation”

B. יְהוֹשׁוּעַ Yehoshua - “Yahweh is our salvation” translated Joshua

C. Ἰησοῦς Iēsous - The Greek form of Yehoshua, translated Jesus

Hoshea - salvation

Adam gave

God gave Adam his wife and Adam named her “Eve.”

חַוָּה Chavvah (295d); from an unused word; “life,” the first woman:—Eve(2).

Names in the Bible are often quite important and when God gives someone a new name, it is often an indication of what God is doing.

Names in the Bible are often quite important and an indication of what God is doing with His people (or going to do).

Who is Joshua?

We see this happen with Abraham and Isaac

When we look at Joshua, it is not God that gives Joshua the name that we know him by.

It is Moses.

Hoshea - salvation

הוֹשֵׁעַ Hoshea (448a); from 3467; “salvation,” the name of several Isr.:—Hosea(3), Hoshea(12), Joshua(1).

Joshua was born as Hoshea, the first son of Nun, of the tribe of Ephraim.

His parents were among the Hebrews enslaved in Egypt and they were crying out to God for a deliverer.

Hoshea was named as one of the spies to enter Canaan.

But when Moses called his name, he said Yehoshua instead.

This is the name we translate as Joshua today.

This means that Joshua was at risk during the Passover in Egypt.

He had to be hidden behind the door with the blood of the lamb.

At some point after the Exodus from Egypt, Joshua became Moses’ servant

Joshua - Yahweh is salvation

Hoshea

Joshua - Yahweh is salvation

Hoshea

יְהוֹשׁוּעַ Yehoshua or

יְהוֹשֻׁעַ Yehoshua (221c); from 3068 and 3467; “the LORD is salvation,” Moses’ successor, also the name of a number of Isr.:—Jeshua(28), Joshua(219).

Moses gave Hoshea the nickname of Yehoshua.

We’re not told why, but the name stuck and Hoshea was evermore known as Yehoshua.

Who else do we know with that name?

Joshua

Jesus

Luke 2:21

Jesus - Yahweh is salvation

Jesus had two names, like most Hebrews living during his day.

He had a Greek name and a Hebrew name.

Joshua, the Man

Jesus - Yahweh is salvation

Ἰησοῦς Iēsous; of Heb.

or.

[3091]; Jesus or Joshua, the name of the Messiah, also three other Isr.:—Jesus(904),

Jesus’(7), Joshua(3).

Joshua in Summary

Slave - escaped from Egypt, first-born son, saved by the blood of the lamb

Slave - escaped from Egypt

Soldier - protected the Israelites from an attack by the Amalekites

Spy - in Canaan, one of those who trusted God

Servant - aide to Moses

Successor - named by God to succeed Moses

Successor - named by God to succeed Moses

He came to deliver us out of bondage into the freedom of Christian life.

II.

What’s in a Place?

The Promised Land and the story of Israel is a true story, but one that also illustrates for us our spiritual relationship with the very same God that Abraham and Jacob called friend.

This journey is an illustration of our spiritual lives.

It shows how we rid ourselves of the old, sinful life and step into a rich inheritance of rest and trust in Jesus Christ.

It makes no promise that there will be no battles, but that we can trust in God to fight those battles and when we depend upon Him more, the greater the victory will be.

Four Spiritual Experiences

1. Egypt

Egypt was a place of death and bondage.

There was no way out without God’s help.

The people of Israel cried out to God asking for Him to deliver them from their bondage.

This is a lot like our enslavement to sin and our bondage without God.

There is no way out of sin without God’s help and without a deliverer.

God sent Moses to Egypt to deliver them from slavery.

He sent Jesus to us in order to save us from the slavery of sin.

Christ, through his death and resurrection, delivers the believer from the bondage of sin, from God’s judgment, and from the death of eternal separation from God.

2. Wilderness

2. Wilderness - a consequence of unbelief and rebellion against God

The wilderness was Israel’s punishment for doubt, disbelief, and rebellion against God.

We can find ourselves in a wilderness experience when we fail to step into the rest and inheritance that we could experience in Christ.

Sometimes this happens because we are so addicted to our sin that we refuse to step into the fulness of Christian life.

Other times it may be that nobody has told us of the rich Christian life and shepherded us into that experience.

3. Canaan

Canaan, the Promised Land, was to be God’s best for Israel, until they rebelled against Him.

We sometimes have a skewed understanding of Canaan.

This stems from a poor theology that depicts Canaan as an image of Heaven.

Canaan is not a place where there is no more struggle, but each struggle promises a victory when our belief and our trust is placed in our redeemer.