Joshua 24

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Joshua 24:14-28 (ESV)

Choose Whom You Will Serve

14 g “Now therefore fear the Lord and serve him in sincerity and in faithfulness. hPut away the gods that your fathers served beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the Lord. 15 iAnd if it is evil in your eyes to serve the Lord, jchoose this day whom you will serve, whether hthe gods your fathers served in the region beyond the River, or kthe gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell. lBut as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”

16 Then the people answered, “Far be it from us that we should forsake the Lord to serve other gods, 17 for it is the Lord our God who brought us and our fathers up from the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery, and who did those great signs in our sight and preserved us in all the way that we went, and among all the peoples through whom we passed. 18 And the Lord drove out before us all the peoples, the Amorites who lived in the land. Therefore we also will serve the Lord, for he is our God.”

19 But Joshua said to the people, “You are not able to serve the Lord, for he is ma holy God. He is na jealous God; ohe will not forgive your transgressions or your sins. 20 pIf you forsake the Lord and serve foreign gods, then qhe will turn and do you harm and consume you, after having done you good.” 21 And the people said to Joshua, “No, but we will serve the Lord.” 22 Then Joshua said to the people, “You are witnesses against yourselves that ryou have chosen the Lord, to serve him.” And they said, “We are witnesses.” 23 He said, “Then sput away the foreign gods that are among you, and incline your heart to the Lord, the God of Israel.” 24 And the people said to Joshua, “The Lord our God we will serve, and his voice we will obey.” 25 So Joshua tmade a covenant with the people that day, and put in place ustatutes and rules for them at Shechem. 26 And Joshua vwrote these words in the Book of the Law of God. And whe took a large stone and set it up there xunder the terebinth that was by the sanctuary of the Lord. 27 And Joshua said to all the people, “Behold, ythis stone shall be a witness against us, for zit has heard all the words of the Lord that he spoke to us. Therefore it shall be a witness against you, lest you deal falsely with your God.” 28 So Joshua asent the people away, every man to his inheritance.

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Outline

Introduction

I.                   We must choose who will serve

II.                We must seek to lead our families and others in our care to serve God

III.             We must serve God even when it even when the world goes the other direction.

Conclusion


For his house, that is, his family, his children and servants, such as were immediately under his eye and care, his inspection and influence. Joshua was a ruler, a judge in Israel, yet he did not make his necessary application to public affairs an excuse for the neglect of family religion. Those that have the charge of many families, as magistrates and ministers, must take special care of their own (1 Tim. 3:4, 5): I and my house will serve God. 1. "Not my house, without me.’’ He would not engage them to that work which he would not set his own hand to. As some who would have their children and servants good, but will not be so themselves; that is, they would have them go to heaven, but intend to go to hell themselves. 2. "Not I, without my house.’’ He supposes he might be forsaken by his people, but in his house, where his authority was greater and more immediate, there he would over-rule. Note, When we cannot bring as many as we would to the service of God we must bring as many as we can, and extend our endeavours to the utmost sphere of our activity; if we cannot reform the land, let us put away iniquity far from our own tabernacle. 3. "First I, and then my house.’’ Note, Those that lead and rule in other things should be first in the service of God, and go before in the best things[2]


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g  Deut. 10:12; 1 Sam. 12:24

h  ver. 2, 23

i  1 Kin. 18:21; Ezek. 20:39

j  ver. 22

h  [See ver. 14 above]

k  Ex. 23:24, 32, 33; 34:15; Deut. 13:7; 29:18; Judg. 6:10

l  Gen. 18:19

m  Lev. 19:2 1 Sam. 6:20; Ps. 99:5, 9; Isai. 5:16

n  Ex. 20:5; Nah. 1:2

o  Ex. 23:21

p  [1 Chr. 28:9; 2 Chr. 15:2; Ezra 8:22; Isai. 1:28; 65:11, 12; Jer. 17:13]

q  ch. 23:15; Isai. 63:10; [Acts 7:42 ]

r  ver. 15

s  ver. 14; Judg. 10:16; 1 Sam. 7:3

t  2 Kin. 11:17 2 Chr. 23:16; Neh. 9:38

u  Ex. 15:25

v  Deut. 31:24

w  [ch. 4:3; Gen. 28:18]

x  Gen. 35:4; Judg. 9:6

y  ch. 22:27, 28, 34; Gen. 31:48, 52; Deut. 31:19, 21, 26

z  [Deut. 32:1]

a  Judg. 2:6

[1]  The Holy Bible : English standard version. 2001. Wheaton: Standard Bible Society.

[2]Henry, M. (1996, c1991). Matthew Henry's commentary on the whole Bible : Complete and unabridged in one volume (Jos 24:15). Peabody: Hendrickson.

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