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I) *Missing Counsel*
A) File: Joshua 9 Gibeonite deception.doc
B) Audio: Missing Counsel
C) Series: Victory in the promised land
D) Preached: August 5, 2007.
II) Context: *Joshua 9:1-27*
A) Israelites conquering promised land.
B) Victory at Jericho
C) Defeat and then victory at Ai
D) A worship service and renewal of covenant near Shechem
III) *READ Joshua 9*
IV) *What is the point of the story?
The primary lesson?*
A) *Do not be deceived by the enemy!*
1) A lesson on how the world can deceive us?
(a) This is how the enemy often comes: A liar and deceiver, the father of lies.
(i) Not devouring lion (1 Peter 5:8).
(ii) Vv1-2 show this role played out.
(iii) Here, deceivers sent straight to Joshua to thwart.
(b) *2 Cor.
11:3* “But I am afraid that as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your thoughts will be led astray from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ.”
2) Used law Dt*.
20:10-20*.
Could make peace with outsiders.
(a) *Dt.
7:2* – make no covenant.
3) Horrible results of deception.
(a) v18: Division in the camp!
(b) Enemy /in /the camp.
(i) Dt.
7:2 – prevent intermarriage and religious corruption.
4) A good lesson: Do not be deceived by the enemy!
*Matt 10:16* “sheep, wolves, serpents, doves”
5) But that’s not the primary lessons here…
B) *Beware of false conversions*.
1) From Israelite point of view:
(a) Unbelievers in the congregation.
(b) Clearly to be the case in the church.
(i) Wheat and Tares.
*Matt 13:24-30*.
(ii) “Lord, Lord!” *Matt.
7:21-23*.
(iii) Discipline – “treat him as an unbeliever”
2) From Gibeonites point of view:
(a) False faith.
Fleeing the wrath.
(b) Legal servitude but not true faith.
(i) V24 – clearly believed God.
(ii) *James 2:19* “You believe that God is one; you do well.
Even the demons believe – and shudder!”
(iii) But not a saving faith like Rahab – honest approach.
· True faith – resulting in works vs. some level of belief resulting in sin.
(*Heb.
11:31, James 2:25*)
(iv) Ex: give, attend, serve, but not surrender.
· Social pressure, peace in household.
3) A cause for self-examination
4) A reminder that not everyone who says “Lord, Lord!” is a true believer.
5) But that is not the primary lesson here…
C) *Keep your word?*
1) They made a covenant and a promise and they kept it.
2) Was this right?
3) Yes – *2 Sam.
21*.
Accountable to keep their word in this very matter.
Saul had waged war on the Gibeonites (even though his home town).
After Saul’s death a famine.
David prayed.
God told him it was because Saul has killed them.
He called the Gibeonites who requested 7 of Saul’s sons for retribution.
They were put to death and the famine ended.
Held accountable hundreds of years later.
(a) This case: obey the order to subdue the enemy or keep their word.
If they obey the order to subdue the enemy they break the commandment against lying!
They are to be a testimony to God.
(b) In this case it was right to keep the vow.
(c) However, Saul in *1 Sam.
14:24* swears an oath.
Jonathan his son eats.
The oath was not kept – foolish!
4) Jesus warned against making vows, *Matt.
5:37* “Let what you say be simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; anything more than this comes from the evil one.”
5) Be careful the commitments we make and keep our word are good lessons.
6) But that is not the primary lesson here…
D) *God works all things to the good…?*
1) A lesson on how even if we make mistakes, it will turn out alright? *Rom.
8:28*.
(a) The armies mass together, Israel (but mostly God) wipes them out.
2) We can’t really look at it this way:
(a) Land supposed to be cleared out – purified from false religions.
Never totally complete.
Israel falls into idolatry.
Must assume a Gibeonite influence.
Levitical city, tabernacle here, Solomon worshiped here, only 5 mi.
from Jerusalem.
3) Even though God works things to the good – this should not be the focus of this passage – God’s people have messed up!
What is the nature of the error?
4) There is clearly an error here:
(a) Murmuring – people are upset.
Marched straight there.
(b) Instructions of the Lord are left undone.
(c) Something is wrong.
(d) *The key is in verse 14*.
E) *Consult God every step of the way*.
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