JOSHUA SERIES #10: DECEIVED! (Joshua 9)

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Joshua 9 – DECEIVED!

#10 – MOVING FORWARD – THE BOOK OF JOSHUA

  • Name some people who have deceived Christians.
  • Satan is the master of deceit. Ephesians 6:11-12, 1 Peter 5:8-9, 2 Corinthians 11:14-15, John 8:44
  • Joshua and the Children of Israel were given specific instructions for destroying the inhabitants of the land. Exodus 23:31-33, Deuteronomy 7:2
  • While most of the area was planning war against Israel, the residents of Gibeon (6 miles NW of Jerusalem) realized that they would be destroyed and decided to try trickery to deceive Israel. Although the Israelites probably didn’t consider themselves very gullible, they were deceived for three reasons:
  1. THEY JUDGED BY APPEARANCE 1-13
    • The Gibeonites Prepared 3-5
    • They Pretended 4
    • They Proposed 6 (Based on what God had instructed Israel.) Deuteronomy 20:10-18
    • They Persuaded 7-13
  1. THEY ASSUMED THEY WERE BEING TOLD THE TRUTH Vss. 14-15 – They could have checked out the story first.
  2. THEY FAILED TO ASK GOD Vs. 14

Note the consequences of the decision:

  1. DISOBEDIENCE 15-17
  2. CRITICISM 18
  3. LIVING WITH THE SITUATION 19-27
  • They Kept Their Word 19-20, Psalm 15:1, 4b, Genesis 27:32-33
  • They Put Them Under Subjection 21
  • They (The Gibeonites) Served the God of Israel 22-27
  1. PROTECTING THEIR ENEMIES Joshua 10 (Next week.)