Sermon on Joshua

Sermon on Joshua 1:18
At this time you may be seated and we'll turn to the book of Joshua. Now it came to pass after the death of Moses the servant of the Lord, that the Lord spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister, saying (Jos 1:1),
Moses' minister; it doesn't mean that Joshua was Moses' pastor.

Sermon on Joshua 2:1-24
Now chapter two, Joshua sent out two men to spy out the land, actually to spy out Jericho, because Jericho was the first city that they were going to come to. Jericho is one of the oldest cities in the world. It was one of the first; it was the first city that they came to once they crossed the Jordan River.
So these two spies came to Jericho, and they went into the house of a harlot's house, whose name was Rahab, and they had received them into her house (Jos 2:1).

Sermon on Joshua 3:1-17
Joshua rose early in the morning; and they removed from Shittim, and they came to the Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and they lodged there before they passed over. And they commanded the people, and he said, Now when you see the ark of the covenant moving out, you stay behind it two thousand cubits:

Sermon on Joshua 4:1-24
That this may be a sign among you that when your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What do you mean by these stones? You shall answer them, That the waters of Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the Lord; when it passed over Jordan, the waters of Jordan were cut off: and these stones shall be a memorial unto the children of Israel for ever. And so the children of Israel did as Joshua commanded (Jos 4:6-8)

Sermon on Joshua 5:1-15
Now in chapter five we read where all of the adult males were at this point circumcised. It was a rite that they did not follow while they were in the wilderness.

Sermon on Joshua 6:1-27
So in chapter six we begin the conquering of the land. The method by which they took Jericho was very fascinating indeed.
The Lord said to Joshua, I have given to you the city of Jericho, and its king, and his mighty men. Now you're to encircle the city, all of your men of war. You're to walk around the city once, and you're to do this for six days.

Sermon on Joshua 7:1-26
The children of Israel committed a trespass against the Lord in the [holy thing, or in the] accursed thing: [rather] for Achan took of the accursed thing: [That is he took some of the spoil that they said was to go only to God, and he took it for himself.] and God's anger was kindled against the children of Israel (Jos 7:1).

Sermon on Joshua 8:1-35
Then they went back to Ai, now this time under the direction of the Lord. Joshua sent part of the army around the other side of the city to hide in ambush.

Sermon on Joshua 9:1-27
Now the children of Israel had conquered Jericho and Ai, which were strong cities. The kings that were in the land of Canaan where they were coming, felt that their only hope of stopping this migration of these people into the land would be by a combined effort, pooling all of their armies, all of their resources in one massive assault against Israel

Sermon on Joshua 10:1-43
The men of Gibeon sent an urgent message to Joshua that they were being attacked. They said, "Now we have this mutual defense pact with you, so come to our aid."

Sermon on Joshua 11:1-23
So in chapter eleven, the other kings when they had heard what happened to these kings that had come out against them, they also went out with their host. These are now the kings that are in the area of the Galilee, and upper Galilee region in the first three verses, clear up to Mount Hermon.

Sermon on Joshua 12:1-24
Now that was a tragedy that they did leave unconquered territory, because they left it,

Sermon on Joshua 13:1-33
Now Joshua was old and stricken in years; [It means that he was beginning to be a little feeble. The idea of "stricken in years" refers to more or less the feebleness that oftentimes accompanies old age.] ... and there remaineth yet very much land to be possessed (Jos 13:1).

Sermon on Joshua 14:14-15
Now in chapter fourteen we have the interesting account of this fellow Caleb. When Moses had sent out the twelve spies to go into the land, Caleb was a companion to Joshua. They spied out the south country of Israel.

Sermon on Joshua 15:1-63
So in chapter fifteen he describes the portion that was given from Judah, and he tells the borders of the land that was given to Judah, going over at one point,

Sermon on Joshua 16:1-10
In chapter sixteen he describes the areas that were given then to Manasseh, and to Ephraim, the sons, or the descendants of Joseph. Now part of the tribe of Manasseh settled on the east banks of the Jordan River,

Sermon on Joshua 17:1-18
As we get into the seventeenth chapter, we find that the land has continued to be divided by Joshua, and the portion that was to be given to a half of the tribe of Manasseh.

Sermon on Joshua 18:1-28
As we get into chapter eighteen we find that the tabernacle was then set up at Shiloh. Now the tabernacle, the place of the worship of God, which was with them there in the wilderness, and wherever they would go they would set up the tabernacle.

Sermon on Joshua 19:1-51
As you get into the nineteenth chapter, the second lot came forth and it was for the tribe of Simeon. Simeon became the southern most tribe in Israel. The area down around Kadesh-Barnea and desert area, a vast desert area Beersheba, and up almost to Hebron. But that whole southern part was the lot that Simeon received.

Sermon on Joshua 20:1-9
Now in the twentieth chapter you remember that when they came into the land, they were to establish cities of refuge so that anybody who had killed someone accidentally, who had not had a foremalice or hatred towards the person, but killed them accidentally, they could flee to the city of refuge from the avenger of death.

Sermon on Joshua 21:1-45
Then came near the heads of the fathers of the Levites to the Eleazar the priest, and unto Joshua the son of Nun (Jos 21:1),

Sermon on Joshua 22:1-34
Now in chapter twenty-two, after now the land has all been given and apportioned out,
Joshua called the men from Reuben, and Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh (Jos 22:1).

Sermon on Joshua 23:1-16
It came to pass a long time after that the Lord had given rest to Israel (Jos 23:1)
A long time, being about seventeen years. So from the time that they conquered the land, the people had gone back to the other side, Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh, about seventeen years later.

Sermon on Joshua 24:1-33
Chapter twenty-four, Joshua is continuing this final charge to the children of Israel. Picture now this old man he was. He was faithful to the Lord. He has done a good job, but now he is bent over with age. He has been weakened. His voice is probably shaky and trembling.