Josué 14

Josué 14

Ironside - Joshua 14:8 - from The Continual Burnt Offering - Feb 3 The greatness of the character of Caleb is expressed in his name. He was not of double heart. Mixed motives had no place in his life. He had settled it years before that he was to be entirely the Lord’s, and ever after he lived up to his name as the “whole-hearted.” Undoubtedly, the cause of much of our failure today is that we are so lacking in this spirit of devotion to the will of God. Of old, the disciples were exhorted that with purpose of heart they should continue with the Lord (Acts 11:23). Jesus declared, “If … your eye is good, your whole body will be full of light” (Matthew 6:22). When we sanctify the Lord God in our hearts and give Him the place of supreme authority, all controversy is at an end, and the life is entirely under His control. This is the path of victory and blessing. No one can be successful in his Christian life who is endeavoring to have God and the world share his heart (1 John 2:15). All for Jesus, all for Jesus! All my being’s ransomed powers. All my thoughts and words and doings, All my days and all my hours. Let my hands perform His bidding. Let my feet run in His ways, Let my eyes see Jesus only, Let my lips speak forth His praise. —Mary D. James Joshua 14:9 "So Moses swore on that day, saying, 'Surely the land on which your foot has trodden will be an inheritance to you and to your children forever, because you have followed the LORD my God fully (male).' Jos 1:3 Nu 13:22 Nu 14:22-24 Joshua 14 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries Related Passages: Joshua 1:3+ “Every place on which the sole of your foot treads, I have given it to you, just as I spoke to Moses. Numbers 13:22+ When they had gone up into the Negev, they came to Hebron where Ahiman, Sheshai and Talmai, the descendants of Anak were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.) Numbers 14:22-24+ “Surely all the men who have seen My glory and My signs which I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness, yet have put Me to the test these ten times and have not listened to My voice, 23 shall by no means see the land which I swore to their fathers, nor shall any of those who spurned Me see it. 24 “But My servant Caleb, because he has had a different spirit and has followed Me fully (male), I will bring into the land which he entered, and his descendants shall take possession of it. Numbers 14:30+ ‘Surely you shall not come into the land in which I swore to settle you, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun. Deuteronomy 1:35-36+ (HERE IS THE PROMISE WHICH MOSES SWORE TO CALEB) Not one of these men, this evil generation, shall see the good land which I swore to give your fathers, 36 except Caleb the son of Jephunneh; he shall see it, and to him and to his sons I will give the land on which he has set foot, because he has followed the LORD fully (male).’ Numbers 32:11-12+ (STRIKING CONTRAST BETWEEN MEN WHO DID AND DID NOT FOLLOW FULLY!) None of the men who came up from Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob; for they did not follow Me fully (male) 12except Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite and Joshua the son of Nun, for they have followed the LORD fully (male). ’ MOSES' PROMISE TO CALEB A WHOLEHEARTED FOLLOWER So - Term of conclusion. The fact was Caleb had a different spirit and followed Yahweh fully, proving himself to be a true servant of the LORD. Moses swore on that day, saying, 'Surely the land on which your foot has trodden will be an inheritance to you and to your children forever, because you have followed the LORD my God fully (male)- Moses swore to Caleb but as Caleb said earlier You know the word which the LORD spoke to Moses. Moses as a prophet of God swore what Yahweh had spoken to him to say. Caleb is now "cashing his check" so to speak on God's promise, which has been sitting "in the bank" for 40 years, but is still valid. There is an important principle in this section - Caleb makes his claim to the inheritance based upon God's promise, which should always be the basis on which we claim our blessings. ESV Study Note - It is one of four narrative passages, sometimes referred to as “land-grant narratives,” that are distinctive in Joshua 14-19 in that they focus on individuals. The other three are the allocation of Debir to Caleb’s daughter Achsah and her husband Othniel (Joshua 15:13-19; Othniel reappears in Jdg. 3:7-11); the bestowal of an inheritance on the daughters of Zelophehad (Josh 17:3-6); and the granting of Timnath-serah to Joshua (Joshua 19:49-50). (ESV Study Bible)