Pastor Joe Sugrue - Grace and Truth Podcast

Title: Joshua and Judges: The allotment of the land, part 8 - Predestination; Jos 14-17.

Announcements / opening prayer:

The message from the Lord Himself, and in our study, the predestination of the believer adopted as a son, is amazingly powerful, stunningly wonderful, fully revealed by the Spirit, and full of power and truth.

Don't carelessly let it pass you by.

Heb 2:5 For He did not subject to angels the world to come, concerning which we are speaking.

Angels are always servants but man has been made royal.

Rev 19:10

And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said to me, "Do not do that; I am a fellow servant of yours and your brethren who hold the testimony of Jesus; worship God. For the...

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Title: Joshua and Judges: The allotment of the land, part 6 - Predestination; Jos 14-17.

Announcementsopening prayer:

Heb 2:1 For this reason we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it [passive: drift by us].

Heb 2:2 For if the word spoken through angels proved unalterable, and every transgression and disobedience [failing to hear] received a just recompense,

Heb 2:3 how shall we escape if we neglect [attitude of indifference] so great a salvation? After it was at the first spoken through the Lord, it was confirmed to us by those who heard,

Heb 2:4 God also bearing witness with them, both by signs and wonders and by various miracles and by gifts of the Holy Spirit according to His own...

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Title: Joshua and Judges: The allotment of the land, part 6 - Predestination; Jos 14-17.

Announcements / opening prayer:

In Rom 8:29-30, the glorious story of the saved is told in five words, "foreknew, predestined, called, justified, glorified."

In foreknowledge God knew who would believe and designated them to the position of a saved person with all the limits and blessing that come with that position.

Heb 2:1 For this reason we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it [passive: drift by us].

Heb 2:2 For if the word spoken through angels proved unalterable, and every transgression and disobedience [failing to hear] received a just recompense,

Heb 2:3 how shall we escape if we neglect...

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Title: Joshua and Judges: The allotment of the land, part 5 - Predestination; Jos 14-17.

Announcements / opening prayer:

In Rom 8:29-30, the glorious story of the saved is told in five words, "foreknew, predestined, called, justified, glorified."

God knew all who would believe before they were created, before the foundation of the world. The Alpha and Omega knows the end from the beginning. To these believers, before the formation of the world, God fixed a boundary. God set limits upon them in conformity with goodness and light. This limit is a position and all the rights and blessings that go along with that position. They were designated to the position of a saved person.

Foreknowledge: Before the foundation of the world God knew all who would believe and He designated them to the position of a saved...

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Title: Joshua and Judges: The allotment of the land, part 4 - Predestination; Jos 14-17.

Announcements/opening prayer:

Predestination is the work of God the Father before the foundation of the world for every Church Age believer to execute God's plan, purpose, and will for his life. It is for believer's only.

The purpose in each believer's predestination is to be conformed to the image of Christ. This transformation requires unique circumstances in each believer's life.

By unique we mean the particular circumstances that God directs and allows in the life of each believer. These circumstances and the people in them are masterfully and perfectly designed for only one believer. In them, God's genius forges a path for that one person in which lessons of faith and tests of faith lead him and only...

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Title: Joshua and Judges: The allotment of the land, part 3 - Predestination; Jos 14-17.

Announcements/opening prayer:

In Jos 17:14- 18 we find the sons of Joseph complaining about their allotment of land. Their initial excuse was that they were too many for the given land, however, their numbers did not justify that claim. Joshua turned it around on them, stating that if they were "so many" then they should have an easier time clearing the land of undesirables and any natural obstacles. It turns out that the reason for their complaint is their fear of the left over inhabitants whom these Israelites presume to be formidable. What they forget is that the allotment is from God and not by chance. It is God's plan for them that they take this particular land and fight these particular battles. In the church age God has designed such a plan for each individual believer....

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Title: Joshua and Judges: The allotment of the land, part 2; Jos 14-17.

Announcements / opening prayer:

Jos 14:12 Now then, give me this hill country about which the Lord spoke on that day, for you heard on that day that Anakim were there, with great fortified cities; perhaps the Lord will be with me, and I shall drive them out as the Lord has spoken."

Any who remain in Hebron are severely weakened, yet Caleb still relies upon the Lord to drive them out.

Caleb doesn't flex the power of himself and his people who alone could have easily driven out the remaining Anakites and any others who were still dwelling there, but he chooses rather to call on the power of the Lord. The remaining people are so weakened that Caleb might have concluded that Jehovah wasn't needed, "You can sit this one out...

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Title: Joshua and Judges: The allotment of the land; Jos 14-17.

Announcements / opening prayer:

Jos 14:5 Thus the sons of Israel did just as the Lord had commanded Moses, and they divided the land.

Although the Levites were to have no share in the land, they were to receive towns to dwell in, with pasture adjoining for their cattle; these the other tribes were to give up to them out of their inheritance.

In a similar way the pastor teacher is to be supported by the congregation.

Gal 6:6-7

And let the one who is taught the word share all good things with him who teaches. Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap.

1Co 9:11

If we sowed spiritual things in you, is it too much if we...

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Title: Joshua and Judges: Specific mention of the Anakim and the allotment of the land; Jos 11:15-25; 12-14.

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Jos 11:15 Just as the Lord had commanded Moses his servant, so Moses commanded Joshua, and so Joshua did; he left nothing undone of all that the Lord had commanded Moses.

The account of the wars of Joshua is brought to a close, and the way opened for proceeding to the concluding remarks with reference to the conquest of the whole land (vv. 16-23).

Clearly stated is that Joshua did all that he was commanded. The remnant of Canaanites in the land are left for the twelve tribes to destroy.

Jos 11:16 Thus Joshua took all that land: the hill country and all the Negev, all that land of Goshen, the lowland, the Arabah, the hill country of Israel...

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Title: Joshua and Judges: Joshua's northern campaign, part 4; Jos 11.

Announcementsopening prayer:

1Sa 15:24 Then Saul said to Samuel, "I have sinned; I have indeed transgressed the command of the Lord and your words, because I feared the people and listened to their voice.

1Sa 15:25 Now therefore, please pardon my sin and return with me, that I may worship the Lord."

This was only repentance of the lips arising from fear of losing the kingdom and incurring public disgrace.

It was not true and serious repentance, or the result of genuine sorrow of heart because he had offended God, but was merely repentance of the lips. He did not fear God properly. His conscience led him to secure his lofty position and the approbation of the...

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