Pastor Joe Sugrue - Grace and Truth Podcast

Title: Joshua and Judges: Mt. Gerizim and Ebal, part 8 - typology and the burnt and peace offerings; Jos 8:30-35.

Announcements / opening prayer:

Peace (plural) offering = reconciliation and its natural result, fellowship. It might be rendered the offering of completion since it always followed the other sacrifices.

In other words, now that everything is completed, we are free to walk in intimate fellowship with God without any fear of any barrier re-emerging that could break that fellowship. The only thing that can break that fellowship is our own sin, which is quickly remedied by recognition and adjustment to God's will in total and complete grace. This is peace.

In the church, God's peace is personified as the very peace of Christ. It will not exist apart from the ministry of God the...

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Title: Joshua and Judges: Mt. Gerizim and Ebal, part 7 - typology and the burnt and peace offerings; Jos 8:30-35.

Announcements / opening prayer:

Peace offering = reconciliation and its natural result, fellowship. It might be rendered the offering of completion since it always followed the other sacrifices.

The most joyous of all sacrifices was the peace-offering, or, as from its derivation it might also be rendered, the offering of completion.

Lev 3:1 'Now if his offering is a sacrifice of peace offerings, if he is going to offer out of the herd, whether male or female, he shall offer it without defect before the Lord.

This was, indeed, a season of happy fellowship with the Covenant God, in which He condescended to become Israel's Guest at the...

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Title: Joshua and Judges: Mt. Gerizim and Ebal, part 6 - typology and the burnt and peace offerings; Jos 8:30-35.

Announcements / opening prayer:

Jos 8:30 Then Joshua built an altar to the Lord, the God of Israel, in Mount Ebal,

Jos 8:31 just as Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded the sons of Israel, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, an altar of uncut stones, on which no man had wielded an iron tool; and they offered burnt offerings on it to the Lord, and sacrificed peace offerings.

Jos 8:32 And he wrote there on the stones a copy of the law of Moses, which he had written, in the presence of the sons of Israel.

Jos 8:33 And all Israel with their elders and officers and their judges were standing on both sides of the ark before the...

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Title: Joshua and Judges: Mt. Gerizim and Ebal, part 4 - the altar of the Law and the sacrifice; Jos 8:30-35.

Announcements/opening prayer:

The altars are rightly on Ebal due to the cursed law-breakers who would have their curse taken by the Lord upon Himself who would give them living water.

They will be poor in spirit but they will never thirst or hunger because the Lord provides them with everything they need and has blessed them with the riches of His grace from heaven.

Gal 3:5 Does He then, who provides you with the Spirit and works miracles among you, do it by the works of the Law, or by hearing with faith?

It is the Holy Spirit who works in us who trust Him in sanctifying power, to mature us in faith and wisdom; hearing the word in faith and applying the word with...

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Title: Joshua and Judges: Mt. Gerizim and Ebal, part 4 - the altar of the Law and the sacrifice; Jos 8:30-35.

Announcements / opening prayer:

After looking at the reasons for God giving the Law to Israel we should understand that the commands of God should not be viewed by the believer as burdensome. If he does, he fails to see the reason why the commands are given. It is the way of life of the child of God who has been entered into the Kingdom of God.

Rom 5:18

So then as through one transgression there resulted condemnation to all men, even so through one act of righteousness there resulted justification of life [a manner of life that God considers justified] to all men.

Rather than looking upon commands as burdensome things that get in the way of life, the humble believer who sees all that God has done...

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Title: Joshua and Judges: Mt. Gerizim and Ebal, part 3 - the altar of the Law and the sacrifice; Jos 8:30-35.

Announcementsopening prayer:

Though man was a law-breaker, signified by the Law altar, the Lamb of God would come to remove man's sin, signified by the sacrificial altar.

This was not done so that they could excuse themselves from the Law, quite the contrary, for the curses against them for doing so were read aloud to which they were to shout "Amen" is very extensive, and so the curses still existed though the sacrificial alter covered man's sins.

Rom 3:21 But now apart from the Law the righteousness of God has been manifested, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets,

Rom 3:22 even the righteousness of God through faith in...

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Title: Joshua and Judges: Mt. Gerizim and Ebal, part 2 - the altar of the Law and the sacrifice; Jos 8:30-35.

Announcements / opening prayer:

Jos 8:30 Then Joshua built an altar to the Lord, the God of Israel, in Mount Ebal,

Jos 8:31 just as Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded the sons of Israel, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, an altar of uncut stones, on which no man had wielded an iron tool; and they offered burnt offerings on it to the Lord, and sacrificed peace offerings.

Jos 8:32 And he wrote there on the stones a copy of the law of Moses, which he had written, in the presence of the sons of Israel.

Jos 8:33 And all Israel with their elders and officers and their judges were standing on both sides of the ark...

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Title: Joshua and Judges: Mt. Gerizim and Ebal - the altar of the Law and the sacrifice; Jos 8:30-35.

Announcements / opening prayer:

Jos 8:30 Then Joshua built an altar to the Lord, the God of Israel, in Mount Ebal,

Jos 8:31 just as Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded the sons of Israel, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, an altar of uncut stones, on which no man had wielded an iron tool; and they offered burnt offerings on it to the Lord, and sacrificed peace offerings.

Directly after their victory at Ai, Joshua took the people to Ebal and Gerizim.

As an aside, it is often remarked in our day that all religions are the same and that the spread of...

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Title: Joshua and Judges: The doctrine of leadership part 136 - The Responsibilities and tests of Leadership - compassion, indignation, and sorrow.

Announcements / opening prayer:

Compassion flows from agape love.

Self-sacrificing love is the essence of the Christian life.

Joh 15:9 "Just as the Father has loved Me, I have also loved you; abide in My love.

Joh 15:10 "If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love; just as I have kept My Father's...

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Title: Joshua and Judges: The doctrine of leadership part 135 - The Responsibilities and tests of Leadership - compassion, indignation, and sorrow.

Announcements/opening prayer:

The responsibilities and trials in Christian leadership will mimic our Lord's. He stood firmly against evil and had compassion and benevolence upon His creatures who were beset by evil.

The most frequent emotion ascribed to our Lord is compassion. The Greek term (splagchnizomai) is unknown in Greek classics.

It was not a virtue that the world held in any esteem.

His inward movement of compassion always resulted in an external act of benevolence. He not only pities the miseries of His creatures but He relieves them. Whether it was individual distress or man's universal misery, it moved Him within and also...

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