The Lord, Land and Men (Part C)

Reaching the gospel on the clock is not advised this, you can do it without taking get their phone number there and that's a good way of filtering out serious and who's not.

They really want to hear about Christ.

Another stop work tell Gordon work we talk about this later. We do it at lunch. Verse 15 is the owner of the company. Of course the name of Habre informally was courage at Arbor Arbor was the greatest man amongst Deanna Kim and the land had rest from war.

This is cross reference radio with our pastor and teacher Rick Gaston. Rick is the pastor of Calvary Chapel Mechanicsville. Pastor Rick is currently teaching through the book of Joshua. Please stay with us after today's message here. More information about cross reference radio, specifically how you can get a free copy of this teaching, but for now let's join Pastor Rick in the book of Joshua chapter 7 Joshua chapter 14 is the tax. Pastor Rick will be teaching from today and the message is called the Lord land man. What we have to walk away from. I think, is that God sets boundaries and that's what we have to work and if you plow and work your field. That's what you're accountable for God is not going to say what how come you didn't know help your neighbor do is feel better in all of these in trouble. Of course, is different but to learn to be satisfied and to live within our boundaries. The flesh takes that if Lester flesh does not like them.

For instance, I think I've said this before, but I'll say it again I never shop at Walmart and I never shop to I do sometimes, but it's for example, but I'm not there at 3 o'clock in the morning and they're open 24 hours but somehow I I I do like to know that I can go there at 3 o'clock in the morning is not a boundary, there, and if you know if I want to. And so I don't know. Do you see, I sleep better at night knowing they're open. What about all of you know you've got a child gets sick and you Benadryl something you very happy or some 24-hour places to go to any old day she had to wake somebody up.

Well, you still might. When you go to war if you've ever been elated this kind of spooky people. It is like a back alley somewhere is nobody hearing a mug Debbie terrible mug and sporting goods. But anyway verse six.

Then the children of Judah came to Joshua and Gil down. Now that's the capital with the shame was rolled away so it's not a little word or not. I don't mean to stop half verse like to try not to Joe gal always meant something to them and should always mean something to us. Maybe you have a event in your life where it could sort of rolled away the shame maybe wasn't shameful to others but to use just something that I wish this was gone and that's what Gil gal was to Joshua. We finally got in the promised land when no longer about people will promise these great things and cannot touch them all.

Now they've got them so verse six. Then the children of Judah came to Joshua and Gil gal and Caleb the son of Jamuna Kennan's and I said to him you know the word which Yahweh said to Moses, the man of God concerning you and me in Cadiz, Borneo. Everything stops. Caleb's on the scene. We just were finished with Balogh on the other side. Here's Caleb's striking feature from the Scriptures and the rest of this chapter focuses on him that he's from the tribe of Judah, and will get to their allotment in chapter 15. Next opportunity. Some suppose that these tennis sites join the tribe of Judah and were not born into Israel and they were sort of a fruit from conviction. They believe the God of the Jews and wanted to join up with them while in Egypt, much as Rahab did after they got out of Egypt into the promised land. I don't know that there's enough evidence for that because they're distal.

That's a name that that you can attach to others so that's one maybe a study Bible says is that and if you live in NY my office I can make corrections for you anytime anyway. They Caleb is the center of attention, not the Kennan sites anyway and every but here he says, and Caleb the son you know the word he says to Joshua. Joshua you were there and sound is not a challenge. Just the way Caleb is built how he operates. As you know the word which Yahweh said to Moses, the man of God's love hearing come from a man like Caleb Caleb at such respect. Of course, for Moses concerning you and me in Cadiz bar near verse seven. I was 40 years old when Moses the servant of Yahweh sent me from Cadiz Borneo to spy out the land and I brought back word to him. Here is another just a profound statement as it was in my heart I little animals told him what I felt God promised us this land was flowing with milk and honey. I saw with my own eyes that the report I gave God wanted us to go in and take it high sided with God on that's what he word is getting sale so he says I brought back I brought that word to him as it was in my heart that's the kind of man he was upright he was man of integrity called it like he saw got a guy you would want as an umpire keeps calling me out and I forgot we have a baseball deficient congregation coming to my attention. Working on it one heart at a time may take nine innings but all right anyway.

Verse eight. Nevertheless, my brethren, who went up with me made the heart of the people melt. I wholly followed Yahweh. My God is not boasting, he's giving it's going back this what happened in his every bit of his true. In fact this time description. He's quoting within the book of numbers is nevertheless my brother and who went up with me made the heart of the people please. As I told what was in my heart and they told what was in their heart in this life. You gotta choose what you going to believe the heart of a man like Caleb or the heart of a man like Val the heart of the men, like the other the 10th spies who overstepped they were asked to say whether they with their estimate. The military as to Moses should've said I would love the Moses that what and who made you a general to be able to tell about courses can take it or not it was spread panic. Moses did not ask them to do that. He estimates that the land land was everything God said it was God wanted to bring out 12 witnesses to his word and he only got two according to faith so Caleb saw the jealousy of Miriam Moses, sister, and God Stryker with leprosy for a week. He saw the Moabite women that Alec dispatched on the people of God. He saw the doubt of the spies and yet all of that. There's no indication of any interest on his part in lining up with any of those when someone mumbled and grumbled against Moses as they seem to do several times a day for 40 years.

Caleb wasn't with Caleb did not care what wrong people thought about anything no matter how many of them that one of the instances it is a sermon right there. He didn't care what wrong people thought about anything no matter how many there were. What an invincible character, and too often we get so upset about what wrong people think to be instead think know you're wrong.

I disagree not what I believe.

Next, let's move on because I'm not even bothering with that takes courage to be that way I know that I have courage with some things and I don't have so much courage with other things and I know that everybody's like that verse seven not one of the spies incident that came out of the land disagree with the value of the land. Have you ever met somebody that will give you no acknowledgments to the Bible yeah I agree I agree they want convert. They won't take the step like the spies lamb was flowing with milk and honey, just like God said, because it always comes down to.

Do you believe would God said you believe the devil which is everything else as indeed God said that famous line to Eve which she fell for and then Adam to they did not disagree with what God said about the cities they agree with all of that. They were large they were fortified.

The people were numerous. There were giants in the land, the point at which they differed was the trust of God.

He agreed that with all those things but they didn't have that awareness of God's presence and his character like Joshua and Caleb had that cause them to form form wrong conclusions. Look at themselves as grasshoppers and the look that those who are in the land that they were to put out as giants and they concluded they could not trust what God said because of what they saw. It still goes on to this day.

Caleb and Joshua looked at God rather than the circumstances and said to God the Giants a grasshoppers seal around numbers chapter 14 verse nine, here's Caleb and Joshua's point. Do not rebel against Yahweh, nor fear the people of the land, for they are our bread. Their protection has departed from them in Yahweh is with us. Do not fear them.

The mall did not want to listen again compared to God the Giants grasshoppers. They were giants to God's like you read you you know you meet somebody who's intellectual thanks to very intelligent predominant God coming comparatively got Suncrest so Isaiah chapter 40 verse 22 the great prophet rings and on this he says it is he who sits above the circle of the earth, which of course means the Jews knew the earth wasn't flat. The Bible calls without any continues and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers stretches out the heavens like a curtain and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in seas giving poetic language to guys is when God measured the ocean.

He said make it about a span put about that be much ocean in and in here. He says the people of the of the earth did not giants to godlike grasshoppers. That's what Isaiah says and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers. Isaiah 40 verse 22. So the majority measured the Giants against their own strength. Caleb and Joshua measured the Giants against God's strength and that gave them the courage verse nine so Moses swore that they think surely the land where your foot has trodden show be your inheritance and your children forever because you have wholly followed Yahweh, my God, and now, behold, Yahweh has kept me alive as he said these 45 years ever since Yahweh spoke this word to Moses while Israel wandered in the wilderness and now here I am the state 85 years old when I can get into all the age things because there's other things here to say that we want to get to, but you can do the math utilities 85 is 4021 and landing on so you get stuck there seven years of battle. Yet the factor that in. That's all we getting is that I would do the numbers and doing some of them so for your 45 years of waiting, biding his time 45 years. Assume remind you of Jacob waiting for Rachel and are working in, and then having to work it off after he he was.

He receives her. It is certainly admirable behavior, and now verse 11 because we got more Caleb this is Caleb saying this. He's not saying his camera rolling out we are you getting this down is oblivious to anything but what he is saying and somebody there because it is an official court. Joshua were overseeing is writing this down and so verse 11, and yet I am a strong this day is on the day that Moses sent me. Just as my strength was then so is my strength for war. Both are going on coming in. Anybody want try me say that what is good upset it because nobody what is that all take a gander that would've been the last thing he said with teeth in his mouth indefatigable at Sue. Caleb is it just does not wear out the little drum there is energized. Okay, this does not go backwards. No more human numbers chapter 13 verse 30 then Caleb quieted the people before Moses said, let us go up at once and take possession, for we will be able to overcome it is why so many government we name our kids. Caleb little doggy what it means is pairs of dog lovers. Obviously, the decision to secure part of the story to beautiful beautiful character. So when brother Caleb utters these now immortal words.

The thought never entered his mind that they would be preserved and pursued and practiced these words and yet I am a strong this day is on the day that Moses sent me. Just as my strength was then so was my strength war both for going out and for coming in.

I'm an old man to some, but not to me.

Gotta love that guy. And then he goes and takes the lamp of this would get better. Verse 12 now therefore give me this mountain right there's another another way since his mother. I told him what was in my heart, give me this mountain, why not take a little valley low flatland summer something easy, young Chinese getting will soar going up now he wants to take the place with a giant size is now therefore give me this mountain of which Yahweh spoke in that day for you heard in that day how the Anna Kim were there and that the cities were great and fortified.

It may be may be Yahweh will be with me and I shall be able to drive them out as Yahweh said this is not the if it maybe this is not the may be of of doubt and unbelief. It's the maybe of humility. It is the maybe if I'm not God, but I know what God has said I'm going to go small forward and that strength but at no point in my getting ahead of him.

That's what Caleb is saying and again is a mention you can you can write these words down the wall and memorize them. It is so hard to get to be manlike Caleb but if we can get a piece of it, we become very effective very much so what would you rather you know 10% balance 20% saw your to start putting that stuff in you, and 0% Caleb, I'd like I'd like, and I take a large dose of this supplement form be good name for a vitamin, get your vitamins Caleb the Caleb vitamin and practicing and I speak several languages. I speak speaking British Irish Australian Brooklyn speak if you ever but anyway this again. This great man of God. He fully estimates the fight ahead of him. The territory he's asking for is not in a binding site unseen. He knows what's ahead of him. The fortified cities. What does that mean to him, it means long warfare is going to have to beat them by a siege, not an assault. And yet he's willing to take that on who wants that this man does. He wants to go up in the hills and go over the Giants are with the forts. It doesn't matter as tedious as it may be this is the this is what God gave me this.

I'm going to take it.

I can get this as a young man as a younger man stepping in the ministries like yeah I don't go to meet this with this. I'm going to see that what I have these problems without having gone through them again how much time you have when you need a decision by a mad guy, but I would what I mean what else of the bill for this. I don't know anything else that I've been doing pastoring more than now than anything else except breathing and this is what I know the Caleb is an old man now he knows what this is going to be going to be involved in any still goals added right on right straight at it. No matter, he is determined to have it.

It may be that Yahweh will be with me and I shall be able to drive them out as Yahweh said such tender statement from such a hardened man. I harden his heart just a manly man so he does take it. He drives out the Giants and any changes the name of the city name is nature and identity is I'm taking the city have brought the alliance with who God. No one else today.

It's late and Arab Jordanian Aragorn of Philistines. There are no Palestinians. Those names have been concocted to make you think that Israel doesn't own the land that they booted out these poor Philistines. These are Jordanian Arab states come from Jordan. They were put in that land.

The kingdom of Jordan has planted them there. They could've gotten out when the Jews were coming.

They opted to stay. Many of them wanted to stay with the juices. As time went on and not go back under Arab authority and many of them are content under Israel rule into UA get the jive time Turkey news media involved in all these other brainiacs. Anyway, have Ron is in that Arab territory in Israel again refused to call them Palestinians is political.

It's politically incorrect in heaven to lie anyway. Verse 13 and Joshua blessed him, and gave have Ron to Caleb the son of Jeff Una as an inheritance. What is seen is all Joshua Hibbs who is these hundred years old again just for these 56 when he comes out of Egypt and he sees all. Now, after seven years of war and 40 is stricken to the desert and he blesses Caleb.

Caleb receives the blessing what artists can catch that have brought Abraham built an altar and spent a lot of time living in a pepper on Genesis 13 from have Ron he rescued lot that was his home.

He lived there he goes out from have Ron to to save lot and is quite a work saving lot that a private Ryan, you should make a movie saving lot I pay a lot to see that a bomb that was Abraham's name God changes it to our brought home. You know father exalted father to father of countless inner multitudes. Genesis 17 that happened in that Ron there. Abraham was visited by Yahweh and Isaac's birth was announced to him when he lived there. Sarah died and is buried in her brought the cave of Mick Filho, the first thing that Abraham owned in the promised land was a grave and find happiness in my life helps discuss a happy moving us in a horror flick of anyway.

The cave of Mick Filho mean it's a powerful moment of broken heart. Abraham there.

He buys that's when he first owned in the promised land, Abraham, Isaac, Rebecca, Leah and Jacob buried and have Ron and you can look that up Genesis 49 and in Genesis 49 Caleb of course drives out the Giants changes the name of it to have Ron from the name of the giant King and also it becomes a city of refuge, Priestly city, a Levitical city. Sampson carried the case, Tracy Sampson, I am looking forward to partly looking forward to Sampson, but the it's a tragedy. Of course that's why, but I mean pulling up go and try to pull up your fence. Just go grab over your realtor for six by just take it out and carried it down the street with you. What a magnificent fee but anyway Sampson carried the gates of Gaza to a hill and have Ron and walking around to do.

Did you know blowing bubbles with that have imagination. I guess waiting for me to get it. David crowned King of Judah and have Ron so the significance of the of the this place Absalom's headquarters in his rebellion against David have brought is sending a message. Of course you are crowned here that sick always. Absalom will you look into the room. We look into Greek mythology find a lot of father-son hatred going on there, people were these just kind of a foreign thing to most of us were not all of us deniers. IOUs have Ron store his army supplies second Chronicles 26 and again finally today.

It is an Arab city over going to get finished here stalking rollup is going on like it's a new year. Verse 14 have Ron therefore became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jeff Una of the kids and I to this day, because he wholly followed Yahweh God of Israel. Numbers 1424 by serving Caleb because he has a different spirit in him and is followed me fully. I will bring into the land where he went, and his descendents shall inherit with them. Just amazing. But listen to this. If you're Christian you are embarrassed by that, in the workplace and neighborhood where you find yourself because he has a different spirit in him and has followed me fully that's what you are. Don't be ashamed of that. I have a different spirit in you. Yours is from hell. Mine is not learned to do that was some sign language as necessary. But don't be ashamed of. It is what I believe you will believe that finding.

I don't believe and I don't agree with wrong people. I don't care what they were the sailors I can use it to help you save wrong things and you let me correct them. Then I will otherwise let's get back to work on the clock of verse I should add, preaching the gospel on the clock is not advised. Unless you can do it without taking away from your employer, get their phone number me there and that's a good way of filtering out who's serious and who's not.

They really want to hear about Christ.

Another stop work to tell I go on work we can talk about this later.

All we do it at lunch. Verse 15 LSU, the owner of the company.

Of course the name of her brought family was courage at Barbara Arber was the greatest man amongst Deanna Kim and the land had rest from large-scale it will still be battles, but look at that he change the name name in this place and that giant dude Ron thanks for tuning in to cross reference radio for this study in the book of Joshua cross reference is the teaching ministry pastor Rick Gaston of Calvary Chapel Mechanicsville in Virginia. If you're interested in more information about this ministry, please visit our website cross reference radio.com find additional teachings from Pastor Rick available there also encourage you to subscribe to our podcast by doing so you will be notified each new edition of cross reference radio. Just search for cross reference radio in iTunes Google play music or your favorite podcast.

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