{"id":5103,"date":"2014-01-29T06:24:58","date_gmt":"2014-01-29T12:24:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scquest.org\/?p=5103"},"modified":"2014-01-24T09:29:11","modified_gmt":"2014-01-24T15:29:11","slug":"joshua-in-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scquest.org\/?p=5103","title":{"rendered":"Joshua in 21: Thoughts on the sixth book of the Bible"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Joshua<\/h1>\n<p>I don\u2019t consider these summaries but focus points.\u00a0The earlier books:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scquest.org\/genesis-in-50-thoughts-on-the-first-book-of-the-bible\/\" target=\"_blank\">Genesis<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scquest.org\/exodus-in-40-thoughts-on-the-second-book-of-the-bible\/\" target=\"_blank\">Exodus<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/p34kFn-R4\" target=\"_blank\">Leviticus<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scquest.org\/numbers-in-36-thoughts-on-the-fourth-book-of-the-bible\/\" target=\"_blank\">Numbers<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scquest.org\/deuteronomy-in-34-thoughts-on-the-fifth-book-of-the-bible\/\" target=\"_blank\">Deuteronomy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Josh1:\u00a0The promises and presence of God strengthen the weak and give courage to the fainthearted\u00a0(Josh1\/1Chr28:20\/Heb13:5-6)<\/li>\n<li>Josh2:\u00a0The true God strikes fear in the heart of his enemy, but those who trust in him will be saved (Josh2\/Matt1\/Jas2)<\/li>\n<li>Josh3:\u00a0God gives his promised people his promised place (Josh3\/Gen\/Heb12\/Rev21)<\/li>\n<li>Josh4:\u00a0Remember what the LORD has done. Teach it to your children. Fear Him (Josh4\/Deut6\/Prov1\/Matt19:13-15)<\/li>\n<li>Josh5:\u00a0The LORD will never join your side, but you can join his (Josh5\/Ps99\/Isa37:16\/Rev19)<\/li>\n<li>Josh6:\u00a0God will give his place to his people in his way (Josh6\/Gen2\/John18:33-38\/Rev20-21)<\/li>\n<li>Josh7:\u00a0Stealing from the LORD results in heavy consequences for you and those around you (Josh7\/Mal3:6ff\/Acts5)<\/li>\n<li>Josh8:\u00a0We desperately need to hear the Word again (Josh8\/Deut31\/Neh8\/Matt22:29ff)<\/li>\n<li>Josh9:\u00a0Don\u2019t trust in your own understanding (Josh9\/Prov3:5-6\/2Tim3:16\/Jas1:5-6)<\/li>\n<li>Josh10:\u00a0The LORD God fights for his people (Josh10\/1Cor15:24-26\/Rev19:11-21)<\/li>\n<li>Josh11:\u00a0The LORD hardens and softens hearts. Who are we argue? (Josh11\/Exod4:21\/Rom9)<\/li>\n<li>Josh12:\u00a0He is the King of kings (Josh12\/1Tim6:15\/Rev17:14)<\/li>\n<li>Josh13:\u00a0Just as he said\u2026(Josh13\/Num23:19\/1Kgs8:56\/2Cor1:18-20\/Eph1:13)<\/li>\n<li>Josh14-15:\u00a0Being wholly devoted to the LORD motivates you to push forward even when everyone else your age is giving up\u00a0(Josh14-15\/Luke2:22-38)<\/li>\n<li>Josh16-17:\u00a0The LORD\u2019s plan is total victory, not complacent cohabitation (Josh16-17\/Ps2\/Rom6\/Dan7\/Rev7)<\/li>\n<li>Josh18-19:\u00a0The LORD is fair (Josh18-19\/Ps92:15;1Pet1:17)<\/li>\n<li>Josh20:\u00a0The LORD watches over the wrongly accused and sojourner (Josh20\/Gen15:13\/Gen37-41\/1Pet2:9-12)<\/li>\n<li>Josh21:\u00a0Not one word of all the good promises of the Lord has failed (Josh21\/Ps77\/2Cor1:19-22)<\/li>\n<li>Josh22:\u00a0Remembering and reminding are ways God keeps his children faithful (Josh22\/Num10:10\/1Cor15\/Jude5)<\/li>\n<li>Josh23:\u00a0The LORD promised, led, claimed, and delivered the good land. You must not forget, ignore, disobey, or turn away\u00a0(Josh23\/Heb1-6)<\/li>\n<li>Josh24:\u00a0There\u2019s no question who we will serve\u2026look at what he has done! (Josh24\/Deut10:12\/Mic6:8\/Acts4:19)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>How does Joshua inform our reading of the rest of Scripture?<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joshua I don\u2019t consider these summaries but focus points.\u00a0The earlier books:\u00a0Genesis,\u00a0Exodus,Leviticus,\u00a0Numbers, Deuteronomy. Josh1:\u00a0The promises and presence of God strengthen the weak and give courage to the fainthearted\u00a0(Josh1\/1Chr28:20\/Heb13:5-6) Josh2:\u00a0The true God strikes fear in the heart of his enemy, but those &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scquest.org\/?p=5103\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bible"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34kFn-1kj","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scquest.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scquest.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scquest.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scquest.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scquest.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5103"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.scquest.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5103\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5105,"href":"https:\/\/www.scquest.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5103\/revisions\/5105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scquest.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scquest.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scquest.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}