Joshua’s Longest Day
Pastor Jason West
October 20, 2024
Joshua 10:1-2 “As soon as Adoni-zedek, king of Jerusalem, heard how Joshua had captured Ai and had devoted it to destruction, doing to Ai and its king as he had done to Jericho and its king, and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel and were among them, he feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, like one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all its men were warriors.”
I. When You Feel
by Darkness …
(Joshua 10:5)
Joshua 10:3-4 “So Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem sent to Hoham king of Hebron, to Piram king of Jarmuth, to Japhia king of Lachish, and to Debir king of Eglon, saying, ‘Come up to me and help me, and let us strike Gibeon. For it has made peace with Joshua and with the people of Israel’”
A. Seek the
Joshua 10:6 “And the men of Gibeon sent to Joshua at the camp in Gilgal, saying, ‘Do not relax your hand from your servants. Come up to us quickly and save us and help us, for all the kings of the Amorites who dwell in the hill country are gathered against us.’”
Joshua 10:7 “So Joshua went up from Gilgal, he and all the people of war with him, and all the mighty men of valor.”
B. Believe God’s
Joshua 10:8 “And the Lord said to Joshua, ‘Do not fear them, for I have given them into your hands. Not a man of them shall stand before you.’”
Numbers 23:19 “God is not man, that he should lie, or a son of man, that he should change his mind. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it?”
C. Follow Your Faith With
Joshua 10:9 “So Joshua came upon them suddenly, having marched up all night from Gilgal.”
D. Know That God Will Do the
(Psalm 91:7; Deuteronomy 20:4; Joshua 10:10)
Joshua 10:11 “And as they fled before Israel, while they were going down the ascent of Beth-horon, the Lord threw down large stones from heaven on them as far as Azekah, and they died. There were more who died because of the hailstones than the sons of Israel killed with the sword.”
E. Pray an
(1 John 5:14)
Joshua 10:12 “At that time Joshua spoke to the Lord in the day when the Lord gave the Amorites over to the sons of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, ‘Sun, stand still at Gibeon, and moon, in the Valley of Aijalon.’”
Psalm 34:17 “When the righteous cry for help, the LORD hears and delivers them out of all their troubles.”
F. See God Move
Joshua 10:13 “And the sun stood still, and the moon stopped, until the nation took vengeance on their enemies. Is this not written in the Book of Jashar? The sun stopped in the midst of heaven and did not hurry to set for about a whole day.”
Jeremiah 32:17 “Ah, Lord God! It is you who have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm! Nothing is too hard for you.”
G. Remember the Lord Will
Joshua 10:14-15 “There has been no day like it before or since, when the Lord heeded the voice of a man, for the Lord fought for Israel. So Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to the camp at Gilgal.”
H. Encourage Others as God Has Encouraged You
Joshua 10:25 “And Joshua said to them, ‘Do not be afraid or dismayed; be strong and courageous. For thus the Lord will do to all your enemies against whom you fight.’”
Joshua 1:9 “Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”
II. See the Sun of Righteousness
A. You Cannot
Joshua 10:16-17 “These five kings fled and hid themselves in the cave at Makkedah. And it was told to Joshua, ‘The five kings have been found, hidden in the cave at Makkedah.’”
B. But You Can Be
(Malachi 4:2; Revelation 22:5)
Luke 23:44–46 “It was now about the sixth hour, and there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour, while the sun’s light failed. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two. Then Jesus, calling out with a loud voice, said, ‘Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!’ And having said this he breathed his last.”