Why Buy Stale Bread and Worn-Out Shoes? 10-6-2024
October 6, 2024
Why Buy Stale Bread and Worn-Out Shoes?
Pastor Jason West
October 6, 2024
I. Driving Out the Enemy
(Joshua 9:1-2)
II. A Clever Deception
(Ephesians. 6:11-12; 2 Corinthians 11:14; 1 John 5:19; 1 Peter 5:8; Genesis 3:1,15; 1 John 4:3b)
A. In
Joshua 9:3-5 “But when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and to Ai, they on their part acted with cunning and went and made ready provisions and took worn-out sacks for their donkeys, and wineskins, worn-out and torn and mended, with worn-out, patched sandals on their feet, and worn-out clothes. And all their provisions were dry and crumbly.”
B. Speaking
John 8:44 “You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies”
1. From a
(Joshua 9:7,9a)
Joshua 9:6 “And they went to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal and said to him and to the men of Israel, ‘We have come from a distant country, so now make a covenant with us.’”
2. Not Enemies but
Joshua 9:8 “They said to Joshua, ‘We are your servants.’ And Joshua said to them, ‘Who are you? And where do you come from?’”
3. We Come in the
Joshua 9:9-10 “They said to him, ‘From a very distant country your servants have come, because of the name of the Lord your God. For we have heard a report of him, and all that he did in Egypt, and all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan, to Sihon the king of Heshbon, and to Og king of Bashan, who lived in Ashtaroth.’”
4. We Are
Joshua 9:11 “So our elders and all the inhabitants of our country said to us, ‘Take provisions in your hand for the journey and go to meet them and say to them, “We are your servants. Come now, make a covenant with us.”
5. We Have Only Old Bread and Empty Wineskins
(Joshua 9:13)
Joshua 9:12 “Here is our bread. It was still warm when we took it from our houses as our food for the journey on the day we set out to come to you, but now, behold, it is dry and crumbly.”
C. Gaining a
(Joshua 9:15, 18a)
Joshua 9:14 “So the men took some of their provisions, but did not ask counsel from the Lord.”
1. When You Do Not
(Numbers 27:21a)
2. When You Do Not Stop to Consider
(Exodus 34:12)
III. The
(Joshua 9:17)
Joshua 9:16 “At the end of three days after they had made a covenant with them, they heard that they were their neighbors and that they lived among them.”
A. What’s In a Name?
1. Gibeon – demonic strongholds
2. Chephirah – covered
3. Beeroth – the place of wells
4. Kiriath-jearim – the place of dense thickets, overgrown
B. A Binding
(Deuteronomy 7:2a; Joshua 9:19-21; Deuteronomy 29:11-12)
Joshua 9:18 “But the people of Israel did not attack them, because the leaders of the congregation had sworn to them by the Lord, the God of Israel. Then all the congregation murmured against the leaders.”
C. God Can Even Use Our
(Joshua 9:26-27)
1. Under God’s Protection
(2 Samuel 21:1-2)
2. Serving In the
(Ezra 2:58; Ezra 8:20)
3.
(Nehemiah 3:7; 7:25)
4. Paving the Road to Jesus
(John 14:6; Joshua 9:4-5)