Joshua 16-17

July 26, 2026

Memory Verse: Joshua 21:45 Not one of the good promises which the LORD had made to the house of Israel failed; everything came to pass.

1. A reminder of God’s ways
2. A reminder of God’s word
3. A deviation from God’s plan
4. A discontent with God’s gift
5. A Reminder of God’s Ways - 16:1-4

• Joshua 16:1-4
• Genesis 48:1-5
• Chart of Mothers of 12 tribes of Israel
• Genesis 29:25-26 So it came about in the morning that, behold, it was Leah! And he said to Laban, “What is this that you have done to me? Was it not for Rachel that I served with you? Why then have you deceived me?” (26) But Laban said, “It is not the practice in our place to marry off the younger before the firstborn.
• Genesis 29:30 So Jacob had relations with Rachel also, and indeed he loved Rachel more than Leah, and he served with Laban for another seven years.
• 1 Chronicles 5:1-2 Now the sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel (for he was the firstborn, but because he defiled his father’s bed, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph, the son of Israel; so he is not enrolled in the genealogy according to the birthright. Though Judah prevailed over his brothers, and from him came the leader, yet the birthright belonged to Joseph),
• Genesis 48:5-13
• Genesis 48:14-19
• Genesis 48:20-22
• Joshua 16:5
• Genesis 49:8-12
• “God is never prisoner of what fallen man regards as normal”
• 1 Corinthians 1:26-29 For consider your calling, brothers and sisters, that there were not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble; but God has chosen the foolish things of the world to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to shame the things which are strong, and the insignificant things of the world and the despised God has chosen, the things that are not, so that He may nullify the things that are, so that no human may boast before God.
• Isaiah 55:8-9 “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways,” declares the LORD. “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways And My thoughts than your thoughts.

1. A Reminder of God’s Word – 17:3-6

• Joshua 17:3-6
• Numbers 27:1-7
• Numbers 36:6-13

1. A Deviation from God’s Plan – 17:7-13

• Joshua 17:7-13
• Exodus 23:23-33
• Exodus 34:11-16
• Deuteronomy 7:1-6
• Failure:
• Judah – could not drive out the Jebusites – 15:63
• Ephraim – did not drive out the Canaanites – 16:10
• Manasseh –
• Canaanites persisted in living in this land – 17:12
• They did not drive them out completely – 17:13

1. A Discontent with God’s Gift – 17:14-18

• Joshua 17:14-18
• Deuteronomy 7:17-22
• Deuteronomy 20:1-4

1. Application
2. A reminder of God’s ways
3. Is your life bringing glory to God?
4. A reminder of God’s word
5. Are you living by God’s promises?
6. A deviation from God’s plan
7. Are you allowing sin to remain close?
8. A discontent with God’s gift
9. Are you wanting or are you thankful?

Joshua 12:1-24

June 28, 2026

2 Timothy 3:16-17

Romans 15:4

Joshua 1:6

Joshua 1:9

Joshua 10:14

Joshua 14:8

1. The Lord fought for Israel
2. Joshua 10:14
3. Joshua 10:42
4. The warriors still had to go to battle

Leviticus 18:1-5

Leviticus 18:24-30

Map

• Heshbon – where Sihon lived
• Ashtaroth – where Og lived

Numbers 21:21-26

Deuteronomy 2:31

Numbers 21:31-35

King

Survivors

Casualties

Comments

King of the Amorites (Sihon)

None

Zero

God handed them over

King of Bashan (Og)

None

Zero

God handed them over

King of Jericho

Rahab & Family

Zero

Rahab’s faith – God flattened walls

King of Ai – Battle #1

Everybody

36

Israel defeated b/c of Achan’s sin

King of Ai – Battle #2

None

Zero

God fought for Israel

King of Jerusalem

None

Zero

God fought for Israel

King of Hebron

None

Zero

Warriors marched all night

King of Jarmuth

None

Zero

God confused the 5 enemies

King of Lachish

None

Zero

God sent hailstones

King of Eglon

None

Zero

God made the sun stand still

King of Gezer

None

Zero

God fought for Israel

King of Debir

None

Zero

God fought for Israel

King of Geder

None

Zero

God fought for Israel

King of Hormah

None

Zero

God fought for Israel

King of Arad

None

Zero

God fought for Israel

King of Libnah

None

Zero

God fought for Israel

King of Adullam

None

Zero

God fought for Israel

King of Makkedah

None

Zero

God fought for Israel

King of Bethel

None

Zero

God fought for Israel

King of Tappuah

None

Zero

God fought for Israel

King of Hepher

None

Zero

God fought for Israel

King of Aphek

None

Zero

God fought for Israel

King of Lasharon

None

Zero

God fought for Israel

King of Madon

None

Zero

God fought for Israel

King of Hazor

None

Zero

God fought for Israel

King of Shimron-meron

None

Zero

God fought for Israel

King of Achshaph

None

Zero

God fought for Israel

King of Taanach

None

Zero

God fought for Israel

King of Megiddo

None

Zero

God fought for Israel

King of Kedesh

None

Zero

God fought for Israel

King of Jokneam in Carmel

None

Zero

God fought for Israel

King of Dor - heights of Dor

None

Zero

God fought for Israel

King of Goiim in Gilgal

None

Zero

God fought for Israel

King of Tirzah

None

Zero

God fought for Israel

Deuteronomy 7:22-24

Application:

1 John 5:4

• We share in His victory over sin
• 2 Corinthians 5:21
• We share in His victory over the world
• 1 John 3:8
• We share in His victory over death
• 1 Corinthians 15:53-57
• Galatians 2:16

1. God’s Strategy (is not our strategy)

2. God’s Process (is not our process)

3. God’s Obedience (is not our obedience)

4. God’s Restoration (is not our restoration)

5. God’s Word (is not our word)

Special ending: Chris Hamburger established as deacon

God usually leads with strategy. We should obey with Tactics.

A pure and perfect God, because of Christ, has forgiven you. Then you can forgive yourself too.

Christ Preaching from the Cross

Joshua 3:1-17

March 22, 2026

1. Caution Blowing Dust Area – Do Not Enter When Flooded
2. Liability for emergency responses in flood areas
3. Memory Verse – Joshua 1:9
4. Preparation for the Crossing (vv. 1-4)
5. Joshua 1:8
6. Mark 1:35
7. Possible order of events:
8. 3rd Nisan - the spies are sent out by Joshua
9. Joshua 2:1
10. 6th Nisan - the spies return
11. Joshua 2:23
12. 7th Nisan – the command of Joshua 1:11 is issued
13. Joshua 1:11
14. 9th Nisan - the camp is moved from Shittim to the Jordan
15. Joshua 3:1
16. 10th Nisan – they crossed the Jordan
17. Joshua 4:19
18. The “sacred chest” was to be a rectangular wooden box made from acacia wood, overlaid “inside and out with pure gold,”
19. Psalm 99:1
20. Numbers 7:89
21. 1 Peter 1:18-19
22. 1 Peter 3:18
23. 1 John 4:10
24. Hebrews 10:3-4
25. Numbers 4:4-6
26. Consecration for the Crossing (vv. 5-13)
27. Consecrate - Sanctify yourselves – set apart – v. 5
28. Exodus 34:10
29. Joshua 4:14
30. Completion of the Crossing (vv. 14-17)
31. List of miracles
32. The event came to pass as predicted (vv. 13, 15)
33. The timing was exact (v. 15)
34. The crossing took place at flood stage (v. 15)
35. The wall of water was held in place for many hours – maybe a full day (v. 16)
36. The wet, muddy, river bottom was dry at once (v. 17)
37. The water returned right after the people had crossed and the priests came up out of the riverbed (4:18)
38. Application
39. Compare Red Sea vs. Jordan crossings
40. Red Sea
41. Separation from the past
42. Jordan
43. Pictures entrance by faith into our spiritual inheritance in Christ
44. Red Sea
45. Enemy defeated once & for all
46. Jordan
47. Jews had to win one victory after another in Canaan

December 28, 2025

1. Expositional Preaching
2. The object is to expound, explain its meaning and then apply it
3. Nehemiah 8:8
4. Acts 20:27
5. Biblical Theology
6. Sound = Reliable, Accurate, Faithful
7. 1 Timothy 6:3
8. 2 Timothy 1:13
9. 2 Timothy 4:3
10. Titus 1:9
11. The Gospel
12. The Gospel is the heart of Christianity
13. Genesis 1:26-28
14. Romans 3:23
15. Romans 5:8-9
16. Romans 4:25
17. Justification – the sovereign act of God whereby He declares a believing sinner righteous, while still in his sinning state
18. John 1:12
19. John 3:16-17
20. Conversion
21. A biblical understanding of conversion recognizes that only God can save
22. The Bible clearly teaches that we need:
23. Our hearts replaced
24. Our minds transformed
25. Our spirits given life
26. Ephesians 2:8-9
27. Evangelism
28. Biblically, evangelism is presenting the good news freely and trusting God to convert people
29. Acts 16:14
30. Jonah 2:9
31. John 1:12-13
32. 3 things to communicate in evangelism
33. The decision is costly - it must be carefully considered
34. Luke 9:62
35. The decision is urgent - it must be made
36. John 3:36
37. The decision is worth it - it should be made
38. John 10:10
39. Membership
40. A commitment every Christian should make to attend, love, serve and submit to a local church
41. Philippians 4:3
42. Discipline
43. The area of Biblical discipline is based off the fact that God desires that we lead holy lives
44. Broad Sense
45. Church discipline is everything the church does to help its members pursue holiness and fight sin
46. Narrow Sense
47. Church discipline is the act of correcting sin in the life of the body
48. Five reasons for corrective church discipline:
49. For the individual disciplined
50. For other Christians as they see the danger of sin
51. For the health of the church as a whole
52. For the corporate witness of the church
53. For our holiness to reflect the holiness of God (most important)
54. Discipleship
55. A healthy church has a concern with church growth
56. A healthy Christian is a growing Christian
57. 2 Corinthians 10:15
58. Ephesians 4:15
59. Colossians 1:10
60. 2 Thessalonians 1:3
61. God is glorified by churches that are growing
62. Leadership
63. Each local church should be led by a plurality of godly, qualified men called elders

November 9, 2026

Memory Verse: Galatians

5:13  For you were called to freedom, brothers and sisters; only do

not turn your freedom into an opportunity for the flesh, but serve one

another through love.

·        

Acts 17:11 

o   Most

important for a church is to be: Christ centered, Bible focused, Where the Gospel

is clearly explained

o   Elders:

Elder – presbúteros, Overseer – epískopoi, Shepherd - poimaínō

Office

Role

Function

§  Acts

20:17 

Office

Role

Function

Elders

§  Acts

20:28 

Office

Role

Function

Elders

Overseers

·        

Acts 20:28 

Office

Role

Function

Elders

Overseers

Shepherd/Pastor

§  Philippians

1:1 

§  Titus

1:5

§  1

Timothy 3:8-13 (Pew Bible pg. 796) 

Office

Role

Function

Elders

Overseers

Shepherd/Pastor

Deacons

·        

Deacons are called diakonoi (plural) in Greek

·        

Acts 6:1-4

·        

Acts 21:8 

Office

Role

Function

Elders

Overseers

Shepherd/Pastor

Deacons

Assistants

Office

Role

Function

Elders

Overseers

Shepherd/Pastor

Deacons

Assistants

Servants

·        

5 qualifications of a deacon (vv.

8-9)

o   Men

of dignity (worthy of respect)

§ 

Acts

16:2 

o   Not

insincere

o   Not

prone to drink much wine

§ 

Proverbs

20:1

§ 

Proverbs

23:29-30 

o   Not

greedy for money

§ 

Matthew

6:24

§ 

1

Timothy 6:10 

o   Holding

to the mystery of the faith with a clear conscience

§  Lawrence

Richards, “The Christian maintains a clear conscience by living in harmony with

the truths unveiled in God’s Word.”

·        

1 Timothy 3:10 

§  1

Timothy 3:11 

§  Gynē

= woman/wife

§  Gynaikas

= women/wives

§  Ephesians

4:12 

o   5

Views of who “women” refers to:

§  All

Christian women in general

§  Women

deacons (co-equals with male deacons)

·        

Romans 16:1

§  Deaconesses

(a 3rd, separate office)

§  Women

helpers or assistants to the deacons

§  The

deacons’ wives

·        

4 Qualifications:

o   Dignified

– worthy of respect

o   Not

malicious gossips

o   Temperate

– self-control

o   Faithful

in all things

·        

1 Timothy 3:12 

§ 

Qualifications 6 & 7:

o   Deacons

must be husbands of one wife

o   Deacons

must be good managers of their children and their own households

§  1

Timothy 3:13 

§  Those

who do their servant roles faithfully gain two things:

o   Obtain

for themselves a high standing

o   Obtain

for themselves a great confidence in the faith that is in Christ Jesus

Constitution: Article 6,

Section B – Deacons

By-Laws: Article 5:

Deacons, Section E: Appointment

October 26, 2025

2 Peter

3:18  but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus

Christ. To Him be the glory, both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.

·        

How

do we grow in grace through suffering? By humbling ourselves before God; By resisting the devil; By

trusting our Sovereign God; By standing firm with fellow believers

How

do we grow in grace through suffering?

1.  

By

humbling ourselves before God

(vv. 6-7)

·        

Memory

Verse 1 Peter 5:6-7 Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of

God, so that He may exalt you at the proper time, having cast all your anxiety

on Him, because He cares about you.

·        

Anxieties

– Greek word meaning to divide

·        

There

are two things we doubt in a time of intense trial

·        

God’s

sovereign control over circumstances – “where is God in all of this?”

·        

We

doubt that God cares for us – “if God is in control & cares, then why is

this happening to me?”

·        

Philippians 4:6  Do not be anxious about

anything, but in everything by prayer and pleading with thanksgiving let your

requests be made known to God.

2.  

By

resisting the devil

(vv. 8-9)

·        

During

times of trial, we are especially vulnerable to the enemy of our souls

·        

Adversary

– opponent in a lawsuit

·        

Devil

– slanderer – one who throws things against you

·        

Revelation

12:10 - “accuser of our brothers and sisters”, “the one who accuses them before

our God day and night”

·        

Verse

6 comes before verse 9 for good reason

·        

We

must bow before God before we stand against the devil

3.  

By

trusting our sovereign God

(vv. 10-11)

·        

4

ways to develop your faith

·        

Put

the trial in perspective

·        

It

will only last “for a little while”

·        

2 Corinthians 4:17-18  For our momentary, light

affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all

comparison, while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things

which are not seen; for the things which are seen are temporal, but the things

which are not seen are eternal.

·        

Put

God in perspective

·        

He

is “the God of all grace”

·        

Put

God’s calling and purpose for you in perspective

·        

He

“called you to His eternal glory in Christ”

·        

Put

God’s purpose for trials in perspective

·        

Perfect

- to equip, repair or render complete

·        

Confirm

- to fix or set fast

·        

Strengthen

– only time this Greek word is in the Bible

·        

Establish

- to lay the foundation

4.  

By

standing firm with other believers

(vv. 12-14)

·        

We

don’t go through suffering alone

·        

We

go through suffering with other believers

·        

These

final verses are full of relationships

·        

Silvanus

(Silas)

·        

She

who is in Babylon

·        

Mark

·        

Finally,

Peter extends peace – shalom, well-being

·        

We

are to stand firm together in God’s true grace – v.12

·        

Jude 1:4  For certain people have crept in

unnoticed, those who were long beforehand marked out for this condemnation,

ungodly persons who turn the grace of our God into indecent behavior and deny

our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

·        

False

grace portrays the Christian life as a hang loose, go with the flow, don’t

worry about sin, be tolerant of everyone sort of thing

·        

True

grace exhorts us to be holy, even as God is holy

How

do we grow in true grace through suffering? By humbling ourselves before

God; By resisting the devil; By trusting our Sovereign God; By standing firm

with fellow believers

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