In this lesson we discover the importance of following God’s plan to attain victory although in doing so we must overcome our fears and obey hard commands. But if we endure we will be more than conquerors.

1. Completing the
Conquest of
Canaan
Joshua 10.16 - 12.24
CB OT p. 345 - 349

2. 3 – Faith is the Victory
3.
On every hand the foe we find
Drawn up in dread array;
Let tents of ease be left behind,
And onward to the fray.
Salvation's helmet on each head,
With truth all girt about,
The earth shall tremble 'neath our tread,
And echo with our shout.
Words by: John H. Yates
Music by: Ira D. Sankey
© 2001 The Paperless Hymnal™

3. However...
The people
are strong.
The cities are
fortified and very
large.
The
descendants of Anak
are there.

4. We are not able to go...
The
people are stronger
than we.
The land devours
it’s inhabitants.
The people are of
great height.

5. Hermon
W E
Merom Hazor Bashan
Sea of
(Kingdom of Og) S
Madon Chinnereth Ashtaroth
Dor Edrei
Megiddo
Canaanites
(Kingdom of Sihon)
Jordan
Mt. Ebal River
Amorites
Sea Mt. Gerizim
anean)
Shiloh Ammonites
Ai Gilgal Jazer
Gezer Gibeon
Jericho Heshbon
Ashdod Makkedah Jebus
Libnah Jarmuth Mt. Nebo
Lachish Jahaz
Gaza Hebron Dibon
Eglon
Debir Salt Scale of Miles
Sea Moabites
0 50
Kir-moab

6. God’s Plan for Victory

7. “Do not be afraid or dismayed; be
strong and courageous. For thus
Jehovah will do to all your
enemies against whom you fight.”
Joshua 10.25, CB OT p. 345

8. “And Joshua captured all these
kings and their land at one time,
because Jehovah God of Israel
fought for Israel.”
Joshua 10.42, CB OT p. 347

9. “And Jehovah said to Joshua, ‘Do
not be afraid of them, for
tomorrow at this time I will give
over all of them, slain, to Israel.’”
Joshua 11.6, CB OT p. 347

10. “And Jehovah gave them into the
hand of Israel”
Joshua 11.8, CB OT p. 347

11. “Just as Jehovah had commanded
Moses his servant, so Moses
commanded Joshua, and so
Joshua did. He left nothing
undone of all that Jehovah had
commanded Moses.”
Joshua 11.15-16, CB OT p. 347-348

12. “So Joshua took the whole land,
according to all that Jehovah had
spoken to Moses. ... And the land
had rest from war.”
Joshua 11.23, CB OT p. 348

13. God’s Plan for Victory

14. Unfounded Fears

15. “And there we
saw the Nephilim
(the sons of Anak,
who come from
the Nephilim),
and we seemed to
ourselves like
grasshoppers, and
so we seemed to
them.”
Numbers 13.33,
CB OT p. 226

16. “There was none of the
Anakim left in the land
of the people of Israel.
Only in Gaza, in Gath,
and in Ashdod did
some remain.”
Joshua 11.22,
CB OT p. 348

17. “There was none of the
Anakim left in the land
of the people of Israel.
Only in Gaza, in Gath,
and in Ashdod did
some remain.”
Joshua 11.22,
CB OT p. 348

18. “for God gave us a spirit not of fear but
of power and love and self-control.”
2 Timothy 1:7, CB NT p. 371

19. “Jehovah is on my side; I will not fear.
What can man do to me?”
Psalm 118.6, CB OT p. 964-965

20. “Jehovah is on my side as my helper; I
shall look in triumph on those who
hate me.” Psalm 118.7, CB OT p. 965

21. Obeying HARD Commands

22. “And Jehovah said to Joshua ...
‘You shall hamstring their horses and
burn their chariots with fire.’”
Joshua 11:6; CB OT p. 347

23. “And Joshua did to them just as
Jehovah said to him: he hamstrung
their horses and burned their
chariots with fire.”
Joshua 11:9; CB OT p. 347

24. “Only he must not acquire many
horses for himself or cause the
people to return to Egypt in order to
acquire many horses”
Deuteronomy 17.16; CB OT p. 298

25. “Woe to those who go down to Egypt
for help and rely on horses, who
trust in chariots because they are
many and in horsemen because they
are very strong, but do not look to
the Holy One of Israel or consult
Jehovah!”
Isaiah 31.1; CB OT p. 1124

26. “Some trust in chariots and some in
horses, but we trust in the name of
the LORD our God.”
Psalm 20.7; CB OT p. 853

27. Obeying HARD Commands

28. “But in the cities of these peoples
that Jehovah your God is giving
you for an inheritance, you shall
save alive nothing that breathes,
but you shall devote them to
complete destruction, the Hittites
and the Amorites, the Canaanites
and the Perizzites, the Hivites and
the Jebusites, as Jehovah your
God has commanded,”
Deuteronomy 20.16-17, CB OT p. 302

29. “For it was Jehovah's doing to
harden their hearts that they
should come against Israel in
battle, in order that they should
be devoted to destruction and
should receive no mercy but be
destroyed, just as Jehovah
commanded Moses.”
Joshua 11.20, CB OT p. 348

30. “For it was Jehovah's doing to
harden their hearts that they
should come against Israel in
battle, in order that they should
be devoted to destruction and
should receive no mercy but be
destroyed, just as Jehovah
commanded Moses.”
Joshua 11.20, CB OT p. 348

31. 1. Punishment of their sins.
“And they shall come back here in
the fourth generation, for the
iniquity of the Amorites is not yet
complete.”
Genesis 15.16, CB OT p. 20

32. 1. Punishment of their sins.
“Or do you presume on the riches
of his kindness and forbearance
and patience, not knowing that
God's kindness is meant to lead
you to repentance?”
Romans 2.4, CB NT p. 266

33. 2. Purity of the Israelites
“that they may not teach you to
do according to all their
abominable practices that they
have done for their gods, and so
you sin against Jehovah your
God.”
Deuteronomy 20.18, CB OT p. 302

34. 2. Purity of the Israelites
“for they would turn away your
sons from following me, to serve
other gods. Then the anger of
Jehovah would be kindled against
you, and he would destroy you
quickly.”
Deuteronomy 7.4, CB OT p. 282

35. Obeying HARD Commands

36. Obeying HARD Commands

37. Obeying HARD Commands

38. Finishing with Confidence

39. “Joshua made war a long time
with all those kings.”
Joshua 11.18, CB OT p. 348

40. the king of Jericho the king of Tappuah
the king of Ai the king of Hepher
the king of Jerusalem the king of Aphek
the king of Hebron the king of Lasharon
the king of Jarmuth the king of Madon
the king of Lachish the king of Hazor
the king of Eglon the king of Shimron-meron
the king of Gezer the king of Achshaph
the king of Debir the king of Taanach
the king of Geder the king of Megiddo
the king of Hormah the king of Kedesh
the king of Arad the king of Jokneam
the king of Libnah the king of Dor
the king of Adullam the king of Goiim
the king of Makkedah the king of Tirzah
the king of Bethel

41. “So Joshua took the whole land,
according to all that Jehovah had
spoken to Moses. And Joshua
gave it for an inheritance to Israel
according to their tribal
allotments. And the land had rest
from war.”
Joshua 11.23, CB OT p. 348

42. Finishing with Confidence

43. “I know you are enduring
patiently and bearing up for my
name's sake, and you have not
grown weary.”
Revelation 2.3; CB NT p. 433

44. “To the one who conquers...”
Revelation 2.7, 17, 26, 3.5, 12, 21;
CB NT p. 433-436

45. “No, in all these things we are
more than conquerors through
him who loved us.”
Romans 8.37, CB NT p. 276

47. Will today be the
day you decide to
go to heaven?

48. Lesson slideshows (with notes)
and audio can be found at:
www.churchofchristmiranda.com

49. Photo Credits: (All photos from istockphoto.com are copyright protected. Please do not use without permission.)
Battle: http://www.daat.ac.il/daat/tanach/albom/pictures/23.htm
Spies: http://thebiblerevival.com/clipart/1907/num13.jpg
Map: Manna Bible Maps
Grasshopper: http://www.flickr.com/photos/papaija2008/4562518298/sizes/o/
in/photostream/
Cat and Dogs: http://flvrd.com/pic/cool-cat-walking-in-front-of-german-
shepherd-like-a-boss/
Horses: http://www.morguefile.com/archive/display/603878
Shrugging girl: iStock_000004673829
Rider on White Horse: http://www.book-of-revelation.org/wp-content/uploads/
2011/07/1st-White-Horse-Religious-Deception.png
victory: iStock_000005179635

50. Compiled and Presented by:
Be Strong and Courageous Dave Stewart
29 January, 2012
#13 Las Cruces, NM
www.churchofchristmiranda.com
The Conquest of Canaan
Joshua 10.16 - 12.39
Synopsis: In this lesson we discover the importance of following God’s plan to attain victory
although in doing so we must overcome our fears and obey hard commands. But if we endure we
will be more than conquerors.
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