Sunday Morning June 21, 2015

1. Heritage Addition church of Christ
By Jim Bradshaw
Sunday Morning, June 21, 2015

2. Happy Father’s Day!!!
1Co 16:13 ESV Be watchful, stand firm
in the faith, act like men, be strong.

3. Now, Therefore Fear the LORD
Look at What the LORD has Done
Jos 24:1-8 ESV Joshua gathered all the
tribes of Israel to Shechem and
summoned the elders, the heads, the
judges, and the officers of Israel. And
they presented themselves before God.
(2) And Joshua said to all the people,
"Thus says the LORD, the God of
Israel, 'Long ago, your fathers lived
beyond the Euphrates, Terah, the father
of Abraham and of Nahor; and they
served other gods. (3) Then I took your

4. Now, Therefore Fear the LORD
Look at What the LORD has Done
Jos 24:1-8 continued father Abraham from
beyond the River and led him through
all the land of Canaan, and made his
offspring many. I gave him Isaac. (4)
And to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau.
And I gave Esau the hill country of Seir
to possess, but Jacob and his children
went down to Egypt. (5) And I sent
Moses and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt
with what I did in the midst of it, and
afterward I brought you out. (6) "'Then
I brought your fathers out of Egypt, and

5. Now, Therefore Fear the LORD
Look at What the LORD has Done
Jos 24:1-8 continued you came to the sea. And the Egyptians
pursued your fathers with chariots and horsemen to the Red
Sea. (7) And when they cried to the LORD, he put darkness
between you and the Egyptians and made the sea come upon
them and cover them; and your eyes saw what I did in Egypt.
And you lived in the wilderness a long time. (8) Then I
brought you to the land of the Amorites, who lived on the
other side of the Jordan. They fought with you, and I gave
them into your hand, and you took possession of their land,
and I destroyed them before you.

6. Now, Therefore Fear the LORD
Look at What the LORD has Done
Jos 24:13 ESV I gave you a land on
which you had not labored and cities
that you had not built, and you dwell in
them. You eat the fruit of vineyards and
olive orchards that you did not plant.‘
• When is the last time that you have counted your blessings?
• Col 3:17 ESV And whatever you do, in word or deed, do
everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to
God the Father through him.
• How many have more than what the LORD has promised.
• What reason could we ever have to doubt God?

7. Joh 3:16-17 ESV "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever
believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. (17) For God did not send his
Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved
through him.
Rom 5:8 ESV but God shows his love for us in
that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

8. Now, Therefore Fear the LORD
Fear the LORD
Jos 24:14 ESV "Now therefore fear the
LORD and serve him in sincerity and in
faithfulness. Put away the gods that
your fathers served beyond the River
and in Egypt, and serve the LORD.
Ecc 12:13-14 ESV The end of the matter; all has been heard.
Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole
duty of man. (14) For God will bring every deed into
judgment, with every secret thing, whether good or evil.
Fathers You are
not much of a
man if you do not
fear the LORD

9. Now, Therefore Fear the LORD
Serve the LORD in Sincerity and in Truth
Jos 24:14 ESV "Now therefore fear the
LORD and serve him in sincerity and
in faithfulness. Put away the gods that
your fathers served beyond the River
and in Egypt, and serve the LORD.
Serve here means to work as a slave for a master.
Rom 6:16 ESV Do you not know that if you present
yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the
one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of
obedience, which leads to righteousness?
Truth – John 17:17
Sanctify – to set
apart for Holy
Purposes.

10. We Will Serve the LORD
Jos 24:15 ESV And if it is evil in your
eyes to serve the LORD, choose this day
whom you will serve, whether the gods
your fathers served in the region beyond
the River, or the gods of the Amorites in
whose land you dwell. But as for me
and my house, we will serve the LORD.
You Cannot Lead If You are NOT Doing
GOOD Fathers Lead their homes in Spiritual Matters

11. We Will Serve the LORD
Eph 6:4 ASV And, ye fathers, provoke
not your children to wrath: but nurture
them in the chastening and admonition
of the Lord.
Lit. Nourish them in the discipline and
admonition of the Lord.
Fathers Must Train their House
Pro 22:5-6 ESV Thorns and snares are in the way of
the crooked; whoever guards his soul will keep far
from them. (6) Train up a child in the way he should
go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.

12. We Will Serve the LORD
Jos 24:15 ESV And if it is evil in your
eyes to serve the LORD, choose this day
whom you will serve, whether the gods
your fathers served in the region beyond
the River, or the gods of the Amorites in
whose land you dwell. But as for me
and my house, we will serve the LORD.
How Do We Serve the LORD?
• Obey the Gospel
• Come to Worship
services
• Visit the sick
• Give as you have
been prospered
• Teach someone
the Gospel
OBEY

13. The LORD Our God IS…
Jos 24:16-24 ESV Then the people answered, "Far be it from
us that we should forsake the LORD to serve other gods, (17)
for it is the LORD our God who brought us and our fathers up
from the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery, and who
did those great signs in our sight and preserved us in all the
way that we went, and among all the peoples through whom
we passed. (18) And the LORD drove out before us all the
peoples, the Amorites who lived in the land. Therefore we also
will serve the LORD, for he is our God." (19) But Joshua
said to the people, "You are not able to serve the LORD, for he
is a holy God. He is a jealous God; he will not forgive your
transgressions or your sins. (20) If you forsake the LORD

14. The LORD Our God IS…
Jos 24:16-24 continue and serve foreign gods, then he will turn
and do you harm and consume you, after having done you
good." (21) And the people said to Joshua, "No, but we will
serve the LORD." (22) Then Joshua said to the people, "You
are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen the
LORD, to serve him." And they said, "We are witnesses." (23)
He said, "Then put away the foreign gods that are among you,
and incline your heart to the LORD, the God of Israel." (24)
And the people said to Joshua, "The LORD our God we will
serve, and his voice we will obey."

15. The LORD Our God IS…
Jos 24:19-20 ESV But Joshua said
to the people, "You are not able to
serve the LORD, for he is a holy
God. He is a jealous God; he will
not forgive your transgressions or
your sins.
He is a Holy God
Rev 4:8 ESV And the
four living creatures,
each of them with six
wings, are full of eyes
all around and within,
and day and night they
never cease to say,
"Holy, holy, holy, is the
Lord God Almighty,
who was and is and is
to come!"
Isa 59:2 ESV but your iniquities
have made a separation between you
and your God, and your sins have
hidden his face from you so that he
does not hear.

16. The LORD Our God IS…
Jos 24:19-20 ESV But Joshua said
to the people, "You are not able to
serve the LORD, for he is a holy
God. He is a jealous God; he will
not forgive your transgressions or
your sins. (20) If you forsake the
LORD and serve foreign gods,
then he will turn and do you harm
and consume you, after having
done you good."
He is a Jealous God
Col 3:5 ESV Put to death
therefore what is earthly in
you: sexual immorality,
impurity, passion, evil
desire, and covetousness,
which is idolatry.
Jas 4:4-5 ESV You adulterous people! Do you not know that
friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore
whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an
enemy of God. (5) Or do you suppose it is to no purpose that
the Scripture says, "He yearns jealously over the spirit that he
has made to dwell in us"?

17. The LORD Our God IS…
Jos 24:24 ESV And the people
said to Joshua, “The LORD our
God we will serve, and his voice
we will obey.”
He is OUR God
Mar 12:29-31 ESV Jesus answered, “The most important is,
'Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. (30) And
you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with
all your soul and with all your mind and with all your
strength.' (31) The second is this: 'You shall love your
neighbor as yourself.' There is no other commandment greater
than these.”