The document provides an overview and introduction to the book of Joshua based on a sermon given at First Baptist Church. It discusses Joshua's background and role as Moses' assistant. God commissions Joshua to lead the Israelites into the Promised Land after Moses' death. The sermon emphasizes that Joshua would only find success and prosperity by following the law written by Moses and meditating on it day and night. Believers are encouraged to face life's challenges with the same strength and courage that God commanded Joshua.

1. Joshua 1:1-9
Commissioned
“Be strong and courageous”
December 4, 2016
First Baptist Church
Jackson, Mississippi
USA

2. What’s the number one thing?
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3. The Glory of God!
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4. 1 Corinthians 10:31 ESV
31 So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do
it all to the glory of God.
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5. December Memory Verse:
Isaiah 9:6 ESV
6 For to us a child is born,
to us a son is given;
and the government shall be upon his shoulder,
and his name shall be called
Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

6. References:
• Missler, Dr. Chuck. Introduction to Joshua. YouTube
Video.
• MacArthur, John. The MacArthur Study Bible
(Nashville, TN: Nelson Publishing, 1997).
• Morgan, Robert J. The Strength You Need (Nashville,
TN: W Publishing, 2016) 163-177.

7. Introduction to the Book of Joshua:
•Sixth book of the Bible – between Pentateuch and the
Historical Books.
•It points backward to the exodus and forward to the
time of the judges.
•Named for and written by Joshua, Moses’ successor.
•Central character of the book is God, not Joshua.
•Describes Israel’s response to God’s covenant
promise.

8. Introduction to the man named Joshua:
• A one word description for Joshua is “Warrior”.
• Born in Egypt during Israel’s enslavement.
• Was in his 40’s when left Egypt in Israel’s Exodus in
1446 BC.
• Family tribe of Ephraim.
• He was 80+ when he took over after Moses’ death.

9. Exodus 17:8-10, 13 ESV (Joshua first
introduced)
8 Then Amalek came and fought with Israel at
Rephidim. 9 So Moses said to Joshua, "Choose for us
men, and go out and fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will
stand on the top of the hill with the staff of God in my
hand." 10 So Joshua did as Moses told him, and fought
with Amalek, while Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to
the top of the hill.
13 And Joshua overwhelmed Amalek and his people
with the sword.

10. Exodus 17:14 ESV (Writing it all down)
14 Then the Lord said to Moses, "Write this as a
memorial in a book and recite it in the ears of Joshua,
that I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from
under heaven."
• God instructs Moses to write a book and make sure
that Joshua continually hears these words.

11. Exodus 24:12-13 ESV (Joshua present with
Moses)
12 The Lord said to Moses, "Come up to me on the
mountain and wait there, that I may give you the
tablets of stone, with the law and the commandment,
which I have written for their instruction." 13 So Moses
rose with his assistant Joshua, and Moses went up into
the mountain of God.
• Joshua was close by when God gave Moses the Ten
Commandments.

12. Exodus 33:7, 11 ESV (The Tent of Meeting of
Moses)
7 Now Moses used to take the tent and pitch it outside the
camp, far off from the camp, and he called it the tent of
meeting. And everyone who sought the Lord would go out
to the tent of meeting, which was outside the camp.
11 Thus the Lord used to speak to Moses face to face, as a
man speaks to his friend. When Moses turned again into the
camp, his assistant Joshua the son of Nun, a young man,
would not depart from the tent.

13. Numbers 13:1-2, 8, 16 ESV (Selecting Scouts &
Name Change)
1 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 "Send men to spy
out the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the people
of Israel. From each tribe of their fathers you shall send
a man, every one a chief among them."
8 from the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Nun;
16 These were the names of the men whom Moses sent
to spy out the land. And Moses called Hoshea the son
of Nun Joshua.

14. Moses changes Hoshea’s name to Joshua.
• Hoshea means “desire for salvation” or “salvation”
used 3 times in Pentateuch.
• Joshua means “the Lord is salvation” or “Yahweh
saves” used 27 times in Pentateuch.
• Why the name change?
• To establish a new identity & mission for Joshua.

15. How does Joshua relate to Jesus’ name?
• Jesus in Greek means “Jehovah is salvation”.
• Joshua in Hebrew means “Jehovah is salvation”.
• Joshua is often referred to as a “type or shadow of
Jesus in the Old Testament”.

16. Joshua as a “type or shadow” of Jesus:
• Joshua led God’s chosen people into the Promised
Land to claim it and rule.
• Jesus will return to God’s land with His people
(church) to claim it and rule during the Millennium.

17. Deuteronomy 31:7-8 ESV (Moses charges
Joshua)
7 Then Moses summoned Joshua and said to him in the
sight of all Israel, "Be strong and courageous, for you
shall go with this people into the land that the Lord has
sworn to their fathers to give them, and you shall put
them in possession of it. 8 It is the Lord who goes before
you. He will be with you; he will not leave you or
forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed."

18. Deuteronomy 31:14-15 ESV (God commissions
Joshua)
14 And the Lord said to Moses, "Behold, the days
approach when you must die. Call Joshua and present
yourselves in the tent of meeting, that I may
commission him." And Moses and Joshua went and
presented themselves in the tent of meeting. 15 And the
Lord appeared in the tent in a pillar of cloud. And the
pillar of cloud stood over the entrance of the tent.

19. Deuteronomy 31:23 ESV (Commissioned)
23 And the Lord commissioned Joshua the son of Nun
and said, "Be strong and courageous, for you shall bring
the people of Israel into the land that I swore to give
them. I will be with you."

22. Joshua 1:1-3 ESV (English Standard Version)
1 After the death of Moses the servant of the Lord, the
Lord said to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses ' assistant,
2 "Moses my servant is dead. Now therefore arise, go
over this Jordan, you and all this people, into the land
that I am giving to them, to the people of Israel. 3 Every
place that the sole of your foot will tread upon I have
given to you, just as I promised to Moses.

23. Joshua 1:4 ESV (The boundaries of the
Promised Land)
4 From the wilderness and this Lebanon as far as the
great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the
Hittites to the Great Sea toward the going down of the
sun shall be your territory.

24. Joshua’s Promised Land Map

25. Joshua 1:5-6 ESV
5 No man shall be able to stand before you all the days
of your life. Just as I was with Moses, so I will be with
you. I will not leave you or forsake you. 6 Be strong and
courageous, for you shall cause this people to inherit
the land that I swore to their fathers to give them.

26. Joshua 1:7 ESV
7 Only be strong and very courageous, being careful to
do according to all the law that Moses my servant
commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right hand
or to the left, that you may have good success
wherever you go.
• The condition for success: “Follow the written
directions.”

27. Joshua 1:8-9 ESV
8 This Book of the Law shall not depart from your
mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so
that you may be careful to do according to all that is
written in it. For then you will make your way
prosperous, and then you will have good success.
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."

28. “This Book of the Law”
• Joshua was the first leader to have a Book as the
foundation of guidance.
• Moses was guided by oral directives from God.
• Joshua was to use the Book of the Law written by
Moses as his guide.
• The Book (Torah) was, actually, a continuous scroll.
• It was kept at the side of the ark of the covenant.

29. The key to prosperity and success:
Joshua 1:8 ESV
8 This Book of the Law shall not depart from your
mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so
that you may be careful to do according to all that is
written in it. For then you will make your way
prosperous, and then you will have good success.
• How do you follow the Word?
• By meditating on it day and night.

30. Spiritually what does it mean to enter “Enter
the Promised Land?”
• Promised Land is not a place of rest like heaven.
• It is not an idiom for heaven.
• It was battles to fight and lands to claim.
• They were commanded to “Be strong and
courageous!”

31. Life presents many situations when you must take a
step forward in faith with “strength and courage.”
• Going off to college.
• Getting married.
• Career choices.
• Family and children decisions.
• Changes in life and stages of life.
• Just everyday Christian living is a challenge.

32. The Christian’s perspective on daily living and
the daily struggle.
• Daily living as a Christian is participating in a war you
cannot lose – Jesus has won it for you already!
• You may lose a few battles in the war, but the victory
of the war has already been won by Jesus!
• The Christian is operating from a position of strength!

33. How do you have strength for the battles in
life?
• The Book of Joshua and the Letter of Paul to the
Ephesians are considered spiritual parallels.
• Joshua is about the physical battle of God’s people
with enemies possessing their promised land.
• Ephesians is about the spiritual battle of the church
and believers in Christ with the spiritual enemy Satan.

34. The Strength You Need
by Robert J. Morgan
• “The Twelve Great Strength Passages of the Bible.”
• Chapter 11 – Live Like the Rich Person You Are.
• Seven Truths in Ephesians 3:16-21.

35. 1. God strengthens us with power through his
spirit.
Ephesians 3:16 NIV
16 I pray that out of his glorious riches he may
strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your
inner being,
• Power = dynamis (Greek) occurs 119 times in NT.
• Means you have might, strength, ability, and authority.
• The Holy Spirit provides the strength we need for
whatever God assigns us for that day.

36. Scripture Examples of Power:
Acts 1:8 ESV
8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come
upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in
all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”
Romans 15:13 ESV
13 May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in
believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may
abound in hope.

37. What is the result of living life on your own
power and not the power of the Holy Spirit?
• Burnout – spiritually, physically and mentally.
1 John 4:4 ESV
4 Little children, you are from God and have overcome
them, for he who is in you is greater than he who is in
the world.
• Notice scripture does not say you are greater
(stronger) but he who is in you (Holy Spirit) is greater!
• Burn out is trying to battle life in your own power.

38. Is this you?

39. 2. He strengthens us out of his glorious
riches.
Ephesians 3:16 (Phillips Translation)
16 I pray that out of the glorious richness of His resources He
will enable you to know the strength of the Spirit’s inner
reinforcement.
Ephesians 1:3 NIV
3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ
who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every
spiritual blessing in Christ.
• God allots us strength out of His boundless riches.

40. 3. He strengthens us in our inner being.
Ephesians 3:16 ESV
16 that according to the riches of his glory he may grant
you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in
your inner being,
• God created us with an inner spirit, an inmost being,
which is eternal.
• This is where God places the power of his Spirit for
you to have strength you need.

41. Scriptures about our inner being:
Psalm 103:1 ESV
1 Bless the Lord, O my soul,
and all that is within me,
bless his holy name!
Hebrews 4:12 ESV
12 For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any
two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of
spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts
and intentions of the heart.

42. 4. He strengthens us so Christ will dwell in our
hearts through faith.
Ephesians 3:17a ESV
17a so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith
• Dwell means that Christ is at home in your heart.
• Jesus lives in the hearts of His children.
• Your trust (faith) is placed in Jesus.

43. 5. He strengthens us to comprehend His love.
Ephesians 3:17b-19 ESV
17b —that you, being rooted and grounded in love,
18 may have strength to comprehend with all the saints
what is the breadth and length and height and depth,
19 and to know the love of Christ that surpasses
knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness
of God.

44. Dimensions of God’s love (Limitless):
• Width – Christ’s outstretched arms on the cross.
• Length – Everlasting that reaches back to the past and
covers today and reaches in to the future.
• Height – It goes beyond the stars and heavens.
• Depth – Deep enough to reach down into the depths
of our sins and grief and pull us out.

45. 6. He strengthens us to be filled with His
fullness.
Ephesians 3:19 ESV
19 and to know the love of Christ that surpasses
knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness
of God.
• Fullness implies satisfaction, peace and contentment.
• Fullness is knowing the love of Christ.
• Being filled with the fullness of God is not about what
you do, but knowing how much God loves you.

46. 7. To Him be glory forever.
Ephesians 3:20-21 ESV
20 Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly
than all that we ask or think, according to the power at
work within us, 21 to him be glory in the church and in
Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and
ever. Amen.
• Those who know Christ are the richest and the
strongest people on earth.

47. Closing Comments:
• The principals of Joshua 1:7 to do all that has been
instructed by God mean that obedience to God’s
Word is paramount for successful Christian living.
• Joshua 1:9 still applies today – “the Lord your God is
with you wherever you go.”
• In a nutshell, Joshua 1 tells us to…

48. Read The Bible And Follow The Directions.

49. Next Sunday
December 11, 2016
Joshua 6:12-25
The Fall of Jericho
Teacher: Dr. Bill Boteler

50. The Plan of Hope & Salvation
John 3:16 ESV
16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that
whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal
life.”
John 14:6 ESV
6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life.
No one comes to the Father except through me.”

51. The Plan of Hope & Salvation
Romans 3:23 ESV
23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
Romans 6:23a ESV
23a For the wages of sin is death,
• Death in this life (the first death) is 100%.
• Even Jesus, the only one who doesn’t deserve death, died in this life
to pay the penalty for our sins.
• The death referred to in Romans 6:23a is the second death
explained in Revelation 21:8.

52. The Plan of Hope & Salvation
Revelation 21:8 ESV
8 “But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for
murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars,
their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur,
which is the second death.”
Romans 5:8 ESV
8 but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners,
Christ died for us.

53. The Plan of Hope & Salvation
Romans 6:23b ESV
23b but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Revelation 21:7 ESV
7 “The one who conquers will have this heritage, and I will be his
God and he will be my son.”
Romans 10:9-10 explains to us how to be conquers.

54. The Plan of Hope & Salvation
Romans 10:9-10 ESV
9 because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord
and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead,
you will be saved. 10 For with the heart one believes and is
justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved.
Romans 10:13 ESV
13 For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be
saved.”

55. The Plan of Hope & Salvation
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