Sunday 21st August 2022
Read: Deuteronomy 32:46-47; Galatians 3:10-14; Joshua 8:1-35Sermon: Joshua 8:1-35
Joshua chapter 8 examines Israel as it continues under Joshua’s leadership in winning the promised land of Canaan, and poses the question: will Israel learn from their past, not just the immediate past of failure in battle against Ai, but from their more distant past as inheritors of the covenant promises of Yahweh?
Joshua 8:1-2 Yahweh’s reassurance
Joshua 8:3-13 The plan of attack
Joshua 8:14-23 Victory belongs to Yahweh (1 Samuel 17:47; Proverbs 21:31)
Joshua 8:24-29 Victory according to Yahweh’s word
Joshua 8:30-35. Postscript: celebration by the book (Deut 11:26-30; 27:1-13)
Conclusion:
A greater king; a greater saviour; a greater victory over a greater curse (Galatians 3:10-14)