Sunday 28th August 2022
Read: Matthew 11:16-24; Deuteronomy 20:10-18; Joshua 9:1-27Sermon: Joshua 9:1-27
Introduction
Joshua 1-8 Inheriting the land of rest
Joshua 9:1-2 The nations’ response to Yhwh’s rule
Joshua 9:3-15 Gibeon’s response to Yhwh’s rule
Joshua 9:3-8 a cunning plan
Joshua 9:9-11 Gibeon ‘confessing’ Yhwh’s name
Joshua 9:12-15 a covenant of protection
Joshua 9:16-27 Israel’s response to Gibeon’s deceit
Joshua 9:16-21 Gibeon’s covenant delivers them
Joshua 9:22-27 Gibeon’s ‘apology’ because of Yhwh’s word
Responding to Yhwh’s name now