HOLD FAST TO THE LORD

Joshua 22:1-34

Key Verse 22:5

1. Read vs. 1-5 and describe the commendation Joshua gave to the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh. Yet, what exhortations did Joshua choose to add to his words of commendation? What can we learn from Joshua about the way of "lasting" victories in the Lord? 

2. Read vs. 6-9. What does this passage tell us about the life that positively takes up one's cross, and fights for the Lord and fellow brethren in the Lord bravely and manfully? 

3. Read vs. 10-12. In order to protect the worship of the Lord the Israelites were prepared to go to war even against fellow brethren. What can we learn from the Israelites (Mat 10:34-37)? 

4. Read vs. 13-18a. What did they mean by "the sin of Peor" (Num 25)? What lessons or messages did the Lord teach the Israelites in dealing with "the sin of Peor"? 

5. Read vs. 18b-19. What does their invitation, "Come over to the "Lord's land", where the Lord's tabernacle stands, and share the land with us", show us about their point of concern? In what respect is their concern legitimate? What lesson is there from this passage (5; Lk 22:54)? 

6. Read v. 20. In what respect is "Achan's sin" different from the "sin of Peor"? Yet what do they have in common? 

7. Read vs. 21-34. V. 24 says that they built the replica out of fear. What does this show us about them? How can we overcome this kind of fear (Pro 3:5; 1Jn 4:18)?

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