Joshua: Caleb-Like Faith
Joshua: Caleb-Like Faith
The second fiddle. I can get plenty of first violinists, but to find someone who can play the second fiddle with enthusiasm – that’s a problem; and if we have no second fiddle, we have no harmony. – Leonard Bernstein
Joshua 14:6-‐15 Then the people of Judah came to Joshua at Gilgal. And Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, “You know what the LORD said to Moses the man of God in Kadesh-‐barnea concerning you and me. I was forty years old when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me from Kadesh-‐barnea to spy out the land, and I brought him word again as it was in my heart.
But my brothers who went up with me made the heart of the people melt; yet I wholly followed the LORD my God. And Moses swore on that day, saying, ‘Surely the land on which your foot has trodden shall be an inheritance for you and your children forever, because you have wholly followed the LORD my God.’ And now, behold, the LORD has kept me alive, just as he said, these forty-‐five years since the time
that the LORD spoke this word to Moses, while Israel walked in the wilderness. And now, behold, I am this day eighty-‐five years old. I am still as strong today as I was in the day that Moses sent me; my strength now is as my strength was then, for war and for going and coming. So now give me this hill country of which the LORD spoke on that day, for you heard on that day how the Anakim were
there, with great fortified cities. It may be that the LORD will be with me, and I shall drive them out just as the LORD said.” Then Joshua blessed him, and he gave Hebron to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for an inheritance. Therefore Hebron became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite to this day, because he wholly followed the LORD, the God of Israel.
Now the name of Hebron formerly was Kiriath-‐arba. (Arba was the greatest man among the Anakim.) And the land had rest from war.
Then the people of Judah came to Joshua at Gilgal. And Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, Genesis 15:18-‐19 On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “ To your offspring I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates, the land of the Kenites, the Kenizzites, the Kadmonites,
Joshua 15:17 And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, captured it. And he gave him Achsah his daughter as wife.
“You know what the LORD said to Moses the man of God in Kadesh-‐barnea concerning you and me. I was forty years old when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me from Kadesh-‐barnea to spy out the land, and I brought him word again as it was in my heart.
Numbers 14:24 But my servant Caleb, because he has a different spirit and has followed me fully, I will bring into the land into which he went, and his descendants shall possess it.
The majority measured the giants against their own strength; Caleb and Joshua measured the giants against God. The majority trembled; the two triumphed. The majority had great giants but a little God. Caleb had a great God and little giants. – Alan Redpath
But my brothers who went up with me made the heart of the people melt; yet I wholly followed the LORD my God.
Numbers 14:6-‐10 And Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh…tore their clothes and said to all the congregation of the people of Israel, “The land, which we passed through to spy it out, is an exceedingly good land. If the LORD delights in us, he will bring us into this land and give it to us…Only do not rebel against the LORD.” Then all the congregation said to stone them with stones.
1 Samuel 17:24-‐26 All the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him and were much afraid. And the men of Israel said, “Have you seen this man who has come up? Surely he has come up to defy Israel. And the king will enrich the man who kills him with great riches and will give him his daughter and make his father's house free in Israel.”
And David said to the men who stood by him, “What shall be done for the man who kills this Philistine and takes away the reproach from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?”
Medi-‐ Middle Ocris-‐ Mountain
A Picture Of Mediocrity
It is easier to find a score of men wise enough to discover the truth than to find one intrepid enough, in the face of opposition, to stand up for it. – A. A. Hodge
You know what the LORD said to Moses that the LORD spoke this word to Moses So now give me this hill country of which the LORD spoke and I shall drive them out just as the LORD said
Joshua 1:8 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.
True faith rests upon the character of God and asks no further proof than the moral perfections of the One who cannot lie. It is enough that God has said it. – A. W. Tozer
And now, behold, the LORD has kept me alive
It may be that the LORD will be with me, and I shall drive them out just as the LORD said
James 4:13-‐15 Come now, you who say, “ Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”—yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.”
Trust the past to God’s mercy, the present to God’s love and the future to God’s providence. -‐ Augustine
Then Joshua blessed him, and he gave Hebron to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for an inheritance. Therefore Hebron became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite to this day, because he wholly followed the LORD, the God of Israel.
Then Joshua blessed him, and he gave Hebron to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for an inheritance. Therefore Hebron became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite to this day, because he wholly followed the LORD, the God of Israel.
The second fiddle. I can get plenty of first violinists, but to find someone who can play the second fiddle with enthusiasm – that’s a problem; and if we have no second fiddle, we have no harmony. – Leonard Bernstein
Joshua 14:6-‐15 Then the people of Judah came to Joshua at Gilgal. And Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, “You know what the LORD said to Moses the man of God in Kadesh-‐barnea concerning you and me. I was forty years old when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me from Kadesh-‐barnea to spy out the land, and I brought him word again as it was in my heart.
But my brothers who went up with me made the heart of the people melt; yet I wholly followed the LORD my God. And Moses swore on that day, saying, ‘Surely the land on which your foot has trodden shall be an inheritance for you and your children forever, because you have wholly followed the LORD my God.’ And now, behold, the LORD has kept me alive, just as he said, these forty-‐five years since the time
that the LORD spoke this word to Moses, while Israel walked in the wilderness. And now, behold, I am this day eighty-‐five years old. I am still as strong today as I was in the day that Moses sent me; my strength now is as my strength was then, for war and for going and coming. So now give me this hill country of which the LORD spoke on that day, for you heard on that day how the Anakim were
there, with great fortified cities. It may be that the LORD will be with me, and I shall drive them out just as the LORD said.” Then Joshua blessed him, and he gave Hebron to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for an inheritance. Therefore Hebron became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite to this day, because he wholly followed the LORD, the God of Israel.
Now the name of Hebron formerly was Kiriath-‐arba. (Arba was the greatest man among the Anakim.) And the land had rest from war.
Then the people of Judah came to Joshua at Gilgal. And Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, Genesis 15:18-‐19 On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “ To your offspring I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates, the land of the Kenites, the Kenizzites, the Kadmonites,
Joshua 15:17 And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, captured it. And he gave him Achsah his daughter as wife.
“You know what the LORD said to Moses the man of God in Kadesh-‐barnea concerning you and me. I was forty years old when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me from Kadesh-‐barnea to spy out the land, and I brought him word again as it was in my heart.
Numbers 14:24 But my servant Caleb, because he has a different spirit and has followed me fully, I will bring into the land into which he went, and his descendants shall possess it.
The majority measured the giants against their own strength; Caleb and Joshua measured the giants against God. The majority trembled; the two triumphed. The majority had great giants but a little God. Caleb had a great God and little giants. – Alan Redpath
But my brothers who went up with me made the heart of the people melt; yet I wholly followed the LORD my God.
Numbers 14:6-‐10 And Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh…tore their clothes and said to all the congregation of the people of Israel, “The land, which we passed through to spy it out, is an exceedingly good land. If the LORD delights in us, he will bring us into this land and give it to us…Only do not rebel against the LORD.” Then all the congregation said to stone them with stones.
1 Samuel 17:24-‐26 All the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him and were much afraid. And the men of Israel said, “Have you seen this man who has come up? Surely he has come up to defy Israel. And the king will enrich the man who kills him with great riches and will give him his daughter and make his father's house free in Israel.”
And David said to the men who stood by him, “What shall be done for the man who kills this Philistine and takes away the reproach from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?”
Medi-‐ Middle Ocris-‐ Mountain
A Picture Of Mediocrity
It is easier to find a score of men wise enough to discover the truth than to find one intrepid enough, in the face of opposition, to stand up for it. – A. A. Hodge
You know what the LORD said to Moses that the LORD spoke this word to Moses So now give me this hill country of which the LORD spoke and I shall drive them out just as the LORD said
Joshua 1:8 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.
True faith rests upon the character of God and asks no further proof than the moral perfections of the One who cannot lie. It is enough that God has said it. – A. W. Tozer
And now, behold, the LORD has kept me alive
It may be that the LORD will be with me, and I shall drive them out just as the LORD said
James 4:13-‐15 Come now, you who say, “ Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”—yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.”
Trust the past to God’s mercy, the present to God’s love and the future to God’s providence. -‐ Augustine
Then Joshua blessed him, and he gave Hebron to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for an inheritance. Therefore Hebron became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite to this day, because he wholly followed the LORD, the God of Israel.
Then Joshua blessed him, and he gave Hebron to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for an inheritance. Therefore Hebron became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite to this day, because he wholly followed the LORD, the God of Israel.
