Don’t Miss What God Has Purchased | Joshua 19:1-51 | Pastor Haron Kaisa

How are we doing tonight? Family? Everybody good? Can you

just give yourself a round of applause for being here

on Dodger Night where my Dodger Blue fans at right.

I know the playoffs are happening right now. I don't

know what the score. What's the score right now? Five

three or something? Five four? Okay, So you guys showed up.

But I'm so glad that you showed up tonight. You know,

I believe that, you know, the midweek services one of

those one of those check marks where you just got

to get refueled and be in the presence of God,

but also being community and beingcouraged not just through worship,

but hearing God's word and filtering all that. So tonight

we're gonna be opening up the Word of God together,

not just to kind of learn history, because I believe

the Book of Joshua has been teaching us a lot

of things, a lot of principles, a lot of you know,

a lot of theological thoughts and stuff like that. But

I believe that it's more than just another message because

you're hearing God's voice if you believe that God's word

is true. And so we're walking through Joshua chapter nineteen,

and we're probably seventy five percent in the Book of Joshua.

We're at the tell end of this book. There's twenty

four chapters. But my prayer tonight is that we don't

just hear another message, but we experience the move of God,

and not just the move of God, but but we

recognize that God has purchased us through Jesus Christ. And

that's what we're gonna see tonight, right, amen, So let's

all stand for the reading of God's word. We are

in Joshua chapter nineteen, and we're gonna be reading a

couple of verses. We're gonna be in this chapter. It's

fifty one verses, but we're just gonna read a couple verses.

We're gonna read verse one, verse ten, verse seventeen, verse

twenty four, thirty two, forty and forty nine through fifty one.

So there's a lot of verses. So here's what it

says in verse one of Joshua chapter nineteen. The second

lot came out of Simeon. I want you to underline

that because that's an important tribe to remember. For the

tribe of the people of Simon, according to their clans,

and their inheritance was in the midst of the inheritance

of the people of Judah. Serve of that highlight that

underline that, because that's going to connect to Simeon. We'll

go on to the next verse, verse ten. This is

the next tribe that gets their inheritance and their allotment

and land. It says here the third lot came up

for the people of Zebulun according to their clans, and

the territory of their inheritance reached as far as said

The fourth lot verse seventeen came out of Isakar for

the people of Isakar according to their clans. Verse twenty four,

the fifth lot came out of the tribe of the

people of Asher according to their clans. The sixth lot

came out of the people of Naphtali for the people

of Naphtali according to their clans. Verse forty The seventh

lot came out of the tribe of the people of

Dan according to their clans, And then verse forty nine

all the way to fifty one says this when they

had finished distributing the several territories the land of inheritance,

the people of Israel gave an inheritance among them to Joshua,

the son of None. By command of the Lord, they

gave him the city that he asked ten Mythsouri in

the hill country of Ephraim, and he built the city

and settled in it. These are the inheritance that eliez

are the priests and Joshua the son of None, and

the heads of the father's houses of the tribes of

the people of Israel, distributed by Lot at Shiloh before

the Lord at the entrance of the tent of meetings.

So they finished dividing the land. Before we go any further,

let's go ahead and invite God to speak to us.

By your heads close us, Father God, we just want

to ask you and invite you here tonight. I pray

that your word goes forth, that you would make your

word alive sharper than any two edged sword. I pray

that you speak to us, pierce our hearts, transform our lives,

and may be reminded of the purchase that you bought

through us, through Jesus Christ and his name. We pray,

and God's people say, Amen, and man, you may be seated.

You know when I'm reading through Joshua a lot about

who this man is. But you know, it made me

to start thinking about what what it means to have legacy.

But not only legacy, but could it be that when

you look at the Christian life, the greatest threats and

the greatest danger is not walking away from the Lord.

I don't think that's the greatest threat. I believe the

greatest threat in Christendom is complacency. It's it's this idea

that you're settling for less when He already purchased it

for you. And that's what we kind of see think

about it. Most of us don't wake up one morning

and say I don't believe in God anymore. It doesn't

just happen overnight, right, That's not how it usually happens there.

There's there's some things that that take place. I think

the real danger is being subtle, you see that, right.

It's it's when you still sing the songs, is when

you still show up to church. It's it's when you

still call yourself Christian, but deep down and you've kind

of settled, you've kind of gone through the motion. We've

decided that you know where I am now is good enough.

And even though God has more for you and that's

the danger of kind of settling, that you're just going

through the motion. The truth is, most of us don't

settle in obvious, dramatic ways. We kind of settle in

the quiets and the ordinary ways. Some of us settle

in our marriages. God can heal, God can restore, God

can even breathe life in your marriage. But instead of

fighting for it, we've learned to live with distance, or

some of us have settled in our calling. You know

that God is tugging and calling you to step out

of your comfort zone, and he's tugging your heart to

step into ministry, right, to lead, to serve, but you've

convinced yourself that the sideline is way safer. I'd rather

just be on a sideline. Some of us we settle

with our struggles. The addiction, the bitterness, that shame you've

been carrying all your life is so long that instead

of letting God deliver you, you've decided to kind of

manage it yourself, and so you go through it by yourself.

Some of us slip into settling in our devotion to God.

Think about it. God is inviting you to deeper in prayer,

but we often find ourselves ending the night with what

I call and gen Z call, and Jennaffa call a

doom scrolling. You're just scrolling through the phone. And some

of us settle with our families. God gave us the

role of discipling our kids, but we've allowed the world

to disciple them. Family settling doesn't always look like rebellion.

It looks like convenience, letting the enemy step in, and

it looks like comfort. It leaves us standing in front

of the promised land while never stepping foot in it.

And that's the tension in Joshua chapter nineteen, that's what's

happening here. On the surface, it looks like a geography lesson.

There's a bunch of names of tribes and all the

borders and all the cities. But beneath it lies a

prophetic warning for us tonight. And that's this. And I

want you to write this down. Don't miss it is this,

Don't miss what God has already purchased for you. Don't

miss it because at the end of the chapter we

get this surprise twist. Every tribe got their inheritance, including

Joshua himself, not first, but last, Joshua, the man who

led Israel into the land, Joshua who fought the battles,

Joshua who carried the burden for everyone, last in line,

but never left out. Why would God write the story

this way? Well, if you look at it, God is

teaching us something right. He's teaching us about timing. He's

teaching us about patience. He's teaching us about what really

matters in our lives. God is warning us if you

settle for less than his promise, it will cost you

more than the weight will ever will So here's here's

why I title tonight's message, don't miss what God has purchased.

If you're taking notes, here's the three points, and this

is what God's what God gives us. He gives us

three clear instructions or warnings, and it's all in the verse.

It's don't waste what God has given you Verses one

through nine, don't settle and compromise Verses ten through forty eight,

and don't let don't forget the way of humility Verses

forty nine to fifty one. Let's start with the first point.

Write this down, don't waste what God has given. If

you notice verse nine of Joshua nineteen, it says this

the inheritance of the people of Simian formed part of

the territory of Judah because Juda's portion was too large

for them. Now, the tribe of Simian is a sobering

example for you and I today. Why because unlike all

the other tribes, Simian didn't receive their distinct territory. They

didn't receive a territory for their own. They received a

territory in light of Judas territory. That's important to note,

because every tribe gets their own borders, every tribe gets

their own city, their own land, their own inheritance. But

what does Simian get Look at anything. They get Juda's blessing,

they get Judah's inheritance, they get Judas cities. They don't

have their own place, they don't have their own portion. Instead,

it's tucked and absorbed into Judah. Us. That's not just random,

that's not just a coincidence. That is the hand of God.

And if you study this, you'll notice that that generations earlier,

Simeon's violence and sin brought judgment. Their sin brought judgment,

and because of that, they were scattered. In other words,

what could have been theirs was wasted. What God had

intended as a blessing, ended up smaller because of the

way they lived. And that's a warning for us tonight.

See God entrusted us with so much of our families,

that our callings, our resources, our opportunities. But what do

we do. We kind of squander them, We treat them lightly.

If we let sin and distraction rule us, we kind

of risk ending up like Simeon. Because what does it

say here in Genesis forty nine, if you go way

back in in this book, it says here that their

father was who was Jacob? Jacob's blessing his son? And

he gets to Simeon and Levi, and what does he say?

In verse five? He says this, Simeon and Levi are brothers.

Their swords are weapons of violence. Cursed be their anger.

They're cursed for its fierce and their wrath. For this crew,

I would divide them in Jacob and under And notice

that word scatter them in Israel. Why did Simon lose

their inheritance? Well, if you remember in Genesis chapter thirty four,

what happened there. They slaughtered a whole city and shake

them everyone, man, woman, kids, And because of that, their

wrath was out of control. Their anger was unchecked. And

so we pick up in jennih Since forty nine, verse seven,

it says, here your inheritance will be scattered. Now catch this.

Jacob spoke that word, and who was still alive. Simeon

was still alive, their children were still young. Life went

on like nothing happened generations past. They went down to Egypt,

four hundred years of slavery, than forty years in the wilderness,

then years of conquest under Joshua, and here, four hundred

and fifty years later in Joshua chapter nineteen, that word

that was spoken by Jacob comes true. Here in this

sext Simeon doesn't get a distinct territory. They're scattered, and

they're absorbed into Judah Church. Don't you see it. God's

word doesn't have an expiration date. It may take four years,

it may take forty years, it may take four hundred years.

But if God said it, it will come to pass.

And that means two things for us. Write this down.

Number one, if God has spoken a warning, don't play

with it because time won't erase it. And number two,

if God has spoken a promise, don't doubt it because

it will come to pass. Because time can't cancel it.

And so we see here in Isaiah forty verse eight,

the grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of

God will stand. So Simeon teaches us that what God

spoke in Genesis was fulfilled. In Joshua chapter nineteen. We

see that. But here's the warning. Here's the warning. Here's

the underlying point that I want you to get. And

it's this unrepentant anger and just hurt people. It robs

you of what God wanted to give you. God wants

to give you something, But what's holding you back. Maybe

it's your pride, Maybe it's your ego, maybe it's your

your anger. Think about it. Anger always promises power, but

it leaves you powerless. Anger always feels like control, But

in the end it may cost you something. Anger might

satisfy you in the moment, but it can shrink your

inheritance in the long run. Simeon's tribe the land they

were waiting for them, But what happened, their wrath reduced

their land. If you don't believe me, look at Simeon,

look at his fallout. We'll go through history. The root

of it was in Genesis thirty four. The root of

it started in second Simeon and Levi's anger boiled over.

They slaughtered an entire city. Then we see the shame

in Genesis chapter forty two, because if you fast forward

at years later in Egypt, Joseph tested his brothers. But

guests who was singled out? Guess what name was singled

out by Joseph Simeon Genesis forty two twenty four, even

his own family, his reputation carried the weight of violence

and anger. Then we go to the sin in numbers

twenty five to twenty six. Generations later at Ball, what

happens Israel fell into idolatry. Guests who was leading the

charge guess what tribe he was from? The Simian Knights.

Then then we jump into the reduction. But notice what

happens there. Right we hear numbers one and numbers twenty

six that Simeon's men dropped from fifty nine thousand to

twenty thousand men because of their disobedience. Then we go

into Joshua nineteen. When it came to inherit the land,

Simeon didn't get their territory. Worry, what happened? Their terrritory

was absorbed by Judah instead of standing in their promise,

they lived in someone else's leftovers. Then we go into

the silence. Deuteronom in thirty three, when Moses blesses the tribe,

this is crazy. Before his death, Simeon's name never comes up.

Out of the twelve tribes, one tribe wasn't mentioned from Moses.

Imagine being so marked by anger that Heaven has nothing

left to say about you. Then we go into the absence.

When you read the Old Testament, from the Book of

Judges to kings, look through Israel's history, just look through

their history. No prophet, no judge, no king ever came

from Simeon. Judah produced David and the line of the Massage.

The Benjamin produced Saul, Israel's first king, and Paul the apostle.

The Levites produce Moses and Aaron and the entire levitical priesthood.

Ephraim produced Joshua, who led the Israelites into the Promised Land.

Dan produced Sampson. Every tribe produced something, but Simeon nothing. Silence.

Their voice was erased from history just because of one

man's sin and one man's anger. The scattering in First

Chronicles four, Simon is drifting further and further out they

become wanderers of the land, not rooted in one place,

moving from one section to the next section, from one

place to the next place. But here's what's crazy about

the word of God, the final mention of Simeon in

Revelations chapter seven, if you look at it, by God's mercy,

By God's mercy, Simeons shows up one more time, where

Revelation seven to seven sealed among the tribes of Israel,

Simeon's name is mentioned, not because they deserved it, but

because God is faithful even when we fail. Because God

is faithful to keep his covenant that he had in

Genesis thirty four to forty nine, all the way to

Revelations chapter seven. God is faithful to keep his promise.

And the truth is this family, Simons. Anger stained their

reputation right, It reduced their numbers, erased their inheritance, it

silenced their blessing, move their leaders, and it scattered their future.

That's what unchecked anger does, doesn't It It breaks into

something in that moment, and it can break generations after

generation after generation. And if God had to step in

with grace, Simeon's name would be lost forever and So

here's the application. If you think about it, don't let

anger rob you of what God has already set aside

for you. If you're mad about someone tonight, ask for forgiveness.

If you're angry about someone, if you're carrying bitterness in

your heart, don't pass down what God never meant for

you to carry. Stop carrying it, just let it go,

just give it to God. And here's the hope. In

light of this story, there was two brothers, it will

send me in and who else? Levi? There's the hope.

There's an example of what not to do. And here's

an example of what to do. Because Levi had the

same curse. They were scattered, they were divided. But when

Moses came down the mountain and the people were worshiping

the golden calf, what does Moses say? He says, who

is on the Lord's side? And who stepped up and said,

I'm ready, let's go? The Levites did. They stepped up

and said, we received this command from you, Moses, we

will go. We will stand on God's side. And they're

scattering was redeemed. They didn't disappear like Simeon. They became

priests that were scattered. Yes, scattered, but with purpose. There

was a priest in every synagogue, placed in every tribe,

carrying the arc, teaching the word, serving in the presence

of God. This is a beauty, This is a beautiful

picture of God's grace and mercy, and we need to

follow that. Do you see that right? Do you see

that the parallel right? Simeon's was hardened, Levi was humbled,

Simeon was wasted, but Leebi worshiped. Simon lost his inheritance,

but Levi carried God's presence. Simon was scattered in shame,

but Levii was set apart in service. The difference wasn't

God's favoritism. The difference is your response. What's your response

when God is saying Who's on your Who's on my side?

Are you gonna step up and say I'm on your side? God?

I'm willing to step up. Simeon's angers scattered his tribe

until they disappeared into Judah's shadow. Because if you look

at geography, you look at all the cities that are

in Simon, there is not one city that is mentioned

in the Bible that highlights some type of significance. But

if you look at Judah and what that line is,

and what that line is is with King David and

the Messiah, you'll see God's move in God's favor. And

so here's here's the bottom line. Repentance can redeem a curse,

but unrepentance will waste an inheritance. If you don't believe me,

look at Hebrews twelve fifteen. See to it that no

one fails to obtain the grace of God, that no

root of bitterness springs up and causes trouble, and by

it many become defiled. Simeon was defiled by that. Simon

failed to obtain this grace that God was giving, and

so Levit leaned into that. And that brings us to

the second instruction in this second warning point number two

is this don't settle and compromise. If you look at

verses ten through forty eight, this is a section that

just covers every inheritance every tribe. It gives. It gives

them their land and or allotment. And so we see

first here in verses ten through sixteen versus Zebulin. And

what's interesting about Zebulin. Zebulin was the younger brother, and

so when the when the land was divided, typically it

would be the oldest brother to receive the inheritance. But

instead of the older brother receiving the inheritance, Zebulin receives inheritance.

By human tradition, it's the car should have been gotten

the first inheritance in this moment. But God here flips

the order. And you see it because God, because grace

out ranks tradition. God does not bow to man's authority.

He is not bound by human law or human order.

He does not check your resume before he calls your name.

Your spiritual birth matters more than your natural birth. That's

what God is trying to portray here as he's painting

this picture of all these land being allotted. And he

says this right in Hebrews because because the name Zebulence

means dwelling or honored. Why because if you look at

Isaiah chapter nine, Grace doesn't choose the obvious. Grace chooses

the obedience that's good. And this is what it says

here centuries later in Isaiah nine that their land will

be called the Galilee of nations. Zebulin, who spent most

of their life doing ministry, and galley Jesus. So what

we see here is the very ground where Jesus himself

would minister, would be from the tribe of Zebulin. And

that's what we see here, right. Don't miss this. What

looks small today, what looks in the significant, may become

the place that Jesus shows up tomorrow. He may just

show up. The place that seemed small became the stage

for the Savior who did his greatest miracles in Galilee,

who performed. He said, Grace has a way of re

ordering your story, right. Grace has a way of taking

you back from the back of the line to the

front of the line. Grace has a way of turning

overlooked places into holy ground. And that's what we see, right.

Grace has a way of taking ordinary people like Zebulin

and writing extraordinary stories through them. So we see that

that grace in the order. Then we go into the

next tribe. In verses seventeen to twenty three, it's the car.

We see that faithfulness in the shadows matters, and so

it's the Car's land wasn't flashy. There was no coastline,

there was no capital city, but there was fertile ground

in the valley. Their inheritance was very quiet. It was

good for just farming. So they didn't have the best

city or flashy city, but it was it was a

country of just being steadied. And if you look at

what the name Issacar means in Hebrew, it's a name

that means that means this, there is reward, There is reward.

And if you recall First Chronicles twelve thirty two says this,

the men of Isacar understood the times and knew what

Israel should do. That kind of discernment doesn't come from

being in the spotlight. That kind of discernment happens right

when you're rooted in faithfulness, when you serve, when you're

not in the front, when you're in the back. That

comes from hidden faithfulness, not spotlight performance. Some of you

need to hear this. Not everyone is called to be

Judah on the front lines. Not everyone is called to

be Ephraim, center of the stage. But in God's kingdom,

quiet faithfulness counts more than anything. It matters to God.

He sees the prayers you pray when no one else

is watching. He sees the way you serve when no

one else notices. He sees your steady obedience, and he

promises a reward and the encouragement for us as a

Galatians six', nine do not grow weary in well doing

for indue season you shall reap if you will not,

faint not see. Family don't despise the, shadows don't despise

the small. Beginnings don't Despise behind the, curtains you See

god moving that Because heaven records what the crowd. Ignores

faithfulness counts In god's. Poot so that's the tribe of itsa.

Card then we go to the next. Tribe let's look

At asher here verse twenty four to thirty. One if you,

Remember asher received the coastal, line which will the northern

side Of this was very, fertile very. Prosperous this was

overflowing with. Resources and if you remember In genesis forty,

nine it says Here asher's food shall be, rich and

he shall yield royal. Delicacies they got the good. Land,

basically they got everything they wanted the. Coastline they got

all the olives they can. Have And luke twelve forty

two reminds us that to who much is, given much

will be. Required and So asher teaches us that abundance

isn't just, privileged it's. Stewardship If god wants to bless

you is because you're a good steward of. It and

if you're wondering why you haven't been, blessed maybe because

you haven't been a good steward of some. Things and

so here we see that abundance is a, test but

prosperity is a. Responsibility you got to be willing to

hold the weight and carry the. Weight If god can

trust you with, plenty he can trust you with. Purpose

that's what we see here right say with, Me i'm

blessed to be a. Blessing next we Have, naphtali which

is verses thirty two to thirty. Nine and this is

WHAT i call the conquests and the, strongholds because you Know,

naftali their land was fortified cities and the. Mountains so

this tribe had hard. Ground they had to deal with the,

Battles they had to deal with the, strongholds and their

inheritance wasn't handed to. Them they had to fight for.

It and so we see that this tribe they had to.

Fight and if you look at the meaning of this

of this of this word naw, tally it means my,

wrestling ready to. Wrestle and if you remember the start

of the. Story the start of their story was. Struggle

it was it was. Hardship but if you, remember if

you look At isaad, nine it, says Here tali's, land

people walking in darkness have seen a great. Light where

in the land of. Nottality that means the land of

wrestling became the land of. Revelation don't miss, this because

your place of wrestling can become the very place of your,

revelation your connection With. God then we go To, dan

the final tribe here verse forty through forty eight weakness and.

Compromise their territory was. Difficult it was the lowlands near The.

Philistines this was we see that because this was this

territory was very. Difficult they left their inheritance and they

went up north to conquer easier. Cities and they renamed

that Land. Dan and if you, remember and if you,

Recall dan means and judges eighteen Verse kings twelve twenty,

Nine dan means. Judge but they Misjudged god's. Calling instead

of doing the hard, things they went to an easier

city renamed It. Dan and so their compromise led to.

Idolatry their weakness led to their compromise and so we

see that, Right and so you have to realize that

Sometimes god has given you heard assignment not just because

he wants to give it to, you but he wants

to teach you. Something he wants you to grow into.

It he wants you to learn and unlearn some. Things

and so Here, dan they didn't just, settle they. Compromised

so we read Through joshua chapter, nineteen from every single

tribe From simeon all the way down to Dan zebulan To,

dan and these tribes preach to us grace or reorders,

tradition that faithfulness matters even in, shadows that abundance requires,

stewardship that that that the promises require, battle and that

compromise will cost you everything in your. Life so here's the.

Word don't settle and. Compromise don't rename shortcuts as. Blessings

don't abandon the heart Assignment god has given. You step

into the inheritance Because god has something for you and

his promises are worth fighting for. It, amen last, point

we finally arrive at the. Promise remember this it's not

it's not a it's not a stage for. Pride it's

it's an alley alley way for. Gratitude and that is

this point number, three verses forty nine to fifty. One

don't forget the way of. Humility this chapter in right

With joshua receiving his. Inheritance, Well god was giving, him

but watch, this he takes it. Last we're talking about

the leader who carried, everything the leader who carried the

majority of the, weight the leader who was in the

front lines, battling who was leading and, dividing and the

leader who did this waits till everyone has their, inheritance

then decides to say it's my. Turn he was. Last that's,

humility that's. Leadership leadership doesn't grab for, position, right but

they Trust god with the. Provision, GOD i don't know

How i'm gonna get there but, you BUT i believe you.

Will and guess where he. Chooses and of all the

places of his, allotment he Chooses Timnith, sarah which is

not a lush. Valley it's very, small it's not the

most prime real. Estate. Right if you had a chance

to move To malibu or reality to where would you?

Pick Probably? Malibu? Right for, him it's it's it's it's

a barren hillside. Site there's nothing there there's no fertile,

ground there's there's nothing to build. On there's there's no,

fruits there's no, olives there's there's nothing. There and he

chooses this, place a place that everyone. Overlooked And joshua

saying is, saying, hey you receive your. Inheritance i'm gonna

choose the most subtle. Location And joshua accepts. It but

not only does he accept, it what does he? Do

how old Is joshua? Here scholars say that he's probably

in his eighties eighty, plus but he says. This he

not only accepts the land and he goes goes to the.

Land the text says that he rebuilds the. City he.

Works he's still working as a leader who carried them

to the Promised, land as a leader who won many,

battles as a leader who, said you know, WHAT i

deserve a. CASTLE i deserve a red carbage SHOWING i

deserve to. Retire, no he doesn't even. Retire he decides

to rebuild the. City he takes what was barren and

he turns it into. Home and here's what's. Significant the

last recorded act Of joshua's life was not conquering, kings

was not dividing the, land was not leading armies to

defeat the, enemy but it was rebuilding the. City that

was the last recorded act By, joshua to rebuild the.

City that tells us. Something what does that tell us

that the legacy of a leader isn't in what he,

takes it's in what he builds for. Others that's that's

what real leadership looks. Like are you willing to build for?

Others are you willing to pave the way for the

next generation and the next generation and the next. Generation

Because joshua here shows us that the real measure of

a life isn't what you, conquer but what you. Build

what are you? Building what are you leaving? Behind because

your legacy won't won't be remembered for the battles you,

fought or the lives you've or the or the or

the victories you, gain but in the generations you. Sustained

your story won't be remembered for all. That and that's

the mark of true humility and the lasting That joshua.

Does the scripture THAT i mentioned before as rebuild and

lasting That jesus promised before he left was What john fourteen,

two verse. Three and here's Here i'll end with. This

you put the point, up and the point is, this

don't miss the prophetic. Picture Because joshua points to a Greater,

joshua and that Is. Jesus and that's what The book

Of joshua is. Doing The book Of joshua is a.

Foreshadow it's a, type and that type Is Jesus. Christ

and we see that. Right joshua waited until the. Last

jesus said, this the last shall be, first in the

first shall be. Last jesus took the hill. COUNTRY i

Mean joshua took the hill. Country jesus chose the hill Of.

Calvary joshua gave the people rest in the. Land jesus

gives this people eternal rest for their. Souls joshua divided

an earthly. Inheritance jesus secure for us and everlasting. Inheritance

joshua Led israel Into. Canaanite jesus leads us into a new.

Creation joshua's victories were. Temporary jesus's victory at The cross is.

Eternal joshua pointed To god's. Promises jesus is the fulfillment

Of god's. Promise joshua rebuilt a City jesus is building a.

Kingdom do you see the picture That joshua was just

a foreshadow Of. Jesus that Everything joshua, did AND i

said it, before the last thing That joshua does in

scripture THAT i mentioned before is what what Does joshua

do at the end of his? Life he, Rebuilds and

what Does jesus do at the end of his? Life

what was one of his last? Promises he says this

In john, FOURTEEN i prepare a place for. You he

is building something for, us just Like joshua was building.

Something so as we close and we think about this,

story you, Know joshua nineteen isn't just, history, right isn't

just a long list of boundaries and. Land this is

a picture pointing To. Jesus it's a warning for, us.

Right it's a warning that we shouldn't settle and. Compromise

it's a warning, that you, know don't forget that the

way To god's kingdom and the way to live In

god's kingdom is. Down it's. Humility if you look At

matthew chapter, five verse three and, five it says this,

right blessed are the poor in, spirit for they shall

inherit The kingdom Of. God it starts with the humility

and we see that, right and it all points To

jesus who purchase our inheritance with partment with its. Blood

and so as we, close before we leave and, DISMISS

i just want to share just one, thought and that

thought is. This it's the word. DEATH i think when

you look at the word, death it's something that we

get uncomfortable talking. About it's one of those things that

when when when you hear the word, death it may

it may be a word that we're scared, of or

a word that that's that's just so, foreign or a

word that you know that we just. Ignore but The

bible talks more about death than a lot of other.

Things one fourth of The bible talks about. Death so

if The bible talks about, death we should talk about

death as. Well and the reality is, this one day

you AND i will. Die and so my question THAT

i want to leave for you tonight is where will

you spend eternity once you? Die and here's something That

i've been praying through AND i wrote down and and

then and this is this thought of the word that. Death

and we're gonna talk and we're gonna break that word

down BECAUSE i believe in that word, death that there's

an acronym that that that can help us remind us

of what it means to look beyond just the earthly,

perspective and that is. This consider this acronym death is.

Denial most people live in full. DENIAL a lot of,

us like, man we're gonna live. Forever but if you

look at The bible In James chapter, four verse, fourteen

it says this that life is but a, mist here

one day than gone the. Other let that sink in

life is but a, vapor a mist that is here

one day than gone the. Other one day we're, here

one day we're. Gone death is real and there's no

denying denying about. It if you look at the LETTER,

e the LETTER e is for. Everyone death has has

no respector of, age has no respector of, potential has

no respective of who you, are one day you AND

i will die. Everyone and The bible says In romans,

five verse fifteen that sin by because of one man's,

sin death is upon all of. Us so when you

look at, death death is this. Time we will die

someday and we're living on bar time is WHAT i

like to call, it and that bar time is. This

we have an expiration. Date we just gotta be ready for.

It and so what you do between now and then

is what matters. Most so denial. Everyone if you look

at the letter a appointment Hebris nimrus twenty seven and says,

this it is appointed for men to die once and

then comes. Judgment that means you AND i have an

appointment with. Death it's the only appointment you can't. Cancel

we're gonna die. Someday you don't get to reschedule your.

Death you don't get to, deny you don't get to delay.

It you don't even get to negotiate with. Death we will,

die it will. Happen it's, appointed and the letter t

is here's. Today we have the opportunity today to make

a decision about our. Eternity why not make that decision and,

say you know, WHAT i want to spend eternity With,

god The, Father god The, son And god The Holy.

Spirit the last thing is this h here's the hope

for corint In is, fifteen verse fifty five says, This oh,

death where is your? Victory oh, death where is your?

Sting that's the hope that we have because, death for

The christian is just the. Beginning we're gonna live forever

and ever and. Ever and hope isn't found in avoiding.

Death hope is found in being ready for. It are

you ready for? It are you? Ready how do you?

Know in your? Hearts Maybe god may have spared you

before or or or maybe you're just assuming that you're

gonna live. Forever don't take it for. Granted if you

want to come to know This. Jesus The bible says

In john, fourteen verse, SIX i am the way truth in.

Life no one comes with The father but through. Me

From it's teen vers nine to ten says, this if

you confess with your mouth and turn from your, sin

then you shall be. Saved that's you. Tonight if you

wanna come to know This jesus and understand this concept of,

death to spend eternity With, God i'm should have raise

your hand on count three one, two, three regie, Hands

see hands, HERE i see a hand, there see a hand,

there some hands. There Praise. God repeat this prayer out

loud from your. Heart, everyone bow your, hands close your.

Eyes let's repeat this. Together Say, JESUS i need. YOU

i Confess i've. Sinned but TONIGHT i turn to. YOU

i believe you die for me and rose from the.

Grave forgive, me save, Me be My, lord be my.

Savior my life is yours In jesus'. Name. Amen, Amen

let's give them a round of. Applause if you made

that decision, tonight, family we are so excited that you.

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Your christian. Walk and before we, leave if you need additional,

prayers our prayers too will be up here to pray for.

You let's go out and. Pray Father, god we thank

you for this. Message let it be a pick up

in our. Lives may we not just hear the, Word

may we apply the truth In jesus'. Name we pray

In god's. People say, hey, man we see you guys

next week Or. Sunday god bless