Fuel for Your Future
Joshua 24:1-28
1. Setting (1)
• Shechem
• repetition of “summoned”
• “…before God”
• repetition of “summoned”
• “…before God”
2. History Review (2-13)
• review of covenant history with emphasis on God’s activity (“I” 18 times)
• amazing grace: they “served other gods”
• unhurried pace: “made his offspring many”
• amazing grace: they “served other gods”
• unhurried pace: “made his offspring many”
3. Call for Commitment (14-24)
• logical: “Now therefore…” (Rom. 12:1-2)
• exclusive: “serve” (18 times in Josh. 24)
• cautious: “You are not able…”
• exclusive: “serve” (18 times in Josh. 24)
• cautious: “You are not able…”
4. Covenant Renewed (25-28)
• implied sacrifice: covenant=”to cut”
• written record
• a stone witness
• written record
• a stone witness
5. So What?
• Because the Lord relates to you graciously and faithfully, serve Him gladly and exclusively.
• “Here I raise my Ebenezer, Hither by Thy help I come…Let Thy goodness, Like a fetter, Bind my wandering heart to Thee…” (R. Robinson)
• “Here I raise my Ebenezer, Hither by Thy help I come…Let Thy goodness, Like a fetter, Bind my wandering heart to Thee…” (R. Robinson)