• Deuteronomy 6:1-13
• Prosperity can be one of the biggest deterrents to serving God.
• Malachi 1:6
• How to make sure you do not forget the Lord
  • “These word shall be in your mouth”
    • Proverbs 3:7
    • Jeremiah 31:33; Hebrews 8:8-12
    • Matthew 6:33
  • “Teach your children”
  • “Talk of them in your house”
  • “Talk of them when you walk in the way”
    • Galatians 6:10
    • Hebrews 10:24
    • Colossians 3:!6
  • “Talk of them when you lie down”
  • “Talk of them when you rise up”
    • We should be afraid and ashamed to pillow our head at night without praying to God.

• Conscience
  • Our conscience is a great tool, but it must be trained properly.
  • Acts 23:1; 26:9
  • Train your conscience by the word of God.
    • I Corinthians 4:4
    • I Corinthians 9:16
    • II Corinthians 11:28
    • I Timothy 1:19
    • Hebrews 13:18
  • The next time you feel guilty, do something about it!
    • Hebrews 9:14
    • Hebrews 10:22
  • Memory
    • God constantly implores us to remember!
      • Matthew 16:9; Luke 17:32 24:6-8; John 15:20; 16:4; Acts 20:35; I Corinthians 4:17; 11:24; II Timothy 1:3; 2:14; II Peter 1:13; Revelation 2:5
    • You know what your problem area is. Find a verse about it and memorize it.
      • Matthew 4:4, 7, 10 – Jesus used scripture to defeat temptation.
    • Habits
      • Hebrews 10:25
      • Acts 8:9-11, 18-20 – Simon was in the habit of amazing people.
      • Ephesians 4:17-19
      • Many times, bad habits aren’t formed on purpose. We just settle into them out of convenience.
      • Break habits and start good ones. Ephesians 4:22-24
        • Renewed in the spirit of your mind
        • Putting aside the old self
        • Putting on the new self

• Hebrew
  • שָׁמַע shama
  • I Kings 18:26 - עָנָה anah
  • To prick up the ears. Psalm 10:17 - קָשַׁב qashab
• Greek
  • ἀ****κούω (akouo) – Acts 9:7; 22:9
  • εἰσακούω (eisakouo) – to hear and obey
  • διακούω (diakouo) – formal, legal hearing – Acts 23:35
  • ἐπακούω **(**epikouo) – to hear with favor – II Corinthians 6:2
  • π****ροακούω **(**proakouo) – Colossians 1:5
  • π****αρακούω **(**parakouo) – hear partially – Matthew 18:15-17
• Old Testament usage
  • I Chronicles 14:15 – to hear
  • Listening to or perceiving God’s Word – Deuteronomy 4:10
  • Hearing and heeding God’s Word – Deuteronomy 30:14-18; Isaiah 30:9
  • Hearing as a command – Jeremiah 10:1
  • Instruction – Proverbs 4:1
• New Testament usage
  • Reception of sound – Matthew 11:4-5
  • Listing to God’s Word to understand what it says. Luke 6:27
  • Heeding God’s Word – John 5:25; I Timothy 4:16
  • Command or admonition – Acts 7:2
  • Introduction of instruction – Matthew 13:18; 17:5
• Lessons to learn
  • Faith demands hearing God’s Word.
    • Romans 10:17
    • God’s Word must be heard and then acted upon.
    • Isiah 66:1-2
  • We are called to hear God’s Word.
    • Isaiah 45:22
    • Hebrews 1:1
    • John 1:4
    • Revelation 21:23
  • We need to take care how we hear and make application in our lives.

• Conquering the Promised Land (Joshua)
  • Summary of the book of Joshua
  • Notable events
    • The land promise is fulfilled. Joshua 21:43-45; 23:14-16
    • Joshua 24:32 – Joseph’s bones are finally laid to rest in Shechem.
    • Joshua 5:11-12 – God’s supply of manna finally ceased once they were able to eat from the fruit of the land of Canaan.
  • Jericho (Joshua 2, 6)
    • No stronghold can withstand the punishment of God.
    • Rahab shows that God rewards faith wherever it is found.
      • Joshua 2:1-11
      • Rahab is in the lineage of David and therefore Jesus.
      • Hebrews 11:31; James 2:24-25 – She is remembered for her faith over 1,000 years later.
    • God can “give” something with conditions.
      • Joshua 6 – God gave them the city, but they still had to go and take it.

Jericho

Salvation

God gives it

Joshua 6:2

Ephesians 2:8

You didn’t earn it

Deuteronomy 9:6

Ephesians 2:8,9

And yet there are conditions

Joshua 6:3

Matthew 7:23

• Can a just God kill millions of people?
  • God killed to punish for sins, not arbitrarily.
    • Genesis 6:5; 19:20
    • Leviticus 18:24-25
    • Deuteronomy 9:5
  • God forewarned people and tried to get them to repent and avoid punishment.
    • Noah - II Peter 2:5
    • Ezekiel – Ezekiel 33:7-11
    • Jonah – Jonah 3:4
  • The eternal perspective is what really matters.
    • Ezekiel 18:20
    • Ezekiel 33:11
    • Jonah 4:11

• Philippians 4:8-9
• Psalms 119:59-60
• “I thought on my ways”
  • II Corinthians 13:5
  • Proverbs 23:7
• “I turned my feet”
  • This is equivalent to repentance.
  • We have to decide if we are really going to turn our lives to God or not.
• “I delayed not to keep His commandments”
  • I John 2:4
  • I John 5:3
• There is only one way to profitably examine self.
  • II Corinthians 10:5