• 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

• Matthew 6:19-20
• How worldliness can affect our attitude toward God’s Word
  • Some reject God’s Word altogether
    • Matthew 16:24-27
    • Matthew 24:45-51
  • Some are led into denominationalism
    • Matthew 7:13-23
  • Some are led into “liberalism”
    • Colossians 3:16-17
    • II Peter 2:1-3
  • Some allow God’s Word to be choked out of their lives
    • Matthew 13:18-23
  • Ways we can keep worldliness out of our lives
    • Study and reflect on God’s Word
      • Hebrews 10:25
      • II Timothy 2:15
      • I Thessalonians 5:21
      • II timothy 3:15-17
      • I timothy 4:13-16
      • II Peter 2:20-22
    • Pray for strength, wisdom, and guidance
      • Colossians 1:9-14
    • Choose spiritually minded companions
      • I Corinthians 15:33
      • II Corinthians 6:14-18
    • Balance the way we spend our time
  • Conclusion
    • Identify worldliness and guard ourselves from the things of the world.
      • Titus 2:11-14
      • I John 2:15-17
      • II Corinthians 5:10