Forgiveness is
“For if you forgive others for their transgressions, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive others, then your Father will not forgive your transgressions.” – Matthew 6:14-15 (NASB95)
(vv.21-22) Jesus’ point was to
(vv.23-27) I choose to forgive because
Be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you. – Ephesians 4:32 (NASB95)
…bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, whoever has a complaint against anyone; just as the Lord forgave you… – Colossians 3:13 (NASB95)
(vv.28-35) Forgiveness of others is evidence of
What else does scripture say about forgiveness?
1. Refusing to forgive is
“Whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father who is in heaven will also forgive you your transgressions.” – Mark 11:25 (NASB95)
2. Refusing to forgive invites into our lives
But one whom you forgive anything, I forgive also; for indeed what I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, I did it for your sakes in the presence of Christ, so that no advantage would be taken of us by Satan, for we are not ignorant of his schemes. – 2 Corinthians 2:10-11 (NASB95)
Then the Lord said to Cain, “Why are you angry? And why has your countenance fallen? If you do well, will not your countenance be lifted up? And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door; and its desire is for you…” – Genesis 4:6 (NASB95)
3. Refusing to forgive produces
When God saw their deeds, that they turned from their wicked way, then God relented concerning the calamity which He had declared He would bring upon them. And He did not do it. But it greatly displeased Jonah and he became angry. – Jonah 3:10-4:1 (NASB95)
See to it that no one comes short of the grace of God; that no root of bitterness springing up causes trouble, and by it many be defiled… – Hebrews 12:15 (NASB95)
4. Refusing to forgive affects us
The Big Question: How can I forgive?
1. Forgiveness is not always tied to an
2. Forgiveness is a and a
3. for the person who hurt you
4. Release the
Never take your own revenge, beloved, but leave room for the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,” says the Lord. – Romans: 12:19 (NASB95)
5. Forgiveness doesn’t always mean
(God) I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets. – Hosea 12:10 (KJV)
Key Concept: Kinsman Redeemer (Title for )
…if…a countryman of yours becomes so poor with regards to him as to sell himself to a stranger… then he shall have redemption right after he has been sold. One of his brothers may redeem him. – Leviticus 25:47-50 (NASB95)
“When brothers live together and one of them dies and has no son, the wife of the deceased shall not be married outside the family to a strange man. Her husband’s brother shall go in to her and take her to himself as wife and perform the duty of a husband’s brother to her.” – Deuteronomy 25:5 (NASB95)
(God) …I passed by you again and saw you…and I spread the corner of my garment over you…I made my vow to you and entered into a covenant with you, declares the Lord GOD, and you became mine. – Ezekiel 16:8 (ESV)
Naomi is a picture of
Naomi: the lovable; my delight (Easton’s), beautiful (Hitchcock’s)
A…Moabite shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord; even to their tenth generation their descendants shall not enter into the assembly of the Lord forever… – Deuteronomy 23:3 (AMPC)
Ruth is a picture of
Ruth: friend (Strong’s), desirable one (Missler’s)
Boaz is a picture of
Boaz: in strength (Hitchcock’s)
Boaz said to her, “Come here and eat some bread and dip your morsel in the wine.” – Ruth 2:14 (ESV)
(vv.8-9)
And he said, “Who are you?” And she answered, “I am Ruth your maidservant. So spread your wing over your maidservant, for you are a kinsman redeemer.” – Ruth 3:9 (LSV)
(Chapter 4:1)
Now Boaz went up to the gate and sat down there, and behold, the kinsman redeemer of whom Boaz spoke was passing by… – Ruth 4:1 (LSV)
(Chapter 4:3)
Then he said to the close relative, “Naomi, who has come back from the country of Moab, sold the piece of land which belonged to our brother Elimelech…” – Ruth 4:3 (NKJV)
(v.9)
(Boaz) …I have bought all that was Elimelech’s, and all that was Chilion’s and Mahlon’s, of the hand of Naomi.
– Ruth 4:9 (KJV)
(v.10)
Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife… – Ruth 4:10 (KJV)
(v.11)
Salmon was the father of Boaz by Rahab, Boaz was the father of Obed by Ruth… – Matthew 1:5 (NASB95)
(Jesus) Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and will dine with him, and he with Me. – Revelation 3:20 (NASB95)
If Boaz is a picture of Jesus, then we notice:
Boaz and Ruth for of Naomi (Ruth 2:11-12)
In order for Ruth to be brought to Boaz, Naomi had to be from her land for a
Ruth the Gentile bride Naomi
Boaz marries Ruth Naomi comes back into
(God) …you will come up against My people Israel like a cloud to cover the land. It shall come about in the last days that I will bring you against My land… – Ezekiel 38:16 (NASB)
Ruth the Gentile bride of Boaz, learns much about Boaz through Naomi her Jewish mother-in-law
In our story Naomi knows about Boaz, but nowhere in our story does Naomi until Ruth the Gentile marries Boaz
The result of Ruth marrying Boaz:
Obed: Obhedh – worshipper (ISBE) or worshipping, serving (Easton’s)
(God) I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets. – Hosea 12:10 (KJV)
A Key Concept: Kinsman Redeemer (a title of )
…if…a countryman of yours becomes so poor with regard to him as to sell himself to a stranger…then he shall have redemption right after he has been sold. One of his brothers may redeem him… – Leviticus 25:47-48 (NASB95)
(v.1) Judah: Yehuwdah – praise (Easton’s)
Bethlehem: Beyth lechem – house of bread (Strong’s)
(No)…Moabite shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord; even to their tenth generation their descendants shall not enter into the assembly of the Lord forever… – Deuteronomy 23:3 (AMPC)
(God) “Moab is My washbowl…” – Psalms 60:8 (NASB)
(v.2) Naomi will represent
Naomithe: lovable; my delight (Easton’s), beautiful (Hitchcock’s)
(v.4) Ruth (a Gentile) will represent
Ruth: friendship (MCED), desirable one (Missler’s)
(v.17) Lord: Yahweh (MCED)
(v.22) Barley harvest – March
(Chapter 2:1) Boaz is a picture of
And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband’s, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech; and his name was Boaz. – Ruth 2:1 (KJV)
Boaz: in strength (Hitchcock’s)
Mighty: gibbowr – powerful; by implication, warrior
… and he set up the left pillar and named it Boaz. – 1 Kings 7:21 (NASB)
(v.2) Now when you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap to the very corners of your field, nor shall you gather the gleanings of your harvest…you shall leave them for the needy and for the stranger. I am The Lord your God. – Leviticus 19:9-10 (NASB95)
(v.3) “Happened”: Coincidence is when God is
(v.4) Our hero comes from
(vv.5-6) Many see this unnamed servant who was “in charge” as a picture of the
(v.10) Then she fell on her face, and bowed (shachah) herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I am a stranger? – Ruth 2:10 (KJV)
Abraham said…will go yonder and worship…(shachah) – Genesis 22:5 (KJV)
(v.13) The basis of Boaz’s kindness
And she saith, ‘Let me find grace in thine eyes…’ – Ruth 2:13 (YLT)
(v.14) Boaz invites her to take and
At mealtime Boaz said to her, “Come over here. Have some bread and dip it in the wine vinegar.” – Ruth 2:14 (NIV)
Boaz Ruth
It will be good for those servants whose master finds them watching when he comes. I tell you the truth, he will dress himself to serve, will have them recline at the table and will come and wait on them… – Luke 12:37 (NIV)
(v.20) Then Naomi said to her, “The man is our relative; he is one of our kinsman redeemers.” – Ruth 2:20 (LSV)
Redeemers (NASB, CSB, HCSB, BSB)
(v.23) Wheat harvest
Joshua 23 is to the of the nation
Joshua is about years old, (v.1) in the Land
(v.5)
There has been , (v.1) but there is still
God will do , but I have to do
God plus one is a (vv.6-10)
(v.16)
Be of sober spirit, be on the alert. Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. – 1 Peter 5:8 (NASB)
The Results of Backsliding:
1. There will be (v.13)
…know with certainty that the LORD your God will not continue to drive these nations out from before you…
– Joshua 23:13 (NASB)
2. There will be (v.13)
…but they will be a snare and a trap to you, and a whip on your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from off this good land which the LORD your God has given you. – Joshua 23:13 (NASB95)
3. There will be (v.16)
“When you transgress the covenant of the LORD your God, which He commanded you, and go and serve other gods and bow down to them, then the anger of the LORD will burn against you, and you will perish quickly from off the good land which He has given you.” – Joshua 23:16 (NASB95)
Three things to keep us from defeat:
1. to the Word (v.6)
“Be very firm, then, to keep and do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, so that you may not turn aside from it to the right hand or to the left…” – Joshua 23:6 (NASB95)
2. from the World (v.7)
For if you ever go back and cling to the rest of these nations, these which remain with you, and intermarry with them, so that you associate with them and they with you… – Joshua 23:12 (NASB)
Law of Life: We like the people we associate with
3. for the Lord (v.11)
Love for the Lord is revealed by a
“So take diligent heed to yourselves to love the LORD your God.” – Joshua 23:11 (NASB95)
Joshua 24 is to the
…Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel… – Joshua 24:2 (KJV)
Key Word: Serve means to Him, Him, and only Him (vv.14-20)
(v.19) Why were they not able to serve the Lord?
They dabbled with idols because they lost their of God
“Now, therefore, fear the LORD and serve Him in sincerity and truth; and put away the gods which your fathers served beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the LORD.” – Joshua 24:14 (NASB95)
Now some of the elders of Israel came to me and sat before me. And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, “Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their hearts, and put before them that which causes them to stumble into iniquity. Should I let Myself be inquired of at all by them? “Therefore speak to them, and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “Everyone of the house of Israel who sets up his idols in his heart, and puts before him what causes him to stumble into iniquity, and then comes to the prophet, I the Lord will answer him who comes, according to the multitude of his idols… – Ezekiel 14:1-4 (NKJV)
After that whole generation had been gathered to their ancestors, another generation grew up who knew neither the LORD nor what he had done for Israel. – Judges 2:10 (NIV)
Jesus: iesous – is a transliteration of the Hebrew “Joshua,” meaning “Jehovah is salvation.” (VCED)
…the LORD said to (Joshua), “…a very large amount of the land remains to be possessed.” – Joshua 13:1 (NASB)
Back in Chapter 1
But to the Reubenites, to the Gadites, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, Joshua said, “Remember the word which Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, saying, …but you shall cross ahead of your brothers in battle formation, all your valiant warriors, and shall help them, until the LORD gives your brothers rest…Then you may return to your own land…” – Joshua 1:12-15 (NASB)
Joshua affirms that they were to “The LORD (Yahweh)
your God” (v.3), did what Moses commanded (v.2), did not abandon their brothers (v.3), and Joshua them (vv.6&7)
On the way home they build a large (NASU), imposing (NIV) altar () in the land of Canaan (v.10)
“Any man from the house of Israel, or from the aliens who sojourn among them, who offers a burnt offering or sacrifice, and does not bring it to the doorway of the tent of meeting to offer it to the Lord, that man also shall be cut off from his people.” – Leviticus 17:8-9 (NASB95)
Common mistakes of those who live in the Promised Land:
They went on (v.11)
Now the children of Israel heard someone say… (v.11) (NKJV)
And when the children of Israel heard of it… (v.12) (KJV)
Got up before they it out (v.12)
…the whole assembly of Israel gathered at Shiloh to go to war against them. (v.12) (NIV)
What a shame—yes, how stupid!—to decide before knowing the facts! – Proverbs 18:13 (TLB)
They didn’t seek and didn’t consult
(v.13) Phinehas: mouth of a serpent, mouth of brass (OTESD)
Israel through Phinehas accused them of and attached to their (vv.15-20)
“You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain (EMPTINESS), for the LORD will not leave him unpunished who takes His name in vain.” – Exodus 20:7 (NASB)
It is a trap for a man to say rashly, “It is holy!” And after the vows to make inquiry. – Proverbs 20:25 (NASB95)
With good intentions they made (v.19)
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. – Exodus 20:16 (KJV)
They had the right but the wrong
Now the truth of what really happened: (vv.21-29)
(v.31) Phinehas son of Eleazar, the priest, replied to them, “Today we know the LORD is among us because you have not committed this treachery against the LORD as we thought. Instead, you have rescued Israel from being destroyed by the hand of the LORD.” – Joshua 22:31 (NLT)
When they do attack and let the Lord
Occupy till I come. – Luke 19:13 (KJV)
‘Do business till I come.’ – Luke 19:13 (NKJV)
“The LORD be magnified, Who delights in the prosperity of His servant.” – Psalms 35:27 (NASB95)
Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers. – 3 John 2 (NKJV)
Decide what is (The Big Rocks)
He who tills his land will have plenty of bread, But he who pursues vain things lacks sense. – Proverbs 12:11 (NASB77)
Make according to
We should make plans-counting on God to direct us. – Proverbs 16:9 (TLB)
Plan carefully what you do, and whatever you do will turn out right. – Proverbs 4:26 (GNB)
Discovering My Life Purpose (What is my life about?):
The Lord has made everything for its own purpose. – Proverbs 16:4 (NASB)
(Paul) “It has always been my ambition to preach the gospel where Christ was not known, so that I would not be building on someone else’s foundation.” – Romans 15:20 (NIV)
“I was not disobedient to the vision from [God].” – Acts 26:19 (NIV)
What Knowing My Life Purpose Will Do for Me:
It will
“… the life of a man of divided loyalty will reveal instability at every turn.” – James 1:8 (PHILLIPS)
It
“Where there is no vision, the people perish…” – Proverbs 29:18 (KJV)
Where there is no vision, the people are unrestrained… – Proverbs 29:18 (NASB)
(Paul) “I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me…” – Philippians 3:14 (NIV)
It
(Paul) “I am bringing all my energies to bear on this ONE thing: forgetting what is behind and looking forward to what lies ahead.” – Philippians 3:13 (TLB)
Question: What do I need to ?
It
(Paul) “You have helped me in the work of the gospel, from the very firstday until now.” – Philippians 1:5 (GNT)
“If your goals are good, you will be respected…” – Proverbs 11:27 (GNT)
How to Determine My Life Purpose:
Prerequisite: – Galatians 1:17“Be still, and know that I am God…”
– Psalms 46:10 (NIV)
I must identify
“We each have different gifts, according to the grace given us…use [them] in proportion to [your] faith.”
– Romans 12:6 (BSB)
Question: ?
I must review
“And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to His purpose.” – Romans 8:28 (NIV)
“God helps us in all our troubles, so that we are able to help others who have troubles, using the same help we ourselves have received from God.” – 2 Corinthians 1:4 (GNT)
God doesn’t waste
Question: What have I ?
(Paul) “I may do anything, but everything is not useful. Yes, I may do anything, but everything is not constructive.” – 1 Corinthians 10:23 (PHILLIPS)
Question: ?
2 Things Will Last Forever:
(Mark 13:31)
(Matthew 25:46)
“For David served God’s purpose in his own [generation] and then he died.” – Acts 13:36 (GNT)
Matthew 6:19-34 is a teaching
Seeing the crowds, he went up on the mountain, and when he sat down, his disciples came to him. And he opened his mouth and taught them, saying… – Matthew 5:1-2 (ESV)
“Treasures on Earth”: treasures
(v.19) Heaven’s treasures cannot be destroyed by or (v.20)
“Heaven”: a surrogate name for God
“Tell me: When John baptized people, did that come from heaven; (a reverential Jewish way of referring to God) or just from other people (human beings)?” – Matthew 21:25 (EXB)
Disciples are (vv.19-21)
A disciple’s heart mind are focused on God (v.21)
“Mind and heart are not two distinct realities.” (Davies, 2004)
A commitment to God produces in our lives (v.22)
Clear: haplous – “single, directed towards one object” (PLGNT)
commitments produce
(vv.23-24)
Disciples are committed to God (vv.22-24)
Storing up treasures on earth will produce
(vv.19, 25)
Worried: merimnaō – I am anxious about, I care for (PLGNT)
(v.26) Look: emblepsate – a searching look in order to learn (France, 2007)
Gaze upon the birds in the sky. They do not sow or reap or store in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of far greater value than they? – Matthew 6:26 (NCB)
(vv.26-27) Birds teach the disciples about God’s character
(v.28)
Notice: katamathete – observe, learn (Strong’s)
(vv.28-30) Lilies teach the disciples about God’s character
(vv.31-34) God’s character is the for an anxious heart
Jesus’ Main Point: upon God’s character (vv.19-34)
You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you. – Isaiah 26:3 (ESV)
“The antidote to anxiety is the consideration of the character of our heavenly father.” – Jonny Ardavanis
PASSAGES ABOUT GOD’S CHARACTER
December 27/28, 2025
“For I the Lord do not change; therefore you, O children of Jacob, are not consumed.” – Malachi 3:6 (ESV)
Encouragement for the Lonely:
No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you. – John 15:15 (ESV)
Encouragement for the Hurting:
“I am the Lord who heals you.” – Exodus 15:26 (CEB)
Encouragement for the Fearful:
…fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. – Isaiah 41:10 (ESV)
Encouragement for Those Who Feel Unsafe:
Those who live in the shelter of the Most High will find rest in the shadow of the Almighty. This I declare about the Lord: He alone is my refuge, my place of safety; he is my God, and I trust him. – Psalms 91:1-2 (NLT)
Encouragement for the Unloved:
So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him. – 1 John 4:16 (ESV)
Encouragement for Those Anxious about the Future:
Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and he will establish your plans. – Proverbs 16:3 (NIV)
Encouragement for Those Lacking:
Look at the birds of the sky, that they do not sow, nor reap, nor gather crops into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more important than they? – Matthew 6:26 (NASB)
Encouragement for Those Falling Apart:
Behold, God is my helper; the Lord is the upholder of my life. – Psalms 54:4 (ESV)
Encouragement for the Restless:
For God is not a God of disorder but of peace—as in all the congregations of the Lord’s people.
– 1 Corinthians 14:33 (NIV)
Encouragement for those who Feel Weak:
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. – Psalms 46:1 (KJV)
Encouragement for those who Feel Defeated by Sin:
“…I am the Lord who sanctifies you.” – Exodus 31:13 (NASB95)
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
– Isaiah 9:6 (KJV)
“Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign; Behold, a virgin will be with child and Bear a son, and she will call His name Immanuel.” – Isaiah 7:14 (NASB95)
Immanuel: With us is God – Im: with, El: God
(Chapter 1:31) Jesus: Jehovah the Saviour (Easton’s)
(Chapter 2:4) “But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, Though you are little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of you shall come forth to Me The One to be Ruler in Israel, Whose goings forth are from old, From everlasting.”
– Micah 5:2 (NKJV)
The Angel Announced the Gospel of Mega Joy:
But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news (euaggelizo) of great (megas) joy that will be for all the people.” – Luke 2:10 (NIV)
euaggelizo: to announce good news, especially the gospel
“And I will be a father to you, And you shall be sons and daughters to Me,” Says the Lord Almighty.
– 2 Corinthians 6:18 (NASB)
For the wages of sin is death; but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. – Romans 6:23 (ASV)
In 2026 when I set priorities (Big Rocks) it doesn’t mean I do , but I do more of
Live life, then, with a due sense of responsibility, not as men who do not know the meaning of life but as those who do. Make the best use of your time…Don’t be vague but grasp firmly what you know to be the will of the Lord. – Ephesians 5:15-17 (PH)
The Big Three:
1st – My Relationship with
(Martha) …had a sister called Mary, who was seated at the Lord’s feet, listening to His word. But Martha was distracted with all her preparations; and she came up to Him and said, “Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to do all the serving alone? Then tell her to help me.” But the Lord answered and said to her, “Martha, Martha, you are worried and bothered about so many things; but only one thing is necessary, for Mary has chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away from her.” – Luke 10:39-42 (NASB95)
Martha was and it left her worried and bothered about
Great peace have they which love thy law (God’s Word): and nothing shall offend them. – Psalms 119:165 (KJV)
Mary’s Big Rock was sitting at the Lord’s feet listening. Jesus tells us that Mary chose the
2nd – My Relationship with
My Goal: When the kids are gone we want to still be
Let your fountain be blessed, And rejoice in the wife of your youth…Be exhilarated always with her love.
– Proverbs 5:18-19 (NASB)
Love is spelled
(Jesus) I have this against you, that you have left your first love …repent and do the deeds you did at first…
– Revelation 2:4-5 (NASB95)
Singles: She does him good and not evil All the days of her life. – Proverbs 31:12 (NASB)
3rd – My Relationship with My
Goal: When our kids grow up they would still want to be with and with when they no longer had to be
Lesson: Remember they are and I’m the
When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me. – 1 Corinthians 13:11(NIV)
Question: If we do family like this, what will it look like in ?
Big Rock Areas:
Spiritual
Relationships
Intellectual
Physical
Career
Financial
His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant… – Matthew 25:23 (KJV)
They had the () before they had the
Every place on which the sole of your foot steps, I have given it to you… – Joshua 1:3 (NASB)
(Chapter 14:1-2) Their portion was given by , God gave the He wanted
The people of Joseph said to Joshua, “Why have you given us only one allotment and one portion for an inheritance? We are a numerous people, and the LORD has blessed us abundantly.” “If you are so numerous,” Joshua answered, “and if the hill country of Ephraim is too small for you, go up into the forest and clear land for yourselves there in the land of the Perizzites and Rephaites.” (Giants [KJV, CWSB, NKJV, WBT]) – Joshua 17:14-15 (NIV)
Caleb (The Picture of Faith) Chapter 14:6-13
(45 years earlier) Then Caleb quieted the people before Moses and said, “We should by all means go up and take possession of it, for we will surely overcome it.” But the men who had gone up with him said, “We are not able to go up against the people, for they are too strong for us.” So they gave out to the sons of Israel a bad report of the land which they had spied out, saying, “The land through which we have gone, in spying it out, is a land that devours its inhabitants; and all the people whom we saw in it are men of great size There also we saw the Nephilim (Giants [KJV]) the sons of Anak are part of the Nephilim (Giants [KJV]); and we became like grasshoppers in our own sight, and so we were in their sight.” – Numbers 13:30-33 (NASB95)
Based on God’s faith stands in the face
of
Faith believes over
Faith stands in the face of other
But all the congregation said to stone them with stones. – Numbers 14:10 (NASB)
The came in the place of (v.6)
Kadesh-Barnea: desert of a fugitive; wilderness of wandering (OTESD)
Faith for the (v.10)
(Do) …not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises. – Hebrews 6:12 (NASB)
The Lord is good to those who wait for Him… – Lamentations 3:25 (NASB95)
Wait for the Lord; Be strong and let your heart take courage; Yes, wait for the Lord. – Psalms 27:14 (NASB)
Faith the promise to (v.12)
“…the LORD helping me, I will drive them out just as he said.” – Joshua 14:12 (NIV)
Faith says “Give me the ” because faith wants all that (v.12)
A growing faith keeps me (v.11)
(v.15)
(Hebron) is found where the biggest (Anakim) are
Hebron: society, friendship (Hitchcock’s); (fellowship)
It was that made Caleb
(God) “…My servant Caleb, because he has had a different spirit and has followed Me fully, I will bring into the land which he entered, and his descendants shall take possession of it.” – Numbers 14:24 (NASB95)