Heritage Addition church of ChristBy Jim Bradshaw

Sunday Morning, June 21, 2015

Happy Father’s Day!!!

1Co 16:13 ESV Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong.

Now, Therefore Fear the LORDLook at What the LORD has Done

Jos 24:1-8 ESV Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem and summoned the elders, the heads, the judges, and the officers of Israel. And they presented themselves before God. (2) And Joshua said to all the people, "Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, 'Long ago, your fathers lived beyond the Euphrates, Terah, the father of Abraham and of Nahor; and they served other gods. (3) Then I took your

Now, Therefore Fear the LORDLook at What the LORD has Done

Jos 24:1-8 continued father Abraham from beyond the River and led him through all the land of Canaan, and made his offspring many. I gave him Isaac. (4) And to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. And I gave Esau the hill country of Seir to possess, but Jacob and his children went down to Egypt. (5) And I sent Moses and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt with what I did in the midst of it, and afterward I brought you out. (6) "'Then I brought your fathers out of Egypt, and

Now, Therefore Fear the LORDLook at What the LORD has DoneJos 24:1-8 continued you came to the sea. And the Egyptians pursued your fathers with chariots and horsemen to the Red Sea. (7) And when they cried to the LORD, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians and made the sea come upon them and cover them; and your eyes saw what I did in Egypt. And you lived in the wilderness a long time. (8) Then I brought you to the land of the Amorites, who lived on the other side of the Jordan. They fought with you, and I gave them into your hand, and you took possession of their land, and I destroyed them before you.

Now, Therefore Fear the LORDLook at What the LORD has Done

Jos 24:13 ESV I gave you a land on which you had not labored and cities that you had not built, and you dwell in them. You eat the fruit of vineyards and olive orchards that you did not plant.‘

• When is the last time that you have counted your blessings?• Col 3:17 ESV And whatever you do, in word or deed, do

everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

• How many have more than what the LORD has promised.• What reason could we ever have to doubt God?

Joh 3:16-17 ESV "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. (17) For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

Rom 5:8 ESV but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Now, Therefore Fear the LORDFear the LORD

Jos 24:14 ESV "Now therefore fear the LORD and serve him in sincerity and in faithfulness. Put away the gods that your fathers served beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the LORD.

Ecc 12:13-14 ESV The end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man. (14) For God will bring every deed into judgment, with every secret thing, whether good or evil.

Fathers You are not much

of a man if you do not

fear the LORD

Now, Therefore Fear the LORDServe the LORD in Sincerity and in Truth

Jos 24:14 ESV "Now therefore fear the LORD and serve him in sincerity and in faithfulness. Put away the gods that your fathers served beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the LORD.

Serve here means to work as a slave for a master.

Rom 6:16 ESV Do you not know that if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness?

Truth – John 17:17

Sanctify – to set apart for Holy Purposes.

We Will Serve the LORD

Jos 24:15 ESV And if it is evil in your eyes to serve the LORD, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served in the region beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.

You Cannot Lead If You are NOT Doing

GOOD Fathers Lead their homes in Spiritual Matters

We Will Serve the LORD

Eph 6:4 ASV And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but nurture them in the chastening and admonition of the Lord.

Lit. Nourish them in the discipline and admonition of the Lord.

Fathers Must Train their House

Pro 22:5-6 ESV Thorns and snares are in the way of the crooked; whoever guards his soul will keep far from them. (6) Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.

We Will Serve the LORD

Jos 24:15 ESV And if it is evil in your eyes to serve the LORD, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served in the region beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.

How Do We Serve the LORD?• Obey the Gospel

• Come to Worship services

• Visit the sick

• Give as you have been prospered

• Teach someone the Gospel

OBEY

The LORD Our God IS…Jos 24:16-24 ESV Then the people answered, "Far be it from us that we should forsake the LORD to serve other gods, (17) for it is the LORD our God who brought us and our fathers up from the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery, and who did those great signs in our sight and preserved us in all the way that we went, and among all the peoples through whom we passed. (18) And the LORD drove out before us all the peoples, the Amorites who lived in the land. Therefore we also will serve the LORD, for he is our God." (19) But Joshua said to the people, "You are not able to serve the LORD, for he is a holy God. He is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions or your sins. (20) If you forsake the LORD

The LORD Our God IS…Jos 24:16-24 continue and serve foreign gods, then he will turn and do you harm and consume you, after having done you good." (21) And the people said to Joshua, "No, but we will serve the LORD." (22) Then Joshua said to the people, "You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen the LORD, to serve him." And they said, "We are witnesses." (23) He said, "Then put away the foreign gods that are among you, and incline your heart to the LORD, the God of Israel." (24) And the people said to Joshua, "The LORD our God we will serve, and his voice we will obey."

The LORD Our God IS…

Jos 24:19-20 ESV But Joshua said to the people, "You are not able to serve the LORD, for he is a holy God. He is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions or your sins.

He is a Holy GodRev 4:8 ESV And the four living creatures, each of them with six wings, are full of eyes all around and within, and day and night they never cease to say, "Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!"

Isa 59:2 ESV but your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God, and your sins have hidden his face from you so that he does not hear.

The LORD Our God IS…

Jos 24:19-20 ESV But Joshua said to the people, "You are not able to serve the LORD, for he is a holy God. He is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions or your sins. (20) If you forsake the LORD and serve foreign gods, then he will turn and do you harm and consume you, after having done you good."

He is a Jealous GodCol 3:5 ESV Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.

Jas 4:4-5 ESV You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. (5) Or do you suppose it is to no purpose that the Scripture says, "He yearns jealously over the spirit that he has made to dwell in us"?

The LORD Our God IS…

Jos 24:24 ESV And the people said to Joshua, “The LORD our God we will serve, and his voice we will obey.”

He is OUR God

Mar 12:29-31 ESV Jesus answered, “The most important is, 'Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. (30) And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.' (31) The second is this: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no other commandment greater than these.”