Check it out! Joshua 22:9-34 Honest Concern 22:9,10 Humble Submission 22:11-29 Horrible Agreement 22:30-34

Check it out! Joshua 22:9-34 Honest Concern Canaan was God’s chosen land Spiritual values versus material gain Built an altar to keep them close Heart was right but actions wrong

Check it out! Joshua 22:9-34 Humble Submission 22:11-29 The alarm - Joshua 22:11-14 Proverbs 18:13,17 Phinehas’ delegation Numbers 25 Deuteronomy 12 & 13 The appeal - Joshua 22:15-20 Trespass - An act of treachery Turned away - no longer following God Rebel - deliberately resisting God’s will

Check it out! Joshua 22:9-34 Humble Submission (cont’d) The Argument - Joshua 22:21-29 Used Lord’s name 6x (3 different ones) God knows our heart - Jeremiah 17:9,10 2 Corinthians 8:21 No sacrifices were to be made! The children were of concern! God created this problem!

Check it out! Joshua 22:9-34 Horrible Agreement 22:30-34 Phineas/delegation/Israel pleased No civil war necessary No judgment of God But was God pleased? 22:19 James 3:17 1 Chronicles 5:25,26

Check it out! Joshua 22:9-34 Principles of Rumors Never discount rumors (get to heart) Gather information calmly Talk frankly with whom rumors are about Deal completely with the situation

Check it out! Joshua 22:9-34 Application “Peace is such a precious jewel that I would give anything for it but truth.” Matthew Henry

Check it out! Joshua 22:9-34 How is your peacemaking? Are you holding to the truth in your peacemaking?

Check it out! Joshua 22:9-34 “Peace, combined with truth, is the highest priority; without truth, it is a compromise. Truth without a desire for peace is brittle legalism.” John Huffman