1. Lesson 60-61 – Joshua 11-24, Judges 1-5 Complacency

2. The Expansion Period Most of the Book of Joshua is expansion and establishment of the tribal boundaries. Where are the Levites? – Joshua 21:1-3 Where is the temple? – Joshua 18:1

3. Joshua 24 Joshua is old, giving his last sermon He makes a covenant with the people. Joshua 24:14-25 We need a volunteer to be Joshua What is the covenant? No Idolatry, they will serve the one God.

4. Ancient IsraelitesModern Israel Warnings Against Worldliness Identify in Judges 1:27–33 what the Ancient Israelites allowed to happen against God’s will.

5. Ancient IsraelitesModern Israel Allowed Canaanites to remain in the land. Warnings Against Worldliness

6. Ancient IsraelitesModern Israel Allowed Canaanites to remain in the land. What worldly influences do we allow to remain in our lives? Warnings Against Worldliness

7. Ancient IsraelitesModern Israel Read Judges 2:10–13; 5–7. What occurred among the next generation of Israelites? Warnings Against Worldliness

8. Ancient IsraelitesModern Israel Worshipped false gods, forsook the Lord, and married outside the covenant. Warnings Against Worldliness

9. Ancient IsraelitesModern Israel Worshipped false gods, forsook the Lord, and married outside the covenant. What decisions lead people to forget the Lord today? Warnings Against Worldliness

10. Ancient IsraelitesModern Israel Read Judges 2:18–23 and look for the eventual outcome of the Israelites’ disobedience. Warnings Against Worldliness

11. Ancient IsraelitesModern Israel The Lord ceased to preserve them. Warnings Against Worldliness

12. Ancient IsraelitesModern Israel The Lord ceased to preserve them. What can we expect to happen if we turn away from the Lord? Warnings Against Worldliness

13. Elder Neal A. Maxwell

14. Erosion “All are free to choose, of course, and we would not have it otherwise. Unfortunately, however, when some choose slackness, they are choosing not only for themselves, but for the next generation and the next. Small equivocations in parents can produce large deviations in their children! Earlier generations in a family may have reflected dedication, while some in the current generation evidence equivocation. Sadly, in the next, some may choose dissension as erosion takes its toll.”

15. Complacency “All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.” – Edmund Burke The Israelites let evil exist within their midst, it slowly led them to idolatry. What do we allow? The transition may be slow; we must keep dedication for future generations.

16. Notebook Ideas What evils do you tolerate in your life that should simply be cleansed and removed, even though you are not participating in them? How can you live up to or exceed the faithfulness of the generations that came before you, to continue the line of dedication to the Lord? Think about your effect on your future children and grandchildren.