Message Notes

31 August 2014

Text: Joshua 8

“HE READ ALL THE WORDS OF THE LAW”

(I) SPECIAL DIVINE INSTRUCTION GIVEN TO JOSHUA

1. To read the Law

2. To meditate on it

3. To keep the Law (Joshua 1:7-8)

(II) THE EXPERIENCE WITH AI

1. Defeat

2. Confession

3. Victory (Joshua 7-8)

(III) JOSHUA’S WISE DETERMINATION

1. To build a Memorial Altar (Joshua 8:30-31)

2. Made offerings to the Lord

a) Burnt offering

b) Peace offering (Joshua 8:31)

3. Writing on the Memorial Stones

a) He wrote the Law on these Stones

b) Possibly the Ten Commandments (Joshua 8:32)

4. Reading of the Law

a) The Law was read to the children of Israel

b) Nothing was left out

(IV) SIGNIFICANCE OF THE READING OF THE LAW

1. Instruction

2. Reminder

3. Exhortation to obey the Lord fully

4. Emphasis: The Law must be borne in mind