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Creating ConfusionAmongGod’sChosenPeople
Joshua 22
MANASSEH(North)
BENJAMIN
DAN(South)
EPHRAIM
MANASSEH(South)
DAN(North)
JUDAH
SIMEON
REUBEN
GAD
ISSACHARZEBULUN
ASHERNAPHTALI
Sinai
EGYPT
AMMON
MOAB
EDOM
ARAM
Great Sea(Mediterranean)
Nation of Israel(Twelve Tribes)
SaltSea
Sea ofGalilee
BitterLakes
N
S
EW
c 1999 MANNA
Scale of Miles0 50
“You have kept all that Moses the servant of Jehovah commanded you and have obeyed my voice in all that I have commanded you.
(Joshua 22:2-3, CB OT p. 364)
“You have not forsaken your brothers these many days, down to this day, but have been careful to keep the charge of Jehovah your God.
(Joshua 22:2-3, CB OT p. 364)
“Only be very careful to observe the commandment and the law that Moses the servant of Jehovah commanded you, to love Jehovah your God”
(Joshua 22:5, CB OT p. 364)
“and to walk in all his ways and to keep his commandments and to cling to him and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.”
(Joshua 22:5, CB OT p. 364)
So Joshua blessed them and sent them away, and they went to their tents.
(Joshua 22:6, CB OT p. 364)
MANASSEH(North)
BENJAMIN
DAN(South)
EPHRAIM
MANASSEH(South)
DAN(North)
JUDAH
SIMEON
REUBEN
GAD
ISSACHARZEBULUN
ASHERNAPHTALI
Sinai
EGYPT
AMMON
MOAB
EDOM
ARAM
Great Sea(Mediterranean)
Nation of Israel(Twelve Tribes)
SaltSea
Sea ofGalilee
BitterLakes
N
S
EW
c 1999 MANNA
Scale of Miles0 50
And when they came to the region of the Jordan that is in the land of Canaan, the people of Reuben and the people of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh built there an altar by the Jordan, an altar of imposing size.(Joshua 22:10, CB OT p. 365)
“to be a witness between us and you, and between our generations after us, that we do perform the service of Jehovah”(Joshua 22:27, CB OT p. 366)
CreatingConfusionSatan’s tools for attacking our unity and peace.
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so that we would not be outwitted by Satan; for we are not ignorant of his designs.
(2 Corinthians 2:11, CB NT p. 314)
Satan’s tools for attacking our unity and peace.
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Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
(James 4:7, CB NT p. 404)
Satan’s tools for attacking our unity and peace.
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Adding to God’s Wisdom
Satan’s tools for attacking our unity and peace.
CreatingConfusion
Adding to God’s Wisdom
Satan’s tools for attacking our unity and peace.
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Rumor
Satan’s tools for attacking our unity and peace.
“a whisperer separatesclose friends”
(Proverbs 16.28, CB OT p. 1022)
“For lack of wood the fire goes out, and where there is no whisperer, quarreling ceases.”
(Proverbs 26.20, CB OT p. 1038)
“The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels; they go down into the inner parts of the body.”
(Proverbs 18.8,CB OT p. 1024)
“There is one whose rash words are like sword thrusts, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.”
(Proverbs 12.18,CB OT p. 1016)
“Let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger”
(James 1.19,CB NT p. 401)
CreatingConfusion
Assumption
Satan’s tools for attacking our unity and peace.
CreatingConfusionSatan’s tools for attacking our unity and peace.
If one gives an answer before he hears, it is his folly and shame.
(Proverbs 18.13, CB OT p. 1025)
CreatingConfusion
Assumption
Satan’s tools for attacking our unity and peace.
CreatingConfusion
Lack of Communication
Satan’s tools for attacking our unity and peace.
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Going to War
Satan’s tools for attacking our unity and peace.
Creating ConfusionAdding to God’s Wisdom
Rumor
Assumption
Lack of Communication
Will today be the day you decide
to go toheaven?
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Compiled and Presented by:
Dave StewartDate
www.churchofchristmiranda.com
Synopsis:
“Let all that you do be done with love.”
“Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version, copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.”