Faithfulness and Obedience: Lessons from the Old Testament
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### Quotes for Outreach
1. "When they are leading through faith in God, what we see through these scriptures is that when you have faith in God, right, our overarching understanding of the entire Old Testament is found in just the short little words, believe in God and obey him through his word. When the people of Israel are doing that, they're successful. It may not be easy, it may not be perfect, but they are doing what God is asking of them, and they're fulfilling the picture of God." [08:09]
2. "The whole point in doing this study of the Old Testament from 30,000 feet is not that through these 10 weeks you have the full picture and understanding of what the Old Testament is, right? Because the reality of why you would use the drone to see the path from above is because that helps you to walk the actual path." [03:07]
3. "When our hearts are truly after who God is when our hearts are going in the way that God is the first thing we just got through our our series on Jesus at our center when Jesus and God when they're at your center we're not trotting out there with the ark saying ha we've got the hot rod now and you can't defeat us because we have this special card in our back pocket God is not on your side or against you God is who he is he is for us to worship he has created the world in a beautiful place and he loves people." [22:01]
4. "The real moral of the point of the book of Ruth is that the lineage of King David comes through the book of Ruth that I find it fascinating as you look through the Old Testament you'll see that the lineage of King David comes through the book of Ruth and it's so understood that the role of women and the role of children are so diminished and not allowed but yet there are some so important women to the story of God so important to the story of bringing Jesus here into the world." [19:40]
5. "When things are growing great sometimes we tend to fall away from our faith in who God is and when times get hard sometimes that is what brings us back to who God is that's what happened over and over and over and over again through these people and we're still people and we're still people and we're still people." [23:50]
### Quotes for Members
1. "When Israel becomes more like the Canaanites and that does happen the things of the surrounding world come in when their guard is down things spiral out of control and next week we're going to look a little further into the first and second Samuel Israel at this point is now asking for a king because they want to be like the people around them and what's so fascinating is that through Samuel God says let me tell you you don't want a king let me tell you you don't want to be like those around you all of your reasonings are wrong for why you want to have a king." [25:55]
2. "But as we know from the story God doesn't stop it God doesn't say you cannot have a king he allows them to have a king but he doesn't stop it he allows them to have a king he allows them to have what they desire even though his understanding of why they want it is wrong because we have the opportunity to make choices for ourselves and even though God has all these people that are being used in his in his ways there are good that comes out of them there are bad that comes out of them but through the entire Old Testament so far we know God loves people he created us for a reason and he loves people and he loves people and he loves people he loves us unconditionally through all of this story God is constant the people go up and down the stories go up and down the the experiences that these people have had spiral out of control and God is constant and when the people are right with God that's when the line is on the incline that's when line the the understand the the life that we are living is in line with who God is that's when we're in line with who God is and that's when we're in line with who God is going in the best direction so as people of God the encouragement here is that regardless of what you've experienced in your life God can and will use you the ultimate question becomes are you willing to be used by God are you willing to place him at the top of your level the top of your interest to do the work that he is asking for us." [27:47]
3. "In those days Israel had no king and all of the people did whatever seemed right in their own eyes you know you go back to the passage in Joshua where it talks about how the land that they are being that they are living in have villages that were not built by them and and olive groves that were not planted by them and vineyards that were not planted by them all these things that they were able to enjoy and use but yet they did not have to do the work to create them God handed these things over to them and through the wars that they won it wasn't their understanding wasn't that they went and they went ahead and we'll see here shortly that when they try to do that it doesn't really work out well for them but when they're following what God has asked it's not their bow it's not their sword it's the hand of God that's delivering what he has promised to them and as the leadership falls further and further and further away this is a gory gory gory book and the people of Israel going through their lives and doing whatever seemed right in their own eyes." [15:53]
4. "Joshua 24, 11 through 15, is part of Joshua's final words as the leader of the people. And he says, when you crossed the Jordan River and came to Jericho, the men of Jericho fought against you, as did the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Canaanites, and the Hittites, the Girgashites, the Hevites, and the Jebusites. But I gave you victory over them, and I sent terror ahead of you to drive out the two kings of the Amorites. It was not your sword or the bows that brought you down. It was not your sword or the bows that brought you down. It was not your victory. I gave you land that you had not worked on. I gave you towns you did not build, the towns that you are now living in. I gave you vineyards and olive groves for food, though you did not plant them. So fear the Lord and serve him wholeheartedly. Put away forever the idols your ancestors worshipped when they lived beyond the Euphrates River and in Egypt. Serve the Lord alone. But if you refuse to serve the Lord, then choose today whom you will serve. And if you refuse to serve the Lord, then choose today whom you will serve. But you prefer the gods of your ancestors served by the Euphrates. Or will it be the gods of the Amorites in whose land you now live? But Joshua says, but as for me and my family, we will serve the Lord. We will serve the Lord." [11:15]
5. "When Joshua was near the town of Jericho, he looked up and he saw a man standing in front of him, the sword in hand. Joshua went up to him and demanded, are you a man or a foe? One, he replied, I am the commander of the Lord's army. At this, Joshua fell with his face to the ground in reverence. I am at your command, Joshua said. What do you want your servant to do? The commander of the Lord's army replied, take off your sandals and the place you are standing is holy ground. Joshua led out of faith. The Israelite people, you look at today's wars and everything, and it's really easy to fall into that trap that God is for the Israelite people and he's against every other types of people, but that obviously has changed with Jesus. God is for peace and harmony within the land, however that is to come about. And he instructs his people of how to live their life, and when they follow what he asks, things go the way that God wants them to go." [09:33]
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1. "When they are leading through faith in God, what we see through these scriptures is that when you have faith in God, right, our overarching understanding of the entire Old Testament is found in just the short little words, believe in God and obey him through his word. When the people of Israel are doing that, they're successful. It may not be easy, it may not be perfect, but they are doing what God is asking of them, and they're fulfilling the picture of God." [08:09]
2. "The whole point in doing this study of the Old Testament from 30,000 feet is not that through these 10 weeks you have the full picture and understanding of what the Old Testament is, right? Because the reality of why you would use the drone to see the path from above is because that helps you to walk the actual path." [03:07]
3. "When our hearts are truly after who God is when our hearts are going in the way that God is the first thing we just got through our our series on Jesus at our center when Jesus and God when they're at your center we're not trotting out there with the ark saying ha we've got the hot rod now and you can't defeat us because we have this special card in our back pocket God is not on your side or against you God is who he is he is for us to worship he has created the world in a beautiful place and he loves people." [22:01]
4. "The real moral of the point of the book of Ruth is that the lineage of King David comes through the book of Ruth that I find it fascinating as you look through the Old Testament you'll see that the lineage of King David comes through the book of Ruth and it's so understood that the role of women and the role of children are so diminished and not allowed but yet there are some so important women to the story of God so important to the story of bringing Jesus here into the world." [19:40]
5. "When things are growing great sometimes we tend to fall away from our faith in who God is and when times get hard sometimes that is what brings us back to who God is that's what happened over and over and over and over again through these people and we're still people and we're still people and we're still people." [23:50]
### Quotes for Members
1. "When Israel becomes more like the Canaanites and that does happen the things of the surrounding world come in when their guard is down things spiral out of control and next week we're going to look a little further into the first and second Samuel Israel at this point is now asking for a king because they want to be like the people around them and what's so fascinating is that through Samuel God says let me tell you you don't want a king let me tell you you don't want to be like those around you all of your reasonings are wrong for why you want to have a king." [25:55]
2. "But as we know from the story God doesn't stop it God doesn't say you cannot have a king he allows them to have a king but he doesn't stop it he allows them to have a king he allows them to have what they desire even though his understanding of why they want it is wrong because we have the opportunity to make choices for ourselves and even though God has all these people that are being used in his in his ways there are good that comes out of them there are bad that comes out of them but through the entire Old Testament so far we know God loves people he created us for a reason and he loves people and he loves people and he loves people he loves us unconditionally through all of this story God is constant the people go up and down the stories go up and down the the experiences that these people have had spiral out of control and God is constant and when the people are right with God that's when the line is on the incline that's when line the the understand the the life that we are living is in line with who God is that's when we're in line with who God is and that's when we're in line with who God is going in the best direction so as people of God the encouragement here is that regardless of what you've experienced in your life God can and will use you the ultimate question becomes are you willing to be used by God are you willing to place him at the top of your level the top of your interest to do the work that he is asking for us." [27:47]
3. "In those days Israel had no king and all of the people did whatever seemed right in their own eyes you know you go back to the passage in Joshua where it talks about how the land that they are being that they are living in have villages that were not built by them and and olive groves that were not planted by them and vineyards that were not planted by them all these things that they were able to enjoy and use but yet they did not have to do the work to create them God handed these things over to them and through the wars that they won it wasn't their understanding wasn't that they went and they went ahead and we'll see here shortly that when they try to do that it doesn't really work out well for them but when they're following what God has asked it's not their bow it's not their sword it's the hand of God that's delivering what he has promised to them and as the leadership falls further and further and further away this is a gory gory gory book and the people of Israel going through their lives and doing whatever seemed right in their own eyes." [15:53]
4. "Joshua 24, 11 through 15, is part of Joshua's final words as the leader of the people. And he says, when you crossed the Jordan River and came to Jericho, the men of Jericho fought against you, as did the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Canaanites, and the Hittites, the Girgashites, the Hevites, and the Jebusites. But I gave you victory over them, and I sent terror ahead of you to drive out the two kings of the Amorites. It was not your sword or the bows that brought you down. It was not your sword or the bows that brought you down. It was not your victory. I gave you land that you had not worked on. I gave you towns you did not build, the towns that you are now living in. I gave you vineyards and olive groves for food, though you did not plant them. So fear the Lord and serve him wholeheartedly. Put away forever the idols your ancestors worshipped when they lived beyond the Euphrates River and in Egypt. Serve the Lord alone. But if you refuse to serve the Lord, then choose today whom you will serve. And if you refuse to serve the Lord, then choose today whom you will serve. But you prefer the gods of your ancestors served by the Euphrates. Or will it be the gods of the Amorites in whose land you now live? But Joshua says, but as for me and my family, we will serve the Lord. We will serve the Lord." [11:15]
5. "When Joshua was near the town of Jericho, he looked up and he saw a man standing in front of him, the sword in hand. Joshua went up to him and demanded, are you a man or a foe? One, he replied, I am the commander of the Lord's army. At this, Joshua fell with his face to the ground in reverence. I am at your command, Joshua said. What do you want your servant to do? The commander of the Lord's army replied, take off your sandals and the place you are standing is holy ground. Joshua led out of faith. The Israelite people, you look at today's wars and everything, and it's really easy to fall into that trap that God is for the Israelite people and he's against every other types of people, but that obviously has changed with Jesus. God is for peace and harmony within the land, however that is to come about. And he instructs his people of how to live their life, and when they follow what he asks, things go the way that God wants them to go." [09:33]
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