Josh. 24:15
[By Ron Halbrook]
• Introduction
1. Josh. 24:15 Leadership depends 1st
on spiritual attitude, condition, & role
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• Introduction
2. If we succeed in other areas
but fail in spiritual leadership,
we fail in our first responsibility.
3. If we fall short in temporal goals
but succeed in spiritual leadership,
we succeed in God’s sight!
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• Introduction
4. God makes men into spiritual leaders
if we are willing:
God made man responsible to lead the family
Moral & spiritual leadership grows out
of loving God & our fellow man
How can we become moral & spiritual leaders
in the home?
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I. God Made Man Responsible to Lead the Family
A. Whom Did God Make Responsible
from the Beginning?
Gen. 2:24 God created man to take initiative
24 Therefore shall
leave his father and his mother,
and shall cleave unto his wife:
and they shall be one flesh.
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I. God Made Man Responsible to Lead the Family
A. Whom Did God Make Responsible
from the Beginning?
Gen. 3:16 God taught Eve to submit to Adam
16 Unto the woman he said,
I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception;
in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children;
and
,
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and
.
I. God Made Man Responsible to Lead the Family
B. God Commends or Condemns Our Leadership
Gen. 18:19 God commended Abraham—& me?
19 For I know him, that he will command his children
and his household after him,
and
,
to do justice and judgment;
that the LORD may bring upon Abraham
that which he hath spoken of him.
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I. God Made Man Responsible to Lead the Family
C. God Appointed Men to Lead in Setting
an Example of Loving God & Teaching His Word
Deut. 6:4-9 Are we setting this example?
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4 Deut.
, O Israel:
6:4-9
The Are
LORDwe
oursetting
God is this example?
:
5 And thou shalt
the LORD thy God
with all thine heart, and with all thy soul,
and with all thy might.
6 And
, which I command thee this day,
shall be
:
7 And
diligently unto thy children,
and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house,
and when thou walkest by the way,
and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
8 And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand,
and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes.
9 And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house,
and on thy gates.
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I. God Made Man Responsible to Lead the Family
D. Joshua Was Determined to Lead His Family
Josh. 24:14-15 Do we have his determination?
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Josh. 24:14-15 Do we have his determination?
14 Now therefore
,
and
:
and
which your fathers served
on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt;
and serve ye the LORD.
15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD,
;
whether the gods which your fathers served
that were on the other side of the flood,
or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell:
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I. God Made Man Responsible to Lead the Family
E. God Expects Fathers to Teach Not Hide His Word
Do we teach or hide God’s Word?
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, Word?
Do we teach or hide God’s
shewing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD,
and his strength,
and his wonderful works that he hath done.
5 For he established a testimony in Jacob,
and appointed a law in Israel,
which he commanded our fathers,
that
:
6 That the generation to come might know them,
even the children which should be born;
who should arise and declare them to their children:
7 That they might set their hope in God,
and not forget the works of God,
but keep his commandments:
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I. God Made Man Responsible to Lead the Family
F. Every Man Must Follow Christ’s Example
Are we leading our homes
as Christ leads the church?
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Are we leading our homes
as Christ leads the church?
22 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands,
as unto the Lord.
23 For
,
even as
:
and
.
24 Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ,
so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.
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Are we leading our homes
as Christ leads the church?
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,
,
,
;
26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it
with the washing of water by the word,
27 That he might present it to himself a glorious church,
not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing;
but that it should be holy and without blemish.
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Are we leading our homes
as Christ leads the church?
28 So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies.
He that loveth his wife loveth himself.
29 For no man ever yet hated his own flesh;
but
and
it,
:
30 For we are members of his body,
of his flesh, and of his bones.
31 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother,
and shall be joined unto his wife,
and they two shall be one flesh.
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Are we leading our homes
as Christ leads the church?
32 This is a great mystery:
but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
33 Nevertheless let every one of you in particular
so love his wife even as himself;
and the wife see that she reverence her husband.
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Are we leading our homes
as Christ leads the church?
1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord:
for this is right.
2 Honour thy father and mother;
(which is the first commandment with promise;)
3 That it may be well with thee,
and thou mayest live long on the earth.
4 And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath:
but bring them up in the nurture and admonition
of the Lord.
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II. Moral & Spiritual Leadership Grow Out
of Loving God & Our Fellow Man
A. Every Application of True Leadership Is Based
on Love of God & Fellow Man
Matt. 22:34-40 All God teaches us is based
on these two principles: apply to lead the home
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Matt. 22:34-40 All God teaches us is based
on these two principles: apply to lead the home
34 But when the Pharisees had heard
that he had put the Sadducees to silence,
they were gathered together.
35 Then one of them, which was a lawyer,
asked him a question, tempting him, and saying,
36 Master, which is the great commandment in the law?
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Matt. 22:34-40 All God teaches us is based
on these two principles: apply to lead the home
37 Jesus said unto him,
38 This is the first and great commandment.
39 And the second is like unto it,
40 On these two commandments hang all the law
and the prophets.
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II. Moral & Spiritual Leadership Grow Out
of Loving God & Our Fellow Man
A. Every Application of True Leadership Is Based
on Love of God & Fellow Man
Rom. 13:8-10 God teaches us true love
for our neighbor: apply to lead the home
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Rom. 13:8-10 God teaches us true love
for our neighbor: apply to lead the home
8 Owe no man any thing, but to
:
for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
9 For this, Thou shalt
,
Thou shalt
, Thou shalt
,
Thou shalt
,
Thou shalt
;
and if there be any other commandment,
it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely,
Thou shalt
.
10 Love worketh no ill to his neighbour:
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therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
II. Moral & Spiritual Leadership Grow Out
of Loving God & Our Fellow Man
B. Leadership Based on Mere Tradition, Emotion,
Human Philosophy, & Force Is Flawed
Effective leadership requires God’s guidance
 Scripture
 Prayer
 Wise counsel
 Good examples
 God’s providence
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II. Moral & Spiritual Leadership Grow
Out of Loving God & Our Fellow Man
C. We Develop Spiritual Leadership
in Various Areas of Our Life & Character
Personal spiritual growth is foundational
Growth in leading the wife is essential
Growth in leading each child is necessary
Growth in leading the family unit is the result
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• Invitation
1. Josh. 24:15 Leadership depends 1st
on spiritual attitude, condition, & role
15
;
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• Invitation
2. If we succeed in other areas
but fail in spiritual leadership,
we fail in our first responsibility.
3. If we fall short in temporal goals
but succeed in spiritual leadership,
we succeed in God’s sight!
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• Invitation
4. God makes men into spiritual leaders
if we are willing:
God made man responsible to lead the family
Moral & spiritual leadership grows out
of loving God & our fellow man
How can we become moral & spiritual leaders
in the home?
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• Invitation
5. All of us can be faithful children in God’s family:
Gal. 3:26-27 Enter by obedient faith
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• Invitation
5. All of us can be faithful children in God’s family:
Acts 8:22 Restored if repent, confess, & pray
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