Choose You This Day Whom Ye Will Serve

Joshua 10:12-14 & The Institute Student Manual commentary for Joshua 10:12-14

“Did the Sun Really Stand Still in the Heavens?”

The sun didn't actually stand still. In the Book of Mormon we are taught that the earth actually moved the opposite direction in order to make it appear that the sun stood still. I think that its hard to explain a lot of things that the Lord is capable of but when you feel His hand in your life there is no denying the truth of it.

The sun standing still, or the earth changing direction because it was commanded really is nothing in comparison of the great things that are going to happen when the Savior is going to come again. There are many things in the world that can only be explained through faith.

However, this was not a contradiction to science, it only appeared to stand still because it did not set or rise.

Joshua 7-22.

 

 

 

Israel’s Successes

 

Joshua 8 ses an ambush takes Ai.

Joshua 9 Israel creates an alliance with the Gibeonites.

Joshua 10 Israel defeats the Amorites and their allies. The Lord fights for Israel.

Joshua 11 Joshua and Israel conquer the whole land.

Joshua 12 Two kings on the east of Jordan and 31 on the west are conquered by Israel.

 

 

Israel’s Failures.

 

Joshua 7: Israel is defeated by the people of Ai.

The Achan household is destroyed becasue he disobeyed the Lord.

 

Joshua 23-24 & the Institute Student Manual commentary for Joshua 24:1-28,

 “Choose You This Day Whom Ye Will Serve”

 

What do you think was the major theme of Joshua’s final address to his people? Based on the lists you created from Joshua 7-22, write a paragraph that explains why Joshua chose to deliver his final address on this particular topic.

I think that the major address was just themed around the importance of serving and relying on the Lord. From Joshua 7-22 we can see that when the Israelites were prideful they suffered failures but as soon as they learned to put their trust in the Lord they were successful in all of their doings and no one could stand against them.

Joshua learned the importance of not relying on his own strength but trusting in the Lord. He learned that when he did this all of his attempts were successful and life.