Deceived!Joshua 9, CB OT p. 342

“The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”Genesis 3.13, CB OT p. 4

“They on their part acted with cunning” (4)

“We have come from a distant country, so make a covenant with us” (6)

“Perhaps you live among us; then how can we make a covenant with you?” (7)

“We are your servants.” (8)

“Who are you? And where do you come from?” (8)

“From a very distant country your servants have come, because of the name of Jehovah your God.” (9)

“We are your servants. Come now, make a covenant with us.” (11)

“Here is our bread. It was still warm when we took it from our houses as our food for the journey on the day we set out to come to you, but now, behold, it is dry and crumbly” (12)

“These wineskins were new when we filled them, and behold, they have burst.” (13)

“And these garments and sandals of ours are worn out from the very long journey.” (13)

“So the men took some of their provisions, but did not ask counsel from Jehovah.” (14)

“And Joshua made peace with them and made a covenant with them, to let them live, and the leaders of the congregation swore to them.” (15)

There are deceivers out to deceive you.

“for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light” (2 Corinthians 11.13-15; CB NT p. 323)

“For such men are false apostles, deceitful workmen, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ. ...

So it is no surprise if his servants, also, disguise themselves as servantsof righteousness.” (2 Corinthians 11.13-15; CB NT p. 323)

2 Thessalonians 2:9-11, CB NT p. 362

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“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves.” (Matthew 7.15, CB NT p. 12)

“evil people and impostors will go on from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.”

(2 Timothy 3.13, CB NT p. 374)

Don’t let yourself be deceived.

“Let no one deceive you in any way.” (2 Thessalonians 2.3; CB NT p. 362)

“Little children, let no one deceive you.” (1 John 3.7; CB NT p. )

“Be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.”

(Matthew 10.16;CB NT p. 18)

“I want you to be wise as to what is good and innocent as to what is evil.”

(Romans 16.19;CB NT p. 287 )

The testimony of Jehovah is sure,making wise the simple

(Psalm 19.7; CB OT p. 852 )

“Brothers, do not be children in your thinking. Be infants in evil, but in your thinking be mature.”

(1 Corinthians 14.20;CB NT p. 306)

“until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ, so that we may no longer be children.”

(Ephesians 4.13-14; CB NT p. 340)

How am I deceived?

“Let no one deceive you with empty words.” (Ephesians 5.6; CB NT p. 341)

“by smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.” (Romans 16.18; CB NT p. 287)

“They have healed the wound of my people lightly, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace.” (Jeremiah 8.11; CB OT p. 1211)

“having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions.”

(2 Timothy 4.3; CB NT p. 374)

“But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.”

(James 1.22; CB NT p. 401)

“and with all wicked deception for those who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.”

(2 Thessalonians 2.9-10; CB NT p. 362)

“Therefore God sends them a strong delusion, so that they may believe what is false, in order that all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.”

(2 Thessalonians 2.11-12; CB NT p. 362)

I am most easily deceived when I fail to seek God’s counsel.

“So the men took some of their provisions, but did not ask counsel from Jehovah.” (14)

“But I am afraid that as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning...”

(2 Corinthians 11.3; CB NT p. 323)

“your thoughts will be led astray from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ.”

(2 Corinthians 11.3;CB NT p. 323)

“your thoughts will be led astray from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ.”

(2 Corinthians 11.3;CB NT p. 323)

“I know, O Jehovah, that the way of man is not in himself, that it is not in man who walks to direct his steps.”

(Jeremiah 10.23; CB OT p. 1217)

“Commit your way to Jehovah; trust in him, and He will act.” (Psalm 37.5; CB OT p. 872 )

“Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

(Colossians 2.2b-4; CB NT p. 352)

“Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. I say this in order that no one may delude you with plausible arguments.

(Colossians 2.2b-4; CB NT p. 352)

and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God, praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication.

(Ephesians 6.17-18; CB NT p. 343)

“It is written, “‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”

(Matthew 4.4; CB NT p. 5)

“not as I will, but as you will.” (Matthew 26.39; CB NT p. 53)

“All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

(2 Timothy 3.16; CB NT p. 374)

I must keep my promises, even if they are based on deceit.

“But the people of Israel did not attack them, because the leaders of the congregation had sworn to them by Jehovah, the God of Israel.” (18)

If a man vows a vow to Jehovah, or swears an oath to bind himself by a pledge, he shall not break his word. He shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.

(Numbers 30.2; CB OT p. 257)

Be not rash with your mouth, nor let your heart be hasty to utter a word before God, for God is in heaven and you are on earth. Therefore let your words be few.

(Ecclesiastes 5.2;CB OT p. 1052)

When you vow a vow to God, do not delay paying it, for he has no pleasure in fools. Pay what you vow.

(Ecclesiastes 5.4;CB OT p. 1053)

Let not your mouth lead you into sin, and do not say before the messenger that it was a mistake.

(Ecclesiastes 5.6;CB OT p. 1053)

Let what you say be simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; anything more than this comes from evil.

(Matthew 5.37; CB NT p. 8)

There are deceivers out to deceive you.

I am most easily deceived when I fail to seek God’s counsel.

I must keep my promises, even if they are based on deceit.

Will today be the day you decide to

go to heaven?

Lesson slideshows (with notes)and audio can be found at:

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Magician: http://theamericanjesus.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/magician.jpg

Lego Devil: http://www.flickr.com/photos/demonator/3594277200/sizes/m/in/photostream/

Lego Angel: http://lego.wikia.com/wiki/10080_Angel

Hinn: http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/Wolves/benny_hinn-fake.htm

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Salesman: http://www.medicineshowmagic.com/

The Far Side: Gary Larson, The Far Side Gallery 3, p. 134

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Serpent and dove: http://kingsenglish.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/snake_dove.jpg

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Man with Bible: iStock_000005870937

Audience: http://schipul.com/photos/3687/in/122/

Shell Game: http://www.bryanmarcel.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Processed-food-is-a-shell-game1.jpg

Guy in mirror: http://www.flickr.com/photos/oter/3104958433/sizes/l/in/photostream/

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Jesus on Cross: iStock_000001271423

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Be Strong and Courageous

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Deceived!Joshua 9

Compiled and Presented by:

Dave Stewart15 January, 2012Las Cruces, NM

www.churchofchristmiranda.com

Synopsis: The Gibeonites tricked Joshua and Israel into making a covenant with them, and it provides some powerfully important lessons for us today. First, we must remember that there are deceivers out to deceive us; second, that we are most easily deceived when we fail to seek God’s counsel and finally that we must keep our promises even if they are based on deceit.

“Let all that you do be done with love.”

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