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Caleb's Inheritance and Conquests 0:10 Good morning. Welcome to Stand on the Word. Thanks for joining this morning. Today, we're looking at Joshua chapter 15 verse 14. Caleb drove out the 3 sons of Anak from there, Sheshai,0:22 Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak. Now, chapter 15 is a continuation of the allotment of the land that went to the tribe of of Judah. But we're actually gonna find out a little bit0:34 more about Caleb. Now remember, Joshua and Caleb were what we would describe as battle buddies. They had, no doubt bonded during their initial experience 45 years ago, 450:46 years earlier when they the 2 of them stood as the faithful spies, the 2 faithful spies that were in the minority. And as a result, they were almost stoned by the people. So Joshua, I think,0:58 takes every opportunity to honor his friend and faithful warrior of the Lord. And we so we see him mentioned several times, in these chapters. And what we see here in chapter 151:09 is more of Caleb's character. And and I think as we look closely, his focus on the the future, even though he was 85 years old. Now this entire chapter,1:21 in fact, what we're gonna be reading here in the next couple of days, filled with names of people and places, and it stretches the vocabulary. So extend to me a little bit of grace here. But,1:34 that said, it it it is also we we run across these passages from time to time where there's a lot of names, difficult names, places, and we, there's a tendency just to kinda skip over. But in the1:45 midst of this, we often read things like we're gonna see this morning. So I encourage you I know it's difficult. Just kinda kinda plow through it. But look for these gems that are hidden in between where we1:57 often see where we get these list of names, and then we we see something. Might just be a single verse, and I'm gonna point some of these out during our journey because it's really fascinating. So here, we have a little2:09 bit more of Caleb's character, and we're gonna dig into that this morning. Relatively short study this morning, but, some really, I think, encouraging things here that we see in2:21 the life of Caleb. So verse 13. Now to Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, he gave a share among the children of Israel according to the commandment of the Lord to Joshua, namely, Kiriath2:32 arba, which is Hebron. Arba was the father of Anak, so it was named after the father of Anak. Verse 15, Caleb drove out the 3 sons of Anak from there,2:44 Sheshai, Heman, and Talmai, the children of Anak. Then he went up from there to the inhabitants of Devir. Formerly, the name of Devir was Kirath2:56 Shepher. And Caleb said, who he who attacks Kirath Shepher and takes it, to him I will give Aschah, my daughter, as wife.3:08 So Othniel, el, the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it, and he gave Ashgah his daughter as wife. Now it was so when she came3:20 to him that she persuaded him to ask her father for a field. So she dismounted from her donkey, and Caleb said to her, what do you wish? She said, give me a blessing since you have given3:32 me the land in the south. Give me also springs of water. So he gave her the upper springs and the lower springs. Now there's a there's a lot here to look at. Caleb drove out the sonsGiants Flee: The Power of Wholly Following God 3:44 of Anak. Now the giants, those were the giants that occupied the land, the very peoples that had intimidated the children of Israel 45 years previously. Now, apparently, they fled,3:56 alright, from the old guy, Caleb. Why? Well, remember what God said? God said that he would put the fear of them in the hearts of the occupants if they obeyed him. Because, you4:08 know, Joshua and Caleb, they wholly followed the Lord. So here's Caleb, wholly followed the Lord. We saw that last time described he was described that way. He wholly followed the4:19 Lord. Therefore, the lord put the fear in the occupants and turned the tables. It was it was fear that, gripped the hearts of the giants, and they fled. Now Caleb was not4:31 gonna settle for just taking Hebron. When more was promised look. He he was going he was looking to the future. Now it's interesting here in in studying this. The the city,4:43 Kieth Shepher was about 10 miles south of Hebron. Alright? And I've been to Hebron, a number of times. That is, under the occupation of, the the the4:55 Palestinian Authority. There were, there was some significance to this city. Not only was it in the hands of the Canaanites, but the name, Ki Kirath5:07 Shepher Kiath Shepher, it meant the city of a book, or some translate that as the city of learning. So, apparently, this was5:19 like the university of the Canaanites, like Athens in Greece. Education shapes the the future as it forms the mind and the worldview. So Caleb issues a challenge to take this5:30 city. Now he offers his daughter to the 1 who succeeds. Now, Athniel, his nephew, steps forward. Now I don't think it was, like, he put his daughter out there as a5:42 lottery ticket or a raffle prize. I think he it's his I mean, this is assumption on my part just by reading to this and knowing the character of Caleb. I believe he had probably been mentoring,5:55 Onithi Othniel. And, because if we read later, we're gonna we're gonna run into that name. Remember that name, Othniel, because he becomes 1 of the judges of6:07 Israel. I believe that Caleb, had been mentoring him and knew that he would step forward, and and take this land. So because Caleb wholly followed the Lord, and6:19 he helped raise the next generation to do the same. And I and I I think it part of, taking this, the city that was the place of learning that was populating6:31 the, the the ideology of the Canaanites was part of driving them out and securing the future. It's it's very fascinating. But to see the character ofFinishing Strong and Mentoring the Next Generation 6:43 Caleb at 85 years old, not only taking what had been promised to him, but then taking what would belong to the next generation and following through, being6:54 faithful all the way to the end. You know, that that should be our prayer as we as as we live for the Lord in the abundant life is that we finish strong.7:06 That's why I love Caleb. I love Joshua is that they finished strong. And and and we to to finish strong, we need to abide in the word,7:18 and that's what we're doing here on this journey. The rest of the chapter continues the allocation of, the land. We're gonna continue that for the next day or so, but there's still gems of truth7:30 found in, each 1 of these chapters. Lord, thank you for your word, and I pray that, lord, we would as we abide in your word, that we would find the strength that we need to7:42 finish strong like Caleb and Joshua did. And and, lord, that we would not just be focused on on our own interest in the final years of our lives, but, lord, that we would be looking to7:54 the next generation, making preparations for them, mentoring them, challenging them, and helping them. Lord, occupy until you come. We thank you, and we8:06 praise you, and we ask all this in Jesus' name. Amen. Alright. Thanks for joining me this morning. Until next time, keep standing on the word.8:17 Today's study comes from the Stand on the Word Bible Reading Plan, available for free at f r c dot o r g slash bible. By following along in just a few minutes a day, you8:29 can read through the entire Bible in just 2 years. Learn more and request the free reading guide at f r c dot o r g slash bible.In this video 0:00 Caleb's Inheritance and Conquests3:39 Giants Flee: The Power of Wholly Following God6:41 Finishing Strong and Mentoring the Next Generation
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