3. The inheritance is divided

4. Reuben (Gen 35)
Gen 49:4  "Uncontrolled as water, you shall not have preeminence, Because you went up to your father's bed; …

5. Reuben (Gen 35)
Gen 49:4  "Uncontrolled as water, you shall not have preeminence, Because you went up to your father's bed; …
Simeon & Levi (Gen 34)
Gen 49:7  "Cursed be their anger, for it is fierce; And their wrath, for it is cruel. I will disperse them in Jacob, And scatter them in Israel.

6. Reuben (Gen 35)
Gen 49:4  "Uncontrolled as water, you shall not have preeminence, Because you went up to your father's bed; …
Simeon & Levi (Gen 34)
Gen 49:7  "Cursed be their anger, for it is fierce; And their wrath, for it is cruel. I will disperse them in Jacob, And scatter them in Israel.
Judah
Gen 49:10  "The scepter shall not depart from Judah, Nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, …

7. Joseph’s sons
Gen 48:5  "Now your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you in Egypt, are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine, as Reuben and Simeon are.

8. Joseph’s sons
Gen 48:5  "Now your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you in Egypt, are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine, as Reuben and Simeon are.
Gen 48:22  "I give you one portion more than your brothers, which I took from the hand of the Amorite with my sword and my bow."

11. The principles of inheritance
The blessing (inheritance) is conveyed.

12. The principles of inheritance
The blessing (inheritance) is conveyed.
The capacity to possess is implied.

13. The principles of inheritance
The blessing (inheritance) is conveyed.
The capacity to possess is implied.
The only constraint is unwillingness

14. The Daughters of Zelophehad
Jos 17:3-4  However, Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, only daughters; and these are the names of his daughters: Mahlah and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah and Tirzah.  

15. 4  They came near before Eleazar the priest and before Joshua the son of Nun and before the leaders, saying, "The LORD commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brothers." So according to the command of the LORD he gave them an inheritance among their father's brothers.

16. 4  They came near before Eleazar the priest and before Joshua the son of Nun and before the leaders, saying, "The LORD commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brothers." So according to the command of the LORD he gave them an inheritance among their father's brothers.
Failure comes when the only lesson that we learn from history is that it’s never been done that way before.

17. Num 27:7-11 "The daughters of Zelophehad are right in their statements
Num 27:7-11  "The daughters of Zelophehad are right in their statements. You shall surely give them a hereditary possession among their father's brothers, and you shall transfer the inheritance of their father to them.  8  "Further, you shall speak to the sons of Israel, saying, 'If a man dies and has no son, then you shall transfer his inheritance to his daughter.  

18. 9  'If he has no daughter, then you shall give his inheritance to his brothers.  10  'If he has no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to his father's brothers.  11  'If his father has no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to his nearest relative in his own family, and he shall possess it; and it shall be a statutory ordinance to the sons of Israel, just as the LORD commanded Moses.'"

19. The sons of Manasseh
Jos 17:12-13  But the sons of Manasseh could not take possession of these cities, because the Canaanites persisted in living in that land. 
13  It came about when the sons of Israel became strong, they put the Canaanites to forced labor, but they did not drive them out completely.

20. Failure comes when our “problem” is more persistent than we are.
The sons of Manasseh
Jos 17:12-13  But the sons of Manasseh could not take possession of these cities, because the Canaanites persisted in living in that land. 
13  It came about when the sons of Israel became strong, they put the Canaanites to forced labor, but they did not drive them out completely.
Failure comes when our “problem” is more persistent than we are.

21. The sons of Manasseh
Jos 17:12-13  But the sons of Manasseh could not take possession of these cities, because the Canaanites persisted in living in that land. 
13  It came about when the sons of Israel became strong, they put the Canaanites to forced labor, but they did not drive them out completely.

22. Failure comes when we find a benefit in our “problem”.
The sons of Manasseh
Jos 17:12-13  But the sons of Manasseh could not take possession of these cities, because the Canaanites persisted in living in that land. 
13  It came about when the sons of Israel became strong, they put the Canaanites to forced labor, but they did not drive them out completely.
Failure comes when we find a benefit in our “problem”.

23. The sons of Joseph
Jos 17:14-18  Then the sons of Joseph spoke to Joshua, saying, "Why have you given me only one lot and one portion for an inheritance, since I am a numerous people whom the LORD has thus far blessed?"  

24. 15  Joshua said to them, "If you are a numerous people, go up to the forest and clear a place for yourself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the Rephaim, since the hill country of Ephraim is too narrow for you."  

25. 15  Joshua said to them, "If you are a numerous people, go up to the forest and clear a place for yourself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the Rephaim, since the hill country of Ephraim is too narrow for you."  
Failure comes when the fear of the work in obeying is bigger than the fear of the Lord.

26. 16  The sons of Joseph said, "The hill country is not enough for us, and all the Canaanites who live in the valley land have chariots of iron, both those who are in Beth-shean and its towns and those who are in the valley of Jezreel."   

27. 17  Joshua spoke to the house of Joseph, to Ephraim and Manasseh, saying, "You are a numerous people and have great power; you shall not have one lot only,  

28. 18 but the hill country shall be yours
18  but the hill country shall be yours. For though it is a forest, you shall clear it, and to its farthest borders it shall be yours; for you shall drive out the Canaanites, even though they have chariots of iron and though they are strong."

29. 18 but the hill country shall be yours
18  but the hill country shall be yours. For though it is a forest, you shall clear it, and to its farthest borders it shall be yours; for you shall drive out the Canaanites, even though they have chariots of iron and though they are strong."
Failure comes when the only measure considered is the magnitude of our problem

30. The principles of inheritance
Custom
Complacency
Cowardice

31. “I’ve never been able to do that before.”
The principles of inheritance
Custom
Complacency
Cowardice
The sound of defeat:
“I’ve never been able to do that before.”

32. The principles of inheritance
Custom
Complacency
Cowardice
The sound of defeat:
“I’ve never been able to do that before.”
The death rattle of a church:
“We’ve never done it that way before.”

33. Philippians 4:13  I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

34. Philippians 4:13  I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
“To use God’s authority and receive the ability, we must recognize our weakness and inability, and then release his “will”...“I can’t, but He will.”

35. Php 3:13  Brethren, I do not regard myself as having laid hold of it yet; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead,