1. The Book of
Joshua
Heb. = “The Lord saves; the Lord gives the victory.”
Greek = Jesus

2. Joshua’s preparations for leadership
Exodus 17. He led the battle against the Amalekites.
Exodus 33. He attended the dedication of the Tabernacle when the glory of God descended upon it.
Numbers 11. He defended Moses when Eldad and Medad prophesy.
Numbers 14. He, with Caleb, stood against the 10 faithless spies to declare that with the Lord’s help Israel can take the promised land.
Numbers 27. He has the Spirit of the Lord.

3. Joshua 1

4. “Be Strong and of a Good Courage”
Moses to Joshua
Deuteronomy 31:7
Deuteronomy 31:23
The Lord to Joshua
Joshua 1:6-7
Joshua 1:9
Joshua’s People to Joshua
Joshua 1:17-18
Joshua to His People
Joshua 10:25; 23:6

5. Joshua 2
Rehab, the harlot

7. Text

9. Joshua 3-4

10. “The bishop has asked me to speak today on faith.”
What’s your reaction when you hear this as the sacrament meeting speaker stands to speak at the podium: “The bishop asked me to speak today on faith.” Perhaps:
-Perfect! This will give me time to work on my Sunday School lesson I forgot to prepare.
-Pretty sure I already know about this.
-When are we ever going to have a sacrament meeting talk about something cool?
I’m sure most of you think something like, “Though I am familiar with some aspects of faith, I realize that there is still much that I do not know. Therefore, I will pray for the speaker that they may impart and that I may receive additional light and knowledge on this topic.”

11. “We are all babies in this principle of the gospel.”
Speaking of Faith President Joseph F. Smith said:
“We are all babies in this principle of the gospel.”
“We are only beginning, the best of us, to know something of this principle of life and salvation, this principle of power. By faith, we are told, the worlds were made. ”
(Collected Discourses v2, Joseph F. Smith November 1, 1891)

12. “Often what passes for faith in this world is little more than gullibility.”
Joseph B. Wirthlin
Quorum of the Twelve
(Ensign, November 2002, 82)

13. (“Seek Learning by Faith,” Ensign, Sep 2007, 60–68)
David A. Bednar
Quorum of the Twelve
(“Seek Learning by Faith,” Ensign, Sep 2007, 60–68)

14. What is Faith? Hebrews 11:1 (JST) “Now faith is
the assurance of things hoped for [and]
the evidence of things not seen”
Joseph Smith
“Faith is … the principle of action in all intelligent beings.” (Lectures on Faith 1:31)

15. “I describe these three components of faith in the Savior as simultaneously facing the future, looking to the past, and initiating action in the present.”
(“Seek Learning by Faith,” Ensign, Sep 2007, 60–68)

16. (“Seek Learning by Faith,” Ensign, Sep 2007, 60–68)
David A. Bednar
Quorum of the Twelve
(“Seek Learning by Faith,” Ensign, Sep 2007, 60–68)

17. Faith as the Assurance of Things Hoped For
“I describe these three components of faith in the Savior as simultaneously facing the future, looking to the past, and initiating action in the present.”
PAST
PRESENT
FUTURE
Faith as the Assurance of Things Hoped For
Assurance and Hope of future outcomes and rewards.
Often comes in the form of promises in the scriptures or from God’s prophets.
(“Seek Learning by Faith,” Ensign, Sep 2007, 60–68)

18. “I describe these three components of faith in the Savior as simultaneously facing the future, looking to the past, and initiating action in the present.”
PAST
PRESENT
FUTURE
Faith as Evidence of things not Seen
This is the witness we receive after the trial of our faith.
The greater the witnesses received, the greater our confidence in God’s assurances.
Faith as the Assurance of Things Hoped For
Assurance and Hope of future outcomes and rewards.
Often comes in the form of promises in the scriptures or from God’s prophets.
(“Seek Learning by Faith,” Ensign, Sep 2007, 60–68)

19. “I describe these three components of faith in the Savior as simultaneously facing the future, looking to the past, and initiating action in the present.”
PAST
PRESENT
FUTURE
Faith as Evidence of things not Seen
This is the witness we receive after the trial of our faith.
The greater the witnesses received, the greater our confidence in God’s assurances.
Faith as a Principle of Action
Based on evidences from the past and hope about the future I am motivated to act in the present.
This is the trial of faith: “Will you act on the assurance of God’s promises?
Faith as the Assurance of Things Hoped For
Assurance and Hope of future outcomes and rewards.
Often comes in the form of promises in the scriptures or from God’s prophets.
(“Seek Learning by Faith,” Ensign, Sep 2007, 60–68)

20. Text

21. Assurance: Moroni 10:3-5
Action: Study, Ponder, & Pray to know.
Evidence: The Holy Ghost confirms that it is true.

22. Crossing the River Jordan:
an Example of Faith

25. (“Seek Learning by Faith,” Ensign, Sep 2007, 60–68)
David A. Bednar
Quorum of the Twelve
(“Seek Learning by Faith,” Ensign, Sep 2007, 60–68)

26. The Twelve Stones at Gilgal
We should leave “stones” for our children. This is why we share faith promoting stories from our past. Each evidence of our faith can become a “stone of remembrance” to strengthen the assurance of our children. That our children may know that the Lord’s hand is “mighty” and that they may fear Him forever. This is why we visit church history sites, etc.
Our Evidence becomes our children’s Assurance.

27. Joshua 5-6

29. Hebrews 11:30
 30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they were compassed about seven days.

30. Text
Joshua 6:1-20

31. Hebrews 11:30-31
 30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they were compassed about seven days.
31 By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, when she had received the spies with peace.

32. Joshua 7

35. Joshua 7:1-5 What did Achan do? (7:1, 21)
Why was this bad? (6:18; see footnote)
Who was affected by his mistakes? (7:5, 12, 15, 25)

36. What’s wrong with these statements?
It’s my life.
I’m not hurting anyone else.
What I do is nobody else’s business.
No one needs to know.

37. There are no such
things as private sins.

38. Joshua 8

40. Joshua 8:33-35 Mt. Ebal Mt. Gerizim 1 Mile (Cursings) (Blessings)
Deuteronomy 11:26-29; 27; Joshua 8:33-35

41. Joshua 9
The Gibeonites deceive Joshua and the Israelites into believing that they are from a far country (non-Canaanites). Israel swears by the Lord that they will not hurt them. When their deception is exposed Joshua makes them servants to Israel.

42. Joshua’s Military Campaigns

44. “Utterly Destroy”
Joshua 10:1, 28, 35, 39-40
Joshua 11:11-12, 20-21

45. Deuteronomy 20:16-18

46. “Thou shalt utterly destroy”
“Thou shalt not kill”
“Thou shalt utterly destroy”

47. (Discourses of the Prophet Joseph Smith, 70)
That which is wrong under one circumstance, may be, and often is, right under another. God said, “Thou shalt not kill”; at another time he said “Thou shalt utterly destroy.” This is the principle on which the government of heaven is conducted—by revelation adapted to the circumstances in which the children of the kingdom are placed.
Joseph Smith
President
(Discourses of the Prophet Joseph Smith, 70)

48. (Discourses of the Prophet Joseph Smith, 70)
“Whatever God requires is right, no matter what it is, although we may not see the reason thereof till long after the events transpire.”
Joseph Smith
President
(Discourses of the Prophet Joseph Smith, 70)

49. What do we know about the Canaanite people
What do we know about the Canaanite people? Why were they to be destroyed?

50. Genesis 15:13-14, 16
13 And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;
 14 And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance….
 16 But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.

51. What’s the Tipping Point?
Divine Justification
for Annihilation
What’s the Tipping Point?

52. The Pattern of Destruction
4. Spirit Ceases Striving with Man
3. Prophets are Rejected/No Repentance
2. God Sends Prophets to Warn
1. People Ripen in Iniquity
Click sign for link to teachings on the website.
5. Destruction Occurs

53. 400 years later …
1 Nephi 17:32-35

54. The Sins of the Canaanites
Incest (Lev. 18:6-14; 20:11-12)
Adultery (Lev. 18:20; 20:10)
Homosexuality (Lev. 18:22; 20:13)
Bestiality (Lev. 20:15-16)
Child Sacrifice (Lev. 18:21; 20:2-5)
Magic & Wizardry (Lev. 20:6)

55. (Journal of Discourses, 19:158–59)
“[I]s it right that a just God should sweep off so many people? Is that in accordance with mercy? Yes, it was just to those spirits that had not received their bodies, and it was just and merciful too to those people guilty of the iniquity. Why?
John Taylor
President
(Journal of Discourses, 19:158–59)

56. (Journal of Discourses, 19:158–59)
“Because by taking away their earthly existence he prevented them from entailing their sins upon their posterity and degenerating them, and also prevented them from committing further acts of wickedness.”
John Taylor
President
(Journal of Discourses, 19:158–59)

57. (Sermons Not Spoken (Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1985), p.91)
“Being a loving Father, though deeply devoted to our … agency, there are times in human history when He simply could not continue to send spirits to this earth who would have had virtually no chance.”
Neal A. Maxwell
Quorum of the Twelve
(Sermons Not Spoken (Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1985), p.91)

58. ( We Will Prove Them Herewith, p.58)
God intervened “when corruption had reached an agency-destroying point that spirits could not, in justice, be sent here.”
Neal A. Maxwell
Quorum of the Twelve
( We Will Prove Them Herewith, p.58)

59. An example of faith as a principle of power.
Joshua 10
An example of faith as a principle of power.

60. “But faith is not only the principle of action, but of power also, in all intelligent beings, whether in heaven or on earth….
“Who cannot see, that if God framed the worlds by faith, that it is by faith that he exercises power over them, and that faith is the principle of power? And if the principle of power, it must be so in man as well as in the Deity? This is the testimony of all the sacred writers, and the lesson which they have been endeavoring to teach to man.”
Joseph Smith
President
(Lectures on Faith, 1:13, 17)

61. Joshua 10:12-13

62. “Joshua, in the sight of all Israel, bade the sun and moon to stand still, and it was done (Josh. 10:12-13). We here understand, that the sacred writers say that … these things were done by faith. It was by faith that the worlds were framed. God spake, chaos heard, and worlds came into order by reason of the faith there was in HIM.
Joseph Smith
President
(Lectures on Faith, 1:21-23)

63. “So with man also; he spake by faith in the name of God, and the sun stood still, the moon obeyed … and … this by reason of the faith which was in him. Had it not been for the faith which was in [him], [he] might have spoken to the sun, [and] the moon … in vain!”
Joseph Smith
President
(Lectures on Faith, 1:21-23)

64. “[W]e understand that when a man works by faith [as a principle of power] he works by mental exertion instead of physical force. It is by words, instead of exerting his physical powers, with which every being works when he works by faith. God said, ‘Let there be light: and there was light.’ Joshua spake, and the great lights which God had created stood still.”
Joseph Smith
President
(Lectures on Faith, 7:3)

65. The land divided amongst the tribes.
Joshua 13-21
The land divided amongst the tribes.

66. Text
Summary: Joshua 21:43

67. Joshua 22
Reuben, Gad, and ½ of Manasseh suspected of turning to idolatry because of suspicious altar built. Tragedy is averted when the altar is understood to be a witness between them and the other tribes of Israel.

68. Joshua 23-24
Joshua’s last speech.
(To be continued next week … )