DEUTERONOMY. DRIVING OUT THE NATIONS. NO COMPROMISE WITH THE CONDEMMNED.

DEUTERONOMY 7;1-5 DRIVING OUT THE NATIONS. THE SEVEN NATIONS MENTIONED IN 7;1 REPRESENTED ALL GENTILES CURRENTLY LIVING IN THE PROMISED LAND. ALL WAS TO BE DESTROYED- MEN,WOMEN AND CHILDREN. FOR ISRAEL TO DO LESS THAN THIS WOULD BE TO COMPROMISE THEIR DEVOTION TO GOD. )(7;6-11>BECAUSE HE CHOSE TO LOVE US' THE ISRAELITES WERE A HOLY PEOPLE BECAUSE GOD HAD CHOSEN THEM ABOVE ALL OTHERS.GOD'S LOVE FOR AND FAVOR TOWARD THEM WAS BASED NOT ON THEIR WORTHINESS BUT ON HIS UNCONDITIONAL LOVE.)(7;12-26>OBEDIENCE MEANS BLESSING AND FREEDOM FROM FEAR. IF THE PEOPLE WOULD FAITHFULLY OBEY GOD, THEY WOULD BE BLESSED IN THE PROMISEED LAND. THEY WOULD HAVE NO REASON TO FEAR THEIR ENEMIES BECAUSE THE SAME MIGHTY GOD WHO HAD DELIVERED THEM FROM EGYPT WOULD ELIMINATE THE GENTILE NATIONS ONE BY ONE. ON 7;22 SEE. JOSHUA 13;1-7 >TERRITORY STILL TO BE TAKENTHOUGH ISRAEL NOW ESSENTIALLY CONTROLLED CANAAN(11;23) THERE WAS ""MUCH LAND"" YET TO BE CONQUERED.EVEN THOUGH THE CONQUEST WAS INCOMPLETE ,HOWEVER, GOD TOLD JOSHUA TO BEGAN DIVIDING THE LAND AMONG THE TRIBES.APPARENTLY HE HAD ALLOWED SOME LAND TO REMAIN UN CONQUERED FOR A SPECIFIC PURPOSE (GO BACK TO DEUT. 7;22 NOW MOVE TO DEUT. 8;1-6 >40 YEARS OF ROOM AND BOARD AND CLOTHING,THROUGHT THEIR 40 YEARS OF WANDERING, THE ISRAELITES ALWAYS HAD ADEQUATE PROVISIONS FOR THEIR PHYSICAL NEEDS.ONE MIGHT THINK THAT THE DEPENDABLE REFRESHMENTS OF GOD'S MIRACULOUS CARE AND HIS PROMISES OF"' THE GOOD LAND" (8;10) WOULD HAVE ELICITED OBEDIENCE FROM GOD'S PEOPLE .ISRAEL NEVER HAD A PROBLEM BELIEVING GOD'S WORD, BUT THEY DID HAVE TROUBLE"BEHAVING" IT.)(8;7-9> ALMOST LIKE A GARDEN OF EDEN"WHAT GLORIOUS PROSPECTS WERE INSTORE FOR THE ISRAELITES IF ONLY THEY WOULD WALK IN GOD'S WAYS. CANAAN WAS BEAUTIFUL AND FERTILE,AND GOD WOULD SUPPLY THEIR EVERY NEED( GO TO ROM. 8;28 -30 >HOW CAN EVERYTHING TURN OUT GOOD? BECAUSE GOD FOREKNEW US AND HAS PREDESTINED US FOR SALVATION, CONFORMED US TO CHRIST,CALLED US,JUSTIFIED US, AND PROMISED TO GLORIFY US (8;29-30) WE CAN BE ASSURED THAT ""EVERYTHING"" WILL "'WORK TOGETHER" FOR OUR GOOD(8;28) NOTE TWO THINGS THIS DOES NOT MEAN: #1. IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT ALL THINGS IN AND OF THEMSELVES ARE GOOD,ONLY THAT THEY WORK TOGETHER FOR GOOD.JOSEPH UNDERSTOOD THIS (SEE GEN. 50;20)THOUGH HIS FATHER DID NOT (SEE GEN. 46;36) SEE ALSO PS.76.10)(#2. THIS PROMISE IS NOT FOR EVERYONE,ONLY FOR THOSE WHO LOVE GOD AND HAVE ANSWERED HIS CALL. BUT FOR THESE IT IS AN ALL INCLUSIVE PROMISE,COVERING THE GOOD AND THE BAD,THE BRIGHT AND THE DARK,THE SWEET AND THE BITTER,THE EASY AND THE HARD,THE HAPPY AND THE SAD. THE PROMISE CAN BE DEPENDED ON IN PROSPERITY AND POVERTY,IN HEALTH AND SICKNESS' IN CALM AND STORM,IN LIFE AND DEATH.- ALSO SEE PHIL.4;19 >AND MY GOD WILL MEET ALL YOUR NEEDS ACCORDING TO HIS GLORIOUS RICHES IN CHRIST JESUS. PRAISE' THE LORD' BROTHERS AND SISTERS' MY GOD BLESS YOU AND INCREASE YOU IN ALL THINGS, AND DO NOT WORRY OR BE AFRAID OF ANYONE OR ANYTHING' GOD IS WELL CONTROL OF ALL WE DO AND OUR PROBLEMS' LIVE YOUR LIFE FOR GOD' LIVING FOR ANYTHING ELSE IS DEAD AND IS ON THE WAY TO DEATH' GOD IS OUR ALL' WHAT? AND WHOM SHALL WE FEAR' I WAS UPSET ABOUT SO MANY DYING, BUT I KNOW THE REASON WHY? GOD DID NOT DO IT" WE WHO LIVE OUTSIDE THE PROTECTION OF GOD' IS OPEN PREY' FOR ANY AND EVERYTHING ON THE PLANET' , WHO? IS UNDER GOD'S PROTECTION AND WHO IS NOT? YES DEATH IS IMPARTIAL, IT CAN STRIKE THE GOOD AND THE BAD' THATS WHY ALL SHOULD REPENT, LEST THEY SUFFER BOTH PHYSICAL AND SPIRITUAL DEATH. IT'S A SAD THING TO DIE WITHOUT GOD' BECAUSE YO HAVE TO DIE AGAIN' FOR ETERNITY'