One Thing That Inhabitants Of This World Must Do

I. EXORDIUM:

What is that one thing that people must do?

Accept the LORD JESUS as LORD and SAVIOR.

Romans 10:9-10 (Amplified Bible)

Because if you acknowledge and confess with your lips that Jesus is Lord and in your heart believe (adhere to, trust in, and rely on the truth) that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.

For with the heart a person believes (adheres to, trusts in, and relies on Christ) and so is justified (declared righteous, acceptable to God), and with the mouth he confesses (declares openly and speaks out freely his faith) and confirms [his] salvation.

II. AUDIENCE PROFILE:

Believers/unbelievers

III. OBJECTIVES:

To show that GOD wanted to save all people giving them the chance and opportunity to know the LORD JESUS by hearing the gospel and accepting the LORD JESUS into their hearts as LORD and SAVIOR.

IV. TEXT:

Joshua 9:24 (Amplified Bible)

They answered Joshua, Because it was surely told your servants that the Lord your God commanded His servant Moses to give you all the land and to destroy all the land’s inhabitants from before you. So we feared greatly for our lives because of you, and have done this thing.

Joshua 9:24 (King James Version)

And they answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly told thy servants, how that the LORD thy God commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you, therefore we were sore afraid of our lives because of you, and have done this thing.

V. THESIS:

Praise, worship, glorify, adore, bless, honor, acknowledge and thank You very much LORD JESUS for You gave me wisdom and understanding to win the souls of these people, not only that but You taught me how to disciple them.

Matthew 28:19 (Amplified Bible)

Go then and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

VI. TITLE:

One thing that inhabitants of this world must do

VII. EXPLICATION:

A. Author: Joshua (uncertain)

B. Key Thought: How to be successful in the battle of life? (Joshua 1:8-9)

Joshua 1:8-9 (NLT)

8 Study this Book of Instruction continually. Meditate on it day and night so you will be sure to obey everything written in it. Only then will you prosper and succeed in all you do.

9 This is my command—be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid or discouraged. For the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”

C. Leading Topic: Conquest and Division of the land of Canaan

VIII. MAIN BODY:

Joshua 9:24 (Amplified Bible)

They answered Joshua, Because it was surely told your servants that the Lord your God commanded His servant Moses to give you all the land and to destroy all the land’s inhabitants from before you. So we feared greatly for our lives because of you, and have done this thing.

Joshua 9:24 (King James Version)

And they answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly told thy servants, how that the LORD thy God commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you, therefore we were sore afraid of our lives because of you, and have done this thing.

There are so many places here on this verse that ALEPH-TAV, the BEGINNING and the END, the FIRST and the LAST, the ALPHA and OMEGA, placed His Diving Signature and let us mention these words that have been given importance and emphasis as the key to interpret and meditate this verse:

a. Answered (placed after this word) - [Hebrew word: anah] - to pay attention, to respond, to sing, shout, testify, announce, to bear witness. All the answers came from the LORD GOD JESUS CHRIST, not to us, we can't answer, only Him, answers on our behalf. Take note that to sing, shout, testify, announce and to bear witness are the things, the spiritual activities that we do on church. Is that right? AMEN. All our activities came from the LORD JESUS, all our answers came from the LORD GOD. Actually we're discouraged by GOD to answer for ourself. If we answer for ourself, here's where anxiety starts and we are laid open to the enemy, so never start to answer, but start to meditate in GOD's WORDS, and pray to the HOLY SPIRIT with prayer of tongues so GOD will help us in our weaknesses in praying. That's why when I answer I sought GOD's WORDS first what to answer to unbelievers and believers alike, if I can't remember a verse, I start praying in tongues. Therefore I am a sign to this dying world, these dying world will remember what JESUS CHRIST did through and in me, and they will have remorse in hell but no salvation.