5/4 PROMISED LAND PRINCIPLES

Exodus 8:1-20

“Every commandment which I command you today you must be careful to observe, that you may live and multiply, and go in and possess the land of which the Lord swore to your fathers. ² And you shall remember that the Lord your God led you all the way these forty years in the wilderness, to humble you and test you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not. ³ So He humbled you, allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna which you did not know nor did your fathers know, that He might make you know that man shall not live by bread alone; but man lives by every word that proceeds from the mouth of the Lord. ⁴ Your garments did not wear out on you, nor did your foot swell these forty years. ⁵ You should know in your heart that as a man chastens his son, so the Lord your God chastens you.

⁶ “Therefore you shall keep the commandments of the Lord your God, to walk in His ways and to fear Him. ⁷ For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs, that flow out of valleys and hills; ⁸ a land of wheat and barley, of vines and fig trees and pomegranates, a land of olive oil and honey; ⁹ a land in which you will eat bread without scarcity, in which you will lack nothing; a land whose stones are iron and out of whose hills you can dig copper. ¹⁰ When you have eaten and are full, then you shall bless the Lord your God for the good land which He has given you.

¹¹ “Beware that you do not forget the Lord your God by not keeping His commandments, His judgments, and His statutes which I command you today, ¹² lest—when you have eaten and are full, and have built beautiful houses and dwell in them; ¹³ and when your herds and your flocks multiply, and your silver and your gold are multiplied, and all that you have is multiplied; ¹⁴ when your heart is lifted up, and you forget the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage; ¹⁵ who led you through that great and terrible wilderness, in which were fiery serpents and scorpions and thirsty land where there was no water; who brought water for you out of the flinty rock; ¹⁶ who fed you in the wilderness with manna, which your fathers did not know, that He might humble you and that He might test you, to do you good in the end—¹⁷ then you say in your heart, ‘My power and the might of my hand have gained me this wealth.’

¹⁸ “And you shall remember the Lord your God, for it is He who gives you power to get wealth, that He may establish His covenant which He swore to your fathers, as it is this day. ¹⁹ Then it shall be, if you by any means forget the Lord your God, and follow other gods, and serve them and worship them, I testify against you this day that you shall surely perish. ²⁰ As the nations which the Lord destroys before you, so you shall perish, because you would not be obedient to the voice of the Lord your God.

 

 

I.                 THE WILDERNESS

 

¹⁵ who led you through that great and terrible wilderness, in which were fiery serpents and scorpions and thirsty land where there was no water; who brought water for you out of the flinty rock; ¹⁶ who fed you in the wilderness with manna, which your fathers did not know, that He might humble you and that He might test you, to do you good in the end—¹⁷ then you say in your heart, ‘My power and the might of my hand have gained me this wealth.

 

1.   It was ___________ ground. (v16)

2.   It contained Supernatural Provision. (Manna-Exodus 16:15; Quails-Exodus 16:13)

3.   It contained Supernatural Sustenance. (Clothes-Deuteronomy 29:5; Feet not swell- Deuteronomy 8:4; Pillar of Cloud and Fire- Exodus 13:21)

4.   It didn’t require much thinking. (Nehemiah 9:19 -follow the cloud and do what you are told)

5.   It was absent of___________ and ____________.

 

II.              THE PROMISED LAND

 

Joshua 5:12

¹² Then the manna ceased on the day after they had eaten the produce of the land; and the children of Israel no longer had manna, but they ate the food of the land of Canaan that year.

 

1.   It is a land of ____________ _______________.

2.   It is a land of Unbridled Opportunity.

3.   It requires ingenuity and _____________.

4.   It’s ALL work and productivity.

5.   It’s not supernatural provision like the wilderness.

 

III.          PRINCIPLES FOR SUCCESS IN THE PROMISED LAND

 

1.   Must overcome pain of ____________ seasons.

 

Joshua 1:2

² “Moses My servant is dead. Now therefore, arise, go over this Jordan, you and all this people, to the land which I am giving to them—the children of Israel.

 

2.   Must hear from The Lord and Discern what's given to you.

 

Joshua 1:3

³ Every place that the sole of your foot will tread upon I have given you, as I said to Moses. 

 

3.   Must discern the boundaries of your habitation.

 

Joshua 1:4

⁴ From the wilderness and this Lebanon as far as the great river, the River Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and to the Great Sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your territory.

 

4.   Must know that God is with you.

 

Joshua 1:5

⁵ No man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your life; as I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not leave you nor forsake you.

 

5.   Embrace _____________ and take Courage.

 

Joshua 1:6-7

⁶ Be strong and of good courage, for to this people you shall divide as an inheritance the land which I swore to their fathers to give them. ⁷ Only be strong and very courageous, that you may observe to do according to all the law which Moses My servant commanded you; do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left.

 

6.   Train your life with your thoughts and words.

 

Joshua 1:8

⁸ This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.

 

7.   ____________for Key contacts and allies.

 

Joshua 2

 

8.   Sanctify Yourselves.

 

Joshua 3:5

⁵ And Joshua said to the people, “Sanctify yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord will do wonders among you.

 

9.   Remember and Rehearse.

 

Joshua 4:7

⁷ Then ye shall answer them, That the waters of Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD; when it passed over Jordan, the waters of Jordan were cut off : and these stones shall be for a memorial unto the children of Israel forever.

 

   

    10. Embrace the rules of the new season.

 

Joshua 5:12

¹² Then the manna ceased on the day after they had eaten the produce of the land; and the children of Israel no longer had manna, but they ate the food of the land of Canaan that year.