Welcome to the Paul Tripp podcast, where pastor and bestselling author Dr. Paul David Tripp

connects the transforming power of Jesus Christ to everyday life.

In this episode of his Bible study, Paul continues to work through the Old Testament

and provides us with an overview of three books, Joshua, Judges, and Ruth.

Here's Paul Tripp on Joshua from his series, The Gospel, one chapter at a time.

I'm excited about the next six studies. They take us from the shores of the Jordan River to Israel's captivity.

And I'm excited about these because this is way, way more than dusty, boring Old Testament history.

You really do see things that will encourage your hearts, things that will leave you devastated and discouraged, things that are so awesome, they're hard to take in, things that are humbling and convicting.

Wove in this history is a picture of who God is and what he does and who his people are

and what he wants for them and what he wants in them.

We start with Joshua, this exciting moment when Israel is going to cross the Jordan River

into the promised land.

And the thing that you're confronted with, which is a theme throughout the whole biblical story, is the massive difference

between God's plan for us and our plan for our lives. Now, now think, God's about to fulfill

this awesome promise that he's going to give his people a land of their own.

I would sort of title Joshua, God gives, God's people get because there's no way possible

that they would ever be able to conquer this land on their own. They are utterly dependent on the goodness of God.

But think with me for a moment.

If I promised you a piece of property that would be your living place,

when you got there, you would expect that that property would be empty.

You wouldn't expect that somebody else would be living there.

But that's exactly what Israel encounters, that this land is filled with other nations

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