SUNDAY SERMON - Nephilim, Giants, & Oath-Taking

Theology Applied

Right Response Ministries

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.9 • 801 Ratings

🗓️ 6 August 2023

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

The concern of these verses is both the 3rd Commandment and the 9th Commandment. The 9th Commandment is in view regarding truthfulness that humans find so difficult to uphold. The tongue is guilty of false witness, lying, gossip, slander, boasting, flattery, cursing, and more. Oaths, promises, and contracts all have the same goal - to bind the consciences of men to the keeping of their word, especially when it is tempting not to. The 3rd Commandment comes into play because in lawful oath-taking the name of God is invoked, and therefore, it must not be invoked in vain. In Jesus’ day, rabbis concocted a system that defeated the purpose of oaths. They taught that oaths might or might not be binding, depending on how one swore: If one swore by Jerusalem it was not binding, but if one swore toward Jerusalem, it was. If one swore by the temple, it was not binding, but if one swore by the temple’s gold, it was. If one swore by the altar of sacrifice, it was not binding, if one swore by the gift on the altar, it was. This illustrates the way in which certain teachers manipulated God’s Word in 1st Century Israel. When they read a challenging law, they reduced it to something manageable. When they heard, “Love your neighbor as yourself,” they redefined “neighbor” so that not everyone counted as one. They refrained from adultery but claimed a right to divorce freely, then take another woman. When they did something similar with oaths, Jesus opposed them.

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0:00.0	Again, we'll be dealing in the sermon today with the entirety of chapter 9 of the book of Joshua,
0:05.0	but we'll read Joshua chapter 9 verses 1 through 10. When I finish reading the text, I'm going to say
0:10.7	this is the word of the Lord, at which point I would appreciate very much if you would be able
0:15.2	to respond by saying thanks be to God. This is Joshua chapter 9 verses 1 through 10, the Bible says this. As soon as all the kings
0:25.1	who were beyond the Jordan in the hill country and in the low land all along the coast of the
0:30.9	great sea toward Lebanon, the Hittites, the Amarites, the Canaanites, the Perisites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites heard of this.
0:40.7	They gathered together as one to fight against Joshua and Israel.
0:45.4	But when the inhabitants of Gibbon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and AI,
0:51.3	they on their part, acted with cunning cunning and went and made ready provisions and took
0:56.8	worn out sacks for their donkeys and wineskins with worn out patched sandals on their feet
1:04.0	and worn out clothes. And all their provisions were dry and crumbly. And they went to Joshua in the camp of Gilgau and said to him,
1:14.2	and the men of Israel, we have come from a distant country. So now make a covenant with us. But the men of
1:21.4	Israel said to the Hivites, perhaps you live among us. Then how can we make a covenant with you? They said to Joshua,
1:30.1	we are your servants. And Joshua said to them, who are you? And where do you come from? They said to
1:36.3	him from a very distant country, your servants have come because of the name of the Lord your God.
1:42.4	For we have heard a report of him and all that he did in Egypt and all that he did to the two kings of the Amarites who were beyond the Jordan to Saihon, to Saihon, to the king of Heshbon, and to Aug, king of Bation, who lived in Asterov.
2:00.2	This is the word of the Lord.
2:02.9	All right, please be seated.
2:04.4	Let's go ahead and dive right in.
2:06.7	And your notes, the first thing I've written in regards to these first 10 verses of Joshua
2:11.1	chapter 9 is this.
2:13.3	In the same way that Rehab, think of Israel going against their first enemy after crossing the Jordan River, that being Jericho, in the same way that Rehab distinguished her and her own household from the rest of the city of Jericho.
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