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The number one thing that we need to come to an understanding of is WE CHOOSE WHOM WE WILL SERVE

Joshua 24:14-15

¹⁴ Now therefore fear the Lord, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the Lord.

¹⁵ And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. KJV

There can be little doubt about what Joshua is after. The word “serve” appears seven times in verses fourteen and fifteen.

Joshua that day called for a decision that would help end the spiritual, mental and moral restlessness that marked so many lives.

Joshua demands a commitment when he says, “And now fear the Lord and serve him whole heartedly and without reservation.”

Hundreds of years later, the prophet Elijah on Mount Carmel gave a similar challenge.

1 Kings 18:21
And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word. KJV

Joshua urged them to rationally consider the options. Joshua now presents them with four options.

1. They could follow the old gods of Mesopotamia, “the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the River,” as Abraham did before his call.

2. They could worship the gods of Egypt which they are so familiar with from 400 hundred years of slavery in Egypt.

3. Or if they preferred they could adopt the gods of the Canaanites whom they had just spent seven years defeating.

4. But the real God was still an option!

Greater Things Are Still To Come!