He created man a self-determinate being. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select a Beginning Point This state of heart indicates superiority to the evil influence of others. A concise way of coming at this will be, to reflect upon the qualifications you require in a good servant, and to see that they be found in yourselves, considered as the servants of God. 2. When a Christian priest speaks slightingly of the world he is supposed to do it in the way of his profession, and to decry, through envy, the pleasures he is forbidden to taste. Leave a reply. 24:15-28 It is essential that the service of God's people be performed with a willing mind. IF WE HAVE DEVOTED OURSELVES TO THE SERVICE OF GOD IT IS OUR DUTY TO USE EVERY MEANS TO ENGAGE OTHERS IN IT. Thirdly, because of the loss that you sustain by delay. What a lesson to all who are in high places! But here, I think, you have the testimony of a witness every way competent. 3. Consider, next, the great rewards which hereafter necessarily accompany the service of God. Without these powers they would be upon a level with brute creatures, and it is the right or wrong exercise of them that constitutes the moral good or evil of actions. 5. "Now fear the LORD and serve him with all faithfulness. It is my resolution to sleep in the carriage during the remainder of the journey." II. Singularity in things indifferent may generally perhaps be an argument of weakness and folly, or of unbecoming stiffness and obstinacy; but men have carried the argument much too far when they have paid so great a compliment to custom as to urge it against the practice of virtue itself. He was a soldier, and if any one had asked him, "Whose soldier are you, Joshua?" -------------------- III. The capacity which we have for choice is a reason for its exercise. Christianity is a religion of reason, intelligence, not of authority and force; it appeals to motives; it sets right and wrong, life and death, before every man's mind and calls upon him to choose between them. b. What a strong influence the father has on his family. "AS FOR ME AND MY HOUSE WE WILL SERVE THE LORD.". Pentateuch The New Testament Browse Sermons on Joshua 24:15. II. conservative Christian faith, which includes a firm belief in the inerrancy in the resource materials are not necessarily affirmed, in total, by this ministry. To ourselves. Decision- Illustrated by the Case of Joshua “As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”— Joshua xxiv. (2) Joshua also chose for his house. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select a Beginning Point 1. "Choose you THIS DAY whom ye will serve." He had begun early in the service of God, and he never repented of it.