WHOLEHEARTEDLY

Numbers 32:11,12

Introduction:

There are those who follow the Lord wholeheartedly. There are also those who don’t follow the Lord wholeheartedly.

WHOLEHEARTEDLY: Caleb and Joshua were fully committed.

A. The Bible tells us about people who followed the Lord wholeheartedly.

a. CALEB followed the Lord wholeheartedly.

Caleb was a Judahite who spied out Canaan – Numbers 13:6. He was allowed to enter the land because of his faith – Numbers 13:30 – 14:38; Deuteronomy 1:36. He possessed Hebron – Judges 14:6 – 15:19.

b. JOSHUA followed the Lord wholeheartedly.

He fought the Amalekites under Moses – Exodos 17:9-14. He was the Servant of Moses on Sinai – Exodus 24:13 and 32:17. He spied out Canaan – Numbers 13. With Caleb, he was allowed to enter the promised land – Numbers 14:6. He was the successor of Moses – Deuteronomy 1:38; 31:1-18; 33:9.

You find more about Joshua in the book called “Joshua.”

B. The bible tells us also about people who do not follow the Lord wholeheartedly.

The men twenty years old or more did not follow the Lord wholeheartedly.

End:

Those who followed  the Lord wholeheartedly – Caleb and Joshua – saw the land the Lord had promised, and those who did not follow the Lord – the men twenty years old or more – did not not see the promised land.

BECAUSE OF HIS FAITH CALEB WAS ALLOWED TO ENTER THE PROMISED LAND.