We have met the enemy and he is our neighbor!
Joshua 9:1- 10:28
After Victory at Ai, Joshua makes another big mistake. This time "doing nothing" was the mistake he made.
Three stages of the mistake:
Mistake Level #1- Believing the enemy. (Joshua.9:1-15)
1Now when all the kings west of the Jordan heard about these things—those in the hill country, in the western foothills, and along the entire coast of the Great Sea as far as Lebanon (the kings of the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites)-2they came together to make war against Joshua and Israel. 3However, when the people of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai, 4they resorted to a ruse: They went as a delegation whose donkeys were loaded with worn-out sacks and old wineskins, cracked and mended. 5The men put worn and patched sandals on their feet and wore old clothes. All the bread of their food supply was dry and moldy. 6Then they went to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal and said to him and the men of Israel, "We have come from a distant country; make a treaty with us." 7The men of Israel said to the Hivites, "But perhaps you live near us. How then can we make a treaty with you?" 8"We are your servants," they said to Joshua.
But Joshua asked, "Who are you and where do you come from?" 9They answered: "Your servants have come from a very distant country because of the fame of the LORD your God. For we have heard reports of him: all that he did in Egypt, 10and all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites east of the Jordan—Sihon king of Heshbon, and Og king of Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth. 11And our elders and all those living in our country said to us, 'Take provisions for your journey; go and meet them and say to them, "We are your servants; make a treaty with us." '
“Satan is an imposter that pretends to be an angel of light.”（2 Cor.11:14）
The worst lie "because of the fame of the Lord your God”
Satan knows how to use religious lies to give the impression they are close to the Lord.
Be humble, patient, prayerful-when people try to tell you what to do
#2 - Enlisting the enemy (Joshua 9:16-27)
#3 - Defending the enemy (Joshua 10:1-28)
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