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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center">“<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>A
TEXT WITHOUT A CONTEXT IS A PRETEXT!” - 2009-04-25</b></font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">It is easy to quote a Bible
Verse with little regard to contexts, and hopefully prove a point.
The “Jehovah's Witnesses” love to do this. But if you encourage
them to look at the context of the verse they are quoting before they
quickly go on to another verse, they will easily see that their
application has little validity in the light of the context. A
converted Jehovah's Witness successfully wins many of his former
friends with this method!</font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">In the light of this, let us
look at the context for Joshua 1:8; 1 Timothy 4:15 James 1:25 and
selected portions from Jeremiah. Verses from these 4 texts only
strengthen the applications. When these are studied with regard to
Hebrew and Greek Word Studies, this even more confirms the
applications.</font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">I once called the “Word Study
Method” that of a rifle shot; and the “context method”, that of
buck shot. A newspaper cartoonist felt I would do better by seeing
the result of a “Telescope” as the “Context” method; and a
“Microscope” as portraying the “Word Study” method. I will
let you choose. Maybe some will see it as “both/and” - not
“either/or!”</font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">Let's look at Joshua 1:8 (1:1-9)
first: <b>“GOD REPLACES MOSES WITH JOSHUA”</b></font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>1. 1:1-2 (ASV '01). GOD
COMMISSIONS JOSHUA. “Now it came to pass after the death of Moses
the servant of Jehovah, that Jehovah spoke unto Joshua the son of
Nun, Moses' minister, saying, </b><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><b>2</b></font><b>
Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan,
you, and all this people, unto </b><u><b>the land</b></u><b> which I
do </b><u><b>give to them</b></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>,
</b></span><u><b>even to the children of Israel</b></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>.”
</b></span><span style="text-decoration: none;">Note that God gave
this land to the people of Israel as an everlasting inheritance,
whether they always deserved it or not. God is God! He can do as He
wishes with His own. No other people have lived continuously in this
land for 3400 years! Not the Palestinian people, who have no
continuous history in this area; nor any other people.</span></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b><span style="text-decoration: none;">2.
1:3 HOW TO POSSESS THE LAND. “Every place that the sole of your
foot shall tread upon, </span><u>to you have I given it</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">,
as I spoke unto Moses.”</span></b><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
Joshua did so, leading Israel of some 2-3 million people against 7
nations each greater than her, and in 7 years conquered the land of
Canaan under God, and divided it among 9 ½ tribes, 2 ½ already
having their inheritance East of Jordan under Moses. Churchill gave
this latter part to the Kingdom of Jordan, but it was originally
designated for Israel! Oil talks!</span></span></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b><span style="text-decoration: none;">3.
1:4 GOD LAYS OUT ISRAEL'S BORDER. “From the wilderness, and this
Lebanon, even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land
of the Hittites, and unto the great sea (Mediterranean) toward the
going down of the sun, </span><u>shall be your border</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">.”
</span></b><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Under
King David and King Solomon his son, 3000 years ago this was
literally fulfilled. And at the return of Jesus Christ in the very
near future, it shall be established once again. And, Jesus after the
flesh is a Jew! And, at that time, every nation, tribe, tongue and
people will bow to him and confess that He is Lord of lords and King
of kings to God the Father's glory!</span></span></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b><span style="text-decoration: none;">4.
1:5 AS GOD WITH MOSES - SO HE WILL BE WITH JOSHUA. “There shall
not be any man be able to stand before you all the days of your life:
as I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will not fail you, nor
forsake you.” </span></b><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">What
a promise! And God completely fulfilled it in the next 30 years,
before Joshua died at 110. He started this conquest at the age of 80.
Jesus (YeSHUa in Hebrew), is the antitype or fulfillment of Joshua,
and will complete in the Kingdom of God what Joshua started.</span></span></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b><span style="text-decoration: none;">5.
1:6 CONDITIONS FOR JOSHUA'S LEADERSHIP. “Be strong, and of good
courage; for </span><u>you shall cause this people to inherit the
land</u><span style="text-decoration: none;"> which I swore unto their
fathers </span><u>to give them</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">.”
</span></b><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Hitler
believed that if you repeat a lie often enough, it will be believed.
Ahmandinejad the Iranian, who thinks himself to be a second Hitler,
repeats the lie continually of no Holocaust! He faces the same
humiliation of Hitler for his lies. Unfortunately the world leaders
of today refuse to effectively deal with this liar, just as they
refused to deal with Hitler!</span></span></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b><span style="text-decoration: none;">6.
1:7 GOD REMINDS JOSHUA OF MOSES' COMMANDMENTS. “Only be strong
and very courageous, to observe </span><u>to do</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">
according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded you; turn
not from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may have good
success wherever you go.” </span></b><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">This
is a </span></span><u><span style="">good</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
word!</span></span></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b><span style="text-decoration: none;">7.
1:8 ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT COMMANDMENTS IN THE BIBLE. “This
book of the law (teaching) shall not depart </span><u>out of your
mouth</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">, but you shall </span><u>meditate
on it day and night</u></b><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">,
</span></span><b><span style="text-decoration: none;">that you may
</span><u>observe to do</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">
according to </span><u>all</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">
that is written in it: for </span><u>then</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">
you shall make your way prosperous, and </span><u>then</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">
you shall have good success.” </span></b><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">If
we like Joshua memorize this, and practice it, we too can have like
results. Hebrew parallelism appears in the OT Poetic books. A second
phrase or clause makes clearer the preceding one! Note the first
clause of the law in your </span></span><u><span style="">mouth!</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
The Hebrew word “hahGAH” (meditate) follows in the next clause,
and then carries with it the thought of </span></span><b><u>vocal
meditation</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">. </span></b><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Look
at Jews “davening” at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, and vocally
reading their Siddur (Prayer Book) or Scriptures while doing so, as
an example. Something is released in our brain that only takes place
when we pray or meditate </span></span><b><u>vocally</u></b><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">.
It builds our “immune system”, contributing to health for body,
soul and spirit! Joshua apparently walked in this word from God. I
seek to do so also. Why not all of us join Joshua?</span></span></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b><span style="text-decoration: none;">8.
1:9 GOD PROMISES HIS PRESENCE FOR JOSHUA'S ENABLEMENT. “Have not
I commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; be not afraid,
neither be dismayed: for </span><u>Jehovah your God</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">
is with you wherever you go.” </span></b><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">I
</span></span><u><span style="">love</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
this word! I scripturally meditate upon it </span></span><u><span style="">every</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
morning. It </span></span><u><span style="">works</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">.
It did for Joshua, and God being no respecter of persons, it will for
you and me. In Christ, we can claim all these promises.</span></span></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u><b>NOTE</b></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">:
The above is so good, that I am going to let it stand alone as it
is, and send it out to you. - Jim Watt</span></span></font></p>
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