Joshua 9:9 15 NASB

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Joshua 99 15 (NASB)

• They said to him, Your servants have come from
  a very far country because of the fame of the
  LORD your God for we have heard the report of
  Him and all that He did in Egypt, and all that He
  did to the two kings of the Amorites who were
  beyond the Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon and
  to Og king of Bashan who was at Ashtaroth. So our
  elders and all the inhabitants of our country
  spoke to

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Joshua 99 15 (NASB)

• us, saying, 'Take provisions in your hand for the
  journey, and go to meet them and say to them, We
  are your servants now then, make a covenant with
  us. This our bread was warm when we took it for
  our provisions out of our houses on the day that
  we left to come to you but now behold, it is dry
  and has become crumbled. These wineskins which we
  filled were new, and behold, they are

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Joshua 99 15 (NASB)

• torn and these our clothes and our sandals are
  worn out because of the very long journey. So
  the men of Israel took some of their provisions,
  and did not ask for the counsel of the LORD.
  Joshua made peace with them and made a covenant
  with them, to let them live and the leaders of
  the congregation swore an oath to them.

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Joshua 99 15 (NASB)

• torn and these our clothes and our sandals are
  worn out because of the very long journey. So
  the men of Israel took some of their provisions,
  and did not ask for the counsel of the LORD.
  Joshua made peace with them and made a covenant
  with them, to let them live and the leaders of
  the congregation swore an oath to them.

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1400 BC
1000 BC
400 years
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King Saul had broken a 350 year old promise to
the Gibeonites.
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How would you justify NOT keeping the promise
made to the Gibeonites?
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Atonement/make amends
rpk
rapak
To cover or conceal (with pitch),
To make an atonement, to purge, to make
reconciliation, to pay a ransom, to secure favor
The Jewish holiday yom kippur comes from this
root word.
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Numbers 3533 (NASB)

• So you shall not pollute the land in which you
  are for blood pollutes the land and no expiation
  can be made for the land for the blood that is
  shed on it, except by the blood of him who shed
  it.

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I Samuel 2042 (NASB)

• Jonathan said to David, Go in safety, inasmuch
  as we have sworn to each other in the name of the
  LORD, saying, 'The LORD will be between me and
  you, and between my descendants and your
  descendants forever. Then he rose and departed,
  while Jonathan went into the city.

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It was a terrible event when those seven men
were dragged from their homes to be executed in
Sauls cityit is incomprehensible that they were
condemned for something of which they were
innocent. ---Ivan Powell
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King David kept his promises to friends and
foes.
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What kind of promises to we make?
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What hinders us from keeping our promises?
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Arent you glad God keeps His promises?

• Gods presence
• I will never leave you (Heb. 135)
• Gods protection
• I am your shield (Gen. 151)
• Gods power
• I will strengthen you (Isa. 4110)
• Gods provision
• I will help you (Isa. 4110)

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Arent you glad God keeps His promises?

• Gods purposes
• I know the thoughts that I think toward you,
  says the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of
  evil (Jer. 2011)
• Gods rest
• Come unto Me, all you that labor and are heavy
  laden, and I will give you rest (Matt. 1128)

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Arent you glad God keeps His promises?

• Gods faithfulness
• The Lord will not forsake His people for His
  great names sake (1 Sam. 1222)
• Gods cleansing
• If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just
  to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from
  all unrighteousness (1 John 19)

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What promises has God kept to you?