Jos 23:9-11 | KingComments | STEP | All the victories that the people have achieved are due to God. The enemy is defeated not by their own strength, but by God’s strength. That one was able to pursue a thousand is because God fought for them according to His promise (cf. ). Without God the strongest army can do nothing, while with God a few can defeat the biggest army.

‏ Joshua 23:9-11

The LORD Fights for His People

All the victories that the people have achieved are due to God. The enemy is defeated not by their own strength, but by God’s strength. That one was able to pursue a thousand is because God fought for them according to His promise (cf. 1Sam 14:6). Without God the strongest army can do nothing, while with God a few can defeat the biggest army.

Appeal to Love the LORD

Here we read for the third time the precept not to deviate from the LORD their God. The first prescription is obedience (Jos 23:6). What we have seen in God’s Word, we must do, otherwise we will fall. This obedience can only be brought about by observing the second precept, that our soul cling to the Lord (Jos 23:8), that is to say, knowing to be one with Him. The clinging to the Lord is again the result of loving Him from the heart, as the third precept says (Jos 23:11). Love leads to the keeping of God’s commandments (1Jn 5:3). Love brings to complete surrender and means life.