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Episode Notes: Avoiding God’s Discipline. (Joshua 22: 1-20)

God wants you to be His child. Not just in the sense of being forgiven, though that’s where it begins, but in the sense of being a child who walks with Him, listens to Him, and enjoys His blessing.

But once you become His child, God wants you to be an obedient child, just like any good parent wants their child to obey. And for that, He’s given us an instruction manual…. It’s called the Bible.

But what happens when you step out of line? Well… what happens with any child? God, like a good Father, disciplines us.

In the bible, God’s people, Israel, had a long record of discipline; the Old Testament is full of this pattern. God redeemed Israel out of Egypt. He gave them the land, He blessed them abundantly, and He made them His people…. And then He gave them a long book — Deuteronomy — that effectively said:

“If you obey Me, I will bless you.”

“If you disobey Me, there will be consequences.”

But they didn’t listen. For hundreds of years, God warned them: And eventually, that’s exactly what happened…. That’s the story of 2 Kings.

King after king after king…

disobeying, drifting, rebelling…

until finally God says, “Enough,”

and the nation is carried into exile.

But here’s the fascinating part: One of the very last kings didn’t get disciplined and that’s where our story begins today. Because if we can understand why he escaped discipline, we can learn how to avoid it in our own lives….

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