SERMON

DESPERTANDO SUA
CONQUISTA …
JOSUÉ 14:6-14

ENTÃO OS FILHOS DE
JUDÁ CHEGARAM A
JOSUÉ EM GILGAL; E
CALEBE, FILHO DE
JEFONÉ O QUENEZEU,
LHE DISSE: TU SABES O
QUE O SENHOR FALOU
A MOISÉS, HOMEM DE
DEUS, EM CADES-
BARNÉIA POR CAUSA
DE MIM E DE TI.
QUARENTA ANOS
TINHA EU, QUANDO
MOISÉS, SERVO DO
SENHOR, ME ENVIOU DE
CADES-BARNÉIA A
ESPIAR A TERRA; E EU
LHE TROUXE RESPOSTA,
COMO SENTIA NO MEU
CORAÇÃO;
MAS MEUS IRMÃOS,
QUE SUBIRAM COMIGO,
FIZERAM DERRETER O
CORAÇÃO DO POVO; EU
PORÉM PERSEVEREI EM
SEGUIR AO SENHOR
MEU DEUS.
ENTÃO MOISÉS
NAQUELE DIA JUROU,
DIZENDO: CERTAMENTE
A TERRA QUE PISOU O
TEU PÉ SERÁ TUA, E DE
TEUS FILHOS, EM
HERANÇA
PERPETUAMENTE; POIS
PERSEVERASTE EM
SEGUIR AO SENHOR
MEU DEUS.
E AGORA EIS QUE O
SENHOR ME
CONSERVOU EM VIDA,
COMO DISSE;
QUARENTA E CINCO
ANOS SÃO PASSADOS,
DESDE QUE O SENHOR
FALOU ESTA PALAVRA
A MOISÉS, ANDANDO
ISRAEL AINDA NO
DESERTO; E AGORA EIS
QUE HOJE TENHO JÁ
OITENTA E CINCO
ANOS;
E AINDA HOJE ESTOU
TÃO FORTE COMO NO
DIA EM QUE MOISÉS ME
ENVIOU; QUAL ERA A
MINHA FORÇA ENTÃO,
TAL É AGORA A MINHA
FORÇA, TANTO PARA A
GUERRA COMO PARA
SAIR E ENTRAR.
AGORA, POIS, DÁ-ME
ESTE MONTE DE QUE O
SENHOR FALOU
AQUELE DIA; POIS
NAQUELE DIA TU
OUVISTE QUE ESTAVAM
ALI OS ANAQUINS, E
GRANDES E FORTES
CIDADES.

PORVENTURA O
SENHOR SERÁ COMIGO,
PARA OS EXPULSAR,
COMO O SENHOR DISSE.
E JOSUÉ O ABENÇOOU, E
DEU A CALEBE, FILHO
DE JEFONÉ, A HEBROM
EM HERANÇA.
PORTANTO HEBROM
FICOU SENDO HERANÇA
DE CALEBE, FILHO DE
JEFONÉ O QUENEZEU,
ATÉ AO DIA DE HOJE,
PORQUANTO
PERSEVERARA EM
SEGUIR AO SENHOR
DEUS DE ISRAEL.

JOSUÉ 14:6-14
THIS IS A
CONVERSATION
BETWEEN TWO
FRIENDS.
CALEB AND JOSHUA
WERE TWO GREAT MEN
OF FAITH. WHEN MOSES
COMMANDED TWELVE
MEN TO SPY ON AND
INVESTIGATE THE LAND
OF CANAAN, THEY
WERE THE ONLY TWO
WHO HAD FAITH THE
ISRAELITES COULD
CONQUER THE LAND.
TONIGHT WE WILL BE
FOCUSING ON
CONQUEST AND
ACCOMPLISHMENT.

HIS LIFE IS PAVED WITH

CONQUESTS AND
VICTORIES.

I HAVE STUDIED THE

LIFE OF CALEB FOR
MANY YEARS AND I
HAVE FOUND 7 TRACES
THAT MADE HIM A MAN
OF SUCCESS.
I- CALEB WAS A
COMMON MAN
II- CALEB WAS A MAN
OF CHARACTER. “BUT
BECAUSE MY SERVANT
CALEB HAS A
DIFFERENT SPIRIT AND
FOLLOWS ME
WHOLEHEARTEDLY, I
WILL BRING HIM INTO
THE LAND HE WENT TO,
AND HIS DESCENDANTS
WILL INHERIT IT.
(NUMBERS 14:24).
GOD RECOGNIZED
CALEB’S EXCEPTIONAL
CHARACTER. THUS,
CALEB WAS CHOSEN TO
BE ONE OF THE TWELVE
SPIES AND ONE OF
ONLY TWO BELIEVERS
WHO TESTIFIED ON
BEHALF OF THE LORD’S
ABILITY TO DELIVER
THE LAND OF CANAAN
TO THE ISRAELITES.
III-CALEB WAS A MAN
OF CONVICTION. WHEN
HE AND JOSHUA
TESTIFIED ON BEHALF
OF THE LORD, THEY
WERE CHALLENGED BY
THE REBELLIOUS
ISRAELITES. “THEN
CALEB SILENCED THE
PEOPLE BEFORE MOSES
AND SAID, “WE SHOULD
GO UP AND TAKE
POSSESSION OF THE
LAND, FOR WE CAN
CERTAINLY TAKE IT.’”
(NUMBERS 13:30). HE
DIDN’T CAVE IN TO THE
NAYSAYERS; INSTEAD,
HE HELD TO HIS
CONVICTIONS SAYING
“IF THE LORD IS
PLEASED WITH US, HE
WILL LEAD US INTO
THAT LAND, A LAND
FLOWING WITH MILK
AND HONEY.”
(NUMBERS 14:8).
IV-CALEB WAS A
COOPERATIVE MAN.
BECAUSE OF THEIR
FAITH, MOSES COULD
HAVE CHOSEN EITHER
JOSHUA OR CALEB AS
HIS REPLACEMENT TO
LEAD ISRAEL. BUT WE
READ OF NO POWER
STRUGGLE OR RIVALRY
BETWEEN THE TWO.
CALEB NEVER
EXHIBITED A SPIRIT OF
JEALOUSY OR ENVY
THAT WOULD DEGRADE
HIS CHARACTER OR
CAUSE DISSENTION
AMONG GOD’S PEOPLE.
HIS SUPPORT FOR
JOSHUA WAS
WHOLEHEARTED AND
COMPLETE, AND HE
SUBMITTED LOYALLY
TO HIS LEADERSHIP. HE
WAS NOT GREEDY FOR
POWER; RATHER, HE
WAS UNSELFISH AND
HUMBLE AND DID NOT
SEEK THE GLORY
ASSOCIATED WITH THE
LEADERSHIP ROLE.
V- CALEB WAS A MAN
OF COURAGE.
WITHOUT IT, HE WOULD
NEVER HAVE BEEN
ABLE TO CONQUER
HEBRON, WHICH WAS
OCCUPIED AT THE TIME
BY THE ANAKITES.
THESE PEOPLE WERE
“GIANTS” AND THEIR
CITIES WERE WELL
FORTIFIED. THESE
“GIANTS” HAD
INTIMIDATED THE
OTHER ISRAELITES, BUT
CALEB WAS NOT
FRIGHTENED BY THEIR
SIZE OR ABILITIES,
DESPITE HIS OWN LACK
OF WEAPONS. CALEB
WAS ALSO OLD AND
UNSKILLED IN THE ART
OF WAR.
NEVERTHELESS, HIS
COURAGE PROPELLED
HIM ONWARD. “NOW
GIVE ME THIS HILL
COUNTRY THAT THE
LORD PROMISED ME
THAT DAY….I WILL
DRIVE THEM OUT JUST
AS HE SAID. (JOSHUA
14:12).
VI-CALEB WAS A MAN
OF CONSISTENCY.
WHEN HE WAS EIGHTY-
FIVE, CALEB TOLD
JOSHUA “I AM STILL AS
STRONG TODAY AS THE
DAY MOSES SENT ME
OUT; I’M JUST AS
VIGOROUS TO GO OUT
TO BATTLE NOW AS I
WAS THEN.” (JOSHUA
14:11). THE BIBLE ALSO
RECORDS FIVE TIMES
WHERE CALEB
“WHOLEHEARTEDLY
FOLLOWED THE LORD”
(NUM. 32:12, DT. 1:36,
JOSH. 14:8-9, 14). TRULY
CALEB WAS A MAN OF
CONSISTENT SERVICE
TO THE LORD.
VII -CALEB WAS ALSO
A MAN OF
COMMITMENT. THIS IS
THE ULTIMATE REASON
FOR HIS SUCCESS, AS HE
HAD COMMITTED HIS
SPIRIT TO THE LORD.
HIS COMMITMENT TO
THE LORD WAS TOTAL
AND HE NEVER
WAVERED IN HIS BELIEF
THAT GOD WOULD
FULFILL THE PROMISES
HE MADE. IN RETURN
FOR CALEB’S
COMMITMENT AND
FAITH, GOD DELIVERED
ON ALL OF THE
PROMISES HE MADE.
WE ARE ALL GIVEN
OPPORTUNITIES TO
DEMONSTRATE OUR
COMMITMENT AND
FAITH TO THE LORD.