Old Testament Scripture Reading: Deuteronomy 31:1 – 8 (KJV)
Deu 31:1 And Moses went and spake these words unto all Israel.
Deu 31:2 And he said unto them, I am an hundred and twenty years old this day; I can no more go out and come in: also the LORD hath said unto me, Thou shalt not go over this Jordan.
Deu 31:3 The LORD thy God, he will go over before thee, and he will destroy these nations from before thee, and thou shalt possess them: and Joshua, he shall go over before thee, as the LORD hath said.
Deu 31:4 And the LORD shall do unto them as he did to Sihon and to Og, kings of the Amorites, and unto the land of them, whom he destroyed.
Deu 31:5 And the LORD shall give them up before your face, that ye may do unto them according unto all the commandments which I have commanded you.
Deu 31:6 Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
Deu 31:7 And Moses called unto Joshua, and said unto him in the sight of all Israel, Be strong and of a good courage: for thou must go with this people unto the land which the LORD hath sworn unto their fathers to give them; and thou shalt cause them to inherit it.
Deu 31:8 And the LORD, he it is that doth go before thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed.
New Testament Scripture Reading: Hebrews 3:1 – 6 (KJV)
Heb 3:1 Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus;
Heb 3:2 Who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also Moses was faithful in all his house.
Heb 3:3 For this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who hath builded the house hath more honour than the house.
Heb 3:4 For every house is builded by some man; but he that built all things is God.
Heb 3:5 And Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after;
Heb 3:6 But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.
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Transforming Power Statements:
1) Good leadership has always been one of the greatest aspects of the people of God; and in some ways each person in the Body of Christ plays a major role as a leader in the sense that it is everybody’s responsibility to lead others to faith in the only Savior of mankind, Who is Jesus Christ.
2) As the called out people of God, we are “privileged” to have the commission to share Christ Jesus with all the world regardless whether or not they accept or believe it.
3) Even though Moses the Man of God, has always been revered as one of the greatest leaders of the people of God, toward the end of his life of 120 years, the Scriptures teach that God was passing the leadership of His people to Joshua, just as the writer to the Hebrews is diligent to teach the Hebrew Christians that Jesus is the best and final revelation of God to all people for all of time!