Free Choice | The Spiritual Implications of Defiance | 10 29 2025

📅 Published: October 29, 2025 | 📖 Lessons of Faith From Joshua (Week 5: God Fights for You)

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Your Daily Portion Sabbath School Lesson with LD "The Anomaly" Harris (L. David Harris)
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The concept of cherem—total destruction—wasn't arbitrary or nationalistic. It was God's righteous judgment against persistent rebellion. Today, we explore how free choice determined destiny: Rahab chose God and lived. Achan chose rebellion and died. The Canaanites could have submitted but chose defiance. This reveals a profound truth: no one is locked into their fate. We can move from one side to the other. Our choices have eternal consequences.

📖 SCRIPTURE REFERENCES:
• Deuteronomy 20:10, 15-18 (Laws of Warfare)
• Deuteronomy 13:12-18 (Idolatrous Towns in Israel)
• Joshua 10:40 (Total Destruction)
• Joshua 2 (Rahab's Choice)
• Joshua 7 (Achan's Rebellion)
• Joshua 9 (Gibeonites' Submission)

🗓️ DAILY DEVOTIONAL SERIES:
Week 5: "God Fights for You"—understanding how free choice, not arbitrary judgment, determined destiny in God's cosmic conflict.

💭 REFLECTION QUESTIONS:
1. How does understanding cherem as God's righteous judgment change your perspective?
2. What does Rahab's story teach us about the possibility of moving from one side to the other?
3. What are the spiritual implications of defiance against God in our context today?
4. How do our free choices have eternal consequences?

🙏 PRAYER FOCUS:
Lord, help me recognize the weight of my choices. Give me wisdom to submit to Your authority and align with Your purposes before it's too late.

🕯️ INSPIRED BY:
"People were not arbitrarily given protection or placed under a ban. Those who benefited from a relationship with Yahweh could lose their privileged status through rebellion, and those under the ban could submit to the authority of Yahweh and live."

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🔔 THIS WEEK: EXPLORING DIVINE WARFARE & GOD'S JUSTICE!
Understanding that free choice, not fate, determines our eternal destiny.

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