Farewell!

Greetings All,

With my new position I will no longer be updating this blog (except by occasional special request of your new teacher). Please follow-up with your new teacher for future class notes.

It has been a great pleasure to know and teach each of you. I will greatly miss each of you!

In the Joy of Jesus,
Mr. Ellis

Feb 9, Fri - Unit 7 Test

Next Quiz/Test: Today was your Unit 7 Test
- Next Friday is Quiz 8a: Psalm 13:1-2, 5-6

Handouts: None given

Reminders:
- Service Project: The 10 hours, 2 forms, and 1 essay are due on Apr 23, 2018
- Devotion 2 Presentations: Be ready for your presentation day!
- Devotion 3 Outline: Due March 13th. Re-read the instructions (this lists your Devotion 3 Book Choices). Learn from your previous ones & start this early & make it good!

Instructional Time: Unit 7: Deuteronomy - Joshua 12
Journal: None given, students studied for & then took their test.

Feb 8, Thu - Unit 7 Review

Next Quiz/Test: Friday is your Unit 7 Test

Handouts: None given

Reminders:
- Service Project: The 10 hours, 2 forms, and 1 essay are due on Apr 23, 2018
- Devotion 2 Presentations: Be ready for your presentation day!
- Devotion 3 Outline: Due March 13th. Re-read the instructions (this lists your Devotion 3 Book Choices). Learn from your previous ones & start this early & make it good!

Instructional Time: Unit 7: Deuteronomy - Joshua 12
Journal: None given.  Students had a binder check & then we jumped into the game below.

Unit 7 Review Activity:
1) We can always be forgiven by God and healed of our sins, as long as...
 ...we are living.
2) When Israel began to cross the Jordan River, the water...
 ...piled up and stopped flowing!
3) We should have total (complete)...
 ...reliance on God.
4) Israel didn’t make the right first decision about Gibeon because they didn’t...
 ...pray to God about it.
5) We need to apply God’s truth to...
 ...every part of our life.
6) When Israel’s spies were in trouble, Rahab helped them, showing that she abandoned her old life and...
 ...trusted in God
7) Jesus came, fulfilling Moses’ prophecy of...
 ...a prophet coming like himself
8) To lead Israel into the Promised Land after Moses died, God choose...
 ...Joshua.
9) Joshua is a name that means, “The Lord...
 ...Saves!”
10) The name Joshua is actually the same as the name...
 ...Jesus.
11) To encourage Israel to personally follow God, Moses spoke them in about...
 ...four sermons.
12) Achan coveted and took wealth from Jericho, breaking God’s 
 ...ban on Jericho
13) We practically show that we have faith in God through our...
 ...obedient actions
14) Israel got the Promised Land because God...
 ...keeps His promises, provides & fought for them.
15) God breaks Jericho’s walls down when Israel trusted in & obeyed Him by walking around it, shouting, and...
 ...blowing trumpets.
16) Israel only had victory in their Promised Land battles because God continued to...
 ...provide for and protect them.
17) Israel as tricked into making a covenant of peace with...
 ...Gibeon, a nation of the Promised Land.
18) Finish this verse, “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord...
 ...is one.” (there is only one God, God is one)
19) In Deuteronomy, we see that God has...
 ...great love for His people!
20) If we are to actually follow God, we each need to personally...
 ...respond to Him in faith.
21) When Gibeon was in trouble & reached out to Israel, Israel...
 ...helped them! (this led to great victory over 5 other cities!)
22) Beautifully paired with God’s justice, God also has...
 ...compassionate mercy for us.
23) God wants us to care for the needy, like this...
 ...widows, orphans, & foreigners.
24) Showing greater trust than when God parted the Red Sea before entering, before God started to pile up the waters of the Jordan River...
 ...Israel stepped into it!
25) God commanded the death penalty for false prophets, disobeying priest-judges, lying to get another killed, rebellious sons, ‘sleeping around,’ and human trafficking so that Israel would...
 ...purge evil from their midst!
26) When we seek God with all of our heart and soul, God says that we will...
 ...find Him!
27) Israel did not get the promised land because they were...
 ...big, powerful, strong, or righteous.

Feb 7, Wed - Conquering the Land

Next Quiz/Test: Friday is your Unit 7 Test

Handouts: None given

Reminders:
- Service Project: The 10 hours, 2 forms, and 1 essay are due on Apr 23, 2018
- Devotion 2 Presentations: Be ready for your presentation day!
- Devotion 3 Outline: Due March 13th. Re-read the instructions (this lists your Devotion 3 Book Choices). Learn from your previous ones & start this early & make it good!

Instructional Time: Unit 7: Deuteronomy - Joshua 12
Journal: A Speck? Study packet, page 16
- Silently work through this page
- - Read the Bible verse on top
- - Read the paragraph on the top left
- - Then work through each question.
- When done: Ensure pages 6-8, 10-11, & 14-15 are done

Joshua 5-12) Conquering the Land: Study Packet, Page 2
Helping Gibeon: 10)
- Five of Gibeon’s neighbors feel like Gibeon betrayed them by befriending Israel
- - So…  they attack Gibeon!
- Gibeon asks for Joshua's help (What do you think Israel should do?)
- - W/God's encouragement Joshua leads Israel's army to completely defeat these five cities!
- God fought for Israel:
- - Sending confusion (esp. for the kings)
- - Sending deadly hail on them, &
- - Answering Joshua's prayer for the sun to stand still
- - - This happened for ~1 day
- - - This gave Israel the daylight that was necessary to see and completely defeat their enemies!

Victory: 10-12)
- With God's continued provision and protection—
- Israel defeated all of the major enemies of the land
- - Libnah, Lachish, Horam, Eglon, Hebron, & Debir—
- - - The entire southern region…
- - Hazor, Madon, Shimron, Acshaph, & the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Jebusites, Hivites—
- - - When they were all teamed up
- - The Anakites
- - - Then there was peace (v11:23)!
- This did 2 main things:
- - Executed God's justice
- - Made space for Israel to move in

Joshua 5-12) Conquering the Land: Study Packet, Page 3
Theology:
- God fights for His people, bringing them victory
- God wants us to keep our word and be trustworthy and reliable to our friends
- God's provision and protection brings us success--Think about it...
- - God threw armies into confusion
- - Encouraged Joshua to attack
- - Hardened the enemies hearts
- - Stopped the sun
- - Sent hail
- - And undoubtedly did more!

Anthropology:
- Simple trust in and obedience to God will sometimes illogically lead to amazing success!
- We must respect God's desires when He bans something from us
- We should always ask God about the big decisions in our life.
- It is very important to keep our promises

Unit 7 Process Grid:

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Feb 6, Tue - Conquering the Land

Next Quiz/Test: Friday is your Unit 7 Test

Handouts: None given

Reminders:
- Service Project: The 10 hours, 2 forms, and 1 essay are due on Apr 23, 2018
- Devotion 2 Presentations: Be ready for your presentation day!
- Devotion 3 Outline: Due March 13th. Re-read the instructions (this lists your Devotion 3 Book Choices). Learn from your previous ones & start this early & make it good!

Instructional Time: Unit 7: Deuteronomy - Joshua 12
Journal: He Lost His Grip: Study packet, page 15
- Silently work through this page
- - Read the Bible verse on top
- - Read the paragraph on the top left
- - Then work through each question.
- When done: Ensure pages 6-8, 10-11, & 14 are done

Joshua 5-12) Conquering the Land: Study Packet, Page 2

Battle of Jericho: 5-6)
- Before going to battle…
- - Joshua ensures that all of the Israelites are circumcised
- - - Their parents didn’t follow God & do it
- - - This generation gets off on the right foot— fully obeying God… Even when it hurts!
- - They observe the Passover
- - - Eating some of the food from the Promised Land
- - - This is when the manna stops…
- The captain of the host of the LORD (possibly Jesus?) meets & speaks with Joshua
- - He gives Joshua directions on how to defeat Jericho… *
- Israel trusts and obeys God—
- - Breaking Jericho's wall simply by marching around it, shouting, & blowing trumpets!
- Jericho is under a ban—
- - everything but Rahab's family is destroyed as something only belonging to God

Battles of Ai: 7-8)

- Israel loses their next battle (against Ai)
- God reveals that it is because a man, Achan, breaking God’s ban on Jericho’s wealth
- - He coveted and stole some of it
- Achan and his supporting family were stoned to death
- - Then Israel again attacks Ai
- - Using an ambush & sneak attack, they win!

Covenant Renewal: Deuteronomy 11:26-29, 27, 28) Following Moses’ directions…
- Israel renews their covenant with God
- - The Law is read
- - Sacrifices are given
- 1/2 of Israel stand on Mount Ebal
- - Representing curses for disobedience
- The other 1/2 stand on Mount Gerizim
- - Representing blessings for obedience

Gibeonite Deception: 9) Other cities of the Promise land catch on to what Israel is doing…
- The city of Gibeon disguises themselves as travelers from out of town…
- - They trick Israel when they meet them & request a treaty
- - Israel makes a covenant of peace with them
- - - Why? They didn’t pray about it for God's wisdom…
- Three days later Israel realizes they were tricked
- - The Gibeonites will not be destroyed—
- - - God wants Israel to keep their promises (even when it hurts!)
- - But the Gibeonite people will have the lower quality jobs in Israel

Feb 5, Mon - Entering the Promised Land

Next Quiz/Test: Friday is your Unit 7 Test

Handouts: Study Packet, Pages 22-23

Reminders:
- Service Project: The 10 hours, 2 forms, and 1 essay are due on Apr 23, 2018
- Devotion 2 Presentations: Be ready for your presentation day!
- Devotion 3 Outline: Due March 13th. Re-read the instructions (this lists your Devotion 3 Book Choices). Learn from your previous ones & start this early & make it good!

Instructional Time: Unit 7: Deuteronomy - Joshua 12
Journal: Where’s Your Focus? Study packet, page 14
- Silently work through this page
- - Read the Bible verse on top
- - Read the paragraph on the top left
- - Then work through each question.
- When done: Ensure pages 6-8 & 10-11 are done

Joshua 1-4) Claiming the Land: Study Packet, Page 2
Spying the Land:
- Joshua sends  spies into Jericho
- - Jericho’s king almost catches them!
- - How did they escape?
- - - Rahab, a prostitute—
- - - - Abandons her old life,
- - - - Trusts the LORD, &
- - - - Protects His spies!
- Because of this, the spies promise to spare her and her family
- - Who comes through her family?
- - - David...
- - - And ultimately Jesus!

Crossing the Jordan River:
- God caused the Jordan River water to pile up in a heap
- - As soon as the priests with the Ark of the Covenant…
- - - Stepped into it!
- - - How does this compare to Moses & the Red Sea?
- This let Joshua lead all of Israel cross the Jordan River…
- - During its flood stage!
- Joshua had each tribe pick up one large stone from the Jordan River as the crossed
- - They set these up together as a visual reminder & memorial of what God did here
- - - Future Israelites were to use this memorial to remind their children of this event

Joshua 1-4) Claiming the Land: Study Packet, Page 3
Theology:
- God is with His people
- God forgives us from any sin when we turn to Him
- God uses His great power to help His people do what He calls them to do

Anthropology:
- God's presence with His people causes His people to...
- - Not be worried or afraid in very hard situations
- - Be strong & courageous in doing what He calls us to
- It is vital that let God's Word change how we speak, act, & think
- We should meditate (fill our minds with) on God's word
- Our actions are the evidence of a true faith in God
- - “By faith Rahab the prostitute received the spies in peace and didn’t perish with those who disobeyed.” Hebrews 11:31 HCSB
- - “…Wasn’t Rahab the prostitute also justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out by a different route?” James 2:25 HCSB
- It is wise to use physical things to remind us of God and His works

Feb 2, Fri - Quiz 7b

Next Quiz/Test: Today was Quiz 7b: Proverbs 21:23, 29-31 (ESV)
- Next Friday is your Unit 7 Test!

Handouts: None given

Reminders:
- Service Project: The 10 hours, 2 forms, and 1 essay are due on Apr 23, 2018
- Devotion 2 Presentations: Be ready for your presentation day!
- Devotion 3 Outline: Due March 13th. Re-read the instructions (this lists your Devotion 3 Book Choices). Learn from your previous ones & start this early & make it good!

Instructional Time: Unit 7: Deuteronomy - Joshua 12
Journal: None given, students studied for & then took their quiz.
- After the quiz, we caught up on some previous lessons (see previous posts)

Feb 1, Thu - Claiming the Land

Next Quiz/Test: Friday is Quiz 7b: Proverbs 21:23, 29-31 (ESV)

Handouts: None given

Reminders:
- Service Project: The 10 hours, 2 forms, and 1 essay are due on Apr 23, 2018
- Devotion 2 Presentations: Be ready for your presentation day!
- Devotion 3 Outline: Due March 13th. Re-read the instructions (this lists your Devotion 3 Book Choices). Learn from your previous ones & start this early & make it good!

Instructional Time: Unit 7: Deuteronomy - Joshua 12
Journal 7-5: Study Packet, Page 18
- Read Deuteronomy 18:15-19 (pg 161) & answer:
- - 1. These verses mention a Prophet like Moses coming—who do you think, from the Bible, this prophecy is talking about?  List a few ideas.  
- Read Acts 3:19-26 (Peter, pg 911) & Acts 7:37 (Stephen) & answer:
- - 2. Who do these two guys seem to be talking about?    Explain how you know. 
- Finally, read “A Prophet Like Me” from the bottom of page 13 on your Study Packet (‘Some Good Things to Know’) & answer:
- - 3. What does this teach about who is ‘like Moses’? 

Joshua 1-4) Claiming the Land: Study Packet, Page 2
God Encourages Joshua:
- This name means 'The Lord Saves" (the same as Jesus)
- He is:
- - To be strong and courageous
- - To let the Law always be in  his words, thoughts (meditations), & actions
- - Not to be terrified or dismayed
- Why?  Because "the Lord your God is with you wherever you go." (1:9)