“And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve the Lord” (Joshua 24:19). In answer to Joshua’s challenge, the people had said, “We will serve the Lord, for He is our God.” But Joshua knew them too well to trust them, and reminded them that they were undertaking what they could not perform. They did not believe him, but cried, “Nay, but we will serve the Lord”; but their later history proved the truth of Joshua’s warning. God’s Word knows us better than we know ourselves. God’s
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