As we work our way through the book of Joshua this quarter, we will see that he is ready to 
Fight The Good Fight – Hymn 613 and to move forward into the Promised Land. We may still use last quarter’s theme hymn as this will pop up throughout this quarter as well:
Hymn 620 – On Jordan’s Stormy Banks I Stand. These two hymns will resound throughout the quarter.

 Lord, I have Made Thy Word My Choice! – Hymn 273 will add to this weeks’ lesson title of “Choose This Day!” It is a pity that sometimes the people of Israel (just like us today) did not follow God’s instructions. Sunday tells us they had to do nothing but follow. So today I wish to say 
I Will Follow Thee, My Saviour – Hymn 623.

Monday clarifies a little more with the last paragraph talking of a faithful person. May we encourage each other by saying
O Brother, Be Faithful – Hymn 602.

 We learn more about the free choices we can make on Tuesday, with the ending of the days’ study telling us more details on how to be able to serve God. I wish to be a servant of God, and go where He wants as we will understand from 
Ye Servants of God – Hymn 256.

With “The Dangers of Idolatry” the Israelites did say “We will listen to His voice”. Are we willing to listen to God’s voice? We can then say 
I Hear Thy Welcome Voice – Hymn 282.

 God’s wonderful blessings to you all as we complete the last lesson study pamphlet for 2025. We will commence more studies afresh in 2026, and so much closer to our Lord Jesus coming soon and very soon.

 Please continue to search the scriptures this week to be blessed, and to bless others.

 To learn unknown hymns, you will find the accompaniment music for each one at: https://sdahymnals.com/Hymnal/

Another great resource is for when there is a hymn you wish to sing but can’t find it in your hymnal. Go to https://www.sdahymnal.org/Search and in the search bar type a special word in that is in the hymn. I am sure you will be amazed at the help you will be given. 

 2 Timothy 2:15 KJV – “Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.”

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Key Thought: Joshua seta a tension between two paths: one conformity, stability, and unity; the other toward disloyalty, uncertainty, and disintegration. At the crossroads, such a decision rests..
December 27, 2025

1. Have a volunteer read Joshua 24:2-13.

1. Ask class members to share a short thought on what the most important point is in this passage.
2. What is the main thrust of God’s message to Israel?
3. Personal Application: What are better ways that we, as a church, can have a better sense of corporate identity and that what we do affects everyone in the church? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: How do we serve God in sincerity and truth? What are some distractions in our lives that may prevent your full devotion to God? How would you respond to your relative?

2. Have a volunteer read Joshua 24:22-24.

1. Ask class members to share a thought on what the most important point in this text is.
2. What was Israel’s response to Joshua’s appeal? Why do you think Joshua reacted to their answer the way he did?
3. Personal Application: In Joshua’s life, the conclusion was that during his leadership, the Israelites served the Lord. What conclusion will people draw about your life? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: One of your relatives states, “What are some ways the church leaders can pass the torch to the next generation?” How would you respond to your relative?

3. Have a volunteer read Joshua 24: 19,20

1. Ask class members to share a short thought on what the most important point in this text is.
2. Why would Joshua need to repeat his appeal to the Israelites to get rid of their idols?
3. Personal Application: How often have we promised the Lord we would do something, only to fail to follow through? What does your answer say about grace? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: One of your friends states, “Even though we didn’t worship statues of gods, how can idolatry still be a threat to your faith?” How would you respond to your friend?

4. Have a volunteer read Joshua 24:29-33.

1. Ask class members to share a thought on what the most important point in this text is.
2. How do you see these words not only looking back to Joshua’s live, but also looking to the future?
3. Personal Application: What was the key to Joshua’s success? What decisions do you need to make to finish with the same assurance? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: Think of one person who needs to hear a message from this week’s lesson. Inform the class about your plans for the week and share them with them.

(Truth that is not lived, that is not imparted, loses its life-giving power, its healing virtue. Its blessings can be retained only as it is shared. ”Ministry of Healing, p. 148).

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Daily Lesson for Monday 22nd of December 2025

Joshua’s appeal clearly expresses the fact that the Israelites have to decide whether, through loyalty to their Creator, to keep their uniqueness and live in the land or to fade back into being one among many idolatrous peoples, with no clear identity, purpose, or mission. The choice is theirs.

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Joshua’s appeal is twofold: Israel should fear the Lord and serve Him “in sincerity and in truth.” To fear the Lord does not mean a life of perpetual trembling and emotional insecurity. It rather refers to the reverence and awe that stem from the recognition of the unfathomable greatness, holiness, and infinity of God on the one hand and our smallness, sinfulness, and finitude on the other. To fear God is a constant awareness of the magnitude of His demands, a recognition that He is not only our heavenly Father but also our Divine King. Such awareness will lead to a life of obedience to God (Leviticus 19:14, Leviticus 25:17, Deuteronomy 17:19, 2 Kings 17:34). While “fear” describes the inner attitude that must characterize an Israelite, the practical outcome of reverence to God is service.

The service that is required of Israel is characterized by two Hebrew terms: “in sincerity” and “in truth.” The first term (tamim) is mostly used as an adjective to describe the perfection of the sacrificial animal. The second term that describes Israel’s service is “truth,” or “faithfulness” (Heb. ’emet). The term generally connotes constancy and stability. It usually refers to God, whose character is intrinsically characterized by faithfulness, which is manifested toward Israel.

A faithful person is somebody who is dependable and trustworthy. Basically, Joshua is asking Israel to demonstrate the same loyalty to God that God has displayed toward His people in the course of their history. It is not merely outward compliance to His requirements but what springs from an undivided inner consistency of the heart. Their lives should reflect gratefulness to God for what He has done for them. Basically, it is how we today should relate to Jesus, as well.

<–Sunday Tuesday–>

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Daily Lesson for Sunday 21st of December 2025

“Then Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem and called for the elders of Israel, for their heads, for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God” (Joshua 24:1, NKJV).

Shechem was the place where Abraham had built an altar upon his arrival in the land and where God first gave him the promise of the land (Genesis 12:6-7). Now, when the promises given to Abraham have been fulfilled,

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Israel renews the covenant with God at the very place where the first promise had been given. The appeal of Joshua recalls the words of Jacob to “ ‘put away the foreign gods which are among you’ ” (Joshua 24:23, NKJV; compare with Genesis 35:2-4). The geography of the event in and of itself conveys the call to demonstrate undivided loyalty to the Lord, rejecting all other “gods.”

God is the main subject of the reviewed past: “I took,” “I gave,” “I sent,” “I plagued,” “I did,” “I brought you out,” “I delivered you,” and so on. Israel is not the main protagonist of the narrative but rather its object. It is God who created Israel. Had not God intervened in the life of Abraham, they would have been serving the same idols. Israel’s existence as a nation is not the merit of any of its ancestors but the exclusive work of God’s grace. The fact that the Israelites are settled in the land is not a ground for boasting but the very reason why they should serve God.

The Lord’s speech contains a shift that occurs five times between “you” and “they” (the fathers). The fathers and this generation at Shechem are treated as one. Joshua is seeking to show what Moses affirmed already in Deuteronomy 5:3, that the Lord did not make the covenant only with the fathers but with all those present at the moment of Joshua’s speech. The vast majority there now had not experienced the Exodus. Not “all” of them were at Horeb. Yet, Joshua says that all of them were there. In short, the lessons of the past must be appropriated by each new generation. The God who worked for the ancestors in the past is ready to act on behalf of the present generation.

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Daily Lesson for Sabbath 20th of December 2025

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Read for This Week’s Study: Joshua 24:1-33; Genesis 12:7; Deuteronomy 17:19; Deuteronomy 5:6; 1 Kings 11:2,4,9; 2 Timothy 4:7-8.

Memory Text: “ ‘And if it seems evil to you to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve. . . . But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord’ ” (Joshua 24:15, NKJV).

The final chapter of Joshua is set in the context of a covenant renewal ceremony, but this time conducted by the aged leader of Israel. Although not a covenant itself but rather a report of a covenant renewal ceremony, the chapter has the elements of ancient Near Eastern suzerainty treaties: (1) a preamble in which the suzerain, the initiator of the treaty, is identified; (2) the historical prologue, which describes the relationship between the overlord and the vassal; (3) the covenant stipulations asking the vassal to manifest total allegiance to the suzerain based on, and motivated by, gratitude; (4) blessings for obedience and curses for breaking the covenant; (5) witnesses to the pledge of the vassal; (6) deposition of the document for future reading; and (7) ratification of the covenant.

Joshua is close to the end of his life; no replacement is on the horizon. The covenant renewal is a reminder to the Israelites that their king is Yahweh Himself and that, if they remain loyal to Him, they will enjoy His protection. Israel does not need a human king. As a theocratic nation, they have to ever keep in mind that their only king is the Lord.

*Study this week’s lesson to prepare for Sabbath, December 27.

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