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Sunday School Lesson 224 Joshua and Caleb and the mission of the 12 spies Print E-mail

Lesson: 224
Lesson Name: Two Faithful Spies and A Million Fools.

Summary: Joshua, Caleb and 10 evils spies inspect the Promised Land.  10 bring an evil report. Joshua and Caleb tell Moses that land is flowing with milk and honey and should go in the Promised Land immediately. The people rebel and are forced to die in the wilderness.

Theme: Sin's Foolishness and Carelessness

Reading: Numbers 13, 14

Memory Verse: Psalm 106:24
Memory Verse Text: They despised the pleasant land, they believed not His Word

Printable Activity: 8 page mini coloring book and full-size pictures suitable for story telling or coloring.

Joshua Caleb Spies in the Promised Land

This mini coloring book tells the story if Joshua and Caleb and the other spies as they spied out the promised land. The mini coloring book is suitable for the students to take home. The larger pictures can be used by the teacher to tell the story or hang on the wall. 

Teaching Suggestions:

Point 1: As they neared the Promised Land of Canaan, the Lord told Moses to send spies to go and check it out.  Twelve great men are chosen, however, great men are not always wise.
Point 2: The spies go up to see the land.  Two of the spies, Caleb and Joshua, see the land for its tremendous possibilities knowing that God will be with them; they bring back a true report of the land as well as a sample of its bounty.
Point 3: Caleb and Joshua were not fools. Even though they saw the enemies and great cities of Canaan, amidst it all they saw GOD and His Faithful Word.  The ten other spies discouraged the people with their report because they saw the GIANTS rather than a God who was far greater than them all.
Point 4: God was provoked with the Israelites that wanted to return to Egypt.  As a result, He told them that they would never enter the Promised Land due to their unbelief.  After hearing this, some tried to enter the land anyways and were met with death.  The remainder of the people of that generation wandered in the wilderness until they all had died.

Notes: The majority of the people saw the abundance of the land, but they never got to enjoy it.  God's promise to Caleb and Joshua, that they would be able to enter the land because they had been faithful, came true as God said it would, but even they had their hopes delayed for many frustrating years.

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 Keywords: Joshua Caleb spies Promised Land Grapes Giants Milk Honey Mission


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