http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4yEoy48CAg (1:14-2:25)

John 10:27 My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.

Jam 1:22 Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.

See, I have given you this land. Go in and take possession of the land that the Lord swore he would give to your fathers – to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob – and to their descendants after them.

26 They came back to Moses and Aaron and the whole Israelite community at Kadesh in the Desert of Paran. There they reported to them and to the whole assembly and showed them the fruit of the land. 27 They gave Moses this account: "We went into the land to which you sent us, and it does flow with milk and honey! Here is its fruit. 28 But the people who live there are powerful, and the cities are fortified and very large. We even saw descendants of Anak there. 29 The Amalekites live in the Negev; the Hittites, Jebusites and Amorites live in the hill country; and the Canaanites live near the sea and along the Jordan."

Pro’s

Land Flowing with Milk and Honey

Bountiful – Wonderful Fruit is produced

God told us to go into the land & that He would be with us (God is on our side)

Con’s

Lots of Large & Powerful People Currently Inhabit the land

Fortified Cities Will be Dangerous

30 Then Caleb silenced the people before Moses and said, "We should go up and take possession of the land, for we can certainly do it.“ 31 But the men who had gone up with him said, "We can't attack those people; they are stronger than we are." 32 And they spread among the Israelites a bad report about the land they had explored. They said, "The land we explored devours those living in it. All the people we saw there are of great size. 33 We saw the Nephilim there (the descendants of Anak come from the Nephilim). We seemed like grasshoppers in our own eyes, and we looked the same to them." 14:1 That night all the members of the community raised their voices and wept aloud. 2 All the Israelites grumbled against Moses and Aaron, and the whole assembly said to them, "If only we had died in Egypt! Or in this wilderness! 3 Why is the LORD bringing us to this land only to let us fall by the sword? Our wives and children will be taken as plunder. Wouldn't it be better for us to go back to Egypt?" 4 And they said to each other, "We should choose a leader and go back to Egypt.“

5 Then Moses and Aaron fell facedown in front of the whole Israelite assembly gathered there. 6 Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, who were among those who had explored the land, tore their clothes 7 and said to the entire Israelite assembly, "The land we passed through and explored is exceedingly good. 8 If the LORD is pleased with us, he will lead us into that land, a land flowing with milk and honey, and will give it to us. 9 Only do not rebel against the LORD. And do not be afraid of the people of the land, because we will devour them. Their protection is gone, but the LORD is with us. Do not be afraid of them.” 10 But the whole assembly talked about stoning them.

36 So the men Moses had sent to explore the land, who returned and made the whole community grumble against him by spreading a bad report about it— 37 these men who were responsible for spreading the bad report about the land were struck down and died of a plague before the LORD. 38 Of the men who went to explore the land, only Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh survived. 39 When Moses reported this to all the Israelites, they mourned bitterly. 40 Early the next morning they set out for the highest point in the hill country, saying, "Now we are ready to go up to the land the LORD promised. Surely we have sinned!"

Pro’s

Land Flowing with Milk and Honey

Bountiful - Wonderful Fruit is Produced

God told us to go into the land & that He would be with us (God is on our side)

Con’s

Lots of Large & Powerful People Currently Inhabit the land

Fortified Cities Will be Dangerous

If we do not go, we will never be able to enter & will die in the desert while wandering for 40 years

He had a Different Spirit from the other 10 spies - A spirit of Passion, Courage, Power & Trust(2 Tim 1:7) – For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline.

Age Made No Difference(Joshua 14) – Jos 14:10 "Now then, just as the LORD promised, he has kept me alive for forty-five years since the time he said this to Moses, while Israel moved about in the wilderness. So here I am today, eighty-five years old! Jos 14:11 I am still as strong today as the day Moses sent me out; I'm just as vigorous to go out to battle now as I was then. Jos 14:12 Now give me this hill country that the LORD promised me that day. You yourself heard then that the Anakites were there and their cities were large and fortified, but, the LORD helping me, I will drive them out just as he said."

Wholehearted (follows Me fully) A Heart that is not divided - (Psalm 86:11)

Teach me your way, LORD, that I may rely on your faithfulness; give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name.

Every Compartment of the heart willing to follow God fully (Rich Young Ruler – Matthew 19:20-22) Mat 19:20 "All these I have kept," the young man said. "What do I still lack?”Mat 19:21 Jesus answered, "If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.“ Mat 19:22 When the young man heard this, he went away sad, because he had great wealth.

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Jos 24:14 "Now fear the LORD and serve him with all faithfulness. Throw away the gods your ancestors worshiped beyond the Euphrates River and in Egypt, and serve the LORD. Jos 24:15 But if serving the LORD seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the LORD."

Sounds a lot like Caleb…following God fully with his whole heart.