Joshua 1:6 There are two kinds of strength and courage. There is animal strength and there is moral strength; there is animal courage and there is moral courage. And although the strength of active limbs and firm muscles and the courage which men share with the lower animals are not to be despised,... [ Continue Reading ]
Joshua 1:6 This exhortation to be strong and very courageous is given solely with _moral_application, is applied to the keeping of the law of God. The words of Divine injunction rise to the point of greatest emphasis and intensity when the thing commanded is a simple, continuous, unswerving obedien... [ Continue Reading ]
Joshua 1:9 This expression "Be strong" does not mean "Be strong in body," but "Be strong in _mind;_" "Be strong in spirit;" "Be brave." An order like this could not have been a mere mockery, an order which Joshua was unable to obey. The word which bade him be strong was an assurance at the same ti... [ Continue Reading ]