A Different Spirit

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I. CALEB WHOLLY FOLLOWED THE LORD Numbers 1424

• Joshua 148 Nevertheless my brethren that went
  up with me made the heart of the people melt but
  I wholly followed the Lord my God.
• Paul said I have fought a good fight, I have
  finished my course, I have kept the faith. II
  Tim. 47
• I have finished the work which You have given Me
  to do. Jn. 174
• And whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the
  Lord and not to men, Col. 323NKJV
• Solomon wrote Whatever your hand finds to do, do
  it with your might for there is no work or
  device or knowledge or wisdom in the grave where
  you are going. Ecl. 910 NKJV

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II. CALEB HAD STRONG CONVICTIONS

• Num. 1424 had another spirit followed him
  fully But my servant Caleb, because he had
  another spirit with him, and hath followed me
  fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto
  he went and his seed shall possess it.
• II Tim. 37 Ever learning but not able to come
  to a knowledge of the truth.
• Elijah said How long go ye limping between the
  two sides, if Jehovah be God, follow Him, but if
  Baal, then follow him. I Kings 1821 asv
• Num. 1424 But my servant Caleb, because he had
  another spirit with him, and hath followed me
  fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto
  he went and his seed shall possess it.

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III. CALEB WAS NOT LUKEWARM

• Rev. 314-16 The Church at Laodecia
• A lukewarm man is satisfied - with half hearted
  service - partial obedience.
• Lukewarmness -- Never built an ark - Like Noah.
• Would never have laid a son on the altar - like
  Abraham.
• Could not have led the children of Israel out of
  Egypt - like Moses.
• Could not have given a favorable report while 10
  others did not - like Caleb and Joshua.
• Could not have taken Canaan -Like Joshua.
• Does not care which way the Church Goes apathy.
• Will never be concerned about saving souls.

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IV. CALEB WAS A MAN OF FAITH AND COURAGE

• Let us go up at once Num.1330 --- the Lord
  is with us --- fear them not. Num. 149
• Mt. 2819-20 ...lo I am with you always...
• Caleb added courage to faith - Num. 149 Only
  rebel not ye against the Lord, neither fear ye
  the people of the land for they are bread for
  us their defense is departed from them, and the
  Lord is with us fear them not.
• Eph. 616 Above all, taking the shield of faith,
  wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the
  fiery darts of the wicked.
• I Cor. 1613 Be watchful, stand firm in the
  faith, act like men, be strong. .

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V. CALEB WAS A PATIENT MAN

• Caleb had to wait!
• He was just as strong at 85 as he was at 40. -
• Josh. 14 10 And now, behold, the LORD has kept
  me alive, as He said, these forty-five years,
  ever since the LORD spoke this word to Moses
  while Israel wandered in the wilderness and now,
  here I am this day, eighty-five years old. 11 As
  yet I am as strong this day as on the day that
  Moses sent me just as my strength was then, so
  now is my strength for war, both for going out
  and for coming in.
• We must be patient.
• Gal. 69 And let us not be weary in well doing
  for in due season we shall reap, if we faint
  not.

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VI. CALEB DID NOT ALLOW HIMSELF TO BE PUT ON
THE SHELF

• Josh. 1410 And now, behold, the Lord hath kept
  me alive, as he said, these forty and five years,
  even since the Lord spake this word unto Moses,
  while the children of Israel wandered in the
  wilderness and now, lo, I am this day fourscore
  and five years old.
• Josh. 1412 Now therefore give me this mountain,
  whereof the LORD spake in that day for thou
  heardest in that day how the Anakims were there,
  and that the cities were great and fenced if so
  be the LORD will be with me, then I shall be able
  to drive them out, as the LORD said.

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Conclusion

• Caleb is a man worthy of application
• He wholly followed the Lord
• He had strong convictions
• He was not lukewarm
• He was a man of faith and courage
• He was a patient man
• He did not allow himself to be put on a shelf.

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• Only Caleb and Joshua received the land
• Numbers 3211-12 Surely none of the men that
  came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and
  upward, shall see the land which I sware unto
  Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob because they
  have not wholly followed me 12. Save Caleb the
  son of Jephunneh the Kenezite, and Joshua the son
  of Nun for they have wholly followed the Lord.
• The 10 spies died in the plague. Num. 1437 Even
  those men that did bring up the evil report upon
  the land, died by the plague before the Lord.
• Numbers 1438 But Joshua the son of Nun, and
  Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of the men
  that went to search the land, lived still.
• Are we of the 10 or the 2?