Do you think that all these charges would have been given to Joshua if there had been no danger of his being brought under misleading influences? It was because the strongest influences were to be brought to bear against his principles of righteousness that the Lord in mercy charged him not to turn to the right hand or to the left. He was to follow a course of strictest integrity. [Joshua 1:8, 9 quoted.] If there had been no peril before Joshua, God would not over and over again have charged him to be of good courage. But amid all his cares, Joshua had his God to guide him.{2BC 993.2}

Kapitel 1

(993) Ingen bedre vejleder end Gud.--Hvis mennesker vil vandre på den sti som Gud har markeret for dem, vil de have en rådgiver, hvis visdom er langt over nogen menneskelig visdom. Josva var vis general, fordi Gud var hans vejleder. Det første sværd, som Josva brugte var Åndens sværd, Guds ord. Vil mennesker som har med store ansvar at gøre løse det første kapitel i Josva? [Josva 1,1.5.7 citeret.]