Joshua warns Israel not to turn away from God to the right or to the left. In today's world, the idea of the right and left carries a certain political thought that wasn't intended in Joshua's speech. The idea is that any way you go away from God will be wrong. That does translate into our politics, but more than that, it is true in every other area of our lives. It doesn't matter if it's a politically right or left issue, the issue is where God stands on it, and do that. It doesn't matter if your parents. neighbors, or the influencer on YouTube or Instagram, does it or says something about it, what does God say?
Secondly, Joshua is warning them that God is giving them this land because the people there were bad, but Israel shouldn't think that God won't do the same to them if they go the way those nations did. The image that came to my mind was an Airplane. An Airplane works on specific principles, and as long as you follow them, you fly, put if you don't, then you will crash. God isn't being mean; he is saying you have to fly right (live your life right), or you will crash.
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