"Choose whom you will serve" is a command repeated in the Scriptures. Joshua makes it very clear to me that you can't serve God and something else. The problem was that Israel did this often. Jesus in the New Testament said you can't serve two masters. Joshua makes it clear that God drove out those who worshiped false gods before, so he is saying that gods can't save you, and eventually God's judgment will fall. The only real choice is to choose God, but it isn't easy, but nothing worthy in life is. To quote from Teddy Roosevelt: “Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty… I have never in my life envied a human being who led an easy life. I have envied a great many people who led difficult lives and led them well.”
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