JERICHO
JOSHUA 5-6
CHALLENGES DRIVE CHOICES …
THE CHALLENGE, THE CONQUEST OF JERICHO
THE CHOICE, RADICAL OBEDIENCE …
MEANING;
IMMEDIATELY AND COMPLETELY OBEY WHAT GOD SAYS IN HIS WORD …
DO ALL THAT GOD HAS PLACED IN YOUR HEART …
J HUDSON TAYLOR, 3 WAYS TO DO GOD’S WORK;
FIRST, MAKE THE BEST PLANS WE CAN AND CARRY THEM OUT TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY …
SECOND,MAKE OUR PLANS AND ASK GOD TO BLESS THEM …
THREE, BEGIN WITH GOD, ASK HIS PLANS AND OFFER OURSELVES …
CORE PRINCIPLE: NO MATTER HOW STRANGE IT SEEMS, DO WHAT GOD SAYS!
VICTORY HAS BEEN ASSURED, 5
PREPARATION …
CIRCUMCISION, 5:1-9
OBSERVING THE PASSOVER, 5:10-12
CONFRONTATION, 5:13-15
“THE CAPTAIN OF THE LORD’S HOST”
HE REPRESENTS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN GOD SHOWS UP IN FRONT OF YOUR JERICHO …
VICTORY DEPENDS ON HEAVENS RESOURCES NOT OURS!
VICTORY IS OURS – WE ARE NOT FIGHTING FROM A DEFICIT POSITION BUT ONE OF STRENGTH …
CONQUEST BEGINS WITH WORSHIP, 5:15
VULNEARABILITY IS REQUIRED, 6:3-8
(ISA.55:8-9)
DO WHAT GOD SAYS EVERY TIME, NO MATTER WHAT …
DISOBEDIENCE IS WORSE THAN EMBARRASSMENT …
OBEDIENCE IS THE AXIS OF CHRISTIANITY …
OBEDIENCE IS THE DOOR TO TRUST …
OBEDIENCE IS A DECISION …
OBEDIENCE IS SUBMISSION AND SELF-DENIAL …
OBEDIENCE ENDORCES THE CHARACTER OF THE ONE TO BE OBEYED …
OBEDIENCE RECOGNIZES THE PRINCIPLE OF AUTHORITY …
GOD’S VERACITY IS UNQUESTIONABLE, 6:9-17
COMMAND, 6:9-16, 20-21
COMPLETE OBEDIENCE,
APPLICATION, 6:27
JAMES 4:10
GOD CALLS US TO COMPLETE OBEDIENCE, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO YOU?
