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?