WHAT DO THESE STONES MEAN? …
JOSHUA 3 & 4


CHALLENGES DRIVE CHOICES

WHEN CONFRONTED BY A CHALLENGE TO OUR FAITH, WE MUST CHOOSE TO REMEMBER …
4:1-3,6-7

IT IS TIME TO CROSS THE JORDAN RIVER AND BY IMPLICATION AND APPLICATION THE JORDAN RIVER HAS BEEN USED AS, A METAPHOR, FOR THAT WHICH STANDS IN WAY OF WHAT GOD HAS FOR YOU …

WHEN WE REMEMBER IT SETS THE TRAJECTORY OF OUR LIVES … GIVES LIFE PERSPECTIVE …

3 THINGS TO REMEMBER IN FACE OF YOUR JORDAN;

GOD’S PRESENCE, 3:3-4

   THE ARK OF THE COVENANT – VISIBLE PRESENCE OF THE INVISIBLE GOD –

   INSIDE THE ARK;

      TWO TABLETS OF THE LAW – THE WORD OF GOD

      POT OF MANNA – THE PROVISION OF GOD

      AARON’S ROD THAT BLOSSOMED – THE AUTHORITY OF GOD


   WHAT ATTITUDES SHOULD WE BRING TO OUR JORDAN?

SILENCE – THERE IS ONLY ONE VOICE THAT MATTERS

SUBMIT – THERE IS ONLY ONE WILL THAT MATTERS

SURRENDER – THERE IS ONLY ONE DIRECTION THAT MATTERS

   HOW ARE WE TO RESPOND TO THE ARK? 3:3-4

“GO AFTER IT”  - DON’T MAKE ASSUMPTIONS ARE GET IN THE WAY


GOD’S POWER, 3:5, 14-16

   HOLINESS, VS.3:5

GOD’S GOING TO DO IT ANYWAY – HOLINESS IS NOT SO GOD WILL DO SOMETHING BUT SO YOU WILL NOT MISS WHAT GOD IS DOING …

   HARVEST TIME, VS.3:14

   AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR THE JORDAN RIVER CAN BE UPTO A MILE WIDE AND RAGING …

   GROWTH COMES WHEN WE ARE OVERWHELMED WITH THE IMPOSSIBLE,

   HONOR, 3:15

   GOD’S POWER IS REALIZED THROUGH FAITH


GOD’S PREEMINENCE, 4:21-24

   THE STONES,

   THE SOVEREIGN, VS, 4:23-24

      HE IS AWESOME

      THE LORD – NAME GOD USED TO IDENTIFY WITH HUMAN PREDICAMENT

      HE IS TO BE WORSHIPPED

APPLICATION:

   DO YOU HAVE A RECORD OF GOD’S MIRACLES IN YOUR LIFE?