1 00:00:29,939 --> 00:00:31,699 Cousin, that's a great song. 2 00:00:32,179 --> 00:00:33,699 God in flesh. 3 00:00:34,499 --> 00:00:39,579 Jesus Christ, God incarnate again, greatest mystery of godliness. 4 00:00:39,579 --> 00:00:41,059 God was manifest in flesh. 5 00:00:41,059 --> 00:00:43,859 Jesus Christ said his own words. 6 00:00:44,019 --> 00:00:44,859 His own words. 7 00:00:44,859 --> 00:00:48,579 He said, if you've seen me, you've seen the Father. 8 00:00:49,139 --> 00:00:53,539 You cannot deny that Jesus Christ was deity. 9 00:00:54,259 --> 00:00:56,499 You cannot deny the Trinity in the Bible. 10 00:00:57,099 --> 00:00:58,699 Jesus Christ was God in the flesh. 11 00:00:59,259 --> 00:01:00,699 What a great truth this morning. 12 00:01:01,179 --> 00:01:04,459 And I almost hate to switch gears from the kind of that Christmas 13 00:01:04,459 --> 00:01:09,019 theme back to our theme for our year, but I do want to switch 14 00:01:09,259 --> 00:01:10,379 over to that this morning. 15 00:01:10,379 --> 00:01:14,659 Turn, if you would, in your Bibles to Joshua, chapter 14, Joshua 16 00:01:14,659 --> 00:01:15,019 14. 17 00:01:16,859 --> 00:01:20,059 And I just want to start out by saying review is the best teacher. 18 00:01:20,059 --> 00:01:23,899 And this morning I'm going to spend some time reviewing what we've, 19 00:01:24,369 --> 00:01:27,569 what we've preached and what we've studied on Sunday mornings 20 00:01:27,569 --> 00:01:31,609 here for the last year and bring you up because I really do 21 00:01:31,609 --> 00:01:33,489 want to make sure that. 22 00:01:33,729 --> 00:01:36,609 And for the most part, again, most of you are here this morning, 23 00:01:36,609 --> 00:01:41,009 have attended, either attended a lot this year or you're members 24 00:01:41,009 --> 00:01:41,289 here. 25 00:01:41,289 --> 00:01:43,009 And you've been here most of the year. 26 00:01:43,009 --> 00:01:45,409 You've heard a lot of the sermons from Joshua. 27 00:01:45,889 --> 00:01:48,689 And so I just want to make sure that we're coming to the end 28 00:01:48,689 --> 00:01:49,169 of the year. 29 00:01:49,249 --> 00:01:53,669 I want to make sure that you get the crux, you get the meat of 30 00:01:53,669 --> 00:01:57,749 the matter and understanding of where we were and where we were 31 00:01:57,749 --> 00:01:58,229 headed. 32 00:01:58,389 --> 00:02:01,349 And so we're going to preach one more Sunday on the subject next 33 00:02:01,349 --> 00:02:01,989 Sunday morning. 34 00:02:02,229 --> 00:02:05,389 And so this sermon really is in preparation for next Sunday. 35 00:02:05,389 --> 00:02:08,389 So all those who are still traveling, they'll be a little bit 36 00:02:08,709 --> 00:02:10,389 less informed than you. 37 00:02:13,029 --> 00:02:13,469 Yeah. 38 00:02:13,469 --> 00:02:13,829 Okay. 39 00:02:13,829 --> 00:02:14,189 All right. 40 00:02:14,189 --> 00:02:15,429 Everybody's excited about it. 41 00:02:15,989 --> 00:02:17,599 So preacher, just get going. 42 00:02:17,599 --> 00:02:17,959 Okay? 43 00:02:17,959 --> 00:02:18,399 Let's go. 44 00:02:18,719 --> 00:02:19,999 Joshua, chapter 14. 45 00:02:20,559 --> 00:02:22,159 Look, with me in verse six. 46 00:02:24,239 --> 00:02:28,439 Then the children of Judah came unto Joshua and Gilgal and Caleb, 47 00:02:28,439 --> 00:02:36,199 the son of Jephunneh, the Kenzanite, said unto him, thou knowest 48 00:02:36,199 --> 00:02:39,759 the thing the Lord said unto Moses, the man of God, concerning 49 00:02:39,759 --> 00:02:42,239 me and thee in Kadesh Barnea. 50 00:02:43,119 --> 00:02:44,479 We're not going to go back and read it. 51 00:02:45,269 --> 00:02:49,109 But when Caleb and Joshua were part of the 12 spies who went in 52 00:02:49,829 --> 00:02:53,189 45 years earlier from this particular scripture. 53 00:02:53,189 --> 00:02:57,869 So we're now 45 years from the time the 12 spies went into Canaan 54 00:02:57,869 --> 00:03:00,908 land to spy out the land and God. 55 00:03:00,908 --> 00:03:04,629 And then 12 came back, those spies came back. 56 00:03:04,869 --> 00:03:08,349 Two Joshua and Caleb said, we are well able to overcome. 57 00:03:08,349 --> 00:03:09,549 Let's go defeat the land. 58 00:03:09,549 --> 00:03:10,789 God has given us the land. 59 00:03:11,699 --> 00:03:13,619 God will fight for us. 60 00:03:13,859 --> 00:03:16,819 But ten said, no we cannot. 61 00:03:16,819 --> 00:03:17,979 There's giants in the land. 62 00:03:17,979 --> 00:03:19,139 The cities are walled. 63 00:03:19,459 --> 00:03:20,659 We don't have a chance. 64 00:03:21,139 --> 00:03:24,419 And because of their lack of faith, the Bible made that very clear. 65 00:03:24,419 --> 00:03:27,058 Because of their lack of faith, they did not enter into the 66 00:03:27,058 --> 00:03:27,939 land of Canaan. 67 00:03:28,179 --> 00:03:32,579 This is the land that Abraham, Isaac and Jacob were from. 68 00:03:33,059 --> 00:03:36,059 This is the land of promise that God had promised the children 69 00:03:36,059 --> 00:03:36,579 of Israel. 70 00:03:37,129 --> 00:03:39,209 And so because of their lack of faith, they did not enter. 71 00:03:39,369 --> 00:03:44,249 So because of that God promised to Caleb and Joshua, number 72 00:03:44,249 --> 00:03:47,409 one is that they would live, the rest of that generation would 73 00:03:47,409 --> 00:03:48,009 die off. 74 00:03:48,889 --> 00:03:54,089 So anyone who was 20 years and older, 45 years before this account 75 00:03:54,089 --> 00:03:59,289 here in Joshua chapter 14, would die in the wilderness. 76 00:04:00,169 --> 00:04:01,849 Anybody who was 20 and older. 77 00:04:02,339 --> 00:04:04,819 And so just got to think, now here it is. 78 00:04:05,219 --> 00:04:06,819 They're about to cross over Jordan. 79 00:04:06,819 --> 00:04:07,779 I mean, they're about to. 80 00:04:08,099 --> 00:04:11,219 They've come now to the mountain that God had promised to 81 00:04:11,619 --> 00:04:12,899 Caleb and Joshua. 82 00:04:12,899 --> 00:04:17,099 And all Caleb is doing is he's reminding Joshua, who is now the 83 00:04:17,099 --> 00:04:17,379 leader. 84 00:04:17,379 --> 00:04:18,339 Moses is dead. 85 00:04:18,979 --> 00:04:22,459 He reminds Joshua, remember the promise God gave you. 86 00:04:22,459 --> 00:04:23,619 And God gave me. 87 00:04:24,099 --> 00:04:27,739 When we came back and gave the good report, he promised us that 88 00:04:27,739 --> 00:04:32,009 he would give me the land that the mountain that is going to be 89 00:04:32,009 --> 00:04:34,049 described here, the land of Hebron. 90 00:04:34,369 --> 00:04:36,689 All right, so Hebron was a city there. 91 00:04:36,689 --> 00:04:37,289 And there was a. 92 00:04:37,289 --> 00:04:40,689 There's mountains in close proximity to that city. 93 00:04:40,689 --> 00:04:42,449 And that's what he's talking about. 94 00:04:42,609 --> 00:04:43,929 You promised me Hebron. 95 00:04:43,929 --> 00:04:45,329 You promised me the mountains. 96 00:04:46,369 --> 00:04:47,329 Now let's go back. 97 00:04:47,409 --> 00:04:52,929 I really do want you to kind of see what's going on, maybe clearer. 98 00:04:53,249 --> 00:04:54,489 Some of you probably do get it. 99 00:04:54,489 --> 00:04:56,129 But just I want to make sure it's clear. 100 00:04:57,129 --> 00:04:57,769 40 years old. 101 00:04:57,769 --> 00:04:58,523 Look at verse 7. 102 00:04:58,575 --> 00:05:02,649 40 years old was I when Moses, the servant of the Lord, sent me 103 00:05:02,649 --> 00:05:04,889 from Kadesh Barnea to spy out the land. 104 00:05:05,209 --> 00:05:07,929 And I brought him word again, as it was in mine heart. 105 00:05:08,569 --> 00:05:11,849 Nevertheless, my brethren that went up with me made the heart of 106 00:05:11,849 --> 00:05:16,169 the people to melt, but I wholly followed the Lord. 107 00:05:16,249 --> 00:05:18,969 Ten spies came back, said, we can't go. 108 00:05:20,009 --> 00:05:22,089 The sons of Anak are in the land. 109 00:05:22,089 --> 00:05:22,649 And there's. 110 00:05:23,379 --> 00:05:24,899 We can't defeat the land. 111 00:05:24,899 --> 00:05:28,099 And the heart of the people melted again. 112 00:05:28,179 --> 00:05:30,099 Unbelief, lack of faith. 113 00:05:31,059 --> 00:05:34,059 But I, he said, holy, follow the Lord. 114 00:05:34,059 --> 00:05:35,779 And he's not being prideful there. 115 00:05:36,179 --> 00:05:38,259 He's saying, but I followed the Lord. 116 00:05:38,259 --> 00:05:40,979 I put my trust in the Lord. 117 00:05:41,859 --> 00:05:46,459 And Moses swore, verse nine, swore on that day, saying, surely 118 00:05:46,459 --> 00:05:50,819 the land wherein thy feet have trodden shall be thine inheritance 119 00:05:50,869 --> 00:05:51,029 and. 120 00:05:51,259 --> 00:05:55,019 And thy children's forever, because thou hast Wholly followed 121 00:05:55,019 --> 00:05:56,059 the Lord, my God. 122 00:05:56,699 --> 00:06:01,819 And now, behold, the Lord hath kept me alive, as he said these 40 123 00:06:01,819 --> 00:06:06,459 and five years, even since the Lord spake these words unto Moses, 124 00:06:06,619 --> 00:06:08,779 while the children of Israel wandered in the wilderness. 125 00:06:09,179 --> 00:06:13,019 And now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five years old, 85 126 00:06:13,019 --> 00:06:15,099 years old as yet. 127 00:06:15,099 --> 00:06:19,939 I am as strong this day as I was in the day that Moses sent to 128 00:06:19,939 --> 00:06:20,219 me. 129 00:06:20,859 --> 00:06:25,219 As my strength was then, even so is my strength now for war both 130 00:06:25,219 --> 00:06:27,179 to go out and to come in now. 131 00:06:27,179 --> 00:06:31,259 Therefore, give me this mountain. 132 00:06:31,739 --> 00:06:34,539 And that really is the theme. 133 00:06:34,539 --> 00:06:35,899 Where the theme comes from. 134 00:06:36,378 --> 00:06:40,219 Give me this mountain whereof the Lord spake in that day. 135 00:06:40,459 --> 00:06:44,459 For thou heardest in that day how the Anakims. 136 00:06:44,459 --> 00:06:45,339 Anakims. 137 00:06:45,499 --> 00:06:46,459 That's how you pronounce it. 138 00:06:47,009 --> 00:06:48,529 Anakims were there. 139 00:06:48,689 --> 00:06:50,769 And that the cities were great and fenced. 140 00:06:50,929 --> 00:06:55,369 If so be the Lord will be with me, then I shall be able to drive 141 00:06:55,369 --> 00:06:57,329 them out, as the Lord said. 142 00:06:57,889 --> 00:07:02,369 And Joshua blessed him and gave unto Caleb the sons of Jephunneh, 143 00:07:02,849 --> 00:07:05,289 Hebron for inheritance, boy. 144 00:07:05,289 --> 00:07:08,609 And that Hebron is used throughout the Old Testament so many 145 00:07:08,609 --> 00:07:08,929 times. 146 00:07:09,009 --> 00:07:11,249 Such an important city, important area. 147 00:07:12,129 --> 00:07:14,809 Hebron therefore became the inheritance of Caleb, the son of 148 00:07:14,809 --> 00:07:19,549 Jephunneh the Kinsanite, unto this day, because that he wholly 149 00:07:19,549 --> 00:07:20,429 followed the Lord. 150 00:07:20,509 --> 00:07:27,269 And the name of Hebron before was Kgeth Orba, which Orba was a 151 00:07:27,269 --> 00:07:29,349 great man among the Anakims. 152 00:07:29,349 --> 00:07:30,189 Anakims. 153 00:07:30,189 --> 00:07:31,149 I need to say that, right? 154 00:07:31,149 --> 00:07:31,829 Anakims. 155 00:07:31,829 --> 00:07:32,669 Anakims. 156 00:07:32,909 --> 00:07:34,749 It's kind of like Anakin Skywalker. 157 00:07:34,828 --> 00:07:38,589 Nobody I listen to. 158 00:07:38,909 --> 00:07:39,349 Yeah. 159 00:07:39,349 --> 00:07:43,229 Anyway, why'd I do that? 160 00:07:45,879 --> 00:07:46,759 And look at the rest. 161 00:07:47,079 --> 00:07:48,279 I got you all distracted. 162 00:07:51,639 --> 00:07:52,559 I want to go back. 163 00:07:52,559 --> 00:07:58,999 Kjepharba, which was Orbah, was a great man among the Anakims. 164 00:07:59,399 --> 00:08:01,399 I mispronounced it for so long. 165 00:08:01,799 --> 00:08:03,159 And now that anyway. 166 00:08:03,799 --> 00:08:08,719 And the land had rest from war, by the way, there were five 167 00:08:08,719 --> 00:08:12,129 giants from this descendant. 168 00:08:12,609 --> 00:08:16,649 If you go read, and we don't have time, but you go read in Judges, 169 00:08:16,649 --> 00:08:21,729 you'll find that the other three giants that were of this family 170 00:08:21,809 --> 00:08:25,089 were defeated by Caleb. 171 00:08:25,329 --> 00:08:30,729 It makes it very clear in the book of Judges that Joshua wiped 172 00:08:30,729 --> 00:08:31,569 him off the map. 173 00:08:33,489 --> 00:08:38,879 85 years old, he took the mountain, he defeated the giants 174 00:08:39,119 --> 00:08:39,839 that were there. 175 00:08:40,239 --> 00:08:41,439 It's an amazing thing. 176 00:08:41,599 --> 00:08:42,479 By the way, he. 177 00:08:42,639 --> 00:08:43,639 Let me clarify. 178 00:08:43,639 --> 00:08:44,719 God did it for him. 179 00:08:45,279 --> 00:08:46,639 God gave him the mountain. 180 00:08:47,359 --> 00:08:48,319 It was not him. 181 00:08:48,319 --> 00:08:48,919 Let's pray. 182 00:08:48,919 --> 00:08:52,679 Heavenly Father, Lord, I do pray that you again would make this 183 00:08:52,679 --> 00:08:54,479 theme very clear, Lord. 184 00:08:54,959 --> 00:08:57,639 This truth runs throughout your entire word. 185 00:08:57,639 --> 00:08:59,439 And, Lord, may we grasp it. 186 00:08:59,759 --> 00:09:01,439 May we not just grasp it. 187 00:09:01,439 --> 00:09:05,979 May we accept it and trust your word and Lord, your power and 188 00:09:05,979 --> 00:09:08,619 your strength that we might experience it. 189 00:09:09,499 --> 00:09:12,899 That we might experience that abundant life that you have. 190 00:09:12,899 --> 00:09:15,019 Intend you intend for us to live. 191 00:09:15,259 --> 00:09:17,739 We thank you in Jesus name, Amen. 192 00:09:18,299 --> 00:09:19,778 We speak about the higher call. 193 00:09:19,778 --> 00:09:24,699 We speak about a call by God to live on higher ground. 194 00:09:24,939 --> 00:09:30,019 I had Caleb sing that hymn this morning again as we sang there. 195 00:09:30,019 --> 00:09:34,019 Higher ground I'm pressing on the upward way New heights I'm gaining 196 00:09:34,019 --> 00:09:38,379 every day still praying as I onward bound Lord, plant my feet 197 00:09:38,379 --> 00:09:41,299 on higher ground My heart listen to this. 198 00:09:41,459 --> 00:09:47,139 My heart has no desire to stay where doubts arise and fears dismay 199 00:09:47,459 --> 00:09:51,179 Though some may dwell where these abound Some are going to dwell 200 00:09:51,179 --> 00:09:56,499 where these abound My prayer, my aim is higher ground I want to 201 00:09:56,499 --> 00:10:02,109 live above the world Though Satan's darts at me are hurled for 202 00:10:02,189 --> 00:10:07,789 faith has caught the joyful sound the song of saints on higher 203 00:10:07,789 --> 00:10:12,709 ground I want to scale the utmost height and catch a gleam of 204 00:10:12,709 --> 00:10:18,029 glory bright but still I'll pray till have I found Lord, lead 205 00:10:18,029 --> 00:10:21,109 me on to higher ground and that should be the prayer of every 206 00:10:21,109 --> 00:10:21,709 Christian. 207 00:10:22,029 --> 00:10:25,149 Lord, I want to scale the utmost heights Lord, I want to leave 208 00:10:25,149 --> 00:10:29,959 that place of I want to leave that place of doubt and I want to 209 00:10:29,959 --> 00:10:33,559 live a life of faith, Lord, I want to live on that higher ground. 210 00:10:33,559 --> 00:10:36,959 I want the mountain, I want to cross over Jordan. 211 00:10:36,959 --> 00:10:40,319 I want to live the abundant Christian life that you intended 212 00:10:40,319 --> 00:10:41,919 for every Christian to live. 213 00:10:43,599 --> 00:10:45,199 God's purpose for every life. 214 00:10:45,599 --> 00:10:47,919 By the way, God's purpose is meaningful. 215 00:10:48,719 --> 00:10:53,529 So many people just live and exist, but God gives us purpose. 216 00:10:54,169 --> 00:10:57,369 And God's purpose for your life and for my life, for every life 217 00:10:57,529 --> 00:11:01,369 is that we all would have a personal relationship with him, is 218 00:11:01,369 --> 00:11:05,169 that all would be saved, that all would be rescued from the penalty 219 00:11:05,169 --> 00:11:05,689 of sin. 220 00:11:06,089 --> 00:11:07,569 John 1:7. 221 00:11:07,569 --> 00:11:10,529 I'm just pulling from that because of Christmas where John the 222 00:11:10,529 --> 00:11:13,369 Baptist said that all men, through him that is Jesus Christ 223 00:11:14,249 --> 00:11:16,809 might believe, might believe. 224 00:11:16,969 --> 00:11:19,739 Might we have been redeemed by Jesus Christ? 225 00:11:19,739 --> 00:11:24,259 We've been rescued, saved, rescued by the Lord Jesus Christ. 226 00:11:24,339 --> 00:11:28,819 And it is the will of God that all mankind would be rescued. 227 00:11:29,539 --> 00:11:32,539 He's not willing that any should perish, but that all should 228 00:11:32,539 --> 00:11:33,379 come to repentance. 229 00:11:33,699 --> 00:11:36,939 He came to seek and to save that which is lost. 230 00:11:36,939 --> 00:11:39,859 For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son. 231 00:11:40,099 --> 00:11:41,739 He did not just die for the elect. 232 00:11:41,739 --> 00:11:42,659 He died for all. 233 00:11:44,039 --> 00:11:46,039 He didn't just die for you and me. 234 00:11:46,039 --> 00:11:47,959 He died for all mankind. 235 00:11:48,759 --> 00:11:49,719 Every mankind. 236 00:11:49,719 --> 00:11:52,279 God is no respecter of Persons. 237 00:11:52,599 --> 00:11:54,799 For there's no difference between the Jew and the Greek. 238 00:11:54,799 --> 00:11:59,038 For the same Lord over all is rich unto all that what call upon 239 00:11:59,038 --> 00:11:59,639 his name. 240 00:11:59,959 --> 00:12:02,279 Those who put their faith and their trust in him. 241 00:12:03,639 --> 00:12:09,769 God's purpose for your life and God's will for your life is that 242 00:12:09,769 --> 00:12:14,409 you might believe that you might be saved, that you might be 243 00:12:14,409 --> 00:12:16,529 rescued from the penalty of sin. 244 00:12:16,929 --> 00:12:18,929 The Bible says the penalty of sin is death. 245 00:12:20,689 --> 00:12:23,049 Revelation tells us in death and hell were cast in the lake of 246 00:12:23,049 --> 00:12:23,329 fire. 247 00:12:23,569 --> 00:12:24,769 This is the second death. 248 00:12:26,209 --> 00:12:27,009 There is a heaven. 249 00:12:27,009 --> 00:12:28,129 I'm so thankful for that. 250 00:12:28,929 --> 00:12:30,049 But there is a hell. 251 00:12:31,089 --> 00:12:33,489 And hell is a place of torment. 252 00:12:33,489 --> 00:12:35,409 It's a place where the worm dieth not. 253 00:12:35,879 --> 00:12:37,799 It's an eternal flame, an eternal fire. 254 00:12:39,719 --> 00:12:43,119 It's for those who do not accept Jesus as Savior. 255 00:12:43,119 --> 00:12:43,799 That's where they go. 256 00:12:44,519 --> 00:12:52,959 Not because of anyone's particular personality or whatever. 257 00:12:52,959 --> 00:12:54,519 It's because of selfishness. 258 00:12:54,519 --> 00:12:56,119 We are all selfish by nature. 259 00:12:56,599 --> 00:12:58,039 It's because of our sin. 260 00:13:00,279 --> 00:13:02,459 Sin must be forgiven. 261 00:13:04,459 --> 00:13:05,819 Have your sins been forgiven? 262 00:13:06,779 --> 00:13:09,339 Have you put your trust in Jesus Christ and him alone? 263 00:13:10,779 --> 00:13:13,659 And then if you have believed and you have put your faith in him, 264 00:13:14,939 --> 00:13:16,459 you have put your faith in Christ. 265 00:13:18,459 --> 00:13:22,779 God's purpose for your life is to have an abundant life, a life, 266 00:13:23,819 --> 00:13:24,859 a joyful life. 267 00:13:26,299 --> 00:13:27,499 Are you living that life? 268 00:13:30,789 --> 00:13:34,389 Our theme this year, higher Call is a call to live that life. 269 00:13:35,669 --> 00:13:38,269 There are so many things that are illustrated in the Old Testament, 270 00:13:38,269 --> 00:13:39,909 but this illustration is amazing. 271 00:13:39,909 --> 00:13:45,589 This picture that God gives us from Israel, being rescued from Egypt. 272 00:13:46,709 --> 00:13:48,229 By the way, it's by divine design. 273 00:13:49,509 --> 00:13:52,069 The Old Testament previews New Testament doctrine. 274 00:13:52,229 --> 00:13:55,509 It helps us to understand the New Testament teachings of Jesus 275 00:13:55,509 --> 00:13:56,629 Christ and the Epistles. 276 00:13:57,999 --> 00:13:58,559 We know this. 277 00:13:58,639 --> 00:14:00,479 Other examples in the Old Testament. 278 00:14:00,479 --> 00:14:06,799 The Lamb, the Lamb, all the lambs that were sacrificed, all the 279 00:14:06,799 --> 00:14:10,039 blood that was shed by the priests and by others patriarchs 280 00:14:10,039 --> 00:14:10,719 and so forth. 281 00:14:11,039 --> 00:14:15,399 Every lamb that was ever slain in the Old Testament pre pictured 282 00:14:15,399 --> 00:14:16,239 Jesus Christ. 283 00:14:17,039 --> 00:14:19,479 That's why Jesus, when he walked towards John the Baptist, 284 00:14:19,479 --> 00:14:22,279 John the Baptist in the New Testament looked at Jesus and said, 285 00:14:22,279 --> 00:14:25,919 behold the Lamb of God which taketh away the sins of the world. 286 00:14:27,069 --> 00:14:31,429 All those lambs pictured illustrated for us, Jesus Christ 287 00:14:31,429 --> 00:14:35,749 and the sacrifice that he would make on Calvary all pointed 288 00:14:35,749 --> 00:14:36,269 to him. 289 00:14:37,069 --> 00:14:39,309 And we see from again the picture here. 290 00:14:39,309 --> 00:14:43,149 From Egypt to the children of Israel in Egypt, to occupying the 291 00:14:43,149 --> 00:14:46,189 land, pictures for us the Christian life. 292 00:14:46,749 --> 00:14:50,229 It outwardly pictures what is happening or what should happen to 293 00:14:50,229 --> 00:14:51,549 us inwardly as Christians. 294 00:14:51,789 --> 00:14:53,549 As we grow in the Lord. 295 00:14:54,019 --> 00:14:55,139 As we grow in the Lord. 296 00:14:56,179 --> 00:14:58,619 I'm thankful I have three boys now. 297 00:14:58,619 --> 00:15:01,219 They're three men, sort of. 298 00:15:01,219 --> 00:15:02,019 No, they're men. 299 00:15:03,219 --> 00:15:04,979 Shouldn't make fun of all three at the same time. 300 00:15:07,939 --> 00:15:11,939 But I'm thankful that when they were born that they grew. 301 00:15:12,419 --> 00:15:16,499 If they didn't grow, there would be a problem. 302 00:15:16,579 --> 00:15:16,979 Right? 303 00:15:17,779 --> 00:15:19,699 Well, as a Christian, we are newborn. 304 00:15:20,099 --> 00:15:21,139 We are born again. 305 00:15:22,349 --> 00:15:23,549 We are children of God. 306 00:15:23,869 --> 00:15:27,909 And as newborn babes desire the sincere miracle of the Word, 307 00:15:27,909 --> 00:15:29,149 we should grow thereby. 308 00:15:29,709 --> 00:15:34,469 And we grow as Christians and we follow in the footsteps of Jesus. 309 00:15:34,469 --> 00:15:36,669 And that's what God intended for us to do. 310 00:15:37,229 --> 00:15:41,669 And so this Old Testament account of the children of Israel 311 00:15:41,669 --> 00:15:46,549 coming out of Egypt pictures for us that Christian growth, that 312 00:15:46,549 --> 00:15:50,069 process of sanctification that we as Christians go through. 313 00:15:50,069 --> 00:15:54,359 Now I'm thankful salvation is in a moment, in an instant. 314 00:15:54,679 --> 00:15:56,839 In other words, salvation is not a process. 315 00:15:56,999 --> 00:15:58,119 It's instantaneous. 316 00:15:58,119 --> 00:16:01,999 When I repent of my sins, when I come to Jesus believing that he 317 00:16:01,999 --> 00:16:03,959 lived, died and rose again, I am saved. 318 00:16:04,039 --> 00:16:06,759 And I get saved like that, I'm saved. 319 00:16:07,719 --> 00:16:11,239 But after salvation, there's a process that we all go through as 320 00:16:11,239 --> 00:16:12,759 Christians, as children of God. 321 00:16:13,159 --> 00:16:16,719 We grow from the babe into toddlers, into teenagers, and we 322 00:16:16,719 --> 00:16:20,179 grow and we should continue to grow, and that growth should never 323 00:16:20,179 --> 00:16:20,579 stop. 324 00:16:21,059 --> 00:16:22,659 We should be renewed day by day. 325 00:16:22,659 --> 00:16:26,379 The Bible speaks about us inwardly growing day by day. 326 00:16:26,379 --> 00:16:30,379 And so the outward of the Old Testament, the children of Israel 327 00:16:30,379 --> 00:16:33,979 coming from Egypt into Canaan land, is a picture of what happens 328 00:16:33,979 --> 00:16:37,139 to us as Christians inwardly as we grow in the Lord. 329 00:16:37,539 --> 00:16:39,939 So what are the stages illustrated by Israel? 330 00:16:40,099 --> 00:16:45,269 Well, the exodus from Egypt is the Egypt a picture of one getting 331 00:16:45,269 --> 00:16:45,709 saved. 332 00:16:45,949 --> 00:16:49,989 It's a picture of coming from the world, coming from the clutches 333 00:16:49,989 --> 00:16:55,109 of Satan, and primarily coming from the law, the ten Commandments 334 00:16:55,109 --> 00:16:58,829 that do condemn us and being rescued from that. 335 00:16:58,989 --> 00:17:01,309 The children of Israel were slaves in Egypt. 336 00:17:02,989 --> 00:17:06,709 In fact, they were serving Pharaoh rigorously. 337 00:17:06,709 --> 00:17:11,109 And they began to cry out to God because of the rigor and because 338 00:17:11,109 --> 00:17:15,109 of the forced labor and just everything that was going on, the 339 00:17:15,109 --> 00:17:15,789 enslavement. 340 00:17:15,869 --> 00:17:21,989 And God heard their cry, the Bible says, and God sent Moses to 341 00:17:21,989 --> 00:17:22,669 rescue them. 342 00:17:24,029 --> 00:17:26,429 But I want you to know it wasn't a man who rescued him. 343 00:17:27,549 --> 00:17:29,309 It says that God brought them out. 344 00:17:30,349 --> 00:17:34,989 And he uses all sorts of imagery to help us to illustrate 345 00:17:34,989 --> 00:17:36,109 that one area. 346 00:17:36,109 --> 00:17:37,989 He says he brought them out on eagle's wings. 347 00:17:40,139 --> 00:17:42,939 He brought them out by a mighty hand, the Bible says. 348 00:17:43,819 --> 00:17:44,979 A strong arm. 349 00:17:44,979 --> 00:17:48,059 The Bible says God brought them out of Egypt. 350 00:17:48,059 --> 00:17:49,019 God rescued them. 351 00:17:49,099 --> 00:17:52,979 I'm thankful at the age of 6 years old that God rescued me, that 352 00:17:52,979 --> 00:17:56,979 I trusted in Jesus Christ as my Savior put my faith in him and 353 00:17:56,979 --> 00:17:58,539 to have a personal relationship with him. 354 00:17:58,619 --> 00:17:59,739 I was rescued. 355 00:18:00,459 --> 00:18:03,739 Freed from the bondage of sin. 356 00:18:03,739 --> 00:18:05,289 Free from the bondage of. 357 00:18:06,399 --> 00:18:11,079 From the penalty of sin, from the bondage of sin, the power of 358 00:18:11,079 --> 00:18:11,439 sin. 359 00:18:12,239 --> 00:18:16,479 One day I'll be rescued forever from its presence. 360 00:18:17,279 --> 00:18:19,159 Egypt picture of salvation. 361 00:18:19,159 --> 00:18:19,559 Number two. 362 00:18:19,559 --> 00:18:20,719 We have the wilderness living. 363 00:18:21,119 --> 00:18:23,479 As they came out of Egypt, they wandered in the wilderness. 364 00:18:23,479 --> 00:18:26,239 It was 11 days from Mount Sinai to Canaan land. 365 00:18:26,719 --> 00:18:29,999 So remember, they came over the Red Sea, came through the Red 366 00:18:29,999 --> 00:18:30,399 Sea. 367 00:18:30,559 --> 00:18:32,359 They came to the bitter waters of Marah. 368 00:18:32,359 --> 00:18:34,799 They came to Mount Sinai and God gave the Ten Commandments. 369 00:18:35,189 --> 00:18:39,349 And then God gave Moses the pattern for the tabernacle. 370 00:18:40,229 --> 00:18:41,669 That's the book of Leviticus. 371 00:18:42,789 --> 00:18:46,869 And then they went left Sinai and came to the Jordan River. 372 00:18:47,429 --> 00:18:51,029 And a day that should have taken just a few days. 373 00:18:52,389 --> 00:18:53,509 And they were to cross over. 374 00:18:53,509 --> 00:18:56,349 But they, because of lack of faith, as I've already said, they 375 00:18:56,349 --> 00:18:57,109 didn't cross over. 376 00:18:58,469 --> 00:18:59,909 God had promised them a land. 377 00:19:00,719 --> 00:19:02,479 He told them, I will give you this land. 378 00:19:03,839 --> 00:19:08,159 And because they did not cross over, they wandered in the wilderness 379 00:19:08,159 --> 00:19:08,959 for 40 years. 380 00:19:10,959 --> 00:19:14,599 At the end of that 40 years, by the way, God provided for them 381 00:19:14,599 --> 00:19:15,359 in the wilderness. 382 00:19:18,879 --> 00:19:23,119 Now, again, after salvation, most Christians live in the wilderness. 383 00:19:24,719 --> 00:19:31,769 Most are okay with just having the needs met. 384 00:19:32,969 --> 00:19:35,129 Most are okay with subsiding. 385 00:19:35,129 --> 00:19:40,409 In other words, just existing as a Christian. 386 00:19:40,409 --> 00:19:44,249 God providing for them as a Christian, but not abundant living. 387 00:19:46,169 --> 00:19:47,049 Y' all help me out. 388 00:19:47,049 --> 00:19:50,409 Now, that's where Most people live. 389 00:19:52,499 --> 00:19:54,099 40 years they wandered there. 390 00:19:54,979 --> 00:19:55,939 Moses died. 391 00:19:56,819 --> 00:20:00,539 Now they're back in the Book of Joshua. 392 00:20:00,539 --> 00:20:01,299 Now they're back. 393 00:20:01,379 --> 00:20:04,019 40 years later, they're back at the River Jordan. 394 00:20:04,739 --> 00:20:09,419 Chapters one and two, God calls Moses, replaces God calls Joshua 395 00:20:09,419 --> 00:20:10,579 and replaces Moses. 396 00:20:10,819 --> 00:20:14,339 God gives some great promises to Joshua, tells him that I'm going 397 00:20:14,339 --> 00:20:15,739 to bless you as I blessed Moses. 398 00:20:15,739 --> 00:20:17,059 And they're going to follow you. 399 00:20:17,059 --> 00:20:20,179 I'm going to lift you up in front of them. 400 00:20:21,879 --> 00:20:23,719 You're going to lead them into the promised land. 401 00:20:24,919 --> 00:20:26,999 And they began all the preparations for that. 402 00:20:27,719 --> 00:20:31,919 And they, in chapters one and two, they sacrifice. 403 00:20:31,919 --> 00:20:32,679 They get ready. 404 00:20:32,839 --> 00:20:35,879 The Ark is taken by the priests and they go towards the River 405 00:20:35,879 --> 00:20:36,439 Jordan. 406 00:20:36,839 --> 00:20:39,879 The encampment's back from the River Jordan. 407 00:20:39,879 --> 00:20:41,439 And so you kind of got to get the picture. 408 00:20:41,439 --> 00:20:44,399 In Joshua, chapter one and two, they're camped there along the 409 00:20:44,399 --> 00:20:46,919 Jordan, but they're back from it, let's say a half a mile. 410 00:20:46,919 --> 00:20:48,359 I think it's three quarters of a mile. 411 00:20:49,199 --> 00:20:52,919 And God tells Joshua, get the priests together, they're to carry 412 00:20:52,919 --> 00:20:54,399 the Ark to the River Jordan. 413 00:20:54,399 --> 00:20:57,919 And as they touch, as their feet touch the Jordan river, it's 414 00:20:57,919 --> 00:20:58,479 going to part. 415 00:20:59,679 --> 00:21:00,679 And they have the Ark. 416 00:21:00,679 --> 00:21:01,679 They're carrying the Ark. 417 00:21:01,679 --> 00:21:04,399 They carry the Ark into the middle of the Jordan River. 418 00:21:04,959 --> 00:21:08,599 And the Jordan river, it was in its flood stages and it was standing 419 00:21:08,599 --> 00:21:11,839 up as a heap just like the Red Sea did. 420 00:21:14,249 --> 00:21:18,329 And then he calls the children of Israel to cross over again. 421 00:21:18,729 --> 00:21:21,689 The focus was, if you would have thought about it in a distance, 422 00:21:21,689 --> 00:21:25,249 you would have been looking at a distance at the Ark that was being 423 00:21:25,249 --> 00:21:27,529 carried by the priests into the Jordan River. 424 00:21:27,529 --> 00:21:31,089 You see the Jordan river part and you're told to follow it. 425 00:21:31,089 --> 00:21:34,569 I think the eyes would have been on the Ark. 426 00:21:35,609 --> 00:21:39,809 This picture of again us keeping our eyes on Jesus, the Ark 427 00:21:39,809 --> 00:21:42,969 is a picture here, an illustration of us, of Jesus Christ 428 00:21:43,049 --> 00:21:46,689 parting the waters for us again, allowing us by faith to cross 429 00:21:46,689 --> 00:21:48,569 over the Jordan river, go into the promised land. 430 00:21:48,569 --> 00:21:51,169 The abundant Christian life that God intends for all of us to 431 00:21:51,169 --> 00:21:54,889 live that joyful life that's not dictated by our circumstances. 432 00:21:56,649 --> 00:22:01,369 And the children of Israel crossed over the River Jordan on 433 00:22:01,369 --> 00:22:02,009 dry ground. 434 00:22:02,569 --> 00:22:07,369 A great miracle, just like the red sea parting 40 years earlier. 435 00:22:08,009 --> 00:22:09,449 Amazing miracle, right? 436 00:22:11,059 --> 00:22:11,939 They cross over. 437 00:22:12,499 --> 00:22:20,099 They come to the other side again and they camp there in Gilgal. 438 00:22:20,739 --> 00:22:22,179 They camp in Gilgal. 439 00:22:24,099 --> 00:22:29,139 Two and a half tribes claim land on the other side of Jordan. 440 00:22:30,499 --> 00:22:32,979 Not Canaan land, but on the other side. 441 00:22:33,379 --> 00:22:34,499 Two and a half tribes. 442 00:22:35,299 --> 00:22:38,319 So that, again, picture of those who do not cross over. 443 00:22:38,319 --> 00:22:41,959 There's some who will never cross over, who will never cross 444 00:22:41,959 --> 00:22:42,239 over. 445 00:22:43,279 --> 00:22:47,279 Then there's those who know and understand what it means to cross 446 00:22:47,279 --> 00:22:51,519 over and yet are not willing to make the sacrifices on their end 447 00:22:51,679 --> 00:22:53,439 to cross over the River Jordan. 448 00:22:55,359 --> 00:22:57,599 You can put in there whatever that means to you. 449 00:22:58,319 --> 00:23:00,479 It's whatever is on the throne of your heart. 450 00:23:00,479 --> 00:23:04,689 That's not the Lord Jesus Christ again. 451 00:23:04,689 --> 00:23:08,889 As they cross over Jordan, the promises of God, they cross over 452 00:23:09,289 --> 00:23:09,649 again. 453 00:23:09,649 --> 00:23:10,849 They camp in Gilgal. 454 00:23:10,849 --> 00:23:13,449 Gilgal was a place of preparation. 455 00:23:13,929 --> 00:23:16,969 It was the preparation for battle, future battles, whether it's 456 00:23:16,969 --> 00:23:20,209 the battle of Jericho or the battles that they were going to face 457 00:23:20,209 --> 00:23:21,209 in the north and the south. 458 00:23:21,609 --> 00:23:22,729 It was their home base. 459 00:23:22,729 --> 00:23:25,049 It's a place they would go battle and they would come back to 460 00:23:25,049 --> 00:23:25,529 Gilgal. 461 00:23:25,529 --> 00:23:28,049 They would go battle, they would come back to Gilgal, go battle, 462 00:23:28,049 --> 00:23:29,129 come back to Gilgal. 463 00:23:29,189 --> 00:23:29,349 And. 464 00:23:29,419 --> 00:23:33,539 And so therefore, at Gilgal, God had them place 12 stones, 12 465 00:23:33,539 --> 00:23:34,819 stones in the River Jordan. 466 00:23:34,819 --> 00:23:36,539 12 stones out of the River Jordan. 467 00:23:36,539 --> 00:23:39,099 And it was a place of remembrance to remind the children 468 00:23:39,099 --> 00:23:42,459 of Israel every time they came back from war, every Time they came 469 00:23:42,459 --> 00:23:47,139 back, they would be reminded that God parted the River Jordan 470 00:23:47,139 --> 00:23:47,659 for them. 471 00:23:48,139 --> 00:23:50,459 It was a place of remembrance. 472 00:23:52,059 --> 00:23:54,899 I can't imagine what that would have been like to have crossed 473 00:23:54,899 --> 00:24:00,189 over on dry ground, the River Jordan, and then to come back and 474 00:24:00,189 --> 00:24:05,069 be reminded over and over and over again of the victory that God 475 00:24:05,069 --> 00:24:07,709 gave them when they crossed over. 476 00:24:07,709 --> 00:24:11,189 Can I remind you today of the great victory that we have at the 477 00:24:11,189 --> 00:24:12,149 cross of Jesus Christ? 478 00:24:13,109 --> 00:24:15,029 That the cross is our home base. 479 00:24:15,989 --> 00:24:19,629 We come back to the cross and the miracle that happened there to 480 00:24:19,629 --> 00:24:24,659 remind us over and over again that Jesus Christ died for us, that 481 00:24:24,659 --> 00:24:26,899 he was buried and that he rose again from the dead. 482 00:24:26,899 --> 00:24:30,819 And every time we face a battle, every time we face an enemy, 483 00:24:30,819 --> 00:24:34,219 we are to come back to the cross and remember the sacrifice 484 00:24:34,219 --> 00:24:35,299 Jesus made for us. 485 00:24:35,299 --> 00:24:38,699 Remember the victory that we were given through and in the Lord 486 00:24:38,699 --> 00:24:39,499 Jesus Christ. 487 00:24:39,898 --> 00:24:42,059 And that he has made us overcomers. 488 00:24:42,219 --> 00:24:44,539 That we are victorious through Him. 489 00:24:45,419 --> 00:24:48,219 We are more than conquerors, through him that loved us and gave 490 00:24:48,219 --> 00:24:49,019 Himself for us. 491 00:24:49,749 --> 00:24:56,869 Romans tells us there they were announced and themselves there 492 00:24:56,869 --> 00:25:00,069 was circumcision took place and consecration took place. 493 00:25:00,629 --> 00:25:06,149 There they instituted again the Passover that hadn't been observed 494 00:25:06,229 --> 00:25:07,269 throughout the wilderness. 495 00:25:07,269 --> 00:25:08,789 Wanderings again. 496 00:25:08,789 --> 00:25:12,709 A time to come, a time of beginnings, a time to be restored 497 00:25:13,749 --> 00:25:15,469 in their fellowship with Jesus Christ. 498 00:25:15,469 --> 00:25:18,629 That's chapter five, chapter four, chapter six. 499 00:25:18,629 --> 00:25:20,029 We come to Jericho. 500 00:25:20,029 --> 00:25:21,869 Remember the battle of Jericho in chapter six. 501 00:25:21,869 --> 00:25:23,149 Man, what a great victory. 502 00:25:23,869 --> 00:25:24,429 Israel. 503 00:25:24,429 --> 00:25:27,469 No way they could defeat the city of Jericho, that great walled 504 00:25:27,469 --> 00:25:27,789 city. 505 00:25:28,189 --> 00:25:30,109 Then God told him to do something weird. 506 00:25:30,269 --> 00:25:35,629 He said, march around the city once every day for six days. 507 00:25:36,269 --> 00:25:38,829 On the seventh day, walk around it seven times. 508 00:25:39,309 --> 00:25:43,759 And he says, as you're walking every day, don't say a word, don't 509 00:25:43,759 --> 00:25:44,519 make any noises. 510 00:25:45,959 --> 00:25:49,599 But on the seventh day at the end, man, they blew the trumpets. 511 00:25:49,599 --> 00:25:51,239 They shouted with a great shout. 512 00:25:51,479 --> 00:25:53,319 And the walls came tumbling down. 513 00:25:53,719 --> 00:25:54,839 The walls came down. 514 00:25:56,039 --> 00:25:58,759 The children of Israel went in and defeated the city. 515 00:26:00,119 --> 00:26:02,839 Not something they could have done on their own, impossibility, 516 00:26:03,799 --> 00:26:05,559 humanly speaking, to defeat that city. 517 00:26:05,559 --> 00:26:06,679 But God did it for them. 518 00:26:06,679 --> 00:26:08,039 God gave them the city. 519 00:26:09,489 --> 00:26:11,809 Can I remind you that there are things in our lives that are 520 00:26:11,809 --> 00:26:13,089 impossible too, to defeat. 521 00:26:13,569 --> 00:26:15,489 But God can do anything. 522 00:26:16,689 --> 00:26:18,609 Without him, everything is possible. 523 00:26:19,889 --> 00:26:20,849 Everything is possible. 524 00:26:22,369 --> 00:26:25,369 Remind you of that in the Christian life as we face the enemies 525 00:26:25,369 --> 00:26:29,329 that we face and we face the giants, that if we'll depend upon 526 00:26:29,329 --> 00:26:31,249 him, he will give us the victory. 527 00:26:31,649 --> 00:26:35,169 Chapter seven shows us what happens when you don't depend upon 528 00:26:35,169 --> 00:26:35,369 God. 529 00:26:35,369 --> 00:26:39,249 They went to AI, a little small city of two or three thousand. 530 00:26:39,569 --> 00:26:42,609 He said, just take a couple, take a 3,000 troops up there and 531 00:26:42,689 --> 00:26:43,249 take the. 532 00:26:43,249 --> 00:26:43,929 No, no, no. 533 00:26:43,929 --> 00:26:44,969 They didn't pray about it. 534 00:26:44,969 --> 00:26:46,449 They didn't seek God's will about it. 535 00:26:46,609 --> 00:26:46,929 No. 536 00:26:46,929 --> 00:26:47,729 And what happened? 537 00:26:48,209 --> 00:26:49,169 They got defeated. 538 00:26:51,329 --> 00:26:54,409 Well, sometimes we, we can get in, have some great victories, and 539 00:26:54,409 --> 00:26:58,129 then we start again, depending upon self instead of the Lord. 540 00:26:59,489 --> 00:26:59,769 Man. 541 00:26:59,769 --> 00:27:02,369 We didn't remind ourselves over and over again that we ought 542 00:27:02,369 --> 00:27:04,369 to be and should be dependent upon the Lord. 543 00:27:05,199 --> 00:27:07,839 Now again in chapter eight, God gave them the victory over AI 544 00:27:08,159 --> 00:27:10,839 when they came back and licked their wounds and said, lord, I'm 545 00:27:10,839 --> 00:27:13,999 sorry, we never should have gone up on our own. 546 00:27:13,999 --> 00:27:15,719 And God gave them the victory. 547 00:27:15,719 --> 00:27:20,599 I'm thankful for God, who is a God of second chances, a God of third 548 00:27:20,599 --> 00:27:23,759 chances, fourth chances, fifth chances, and for some of us, hundreds 549 00:27:23,759 --> 00:27:24,239 of chances. 550 00:27:24,559 --> 00:27:25,199 Amen. 551 00:27:25,439 --> 00:27:28,199 I'm glad I serve a forgiving God now. 552 00:27:28,199 --> 00:27:31,439 Again, the land was hard to take back once they lost it, but 553 00:27:31,709 --> 00:27:32,949 God gave him the victory anyway. 554 00:27:32,949 --> 00:27:36,349 Many times in our own lives when we do give in to sin, we do 555 00:27:36,349 --> 00:27:37,069 pay a price. 556 00:27:37,869 --> 00:27:41,629 But I'm thankful God allows us to take back that land just a little 557 00:27:41,949 --> 00:27:42,349 more. 558 00:27:42,509 --> 00:27:44,189 Little more effort, little more time. 559 00:27:44,429 --> 00:27:46,709 But God gave the victory and God will give you the victory. 560 00:27:46,709 --> 00:27:48,749 It doesn't matter what's going on in your life, what's happened 561 00:27:48,749 --> 00:27:51,309 in your life, what you've done, what somebody else has done 562 00:27:51,309 --> 00:27:51,869 to you. 563 00:27:52,349 --> 00:27:53,709 God will give you the victory. 564 00:27:54,749 --> 00:27:58,359 In chapter nine, we have the Gibeonites, their deceit. 565 00:27:58,679 --> 00:28:01,159 God had said to go in and wipe out the people in the land. 566 00:28:01,319 --> 00:28:03,999 But the Gibeonites had seen all the great miracles God had done 567 00:28:03,999 --> 00:28:06,719 for Israel and they were afraid of Israel's God. 568 00:28:06,719 --> 00:28:10,839 And so they came and they wore old clothes and they had moldy bread 569 00:28:10,919 --> 00:28:14,119 and they looked like they had come from a far away country. 570 00:28:14,279 --> 00:28:16,679 And they came to Joshua and said, hey, make a league with us. 571 00:28:17,639 --> 00:28:18,599 Make truce with us. 572 00:28:18,919 --> 00:28:21,239 And Joshua said, well, where are you from? 573 00:28:21,239 --> 00:28:23,319 He said, well, we're part of the neighborhood. 574 00:28:23,699 --> 00:28:24,459 I'm summarizing. 575 00:28:24,459 --> 00:28:25,419 We're part of the neighborhood. 576 00:28:25,419 --> 00:28:28,739 And they deceived Joshua and Josh made a league with them. 577 00:28:31,619 --> 00:28:32,339 Be careful. 578 00:28:33,619 --> 00:28:37,819 We always, most of the time use the illustration of Satan being 579 00:28:37,819 --> 00:28:39,778 a roaring lion, seeking who may devour. 580 00:28:39,778 --> 00:28:41,059 Because Peter tells us that. 581 00:28:41,219 --> 00:28:44,619 But can I remind you that Jesus, that the Lord describes for 582 00:28:44,619 --> 00:28:47,059 us in the Bible, Lucifer the deceiver. 583 00:28:47,619 --> 00:28:49,699 Lucifer, that's what the name means, deceiver. 584 00:28:50,879 --> 00:28:51,679 He's a snake. 585 00:28:52,399 --> 00:28:53,839 He's a wily one. 586 00:28:54,319 --> 00:28:55,919 That's the word it's used Wily. 587 00:28:56,719 --> 00:28:57,839 He's a trickster. 588 00:28:58,399 --> 00:28:59,359 He's a deceiver. 589 00:28:59,359 --> 00:29:01,879 And he will do things and put things in your way and put things 590 00:29:01,879 --> 00:29:03,199 in your path to deceive you. 591 00:29:03,279 --> 00:29:04,799 He's crafty about it. 592 00:29:05,199 --> 00:29:07,519 Be alert, Christian. 593 00:29:08,799 --> 00:29:09,319 Me too. 594 00:29:09,319 --> 00:29:09,919 Me too. 595 00:29:10,239 --> 00:29:10,879 Be alert. 596 00:29:11,919 --> 00:29:15,839 He's going to do things in your life to try to deceive you. 597 00:29:17,949 --> 00:29:18,749 You ever been there? 598 00:29:19,629 --> 00:29:20,509 Got into something. 599 00:29:21,389 --> 00:29:22,829 So, oops, how did I get here? 600 00:29:24,109 --> 00:29:25,389 Somebody sure tricked me. 601 00:29:26,989 --> 00:29:29,229 Well, the devil loves to trick you. 602 00:29:30,749 --> 00:29:31,389 Be alert. 603 00:29:32,829 --> 00:29:35,149 By the way, God brought that about as a good thing. 604 00:29:35,149 --> 00:29:36,749 You know what the Gibeonites ended up doing? 605 00:29:37,229 --> 00:29:40,629 They ended up doing all the heavy working for the children of 606 00:29:40,629 --> 00:29:40,949 Israel. 607 00:29:40,949 --> 00:29:46,189 They cut all the timber, they did all the work, a lot of the manual 608 00:29:46,189 --> 00:29:50,909 labor as they served Israel. 609 00:29:52,109 --> 00:29:58,509 Then in chapter 10 and 12, you have the Bible says God or the Lord 610 00:29:58,509 --> 00:29:59,629 fought for Israel. 611 00:30:00,509 --> 00:30:04,389 As they go into the land and they go to the north and to the south 612 00:30:04,389 --> 00:30:11,079 and defeat 31, 31 tribes, if you would. 613 00:30:11,159 --> 00:30:14,039 31 people groups, 31. 614 00:30:16,439 --> 00:30:18,119 God brought them a great victory. 615 00:30:19,399 --> 00:30:23,039 Deuteronomy 6:23 says, God brought us out that he might bring 616 00:30:23,039 --> 00:30:23,479 us in. 617 00:30:24,359 --> 00:30:27,599 In other words, he said to Israel, God brought you out of Egypt 618 00:30:27,599 --> 00:30:29,919 that He might bring you into Canaan land. 619 00:30:29,919 --> 00:30:31,599 But you wandered in the wilderness for 40 years. 620 00:30:31,599 --> 00:30:34,359 God never intended for the children of Israel to wander in the 621 00:30:34,359 --> 00:30:35,039 wilderness for 40 years. 622 00:30:35,039 --> 00:30:37,239 And God doesn't intend for you to live in the wilderness. 623 00:30:38,059 --> 00:30:41,579 God doesn't just intend for you to be satisfied with just getting 624 00:30:41,579 --> 00:30:42,619 by as a Christian. 625 00:30:42,699 --> 00:30:46,179 He wants to see you live that joyful, abundant Christian life, 626 00:30:46,179 --> 00:30:49,939 that spirit filled life that he so enables us to live. 627 00:30:49,939 --> 00:30:55,459 If we'll just trust him and put our faith in him brought us out 628 00:30:55,459 --> 00:30:56,459 that he might bring us in. 629 00:30:56,539 --> 00:31:01,179 Chapter 13 through 14, the land is divided up and Joshua tells 630 00:31:01,179 --> 00:31:03,859 the people, and God tells the people that as we divide up the lands 631 00:31:03,859 --> 00:31:04,459 into lots. 632 00:31:04,459 --> 00:31:05,739 So this tribe was given a lot. 633 00:31:05,739 --> 00:31:07,919 This tribe was given a lot piece of land. 634 00:31:08,079 --> 00:31:10,159 And that's when you have Joshua step forward. 635 00:31:10,799 --> 00:31:12,799 The tribe of Judah steps forward. 636 00:31:13,599 --> 00:31:15,679 He brings his entourage with him, basically. 637 00:31:15,679 --> 00:31:22,119 And he says to Caleb, hey, as you're dividing up the lots, I want 638 00:31:22,119 --> 00:31:25,519 to remind you that God promised me a specific area, specific 639 00:31:25,519 --> 00:31:25,919 lot. 640 00:31:27,279 --> 00:31:30,399 I want my lot that God promised me. 641 00:31:31,999 --> 00:31:34,149 Oh, but it's, it's full of giants. 642 00:31:36,389 --> 00:31:38,069 It's the most difficult lot. 643 00:31:39,269 --> 00:31:42,589 I could see Caleb saying hey, or Joshua saying hey, or some other 644 00:31:42,589 --> 00:31:45,029 saying, Caleb, you're 85 years old. 645 00:31:45,189 --> 00:31:46,389 Why don't you take this lot? 646 00:31:46,389 --> 00:31:50,789 This will be a much easier place to be and place to defeat the 647 00:31:50,789 --> 00:31:51,509 people that are there. 648 00:31:51,509 --> 00:31:52,749 And Caleb said, no. 649 00:31:52,749 --> 00:31:54,389 Give me the mountain that God promised me. 650 00:31:55,749 --> 00:31:56,629 Give me the mountain. 651 00:31:56,629 --> 00:32:00,869 Give me the place that caused the heart of the people to melt. 652 00:32:02,839 --> 00:32:06,679 And if God be kind to me, he will give me the mountain. 653 00:32:07,399 --> 00:32:08,599 He was humble about it. 654 00:32:08,759 --> 00:32:10,279 He just didn't take it for granted. 655 00:32:13,159 --> 00:32:14,999 That great promise that was given. 656 00:32:16,679 --> 00:32:20,279 That great promise that was given was kept. 657 00:32:21,239 --> 00:32:24,719 Can I remind you that the promises of God are not deterred 658 00:32:24,719 --> 00:32:25,159 by time. 659 00:32:26,199 --> 00:32:28,599 The promises of God are not canceled by time. 660 00:32:29,669 --> 00:32:36,229 45 years earlier now, 45 years later and God keeps his promise to 661 00:32:36,229 --> 00:32:36,869 Caleb. 662 00:32:39,669 --> 00:32:44,309 A man of faith, he trusted in God's promises. 663 00:32:45,189 --> 00:32:46,149 Christian are you? 664 00:32:46,149 --> 00:32:47,509 Do you trust in his promises? 665 00:32:49,109 --> 00:32:50,949 Trust in the Lord with all thine heart. 666 00:32:51,029 --> 00:32:53,829 Lean not unto thine own understanding and all thy ways acknowledge 667 00:32:53,829 --> 00:32:56,659 him and he what will direct your path. 668 00:32:58,659 --> 00:33:01,299 We're not just to trust the Lord for salvation. 669 00:33:01,299 --> 00:33:03,299 We're to trust him for our everyday life. 670 00:33:04,579 --> 00:33:06,779 We're not just to trust him in faith. 671 00:33:06,779 --> 00:33:08,019 We're to live by faith. 672 00:33:08,099 --> 00:33:12,499 Living by faith in Jesus above, trusting him in his great 673 00:33:12,499 --> 00:33:12,819 love. 674 00:33:15,699 --> 00:33:18,419 Caleb wholly followed the Lord fully and completely. 675 00:33:18,659 --> 00:33:19,059 Understand. 676 00:33:19,139 --> 00:33:21,219 If you go through and read the Old Testament, you'll see the children 677 00:33:21,219 --> 00:33:24,619 of Israel throughout those 40 years murmur and complain, murmur 678 00:33:24,619 --> 00:33:26,139 and complain, murmur and complain. 679 00:33:26,139 --> 00:33:28,179 Do you ever hear Joshua's name mentioned? 680 00:33:28,819 --> 00:33:30,099 No, not murmuring. 681 00:33:30,419 --> 00:33:31,579 Caleb's name mentioned? 682 00:33:31,579 --> 00:33:33,139 No, Caleb didn't murmur and complain. 683 00:33:34,819 --> 00:33:37,219 45 years, no complaints from Caleb. 684 00:33:38,019 --> 00:33:39,859 By the way, he's watching everybody else die. 685 00:33:40,739 --> 00:33:41,859 He's still alive. 686 00:33:43,699 --> 00:33:45,339 He knew God was going to keep his promise. 687 00:33:45,339 --> 00:33:49,259 He had every, every, every bit of faith in him that knew that God 688 00:33:49,259 --> 00:33:51,299 was going to keep his promise to him, that one day he would go 689 00:33:51,299 --> 00:33:52,099 into the promised land. 690 00:33:52,099 --> 00:33:53,019 One day he. 691 00:33:53,169 --> 00:33:54,769 He would have the mountain. 692 00:33:56,529 --> 00:34:00,209 He served the lord even at 85. 693 00:34:01,169 --> 00:34:02,169 I'll put down in my notes. 694 00:34:02,169 --> 00:34:05,489 85 years young, still serving the Lord. 695 00:34:06,929 --> 00:34:08,049 Wanted the higher ground. 696 00:34:09,169 --> 00:34:12,129 By the way, there's no stop in serving the Lord. 697 00:34:12,609 --> 00:34:14,529 There's no retirement in serving the Lord. 698 00:34:14,929 --> 00:34:18,529 You may have to retread and redo, you know, do something different 699 00:34:18,529 --> 00:34:19,409 maybe than what you've done before. 700 00:34:19,409 --> 00:34:21,139 But there's no, there's no retirement. 701 00:34:22,179 --> 00:34:24,659 Caleb didn't look back and go up, I'm 85, I'm retiring. 702 00:34:25,939 --> 00:34:26,619 No, you say. 703 00:34:26,619 --> 00:34:29,899 Well, God sustained him physically and apparently from what 704 00:34:29,899 --> 00:34:32,579 we read and what we see that probably that's the case. 705 00:34:34,659 --> 00:34:37,219 But none of us are without excuse to serve the Lord. 706 00:34:37,859 --> 00:34:39,939 There's places anyone can serve. 707 00:34:40,739 --> 00:34:44,019 And Caleb wholly followed the Lord. 708 00:34:45,139 --> 00:34:47,218 He was wanted the higher ground. 709 00:34:47,538 --> 00:34:49,618 He Wanted to defeat the place of the giants. 710 00:34:50,578 --> 00:34:50,978 Why? 711 00:34:51,938 --> 00:34:53,858 Well, because of the promise number two. 712 00:34:54,338 --> 00:34:58,818 Because Hebron, that place of Hebron, that mountain, that area 713 00:34:59,138 --> 00:35:05,858 was a place that Abraham bought 4, 5, 600 years earlier. 714 00:35:05,858 --> 00:35:08,898 Abraham bought that piece of property, bought that land areas 715 00:35:09,618 --> 00:35:11,218 to bury Sarah. 716 00:35:12,429 --> 00:35:14,509 It's the place where Isaac was buried. 717 00:35:16,029 --> 00:35:16,669 Remember that? 718 00:35:16,669 --> 00:35:21,309 Jacob said, I want my bones carried in and Jacob's buried there. 719 00:35:23,629 --> 00:35:27,549 Can I tell you, I'm so thankful that Jesus paid it all. 720 00:35:29,149 --> 00:35:30,909 The land's already conquered. 721 00:35:31,629 --> 00:35:33,069 He's already given us the land. 722 00:35:33,069 --> 00:35:34,949 Now I'm thankful for eternal salvation. 723 00:35:34,949 --> 00:35:35,349 Amen. 724 00:35:35,349 --> 00:35:36,669 I'm thankful I'm redeemed. 725 00:35:36,669 --> 00:35:39,479 And that's already already been purchased by the blood of Jesus. 726 00:35:40,439 --> 00:35:42,359 But the abundant Christian life has too. 727 00:35:44,279 --> 00:35:46,279 You have yet to just experience it. 728 00:35:48,839 --> 00:35:51,399 You know what it is, I know what it is. 729 00:35:52,519 --> 00:35:57,159 But to step out in faith and accept it as a gift, just like I 730 00:35:57,159 --> 00:36:01,159 accepted the gift of salvation, you don't earn it. 731 00:36:02,199 --> 00:36:05,779 Jericho can't be conquered by by you. 732 00:36:06,739 --> 00:36:08,339 It has to be conquered by the Lord. 733 00:36:09,139 --> 00:36:13,779 The giants of the mountain can't be conquered by Caleb. 734 00:36:15,059 --> 00:36:17,379 The giants in your life can't be conquered by you. 735 00:36:18,019 --> 00:36:21,099 You are not going to defeat Goliath on your own. 736 00:36:21,099 --> 00:36:22,099 It's not going to happen. 737 00:36:23,539 --> 00:36:25,499 David said, I don't come to you with swords. 738 00:36:25,499 --> 00:36:28,859 I come to you in the name of the Lord as he's willing that slingshot 739 00:36:28,859 --> 00:36:29,099 around. 740 00:36:29,099 --> 00:36:32,669 No, he didn't defeat Goliath because of his strength or his abilities. 741 00:36:32,669 --> 00:36:34,589 No, no, because of the Lord. 742 00:36:35,469 --> 00:36:37,389 I don't know what giant you're facing in life. 743 00:36:38,509 --> 00:36:40,829 Maybe again, maybe it is a sin. 744 00:36:41,949 --> 00:36:45,829 Maybe it's a relational issue in your life, a physical issue, health 745 00:36:45,829 --> 00:36:47,069 issue, financial issue. 746 00:36:47,149 --> 00:36:50,069 I know I kind of use the same illustrations, but all those are 747 00:36:50,069 --> 00:36:51,149 relevant to all of us. 748 00:36:51,709 --> 00:36:57,639 We all face giants in our lives, some bigger than others. 749 00:36:59,319 --> 00:37:02,799 You have yet to just depend upon God to defeat the giant in your 750 00:37:02,799 --> 00:37:03,079 life. 751 00:37:04,039 --> 00:37:07,959 He's promised to give you the land and he bought and it's bought 752 00:37:07,959 --> 00:37:08,599 and paid for. 753 00:37:10,439 --> 00:37:15,919 Then Galeb, as I told you judges, tells us he defeated the 754 00:37:15,919 --> 00:37:17,319 giants, took the land. 755 00:37:18,039 --> 00:37:21,999 Now understand when they divided up the land, because chapter 756 00:37:21,999 --> 00:37:24,759 12, 13 and 14 tells you that they had rest, right? 757 00:37:25,509 --> 00:37:30,309 So as a whole, they defeated these 31 people groups and the land 758 00:37:30,389 --> 00:37:31,269 did have rest. 759 00:37:31,349 --> 00:37:35,709 But then as Joshua divides out and they, they actually, when it 760 00:37:35,709 --> 00:37:37,949 says lots, they are taking lots. 761 00:37:37,949 --> 00:37:40,868 Again, not exactly know exactly what that meant, but they 762 00:37:40,868 --> 00:37:42,629 were basically drawing straws. 763 00:37:43,429 --> 00:37:44,629 All right, you get this part. 764 00:37:44,629 --> 00:37:45,469 You get this part. 765 00:37:45,469 --> 00:37:47,109 This is what God has given you. 766 00:37:47,109 --> 00:37:48,109 This is what God has given you. 767 00:37:48,109 --> 00:37:49,189 This is what God has given you. 768 00:37:49,189 --> 00:37:51,469 And that's when Joshua stops him and said, no, I don't want to 769 00:37:51,469 --> 00:37:54,179 be a part of the drawings for straws, because God's already told 770 00:37:54,179 --> 00:37:55,179 me what lot I get. 771 00:37:57,179 --> 00:37:58,939 I've already been told what lot I get. 772 00:37:59,899 --> 00:38:01,339 Jesus Christ paid it all. 773 00:38:01,979 --> 00:38:03,179 All to him I owe. 774 00:38:03,179 --> 00:38:03,819 Amen. 775 00:38:04,619 --> 00:38:06,459 And Joshua said, I want the mountain. 776 00:38:06,699 --> 00:38:10,459 And he defeated, of course, with God's power, the mountain. 777 00:38:10,699 --> 00:38:12,219 And God gave him the mountain. 778 00:38:12,379 --> 00:38:14,939 But you realize what the Hebron became. 779 00:38:16,299 --> 00:38:17,499 Joshua gave it back. 780 00:38:19,269 --> 00:38:21,989 The city of Hebron became a city of refuge. 781 00:38:22,949 --> 00:38:26,349 There were six cities of refuge that were given to the Levites, 782 00:38:26,349 --> 00:38:27,029 to the priests. 783 00:38:28,069 --> 00:38:29,349 Hebron was one of them. 784 00:38:29,909 --> 00:38:31,749 Well, what was the City of Refuge for? 785 00:38:32,229 --> 00:38:35,829 The cities of Refuge were set up in order that if you committed 786 00:38:35,829 --> 00:38:39,749 involuntary manslaughter, if you killed somebody on accident, 787 00:38:40,069 --> 00:38:41,429 it had to be by accident. 788 00:38:42,949 --> 00:38:46,809 You could run to the City of Refuge and there was a court there. 789 00:38:46,809 --> 00:38:47,889 They would have been set in court. 790 00:38:47,889 --> 00:38:51,369 They would have found him either guilty or not guilty of involuntary 791 00:38:51,369 --> 00:38:52,089 manslaughter. 792 00:38:52,569 --> 00:38:57,569 And if he was found guilty or involuntary manslaughter, in other 793 00:38:57,569 --> 00:39:03,409 words, it was by accident, he could stay in the city and the people 794 00:39:03,409 --> 00:39:04,409 could not touch him. 795 00:39:05,049 --> 00:39:08,169 The family members of those that die of the person who died could 796 00:39:08,169 --> 00:39:08,889 not kill him. 797 00:39:10,009 --> 00:39:10,649 He was. 798 00:39:13,729 --> 00:39:14,369 He had hope. 799 00:39:14,929 --> 00:39:15,889 He was safe. 800 00:39:16,769 --> 00:39:20,129 If he'd stay in the city of Refuge, he had to stay there until 801 00:39:20,129 --> 00:39:20,969 the priest died. 802 00:39:20,969 --> 00:39:21,969 The high priest died. 803 00:39:22,129 --> 00:39:25,489 Once the high priest died, he actually could lead the city of Refuge. 804 00:39:26,689 --> 00:39:27,729 It was a place of hope. 805 00:39:27,729 --> 00:39:32,769 It was a place of receiving new life. 806 00:39:35,809 --> 00:39:36,689 Man, I'm so thankful. 807 00:39:36,689 --> 00:39:40,529 I have hope in the Lord, the place of refuge. 808 00:39:40,529 --> 00:39:41,249 Jesus Christ. 809 00:39:42,449 --> 00:39:44,289 I don't have hope for just this life. 810 00:39:45,009 --> 00:39:47,089 I have hope in the life to come. 811 00:39:47,809 --> 00:39:50,089 See, this life is just a vapor that appeareth for a little while 812 00:39:50,089 --> 00:39:50,929 and vanisheth away. 813 00:39:52,049 --> 00:39:56,849 This is just the grass that grows up for a little bit in Texas, 814 00:39:56,849 --> 00:39:57,769 and then it's gone. 815 00:39:57,769 --> 00:40:01,329 When the sun comes up and heat comes out, the flower that comes 816 00:40:01,329 --> 00:40:03,889 up in that fire bed and then. 817 00:40:04,179 --> 00:40:07,219 And the sun comes out and goes away, that's the life. 818 00:40:07,219 --> 00:40:11,139 Now, this life is just so short. 819 00:40:12,659 --> 00:40:14,419 In fact, the Bible compares it to dust. 820 00:40:17,219 --> 00:40:22,219 God remembered that we were just dust that appeareth for a little 821 00:40:22,219 --> 00:40:23,379 while and then vanisheth away. 822 00:40:25,379 --> 00:40:27,379 I'm so thankful for eternity, aren't you? 823 00:40:28,259 --> 00:40:31,859 I'm so thankful when I put my trust in Jesus Christ and I put my 824 00:40:31,859 --> 00:40:36,679 faith in him, that I received eternal life, the ultimate place 825 00:40:36,679 --> 00:40:39,679 of refuge that's found in Jesus Christ. 826 00:40:41,199 --> 00:40:42,799 I'LL ask you a few questions this morning. 827 00:40:42,799 --> 00:40:43,679 Have you been saved? 828 00:40:44,319 --> 00:40:45,199 Have you been rescued? 829 00:40:45,199 --> 00:40:47,359 Do you know Jesus Christ as your personal savior? 830 00:40:48,399 --> 00:40:50,079 Are you still a slave in Egypt? 831 00:40:50,239 --> 00:40:54,719 Or have you been rescued, redeemed, brought out? 832 00:40:55,039 --> 00:40:56,119 I hope you know you're saved. 833 00:40:56,119 --> 00:40:56,519 If you don't. 834 00:40:56,519 --> 00:40:59,199 We'd love to show you from the Bible how you can have eternal life, 835 00:40:59,659 --> 00:41:01,019 how your sins can be forgiven. 836 00:41:02,139 --> 00:41:03,619 Christian, where are you at in your journey? 837 00:41:03,619 --> 00:41:04,379 As a Christian? 838 00:41:04,539 --> 00:41:06,059 Where are you at in your journey? 839 00:41:07,259 --> 00:41:08,539 Are you wandering in the wilderness? 840 00:41:08,539 --> 00:41:09,899 Are you satisfied with where you're at? 841 00:41:09,899 --> 00:41:14,139 It's why I constantly said over the ministry that God has given 842 00:41:14,139 --> 00:41:17,099 me, I constantly say we should never be satisfied in the Christian 843 00:41:17,099 --> 00:41:17,419 life. 844 00:41:18,139 --> 00:41:20,779 We should never, we never come to the place where we arrive. 845 00:41:21,419 --> 00:41:24,139 Whether you're the preacher or you're the deacon or you're a Sunday 846 00:41:24,139 --> 00:41:27,679 school teacher, whatever, no, no, we never arrive. 847 00:41:27,679 --> 00:41:32,519 There's always, always, always, always room for growth to 848 00:41:32,519 --> 00:41:32,959 go forward. 849 00:41:33,599 --> 00:41:35,279 Are you camped before Jordan? 850 00:41:36,239 --> 00:41:37,479 Have you crossed over Jordan? 851 00:41:37,479 --> 00:41:40,359 Are you living in dependence upon the Lord, Experiencing the joy 852 00:41:40,359 --> 00:41:40,959 of the Lord? 853 00:41:42,079 --> 00:41:44,879 Are you living that abundant life that God intended for us as 854 00:41:44,879 --> 00:41:45,759 Christians to live? 855 00:41:46,159 --> 00:41:48,599 Remember, he brought the children of Israel out of Egypt that 856 00:41:48,599 --> 00:41:50,399 he might bring them into the land of Canaan? 857 00:41:51,209 --> 00:41:52,409 Are you living in that land? 858 00:41:53,769 --> 00:41:55,369 Maybe even a better way to say it. 859 00:41:55,929 --> 00:41:57,689 Do you desire to live in the land? 860 00:41:58,089 --> 00:42:00,569 Two and a half tribes didn't even desire to live in the land. 861 00:42:01,289 --> 00:42:04,329 They just said, give me this side of Jordan, I will be fine. 862 00:42:05,609 --> 00:42:06,448 I'm so thankful. 863 00:42:06,448 --> 00:42:07,529 You can read the history there. 864 00:42:07,769 --> 00:42:09,489 God provided for them and took care of them. 865 00:42:09,489 --> 00:42:11,369 By the way, they were the first to be carried into captivity 866 00:42:11,369 --> 00:42:11,689 too. 867 00:42:12,169 --> 00:42:15,209 They were the first ones to be defeated and carried and gone by 868 00:42:15,209 --> 00:42:16,249 the Assyrian army. 869 00:42:19,139 --> 00:42:20,819 He brought us out that he might bring us in. 870 00:42:22,339 --> 00:42:24,339 Where are you at in your Christian journey? 871 00:42:24,979 --> 00:42:25,939 New Year's coming. 872 00:42:26,899 --> 00:42:29,259 And though the Bible makes it very clear that the Christian life 873 00:42:29,259 --> 00:42:31,819 is a day to day process, in other words, we are to live it day 874 00:42:31,819 --> 00:42:32,259 by day. 875 00:42:32,819 --> 00:42:35,659 Take up thy cross, what daily and follow me. 876 00:42:35,659 --> 00:42:38,179 The inward man is renewed day by day. 877 00:42:39,139 --> 00:42:41,539 But there is something about January 1st. 878 00:42:42,539 --> 00:42:47,579 There is something about Mondays, especially for me. 879 00:42:50,059 --> 00:42:53,339 But can I tell you there is something about January 1st. 880 00:42:53,819 --> 00:42:55,419 Where are you at in your Christian journey? 881 00:42:56,939 --> 00:42:59,099 Is there a desire to move forward? 882 00:42:59,659 --> 00:43:01,099 Do you see the picture? 883 00:43:02,059 --> 00:43:02,939 Do you get it? 884 00:43:03,579 --> 00:43:07,059 Next Sunday we'll delve into its relationship with the book of 885 00:43:07,059 --> 00:43:07,579 Ephesians. 886 00:43:08,889 --> 00:43:14,249 I am telling you, it so interrelates to us being in Christ 887 00:43:14,249 --> 00:43:18,769 Jesus and the riches that we have in the Lord Jesus Christ it's 888 00:43:18,769 --> 00:43:19,289 amazing. 889 00:43:19,449 --> 00:43:21,209 And I hope you'll be here next Sunday to hear it. 890 00:43:21,449 --> 00:43:24,199 Let's all stand we'll have a time of invitation and.