1 00:00:30,019 --> 00:00:30,259 10. 2 00:00:31,139 --> 00:00:32,259 I love that song. 3 00:00:37,619 --> 00:00:40,179 We continue our series in the Book of Joshua. 4 00:00:41,779 --> 00:00:42,379 Say hey. 5 00:00:42,379 --> 00:00:44,819 The end of the year is coming up not too far away. 6 00:00:44,979 --> 00:00:46,379 You got a lot of chapters to go. 7 00:00:46,379 --> 00:00:47,539 We're not going to cover them all. 8 00:00:50,419 --> 00:00:54,899 We preached Joshua chapter nine last week. 9 00:00:56,269 --> 00:00:57,309 Joshua, chapter ten. 10 00:00:59,149 --> 00:01:03,709 The title today is the Lord Fought for Israel. 11 00:01:03,709 --> 00:01:04,989 We won't read this entire chapter. 12 00:01:04,989 --> 00:01:05,949 It's a long chapter. 13 00:01:06,749 --> 00:01:08,349 Let's begin reading in verse six. 14 00:01:10,429 --> 00:01:16,109 And the men of Gibeon sent unto Joshua to the camp to Gilgal, 15 00:01:16,509 --> 00:01:20,789 saying, slack not thy hand from thy servants and come up to 16 00:01:20,789 --> 00:01:25,249 us quickly and save us, and help us, for all the kings of the 17 00:01:25,249 --> 00:01:28,929 Amorites that dwell in the mountains are gathered together against 18 00:01:28,929 --> 00:01:29,289 us. 19 00:01:29,689 --> 00:01:33,689 And so Joshua ascended from Gilgal, he and all the people of 20 00:01:33,689 --> 00:01:36,889 war with him and all the mighty men of valor. 21 00:01:38,089 --> 00:01:42,529 And the Lord said unto Joshua, fear them not, for I have delivered 22 00:01:42,529 --> 00:01:43,769 them into thine hand. 23 00:01:44,809 --> 00:01:47,209 There shall not a man of them stand before thee. 24 00:01:48,299 --> 00:01:52,979 Joshua therefore came unto them suddenly and went up from Gilgal 25 00:01:52,979 --> 00:01:53,739 all night. 26 00:01:54,619 --> 00:01:58,499 And the Lord discomforted them before Israel and slew them with 27 00:01:58,499 --> 00:02:03,299 a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them along the way that 28 00:02:03,299 --> 00:02:11,939 goeth up to Beth Horon and smote them to Azekah and to Makida 29 00:02:11,939 --> 00:02:13,749 Makkedah again. 30 00:02:14,389 --> 00:02:15,789 Just got to say those things fast. 31 00:02:15,789 --> 00:02:17,349 And it comes out right. 32 00:02:22,069 --> 00:02:27,229 And it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel and were 33 00:02:27,229 --> 00:02:32,149 going down into Beth Horon, that the Lord cast down great stones 34 00:02:32,389 --> 00:02:35,989 from heaven upon them unto Ezekiel. 35 00:02:38,638 --> 00:02:39,358 And they died. 36 00:02:40,318 --> 00:02:43,878 And there were more which died with the hailstones than they whom 37 00:02:43,878 --> 00:02:46,158 the children of Israel slew with the sword. 38 00:02:47,438 --> 00:02:51,438 But you think that's a great miracle, look at this verse 12. 39 00:02:52,398 --> 00:02:56,118 Then spake Joshua to the Lord in the day when the Lord delivered 40 00:02:56,118 --> 00:02:58,238 up the Amorites before the children of Israel. 41 00:02:58,478 --> 00:03:05,038 And he said, in the sight of Israel, son, S u n, stand thou still 42 00:03:05,759 --> 00:03:06,639 upon Gibeon. 43 00:03:07,119 --> 00:03:11,759 And thou moon in the valley of Aijalon. 44 00:03:13,839 --> 00:03:18,639 And the sun stood still and the moon stayed until the people 45 00:03:18,959 --> 00:03:21,119 had avenged themselves upon their enemies. 46 00:03:21,839 --> 00:03:25,679 Is it not this written in the book of Jasher? 47 00:03:26,319 --> 00:03:30,359 So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven and hasted not to 48 00:03:30,359 --> 00:03:32,479 go down upon a whole day. 49 00:03:33,469 --> 00:03:37,349 And there was no day like that before it or after it that the Lord 50 00:03:37,349 --> 00:03:39,149 hearkened unto the voice of a man. 51 00:03:39,709 --> 00:03:40,469 For the Lord. 52 00:03:40,469 --> 00:03:41,229 Look at this. 53 00:03:41,869 --> 00:03:44,589 For the Lord fought for Israel. 54 00:03:45,789 --> 00:03:46,709 Look at verse 15. 55 00:03:46,709 --> 00:03:47,509 Before we pray. 56 00:03:47,509 --> 00:03:52,669 And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him unto the camp to 57 00:03:52,909 --> 00:03:53,789 Gilgal. 58 00:03:54,029 --> 00:03:57,069 Just kind of remind you that every time they went and fought. 59 00:03:57,149 --> 00:03:58,669 They come back to Gilgal. 60 00:03:58,919 --> 00:03:59,639 They go fight. 61 00:03:59,719 --> 00:04:00,919 Come back to Gilgal. 62 00:04:01,479 --> 00:04:02,079 Let's pray. 63 00:04:02,079 --> 00:04:05,479 Heavenly Father, we thank you Lord, for your love and your tender 64 00:04:05,479 --> 00:04:05,999 mercies. 65 00:04:05,999 --> 00:04:11,479 And I pray God that today we again would see, Lord, that you are 66 00:04:12,519 --> 00:04:13,639 fighting for us. 67 00:04:14,119 --> 00:04:16,879 And Lord, that we are more than conquerors through you that 68 00:04:16,879 --> 00:04:18,519 loved us and gave yourself for us. 69 00:04:18,519 --> 00:04:25,549 And I pray today we would again just see the importance of 70 00:04:25,549 --> 00:04:30,309 obedience to you and following you, allowing you to lead us and 71 00:04:30,309 --> 00:04:38,349 Lord, accepting the promise that if we will follow, that you 72 00:04:38,349 --> 00:04:39,269 will fight for us. 73 00:04:39,909 --> 00:04:40,669 Lord, we thank you. 74 00:04:40,669 --> 00:04:41,989 In Jesus name, Amen. 75 00:04:43,189 --> 00:04:45,549 As we think about the book of Joshua again, we think about our 76 00:04:45,549 --> 00:04:46,269 theme for the year. 77 00:04:46,269 --> 00:04:47,029 Higher ground. 78 00:04:47,749 --> 00:04:48,549 Higher ground. 79 00:04:49,269 --> 00:04:52,789 And God's purpose or God's will for every Christian is that 80 00:04:52,789 --> 00:04:55,749 we live a victorious Christian life. 81 00:04:56,649 --> 00:05:01,329 That is, that should be and indeed is the goal of every Christian. 82 00:05:01,329 --> 00:05:04,889 Remember now, God delivered the children of Israel from Egypt. 83 00:05:05,129 --> 00:05:07,969 He delivered them from Egypt with a mighty hand. 84 00:05:07,969 --> 00:05:09,849 The Bible says he delivered them from Egypt. 85 00:05:09,849 --> 00:05:12,929 And there's so many ways in which God describes that. 86 00:05:12,929 --> 00:05:14,889 But he delivers them from Egypt with a mighty hand. 87 00:05:14,889 --> 00:05:17,449 He delivers them from Egypt on eagle's wings. 88 00:05:18,249 --> 00:05:20,409 So descriptive of how great God. 89 00:05:21,209 --> 00:05:24,449 A great God performed miraculous things for the children 90 00:05:24,449 --> 00:05:25,009 of Israel. 91 00:05:25,489 --> 00:05:29,809 Great deeds he did for Israel in order to deliver them out of Egypt. 92 00:05:31,169 --> 00:05:34,049 But he didn't deliver them out of Egypt to simply wander in the 93 00:05:34,049 --> 00:05:34,529 wilderness. 94 00:05:34,769 --> 00:05:36,849 Deuteronomy, chapter 6, verse 23. 95 00:05:37,169 --> 00:05:40,569 Again in those sermons by Moses, Moses said, and he brought 96 00:05:40,569 --> 00:05:41,169 us out. 97 00:05:41,329 --> 00:05:44,609 He brought us out of Egypt from thence that he might bring us 98 00:05:44,609 --> 00:05:44,929 in. 99 00:05:45,169 --> 00:05:48,369 He brought us out of Egypt to bring us into the promised land. 100 00:05:48,449 --> 00:05:51,569 He brought us out of Egypt to bring us into Canaan land. 101 00:05:51,569 --> 00:05:53,009 He brought us out of Egypt. 102 00:05:53,009 --> 00:05:57,669 He delivered us from Egypt in order that we might live the victorious 103 00:05:57,669 --> 00:05:58,429 Christian life. 104 00:05:58,749 --> 00:06:01,629 That we might live that life that Jesus intended for us to live. 105 00:06:01,629 --> 00:06:05,549 When he said, I came to give life, I'm so thankful. 106 00:06:05,869 --> 00:06:08,029 God's will for everyone is to be saved. 107 00:06:08,829 --> 00:06:11,229 God wants everyone to accept him as savior. 108 00:06:11,229 --> 00:06:12,989 God wants a personal relationship with you. 109 00:06:13,149 --> 00:06:15,309 He desires a personal relationship with you. 110 00:06:15,309 --> 00:06:18,749 So much so that he sent his son, Jesus Christ, his only begotten 111 00:06:18,749 --> 00:06:21,959 son, to die for our sins. 112 00:06:22,439 --> 00:06:25,959 To be buried and rise again from the dead in order that we might 113 00:06:25,959 --> 00:06:26,999 have eternal life. 114 00:06:27,079 --> 00:06:28,119 He gives life. 115 00:06:28,279 --> 00:06:29,959 Jesus said, I came to give life. 116 00:06:31,959 --> 00:06:33,159 But he didn't stop there. 117 00:06:34,199 --> 00:06:36,119 He said, and give life more abundant. 118 00:06:37,559 --> 00:06:42,439 Aren't you thankful this morning that it's not just heaven 119 00:06:42,519 --> 00:06:44,279 that we gain when we get saved? 120 00:06:45,399 --> 00:06:49,279 I mean, that's a great Thing to escape hell and have a home in 121 00:06:49,279 --> 00:06:49,639 heaven. 122 00:06:50,069 --> 00:06:53,629 And knowing that, not hoping so, not thinking so. 123 00:06:53,629 --> 00:06:54,509 But I'm thankful. 124 00:06:54,509 --> 00:06:58,389 I know when I die, I will go to heaven. 125 00:06:58,949 --> 00:07:02,629 I know when I die, I will escape hell. 126 00:07:03,029 --> 00:07:07,629 Because I put my trust, my faith in Jesus Christ, his life, 127 00:07:07,629 --> 00:07:12,669 his death and his resurrection as my only means of escaping the 128 00:07:12,669 --> 00:07:13,909 wrath of God upon sin. 129 00:07:16,089 --> 00:07:17,289 But that's not where it ends. 130 00:07:18,889 --> 00:07:23,849 God does so much more for us in giving us again that abundant 131 00:07:23,849 --> 00:07:24,169 life. 132 00:07:24,889 --> 00:07:29,129 To give us a rich life, to give us a life that's meaningful 133 00:07:29,369 --> 00:07:30,489 and with purpose. 134 00:07:30,489 --> 00:07:33,929 And so many people today are looking for life with meaning. 135 00:07:34,009 --> 00:07:35,049 Can I tell you, man? 136 00:07:35,049 --> 00:07:43,369 God gives us that and more than that, his love, his grace and 137 00:07:43,369 --> 00:07:44,209 his mercy. 138 00:07:44,369 --> 00:07:49,049 And I could go on and on, but Moses reminded the children of Israel. 139 00:07:49,049 --> 00:07:53,729 Hey, God didn't bring you out of Egypt and deliver you from Egypt 140 00:07:53,729 --> 00:07:56,049 just so you could wander for 40 years in the wilderness. 141 00:07:56,369 --> 00:07:59,089 He brought you out that he might bring you into Canaan. 142 00:08:00,369 --> 00:08:04,609 He brought them out after 400 years of bondage, he sent Moses to 143 00:08:04,609 --> 00:08:05,329 deliver them. 144 00:08:05,329 --> 00:08:08,609 They came to Mount Sinai and they received the Ten Commandments 145 00:08:08,609 --> 00:08:10,219 and they came to Jordan. 146 00:08:10,219 --> 00:08:13,699 And because of the lack of faith, they did not cross over at 147 00:08:13,699 --> 00:08:14,339 that time. 148 00:08:16,019 --> 00:08:19,859 Now, 40 years later, they've come through the wilderness journey. 149 00:08:20,419 --> 00:08:22,579 They crossed Jordan on dry ground. 150 00:08:23,139 --> 00:08:24,339 What a great miracle. 151 00:08:26,499 --> 00:08:28,579 They set up some special memorials there. 152 00:08:29,539 --> 00:08:31,859 Not only in the Jordan river, but in gilgal. 153 00:08:33,619 --> 00:08:37,299 Set up 12 stones to remind them of the great miracle God performed 154 00:08:37,299 --> 00:08:39,139 by parting the Jordan River. 155 00:08:40,879 --> 00:08:43,599 The camp in Gilgal became a special place. 156 00:08:44,639 --> 00:08:47,039 The city of Gilgal became a special place. 157 00:08:48,399 --> 00:08:52,239 Then they surrounded Jericho and God made the walls come down. 158 00:08:53,359 --> 00:08:55,359 A battle they could not win on their own. 159 00:08:56,079 --> 00:08:59,919 An impossible, impossible enemy to defeat. 160 00:09:00,719 --> 00:09:02,559 And God did it for them. 161 00:09:03,439 --> 00:09:04,799 God fought for them. 162 00:09:06,739 --> 00:09:10,819 They lost the battle in AI, a smaller city that they should have 163 00:09:11,299 --> 00:09:12,259 no doubt defeated. 164 00:09:12,259 --> 00:09:15,019 But because of hidden sin and because of their prayerlessness and 165 00:09:15,019 --> 00:09:16,779 disobedience, they were defeated. 166 00:09:16,779 --> 00:09:20,019 But then, as they asked for forgiveness and God forgave them 167 00:09:20,019 --> 00:09:23,459 and they got rid of sin in the camp, then they went in, they won 168 00:09:23,539 --> 00:09:27,299 and defeated AI and Bethel. 169 00:09:29,459 --> 00:09:33,699 After that great victory, they came to the valley of Shechem between 170 00:09:33,699 --> 00:09:37,259 those two mountains and rededicated themselves to the Lord 171 00:09:37,259 --> 00:09:40,619 and reconsecrated themselves and renewed themselves. 172 00:09:41,979 --> 00:09:44,219 By the way, we as Christians sometimes need to do that. 173 00:09:45,019 --> 00:09:48,819 We just need a time to say, hey, Lord, I thank you for the victories. 174 00:09:48,819 --> 00:09:51,499 And Lord, the defeats happen. 175 00:09:51,499 --> 00:09:59,829 And Lord, I'm sorry, Lord, I want to yield myself to you, consecrate 176 00:09:59,829 --> 00:10:04,789 myself to you, and Then we have the deceitfulness of the Gibbonites. 177 00:10:05,669 --> 00:10:06,189 Remember that. 178 00:10:06,189 --> 00:10:09,349 That's what we preached on last Sunday and we illustrated. 179 00:10:09,509 --> 00:10:15,029 The picture here is that of us as Christians dealing with the enemy, 180 00:10:16,069 --> 00:10:17,509 the world, the flesh and the devil. 181 00:10:17,509 --> 00:10:21,109 But again, the devil uses all his devices and he is deceitful. 182 00:10:21,989 --> 00:10:24,789 He's not just a roaring lion, he's also a snake. 183 00:10:26,039 --> 00:10:29,159 Sometimes, again, I think I'm the one who says it more often than 184 00:10:29,159 --> 00:10:29,479 anything. 185 00:10:29,479 --> 00:10:31,279 He's a roaring lion seeking who may devour. 186 00:10:31,279 --> 00:10:38,599 We never mention about again the snake, just so deceitful. 187 00:10:39,319 --> 00:10:45,079 He's a liar seeking to deceive you. 188 00:10:45,239 --> 00:10:46,759 And that's what the Gibeonites did. 189 00:10:46,759 --> 00:10:50,039 They deceived Israel, made a league with them. 190 00:10:51,009 --> 00:10:53,649 You have to go back and read it yourself in chapter nine. 191 00:10:54,769 --> 00:11:03,009 And now we are starting the battle of the southern campaign. 192 00:11:03,969 --> 00:11:08,529 So Jericho and AI are the middle portion of the land. 193 00:11:09,889 --> 00:11:14,049 And we're fixing to see the Gibbonites live in the southern part. 194 00:11:15,089 --> 00:11:17,569 And so he's about to start the southern campaign. 195 00:11:18,979 --> 00:11:24,419 And he starts the southern campaign with an invitation to come. 196 00:11:26,179 --> 00:11:31,059 The Gibeonites said, hey, we made a league with you. 197 00:11:31,539 --> 00:11:34,939 And we have these five kings who come up against us, Come help 198 00:11:34,939 --> 00:11:35,299 us. 199 00:11:36,739 --> 00:11:39,979 And so in verses 1 through 5, we see the Amorites, the Canaanites. 200 00:11:39,979 --> 00:11:41,859 There the kings make alliances. 201 00:11:41,859 --> 00:11:44,259 These five kings, these are again the enemies. 202 00:11:45,319 --> 00:11:48,599 Israel, by the way, the enemy of Israel is the enemy of God. 203 00:11:49,879 --> 00:11:52,119 I want to remind you, lots are going on in the news. 204 00:11:53,079 --> 00:11:55,959 And I'm thankful for a country who has stood behind Israel. 205 00:11:56,439 --> 00:11:59,239 I'm thankful for a president that stands behind Israel. 206 00:12:05,239 --> 00:12:08,919 These five kings feared the alliance that Israel had made with 207 00:12:08,919 --> 00:12:09,479 Gibeon. 208 00:12:10,449 --> 00:12:15,129 And because of that fear, they, five of them, five kings got 209 00:12:15,129 --> 00:12:17,769 together and said, hey, let's make a lead together, an alliance 210 00:12:17,769 --> 00:12:18,769 together, and let's go. 211 00:12:19,569 --> 00:12:21,249 Let's go defeat and let's go attack. 212 00:12:21,249 --> 00:12:27,729 The Gibeonites, they feared these five kings feared Israel. 213 00:12:28,209 --> 00:12:29,129 They feared Israel. 214 00:12:29,129 --> 00:12:32,369 And they feared Joshua because of the success they'd had at Jericho. 215 00:12:32,529 --> 00:12:35,329 They feared him because of the success they had had at AI. 216 00:12:35,329 --> 00:12:37,499 And they were coming for them. 217 00:12:38,459 --> 00:12:39,259 They knew it. 218 00:12:41,819 --> 00:12:46,379 And so again we see this fear taking place. 219 00:12:47,899 --> 00:12:53,099 It is amazes me how many times that when God uses someone or God 220 00:12:53,179 --> 00:12:56,819 does something for someone, that sometimes we as Christians have 221 00:12:56,819 --> 00:13:01,419 a tendency to, I don't know, be jealous. 222 00:13:04,039 --> 00:13:06,439 This is dealt with in the New Testament many times when it comes 223 00:13:06,439 --> 00:13:10,439 to the book of Corinthians and Romans, when the Bible makes it clear 224 00:13:10,439 --> 00:13:14,799 that God has given to every Christian gifts to use in the church 225 00:13:14,799 --> 00:13:18,198 to help build up the church, to help encourage the church. 226 00:13:19,239 --> 00:13:23,199 And the Bible says that God gave gifts to everyone as he saw 227 00:13:23,199 --> 00:13:23,639 fit. 228 00:13:24,999 --> 00:13:28,279 So we're going to be careful in the Christian life that successes 229 00:13:28,279 --> 00:13:34,579 of others, that we rejoice with those who have success and don't 230 00:13:34,579 --> 00:13:38,979 allow ourselves that selfishness to impose upon our will 231 00:13:38,979 --> 00:13:42,299 and cause ourselves to sin because of it. 232 00:13:44,939 --> 00:13:47,699 See, God promised Israel that if they would do right, he would 233 00:13:47,699 --> 00:13:48,299 be with them. 234 00:13:49,579 --> 00:13:53,659 God promised if Israel would follow him, that he would bless them, 235 00:13:53,659 --> 00:13:55,259 that he would fight for them. 236 00:13:55,259 --> 00:13:58,299 Over and over and over again he promises that he will fight for 237 00:13:58,299 --> 00:13:58,539 them. 238 00:14:00,359 --> 00:14:02,919 And in light of that, Joshua saw great success. 239 00:14:07,479 --> 00:14:13,199 I'm thankful for a church who believes the Bible, who believes 240 00:14:13,199 --> 00:14:16,799 the Bible is the inspired, inerrant word of God and that it 241 00:14:16,799 --> 00:14:17,879 is our roadmap. 242 00:14:18,039 --> 00:14:18,919 It's our guide. 243 00:14:19,719 --> 00:14:21,279 This is how God speaks to us. 244 00:14:21,279 --> 00:14:24,039 Of course we understand the Holy Spirit as well in that still 245 00:14:24,039 --> 00:14:24,599 small voice. 246 00:14:24,599 --> 00:14:27,719 But as God speaks to us, this is a lamp unto our feet, a light 247 00:14:27,719 --> 00:14:28,559 unto our path. 248 00:14:29,119 --> 00:14:30,959 We're to follow Him. 249 00:14:30,959 --> 00:14:31,519 We're to. 250 00:14:31,759 --> 00:14:36,439 As he guides us, we're to lean not into our own understanding, but 251 00:14:36,439 --> 00:14:37,079 in all thy ways. 252 00:14:37,079 --> 00:14:39,519 Acknowledge him and he will direct our paths. 253 00:14:41,679 --> 00:14:44,639 I'm thankful that we, as a church, and I'll put it this way, 254 00:14:44,639 --> 00:14:48,999 believe in the old paths, that we still believe in the old time 255 00:14:48,999 --> 00:14:49,359 way. 256 00:14:50,479 --> 00:14:53,519 That we believe that a successful church is one that follows 257 00:14:53,599 --> 00:14:56,759 the Bible, that the Bible is our guide. 258 00:14:59,079 --> 00:15:01,479 The Bible makes it clear that preaching is paramount. 259 00:15:02,039 --> 00:15:04,119 That it's through the foolishness of preaching that God 260 00:15:04,599 --> 00:15:08,199 uses to save souls in the New Testament. 261 00:15:08,199 --> 00:15:11,759 It's through preaching that God uses to teach his people and 262 00:15:11,759 --> 00:15:13,639 build his people up and encourage his people. 263 00:15:14,839 --> 00:15:15,959 We believe in prayer. 264 00:15:16,999 --> 00:15:18,879 Prayer is a muscle that moves the arm of God. 265 00:15:18,879 --> 00:15:19,799 Pray without ceasing. 266 00:15:20,119 --> 00:15:20,679 Amen. 267 00:15:20,919 --> 00:15:22,919 We ought to always be in an attitude of prayer. 268 00:15:22,919 --> 00:15:25,479 We believe again in worship and singing. 269 00:15:25,899 --> 00:15:27,819 I'm thankful for the music we have here at our church. 270 00:15:27,899 --> 00:15:30,859 I've said that a whole lot the last couple, two, three Sundays. 271 00:15:30,859 --> 00:15:36,859 I'm just amazed how God is using those who play instruments 272 00:15:36,859 --> 00:15:38,619 here and those who have a voice. 273 00:15:38,619 --> 00:15:43,459 And God's been so good to us and we ought to worship him in spirit 274 00:15:43,459 --> 00:15:44,059 and in truth. 275 00:15:44,059 --> 00:15:47,339 And it's important again, the preaching, the praying, the singing. 276 00:15:47,419 --> 00:15:49,659 By the way, I'm still glad that we're a church that says Amen 277 00:15:49,659 --> 00:15:50,459 every once in a while. 278 00:15:51,909 --> 00:15:52,149 Shout. 279 00:15:52,149 --> 00:15:53,189 Don't lose the shout. 280 00:15:54,389 --> 00:15:56,309 We talked about this the other here a while back. 281 00:15:56,309 --> 00:15:56,709 Amen. 282 00:15:56,709 --> 00:16:01,189 Just simply means I agree let's practice. 283 00:16:01,589 --> 00:16:02,149 Ready? 284 00:16:02,309 --> 00:16:02,949 I agree. 285 00:16:04,309 --> 00:16:05,509 See, that's awesome. 286 00:16:11,189 --> 00:16:14,989 I'm thankful for a church who still believes in altars though. 287 00:16:14,989 --> 00:16:17,389 I would say, and I haven't said this yet, I'm going to say it 288 00:16:17,389 --> 00:16:17,829 this morning. 289 00:16:18,849 --> 00:16:21,169 Since COVID hasn't been used as much. 290 00:16:21,489 --> 00:16:23,329 I hate to even bring up the COVID word. 291 00:16:25,009 --> 00:16:29,689 I kind of want to ask as your pastor, why, when's the last time 292 00:16:29,689 --> 00:16:34,449 you went to the altar to pray and to cast your care upon the Lord 293 00:16:35,089 --> 00:16:39,009 or to come here and die to self and the altar is a place to 294 00:16:39,009 --> 00:16:39,809 come die on. 295 00:16:40,209 --> 00:16:41,649 That's what altars were used for. 296 00:16:42,929 --> 00:16:45,369 I'm glad I'm part of a church that's a soul winning church who 297 00:16:45,369 --> 00:16:49,619 believes that the Great Commission is our mission, that winning 298 00:16:49,619 --> 00:16:52,499 people to Jesus and giving them the gospel and seeing them baptized 299 00:16:52,499 --> 00:16:56,259 and seeing them discipled is our main purpose. 300 00:16:57,779 --> 00:16:58,619 That's the goal. 301 00:16:58,619 --> 00:17:02,499 That's where and if it's our goal, then our budget should reflect 302 00:17:02,499 --> 00:17:02,739 that. 303 00:17:02,739 --> 00:17:03,379 And it does. 304 00:17:03,459 --> 00:17:07,179 I'm so thankful for a church who gives the amount of finances 305 00:17:07,179 --> 00:17:09,059 we have to missions and so many other things. 306 00:17:14,029 --> 00:17:17,029 Somebody's asked me again here recently about why our church is 307 00:17:17,029 --> 00:17:17,549 a little different. 308 00:17:18,429 --> 00:17:21,389 And I always say, well, I think it's church like it used to 309 00:17:21,389 --> 00:17:21,629 be. 310 00:17:22,509 --> 00:17:25,029 It's not a bad thing now. 311 00:17:25,029 --> 00:17:29,189 It's not old fashioned as in 50 years ago, but old fashioned as 312 00:17:29,189 --> 00:17:30,749 in 2000 years ago. 313 00:17:31,229 --> 00:17:32,669 The church should be timeless. 314 00:17:34,749 --> 00:17:35,389 Help me out. 315 00:17:35,389 --> 00:17:35,949 Amen. 316 00:17:36,269 --> 00:17:41,459 I mean, I know our crowd here this morning, we like, we believe 317 00:17:41,459 --> 00:17:42,179 this is it. 318 00:17:42,499 --> 00:17:47,979 I said to somebody, the church I grew up until I was 11, the church 319 00:17:47,979 --> 00:17:51,939 I grew up in until I was 11, Bible Baptist Church in Bowie. 320 00:17:52,739 --> 00:17:53,939 God blessed that church. 321 00:17:53,939 --> 00:17:55,458 It grew and it saw revival. 322 00:17:55,458 --> 00:17:58,539 And lots of men were called to preach out of that church over about 323 00:17:58,539 --> 00:17:59,339 a 20 year span. 324 00:17:59,339 --> 00:18:01,139 About 20 or 30 men were called to preach. 325 00:18:01,219 --> 00:18:03,139 It was just an amazing church as a kid. 326 00:18:03,539 --> 00:18:07,829 And when I think of that church, that's the church I think 327 00:18:07,829 --> 00:18:09,869 about that I want to see reproduced. 328 00:18:10,989 --> 00:18:12,189 And that's what I see today. 329 00:18:14,429 --> 00:18:18,349 Whether it's children's church or vbs or all the things we're involved 330 00:18:18,349 --> 00:18:21,229 in, God uses those things. 331 00:18:24,429 --> 00:18:27,069 Success as a church. 332 00:18:30,349 --> 00:18:33,729 We've seen recently across the nation. 333 00:18:34,849 --> 00:18:36,929 Record visitors to churches. 334 00:18:36,929 --> 00:18:38,049 Record of visitors. 335 00:18:38,049 --> 00:18:39,089 First time visitors. 336 00:18:40,049 --> 00:18:41,249 You can go read about it. 337 00:18:41,969 --> 00:18:42,369 Record. 338 00:18:43,169 --> 00:18:43,969 Listen to this. 339 00:18:44,289 --> 00:18:48,528 Record Bible sales in the last two or three weeks. 340 00:18:48,529 --> 00:18:48,929 Record. 341 00:18:49,089 --> 00:18:51,049 Not like, oh yeah, they sold a few Bibles. 342 00:18:51,049 --> 00:18:52,369 Record Bible sales. 343 00:18:53,489 --> 00:18:53,889 Why? 344 00:18:55,649 --> 00:19:02,019 Well, Charlie Kirk, I think it just, it just slaps some people in 345 00:19:02,019 --> 00:19:06,379 the face, especially Christians it just kind of, hey, 346 00:19:06,539 --> 00:19:09,899 better wake up, better wake up. 347 00:19:11,819 --> 00:19:15,299 Better see that what we've been saying and preaching that our 348 00:19:15,299 --> 00:19:16,699 nation's headed the wrong way. 349 00:19:16,859 --> 00:19:22,019 We see that in full focus when it comes to the assassination of 350 00:19:22,019 --> 00:19:22,779 Charlie Kirk. 351 00:19:23,599 --> 00:19:23,839 And. 352 00:19:23,839 --> 00:19:26,919 But we do see the reaction, kind of like we had at 9, 11, the 353 00:19:26,919 --> 00:19:28,359 reaction of people. 354 00:19:28,359 --> 00:19:31,199 But listen, that has to be maintained in order to see success. 355 00:19:32,239 --> 00:19:33,279 And that's what Israel had. 356 00:19:33,279 --> 00:19:34,519 They had to maintain it. 357 00:19:34,519 --> 00:19:35,719 They had to keep going. 358 00:19:35,719 --> 00:19:37,279 They had to be steadfast. 359 00:19:39,279 --> 00:19:40,439 I pray for America. 360 00:19:40,439 --> 00:19:41,159 I hope you do too. 361 00:19:41,159 --> 00:19:41,519 I know you. 362 00:19:41,519 --> 00:19:46,359 I know you do pray for the Christians and churches that we have 363 00:19:46,359 --> 00:19:46,879 revival. 364 00:19:52,969 --> 00:19:54,809 The kings feared Israel. 365 00:19:56,489 --> 00:20:01,689 I say the world needs to see God do a work in us and through us. 366 00:20:02,649 --> 00:20:04,249 And they ought to recognize it. 367 00:20:05,849 --> 00:20:07,609 They certainly recognized God. 368 00:20:08,249 --> 00:20:10,809 Miraculous miracles he did for Israel. 369 00:20:12,249 --> 00:20:14,009 And they ought to see those things in us. 370 00:20:15,939 --> 00:20:19,539 We see number two, Joshua responds to the Gibeonites request. 371 00:20:20,179 --> 00:20:23,659 We have the kings kind of getting together and marching against 372 00:20:23,659 --> 00:20:25,179 Gibeon in verses one through five. 373 00:20:25,179 --> 00:20:28,059 And then we have the response of Gibeon or response of Joshua to 374 00:20:28,059 --> 00:20:28,579 Gibeon. 375 00:20:28,659 --> 00:20:31,299 And they said to him, do not delay, come up. 376 00:20:31,299 --> 00:20:32,619 They're already fighting against us. 377 00:20:32,619 --> 00:20:34,099 They're already taking us down. 378 00:20:34,179 --> 00:20:35,499 And Joshua did not delay. 379 00:20:35,499 --> 00:20:42,429 The Bible says Joshua did all he could before God did all he did. 380 00:20:44,189 --> 00:20:46,989 I know it's cliche, but it's also biblical principle. 381 00:20:47,149 --> 00:20:50,669 You want God to do something for you, then you move forward. 382 00:20:52,349 --> 00:20:53,789 You take the initiative. 383 00:20:55,309 --> 00:20:55,949 Amen. 384 00:20:58,509 --> 00:21:05,469 God, man worked a mighty miracle after Joshua. 385 00:21:05,859 --> 00:21:09,139 The Bible says in verse seven, ascended from Gilgal, he and all 386 00:21:09,139 --> 00:21:11,579 the people of war with him and all the mighty men of valor. 387 00:21:11,579 --> 00:21:13,299 And the Lord said to Joshua, fear not. 388 00:21:13,379 --> 00:21:14,739 Listen, I'm going to take care of you. 389 00:21:14,739 --> 00:21:16,179 God promised them a victory. 390 00:21:16,259 --> 00:21:18,099 Go forward and I'll take care of you. 391 00:21:20,819 --> 00:21:22,339 But go forward, don't wait. 392 00:21:23,459 --> 00:21:25,979 Maybe there's someone in the auditorium this morning who's waiting 393 00:21:25,979 --> 00:21:26,739 to get saved. 394 00:21:28,419 --> 00:21:28,819 No. 395 00:21:29,699 --> 00:21:31,099 Don't boast thyself of tomorrow. 396 00:21:31,099 --> 00:21:33,979 The Bible says no man knows what tomorrow may bring forth. 397 00:21:33,979 --> 00:21:35,059 You don't know what's going to happen. 398 00:21:35,739 --> 00:21:36,859 I don't know what's going to happen. 399 00:21:38,059 --> 00:21:40,139 The Bible says today is the day of salvation. 400 00:21:40,139 --> 00:21:43,299 I hope today you know Jesus Christ as your savior, the greatest 401 00:21:43,299 --> 00:21:44,379 decision you'll ever make. 402 00:21:45,499 --> 00:21:47,499 We do have an invitation at the end of the service here. 403 00:21:47,499 --> 00:21:51,019 In a few minutes, song will start playing and we invite you to 404 00:21:51,019 --> 00:21:54,419 come forward and we'll show you from the Bible how you can have 405 00:21:54,419 --> 00:21:57,899 Jesus Christ as your savior, how you can have a personal Relationship 406 00:21:57,899 --> 00:21:59,659 with Jesus, how you can have your sins forgiven. 407 00:22:00,539 --> 00:22:02,059 I hope that you know you're saved. 408 00:22:05,239 --> 00:22:10,079 Fear not, he said, God said in verse eight, the Bible says Joshua 409 00:22:10,079 --> 00:22:11,799 came down suddenly and went to Gilgal. 410 00:22:11,879 --> 00:22:13,119 By the way, he did it all night. 411 00:22:13,119 --> 00:22:13,959 It's not that. 412 00:22:14,439 --> 00:22:18,398 He just said, alright, God magically make my enemies disappear. 413 00:22:18,398 --> 00:22:19,159 No, no, no. 414 00:22:19,239 --> 00:22:20,439 He put the effort in. 415 00:22:20,919 --> 00:22:22,279 They marched all night. 416 00:22:23,399 --> 00:22:24,599 They marched all night. 417 00:22:25,159 --> 00:22:28,439 Imagine how tired they were when they got to Gibeon. 418 00:22:29,419 --> 00:22:30,619 Marching all night, tired. 419 00:22:30,699 --> 00:22:33,499 Well, it didn't matter because God was going to fight for them anyway. 420 00:22:34,139 --> 00:22:36,699 I mean, God sent stones down. 421 00:22:36,939 --> 00:22:38,459 I could just see God up in heaven. 422 00:22:38,619 --> 00:22:40,059 I don't. 423 00:22:48,059 --> 00:22:49,499 Nobody knows what I'm trying to do. 424 00:22:50,219 --> 00:22:50,699 Yeah. 425 00:22:51,419 --> 00:22:54,619 Instead of, you know, a bullet, it's big stones. 426 00:22:54,619 --> 00:22:55,659 God's shooting them down. 427 00:22:58,979 --> 00:22:59,699 That's what it says. 428 00:23:00,899 --> 00:23:04,459 I'm illustrating it a little funny because that's just the way 429 00:23:04,459 --> 00:23:04,979 that I am. 430 00:23:05,139 --> 00:23:08,019 But he sent stones from heaven. 431 00:23:11,459 --> 00:23:16,139 More were killed by the stones that God sent than all that Israel 432 00:23:16,139 --> 00:23:16,579 slew. 433 00:23:17,139 --> 00:23:18,299 So who won the battle? 434 00:23:18,299 --> 00:23:19,419 Who actually won the battle? 435 00:23:19,419 --> 00:23:20,419 God won the battle. 436 00:23:20,979 --> 00:23:24,019 And he did so as he had already done at Jericho, to show 437 00:23:24,019 --> 00:23:24,899 the children of Israel. 438 00:23:24,899 --> 00:23:26,049 I will fight for you. 439 00:23:26,359 --> 00:23:29,079 You, you can't do this on your own. 440 00:23:29,399 --> 00:23:33,959 You can't defeat this alliance of these five kings and these five 441 00:23:33,959 --> 00:23:34,479 nations. 442 00:23:34,479 --> 00:23:35,639 You can't do it on your own. 443 00:23:35,639 --> 00:23:37,479 You cannot accomplish that on your own. 444 00:23:37,479 --> 00:23:40,719 And can I tell you, we cannot defeat the enemies in our life. 445 00:23:40,719 --> 00:23:44,119 We cannot defeat the flesh, the world and the devil in our life. 446 00:23:44,439 --> 00:23:45,959 God has to do it for us. 447 00:23:46,359 --> 00:23:47,959 And we have to rely upon Him. 448 00:23:49,559 --> 00:23:51,959 Do things God's way and he will fight for you. 449 00:23:52,679 --> 00:23:54,679 Follow God's will and he will fight for you. 450 00:23:54,759 --> 00:23:55,639 I don't have time to. 451 00:23:55,639 --> 00:23:57,839 The illustration I want to give, but some of you will get it 452 00:23:57,839 --> 00:23:59,239 without me having to give the whole thing. 453 00:23:59,319 --> 00:24:01,079 Think about Elijah and the widow woman. 454 00:24:01,719 --> 00:24:04,479 As Elijah approached the widow woman and God said, hey, tell this 455 00:24:04,479 --> 00:24:06,999 widow lady to make you some food. 456 00:24:07,159 --> 00:24:08,279 I'm summarizing. 457 00:24:09,159 --> 00:24:10,839 And he approaches the widow woman. 458 00:24:10,839 --> 00:24:13,759 The widow woman says, I only have enough for me and my son, and 459 00:24:13,759 --> 00:24:15,079 we're going to eat this and die. 460 00:24:16,599 --> 00:24:18,519 Elijah said, well, make me one first. 461 00:24:20,209 --> 00:24:22,089 Now she knew he was the man of God. 462 00:24:22,089 --> 00:24:23,489 She knew that God spoke through him. 463 00:24:23,809 --> 00:24:28,049 And so she obeyed because she knew that that was what God wanted 464 00:24:28,049 --> 00:24:28,489 her to do. 465 00:24:28,489 --> 00:24:29,089 And she did that. 466 00:24:29,089 --> 00:24:30,049 And guess what happened? 467 00:24:31,409 --> 00:24:34,289 The oil that she had never ran out. 468 00:24:34,848 --> 00:24:37,089 That barrel of meal never ran out. 469 00:24:37,089 --> 00:24:40,729 She would go the next day and she would, you know, use all of it 470 00:24:40,729 --> 00:24:41,969 and come back the next day. 471 00:24:41,969 --> 00:24:42,809 And there would be more in it. 472 00:24:42,809 --> 00:24:43,649 Oh, there's more in it. 473 00:24:43,649 --> 00:24:44,529 And it's amazing. 474 00:24:44,529 --> 00:24:45,489 It's a great miracle. 475 00:24:46,599 --> 00:24:51,319 And because she did it God's way, because she followed the Lord, 476 00:24:51,559 --> 00:24:56,079 because she was an obedient to the Lord, God fought for her, sent 477 00:24:56,079 --> 00:24:56,759 Elijah. 478 00:24:57,799 --> 00:24:59,399 God will fight for you, Number three. 479 00:24:59,639 --> 00:25:03,399 God will do the impossible when you do it his way. 480 00:25:04,519 --> 00:25:05,039 Love it. 481 00:25:05,039 --> 00:25:05,879 Joshua prayed. 482 00:25:05,959 --> 00:25:08,279 And the Bible says here he prayed before all of Israel. 483 00:25:08,519 --> 00:25:09,919 So get that understanding now. 484 00:25:09,919 --> 00:25:12,399 He's not just over in his closet in this instance, praying 485 00:25:12,399 --> 00:25:12,759 to God. 486 00:25:12,759 --> 00:25:14,439 Lord, no, no, no. 487 00:25:14,839 --> 00:25:18,279 All of Israel heard him as he prayed in verse 12. 488 00:25:20,039 --> 00:25:20,999 Stand still. 489 00:25:21,959 --> 00:25:28,639 He prayed for the sun to stand still, the moon to stand still, for 490 00:25:28,639 --> 00:25:31,519 the day to be longer in order that they might completely defeat 491 00:25:31,519 --> 00:25:34,039 their enemies before the sun went down. 492 00:25:35,799 --> 00:25:37,439 Oh, you say, oh, that can't. 493 00:25:37,439 --> 00:25:37,879 That's not. 494 00:25:37,879 --> 00:25:39,479 That's impossible, preacher. 495 00:25:39,479 --> 00:25:42,239 And I'm not sure about all those miracles in the Bible. 496 00:25:42,399 --> 00:25:44,559 I think it's more of a metaphor. 497 00:25:44,799 --> 00:25:46,159 You know, it's an allegory. 498 00:25:46,959 --> 00:25:47,679 No, it's not. 499 00:25:49,519 --> 00:25:50,799 Say, what happened on that day? 500 00:25:51,359 --> 00:25:52,479 The sun stood still. 501 00:25:53,599 --> 00:25:54,479 What happened on that day? 502 00:25:54,479 --> 00:25:55,439 The moon stood still. 503 00:25:57,839 --> 00:25:58,439 Amen. 504 00:25:58,439 --> 00:25:59,759 You say, well, you don't understand. 505 00:26:00,319 --> 00:26:01,599 You know, the sun doesn't really. 506 00:26:01,599 --> 00:26:02,559 The earth is going around. 507 00:26:02,559 --> 00:26:04,159 I just. 508 00:26:04,159 --> 00:26:05,199 That's what the Bible says. 509 00:26:08,349 --> 00:26:09,789 The earth stopped rotating. 510 00:26:11,309 --> 00:26:15,189 He said, well, if you do that, everybody falls off because there's 511 00:26:15,189 --> 00:26:15,909 no gravity. 512 00:26:15,909 --> 00:26:16,269 And. 513 00:26:18,589 --> 00:26:27,309 Well, who made the natural laws and who made the earth and all 514 00:26:27,309 --> 00:26:28,029 things therein? 515 00:26:28,029 --> 00:26:28,549 God did. 516 00:26:28,549 --> 00:26:29,309 God made it. 517 00:26:29,469 --> 00:26:30,749 God created in the beginning. 518 00:26:30,749 --> 00:26:32,109 God created the heavens and the earth. 519 00:26:33,139 --> 00:26:34,259 All things were made by him. 520 00:26:34,259 --> 00:26:35,939 Without him was not anything made that was made. 521 00:26:37,059 --> 00:26:40,339 He who made the sun, moon and stars has authority over the sun, 522 00:26:40,339 --> 00:26:41,219 moon and stars. 523 00:26:41,939 --> 00:26:45,379 He who made the natural laws has authority over the natural laws. 524 00:26:46,499 --> 00:26:48,899 I mean, even in the ship, he said, wind, be still. 525 00:26:49,059 --> 00:26:53,539 The wind stopped, the wind ceased, the storm stopped. 526 00:26:55,299 --> 00:26:59,819 He has his power over nature because he created it. 527 00:27:01,259 --> 00:27:03,499 We don't have to balk. 528 00:27:05,099 --> 00:27:10,939 We don't have to be skeptic of what God has and what he's written 529 00:27:10,939 --> 00:27:12,099 in his book concerning miracles. 530 00:27:12,099 --> 00:27:13,579 No, no, we accept it by faith. 531 00:27:15,419 --> 00:27:16,819 Nothing is too hard for the Lord. 532 00:27:16,819 --> 00:27:18,459 The Bible says Genesis 18. 533 00:27:18,939 --> 00:27:20,539 Nothing is impossible with God. 534 00:27:20,779 --> 00:27:25,349 Luke and I could go on Jeremiah, all reference that nothing's 535 00:27:25,349 --> 00:27:26,149 too hard for God. 536 00:27:27,909 --> 00:27:29,349 God can do the impossible. 537 00:27:33,429 --> 00:27:37,349 By the way, just as a side note, you either believe in eternal 538 00:27:37,349 --> 00:27:39,989 matter or eternal master. 539 00:27:41,349 --> 00:27:43,269 The evolutionists believe in eternal matter. 540 00:27:44,789 --> 00:27:46,469 Where did the speck of dust come from? 541 00:27:47,429 --> 00:27:50,949 They have to believe in eternal Matters have to. 542 00:27:52,229 --> 00:27:55,989 I also have to believe that inanimate produced animate. 543 00:27:56,469 --> 00:27:58,629 That a rock came alive. 544 00:27:59,909 --> 00:28:03,829 Takes more faith to believe in evolution than it does the creation 545 00:28:03,829 --> 00:28:04,789 story of the Bible. 546 00:28:06,229 --> 00:28:06,789 By the way. 547 00:28:06,789 --> 00:28:08,149 Evolution is a belief system. 548 00:28:09,429 --> 00:28:10,349 It's not a fact. 549 00:28:10,349 --> 00:28:15,469 And it still bothers me that it's presented as a fact instead 550 00:28:15,469 --> 00:28:16,069 of a theory. 551 00:28:16,889 --> 00:28:17,689 It's not a fact. 552 00:28:20,169 --> 00:28:21,449 It's preposterous. 553 00:28:24,249 --> 00:28:24,969 Oh my goodness. 554 00:28:24,969 --> 00:28:25,849 I wish I had time. 555 00:28:26,649 --> 00:28:31,449 Have you ever studied, have you ever read about a gecko lizard? 556 00:28:33,129 --> 00:28:34,409 Oh, my goodness. 557 00:28:34,489 --> 00:28:35,969 I promise you, go home. 558 00:28:35,969 --> 00:28:38,969 There's lots of YouTube videos, love the Internet. 559 00:28:39,369 --> 00:28:45,569 Go home, type in gecko lizard and look at just that lizard alone. 560 00:28:46,129 --> 00:28:47,329 What it can do. 561 00:28:47,489 --> 00:28:48,129 It can. 562 00:28:48,529 --> 00:28:52,089 Its little feet can stick on anything glass. 563 00:28:52,089 --> 00:28:54,209 It can go upside down anywhere it wants to go. 564 00:28:54,529 --> 00:28:55,809 Don't you wish you could do that? 565 00:28:57,089 --> 00:28:57,969 Like spider man? 566 00:28:57,969 --> 00:29:02,809 If gecko is a spider man, go read about it. 567 00:29:02,809 --> 00:29:03,409 So cool. 568 00:29:03,729 --> 00:29:04,529 How did that. 569 00:29:04,689 --> 00:29:05,809 How did that evolve? 570 00:29:07,009 --> 00:29:08,079 No, no, no, no, no. 571 00:29:08,549 --> 00:29:08,869 Evolve. 572 00:29:08,869 --> 00:29:10,069 We didn't come from monkeys. 573 00:29:10,629 --> 00:29:15,909 We were created by a heavenly father who loves us, who, personally, 574 00:29:17,509 --> 00:29:19,269 I'm thankful for a personal God. 575 00:29:20,709 --> 00:29:21,349 Amen. 576 00:29:22,629 --> 00:29:24,629 Verse 14 says, There was no day like it. 577 00:29:24,629 --> 00:29:28,149 Well, yeah, apparently the day was much longer. 578 00:29:28,709 --> 00:29:31,629 And it says verse 14 at the end of the verse. 579 00:29:31,629 --> 00:29:32,509 What for? 580 00:29:32,509 --> 00:29:34,069 The Lord fought for Israel. 581 00:29:34,069 --> 00:29:35,029 God fought for them. 582 00:29:35,189 --> 00:29:37,069 In verses 15 through 27, we have. 583 00:29:37,069 --> 00:29:37,989 The enemy was defeated. 584 00:29:38,859 --> 00:29:40,099 These kings were humiliated. 585 00:29:40,099 --> 00:29:43,259 And I'm going to skip some of this, but the kings hid in a cave. 586 00:29:43,259 --> 00:29:46,979 The Bible says these five kings hid in a cave and the battle 587 00:29:46,979 --> 00:29:47,619 was still going on. 588 00:29:47,619 --> 00:29:50,499 So Joshua said, hey, just put a stone over the cave. 589 00:29:50,499 --> 00:29:54,019 We'll just keep them in there while we go finish the obliteration 590 00:29:54,019 --> 00:29:54,859 of our enemies. 591 00:29:55,179 --> 00:29:58,259 And they went and they finished defeating the enemy. 592 00:29:58,259 --> 00:30:00,699 They came back, opened the cave up, he put the. 593 00:30:00,939 --> 00:30:04,219 Got the five kings out and took five captains. 594 00:30:04,649 --> 00:30:06,089 And John, you love this one. 595 00:30:06,249 --> 00:30:10,489 And he put them in front of all of Israel and had the captains 596 00:30:10,569 --> 00:30:11,929 put their foot on their neck. 597 00:30:17,209 --> 00:30:18,569 John used to say that a lot. 598 00:30:19,769 --> 00:30:20,969 Put my foot on your neck. 599 00:30:21,609 --> 00:30:22,649 And then he killed them. 600 00:30:22,809 --> 00:30:30,649 Then he hung them in a tree and he said, and all the people returned. 601 00:30:32,589 --> 00:30:35,309 And there was none moved his tongue against any of the children 602 00:30:35,309 --> 00:30:35,669 of Israel. 603 00:30:35,669 --> 00:30:39,829 In other words, all of those enemies that fled, that escaped into 604 00:30:39,829 --> 00:30:43,629 the walled cities, none of them talked bad about Israel anymore 605 00:30:44,349 --> 00:30:45,949 because that would have an effect on you. 606 00:30:48,429 --> 00:30:51,389 Verse 25, he says, and Joshua said unto them, fear not, be not 607 00:30:51,389 --> 00:30:52,109 dismayed. 608 00:30:52,109 --> 00:30:53,309 Be strong and of good courage. 609 00:30:53,309 --> 00:30:56,109 Thus shall the Lord do to all your enemies against whom you Fight, 610 00:30:56,679 --> 00:31:01,239 in other words, these kings and the killing of those kings. 611 00:31:01,319 --> 00:31:04,359 God's going to do that to all your enemies. 612 00:31:04,999 --> 00:31:08,559 By the way it says whom ye fight, I just always include. 613 00:31:08,559 --> 00:31:14,759 The initial activation is that you initiate. 614 00:31:15,239 --> 00:31:16,279 God provides. 615 00:31:16,759 --> 00:31:17,639 That's what it says. 616 00:31:18,359 --> 00:31:24,209 Just as Joshua ascended, God will fight for you. 617 00:31:26,929 --> 00:31:28,289 A couple of things and we're done. 618 00:31:29,649 --> 00:31:33,169 When God works in our lives, others take notice. 619 00:31:37,009 --> 00:31:40,049 God working in my life and others take notice. 620 00:31:41,809 --> 00:31:43,249 Remember, people are watching you. 621 00:31:46,929 --> 00:31:47,569 Go forward. 622 00:31:49,089 --> 00:31:50,049 Take the initiative. 623 00:31:51,169 --> 00:31:51,729 Joshua. 624 00:31:51,729 --> 00:31:52,289 Get up. 625 00:31:53,089 --> 00:31:55,969 Go forward and God will do the rest. 626 00:31:58,449 --> 00:31:59,569 Occupy till I come. 627 00:31:59,569 --> 00:32:03,009 The Bible says, don't be weary in well doing. 628 00:32:03,009 --> 00:32:04,289 For in due season you shall reap. 629 00:32:04,289 --> 00:32:05,009 If you faint not. 630 00:32:05,489 --> 00:32:07,009 Be steadfast, unmovable. 631 00:32:07,009 --> 00:32:08,609 Always abounding in the work of the Lord. 632 00:32:10,369 --> 00:32:12,369 Remind you this morning that God's still on the throne. 633 00:32:14,139 --> 00:32:14,619 Amen. 634 00:32:16,059 --> 00:32:16,779 Go forward. 635 00:32:18,459 --> 00:32:19,979 Nothing is impossible to God. 636 00:32:20,859 --> 00:32:23,979 No request too big or too hard for God. 637 00:32:24,699 --> 00:32:26,539 The sun moon stood still. 638 00:32:27,099 --> 00:32:30,499 And no matter what request you bring to God, remember that prayer 639 00:32:30,499 --> 00:32:31,419 is powerful. 640 00:32:32,459 --> 00:32:33,739 Why is praying powerful? 641 00:32:33,739 --> 00:32:35,259 Because we have a powerful God. 642 00:32:37,659 --> 00:32:39,099 The Lord will fight for you. 643 00:32:40,019 --> 00:32:43,859 In verses 14, he says it and then verse 42, after they defeated 644 00:32:43,859 --> 00:32:47,579 the rest of the kings of the south, he said the Lord fought for 645 00:32:47,579 --> 00:32:47,859 them. 646 00:32:50,259 --> 00:32:54,019 And he reminded of that over and over and over and over and over 647 00:32:54,019 --> 00:32:55,219 and over and over again. 648 00:32:55,299 --> 00:32:58,299 When we're just the same way, we need to be reminded over and over 649 00:32:58,299 --> 00:33:01,859 and over and over and over and over and over that we cannot defeat 650 00:33:01,859 --> 00:33:02,299 the enemy. 651 00:33:02,299 --> 00:33:04,259 That God has to fight for us. 652 00:33:05,069 --> 00:33:06,069 We had to rely upon him. 653 00:33:06,069 --> 00:33:07,309 We had to depend upon him. 654 00:33:09,469 --> 00:33:11,629 I'll mention again about the stepping on the neck. 655 00:33:11,949 --> 00:33:13,909 What's the illustration there? 656 00:33:13,909 --> 00:33:17,949 Well, many of us need to step on the neck of jealousy. 657 00:33:18,509 --> 00:33:20,509 Those five kings were enemies. 658 00:33:20,989 --> 00:33:22,669 Our enemy many times is us. 659 00:33:23,069 --> 00:33:23,949 It's our flesh. 660 00:33:24,909 --> 00:33:28,189 We need to step on the neck of pride in our life and the neck of 661 00:33:28,189 --> 00:33:31,069 having a critical spirit or having a harsh tongue. 662 00:33:31,499 --> 00:33:33,419 We need to step on the neck of our old nature. 663 00:33:36,059 --> 00:33:37,179 Crucify it. 664 00:33:38,459 --> 00:33:39,259 What happens? 665 00:33:39,659 --> 00:33:43,459 Well, if they didn't kill those kings, they just kept popping 666 00:33:43,459 --> 00:33:44,139 out of the cave. 667 00:33:44,859 --> 00:33:46,019 That's what our old nature does. 668 00:33:46,019 --> 00:33:47,899 It just kind of pops out of the cave every once in a while. 669 00:33:48,219 --> 00:33:50,619 No, they utterly destroyed those kings. 670 00:33:52,699 --> 00:33:54,539 And then lastly, Gilgal. 671 00:33:54,779 --> 00:34:00,199 Gilgal is mentioned five times in this chapter in verse 7 and verse 672 00:34:00,199 --> 00:34:01,079 15 and verse 43. 673 00:34:01,079 --> 00:34:02,799 It talks of going back to Gilgal. 674 00:34:03,039 --> 00:34:04,159 Back to Gilgal? 675 00:34:04,159 --> 00:34:05,559 They went back to Gilgal. 676 00:34:05,559 --> 00:34:07,159 Now what happened when they went back to Gilgal? 677 00:34:07,159 --> 00:34:08,399 Well, they saw the stones. 678 00:34:08,799 --> 00:34:11,959 They remembered what God had done for Them when they crossed over 679 00:34:11,959 --> 00:34:13,758 Jordan, how he had dried up the Jordan River. 680 00:34:15,279 --> 00:34:19,999 When they went back to Gilgal, they remembered how again that God 681 00:34:19,999 --> 00:34:23,239 had done such great things for them and bringing them into the Jordan 682 00:34:23,239 --> 00:34:25,119 river and then up out of the Jordan River. 683 00:34:26,289 --> 00:34:29,009 When they went back to Gilgal, they remembered the renunciation. 684 00:34:29,009 --> 00:34:37,209 In other words, they did perform again the Lord's Supper. 685 00:34:37,209 --> 00:34:40,769 Not the Lord's Supper, but you know, the Passover. 686 00:34:41,889 --> 00:34:42,569 That was terrible. 687 00:34:42,569 --> 00:34:46,209 Wasn't took a while for that to click. 688 00:34:47,169 --> 00:34:49,249 But they performed the Passover. 689 00:34:49,809 --> 00:34:51,409 In other words, they came back to God. 690 00:34:52,199 --> 00:34:53,239 They came back to the Lord. 691 00:34:53,719 --> 00:34:55,999 The Passover had to do with their communication with the Lord. 692 00:34:55,999 --> 00:34:59,319 And they wanted that personal relationship with Jesus and with 693 00:34:59,319 --> 00:34:59,799 the Lord. 694 00:34:59,799 --> 00:35:04,159 And then there's other things they did at Gilgal, all those things 695 00:35:04,159 --> 00:35:06,679 to remind them of the importance of depending upon God, 696 00:35:07,559 --> 00:35:08,919 of the relationship with the Lord. 697 00:35:15,079 --> 00:35:17,239 It's where the captain of the Lord of hosts showed up. 698 00:35:18,669 --> 00:35:21,949 And Joshua said to him, are you for us or are you against us? 699 00:35:22,749 --> 00:35:26,029 Had his sword drawn, said, I'm neither. 700 00:35:29,229 --> 00:35:31,949 I'm telling you we need to go to Calvary. 701 00:35:32,909 --> 00:35:37,309 And we need to go to Calvary over and over and over and over and 702 00:35:37,309 --> 00:35:38,429 over and over again. 703 00:35:38,429 --> 00:35:42,309 In our life, we didn't remember the sacrifice that Christ 704 00:35:42,309 --> 00:35:43,149 made on Calvary. 705 00:35:43,699 --> 00:35:47,019 We need to be remembered that the relationship that we have with 706 00:35:47,019 --> 00:35:48,099 the Lord Jesus Christ. 707 00:35:49,859 --> 00:35:55,779 Listen, when the Amorites come opposed and come against you, it's 708 00:35:55,779 --> 00:35:56,979 that we need to go to Calvary. 709 00:35:57,379 --> 00:35:58,659 Well, I did that at salvation. 710 00:35:58,659 --> 00:36:03,459 Yeah, at salvation we come to Calvary for again rescuing, being 711 00:36:03,459 --> 00:36:05,419 saved from our sins, eternally saved. 712 00:36:05,419 --> 00:36:08,659 But can I tell you, it's still we as Christians coming back to Calvary 713 00:36:09,149 --> 00:36:12,589 over and over and over again as Christians to be reminded of the 714 00:36:13,789 --> 00:36:15,869 life and death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. 715 00:36:16,589 --> 00:36:20,669 For it is in that we have power again. 716 00:36:20,669 --> 00:36:24,669 Faith in Jesus is not just to save us, but faith in Jesus is also 717 00:36:24,669 --> 00:36:26,189 to help live the Christian life. 718 00:36:26,589 --> 00:36:28,509 It empowers us to live the Christian life. 719 00:36:31,149 --> 00:36:31,789 Amen. 720 00:36:32,589 --> 00:36:33,789 Come to Jesus Christ. 721 00:36:34,029 --> 00:36:37,709 Let's all stand, only trust him. 722 00:36:37,789 --> 00:36:41,949 Come to Calvary over and over and over again. 723 00:36:41,949 --> 00:36:44,429 I trust this morning that you know Jesus as your savior. 724 00:36:44,429 --> 00:36:47,269 If you don't, I encourage you to step out of your chair and come 725 00:36:47,269 --> 00:36:47,469 forward. 726 00:36:47,469 --> 00:36:50,109 We'll show you from the Bible how you can have eternal life, how 727 00:36:50,109 --> 00:36:53,309 you have your sins forgiven, coming, repenting of your sins and 728 00:36:53,309 --> 00:36:55,029 trusting in his life, death and resurrection. 729 00:36:55,029 --> 00:36:58,269 And Christian this morning, it's important that we remember that 730 00:36:58,269 --> 00:37:04,759 God fought for them so many times again, we just rely upon our 731 00:37:04,919 --> 00:37:07,519 flesh and in the flesh. 732 00:37:07,519 --> 00:37:08,759 We cannot defeat the enemy. 733 00:37:09,479 --> 00:37:10,519 We need Jesus. 734 00:37:11,239 --> 00:37:12,689 Heavenly Father, we thank you for your love.