Your God Is God

Joshua 6:1-12

Joshua 2:8-15

Psalm 150

• Distance from Egypt to cannon was a journey of 40 days because of the people’s disobedience it was 40years.

• The size of the jericoh wasll was 5.5 achres

• The size of the 1st wall was 6ft

• The size of the 2nd wall was 24ft

? Rahab the prostitute’s family was saved because she helped and saved the Israelites.

? In the year 1868 = Charles Baren started to research it

? In the year 1953 = J.B. Bistart an archeologist who deicovered that this place the inner part was burnt down.

Bible says when the army of Joshua took over the city the burnt it down. Joshua 6:24.

They burt it down.

The wall was Jericho was built in 8000BC

This was a protective place for all the children of Jericho.

1. Flood

2. Enemies

Other use of this Jericho was.

1. Those days they used to burry the dead bodies in standing procession.

2. They used to make ideals and placed it on the wall and was worship.

Who was this Rehab?

Rehab was a prostitute who lived in the city, she spoke as the prophecy telling the upcoming things to the spices sent by Joshua. She said that the whole city is in fear because they know that God has already given the city in to the hands of Israelites. Nor only that She said There is A God With You.

We live in a culture that encourages people to chase after victorious living. People plan, strategize, and work hard for success. I agree on this to a certain level. Yes, we will need to plan and work hard. However, I also feel that there is a better way to victorious living. When we put the principles of this book into our lives, victorious living becomes a lifestyle.

Today we are going to see three keys of victorious living.

We live in a culture that encourages people to chase after victorious living. People plan, strategize, and work hard for success. I agree on this to a certain level. Yes, we will need to plan and work hard. However, I also feel that there is a better way to victorious living. When we put the principles of this book into our lives, victorious living becomes a lifestyle.

Today we are going to see three keys of victorious living.

1. A submitted life.

Victorious living is the result of a submitted life. What was their submission in Joshua 5?

a. Obedience.

Joshua 5:2 At that time the Lord said to Joshua, “Make flint knives and circumcise the Israelites again. Circumcision was the sign that they were God’s covenant people, first promised to Abraham in Genesis 17:11 You are to undergo circumcision, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and you.

Now after 40 years of wandering in the desert, the older generation had died but their sons had never been circumcised. It was critical that this happen according to Genesis 17:14 Any uncircumcised male, who has not been circumcised in the flesh, will be cut off from his people; he has broken my covenant. This renewal was a reminder that God had not left them and that He would fulfill all His promises to them.

2. Be Aware.

Victorious living comes from the awareness of our position in Christ. We move from victory to victory. Joshua 6:2 Then the Lord said to Joshua, “See, I have delivered Jericho into your hands, along with its king and its fighting men.

When Joshua and his people looked at the city they were to see it as already defeated. Likewise, in our lives, we must see that the victory is already ours as stated in 1 Corinthians 15:57 But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Illustration:

Suppose someone gives me a cheque of Rs. 1 Lakh. I have that money with me but I will not enjoy the benefits unless I put it into my account. Likewise, Joshua and his people were told that the victory had been won but until they acted on it, the victory would not have been theirs.

However, we must always understand that our victory has been won for us and we need to appropriate it.

3. Faith.

One Sunday a teacher asked his Sunday School class this question: “Who broke down the walls of Jericho?” One young boy quickly responded, “It wasn’t me, sir!” Joshua would have answered the same way. It was God at work and it was faith that accomplished it.

Hebrews 11:30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell, after the people had marched around them for seven days.

God wants us to move out by faith and then He does His work. They shouted before the walls got wobbly. I