1 00:00:02,600 --> 00:00:06,700 We have the lesson this morning is on the lessons from the fall 2 00:00:06,700 --> 00:00:08,500 of Jericho. And of course, that's a very 3 00:00:08,500 --> 00:00:16,000 familiar Old Testament story and Jericho was the first city that 4 00:00:16,100 --> 00:00:20,000 Israel had to face and defeat when they went into the Promised 5 00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:23,200 Land. There are many things and of 6 00:00:23,200 --> 00:00:27,200 course, many all of the old lesson Old Testament stories, 7 00:00:27,900 --> 00:00:33,000 give us insight to God and to how what he demands of his 8 00:00:33,000 --> 00:00:37,700 people and how they how he reacts to their service to him. 9 00:00:37,700 --> 00:00:42,400 And so we can learn a lot about God and what God wants of us. 10 00:00:43,200 --> 00:00:46,200 So that's what we'll that's our purpose, this morning. 11 00:00:47,700 --> 00:00:52,600 Of course, God had promised the land, the promised land to 12 00:00:52,600 --> 00:00:58,400 Abraham and to his descendants. And it wasn't until after God 13 00:00:58,400 --> 00:01:03,700 many many years after Abraham that God delivered his people 14 00:01:03,700 --> 00:01:07,300 from Egypt, the bondage of Egypt and led them to the promised 15 00:01:07,300 --> 00:01:09,500 land. And of course, with a great show 16 00:01:09,500 --> 00:01:18,900 of power and deliverance and so Moses LED them To the promised 17 00:01:18,900 --> 00:01:24,100 land and Moses sent 12 Spies into the land to spy it out. 18 00:01:24,100 --> 00:01:28,200 And that was a spy for each of the tribes of Israel. 19 00:01:28,300 --> 00:01:33,500 The 12 tribes of Israel and they came back with a glowing report. 20 00:01:33,500 --> 00:01:37,500 After 40 days of looking over the land, they came back and 21 00:01:37,500 --> 00:01:42,200 even had samples of the, of the great fruit that the land board 22 00:01:42,200 --> 00:01:45,900 and they said, indeed it is a land that flows with milk and 23 00:01:45,900 --> 00:01:48,900 honey. But they also said, there's 24 00:01:48,900 --> 00:01:53,800 Giants in the land and the cities are fortified or walled, 25 00:01:53,800 --> 00:01:58,700 the King James says, and he says, we're like grasshoppers in 26 00:01:58,700 --> 00:02:02,600 the sight of these people. And so, all of the people 27 00:02:02,600 --> 00:02:06,400 followed these spies, the ten of the twelve spies. 28 00:02:06,400 --> 00:02:10,600 There were two Caleb and Joshua who said, no, we can go in 29 00:02:10,600 --> 00:02:12,900 there. God brought us here, God wants 30 00:02:12,900 --> 00:02:16,800 us to have this land and we can go and take it and they were 31 00:02:16,800 --> 00:02:20,000 nearly stoned. The people almost stoned, 32 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:23,900 Joshua, and Caleb for their report. 33 00:02:23,900 --> 00:02:29,800 So they got onto the side of the ten tribes of the ten spies, and 34 00:02:29,800 --> 00:02:31,500 they're pessimistic. View. 35 00:02:32,600 --> 00:02:36,600 And of course, God was not pleased to say the least God was 36 00:02:36,600 --> 00:02:38,200 not happy. In fact, it took the 37 00:02:38,200 --> 00:02:41,900 intercession of Moses to save the people because God said, 38 00:02:41,900 --> 00:02:45,000 I'll destroy them and I'll raise up people through you. 39 00:02:45,500 --> 00:02:50,600 But Moses interceded. And God, so God held back his 40 00:02:50,600 --> 00:02:52,400 wrath, but he still punished them. 41 00:02:53,100 --> 00:02:56,000 He would not allow these people to enter into the promised land 42 00:02:56,000 --> 00:02:59,500 and he sent them back into the Wilderness and for 40 years, 43 00:02:59,500 --> 00:03:03,700 they wandered in the wilderness. This until all those people of 44 00:03:03,700 --> 00:03:09,100 age perished in the wilderness. And, you know, this is really a, 45 00:03:09,500 --> 00:03:15,600 this is really a lesson for us. And the Bible talks about us 46 00:03:15,600 --> 00:03:19,400 being in the wilderness as essentially, and they be inning 47 00:03:19,400 --> 00:03:23,000 an example to us. So what we should not do, you 48 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:29,700 know, we live in this world of Trials and temptations test if 49 00:03:29,700 --> 00:03:32,400 you will. And And we must be faithful, we 50 00:03:32,400 --> 00:03:36,800 must keep our faith up. They perished in the wilderness 51 00:03:36,800 --> 00:03:40,600 because of their lack of faith. And that's what the scripture 52 00:03:40,600 --> 00:03:43,600 says here. Therefore, as the holy spirit 53 00:03:43,600 --> 00:03:46,900 says, today if you will hear his voice, do not Harden your hearts 54 00:03:47,200 --> 00:03:51,900 as in the rebellions, in the day of the trial in the wilderness 55 00:03:52,100 --> 00:03:56,800 where your father's tested me, tried me and saw my Works 40 56 00:03:56,800 --> 00:03:58,700 years. Therefore, I was angry with that 57 00:03:58,700 --> 00:04:02,200 generation and said they always go astray in their hearts and 58 00:04:02,200 --> 00:04:06,800 they have not known my ways. So, I swore in my wrath, they 59 00:04:06,800 --> 00:04:09,000 shall not enter into my rest. Yeah. 60 00:04:12,500 --> 00:04:16,300 Beware Brethren lest there, be in any of you, an evil heart of 61 00:04:16,300 --> 00:04:18,399 unbelief in departing from the Living God. 62 00:04:18,399 --> 00:04:21,800 But exhort one, another daily while it is called today. 63 00:04:21,800 --> 00:04:25,300 Lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin 64 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:28,700 and then in chapter 4 and 11, he said, let us therefore be 65 00:04:28,700 --> 00:04:32,800 diligent to enter that rest. Lest anyone fall according to 66 00:04:32,800 --> 00:04:36,700 the same example of unbelief, they fell and perished because 67 00:04:36,700 --> 00:04:41,500 of unbelief, we can't do. And we need to be careful not to 68 00:04:41,700 --> 00:04:43,700 follow. Their example and we're to 69 00:04:43,700 --> 00:04:47,600 exhort one another and encourage one another along our way, so 70 00:04:47,600 --> 00:04:58,700 that we do not lose faith. God commissioned Joshua and I'd 71 00:04:58,700 --> 00:05:02,900 like to read all of this verse here. 72 00:05:07,400 --> 00:05:09,600 Because this is really, this is interesting. 73 00:05:09,600 --> 00:05:11,900 Really a lesson in this reading here. 74 00:05:14,400 --> 00:05:16,600 I'm looking at the board, it looks like I have a lot more on 75 00:05:16,600 --> 00:05:21,100 my page, then on the board. After the death of Moses, of 76 00:05:21,100 --> 00:05:25,000 course, Moses Moses to was not allowed to enter into the 77 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:28,600 promised land. Moses was a faithful servant of 78 00:05:28,600 --> 00:05:32,900 God, but he had sins to, and because of his sins, God didn't 79 00:05:32,900 --> 00:05:36,300 allow him to enter into the promised land Moses died. 80 00:05:36,300 --> 00:05:39,100 Before they went in, Moses went up to Mountain. 81 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:46,500 Mount more about Nebo Whoa, Mount Nebo and there. 82 00:05:46,500 --> 00:05:50,600 He was able to see across Jordan and see the promised land at 83 00:05:50,600 --> 00:05:56,400 least, but he died there on the mountain and Joshua took over 84 00:05:56,400 --> 00:05:59,100 the lead of the reins of leading the people into the promised 85 00:05:59,100 --> 00:06:02,100 land. After the death of Moses, the 86 00:06:02,100 --> 00:06:04,600 servant of the Lord, it came to pass that the Lord spoke to 87 00:06:04,600 --> 00:06:06,100 Joshua. The son of nun. 88 00:06:06,400 --> 00:06:10,900 Moses assistance, saying Moses, my servant is dead now. 89 00:06:10,900 --> 00:06:12,500 Therefore, arise and go over this. 90 00:06:12,500 --> 00:06:15,900 Jordan, you and This people to the land which I'm giving to 91 00:06:15,900 --> 00:06:19,900 them the children of Israel. Every place that the sole of 92 00:06:19,900 --> 00:06:23,100 your foot will tread upon I have given you. 93 00:06:23,100 --> 00:06:28,300 As I said to Moses from the Wilderness of this Lebanon, as 94 00:06:28,300 --> 00:06:31,500 far as the Great River, the river Euphrates, all the land of 95 00:06:31,500 --> 00:06:35,700 the Hittites and to the great sea toward the going down of the 96 00:06:35,700 --> 00:06:39,400 sun shall be your territory. No man shall be able to stand 97 00:06:39,400 --> 00:06:42,700 before you all the days of your life as I was with Moses so I 98 00:06:42,700 --> 00:06:46,500 will be with you You, I will not leave you nor forsake you be 99 00:06:46,500 --> 00:06:49,500 strong and of good courage for to this people. 100 00:06:49,500 --> 00:06:51,900 You shall divide as an inheritance, the land which I 101 00:06:51,900 --> 00:06:55,800 swore to their fathers to give them only be strong and very 102 00:06:55,800 --> 00:06:58,400 courageous that you may observe to do. 103 00:06:58,400 --> 00:07:02,000 According to all the law which Moses my servant, commanded you 104 00:07:02,500 --> 00:07:06,100 do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left that you may 105 00:07:06,100 --> 00:07:11,000 Prosper, wherever you go, this book of the law shall not depart 106 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:14,300 from your mouth. But you shall meditate in it day 107 00:07:14,300 --> 00:07:17,900 and night and you shall observe to do according to all that it 108 00:07:17,900 --> 00:07:22,400 is written for when you will make your way for then you will 109 00:07:22,400 --> 00:07:25,300 make your way prosperous. And then you will have good 110 00:07:25,300 --> 00:07:28,300 success. Have I not commanded you be 111 00:07:28,300 --> 00:07:31,500 strong and of good courage. Do not be afraid. 112 00:07:31,500 --> 00:07:34,100 Nor be dismayed for the Lord. Your God is with you. 113 00:07:34,100 --> 00:07:38,700 Wherever you go. That's a link to reading, I 114 00:07:38,700 --> 00:07:41,400 know. But the point is that God told 115 00:07:41,400 --> 00:07:46,000 Joshua Just what he's telling us what we need to follow and 116 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:50,600 Joshua would Prosper were in in everything he did. 117 00:07:50,600 --> 00:07:55,400 If he kept the law, if he kept following God, kept God's law in 118 00:07:55,400 --> 00:07:59,700 his heart and mind meditated upon it, God would be with him 119 00:07:59,700 --> 00:08:05,000 and bless him. And we see constantly that 120 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:09,000 proven and with Jude with Joshua, Joshua is really 121 00:08:09,000 --> 00:08:14,200 remarkable leader. He was a great leader and 122 00:08:14,800 --> 00:08:17,300 there's some things in this lesson, really that I really 123 00:08:17,300 --> 00:08:23,000 hadn't noticed before. But here God commissions him and 124 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:25,700 commands him, keep my law. And I'll be with you and I'll 125 00:08:25,700 --> 00:08:28,200 lead you and you'll have success. 126 00:08:28,500 --> 00:08:38,000 If you'll do just that Joshua sent spies into into Jericho and 127 00:08:40,100 --> 00:08:45,000 There's the rest of that verse. I was wondering where that was 128 00:08:50,700 --> 00:08:53,400 Joshua spits, two spies into into Jericho. 129 00:08:53,400 --> 00:08:56,700 They went in, they looked over the city and it was it was a 130 00:08:57,100 --> 00:09:02,600 they saw the city and they lodged in the in the house of a 131 00:09:02,900 --> 00:09:08,200 harlot named Rahab. Now, the people, the officers 132 00:09:08,200 --> 00:09:16,100 are the, maybe the police or the officials. 133 00:09:16,100 --> 00:09:19,900 Anyway, of the city found out that that they were there, and 134 00:09:19,900 --> 00:09:26,200 they came to rahab's house to find them and she hid them. 135 00:09:26,700 --> 00:09:32,400 She hid them in in straw flax straw, which is up on the roof 136 00:09:32,700 --> 00:09:35,900 and the people came and knocked on the door said We want those 137 00:09:35,900 --> 00:09:38,300 men who came into your house and she said, do they? 138 00:09:38,300 --> 00:09:41,000 They've already left. And if you hurry, you might 139 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:46,900 catch him and so they the the officers left and went went 140 00:09:46,900 --> 00:09:52,400 after the Israelites and she went up and spoke to them. 141 00:09:52,600 --> 00:09:55,900 Said, you stay here for a little while and then you can go and 142 00:09:55,900 --> 00:10:01,200 you'll be safe but promise me. That that you will. 143 00:10:01,300 --> 00:10:07,100 When you come promise me that you will protect us, she says to 144 00:10:07,100 --> 00:10:12,200 them, I know that the Lord has given you the land that the 145 00:10:12,200 --> 00:10:16,500 terror of you has fallen on us. And that all the inhabitants of 146 00:10:16,500 --> 00:10:19,800 the land are faint-hearted because of you, for we have 147 00:10:19,800 --> 00:10:23,900 heard how the Lord dried up the water of the river, the Red Sea 148 00:10:24,100 --> 00:10:27,500 for you when you came out of Egypt and what you did to the 149 00:10:27,500 --> 00:10:30,800 two kings of Amorites who are on the other side of the Jordan 150 00:10:31,300 --> 00:10:34,400 sihon and OG whom you utterly destroyed. 151 00:10:34,800 --> 00:10:37,800 And as soon as we heard these things, our hearts melted, 152 00:10:37,800 --> 00:10:40,800 neither did their remain. Any more courage in anyone 153 00:10:41,100 --> 00:10:45,200 because of you for the Lord, your God, he is God in heaven 154 00:10:45,200 --> 00:10:52,300 above, and on Earth beneath You know, it struck me that here a 155 00:10:52,300 --> 00:10:57,300 stranger knew and believed in the god of Israel. 156 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:02,900 What happened to the Israelites? When they came to the promised 157 00:11:02,900 --> 00:11:06,000 land, what happened to them? They were Witnesses. 158 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:08,300 Eyewitnesses of all that God did for them. 159 00:11:08,300 --> 00:11:12,300 He or she just heard the story. And now all the people of the 160 00:11:12,300 --> 00:11:18,200 land, they have no strength to fight their, they have lost 161 00:11:18,400 --> 00:11:22,000 their will to fight because they know that the god of the 162 00:11:22,000 --> 00:11:25,700 Israelites are there and they will come and and be victorious. 163 00:11:26,900 --> 00:11:38,600 So, here's another verse, which is These verses here. 164 00:11:40,600 --> 00:11:46,000 God, Jesus it's it's understood appears to Joshua. 165 00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:49,900 Now, we know that Jesus had work in the Old Testament. 166 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:53,400 He said to be the rock, which followed them in the wilderness 167 00:11:54,000 --> 00:12:03,000 and here, Joshua worships this being and it came to pass when 168 00:12:03,000 --> 00:12:06,400 Joshua was by Jericho that he lifted his eyes and looked and 169 00:12:06,408 --> 00:12:08,500 behold. A man stood opposite him with 170 00:12:08,500 --> 00:12:12,900 his sword drawn in his hand and Joshua went to him and said to 171 00:12:12,900 --> 00:12:15,500 him, are you for us or for our adversaries? 172 00:12:15,500 --> 00:12:20,100 So he said, no. But as commander of the armies 173 00:12:20,100 --> 00:12:25,200 of the Lord, I have now come and Joshua, fell on his face on the 174 00:12:25,200 --> 00:12:28,700 earth to the Earth and worshipped and said to him, what 175 00:12:28,700 --> 00:12:32,600 does my Lord say to his servant then the commander of the Lord's 176 00:12:32,600 --> 00:12:36,000 army said to Joshua? Take your sandals, off your foot 177 00:12:36,000 --> 00:12:41,300 for the place where you stand is, Holy And Joshua did. 178 00:12:41,300 --> 00:12:43,300 So that was very interesting to me. 179 00:12:43,300 --> 00:12:50,800 I had noticed that verse before. But here Joshua sees the Lord 180 00:12:51,200 --> 00:12:54,200 and speaks to the Lord commission's him. 181 00:12:54,700 --> 00:12:57,600 And here, he gives them further instructions about what he is to 182 00:12:57,600 --> 00:13:02,200 do when he comes to Jericho and how they will, they will fight 183 00:13:02,200 --> 00:13:06,100 the Battle of Jericho. Now Jericho was securely shut up 184 00:13:06,100 --> 00:13:07,500 because of the children of Israel. 185 00:13:07,900 --> 00:13:11,500 None, one out and none came in and the Lord said to Joshua see 186 00:13:11,700 --> 00:13:13,800 I have given Jericho into your hand. 187 00:13:14,100 --> 00:13:16,200 It's king and the Mighty Men of Valor. 188 00:13:16,600 --> 00:13:20,900 You shall March around the city all your men of War you shall go 189 00:13:21,000 --> 00:13:26,700 all around the city once this you do six days and the Seven 190 00:13:26,700 --> 00:13:30,000 priests shall bear seven trumpets of rams horns before 191 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:33,700 the ark, but the seventh day you shall March around the city 192 00:13:33,700 --> 00:13:36,400 seven times and the priests shall blow the trumpets. 193 00:13:37,200 --> 00:13:41,300 It shall come to pass when they make a long blast with the Ram's 194 00:13:41,300 --> 00:13:43,000 Horn. And when you hear the sound of 195 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:46,100 the trumpet than all that, all the people shall Shout with a 196 00:13:46,108 --> 00:13:50,800 great shout, then the wall of a city will fall down flat and the 197 00:13:50,800 --> 00:13:53,500 people shall go up every man, straight before him. 198 00:13:56,500 --> 00:14:01,700 So this is the Joshua has given the instructions of what he's to 199 00:14:01,700 --> 00:14:05,200 do. And they basically do that 200 00:14:06,400 --> 00:14:11,100 Jericho, again, was the first city they encounter as they go 201 00:14:11,100 --> 00:14:14,500 into the promised land. And it's a very large and a 202 00:14:14,500 --> 00:14:18,200 fortified city has walls, and the archaeologists say that this 203 00:14:18,200 --> 00:14:25,100 wall was 14 feet, thick, So it's a very fortified of course with 204 00:14:25,100 --> 00:14:30,100 that wide of a wall that could have Armament all around the top 205 00:14:30,100 --> 00:14:33,400 of the wall. And so it was very secure. 206 00:14:34,400 --> 00:14:39,500 And certainly the spies who were, who had scope this out 207 00:14:39,500 --> 00:14:42,900 before? The 12 Spies, they saw this and 208 00:14:42,900 --> 00:14:46,300 saw how well fortified the cities were, and so that's why 209 00:14:46,300 --> 00:14:50,100 they were, they were faint hearted, but there's a different 210 00:14:50,100 --> 00:14:55,200 story in a different different now attitude going in here. 211 00:14:55,200 --> 00:14:58,100 Because with Joshua's leadership, they're trusting in 212 00:14:58,100 --> 00:15:01,200 the Lord, and they have faith and confidence that they will 213 00:15:02,000 --> 00:15:04,000 will be Victorious. And and the law. 214 00:15:04,100 --> 00:15:06,400 Lord gives him that confidence as well. 215 00:15:09,100 --> 00:15:15,500 So they do, they do just what just what the Lord says and and 216 00:15:15,500 --> 00:15:20,000 they conquer the city. They, of course, as the Lord had 217 00:15:20,000 --> 00:15:23,700 instructed them, they go in. And they for six days, they go 218 00:15:23,700 --> 00:15:27,500 to the city and the priests are walking. 219 00:15:27,500 --> 00:15:32,800 There's a, there's a company of soldiers in front of the Ark and 220 00:15:32,800 --> 00:15:34,900 then there's the priest with the Ram's Horn. 221 00:15:34,900 --> 00:15:37,300 Then there's the Ark of the Lord, and then there's another 222 00:15:37,300 --> 00:15:41,400 company of soldiers and they go In and all of the army of 223 00:15:41,500 --> 00:15:44,900 Israel, marches around the city. And they're blowing the trumpets 224 00:15:45,300 --> 00:15:48,900 one time. And then the next day, they do 225 00:15:48,900 --> 00:15:53,000 the same thing for six days. They do that the seventh day. 226 00:15:53,600 --> 00:15:58,700 They March around the city seven times and I imagine, there were 227 00:15:58,800 --> 00:16:01,800 well there had to be thousands of soldiers. 228 00:16:01,800 --> 00:16:06,700 In fact, I read earlier, you know, some of the some of the 229 00:16:06,700 --> 00:16:08,900 tribes stayed on the other side of Jordan. 230 00:16:09,100 --> 00:16:13,800 I think there were two or three of those tribes there was 40,000 231 00:16:13,800 --> 00:16:16,000 soldiers who went to help them conquer the land. 232 00:16:16,500 --> 00:16:19,900 So of just those there were 40,000 and then the are the 233 00:16:19,900 --> 00:16:23,800 soldiers of all the others thousands, tens of thousands of 234 00:16:23,800 --> 00:16:27,700 soldiers, circling the City Marching around the city and to 235 00:16:27,700 --> 00:16:32,700 do that seven times, I'm sure took a long time and I imagine I 236 00:16:32,700 --> 00:16:38,000 just imagine it took most of the day but on the seventh day when 237 00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:43,300 they stop, And have done it. The 7th times they stop and they 238 00:16:43,300 --> 00:16:46,800 blow the trumpets, the priests blow, the trumpets long, and 239 00:16:46,800 --> 00:16:52,100 then all the people shout and the walls fall down and they 240 00:16:52,100 --> 00:16:58,200 Advance onto the city from All Points around the city, straight 241 00:16:58,200 --> 00:17:03,700 ahead and conquer the city. You know, that's a, it's an 242 00:17:03,700 --> 00:17:07,599 interesting story and of course. So we believe these things are 243 00:17:07,599 --> 00:17:10,800 true. I read some things. 244 00:17:10,800 --> 00:17:15,500 You know, in the encyclopedia Bible encyclopedia that gave 245 00:17:15,599 --> 00:17:18,700 reasons why the wall fell, but we know it just fell by the 246 00:17:18,700 --> 00:17:22,400 power of God. One point was that the, the the 247 00:17:22,400 --> 00:17:27,000 soil was soft, you know, we have some trouble here in with 248 00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:30,800 earthquakes and you have to have a very good foundation and you 249 00:17:31,100 --> 00:17:35,700 Build on top of newerth. You have to dig down to to the 250 00:17:35,700 --> 00:17:40,000 solid earth there. So I think it's called 251 00:17:40,000 --> 00:17:43,200 liquefaction, when there's a when there's an earthquake, the 252 00:17:43,200 --> 00:17:49,300 soft soil becomes softer and and liquid like and stuff just sinks 253 00:17:49,300 --> 00:17:53,000 right down into it. And they say that the soil there 254 00:17:53,000 --> 00:17:56,300 was like that. But certainly, the trauma of the 255 00:17:56,300 --> 00:17:59,000 tramping of the feed and the shouting, and the trumpet 256 00:17:59,000 --> 00:18:00,900 blasting would not be enough to shake the Earth. 257 00:18:01,100 --> 00:18:07,000 Earth to cause the the walls to fall into and to be destroyed, 258 00:18:07,000 --> 00:18:12,500 it took the power of God and this is a great miracle and this 259 00:18:12,500 --> 00:18:18,200 is the this is the way of God and God demonstrated that he was 260 00:18:18,200 --> 00:18:22,200 the Victor for them not by anything they did. 261 00:18:22,700 --> 00:18:28,000 But he was the victor. And you know, the Bible's plane 262 00:18:28,200 --> 00:18:34,000 that God's ways are not man's ways, it teaches us that very 263 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:36,400 well. And Isaiah says, for my thoughts 264 00:18:36,400 --> 00:18:39,600 are not your thoughts, nor are my are your ways. 265 00:18:39,600 --> 00:18:43,800 My ways says the Lord for, as the heavens are higher than the 266 00:18:43,800 --> 00:18:45,800 earth. So are my ways higher than your 267 00:18:45,800 --> 00:18:48,300 ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. 268 00:18:48,500 --> 00:18:52,100 It's really demonstrated in the, in the victory of her Jericho, 269 00:18:53,100 --> 00:18:58,200 What what soldier or what? General would devised this plan? 270 00:19:00,400 --> 00:19:05,000 To do all of that. They did to conquer the city and 271 00:19:05,000 --> 00:19:10,300 to make the walls fall down. Nobody men have other ideas. 272 00:19:10,700 --> 00:19:15,800 They might encircle the city and, you know, keep kind of 273 00:19:15,800 --> 00:19:20,500 quarantine it and let the people people in the city starve 274 00:19:20,700 --> 00:19:22,100 because they can't get Provisions. 275 00:19:22,100 --> 00:19:26,900 Like the Romans did Jerusalem. They surrounded Jerusalem. 276 00:19:26,900 --> 00:19:30,500 And, and the people were starving to death because they 277 00:19:30,500 --> 00:19:33,300 couldn't get Provisions. That's man's ways. 278 00:19:33,800 --> 00:19:38,900 But this is God's ways and so God's ways are different than 279 00:19:38,900 --> 00:19:42,600 man's ways. We can't devise the way to come 280 00:19:42,600 --> 00:19:47,000 to God. God has devised that we must get 281 00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:50,500 that instruction from God, to know, how he would want us to 282 00:19:50,500 --> 00:19:57,500 approach him and serve him. It's really Illustrated in, in 283 00:19:57,600 --> 00:20:00,800 baptism. You know. 284 00:20:05,500 --> 00:20:08,200 I've got this in the wrong spot. I added this later. 285 00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:16,500 And so I have to skip that and come to that later, we'll 286 00:20:16,500 --> 00:20:18,000 probably just read it from the book. 287 00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:25,100 Novel know the teachings of baptism are so playing. 288 00:20:27,700 --> 00:20:32,000 They are so playing that you wonder how people can miss it, 289 00:20:32,700 --> 00:20:36,900 but people want to miss it. They can't get around the idea 290 00:20:36,900 --> 00:20:41,900 that that God requires us to do something. 291 00:20:42,600 --> 00:20:44,700 You know, the children of Israel had to do something. 292 00:20:45,800 --> 00:20:48,900 God was going to win them the victory, he promised them that 293 00:20:48,900 --> 00:20:53,000 but they had to do something. And they just had to obey him. 294 00:20:54,000 --> 00:20:58,000 Jesus said about baptism, he who believes and is baptized, will 295 00:20:58,000 --> 00:21:02,100 be saved, but he, who does not believe will be condemned acts, 296 00:21:02,100 --> 00:21:05,300 22 and 16. Paul is reiterating or 297 00:21:05,300 --> 00:21:10,000 retelling, the story of his conversion and had what ananias 298 00:21:10,000 --> 00:21:13,200 told him, he said, and now, why are you tearing arise and be 299 00:21:13,200 --> 00:21:15,800 baptized and wash away? Your sins. 300 00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:19,900 Calling on the name of the Lord Acts 2:38, then Peter said to 301 00:21:19,900 --> 00:21:20,600 them. Repent. 302 00:21:20,600 --> 00:21:23,400 And let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus 303 00:21:23,400 --> 00:21:25,600 Christ. For the remission of sins and 304 00:21:25,600 --> 00:21:27,400 you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 305 00:21:27,700 --> 00:21:30,500 You know, it's just hard to see how people could miss it. 306 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:34,400 We see the examples or studying in Acts again, and again, people 307 00:21:34,400 --> 00:21:38,400 are baptized when they are converted, that's part of their 308 00:21:40,600 --> 00:21:45,500 obey obedience to Christ because that was his command to believe 309 00:21:45,500 --> 00:21:51,500 and be baptized This is about remission from ax2 + 38. 310 00:21:51,500 --> 00:21:56,400 The, the term there they are, says release as from bondage, 311 00:21:57,300 --> 00:22:02,400 imprisonment, forgiveness, pardon of sins properly, the 312 00:22:02,400 --> 00:22:05,100 letting them go. As if they had not been 313 00:22:05,100 --> 00:22:08,500 committed remission of their penalty. 314 00:22:08,800 --> 00:22:15,000 That's there's definition of the word remission Vine says denotes 315 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:20,900 Redemption A price of release in Hebrews 11 and 35. 316 00:22:20,900 --> 00:22:25,500 It is translated Deliverance. Usually the release is affected 317 00:22:25,500 --> 00:22:29,600 by the payment of a ransom or the required price. 318 00:22:34,400 --> 00:22:39,400 You know, here, Peter says, when Once the long-suffering of God, 319 00:22:39,400 --> 00:22:43,300 waited in the days of Noah, he's talking about Noah and how the 320 00:22:43,300 --> 00:22:48,200 people were saved at the time of Noah by water. 321 00:22:48,500 --> 00:22:52,100 He says, while the ark was a preparing wherein few, that is 322 00:22:52,100 --> 00:22:56,000 eight Souls were saved by water. The like will figure, whereunto, 323 00:22:56,000 --> 00:22:59,700 even baptism doth also. Now, save us, not the putting 324 00:22:59,700 --> 00:23:01,800 away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good 325 00:23:01,800 --> 00:23:04,900 conscience towards God. By the resurrection. 326 00:23:04,900 --> 00:23:07,500 Jesus Christ. People say oh, you believe in 327 00:23:07,500 --> 00:23:12,600 water salvation, Well, the scripture says we're saved by 328 00:23:12,600 --> 00:23:17,500 water because we're obeying, we must obey. 329 00:23:17,800 --> 00:23:25,400 That's the command to obey He says, for the remission of sins. 330 00:23:25,400 --> 00:23:31,300 Now, the little term for there is a defined down below. 331 00:23:32,400 --> 00:23:36,200 They dismiss this by saying, your sins are already the 332 00:23:36,200 --> 00:23:40,100 denomination's that that dismiss baptism that baptism is not 333 00:23:40,100 --> 00:23:42,400 essential. They say your sins are already 334 00:23:42,400 --> 00:23:47,300 forgiven. You're baptized because of They 335 00:23:47,300 --> 00:23:52,700 say remission of sins but that's not what that term means. 336 00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:55,200 It's not used that way, anywhere else. 337 00:23:56,800 --> 00:24:01,900 This is the youngs literal translation of Acts 2:38 and 338 00:24:01,900 --> 00:24:05,200 Peter said, unto them reform and be baptized each of you in the 339 00:24:05,208 --> 00:24:09,900 name of Jesus Christ, to remission of sins and ye shall 340 00:24:09,900 --> 00:24:15,000 receive the gift of the holy spirit's they are says, with the 341 00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:18,900 primary idea of motion. And into any place or thing. 342 00:24:18,900 --> 00:24:25,500 Also of motion to direction to toward or upon any place or 343 00:24:25,500 --> 00:24:34,400 thing, the antithesis antithesis is expressed by X Out of the 344 00:24:34,400 --> 00:24:41,500 opposite of this term is out of. So this is into or for the 345 00:24:41,500 --> 00:24:44,900 remission of sins. You know, people will do 346 00:24:44,900 --> 00:24:47,900 anything and as the Bible says, they will, All Tris twist or 347 00:24:47,900 --> 00:24:52,100 rest, the scriptures to suit themselves or to their own 348 00:24:52,100 --> 00:24:57,100 destruction to make it say what they want to dismiss themselves 349 00:24:57,100 --> 00:24:59,400 or because they don't want to be baptized. 350 00:24:59,400 --> 00:25:02,100 They don't want to say that you need to do anything. 351 00:25:03,500 --> 00:25:05,500 The Bible says, we must do something. 352 00:25:07,100 --> 00:25:07,900 Here we go. Here's that. 353 00:25:07,900 --> 00:25:19,100 Where I wanted to use that verse and James the second chapter he 354 00:25:19,100 --> 00:25:31,000 says, Thus also Faith by itself. Does not have Works Faith by 355 00:25:31,000 --> 00:25:33,400 itself. If it does not have works is 356 00:25:33,400 --> 00:25:37,300 dead, but someone will say you have faith and I have Works. 357 00:25:37,300 --> 00:25:40,100 Show me your faith without your works and I will show you my 358 00:25:40,100 --> 00:25:43,500 faith by my works. You believe there is one God. 359 00:25:43,500 --> 00:25:45,300 You do. Well, even the demons believe 360 00:25:45,300 --> 00:25:47,900 and tremble. But do you want to know a 361 00:25:47,900 --> 00:25:50,300 foolish man? That faith without works is 362 00:25:50,300 --> 00:25:54,400 dead, Was not Abraham Our Father justified by works when he 363 00:25:54,400 --> 00:25:56,200 offered Isaac. His son upon the altar. 364 00:25:56,200 --> 00:25:59,900 Do you see that Faith was working together with his works 365 00:26:00,500 --> 00:26:03,300 and by works Faith was made perfect. 366 00:26:04,900 --> 00:26:08,600 And the scripture was fulfilled, which says Abraham believed God 367 00:26:08,600 --> 00:26:11,900 and it was accounted to him for righteousness and he was called 368 00:26:11,900 --> 00:26:13,700 the friend of God. You see? 369 00:26:13,700 --> 00:26:16,200 Then that a man is justified by works. 370 00:26:17,300 --> 00:26:21,500 And not by faith. Only likewise also was not Rahab 371 00:26:21,800 --> 00:26:25,100 the Harlot. Also justified by works when she 372 00:26:25,100 --> 00:26:28,800 received the messengers and sent them out another way for as the 373 00:26:28,800 --> 00:26:30,500 body, without the spirit is dead. 374 00:26:30,500 --> 00:26:34,100 So faith without works is dead. Also Rahab. 375 00:26:34,400 --> 00:26:40,400 She was saved by her works and and so, will we? 376 00:26:41,200 --> 00:26:46,300 And so the only time that the Bible ever says anything about 377 00:26:46,300 --> 00:26:51,800 faith without It works is when it says we are not saved by 378 00:26:51,800 --> 00:26:56,500 faith without works. So we must work the works of 379 00:26:56,500 --> 00:27:08,900 righteousness. The power of God. 380 00:27:09,900 --> 00:27:13,600 The caught the power of God is made manifest in this story. 381 00:27:16,200 --> 00:27:19,600 You know, it's obviously was God's power, which brought down 382 00:27:19,600 --> 00:27:32,100 those walls and that was, that was really a, a A demonstration 383 00:27:32,100 --> 00:27:37,300 for them, certainly a boast, a boost for their confidence and 384 00:27:37,300 --> 00:27:40,300 going forward and and and conquering other battles. 385 00:27:41,000 --> 00:27:44,300 You know you look about and you can see the power of God and 386 00:27:44,500 --> 00:27:48,800 we've recently heard the lessons which brought that out that God 387 00:27:48,800 --> 00:27:53,000 is Manifest in his creation. You look at the solar system. 388 00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:57,700 The vastness of space and and it's just hard to take it all 389 00:27:57,700 --> 00:28:00,500 in. But God created all that God 390 00:28:00,500 --> 00:28:05,400 spoke it into existence, this world and the nature, our 391 00:28:05,400 --> 00:28:09,600 bodies, you know, Michael Fox years ago before he left here, 392 00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:13,900 gave me a book which shows called we are fearfully and 393 00:28:13,900 --> 00:28:18,400 wonderfully made and it talks about our the human body and the 394 00:28:18,400 --> 00:28:22,600 complexity of it and it goes into, you know, the science of 395 00:28:22,600 --> 00:28:26,300 it and and all of that. It's very interesting but it's 396 00:28:26,300 --> 00:28:33,800 proves The that, you know, the infinite wisdom and knowledge or 397 00:28:33,800 --> 00:28:40,500 power of God that created it. Things that that the that men 398 00:28:40,700 --> 00:28:44,400 are still learning and can't understand. 399 00:28:45,500 --> 00:28:50,300 My point is that all of this is God's a manifestation of God's 400 00:28:50,300 --> 00:28:55,500 power. And so we must rely on that, we 401 00:28:55,500 --> 00:29:02,600 must rely on the power of God to to face our enemies, the enemies 402 00:29:02,600 --> 00:29:06,400 of the faithful, the enemies of righteousness here. 403 00:29:06,400 --> 00:29:10,800 It says we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but 404 00:29:10,800 --> 00:29:14,700 against principalities against Powers against the rulers, of 405 00:29:14,700 --> 00:29:18,500 the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of 406 00:29:18,500 --> 00:29:21,300 wickedness, in the Heavenly places. 407 00:29:22,800 --> 00:29:27,100 How can we Face that? How could we battle that without 408 00:29:27,100 --> 00:29:30,200 the power of God? Take. 409 00:29:30,200 --> 00:29:34,300 Therefore, therefore, take up the whole armor of God that you 410 00:29:34,300 --> 00:29:38,200 may be able to stand to withstand in the evil day and 411 00:29:38,200 --> 00:29:43,000 having done all to stand. That's what we need to face evil 412 00:29:43,000 --> 00:29:50,600 and to face Temptation or trials or you know persecution to go on 413 00:29:50,600 --> 00:29:54,200 about our daily living. We need the power of God. 414 00:29:54,800 --> 00:29:59,500 Romans 1:16 says it's the power of God the gospel. 415 00:29:59,700 --> 00:30:02,100 Is the power of God. He said I'm not ashamed of the 416 00:30:02,100 --> 00:30:06,200 gospel of Christ for it is the power of God to Salvation for 417 00:30:06,200 --> 00:30:09,500 everyone who believes to the Jew first. 418 00:30:09,600 --> 00:30:14,000 And also to the Greek, the gospel, Remember what God? 419 00:30:14,200 --> 00:30:20,500 What the, what God told, Joshua, keep this in your heart and in 420 00:30:20,500 --> 00:30:24,900 your mind and in your mind and and you'll be successful and we 421 00:30:24,900 --> 00:30:33,600 will too. Obedience. 422 00:30:34,600 --> 00:30:39,000 Again, the children of Israel were successful because of 423 00:30:39,000 --> 00:30:44,000 Faith, Hebrews 11 and 30, they, they were successful against 424 00:30:44,000 --> 00:30:47,900 the, the walled city of Jericho because of their faith. 425 00:30:49,500 --> 00:30:53,700 We will be too because of our faith, we will be victorious. 426 00:30:54,000 --> 00:30:59,000 If we have, we accessed the faint, the grace of God, through 427 00:30:59,000 --> 00:31:02,300 our faith and obedience, Matthew 7. 428 00:31:04,100 --> 00:31:09,300 And 24, therefore whosoever, hears these sayings of mine and 429 00:31:09,300 --> 00:31:11,300 does them. I will liken him to a wise man 430 00:31:11,300 --> 00:31:14,300 who built his house on the rock and the rain descended and the 431 00:31:14,300 --> 00:31:16,700 floods came and the winds blew and beat on that house. 432 00:31:16,700 --> 00:31:21,400 And it did not fall for was founded on the Rock but whoever, 433 00:31:22,600 --> 00:31:27,100 but everyone who hears these sayings of mine and does not do 434 00:31:27,100 --> 00:31:31,200 them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand, 435 00:31:31,300 --> 00:31:34,100 and the rain descended and the floods came and the The winds 436 00:31:34,100 --> 00:31:39,100 blew and beat on that house and it fell and great was its fall. 437 00:31:40,800 --> 00:31:45,700 It'd be a real loss, a great loss. 438 00:31:47,800 --> 00:31:53,400 If in the end, we don't make it. Wouldn't it? 439 00:31:55,100 --> 00:31:59,400 We will make it. If we are here the sayings of 440 00:31:59,400 --> 00:32:04,200 the Lord and do them are faithful in them faithful and 441 00:32:04,200 --> 00:32:08,600 obeying them. But if we do not It'll be a 442 00:32:08,600 --> 00:32:16,000 terrible, terrible loss. Jesus obeyed. 443 00:32:17,400 --> 00:32:23,400 You know, people that it's a predominant teaching that you 444 00:32:23,500 --> 00:32:28,000 you are saved by faith only. That's predominant in the 445 00:32:28,000 --> 00:32:32,200 denominational World. Jesus had to obey. 446 00:32:33,700 --> 00:32:37,600 Jesus obeyed to. Though he was a son yet, he 447 00:32:37,600 --> 00:32:40,300 learned obedience by the things which he suffered. 448 00:32:40,300 --> 00:32:43,900 And having been perfected, he became the author of Eternal 449 00:32:43,900 --> 00:32:48,400 salvation to all who obey him. Jesus obeyed God, and he set 450 00:32:48,400 --> 00:32:54,300 that example, as we should obey. First John three, two and three. 451 00:32:54,400 --> 00:32:58,100 Now by this, we know that we know him if we keep his 452 00:32:58,100 --> 00:33:01,300 Commandments he who says I know him and does not keep his 453 00:33:01,300 --> 00:33:04,300 Commandments is a liar and the truth is not in him but whoever 454 00:33:04,300 --> 00:33:07,200 keeps his word. Truly, the love of God is 455 00:33:07,200 --> 00:33:11,300 perfected in him by this. We know that we are in him. 456 00:33:12,500 --> 00:33:16,500 By obeying him. We know that we are in him, he 457 00:33:16,500 --> 00:33:21,500 who says he abides in him. Ought himself also to walk just 458 00:33:21,500 --> 00:33:26,200 as he walked Jesus set the example and as Jesus walked. 459 00:33:26,400 --> 00:33:35,200 So should we You know, they had a problem. 460 00:33:36,100 --> 00:33:38,100 The Israelites they had a problem. 461 00:33:40,800 --> 00:33:44,600 They were told not to take anything from the city. 462 00:33:45,200 --> 00:33:47,800 Everyone was to be destroyed, everyone. 463 00:33:47,800 --> 00:33:51,500 And every creature. All the animals, all the people 464 00:33:51,700 --> 00:33:55,400 were to be destroyed and burned and all the possessions of the 465 00:33:55,400 --> 00:34:00,300 land were to be destroyed. He says they're Joshua is 466 00:34:00,300 --> 00:34:04,800 telling the people and warning them you buy and You by all 467 00:34:04,800 --> 00:34:07,400 means of staying from the accursed thing. 468 00:34:08,000 --> 00:34:11,300 Lest you become accursed when you take of the curse thing and 469 00:34:11,300 --> 00:34:14,100 make the camp of Israel, a curse and trouble it. 470 00:34:14,300 --> 00:34:17,500 But all the silver and gold, the vessels of bronze and iron are 471 00:34:17,500 --> 00:34:20,000 consecrated to the Lord. They shall come into the 472 00:34:20,000 --> 00:34:24,900 treasury of the Lord. So that was their warning, they 473 00:34:24,900 --> 00:34:28,900 were not to take anything. Even the golden several silver 474 00:34:29,000 --> 00:34:34,600 that was to be given to the Lord and used in the Lord's house but 475 00:34:34,600 --> 00:34:42,100 someone Aiken took a nice Garment of Babylonian garment, 476 00:34:42,400 --> 00:34:47,699 and some gold, and he hid it in his tent, but the children of 477 00:34:47,699 --> 00:34:50,900 Israel committed a trespass regarding the accursed thing 478 00:34:52,600 --> 00:34:55,400 for. Akin the son of car me, the son 479 00:34:55,400 --> 00:34:59,300 of Zebedee. The son of Zera of the tribe of 480 00:34:59,300 --> 00:35:03,100 Judah, took of the accursed thing, so the anger of the Lord 481 00:35:03,100 --> 00:35:04,700 burned against the children of Israel. 482 00:35:06,500 --> 00:35:09,200 The children of Israel had to fight the next battle, was 483 00:35:09,200 --> 00:35:15,800 against a smaller group, a, I think it's pronounced, it's 484 00:35:15,900 --> 00:35:18,900 spilled a. I so I don't know if it's a or 485 00:35:18,900 --> 00:35:23,000 I, but they, they had to fight them and they were just a small 486 00:35:23,000 --> 00:35:24,500 group. So, they said, well, everybody 487 00:35:24,500 --> 00:35:29,000 doesn't have to go out against this small group and it'll be 488 00:35:29,500 --> 00:35:33,400 basically a cakewalk, but they were whipped. 489 00:35:34,500 --> 00:35:40,900 The armies of a whip them and drove them away and 36 men of 490 00:35:40,900 --> 00:35:45,800 Israel died. And Joshua was, of course, tore 491 00:35:45,800 --> 00:35:49,500 up. He put on sackcloth and Ashes 492 00:35:49,500 --> 00:35:52,000 and tore his clothes and prayed to God. 493 00:35:52,000 --> 00:35:56,900 And God, basically said, get up washer washer face. 494 00:35:57,100 --> 00:36:00,500 He said, the people have sinned, that's why you lost. 495 00:36:01,700 --> 00:36:05,600 He said, Israel has sinned and they have also transgressed my 496 00:36:05,600 --> 00:36:07,300 Covenant, which I commanded them for. 497 00:36:07,300 --> 00:36:11,200 They have even taken some of the accursed things and have both 498 00:36:11,200 --> 00:36:15,300 stolen and deceived, and they have also put it among their own 499 00:36:15,300 --> 00:36:18,200 stuff there. For the children of Israel could 500 00:36:18,200 --> 00:36:21,800 not stand before their enemies, but turn their backs before 501 00:36:21,800 --> 00:36:25,700 their enemies, because they have become doomed to destruction, 502 00:36:25,900 --> 00:36:29,000 neither will I be with you anymore, unless you destroy the 503 00:36:29,000 --> 00:36:33,500 accursed thing. People had to die because of 504 00:36:33,500 --> 00:36:36,700 that. That man's covetousness. 505 00:36:37,800 --> 00:36:40,900 And that was a punishment. God promised that would happen. 506 00:36:42,900 --> 00:36:45,200 And so God carries out his promises. 507 00:36:47,400 --> 00:36:53,600 They found it. They found the, you know, the 508 00:36:53,600 --> 00:36:56,100 they found the tent that it was in and the man who had gotten 509 00:36:56,100 --> 00:37:00,800 it. It, he confessed, he, his family 510 00:37:00,800 --> 00:37:05,100 and his children were killed and his possessions and the 511 00:37:05,100 --> 00:37:07,500 garments. He stoled, and the things that 512 00:37:07,500 --> 00:37:09,800 he had coveted, they were burned. 513 00:37:10,800 --> 00:37:16,100 And then God was again on the side of Israel. 514 00:37:20,400 --> 00:37:22,600 Yeah. What God promises. 515 00:37:22,600 --> 00:37:30,700 He'll he'll perform. so, you know, people think God's loving 516 00:37:32,000 --> 00:37:34,800 And God is the Bible says, God is love. 517 00:37:36,100 --> 00:37:42,100 But God's also just and he promises, he'll Eternal 518 00:37:42,100 --> 00:37:45,800 punishment. Some people won't believe that 519 00:37:46,200 --> 00:37:48,100 they can't God would not do that. 520 00:37:49,400 --> 00:37:54,400 God will he promises? And as sure as there's a heaven. 521 00:37:56,300 --> 00:37:59,100 There's a hell. We can count on that. 522 00:38:03,300 --> 00:38:09,200 God. God destroyed Jericho and 523 00:38:09,900 --> 00:38:14,100 carried out his part and all the people rushed in and destroyed 524 00:38:14,600 --> 00:38:20,200 the city, and all of the things of the city with the edge of the 525 00:38:20,200 --> 00:38:26,000 sword. Then Joshua says, to the two 526 00:38:26,000 --> 00:38:29,800 men, the two spies. He said to the two men who had 527 00:38:29,800 --> 00:38:32,100 spied out the country, go into the harlots house. 528 00:38:32,100 --> 00:38:35,400 And from there, bring out the woman and all that she has as 529 00:38:35,400 --> 00:38:39,600 you swore to her and the young men who had been spies went in 530 00:38:39,600 --> 00:38:43,300 and brought out Rahab her father, her mother her brothers 531 00:38:43,300 --> 00:38:46,800 and all that she had. You know, her house was on the 532 00:38:46,808 --> 00:38:51,400 wall. She was saved. 533 00:38:52,600 --> 00:38:59,000 Her part of the wall didn't go. God carries out his promises. 534 00:38:59,300 --> 00:39:03,200 She was to be safe because of her righteousness. 535 00:39:04,400 --> 00:39:10,100 And she, she was safe, Hebrews 11 31 by faith. 536 00:39:10,100 --> 00:39:13,100 The Harlot Rahab did not perish with those who did not believe 537 00:39:13,600 --> 00:39:16,600 and she had received when she had received the spies with 538 00:39:16,600 --> 00:39:20,700 peace. She became the great-grandmother 539 00:39:20,900 --> 00:39:26,500 of King David. I hope we can. 540 00:39:28,200 --> 00:39:33,900 Learn some things from these from the from these lessons of 541 00:39:33,900 --> 00:39:38,900 the Old Testament. You know, God has promises for 542 00:39:38,900 --> 00:39:41,800 the faithful and He will carry out his promises. 543 00:39:43,900 --> 00:39:51,700 And these verses are just verses of encouragement because God God 544 00:39:51,700 --> 00:39:59,300 does will fulfill his promises if the promise of Destruction or 545 00:39:59,300 --> 00:40:04,600 the promise of Eternal peace and life. 546 00:40:05,300 --> 00:40:08,200 Philippians 4:6 at the bottom there be anxious for nothing. 547 00:40:08,500 --> 00:40:11,500 But in everything by prayer and supplication with Thanksgiving, 548 00:40:11,800 --> 00:40:13,500 let your requests be made known to God. 549 00:40:13,700 --> 00:40:17,100 God and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding will 550 00:40:17,100 --> 00:40:20,800 guard your hearts and Minds through Jesus Christ. 551 00:40:23,900 --> 00:40:26,500 We thank you for listening to our podcast, put on by the 552 00:40:26,500 --> 00:40:32,300 Church of Christ at 22:15 plans. 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