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What do good old fashioned New 
England stone walls have to do 

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with you? 
Find out on this week's episode 

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of Liberty at Home. 
Hey now, and welcome to our 

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latest edition of Liberty at 
Home, a program brought to you 

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by the Liberty Baptist Church on
Washington Street. 

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I'm your host, Adam Rivero, and 
I've been the pastor of Liberty 

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since its inception in 2013. 
Today, as always, we're 

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broadcasting from Easton, MA 
where you may be tempted to chop

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down a beautiful spruce tree at 
Frothingham Park to take home 

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and decorate for Christmas, But 
believe me, you don't want to do

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that. 
Today we'll be looking at 

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several verses in Joshua chapter
4 as we consider the legacy of 

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our lives. 
So we'll begin in Joshua chapter

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4 verse one, where it says, And 
it came to pass when all the 

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people were clean passed over 
Jordan, that the Lord spake unto

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Joshua, saying, Take you 12 men 
out of the people, out of every 

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tribe a man. 
And command ye them saying, take

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you hence out the midst of 
Jordan, out of the place where 

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the priest feet stood firm 12 
Stones, and you shall carry them

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over with you, and leave them in
the lodging place where you 

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shall lodge this night. 
Then Joshua called the 12 men 

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whom he had prepared of the 
children of Israel, out of every

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tribe a man. 
And Joshua said unto them, 

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Passover before the ark of the 
Lord, your God in the midst of 

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Jordan, and take ye up, every 
man of you, a stone upon his 

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shoulder, according unto the 
number of tribes of the children

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of Israel. 
That this may be a sign among 

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you, that when your children ask
their fathers in time to come, 

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saying, What mean ye by these 
stones? 

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And he shall answer them, that 
the waters of Jordan were cut 

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off before the ark of the 
covenant of the Lord. 

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When it passed over Jordan, the 
waters of Jordan were cut off, 

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and these stones shall be a 
memorial unto the children of 

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Israel forever. 
When I moved to New England 

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almost 13 years ago, I quickly 
learned our area's primary crop,

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rocks. 
They're everywhere. 

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Every time you dig, your shovel 
makes a dull clink as it hits 

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yet another rock. 
Now our forefathers, in a great 

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example of Yankee ingenuity, use
these rocks to their advantage. 

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Like in the old country, they 
stack these rocks into sturdy 

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stone walls to mark the 
boundaries of their land. 

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If you walk around east and long
enough, you'll find plenty of 

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these walls still standing. 
They stand firm as testimonies 

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of the perseverance of 
generations passed on. 

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Now in Joshua chapter 4, God 
instructed the Israelites to do 

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something very similar to the 
rock stacking of our 

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forefathers. 
After 40 years of wandering in 

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the wilderness, Israel had one 
final obstacle before entering 

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the promised land, the mighty 
Jordan River. 

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Now God miraculously stop the 
flow of the swelling river so 

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all Israel could cross on dry 
ground before God restored the 

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flow of water. 
Joshua commanded that a 

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representative of each tribe, 12
in all, each take a large stone 

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from the river and pile them 
into a makeshift memorial on the

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riverbank. 
For what purpose? 

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Well, Joshua chapter 4, verses 6
and seven explained it, that 

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this may be a sign among you 
that when your children ask 

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their fathers in time to come, 
saying, What mean ye by these 

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stones, then you shall answer 
them, that the waters of Jordan 

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were cut off before the ark of 
the covenant of the Lord. 

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When it passed over Jordan, the 
waters of Jordan were cut off. 

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And these stones shall be a 
memorial under the children of 

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Israel forever. 
You see, the stones were placed 

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there as a legacy to future 
generations so that those who 

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did not see the miracles of God 
during the wandering years could

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hear about them from their 
parents, who had heard about it 

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from their parents, and well, so
on. 

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Just like our stone walls, the 
stone memorial spoke to 

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generations that followed. 
Although our walls are a 

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testimony to those who lived 
here before us. 

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The memorial to Jordan River, 
well, that was a testimony to 

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the goodness of God. 
As we consider leaving a legacy 

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for the generations that follow 
us, consider this, you can leave

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something to your children or 
grandchildren far more valuable 

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than a monetary inheritance. 
Money can be such a fleeting 

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thing and it doesn't guarantee 
happiness. 

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The psalmist tells us the best 
thing we can pass on when he 

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says in Psalm chapter 16 verse 
6, Yay, I have a goodly 

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heritage. 
Instead of working so hard to 

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leave a legacy of things like 
money, property, or possessions,

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let's take some time to build a 
foundation that will last. 

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Let's take our families to God's
house. 

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Let's read the Bible together. 
Let's pray together. 

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Let's build a memorial that will
stand for generations to come. 

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Well, thanks for tuning in 
today's episode of Liberty at 

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Home. 
I truly hope you'll visit us 

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sometime soon at Liberty Baptist
Church. 

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You know what I'm going to say? 
We meet every Sunday and 

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Wednesday at 800 Washington St. 
on Route 138. 

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You can find us on YouTube, 
Facebook, your favorite podcast 

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app, or at my 
libertybaptist.org. 

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Well, my time's up. 
So don't forget where the Spirit

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of the Lord is, there is 
Liberty. 

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Catch you next week on ECAT for 
another edition of Liberty at 

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Home.