1 00:00:15,600 --> 00:00:16,640 Shall we? Hello. 2 00:00:16,640 --> 00:00:17,640 Hello. Testing. 3 00:00:19,080 --> 00:00:26,760 Hey, all right, we're getting ready here, so we're going to 4 00:00:26,760 --> 00:00:30,120 cross the river today, but I'm just. 5 00:00:30,120 --> 00:00:31,720 Going to say a short. Prayer before we do that. 6 00:00:32,119 --> 00:00:33,640 I've got my sword today, by the way. 7 00:00:33,640 --> 00:00:35,720 I'll explain why in a moment, all right. 8 00:00:37,440 --> 00:00:40,360 But Heavenly Father, I just. We just worship you. 9 00:00:40,360 --> 00:00:42,920 Today we invite your presence here, Holy Spirit. 10 00:00:43,280 --> 00:00:46,600 You just fill us up. Encourage us, give us courage 11 00:00:46,600 --> 00:00:49,800 and strength to follow in your footsteps wherever you're 12 00:00:49,800 --> 00:00:51,840 leading. We want to partner with you. 13 00:00:52,240 --> 00:00:54,160 Yeah. So in Jesus name we pray. 14 00:00:54,960 --> 00:00:56,520 Amen. OK. 15 00:00:56,520 --> 00:00:59,920 Is everyone ready? To cross the river, OK. 16 00:01:00,320 --> 00:01:03,480 So I brought my sword because we may have some battles along the 17 00:01:03,480 --> 00:01:05,519 way we're going to be looking at. 18 00:01:05,519 --> 00:01:09,160 Joshua 3 to 4, but before we do that. 19 00:01:09,160 --> 00:01:12,440 For those of you that don't know me, I've been involved with the 20 00:01:12,440 --> 00:01:15,560 Vineyard Church all my life. I'm Nathan, by the way. 21 00:01:15,560 --> 00:01:16,160 Yeah. OK. 22 00:01:17,440 --> 00:01:23,120 So first in Philadelphia, PA, and then after that in Canada. 23 00:01:23,440 --> 00:01:26,800 And we also went on missions trips to Africa, to Kenya and 24 00:01:26,800 --> 00:01:29,840 Uganda, and then finally to Hong Kong. 25 00:01:29,840 --> 00:01:33,200 So I've been all over the map. I've been involved in many 26 00:01:33,200 --> 00:01:36,120 ministries around the world. So. 27 00:01:36,120 --> 00:01:38,960 A lot of them are quite intense. The communities I've been part 28 00:01:38,960 --> 00:01:43,240 of, we've seen people healed, we've seen demons cast out, and 29 00:01:43,680 --> 00:01:48,240 we experience God drawing us closer in intimacy with him. 30 00:01:49,200 --> 00:01:51,040 So I have a lot. Of these experiences. 31 00:01:51,040 --> 00:01:52,720 That I want to bring into this. Passage. 32 00:01:52,720 --> 00:01:55,640 I hope that's OK. Because strangely, this is like 33 00:01:56,360 --> 00:01:58,800 one of my life passages that connects a lot with these 34 00:01:58,800 --> 00:02:02,400 experiences that I've had. And also, the second thing you 35 00:02:02,400 --> 00:02:05,480 should know about me is that I love the Old Testament. 36 00:02:06,160 --> 00:02:09,560 OK, so I don't know if any of you agree with that, but that's 37 00:02:09,560 --> 00:02:10,400 my. Favorite book? 38 00:02:10,400 --> 00:02:12,800 Actually my favorite. Section of Scripture. 39 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:16,240 I just Even as a child, I loved reading the Old Testament and so 40 00:02:16,240 --> 00:02:17,920 much. So that I learned Hebrew. 41 00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:21,160 In school and I tried to read it in the original Hebrew in 42 00:02:21,160 --> 00:02:22,880 Aramaic. So I'm going to pull some things 43 00:02:22,880 --> 00:02:26,080 out of the Hebrew text. For this passage, I hope that's 44 00:02:26,080 --> 00:02:28,480 OK too. Are we all OK with that? 45 00:02:28,520 --> 00:02:30,200 OK. So a couple. 46 00:02:30,200 --> 00:02:31,560 Of things, yeah. So as I said. 47 00:02:31,760 --> 00:02:34,560 Some of these experiences are a bit intense, so we're going. 48 00:02:34,560 --> 00:02:36,680 To do a little exercise here if. Anything gets too much. 49 00:02:36,680 --> 00:02:38,880 Here's what we're going to do. Shake it off. 50 00:02:39,080 --> 00:02:39,680 Shake it. Off. 51 00:02:39,680 --> 00:02:41,600 OK, Everyone ready? Shake it off. 52 00:02:42,320 --> 00:02:45,320 OK, so the first thing I want to. 53 00:02:45,320 --> 00:02:48,600 Say about this maybe? We can go to the not the the 54 00:02:48,600 --> 00:02:51,160 text but like the next slide. Yeah, perfect. 55 00:02:51,200 --> 00:02:54,600 OK, so the Hebrew scripture is. Interestingly enough, they're 56 00:02:54,600 --> 00:02:57,680 not organized in the same way as our English Bible. 57 00:02:57,680 --> 00:03:00,000 I don't know if you know that or not, but like we have all these 58 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:01,480 neat little categories, you know, we have the. 59 00:03:01,480 --> 00:03:03,040 Books of law Books. Of wisdom. 60 00:03:03,040 --> 00:03:06,560 Poetry, all that stuff. Actually, the Hebrew. 61 00:03:06,560 --> 00:03:09,320 Bible is only organized into 3 sections so they kind of like 62 00:03:09,560 --> 00:03:12,800 move the books around a little bit but they're the same books. 63 00:03:13,080 --> 00:03:16,800 But the first one is the Law, and then the prophets, and then 64 00:03:16,960 --> 00:03:17,760 the. Writings. 65 00:03:17,760 --> 00:03:20,040 So they have these. 3 sections and each of those sections 66 00:03:20,040 --> 00:03:23,200 represent kind of a person, a way that you have. 67 00:03:23,200 --> 00:03:25,920 Access to God, so the. Law is represented by the. 68 00:03:25,920 --> 00:03:28,040 Priest. The priest. 69 00:03:28,040 --> 00:03:30,320 Who is the mediator between US and God? 70 00:03:30,320 --> 00:03:32,960 And then? After that there's the prophets, 71 00:03:32,960 --> 00:03:34,160 which is like the. Person who? 72 00:03:34,240 --> 00:03:37,040 Speaks the the words of God to the people. 73 00:03:37,320 --> 00:03:39,920 And then the writings is like represented by the scribe who 74 00:03:39,920 --> 00:03:42,320 writes. The the actual words of God for 75 00:03:42,320 --> 00:03:44,360 the people. But so the interesting thing 76 00:03:44,360 --> 00:03:47,440 about this is. That Joshua although. 77 00:03:47,640 --> 00:03:49,360 As Libby said last time, it the narrative. 78 00:03:49,360 --> 00:03:51,040 Flows like. Straight from the book of 79 00:03:51,040 --> 00:03:53,520 Deuteronomy into Joshua. Joshua was actually the first 80 00:03:53,520 --> 00:03:55,360 book of prophets of the prophets. 81 00:03:55,360 --> 00:03:57,120 According to the Hebrew understanding. 82 00:03:58,080 --> 00:04:01,960 So I just want to think about. This a little bit so because I 83 00:04:01,960 --> 00:04:05,280 like thinking about Joshua as a book of prophecy because I, I, I 84 00:04:05,280 --> 00:04:06,600 think. There's even like an added 85 00:04:06,600 --> 00:04:09,040 expectation some things that we can find. 86 00:04:09,040 --> 00:04:12,840 Here like yes, we're. Going to be looking at how the 87 00:04:12,840 --> 00:04:15,680 book reveals something about the nature of God and his dealings 88 00:04:15,680 --> 00:04:19,000 with his people, but I think that it's also important to look 89 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:22,520 at some of the themes and signs. As as as a book of prophecy, 90 00:04:22,520 --> 00:04:24,880 that's. Pointing forward to New 91 00:04:24,880 --> 00:04:26,840 Testament truths and to our lives today. 92 00:04:28,480 --> 00:04:30,960 OK, So what does this mean? So first of all, all the old. 93 00:04:30,960 --> 00:04:33,560 Rabbi scholars agree. That the main prophet in the 94 00:04:33,560 --> 00:04:36,280 book is. Joshua, OK, No surprise there. 95 00:04:36,440 --> 00:04:38,600 He's the one hearing from God and communicating it to the 96 00:04:38,600 --> 00:04:41,120 people. But the one significant sign 97 00:04:41,120 --> 00:04:43,640 that I think we should recognize here is the name of Joshua. 98 00:04:43,720 --> 00:04:47,880 OK, so the Hebrew name. Of Joshua is Yehoshua. 99 00:04:48,480 --> 00:04:50,080 The meaning here is. Basically just like the word. 100 00:04:50,080 --> 00:04:54,840 Salvation sort of made into a name, if you can think of it 101 00:04:54,840 --> 00:04:56,800 that way. I'm going to set my sword down 102 00:04:56,800 --> 00:04:59,520 for the moment. So as the language developed. 103 00:04:59,520 --> 00:05:02,720 By the end of the Second Temple period, the more common form of 104 00:05:02,720 --> 00:05:04,920 this name was the shortened form of Yeshua. 105 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:08,320 Does this name sound familiar to anyone? 106 00:05:09,960 --> 00:05:12,360 Yes, OK. So this is actually the name of 107 00:05:12,640 --> 00:05:13,800 Jesus. This is in Hebrew. 108 00:05:13,800 --> 00:05:15,240 This is who Jesus was named after. 109 00:05:15,520 --> 00:05:20,440 So Matthew 121 Mary will bear a son, says the Angel Gabriel, and 110 00:05:20,440 --> 00:05:25,960 you will call his name Jesus, Yeshua, or salvation in a sense. 111 00:05:25,960 --> 00:05:29,360 For he will save his people. From their sins so. 112 00:05:29,360 --> 00:05:32,320 He's this aspect of. Salvation is built into the name 113 00:05:32,320 --> 00:05:35,840 of Jesus, so I think it's. Important to ask how is this 114 00:05:35,840 --> 00:05:38,320 book? Of Joshua and the character of 115 00:05:38,320 --> 00:05:39,920 Joshua. Pointing us forward to. 116 00:05:39,920 --> 00:05:42,240 The work of Jesus. So he's supposed to be going. 117 00:05:42,240 --> 00:05:45,320 Forward he's supposed to be. Leading God's people to victory 118 00:05:45,520 --> 00:05:48,360 and taking the promised land. So how does that? 119 00:05:48,360 --> 00:05:51,040 Connect with the work. Of Jesus well Jesus stepped onto 120 00:05:51,040 --> 00:05:56,040 the scene and he proclaimed the Kingdom of God is at hand right 121 00:05:56,040 --> 00:06:01,880 the Kingdom of God is among you and he's so he's ushering in the 122 00:06:01,880 --> 00:06:03,800 Kingdom of God just as. Joshua is sort of. 123 00:06:03,800 --> 00:06:06,640 Ushering in this new reign into this area. 124 00:06:08,040 --> 00:06:10,400 You can see that. So the closest literary parallel 125 00:06:10,400 --> 00:06:12,320 to the book was a royal. Land grant. 126 00:06:12,320 --> 00:06:14,520 So they did. Studies to try to compare the 127 00:06:14,520 --> 00:06:17,480 book of Joshua to other texts. Around that time and that's what 128 00:06:17,480 --> 00:06:19,000 they found. So it's like it's taking this 129 00:06:19,000 --> 00:06:21,280 territory. So what does that look like if 130 00:06:21,280 --> 00:06:23,760 we apply it to? The work of Jesus in our lives. 131 00:06:24,440 --> 00:06:26,320 I want to focus on that for a second. 132 00:06:27,240 --> 00:06:29,680 I think there's two things that I really want to highlight with 133 00:06:29,680 --> 00:06:32,160 this. So 1 is like a more internal 134 00:06:32,160 --> 00:06:35,560 thing where we can see our own selves as kind of the promised 135 00:06:35,560 --> 00:06:40,600 land, right? Where Jesus is creating us into 136 00:06:40,600 --> 00:06:45,120 what he wants us to be, cleaning us, making us holy, drawing us 137 00:06:45,120 --> 00:06:49,160 closer to him, aligning our priorities to him, and then all 138 00:06:49,160 --> 00:06:51,600 that once we're we're, we're becoming more like him. 139 00:06:51,600 --> 00:06:53,440 Of course that. Spills out into our relationship 140 00:06:53,440 --> 00:06:56,240 with others. We we are better able to love 141 00:06:56,240 --> 00:06:58,360 others. And, and truly understand those 142 00:06:59,040 --> 00:07:02,480 outside of our circles. But I think there's another 143 00:07:02,480 --> 00:07:05,160 thing that I want to highlight here that's a bit more external 144 00:07:05,480 --> 00:07:08,160 in what the advancement of the of the Kingdom looks like. 145 00:07:08,440 --> 00:07:12,400 And that's what Jesus might be calling us to, what the Spirit 146 00:07:12,400 --> 00:07:15,400 might be leading us to, something that involves stepping 147 00:07:15,400 --> 00:07:17,880 out in faith, crossing the boundary. 148 00:07:17,880 --> 00:07:20,320 That's what we're going to be looking at today, crossing the 149 00:07:20,320 --> 00:07:22,720 river in a way that we haven't before. 150 00:07:23,520 --> 00:07:26,600 So both of these senses, both the internal and sort of the 151 00:07:26,600 --> 00:07:29,600 external advancement of the Kingdom, I really think need to 152 00:07:29,600 --> 00:07:33,600 be connected to what seems to be like violent or military sort of 153 00:07:33,600 --> 00:07:36,280 metaphors in this book. Anyone else have that kind of 154 00:07:36,280 --> 00:07:38,440 weird, weird feeling sometimes when you're reading about 155 00:07:38,440 --> 00:07:41,000 battles in Scripture? Yeah. 156 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:44,040 So like. All these military campaigns, 157 00:07:44,040 --> 00:07:46,840 the destruction in the Book of Revelation Psalm is sometimes 158 00:07:46,840 --> 00:07:50,040 saying God, please kill my enemies, like destroy them. 159 00:07:50,680 --> 00:07:52,280 This is a bit weird. Jesus said. 160 00:07:52,280 --> 00:07:54,000 We're supposed to love. Our enemies, right? 161 00:07:54,000 --> 00:07:56,760 That's the whole point. Jesus definitely said that, 162 00:07:56,760 --> 00:07:57,880 right? He said that. 163 00:07:57,880 --> 00:07:59,760 OK, I'll just make sure I got this right. 164 00:08:00,400 --> 00:08:04,680 So if you find any violent passages in the Bible, here's my 165 00:08:04,680 --> 00:08:06,960 way of looking at them. It's not the only way, there's 166 00:08:06,960 --> 00:08:09,480 other ways, but this is my. Favorite way? 167 00:08:09,480 --> 00:08:11,800 So always. Read them and apply them in 168 00:08:11,800 --> 00:08:14,280 light of can we go to the next slide maybe. 169 00:08:17,680 --> 00:08:20,640 Oh, wait, it's not there. OK, maybe. 170 00:08:20,640 --> 00:08:23,960 No, no, you can go back. To the first one, yeah. 171 00:08:24,200 --> 00:08:25,240 Oh, no, There it is. It is there. 172 00:08:26,200 --> 00:08:28,280 Sorry. Ephesians 612. 173 00:08:29,520 --> 00:08:32,280 Right, so for our struggle. Is not against flesh and blood, 174 00:08:32,400 --> 00:08:34,559 but against the. Rulers, the authorities, the 175 00:08:34,559 --> 00:08:36,360 powers of this dark. World and against the. 176 00:08:36,360 --> 00:08:38,679 Spiritual forces of. Evil in the heavenly realms. 177 00:08:39,120 --> 00:08:43,120 So I think it's a good way of reading the Bible to say anytime 178 00:08:43,120 --> 00:08:45,720 you see a violent passage, the one way of looking at it is to 179 00:08:45,720 --> 00:08:48,320 frame it as a metaphor. For God as a warrior. 180 00:08:48,600 --> 00:08:54,120 Taking on the forces of evil and empowering you to deal with any 181 00:08:54,280 --> 00:08:56,360 of those forces that may be holding you back. 182 00:08:56,760 --> 00:08:59,480 This can be true either within you as you grow in your 183 00:08:59,480 --> 00:09:02,600 relationship with him, but also maybe around you as you step out 184 00:09:02,600 --> 00:09:05,240 in faith among your friends, your family, the workplace. 185 00:09:06,160 --> 00:09:10,000 We'll apply this a little. Bit more as we go along, but one 186 00:09:10,000 --> 00:09:11,640 of the things I want to highlight is there's so many 187 00:09:11,640 --> 00:09:13,120 opportunities. Out there in our lives. 188 00:09:13,120 --> 00:09:16,280 Today, in order to step out and faith even something simple like 189 00:09:16,560 --> 00:09:19,680 doing grocery shopping right. I used to say if you have a. 190 00:09:19,680 --> 00:09:21,600 Shopping list? That's your ticket for an 191 00:09:21,600 --> 00:09:24,440 encounter with someone God wants you to minister to. 192 00:09:24,440 --> 00:09:27,360 You could be asking God, what sort of person will I meet in 193 00:09:27,360 --> 00:09:29,400 this grocery store? Maybe they need prayer. 194 00:09:29,440 --> 00:09:31,760 You don't have to be awkward or do anything like that, but you 195 00:09:31,760 --> 00:09:34,880 can just pray for them silently if you happen to see someone who 196 00:09:34,880 --> 00:09:36,760 might fit those descriptions. Those kinds of things. 197 00:09:37,080 --> 00:09:39,080 You never know what God might have. 198 00:09:39,480 --> 00:09:40,880 That's a treasure. Waiting for you. 199 00:09:42,800 --> 00:09:45,600 OK. So I think can we go back to the 200 00:09:45,600 --> 00:09:50,000 first text slide? So what I want to do is just 201 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:51,760 jump. Through the passage quickly 202 00:09:51,760 --> 00:09:53,760 together. And we're not going. 203 00:09:53,760 --> 00:09:55,600 To read it all because it's 2. Chapters. 204 00:09:55,600 --> 00:09:57,680 It's a bit long, but I will pull some things out. 205 00:09:58,000 --> 00:10:01,520 As we go through it. Just to get some insights here. 206 00:10:01,520 --> 00:10:05,960 Are we all good? Everyone ready? 207 00:10:06,160 --> 00:10:09,840 OK, so this is the very beginning. 208 00:10:10,640 --> 00:10:13,640 Let's just start. From verse one, Joshua rose 209 00:10:13,640 --> 00:10:18,520 early in the morning and stop. OK, why did I stop there? 210 00:10:19,320 --> 00:10:21,080 Joshua Rose. Early in the morning I have. 211 00:10:21,080 --> 00:10:24,120 To stop there because this. Is my favorite catch. 212 00:10:24,120 --> 00:10:28,440 Phrase of the Old Testament so and so rose. 213 00:10:28,440 --> 00:10:31,400 Early in the morning, OK. Does anyone, can anyone think of 214 00:10:31,400 --> 00:10:34,480 any examples of people rising early in the morning that you 215 00:10:34,480 --> 00:10:35,960 may know of? OK. 216 00:10:36,480 --> 00:10:38,400 Jesus, yeah. In the Old Testament though, 217 00:10:38,560 --> 00:10:41,160 like if you think about. Before Joshua, the people that 218 00:10:41,160 --> 00:10:44,880 would have had this phrase. Yeah, that's true for Jesus, but 219 00:10:45,320 --> 00:10:49,000 I just want to say here, because it's not because I'm a morning 220 00:10:49,000 --> 00:10:52,280 person, that's not why. But there's something about this 221 00:10:52,280 --> 00:10:56,520 phrase that indicates a powerful encounter with God is coming. 222 00:10:56,800 --> 00:11:00,720 Maybe even there's going to be a testing in place. 223 00:11:00,720 --> 00:11:02,600 OK. So really quickly I'm. 224 00:11:02,600 --> 00:11:04,880 Just going to run through. These rapid fire. 225 00:11:05,360 --> 00:11:09,440 Genesis 1927 Abraham rose early in the morning to see if God did 226 00:11:09,440 --> 00:11:12,800 what he said he was going to do. And yes, Sodom and Gomorrah is 227 00:11:12,800 --> 00:11:15,160 destroyed. The smoke is rising from the 228 00:11:15,160 --> 00:11:17,320 scorched land like smoke from a furnace. 229 00:11:17,640 --> 00:11:20,280 OK. Genesis 2114 Abraham again 230 00:11:20,480 --> 00:11:23,200 rising early in the morning. He has to trust God that he will 231 00:11:23,200 --> 00:11:25,280 take care of Hagar. And Ishmael, as he's sending 232 00:11:25,280 --> 00:11:28,760 them away, they have an encounter with God, an Angel of 233 00:11:28,760 --> 00:11:30,440 God in the wilderness who provides for them. 234 00:11:30,640 --> 00:11:33,480 Genesis 22 Three Abraham again rising early in the morning to 235 00:11:33,480 --> 00:11:35,920 sacrifice his son Isaac, and we all know he. 236 00:11:35,920 --> 00:11:38,040 Was tested there. And he has an encounter. 237 00:11:38,040 --> 00:11:41,120 With God as well. Genesis 2818 Joseph has the 238 00:11:41,120 --> 00:11:43,440 heavenly vision of angels going up and down the stairs of 239 00:11:43,440 --> 00:11:44,800 heaven. Sets off a pillar. 240 00:11:44,800 --> 00:11:48,520 Of remembrance Genesis 3155 Laban rises early in the morning 241 00:11:48,520 --> 00:11:49,920 again. There's a pillar of remembrance, 242 00:11:50,120 --> 00:11:51,600 and the angels of God meet Jacob. 243 00:11:52,320 --> 00:11:54,520 So, OK, I'm not going to go through all of them, but you get 244 00:11:54,520 --> 00:11:57,720 the idea, right? Something is going to go down 245 00:11:57,720 --> 00:11:59,960 here. Let's see what it is. 246 00:12:00,440 --> 00:12:03,160 So if this pattern holds, Joshua's preparing for his 247 00:12:03,160 --> 00:12:06,960 encounter with God, perhaps. So what ends up happening? 248 00:12:07,760 --> 00:12:10,760 He is tested. Right, and he does end up with a 249 00:12:10,760 --> 00:12:14,280 powerful encounter with God. OK, so. 250 00:12:14,280 --> 00:12:15,960 Let's go back to oh, thank you. That's perfect. 251 00:12:16,560 --> 00:12:19,600 OK, so. I'm going to avoid that place 252 00:12:19,600 --> 00:12:21,360 name there. I know some preachers have made 253 00:12:21,360 --> 00:12:22,920 fun of that name. Yeah, you don't want to. 254 00:12:22,920 --> 00:12:24,600 Live there OK we're. Not going to stoop to that 255 00:12:24,600 --> 00:12:27,640 level, all right. Let's see. 256 00:12:27,640 --> 00:12:30,040 So they camped before crossing over, and then they. 257 00:12:30,040 --> 00:12:31,680 Went through the camp and commanded the. 258 00:12:31,680 --> 00:12:36,320 People, so we're following this. You shall set out from your 259 00:12:36,320 --> 00:12:42,320 place OK following the ark. So that you may know the. 260 00:12:42,320 --> 00:12:44,920 Way you should go. For you have not passed this way 261 00:12:44,920 --> 00:12:49,880 before, right? So God is taking us. 262 00:12:49,880 --> 00:12:51,600 We can. The lesson from this we can take 263 00:12:51,600 --> 00:12:53,520 is God is taking us into new territory. 264 00:12:53,520 --> 00:12:57,800 We sometimes will need his guidance as we go and we'll talk 265 00:12:57,800 --> 00:12:59,200 about that A. Little bit later, but. 266 00:12:59,440 --> 00:13:01,160 Just this is a mental note. We're going through the 267 00:13:01,160 --> 00:13:02,400 scriptures first and we'll put all the. 268 00:13:02,400 --> 00:13:07,240 Pieces together later, all right, Right after that it shows 269 00:13:08,680 --> 00:13:10,840 there should be a. Space between you and it, a 270 00:13:10,840 --> 00:13:15,120 distance of about 2000 qubits do not come any nearer to it then 271 00:13:15,120 --> 00:13:17,080 Joshua. Said to the people, Sanctify 272 00:13:17,080 --> 00:13:20,320 yourselves for. Tomorrow Yahweh will do wonders 273 00:13:20,320 --> 00:13:24,040 among you and the priests are taking up the Ark of the 274 00:13:24,040 --> 00:13:25,800 Covenant and passing in front of the people. 275 00:13:26,120 --> 00:13:28,200 OK, so I just want to highlight here that there's. 276 00:13:28,200 --> 00:13:30,400 A lot of. Preparation going on, right, 277 00:13:30,440 --> 00:13:32,880 They have to sanctify themselves and they're also. 278 00:13:32,880 --> 00:13:35,240 Letting a space. Between themselves and God. 279 00:13:35,240 --> 00:13:38,520 This is something that's connected to an old custom of of 280 00:13:38,560 --> 00:13:41,440 allowing space for the king to move ahead of you. 281 00:13:42,480 --> 00:13:45,160 And the idea here is that it's not just about the. 282 00:13:45,160 --> 00:13:47,440 Presence of God, but it's also about the people. 283 00:13:48,360 --> 00:13:51,840 And the responsibility on them to host his presence well. 284 00:13:52,280 --> 00:13:54,320 And I think that's an important theme that we need to pull out 285 00:13:54,320 --> 00:13:58,640 of here. Maybe we can go on to the next 286 00:13:58,640 --> 00:14:03,040 slide. Let's see. 287 00:14:05,120 --> 00:14:09,320 OK, so that all right. So I just want to highlight one 288 00:14:09,320 --> 00:14:11,920 thing here. By this you shall. 289 00:14:11,920 --> 00:14:15,240 This has got. I promise that he is going to. 290 00:14:15,520 --> 00:14:17,280 Drive out the. Canaanites, the Hittites. 291 00:14:17,280 --> 00:14:18,480 The Hittites. Perizzites. 292 00:14:18,960 --> 00:14:22,440 OK, all those but this you shall know that El. 293 00:14:22,440 --> 00:14:25,640 Hai is among you. Has anyone heard that name of 294 00:14:25,640 --> 00:14:28,880 God before? I I actually. 295 00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:31,240 Did a search, I can't find it anywhere else in the Bible. 296 00:14:31,760 --> 00:14:37,400 I found it in Psalm. 42 Two. My sole thirst for God and for 297 00:14:37,400 --> 00:14:39,880 El Hai. My soul thirsts for. 298 00:14:39,880 --> 00:14:42,760 God and for the living God, it's the name of God, really rare 299 00:14:42,760 --> 00:14:45,360 sort of name of God, but it means the living God. 300 00:14:45,880 --> 00:14:49,480 And so obviously God is here contrasting himself. 301 00:14:49,480 --> 00:14:52,000 With all the other dead powerless gods of all these. 302 00:14:52,000 --> 00:14:55,760 Other nations, right? He's about to prove his name. 303 00:14:56,080 --> 00:14:59,480 He's about to demonstrate that he is alive, right. 304 00:15:02,880 --> 00:15:07,240 OK, so then skipping down so. This is just the indication. 305 00:15:07,240 --> 00:15:11,240 Of what's going on here? Those who aboard the Ark. 306 00:15:11,240 --> 00:15:12,560 Had come to the Jordan so when the. 307 00:15:12,560 --> 00:15:14,440 Feet of the priests bearing the ark. 308 00:15:14,440 --> 00:15:17,520 Were dipped in the edge. Of the water, the waters flowing 309 00:15:17,520 --> 00:15:21,160 from above stood still. Rising up in a single heap, far 310 00:15:21,360 --> 00:15:23,520 off at Adam. The city that is beside. 311 00:15:23,880 --> 00:15:26,520 Zarathan well, those flowing towards. 312 00:15:26,520 --> 00:15:28,720 The Sea of Arabah, the Dead Sea, were wholly cut off. 313 00:15:29,080 --> 00:15:33,240 Can we go on to the next one? Then the people crossed over 314 00:15:33,240 --> 00:15:36,600 opposite Jericho while. All Israel were crossing over on 315 00:15:36,600 --> 00:15:38,400 dry ground the. Priests who bore the Ark. 316 00:15:38,440 --> 00:15:42,120 Stood firmly on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan until 317 00:15:42,120 --> 00:15:44,960 the entire nation finished crossing over the Jordan. 318 00:15:45,320 --> 00:15:47,720 Wow. OK, this is in one way this is 319 00:15:47,720 --> 00:15:49,560 even more amazing than parting the Red Sea. 320 00:15:49,560 --> 00:15:53,240 I mean, you're stopping flowing water from flowing, right? 321 00:15:53,240 --> 00:15:58,240 That is crazy. So God is revealing his power. 322 00:15:58,760 --> 00:16:01,600 He's revealing himself to be the same God who parted the Red Sea 323 00:16:01,600 --> 00:16:02,920 with Moses. So. 324 00:16:02,920 --> 00:16:04,680 Basically, this is Joshua has sort of. 325 00:16:04,680 --> 00:16:07,760 Passed his test. Now he's taking on leadership of 326 00:16:07,760 --> 00:16:08,880 the people. Because of this. 327 00:16:08,880 --> 00:16:12,080 So you can see the connections sort of leadership passing from 328 00:16:12,120 --> 00:16:17,320 Moses to Joshua. OK, so then. 329 00:16:17,760 --> 00:16:19,960 Let's go to. Oh, we're on the same one. 330 00:16:20,040 --> 00:16:22,240 OK, so the rest. Of chapter 4 here there's a 331 00:16:22,240 --> 00:16:24,240 real. Big theme of remembrance. 332 00:16:24,720 --> 00:16:26,680 So each of the tribes. Takes a big stone from the 333 00:16:26,680 --> 00:16:28,160 middle of the river and they carry. 334 00:16:28,160 --> 00:16:31,000 It over to the other. Side setting up a memorial for 335 00:16:31,000 --> 00:16:34,280 future generations of the miraculous work of God that had 336 00:16:34,280 --> 00:16:40,240 LED them to where they are. Can we go on to the next slide 337 00:16:40,240 --> 00:16:44,440 then? OK, so then here you can see in 338 00:16:44,440 --> 00:16:47,400 parentheses there. So Joshua now also sets up 12 339 00:16:47,400 --> 00:16:51,040 Stones in the middle of the now dry Jordan River. 340 00:16:51,320 --> 00:16:53,160 To show where God had. Taken them. 341 00:16:53,880 --> 00:16:55,720 OK, well, the poor. Priests have to stand there the 342 00:16:55,720 --> 00:16:58,720 whole time while everyone's moving stones around, right? 343 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:01,200 But then they. Finally get to crossover too. 344 00:17:02,600 --> 00:17:08,160 But notice in verse 13 there so about 40,000 armed for. 345 00:17:08,160 --> 00:17:11,000 War crossed over before. Yahweh to the plains of Jericho 346 00:17:11,319 --> 00:17:13,000 for battle. OK, so. 347 00:17:13,160 --> 00:17:15,599 Obviously we still have the. Military metaphors going on 348 00:17:15,599 --> 00:17:18,720 here. This is the just the first. 349 00:17:18,720 --> 00:17:22,880 Step of faith that they've taken on and there's more to come. 350 00:17:24,599 --> 00:17:27,359 OK. All right, everyone OK. 351 00:17:27,359 --> 00:17:29,720 So far, got it. OK, now we're going to put it 352 00:17:29,720 --> 00:17:32,880 all together with some lessons about what we've learned. 353 00:17:33,760 --> 00:17:36,200 The first lesson that I want to. Highlight is God is ready. 354 00:17:36,200 --> 00:17:38,520 To meet us, but it's often up to us. 355 00:17:38,520 --> 00:17:41,120 To take the first step. OK, he's the one who goes. 356 00:17:41,120 --> 00:17:44,160 Before us, the warrior. Fighting for us, preparing the 357 00:17:44,160 --> 00:17:47,640 way. So John Wimber, one of the main 358 00:17:47,640 --> 00:17:51,800 founders of the Vineyard movement, was once on a tour of 359 00:17:51,800 --> 00:17:52,400 I. Think it was like an. 360 00:17:52,400 --> 00:17:55,880 Aerospace Center somewhere like a NASA center. 361 00:17:56,480 --> 00:17:58,400 In any case, the tour guide was pointing out a big. 362 00:17:58,400 --> 00:18:02,280 Rocket that was set up. To launch and Wimber was trying 363 00:18:02,280 --> 00:18:04,720 to engage with the tour guide, he he wasn't getting many 364 00:18:05,440 --> 00:18:08,040 audience interactions. So when he said are there any 365 00:18:08,040 --> 00:18:10,640 questions, Wimber just blurted out a random question. 366 00:18:10,840 --> 00:18:14,360 He said is the guidance. System working now and the tour 367 00:18:14,360 --> 00:18:15,880 guide kind of rolled his eyes, right? 368 00:18:15,880 --> 00:18:17,880 And he said, OK, no, the guidance system doesn't. 369 00:18:17,880 --> 00:18:22,160 Start until the rocket leaves. The launchpad, then it's guided 370 00:18:22,560 --> 00:18:25,120 which way to go. So Wimber kind of shrugged and 371 00:18:25,240 --> 00:18:26,600 moved on. But then later he was thinking 372 00:18:26,600 --> 00:18:28,960 about this. This is a great picture. 373 00:18:28,960 --> 00:18:33,120 Of following God right sometimes we've done all the preparation 374 00:18:33,440 --> 00:18:35,880 and then we're just sort of like sitting around waiting for 375 00:18:35,880 --> 00:18:40,000 guidance right but that guidance doesn't come until we actually 376 00:18:40,000 --> 00:18:42,640 take that step forward then the guidance kicks in and we're. 377 00:18:42,640 --> 00:18:44,480 Directed the way. That we need to go. 378 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:49,240 This is something that I experienced and I know we shared 379 00:18:49,240 --> 00:18:49,800 a. Little bit of our. 380 00:18:49,800 --> 00:18:52,520 Story in the weekend away, I'm going to pull in some things 381 00:18:52,520 --> 00:18:55,520 from Alice and my story, but there was one point in time. 382 00:18:56,120 --> 00:18:58,680 Where things had shifted. In my life and I was just 383 00:18:58,680 --> 00:19:00,240 waiting for. For God's. 384 00:19:00,600 --> 00:19:03,800 Move because I didn't know it was coming next and it was a. 385 00:19:03,800 --> 00:19:06,840 Year of just. Praying and and, and seeking his 386 00:19:06,840 --> 00:19:09,560 face about what was next. Not getting any answer. 387 00:19:09,560 --> 00:19:12,320 To be honest, it's a year and I still didn't know what I was 388 00:19:12,320 --> 00:19:15,000 supposed to do. So I said OK, finally then I 389 00:19:15,000 --> 00:19:17,760 just sort of made a decision. I'm going to stay where I am. 390 00:19:17,760 --> 00:19:20,120 That's my decision. Right after I made that 391 00:19:20,120 --> 00:19:23,480 decision, it was like 90° guidance shift. 392 00:19:23,480 --> 00:19:25,400 Nope, you're going to go right now. 393 00:19:25,400 --> 00:19:28,800 Now is the time to go. So that's ultimately then that 394 00:19:28,800 --> 00:19:31,760 was part of my journey. I'll share some more details as 395 00:19:31,800 --> 00:19:38,160 we go though, but so the next. Part of this is that it's it's 396 00:19:38,320 --> 00:19:41,040 it's. That moment, that moment of God 397 00:19:41,040 --> 00:19:43,560 being ready to to meet us, but. Then we're taking the 1st. 398 00:19:43,560 --> 00:19:47,040 Step but behind that, as I said, there was a year of praying, a 399 00:19:47,040 --> 00:19:49,360 year of thinking and, and and just seeking God. 400 00:19:49,640 --> 00:19:51,880 So maybe we can go on to the next slide so God is ready to 401 00:19:51,880 --> 00:19:54,120 meet us. But also it's important to have 402 00:19:54,120 --> 00:19:56,160 a a space that we create for God to. 403 00:19:56,160 --> 00:19:59,880 Move in our lives and this comes with intimacy with him right 404 00:20:01,280 --> 00:20:04,520 spending time just in prayer and following his his guidance, 405 00:20:04,520 --> 00:20:06,760 following his signs. It's it's almost like. 406 00:20:07,800 --> 00:20:09,840 It's like setting up that launchpad, right? 407 00:20:09,840 --> 00:20:13,440 Really it begins with developing that intimacy, seeking him and 408 00:20:13,440 --> 00:20:16,240 his voice, getting to know he's leading, knowing how he speaks 409 00:20:16,240 --> 00:20:18,800 to you in particular, right? All these things are really 410 00:20:18,800 --> 00:20:22,040 important and what we find as we go along. 411 00:20:22,040 --> 00:20:23,840 It's like a parent leading a child. 412 00:20:24,120 --> 00:20:25,640 He not only. Goes ahead of us. 413 00:20:26,040 --> 00:20:30,520 But he also gives us the courage to face some of our spiritual 414 00:20:30,520 --> 00:20:33,440 enemies, our fears, anything from our past that might be 415 00:20:33,440 --> 00:20:36,880 holding us back as well. OK, let's see. 416 00:20:36,880 --> 00:20:42,120 So I would like to just spend a lot of time on the second point 417 00:20:42,720 --> 00:20:44,000 for a moment, if that's all right. 418 00:20:44,560 --> 00:20:46,800 So in the weekend. Away last year. 419 00:20:47,160 --> 00:20:49,440 Alice and I shared about our journey as a couple, how we 420 00:20:49,440 --> 00:20:52,840 ended up taking some steps of faith and ultimately this LED us 421 00:20:52,840 --> 00:20:55,800 from Hong Kong to here, so I also. 422 00:20:55,800 --> 00:20:58,360 Shared a bit about how. I was led to Hong Kong before 423 00:20:58,360 --> 00:21:00,560 that. I won't share all of that again, 424 00:21:00,560 --> 00:21:03,000 but I did want to add one part of that story that I didn't 425 00:21:03,000 --> 00:21:05,560 share before. But I have to apologize because 426 00:21:05,560 --> 00:21:08,120 it's very intense. OK, shake it off. 427 00:21:10,400 --> 00:21:13,160 So in many ministry events I've been part of teams that had to 428 00:21:13,160 --> 00:21:16,480 deal with a demon surfacing and one of the people attending 429 00:21:16,480 --> 00:21:18,920 there, unfortunately. What do I mean by that? 430 00:21:18,920 --> 00:21:22,200 Well, OK, it's a freaky. Voice that's not the regular 431 00:21:22,200 --> 00:21:25,320 voice of the person coming out of their mouth and saying 432 00:21:25,320 --> 00:21:27,400 things. Not very nice things. 433 00:21:28,160 --> 00:21:31,000 OK, so I recognize this is not a situation that we want to overly 434 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:33,000 emphasize and spend too much time in. 435 00:21:33,240 --> 00:21:36,440 I get that, totally get that. But I just need to mention this 436 00:21:36,480 --> 00:21:38,320 because it illustrates one of these points. 437 00:21:39,160 --> 00:21:42,040 In one of our meetings we did have a demon surface in a 438 00:21:42,040 --> 00:21:46,240 particular individual older man and it was saying how much it 439 00:21:46,400 --> 00:21:49,320 hated this man it. Said that he was a. 440 00:21:49,320 --> 00:21:52,080 Good man, though. It had been in him for years, 441 00:21:52,280 --> 00:21:54,160 but it was not able to do anything with him. 442 00:21:54,200 --> 00:21:58,360 It was frustrated that it wasn't getting anywhere with him, but 443 00:21:58,360 --> 00:22:00,040 it said in all. These years, the. 444 00:22:00,160 --> 00:22:03,120 Only one thing that was able to do was hold him back in. 445 00:22:03,120 --> 00:22:05,640 Fear so that he. Could never move into his 446 00:22:05,640 --> 00:22:11,080 calling. OK, yeah, crazy stuff, but I had 447 00:22:11,080 --> 00:22:11,840 to. Say like, OK. 448 00:22:11,880 --> 00:22:14,280 First of all, we're not going to be placing any belief or trust 449 00:22:14,280 --> 00:22:16,040 in these voices. Let me just make that clear. 450 00:22:16,040 --> 00:22:17,600 Not cool. We're not going to do that. 451 00:22:17,640 --> 00:22:21,440 They often lie and their power is broken by the name of Jesus 452 00:22:21,480 --> 00:22:22,960 and this. Guy got his. 453 00:22:23,080 --> 00:22:24,800 Freedom that day. OK, so Amen. 454 00:22:25,080 --> 00:22:29,520 But The thing is, after hearing that spirit, I was impressed by 455 00:22:29,520 --> 00:22:30,720 two things. First of all. 456 00:22:31,040 --> 00:22:33,880 In a weird way like. What a testimony for. 457 00:22:34,480 --> 00:22:37,240 A spirit to say it. Couldn't do anything with you, 458 00:22:37,240 --> 00:22:40,000 though it had been trying for years and years and years. 459 00:22:40,400 --> 00:22:42,800 Like that's pretty. Awesome in a way, and in a 460 00:22:42,800 --> 00:22:45,000 weird. Sort of twisted way, right? 461 00:22:45,160 --> 00:22:47,680 But. The second part hit home really 462 00:22:47,680 --> 00:22:51,600 for me, like it's it was saying it was holding him back. 463 00:22:51,600 --> 00:22:53,640 Again, might have been lying, don't know. 464 00:22:53,840 --> 00:22:57,720 But still it made me examine myself and I'm thinking, are 465 00:22:57,720 --> 00:23:02,080 there any voices that that are holding me back? 466 00:23:02,080 --> 00:23:05,360 Is there anything that's holding me back right now for what God 467 00:23:05,360 --> 00:23:08,240 might be calling me? And it's exactly what Libby was 468 00:23:08,240 --> 00:23:11,040 saying last last week. How would you live differently 469 00:23:11,040 --> 00:23:13,120 if you knew that God? Was with you that that's. 470 00:23:13,120 --> 00:23:16,280 Kind of a, a version of of that that I was feeling in my mind, 471 00:23:16,560 --> 00:23:20,200 if I what is here that might be holding me back. 472 00:23:20,440 --> 00:23:23,560 I really want to examine myself and just get rid of everything, 473 00:23:23,560 --> 00:23:25,600 right? Break off all the chains that 474 00:23:25,600 --> 00:23:27,800 are holding me back because I don't want to spend my whole 475 00:23:27,800 --> 00:23:29,920 life. Maybe, you know, like like this 476 00:23:29,920 --> 00:23:31,640 guy that might be stuck in that place. 477 00:23:33,360 --> 00:23:35,960 OK, so again, shake it off. Shake it off. 478 00:23:36,720 --> 00:23:39,840 Moving on to the next next. Similar story, so after. 479 00:23:39,840 --> 00:23:43,400 Moving to Hong Kong, this actually, I should admit that 480 00:23:43,400 --> 00:23:47,120 was one of the factors that influenced me to say yes to God 481 00:23:47,120 --> 00:23:51,040 and actually make that leap to Hong Kong because I was like, 482 00:23:51,360 --> 00:23:53,600 yeah, I don't want anything holding me back, right? 483 00:23:54,840 --> 00:23:56,880 But in Hong Kong, I also want to mention something. 484 00:23:56,880 --> 00:24:00,600 So most of my ministry time in Hong Kong it was. 485 00:24:01,040 --> 00:24:04,040 It with addicts, so with. People that were struggling with 486 00:24:04,040 --> 00:24:07,080 addictions of various kinds and also people that are struggling 487 00:24:07,120 --> 00:24:08,880 with the criminal past and many things. 488 00:24:09,440 --> 00:24:12,080 But I was very often on the night. 489 00:24:12,080 --> 00:24:14,520 Shift so I was. Praying for people like they 490 00:24:14,520 --> 00:24:17,320 were there on the bed or, or just the intensity of the 491 00:24:17,320 --> 00:24:20,000 midnight, right. And we were praying up until 492 00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:22,400 3:00 in the morning or whatever. It was with these guys. 493 00:24:22,960 --> 00:24:25,600 And I distinctly remember one night so. 494 00:24:25,600 --> 00:24:27,840 This guy, he starts talking. To me about something that's 495 00:24:27,840 --> 00:24:30,680 holding him back, this is a temptation that he just kept 496 00:24:30,680 --> 00:24:32,920 slipping back into and couldn't break free from. 497 00:24:33,320 --> 00:24:36,200 And I remember as I was praying for him, I saw Jesus giving him 498 00:24:36,200 --> 00:24:37,760 a sword. So I'm going to bring the sword 499 00:24:37,760 --> 00:24:38,640 back again. All right? 500 00:24:38,640 --> 00:24:39,560 We need the. Sword. 501 00:24:40,480 --> 00:24:43,000 Sword of the Spirit. OK, so everyone's got your full 502 00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:44,720 armor of God. I hope you brought your armor of 503 00:24:44,720 --> 00:24:48,000 God today. As we were praying for him, I 504 00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:49,680 saw Jesus giving him a sword and we. 505 00:24:49,680 --> 00:24:52,960 Acted this out together that. He needed to face that entity, 506 00:24:53,240 --> 00:24:57,320 that thing that was holding him back and just cut it right down 507 00:24:57,320 --> 00:25:00,120 the middle. OK, so we acted this. 508 00:25:00,160 --> 00:25:02,440 Out together and I said. Look, we're we're going after 509 00:25:02,440 --> 00:25:04,520 this thing right now. You got to take up the sword and 510 00:25:04,520 --> 00:25:06,280 do this. Jesus is not going to do it for 511 00:25:06,280 --> 00:25:07,280 you. He's giving you this. 512 00:25:07,600 --> 00:25:10,880 So he took up this. Imaginary sword OK and then just 513 00:25:11,040 --> 00:25:14,760 chopped that thing right down, you know, and had to do that to 514 00:25:14,760 --> 00:25:20,320 move forward and I remember he. Let out a yell and then he just. 515 00:25:20,320 --> 00:25:22,440 Wept and wept that night, and I and. 516 00:25:22,520 --> 00:25:24,640 Obviously this guy. Went through a deliverance in 517 00:25:24,640 --> 00:25:28,560 that moment, right? And Jesus was just taking him 518 00:25:28,560 --> 00:25:32,520 there and showing him that it's not just like, in a way we, I 519 00:25:32,520 --> 00:25:34,280 think we feel like we're just alone. 520 00:25:34,840 --> 00:25:38,480 Right, that that we're just. Facing our our demons alone. 521 00:25:38,480 --> 00:25:40,680 Well, we're not facing them alone and in. 522 00:25:40,720 --> 00:25:42,320 Fact. Jesus is both. 523 00:25:42,320 --> 00:25:46,040 Giving us the the weapons but also standing behind us cheering 524 00:25:46,040 --> 00:25:51,160 us on as we face them. But yeah, OK, so these are all 525 00:25:51,160 --> 00:25:58,120 my little stories from second point of #2 And so all this is. 526 00:25:58,280 --> 00:26:00,800 To say that. We do have spiritual enemies and 527 00:26:00,800 --> 00:26:03,440 sometimes we do need a spiritual act of violence, so this is 528 00:26:03,440 --> 00:26:06,800 where the violence comes back in to deal with them. 529 00:26:07,360 --> 00:26:11,960 Are we all good? OK, no more crazy stories from 530 00:26:11,960 --> 00:26:13,520 me. But I do want to share a crazy. 531 00:26:13,520 --> 00:26:18,000 Story from CS Lewis, so this is from. 532 00:26:18,240 --> 00:26:21,200 The silver chair. And again, we talked about this 533 00:26:21,200 --> 00:26:23,680 a little bit in the weekend away, but nobody seemed to know 534 00:26:23,680 --> 00:26:25,960 what I was talking about. So we're going to watch it 535 00:26:25,960 --> 00:26:30,000 today. All right, OK, so this is about 536 00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:32,720 following God's leading and breaking off all that might be 537 00:26:32,720 --> 00:26:36,200 holding us back and also about following the signs that God 538 00:26:36,200 --> 00:26:39,000 might be leading. So just to for some context 539 00:26:39,000 --> 00:26:40,360 before we. Play the video so that. 540 00:26:40,360 --> 00:26:41,880 There are three main characters here. 541 00:26:41,880 --> 00:26:45,200 They're on a quest led by Aslan, who in the Narnia world is the 542 00:26:45,200 --> 00:26:48,680 lion that represents God. Their quest is to find a lost 543 00:26:48,680 --> 00:26:52,200 Prince, and Aslan has given them guidance in the form of signs 544 00:26:52,200 --> 00:26:54,240 that they need to follow on this quest. 545 00:26:54,520 --> 00:26:57,560 But despite following these signs, they end up in a weird 546 00:26:57,560 --> 00:27:00,240 underground Kingdom, trapped with a crazy night. 547 00:27:00,520 --> 00:27:03,320 He needs to be strapped to an enchanted chair every night by 548 00:27:03,320 --> 00:27:06,680 the Queen of the Underworld, supposedly to cure his madness. 549 00:27:07,000 --> 00:27:09,880 He urges them, don't go near me when he's in the chair because 550 00:27:09,880 --> 00:27:11,840 he says he will become even more dangerous. 551 00:27:12,160 --> 00:27:16,000 And then as this scene starts, the night is in one of his chair 552 00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:19,400 sessions, OK, And he claims that he's now actually in his right 553 00:27:19,400 --> 00:27:24,880 mind and he asks these our heroes or characters to release 554 00:27:24,880 --> 00:27:26,720 him from the chair in the name of Aslan. 555 00:27:26,720 --> 00:27:29,680 So this is actually. Unfortunately, fulfilling the 556 00:27:29,680 --> 00:27:32,200 last sign that Aslan told them to follow, they need to follow 557 00:27:32,200 --> 00:27:34,040 someone who says something in my name. 558 00:27:34,280 --> 00:27:36,400 So now they're looking at each other, wondering. 559 00:27:36,640 --> 00:27:38,800 What should we do? OK. 560 00:31:20,960 --> 00:31:22,920 OK, alright, that's the end of the clip. 561 00:31:23,640 --> 00:31:24,680 Thanks for that. So. 562 00:31:25,160 --> 00:31:27,280 I just love that. Scene and I love that line. 563 00:31:27,520 --> 00:31:32,280 Lie there in ruin file vile foul engine of sorcery. 564 00:31:33,520 --> 00:31:37,080 And also the the last line. We'll do it again too, right? 565 00:31:37,120 --> 00:31:39,640 Just a good reminder that we don't have to face these battles 566 00:31:39,640 --> 00:31:43,080 alone, but with our church, community and others around us, 567 00:31:43,080 --> 00:31:47,280 we can conquer and defeat the things that are holding us back. 568 00:31:48,080 --> 00:31:49,960 Quick plug for small groups. By the way, if. 569 00:31:50,200 --> 00:31:52,880 You're not in one, get in one. That's a good. 570 00:31:53,000 --> 00:31:57,080 Way of support. Along these lines, OK. 571 00:31:57,080 --> 00:32:00,040 So thank you for that. We'll go into the next slide, I 572 00:32:00,040 --> 00:32:01,800 think. So the. 573 00:32:01,800 --> 00:32:03,400 Last lesson from, especially from. 574 00:32:03,400 --> 00:32:05,880 Chapter 4. Is identifying spiritual 575 00:32:05,880 --> 00:32:09,400 memorials, testimonies of what he's done and this links. 576 00:32:09,400 --> 00:32:11,840 Back to that last clip, because it's. 577 00:32:11,840 --> 00:32:14,320 Talking about the signs that they followed, they're leading, 578 00:32:14,480 --> 00:32:16,760 leading the characters from one step to the next. 579 00:32:16,760 --> 00:32:19,440 It's like connecting the dots and they didn't want to be in 580 00:32:19,440 --> 00:32:21,520 the place where they are at. They they didn't expect. 581 00:32:21,520 --> 00:32:24,640 To be here, but God. They know by comparing notes and 582 00:32:24,640 --> 00:32:26,840 seeing all the journey that they've been on and all the 583 00:32:26,840 --> 00:32:28,880 signs that they followed that God has LED them there. 584 00:32:30,760 --> 00:32:34,440 So yeah, I, I think I just want to emphasize. 585 00:32:34,440 --> 00:32:36,440 That this. Comes in the memorials. 586 00:32:36,440 --> 00:32:38,040 That we raise up as. Testimonies. 587 00:32:38,040 --> 00:32:42,200 To what God has done. Right, so both looking back at 588 00:32:42,200 --> 00:32:45,000 what he has done and also perhaps looking forward at what 589 00:32:45,000 --> 00:32:47,840 he will do in the future. And this this can be whether you 590 00:32:47,840 --> 00:32:50,120 keep a journal of your journey with God or. 591 00:32:50,120 --> 00:32:52,960 Whatever that looks like. With you sharing your testimony 592 00:32:52,960 --> 00:32:56,640 with others, reminding yourself of all he's done and connecting 593 00:32:56,640 --> 00:32:59,320 your dots that he's placed along your way. 594 00:33:01,880 --> 00:33:04,120 Yeah. OK, So am I allowed to do things 595 00:33:04,120 --> 00:33:06,400 with Joshua 5? I was like. 596 00:33:06,800 --> 00:33:09,320 That's not really on this, but that's my favorite chapter, 597 00:33:09,320 --> 00:33:12,760 actually. Anyway, so because it's got that 598 00:33:12,800 --> 00:33:15,240 great scene with the Josh, you have to read it on your own 599 00:33:15,240 --> 00:33:18,280 time, but read the scene with Joshua and the Angel of God. 600 00:33:18,280 --> 00:33:19,760 It's awesome. It's awesome. 601 00:33:20,200 --> 00:33:23,200 OK, Anyway, the Israelites are draining through the wilderness 602 00:33:23,200 --> 00:33:25,920 in Exodus 16. They cried out to God. 603 00:33:25,920 --> 00:33:29,040 For food and every day he would send them manna from heaven to 604 00:33:29,040 --> 00:33:30,240 eat. It was like this. 605 00:33:30,320 --> 00:33:32,120 Bready stuff. I assume everyone knows what the 606 00:33:32,120 --> 00:33:34,680 mana was, but it was only good for one day. 607 00:33:34,680 --> 00:33:38,600 Actually you could only collect it enough for one day or it 608 00:33:38,600 --> 00:33:41,120 would spoil. So this is literally like a 609 00:33:41,120 --> 00:33:42,400 daily. Ration of bread this. 610 00:33:42,400 --> 00:33:44,960 Is like their daily bread that they got that was. 611 00:33:44,960 --> 00:33:47,600 To sustain them through this sort of wilderness time. 612 00:33:48,360 --> 00:33:50,560 But after they entered the promised land, so now they're 613 00:33:50,560 --> 00:33:54,680 eating the crops of the land and suddenly the mana stops 614 00:33:54,920 --> 00:33:58,320 actually, so it says in 511, so on the. 615 00:33:58,320 --> 00:34:01,000 Day after the Passover, they ate the produce. 616 00:34:01,000 --> 00:34:04,320 Of the land, the mana ceased on the day that they ate the 617 00:34:04,320 --> 00:34:07,360 produce of the land, and the Israelites no longer had mana. 618 00:34:07,640 --> 00:34:11,320 They ate the crops of. Canaan that year, OK, what are 619 00:34:11,320 --> 00:34:14,360 the implications of this, right. We're in a new season. 620 00:34:14,400 --> 00:34:16,000 We're actually. Your act of. 621 00:34:16,000 --> 00:34:18,280 Faith is not only bringing you to a new. 622 00:34:18,280 --> 00:34:22,360 Place but also. Future generations can benefit 623 00:34:22,800 --> 00:34:27,880 from your move of faith, right? This is not like something that 624 00:34:27,880 --> 00:34:30,080 can just be for you, but can be for others. 625 00:34:31,120 --> 00:34:34,520 That is important to remember. I think it could be sowing the 626 00:34:34,520 --> 00:34:38,800 seeds for future generations, so I'm going to. 627 00:34:38,960 --> 00:34:41,199 Close here. Soon, but I want to play another 628 00:34:41,199 --> 00:34:43,920 clip from. Sorry for the double dose. 629 00:34:43,920 --> 00:34:45,600 Of John Wimber today. But I was actually. 630 00:34:45,600 --> 00:34:49,480 Preparing this sermon and I somebody from like the Vineyard 631 00:34:49,480 --> 00:34:53,480 USA posted this video and it's of John Wimber he's doing like 632 00:34:53,520 --> 00:34:57,640 his I think it's a series on healing that he did someone post 633 00:34:57,640 --> 00:34:59,240 this on social media and I thought well this. 634 00:34:59,240 --> 00:35:01,680 Just really fits exactly. With what we're talking about 635 00:35:01,680 --> 00:35:03,640 today. So it's about the the. 636 00:35:03,640 --> 00:35:06,160 Theme is now is the time to believe again. 637 00:35:06,160 --> 00:35:07,520 I don't have the best quality videos. 638 00:35:07,520 --> 00:35:09,920 I'm sorry, but this is just like treasures from the past. 639 00:35:14,840 --> 00:35:17,520 So I just for. As we move into kind of ministry 640 00:35:17,520 --> 00:35:20,800 time now, I just want us to. Think about some of these three, 641 00:35:20,800 --> 00:35:23,880 these three points here. So what does God as a warrior 642 00:35:23,880 --> 00:35:25,600 look? Like in your life right now, 643 00:35:26,880 --> 00:35:29,840 what steps of faith might he be calling you to take to partner 644 00:35:29,840 --> 00:35:32,000 with him? What would it look like for you 645 00:35:32,000 --> 00:35:34,360 to create more? Space for him to move. 646 00:35:36,200 --> 00:35:38,840 Yeah, I just. I just have the impression 647 00:35:38,840 --> 00:35:41,680 though that like there, there may be another. 648 00:35:41,680 --> 00:35:44,280 Category. Of of person here that. 649 00:35:45,000 --> 00:35:47,000 After hearing what I said, you, you, it's sort of. 650 00:35:47,000 --> 00:35:50,200 Like now become real in a way that you never sort of 651 00:35:50,200 --> 00:35:53,400 experienced before or thought before, and you might be wanting 652 00:35:53,400 --> 00:35:57,200 to come just. Take steps of faith closer. 653 00:35:58,080 --> 00:36:00,640 Not knowing exactly. What that looks like yet? 654 00:36:01,000 --> 00:36:04,360 But just saying like I want, I want more of you I want.