1 00:00:00,280 --> 00:00:02,640 Welcome to the Rheem Sound Church of God podcast. 2 00:00:02,840 --> 00:00:05,360 Wherever you're listening from, we hope you are blessed by 3 00:00:05,360 --> 00:00:07,840 today's message. I want to preach to you today 4 00:00:07,840 --> 00:00:11,520 out of the book of Joshua and before I read the Scripture, let 5 00:00:11,520 --> 00:00:16,079 me give you just a little set up for this this message so it'll 6 00:00:16,079 --> 00:00:18,840 make it briefer for you when we get into the meat of it. 7 00:00:19,080 --> 00:00:23,200 As we get into Joshua, the book of Joshua, Moses has has died. 8 00:00:23,200 --> 00:00:29,200 Moses was actually, he died and was buried by God himself and no 9 00:00:29,200 --> 00:00:33,280 one knew where the grave was. But Joshua was the new and 10 00:00:33,280 --> 00:00:36,840 anointed leader that was going to take Moses place, take the 11 00:00:36,840 --> 00:00:40,880 people into the promised land. And in the book of Joshua they 12 00:00:40,880 --> 00:00:45,320 come to the last hurdle, which is the Jordan River. 13 00:00:45,600 --> 00:00:49,720 And it would not have been as big a hurdle as the Jordan River 14 00:00:49,720 --> 00:00:53,680 sometimes doesn't have to be. But this particular season was 15 00:00:53,680 --> 00:00:58,400 the flood season. The snow Mount Hermon would melt 16 00:00:58,400 --> 00:01:01,880 and the waters would come down. And so at this point, Jordan is 17 00:01:01,880 --> 00:01:05,360 overflowing its banks and they're swirling waters and 18 00:01:05,640 --> 00:01:08,640 they've got to get across that Jordan River. 19 00:01:08,640 --> 00:01:11,640 They don't know how they're going to do it, but God speaks 20 00:01:11,640 --> 00:01:16,720 and gives a plan to Joshua. And that plan, of course, is for 21 00:01:16,720 --> 00:01:20,960 him to take the priest with the ark of the covenant born on 22 00:01:20,960 --> 00:01:24,360 their shoulders and step into the Jordan River. 23 00:01:24,560 --> 00:01:27,960 And the Bible says, and God said as soon as their feet touch the 24 00:01:27,960 --> 00:01:33,160 water, it will it will be parted or rolled back, actually rolled 25 00:01:33,160 --> 00:01:35,240 back. Let me let me say something 26 00:01:35,240 --> 00:01:39,880 about that because unlike the Red Sea that divided like this, 27 00:01:40,160 --> 00:01:45,440 the Bible says in this case the river actually it rolled back 28 00:01:45,720 --> 00:01:48,320 actually rolled back to a town called Adam. 29 00:01:48,600 --> 00:01:54,000 So it actually rolled back and this side of it continued to 30 00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:56,160 make its journey down to the Dead Sea. 31 00:01:56,440 --> 00:01:59,760 So what happened was there is really only one wall, and it's 32 00:01:59,760 --> 00:02:01,640 that wall that kept the water back. 33 00:02:01,640 --> 00:02:05,560 The rest of it went to the Dead Sea, leaving a dry riverbed, 34 00:02:05,560 --> 00:02:09,960 totally dry riverbed, and the people were able to walk through 35 00:02:09,960 --> 00:02:14,000 on dry ground. And then the Bible says that God 36 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:19,680 gave gave Joshua an instruction and told him to go back or have 37 00:02:19,680 --> 00:02:24,720 12 men go back into the Jordan River and take out 12 Stones, 38 00:02:24,960 --> 00:02:29,520 one for each tribe of Israel, put that stone on their shoulder 39 00:02:29,520 --> 00:02:32,960 and walk out with it and take it to the place you're lodging, 40 00:02:32,960 --> 00:02:37,640 which is Gilgal and and pile those stones up as a memorial. 41 00:02:37,640 --> 00:02:40,760 Thinking about Memorial Day, that was a memorial. 42 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:42,640 And the Bible says they did that. 43 00:02:42,640 --> 00:02:46,640 And not only that, but it also that Joshua then told the men, 44 00:02:46,800 --> 00:02:49,760 we don't even know if God told him this or not, but to take 12 45 00:02:49,760 --> 00:02:53,720 additional stones and put them in the river and leave them 46 00:02:53,720 --> 00:02:55,600 there. And so with the waters would 47 00:02:55,600 --> 00:02:59,400 cover them when the waters came back over and they walked 48 00:02:59,400 --> 00:03:03,400 through on dry ground. The Bible says the priest stayed 49 00:03:03,640 --> 00:03:07,320 in the midst of the Jordan River till the last person pass 50 00:03:07,320 --> 00:03:10,840 through and they were they were brought to safety on the other 51 00:03:10,840 --> 00:03:14,200 side. Today I want us to look at that 52 00:03:14,480 --> 00:03:20,120 pilot of stones that are talked about in this chapter 4 and 53 00:03:20,120 --> 00:03:25,080 chapter 5 of the book of Joshua. So if you stand with me, I want 54 00:03:25,080 --> 00:03:29,560 to read from Joshua chapter 4 verse 19, where it says Now the 55 00:03:29,560 --> 00:03:33,240 people came up from the Jordan on the 10th day of the first 56 00:03:33,240 --> 00:03:37,720 month and they camped in Gilgal on the east border of Jericho, 57 00:03:38,040 --> 00:03:41,840 and those 12 Stones which they took out of the Jordan Joshua 58 00:03:41,840 --> 00:03:45,760 set up in Gilgal. Then he spoke to the children of 59 00:03:45,760 --> 00:03:48,960 Israel, saying, when your children ask their fathers in 60 00:03:48,960 --> 00:03:54,120 time to come, saying what are these stones? 61 00:03:54,560 --> 00:03:58,440 Then you shall let your children know, saying, Israel crossed 62 00:03:58,440 --> 00:04:02,440 over this Jordan on dry land. For the Lord your God dried up 63 00:04:02,440 --> 00:04:06,840 the waters of the Jordan before you until you had crossed over, 64 00:04:06,840 --> 00:04:10,960 as the Lord your God did to the Red Sea, which He dried up 65 00:04:10,960 --> 00:04:13,440 before us until we had crossed over. 66 00:04:13,440 --> 00:04:18,680 Now that was 40 years earlier that miracle happened, that all 67 00:04:18,680 --> 00:04:23,240 the peoples of the earth may know the hand of the Lord, that 68 00:04:23,240 --> 00:04:29,920 it is mighty and that you may fear the Lord your God forever. 69 00:04:30,200 --> 00:04:34,960 My message comes out of that verse that the children are 70 00:04:34,960 --> 00:04:38,120 going to ask you a question in the future. 71 00:04:38,120 --> 00:04:41,960 And that question is, what about the stones? 72 00:04:41,960 --> 00:04:46,080 While all these stones piled up here? 73 00:04:46,280 --> 00:04:49,200 What's it all about? What's with the stones? 74 00:04:49,400 --> 00:04:52,720 What are they saying to us? If they're saying anything? 75 00:04:52,720 --> 00:04:55,960 Let's pray, Father, in the name of Jesus, as we look at the word 76 00:04:55,960 --> 00:04:58,840 of God today. And Lord, we look at this 77 00:04:58,840 --> 00:05:02,600 message on these stones that were taken out of the Jordan 78 00:05:02,600 --> 00:05:05,880 River and stacked up in a place called Gilgal. 79 00:05:06,080 --> 00:05:10,280 We want to see God, what Your Word said for them and what it 80 00:05:10,280 --> 00:05:13,440 speaks to today. So I pray for the anointing of 81 00:05:13,440 --> 00:05:17,560 Your Holy Spirit in this time and ask for every heart and life 82 00:05:17,560 --> 00:05:20,480 God to be engaged in Your Word today. 83 00:05:20,800 --> 00:05:24,200 In Jesus name, Amen. You may be seated. 84 00:05:25,800 --> 00:05:30,200 What about the stones? There are 12 Stones that are 85 00:05:30,200 --> 00:05:34,480 piled up at Gilgal and they had a lot of significance for the 86 00:05:34,480 --> 00:05:37,320 people of Israel. According to the word of the 87 00:05:37,320 --> 00:05:40,120 Lord. They were placed there as an 88 00:05:40,120 --> 00:05:44,680 instrument for teaching the next generations, people that would 89 00:05:44,680 --> 00:05:48,480 come along later. They carried a message and we 90 00:05:48,480 --> 00:05:51,880 know that many times there are messages in stones. 91 00:05:51,880 --> 00:05:56,440 When we think about it, we speak of things like milestones and we 92 00:05:56,440 --> 00:06:00,320 talk about cornerstones and the Word of God even talks about 93 00:06:00,320 --> 00:06:03,520 millstones, which you don't want around your neck. 94 00:06:04,160 --> 00:06:08,120 And of course, we all know about gravestones when we go to the 95 00:06:08,120 --> 00:06:12,200 cemetery and they have messages on them and they tell us about 96 00:06:12,360 --> 00:06:14,960 people's life, when they were born, when they died, and 97 00:06:14,960 --> 00:06:17,480 sometimes even comments made about them. 98 00:06:17,840 --> 00:06:23,160 And oftentimes significant markers are, are are made of 99 00:06:23,160 --> 00:06:26,640 stone. In fact, I was thinking about 100 00:06:26,640 --> 00:06:30,880 this and I thought about on this Memorial Day, the Tomb of the 101 00:06:30,880 --> 00:06:33,280 Unknown Soldier. How many of you have ever been 102 00:06:33,280 --> 00:06:36,040 to Arlington and seen the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier? 103 00:06:36,040 --> 00:06:38,320 Let me see your hand. Quite a number of you. 104 00:06:38,640 --> 00:06:41,880 I'll tell you what, it's a moving experience, especially 105 00:06:41,880 --> 00:06:46,800 when you realize the guard that is there and the if you've ever 106 00:06:46,800 --> 00:06:48,960 been to the changing of the guard ceremony. 107 00:06:49,560 --> 00:06:53,160 The one time my wife and I and I believe Tara was still in 108 00:06:53,160 --> 00:06:56,320 school, Tom was married and children or whatever, but we 109 00:06:56,320 --> 00:06:58,320 were, we went down 1 Memorial Day. 110 00:06:58,320 --> 00:07:01,880 I think we took a friend from School of Terrors and I remember 111 00:07:01,880 --> 00:07:05,840 that we we were there that day and it was actually President 112 00:07:05,840 --> 00:07:11,080 Clinton came in the limo and came by and he actually waved at 113 00:07:11,080 --> 00:07:13,960 us and and there was only us standing right there. 114 00:07:13,960 --> 00:07:17,520 So we claim that as our wave from a president never happened 115 00:07:17,520 --> 00:07:19,280 before. It never happened since because 116 00:07:19,280 --> 00:07:22,800 I never seen one before. But anyway, we went on there and 117 00:07:22,800 --> 00:07:26,000 we saw it. And of course, if you don't know 118 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:30,760 this, that Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is made primarily a 119 00:07:30,760 --> 00:07:35,680 white Yule marble, and it was quarried in Colorado. 120 00:07:35,960 --> 00:07:39,120 It's the same marble that was used in the Lincoln Memorial. 121 00:07:39,440 --> 00:07:44,200 And the huge center block of that thing alone weighs over 50 122 00:07:44,280 --> 00:07:49,840 tons, over 50 tons. It was completed in 1932. 123 00:07:50,040 --> 00:07:52,560 And I believe my friend Anne over there was there for the 124 00:07:52,560 --> 00:07:54,960 dedication of that, I believe back then. 125 00:07:55,400 --> 00:07:58,480 And when they had the dedication, she doesn't get to 126 00:07:58,480 --> 00:08:00,680 shoot me back. So I can do it now. 127 00:08:01,280 --> 00:08:05,600 But anyway, I, I thought about that and how stones carry 128 00:08:05,600 --> 00:08:10,120 messages and, and these 12 Stones carried quite a message 129 00:08:10,120 --> 00:08:13,720 because the actually God said that these stones are going to 130 00:08:13,720 --> 00:08:18,160 be a witness to people to come about what I have done. 131 00:08:18,600 --> 00:08:22,360 And then Isaiah 43, God said to the whole nation of Israel, 132 00:08:22,400 --> 00:08:26,640 you're my witnesses. And in Acts chapter one, it says 133 00:08:26,640 --> 00:08:29,840 to the New Testament church, when you receive the Holy 134 00:08:29,840 --> 00:08:33,400 Spirit, which this is Pentecost Sunday, when you receive the 135 00:08:33,400 --> 00:08:36,640 baptism of the Holy Spirit, you're going to be my witnesses. 136 00:08:37,080 --> 00:08:41,120 But in this particular case, it was stones and, and, and the 137 00:08:41,120 --> 00:08:44,200 Bible said that your children are going to see these stones 138 00:08:44,200 --> 00:08:46,280 and they're going to say, what is the deal? 139 00:08:46,400 --> 00:08:49,440 What's up with these stones? What are they all about? 140 00:08:49,880 --> 00:08:53,760 And, and I think about that because there are stones all 141 00:08:53,760 --> 00:08:59,160 over this room here today. I'm looking at stone faces. 142 00:09:00,760 --> 00:09:04,320 Well, that's not a bad thing because first Peter 25 says you 143 00:09:04,320 --> 00:09:08,120 also as living stones. Thank God. 144 00:09:08,320 --> 00:09:12,280 Living stones are being built up a spiritual house, a holy 145 00:09:12,280 --> 00:09:16,360 priesthood to OfferUp spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God 146 00:09:16,560 --> 00:09:20,080 through Jesus Christ. Therefore, it is also contained 147 00:09:20,240 --> 00:09:23,000 in the scripture. So here's what I want you to 148 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:25,480 see. All of us are called to be 149 00:09:25,480 --> 00:09:29,400 living stones. So I asked this question. 150 00:09:29,640 --> 00:09:32,960 What about the stones? What's the message from the 151 00:09:32,960 --> 00:09:34,920 stone? What's up with the stones? 152 00:09:35,160 --> 00:09:40,080 We are witnesses of the glorious power of Jesus Christ through 153 00:09:40,080 --> 00:09:43,000 salvation in the blood of the Lamb. 154 00:09:43,160 --> 00:09:46,200 We're living stones. The Bible tells us Amen. 155 00:09:48,120 --> 00:09:50,720 But in this case, these are natural stones. 156 00:09:50,720 --> 00:09:53,880 But they have a message. First of all, they speak of 157 00:09:54,080 --> 00:10:00,080 former bondage because those 12 Stones lay on the bottom of the 158 00:10:00,080 --> 00:10:04,840 swirling, dark Jordan River. They were overflowed by the 159 00:10:04,840 --> 00:10:08,560 floods of water. Now, was that not the case of 160 00:10:08,560 --> 00:10:11,480 the nation of Israel? Because the people of Israel had 161 00:10:11,480 --> 00:10:14,760 been in Egypt. They had been in bondage. 162 00:10:14,760 --> 00:10:17,720 They had been in bondage for hundreds of years. 163 00:10:17,880 --> 00:10:21,880 It didn't start out as bondage. But before that 400 years was 164 00:10:21,920 --> 00:10:25,960 over, they were in tremendous bondage and they were not able 165 00:10:25,960 --> 00:10:31,560 to get those stones were on the bottom of the Jordan River and 166 00:10:31,560 --> 00:10:35,280 they were not able to be free. They were under the water. 167 00:10:35,520 --> 00:10:39,680 Is that not the case of every unsaved person today? 168 00:10:40,000 --> 00:10:47,040 Buried in sin, buried in disobedience, buried and unable 169 00:10:47,120 --> 00:10:50,800 to do anything about it? In fact, these stones are quite 170 00:10:51,200 --> 00:10:54,360 helpless because they're laying at the bottom of the river. 171 00:10:54,360 --> 00:10:56,800 They didn't have any power to lift themselves themselves. 172 00:10:57,360 --> 00:11:00,240 They had no way of getting out. In fact, you wouldn't have even 173 00:11:00,240 --> 00:11:03,280 known they were there, but they were buried under it. 174 00:11:03,560 --> 00:11:06,960 Let me tell you something. Jesus found us when we were 175 00:11:06,960 --> 00:11:09,440 helpless. Jesus found us when we were 176 00:11:09,440 --> 00:11:12,120 buried. Jesus found us when we were dead 177 00:11:12,320 --> 00:11:16,240 in our trespasses and in our sins, and we could not help 178 00:11:16,280 --> 00:11:19,840 ourselves. Ephesians 21 says in You hath he 179 00:11:19,840 --> 00:11:23,520 quickened who were dead in trespasses and sins? 180 00:11:23,520 --> 00:11:26,200 How many know a dead man can't help himself? 181 00:11:26,480 --> 00:11:30,320 But thank God we serve a God that can even raise the dead for 182 00:11:30,320 --> 00:11:34,280 the glory of God. We know that David, the great 183 00:11:34,280 --> 00:11:38,560 singer of Israel in the 40th Psalm, he said I was in a deep 184 00:11:38,560 --> 00:11:41,800 miry clay. I was in a horrible pit and I 185 00:11:41,800 --> 00:11:45,080 couldn't get out. But he said I called on the name 186 00:11:45,080 --> 00:11:49,560 of the Lord and he lifted me up and he set my feet on a rock and 187 00:11:49,560 --> 00:11:53,560 put a new song in my mouth. Even praise to our God. 188 00:11:53,720 --> 00:11:56,720 We have a God that knows how to get the stones out of out of the 189 00:11:56,720 --> 00:12:00,520 muck and out of the mire and out of the bog and out of the sin. 190 00:12:00,680 --> 00:12:05,760 He's able to get us out of it. None of us could save ourselves, 191 00:12:06,040 --> 00:12:11,240 Romans 5-6 says, For when we were still without strength, in 192 00:12:11,240 --> 00:12:14,880 due time Christ died for the ungodly. 193 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:18,040 So those stones on the bottom of the George River course, they're 194 00:12:18,040 --> 00:12:21,640 not living stones, but he was going to use them. 195 00:12:21,640 --> 00:12:26,600 God was to teach a people a lesson, and that lesson includes 196 00:12:26,600 --> 00:12:29,520 the fact that the stones couldn't help themselves. 197 00:12:29,680 --> 00:12:32,480 The stones would have never gotten out of that river had 198 00:12:32,480 --> 00:12:35,640 somebody not taken them out, brought them out. 199 00:12:35,760 --> 00:12:38,640 Are you not glad today that Jesus brought you out? 200 00:12:38,960 --> 00:12:41,600 He brought you out, that old song says. 201 00:12:41,600 --> 00:12:43,520 He brought me out of the miry clay. 202 00:12:43,760 --> 00:12:46,040 He set my feet on a rock, the state. 203 00:12:46,240 --> 00:12:49,240 He put a song of praise in my soul today. 204 00:12:49,480 --> 00:12:51,480 A song of praise. Hallelujah. 205 00:12:51,640 --> 00:12:55,320 Thank God that we've been brought out of sin, brought out 206 00:12:55,480 --> 00:12:57,040 of bondage. Amen. 207 00:12:58,120 --> 00:13:03,120 And the Bible says in Joshua 423 For the Lord your God dried up 208 00:13:03,120 --> 00:13:07,240 the waters of the Jordan before you until you crossed over as 209 00:13:07,240 --> 00:13:11,160 the Lord your God did to the Red Sea, which he dried up before us 210 00:13:11,160 --> 00:13:15,480 until we had crossed over. Those stones would have never 211 00:13:15,480 --> 00:13:19,400 been discovered, would have never been found if God had not 212 00:13:19,400 --> 00:13:22,880 rolled back the waters of the mighty Jordan. 213 00:13:23,080 --> 00:13:26,320 And He wanted them to see and remember that's exactly what He 214 00:13:26,320 --> 00:13:28,320 did for them. They would have never, never 215 00:13:28,320 --> 00:13:31,680 gotten out from under Pharaoh. Pharaoh said, I will never let 216 00:13:31,680 --> 00:13:33,280 them go. No matter what you do, I'll 217 00:13:33,280 --> 00:13:37,200 never let them go. But God rolled back the bondage. 218 00:13:37,440 --> 00:13:41,160 God rolled back the captivity. And folks, I want to tell you, 219 00:13:41,160 --> 00:13:47,120 we still can see God who is able to dry up the power of the enemy 220 00:13:47,280 --> 00:13:51,640 that's working in your life, allowing you to discover the 221 00:13:51,640 --> 00:13:55,000 love of God that he has for you. You don't have to stay on the 222 00:13:55,000 --> 00:13:57,320 bottom. You don't have to stay lifeless 223 00:13:57,320 --> 00:14:01,120 and hopeless because somebody came after you, somebody rolled 224 00:14:01,120 --> 00:14:04,600 back the waters of the Jordan River to get to you. 225 00:14:04,800 --> 00:14:07,240 And so no matter where you are today, no matter how you're 226 00:14:07,240 --> 00:14:09,880 living your life today, no matter how much bondage you 227 00:14:09,880 --> 00:14:12,640 have, no matter how much corruption and captivity you 228 00:14:12,640 --> 00:14:17,760 face, God is able to get you out of that mess that you're in. 229 00:14:17,920 --> 00:14:23,120 Can somebody praise the Lord? And they speak of deliverance. 230 00:14:23,120 --> 00:14:27,840 So the Bible says that these stones, again, unable to do 231 00:14:27,840 --> 00:14:34,080 anything for themselves, were actually lifted up by an elder 232 00:14:34,400 --> 00:14:38,320 or by one of the men, and they would put this stone on their 233 00:14:38,320 --> 00:14:41,800 shoulder. So 12 men are chosen and they 234 00:14:41,880 --> 00:14:45,760 carry these stones. They don't come out by 235 00:14:45,760 --> 00:14:49,160 themselves. They're not The Rolling Stones, 236 00:14:51,320 --> 00:14:55,520 they're the stuck stones, right? So they can't get out by 237 00:14:55,520 --> 00:14:59,280 themselves. So somebody has to bring them 238 00:14:59,280 --> 00:15:02,840 out. Thank God we have one called the 239 00:15:02,840 --> 00:15:06,160 Good Shepherd. And the Good Shepherd can carry 240 00:15:06,160 --> 00:15:10,280 anybody on his shoulders and take them out of their bondage 241 00:15:10,480 --> 00:15:14,560 and out of their captivity. Thank God that He did not leave 242 00:15:14,560 --> 00:15:17,760 us buried in sin. Thank God, everyone of you that 243 00:15:17,760 --> 00:15:20,960 are saved today know that He is a God of deliverance. 244 00:15:21,320 --> 00:15:23,160 He is a God that will bring you out. 245 00:15:23,280 --> 00:15:25,040 He is a God that will bring you up. 246 00:15:25,160 --> 00:15:27,680 He's a God that will change your circumstances. 247 00:15:27,840 --> 00:15:31,240 He is a God that will lift you out of despondency and bring you 248 00:15:31,240 --> 00:15:35,280 into faith and bring you into the power of His Holy Spirit. 249 00:15:35,920 --> 00:15:39,920 The Bible tells us in Second Corinthians one, verse 9 and 10, 250 00:15:39,920 --> 00:15:43,080 yes, we had the sentence of death in ourselves. 251 00:15:43,640 --> 00:15:48,280 We were as good as dead that we should not trust in ourselves, 252 00:15:48,480 --> 00:15:53,560 but in God who raises the dead. Now love this next part. 253 00:15:53,960 --> 00:16:00,520 Who delivered us from so great a death and does deliver us in 254 00:16:00,520 --> 00:16:03,480 whom we trust that He will still deliver us. 255 00:16:04,080 --> 00:16:07,720 You see that there are three stages of your deliverance. 256 00:16:08,160 --> 00:16:10,440 The first one is when He saved you. 257 00:16:10,680 --> 00:16:14,640 He delivered you from your sin. He delivered you from Satan. 258 00:16:14,760 --> 00:16:18,240 He delivered you from evil. And then the Bible says as you 259 00:16:18,240 --> 00:16:21,680 walk through this life right now, He's still delivering you. 260 00:16:21,880 --> 00:16:24,960 He's with you to bring you out of whatever you walk through, 261 00:16:25,080 --> 00:16:27,560 whatever you go through. He's a God of present 262 00:16:27,560 --> 00:16:29,800 deliverance. But how many know there's coming 263 00:16:29,800 --> 00:16:33,440 a day when Christ will split the sky, and when He splits the sky, 264 00:16:33,640 --> 00:16:37,560 He will deliver us ultimately out of this place, and we will 265 00:16:37,560 --> 00:16:40,840 be with Him forever in the presence of Almighty God and the 266 00:16:40,840 --> 00:16:44,200 angels of heaven. He is a three delivering God, 267 00:16:44,200 --> 00:16:48,640 Hallelujah, past, present and future, giving praise in the 268 00:16:48,640 --> 00:16:52,440 House of the Lord. My goodness, there's a message 269 00:16:52,440 --> 00:16:56,520 right there, isn't there? All the three phases of your 270 00:16:56,520 --> 00:16:59,040 deliverance. He delivered you from a past 271 00:16:59,040 --> 00:17:01,920 life of sin. He's delivering you right now as 272 00:17:01,920 --> 00:17:05,640 you walk through a world of sin and he will deliver you, taking 273 00:17:05,640 --> 00:17:08,000 you out of here. Thank God it's coming. 274 00:17:08,160 --> 00:17:10,760 Thank God it's coming. He's going to do what he said. 275 00:17:11,560 --> 00:17:15,880 They speak also of testimony. The Bible says there to be 276 00:17:15,880 --> 00:17:21,720 memorial stones there to serve as a signs to what God has done. 277 00:17:22,280 --> 00:17:25,280 Again, once they were on the bottom of the swirling Jordan, 278 00:17:25,680 --> 00:17:29,520 but now these stones are suddenly lifted up, they're 279 00:17:29,520 --> 00:17:34,840 exalted, and now they're actually being used by God as 280 00:17:34,840 --> 00:17:42,200 witnesses to the power of God. These 12 Stones were going to 281 00:17:42,200 --> 00:17:46,000 serve a purpose that God had planned for them absolutely 282 00:17:46,000 --> 00:17:50,360 perfectly. Again, in Isaiah 43, God said to 283 00:17:50,400 --> 00:17:54,960 Israel, you're my witnesses. You see God, God never raised up 284 00:17:54,960 --> 00:17:57,000 the nation of Israel just to be itself. 285 00:17:57,600 --> 00:18:01,080 He actually wanted them to take the message of God's grace and 286 00:18:01,080 --> 00:18:05,000 love to the world. He chose that nation. 287 00:18:05,560 --> 00:18:09,440 He chose that nation so that all nations could be blessed by 288 00:18:09,440 --> 00:18:11,800 fact. The Bible said in you all the 289 00:18:11,800 --> 00:18:13,680 nations will be less. Is that not right? 290 00:18:14,440 --> 00:18:19,120 That's what God's choice was. He wanted that for them to do. 291 00:18:19,440 --> 00:18:23,320 And then he says to the church, and in Acts 1, he said, you will 292 00:18:23,320 --> 00:18:27,000 be my witnesses, Church, you are now my witnesses. 293 00:18:27,080 --> 00:18:30,760 When you are filled with the Holy Spirit, you're going to be 294 00:18:30,880 --> 00:18:36,080 my witnesses. And that witnessing that we do 295 00:18:36,080 --> 00:18:43,160 is because he brought us out. But where did these stones go? 296 00:18:43,880 --> 00:18:48,960 Well, the Bible says in Joshua chapter 5, verse 9, then the 297 00:18:48,960 --> 00:18:56,320 Lord said to Joshua, this day I have rolled away the reproach of 298 00:18:56,320 --> 00:18:59,240 Egypt from you. I like, I just like that 299 00:18:59,240 --> 00:19:02,440 terminology. I've rolled away. 300 00:19:03,840 --> 00:19:07,680 Is there a song about that? Rolled away, rolled away, rolled 301 00:19:07,720 --> 00:19:09,160 away. There is an old song about that. 302 00:19:09,920 --> 00:19:12,280 All the burdens of my heart have rolled away. 303 00:19:13,080 --> 00:19:16,600 What's the rest of it? Nobody knows it. 304 00:19:17,640 --> 00:19:21,520 And what's the rest of it? Got to get there. 305 00:19:23,680 --> 00:19:26,560 Sorry about that, anyway. No, but I and I just thought of 306 00:19:26,560 --> 00:19:28,040 that. But I remember a song about 307 00:19:28,040 --> 00:19:29,200 that. Janice, you remember, don't you? 308 00:19:29,200 --> 00:19:30,320 Rolled away. Rolled away. 309 00:19:30,560 --> 00:19:36,920 All the burdens of my heart were rolled away at the craw. 310 00:19:37,240 --> 00:19:39,880 Oh, is that what it is? OK. 311 00:19:39,880 --> 00:19:42,440 Well, anyway, all right. Let's keep going. 312 00:19:43,120 --> 00:19:45,800 This day I've rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you. 313 00:19:46,560 --> 00:19:51,160 Therefore, the name of the place is called Gilgal to this day. 314 00:19:52,080 --> 00:19:58,320 Now the Hebrew word for gilgal means rolling or rolling away. 315 00:19:59,440 --> 00:20:05,480 So the place is actually called the place where God rolled away 316 00:20:06,360 --> 00:20:10,640 your oppression, your sin. Where did it happen for you? 317 00:20:10,640 --> 00:20:13,760 It was your Gilgal. Maybe it was here at this altar. 318 00:20:14,440 --> 00:20:17,320 Maybe you got saved here. And if you did, this is where 319 00:20:17,360 --> 00:20:20,560 your gilgal is, because that's where it rolled away. 320 00:20:20,880 --> 00:20:22,680 It might have been in the old church, it might have been some 321 00:20:22,680 --> 00:20:24,800 other church, it might have been in your house, it might have 322 00:20:24,800 --> 00:20:28,280 been on the street. Wherever it was, you call it 323 00:20:28,280 --> 00:20:33,240 Gilgal because that's the place where your past life rolled 324 00:20:33,280 --> 00:20:37,440 away. And he said, I want you to take 325 00:20:37,440 --> 00:20:42,040 them to the camp, He said in chapter 4, verse 3, and command 326 00:20:42,040 --> 00:20:44,320 them, saying, take for yourselves 12 Stones from here 327 00:20:44,360 --> 00:20:47,360 out of the midst of the Jordan, from the place where the priest 328 00:20:47,360 --> 00:20:50,080 feet stood firm. You shall carry them over with 329 00:20:50,080 --> 00:20:54,080 you and leave them in the lodging place where you lodge 330 00:20:54,520 --> 00:20:57,200 tonight. Notice where God tells him to 331 00:20:57,200 --> 00:20:59,840 leave them. He doesn't tell them to leave 332 00:20:59,840 --> 00:21:04,600 them on the other side of the Jordan where you used to be, but 333 00:21:04,600 --> 00:21:07,720 I want you to lay them on the promised land side of the Jordan 334 00:21:07,880 --> 00:21:09,600 where you're going. Amen. 335 00:21:09,960 --> 00:21:13,760 So I, I don't want, I don't want you just to think about your old 336 00:21:13,760 --> 00:21:17,960 life and, and, and where you were and, and, and the dread of 337 00:21:17,960 --> 00:21:21,400 all of that and, and put your stones up over there and all you 338 00:21:21,400 --> 00:21:23,440 can think about is your old sinful life. 339 00:21:23,640 --> 00:21:27,800 No, I called you to be on the on the right side of the Jordan 340 00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:30,920 because I got something for you call a promised land. 341 00:21:31,160 --> 00:21:34,120 I've got something better for your life and I don't want you 342 00:21:34,120 --> 00:21:37,240 to think and only about what you used to be, but I want you to 343 00:21:37,240 --> 00:21:40,680 know what you can be because I brought you out from where you 344 00:21:40,680 --> 00:21:44,520 were and I push you where you are right now. 345 00:21:44,600 --> 00:21:48,920 Amen. So we are on the the correct 346 00:21:48,920 --> 00:21:51,040 side. God doesn't want you to have 347 00:21:51,040 --> 00:21:55,440 only stones and memories of how you used to do your life and how 348 00:21:55,440 --> 00:21:58,920 you used to live your life and, and, and to be burdened by that. 349 00:21:58,920 --> 00:22:01,560 People sometimes will try to trap you with that. 350 00:22:01,560 --> 00:22:04,560 And I remember when you were this and you were that, that was 351 00:22:04,560 --> 00:22:08,640 then, this is now. I'm not putting my stones back 352 00:22:08,640 --> 00:22:11,200 there. I'm putting my stone pile on 353 00:22:11,200 --> 00:22:14,480 this side because I don't plan to go back there. 354 00:22:14,680 --> 00:22:21,600 I'm going here. Somebody praise God and notice 355 00:22:21,600 --> 00:22:27,200 that there were 12 Stones in in Joshua chapter 4, verse 4. 356 00:22:27,880 --> 00:22:31,880 Then Joshua called the 12 men whom he had appointed from the 357 00:22:31,880 --> 00:22:34,720 children of Israel. One man from every tribe. 358 00:22:35,640 --> 00:22:40,160 I want you to remember that. One man from him, every tribe. 359 00:22:40,880 --> 00:22:45,880 God gave orders that one man would represent each tribe. 360 00:22:45,880 --> 00:22:52,000 So all 12 men are now representing the whole nation of 361 00:22:52,040 --> 00:22:55,080 Israel. And it is a great part of this 362 00:22:55,080 --> 00:22:56,200 story. Don't miss it. 363 00:22:56,400 --> 00:23:02,520 He didn't say set up a Joshua stone or set up a Caleb stone, 364 00:23:02,800 --> 00:23:06,080 but he said set up an everybody's stone because 365 00:23:06,080 --> 00:23:09,920 everybody's included in this, not just the hotshot preacher at 366 00:23:09,920 --> 00:23:13,880 the top. All of you are in this mix and 367 00:23:13,880 --> 00:23:17,600 all of you are in this place of deliverance and freedom. 368 00:23:17,760 --> 00:23:21,160 I didn't die. Jesus would say to just save a 369 00:23:21,160 --> 00:23:22,720 few people. I saved. 370 00:23:22,880 --> 00:23:25,920 I died to save the world, brothers and sisters. 371 00:23:25,920 --> 00:23:28,240 This thing is for everyone, He said. 372 00:23:28,320 --> 00:23:31,720 Every stone that you care out here represents a part of the 373 00:23:31,720 --> 00:23:33,960 nation. And he said when you get all 12 374 00:23:33,960 --> 00:23:38,520 of them piled up, the whole group is now represented because 375 00:23:38,520 --> 00:23:42,800 God cares about everyone. I said God cares about everyone, 376 00:23:42,920 --> 00:23:47,240 not just a few, not just a so-called cream of the crop, but 377 00:23:47,240 --> 00:23:51,280 he cares about every man, every woman, every boy and every girl. 378 00:23:51,400 --> 00:23:54,760 And he wants to bring everyone of us out of bondage and let us 379 00:23:54,760 --> 00:23:58,160 live in the freedom of the power of the Holy Spirit. 380 00:24:01,440 --> 00:24:05,800 So what do they mean? Chapter 4, verse six said that 381 00:24:05,800 --> 00:24:09,720 this may be a sign among you when your children ask in time 382 00:24:09,720 --> 00:24:13,560 to come saying, what do these stones mean to you? 383 00:24:16,640 --> 00:24:18,720 What? What's all this to you? 384 00:24:20,400 --> 00:24:22,680 What's this Christian thing to you? 385 00:24:23,800 --> 00:24:25,440 What's this believer thing to you? 386 00:24:25,440 --> 00:24:28,200 What, what's all this about? What does it mean to you? 387 00:24:28,480 --> 00:24:33,440 So the kid that the children, if they were coming that way and 388 00:24:33,440 --> 00:24:36,080 they see this, what the what's all these stones? 389 00:24:36,080 --> 00:24:38,120 What, what's what's the deal here? 390 00:24:38,880 --> 00:24:41,680 And again, I talked to you about the fact that in the very early 391 00:24:41,680 --> 00:24:44,280 part of the message that we're all living stones, right? 392 00:24:45,400 --> 00:24:51,320 So we, we always need to have in our heart, in our soul, we 393 00:24:51,320 --> 00:24:58,560 always need to be able to say to our children coming behind us 394 00:24:59,520 --> 00:25:02,600 because we need to be able to concisely say what it means to 395 00:25:02,640 --> 00:25:05,360 us to be saved because we need to live. 396 00:25:05,360 --> 00:25:10,520 Leave an inheritance to them. And while it is great to plan 397 00:25:10,520 --> 00:25:13,920 for their education for the future and plan for other things 398 00:25:13,920 --> 00:25:17,440 too, if you can, to leave behind things, finance, property, 399 00:25:17,440 --> 00:25:21,720 whatever it is, that's all well and good, but you need to leave 400 00:25:21,720 --> 00:25:24,280 a spiritual heritage to your kids. 401 00:25:24,480 --> 00:25:27,080 Far more important than anything else. 402 00:25:27,080 --> 00:25:32,360 You will leave them. It's a part of your DNA. 403 00:25:32,760 --> 00:25:36,520 It's not just something that is a sideline, it's your life. 404 00:25:37,040 --> 00:25:38,680 It's who you are. I'm saved. 405 00:25:39,560 --> 00:25:41,200 Jesus brought me out of darkness. 406 00:25:41,200 --> 00:25:43,760 Some of you need to tell your story to your kids. 407 00:25:43,920 --> 00:25:47,320 You need to let them know what Jesus has done in your life. 408 00:25:47,640 --> 00:25:50,400 You know, I, I think I thank God, you know, for my hair. 409 00:25:50,520 --> 00:25:52,040 I've told you and I won't go into detail. 410 00:25:52,040 --> 00:25:57,160 My dad wasn't much of an example at all really, but my mom was. 411 00:25:57,440 --> 00:26:00,280 And, and you know, the thing that she left is she was not a 412 00:26:00,280 --> 00:26:03,400 well educated woman. She never had a lot of money. 413 00:26:03,400 --> 00:26:07,240 In fact, as a family, we didn't we certainly weren't rich by any 414 00:26:07,680 --> 00:26:10,880 stretch of the imagination. We're just basically week to 415 00:26:10,880 --> 00:26:14,000 week people. And but, but, but there was 416 00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:17,160 something about her faith in God and she was going to make sure 417 00:26:17,160 --> 00:26:19,760 that I was affected by it because I was going to church. 418 00:26:20,280 --> 00:26:23,520 I there's no options, folks. I didn't get any options. 419 00:26:24,240 --> 00:26:26,840 I'm going. In fact, I got where I never 420 00:26:26,840 --> 00:26:30,800 even thought about asking for because it's just natural she's 421 00:26:30,800 --> 00:26:32,720 going to make me be in the House of God. 422 00:26:32,720 --> 00:26:35,560 I the only time I could remember, I lied to her one 423 00:26:35,560 --> 00:26:39,240 time. The Wizard of Oz was coming on 424 00:26:39,240 --> 00:26:42,840 Sunday night. There's Disney, right? 425 00:26:42,880 --> 00:26:47,000 The old Disney did it. And the Wizard of Oz was coming 426 00:26:47,000 --> 00:26:48,800 on Sunday night, went church on Sunday night. 427 00:26:49,200 --> 00:26:51,920 We're going to church, right? So I told her I was sick. 428 00:26:53,520 --> 00:26:54,920 Yeah, I lied. I lied. 429 00:26:55,440 --> 00:26:57,000 Thank God that's all rolled away. 430 00:26:57,880 --> 00:27:01,840 Let's all rolled away, but I don't ever remember any other 431 00:27:01,840 --> 00:27:03,400 time. I'm not, I'm not trying to be 432 00:27:03,400 --> 00:27:05,160 legalistic here. I'm just telling you it's 433 00:27:05,160 --> 00:27:08,400 important. What's more important in your 434 00:27:08,400 --> 00:27:11,880 family than to see that your sons and daughters know the 435 00:27:11,880 --> 00:27:15,000 gospel, hear the gospel, get an opportunity to be safe. 436 00:27:15,200 --> 00:27:17,640 They may not like it at the moment, but that's all right 437 00:27:17,880 --> 00:27:20,640 because God has a way of changing them just like he 438 00:27:20,640 --> 00:27:23,720 changed you. Can you say men Amen and Amen? 439 00:27:25,560 --> 00:27:27,200 And they were stones that were to stay there. 440 00:27:27,360 --> 00:27:30,320 You don't move them, you leave them right there. 441 00:27:30,320 --> 00:27:34,440 God wanted his children and their children to know him. 442 00:27:34,880 --> 00:27:38,800 And there was an opportunity for them to witness because of what 443 00:27:38,800 --> 00:27:41,120 God had done. So those stones brought back 444 00:27:41,120 --> 00:27:43,480 memories. Hey, I'll tell you what those 445 00:27:43,480 --> 00:27:46,840 stones mean. We were here one time back years 446 00:27:46,840 --> 00:27:51,040 ago and we were on that side of the Jordan and we had no way 447 00:27:51,040 --> 00:27:54,480 over and we knew that our destiny was over here in the 448 00:27:54,600 --> 00:27:57,960 flood banks of the banks were over flooded and water was 449 00:27:58,120 --> 00:28:01,040 everywhere. And and we prayed to God, not 450 00:28:01,040 --> 00:28:04,920 knowing what to do. And God did a miracle and he 451 00:28:04,920 --> 00:28:09,000 rolled back on one side the Jordan River, the waters flowed 452 00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:10,520 down to the Dead Sea from the other. 453 00:28:10,880 --> 00:28:14,360 And now we're walking on dry ground and those stones you see 454 00:28:14,360 --> 00:28:17,920 there are reminder to us of what God did for us. 455 00:28:17,920 --> 00:28:21,000 It wasn't about the stones, it wasn't about the rocks, but it 456 00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:23,480 was about the people. And they said, we want you to 457 00:28:23,480 --> 00:28:28,080 remember what God did for us, and he can do the same thing for 458 00:28:28,160 --> 00:28:32,360 you in your life. And let me tell you, those 459 00:28:32,360 --> 00:28:36,360 stones were also a witness to the enemy, because when the 460 00:28:36,360 --> 00:28:40,240 enemy could see those stones, they would remember what God did 461 00:28:40,240 --> 00:28:43,040 for his people. I want to tell you something. 462 00:28:43,480 --> 00:28:46,320 Sometimes you need to. When the devil's after you, you 463 00:28:46,320 --> 00:28:48,720 need to point your stones out to Him. 464 00:28:48,880 --> 00:28:52,440 You need to say, listen devil, you didn't beat me back then and 465 00:28:52,440 --> 00:28:56,080 you're not going to beat me now. God came through for me then, 466 00:28:56,240 --> 00:28:58,320 and He'll come through for me now. 467 00:28:58,480 --> 00:29:00,840 You're not going to take my victory from me. 468 00:29:01,040 --> 00:29:04,840 You might have had me at one time, but I've come out of that 469 00:29:04,840 --> 00:29:07,640 now. And you may fight me and you may 470 00:29:07,640 --> 00:29:11,480 throw every obstacle in my way, and you may afflict me and you 471 00:29:11,480 --> 00:29:16,400 may try me, but you won't win because God has shown me He what 472 00:29:16,400 --> 00:29:20,600 he did in the past, He'll do it again because that is the God 473 00:29:20,600 --> 00:29:23,400 that we are serving. Praise God. 474 00:29:26,840 --> 00:29:29,040 And then finally worship team, come back. 475 00:29:29,320 --> 00:29:31,880 The stones speak of a new beginning. 476 00:29:33,880 --> 00:29:38,480 I thought about the first set of stones was actually the second 477 00:29:38,480 --> 00:29:41,400 set because the first set were the ones brought out. 478 00:29:41,400 --> 00:29:46,120 But Joshua and I as I read this and reread this I I never saw 479 00:29:46,120 --> 00:29:50,720 where God told him to do it, but he had the men go back in and 480 00:29:50,720 --> 00:29:54,200 find 12 more stones and put them in the riverbed. 481 00:29:54,200 --> 00:29:59,640 Now remember this, they walked through dry ground. 482 00:30:00,800 --> 00:30:03,560 When God doesn't work, he does it well. 483 00:30:04,760 --> 00:30:10,160 They didn't walk trying to skip the mud puddles to get through, 484 00:30:10,480 --> 00:30:13,480 and they didn't walk to mud and mire. 485 00:30:13,480 --> 00:30:15,240 They had to clean off their sandals. 486 00:30:15,640 --> 00:30:22,520 The Bible says they walked on dry, dry, dry ground. 487 00:30:24,640 --> 00:30:29,640 But for some reason, Joshua said, put 12 Stones in the water 488 00:30:29,640 --> 00:30:31,760 as well. And you know, when you think 489 00:30:31,760 --> 00:30:35,600 about that, I think that represents something. 490 00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:38,440 It represents an old life that's buried. 491 00:30:39,360 --> 00:30:42,840 It's an old life that's buried. We're not going back there. 492 00:30:43,600 --> 00:30:46,320 And that old life we lived in bondage is gone. 493 00:30:46,760 --> 00:30:50,040 It's gone. I think he was saying those 494 00:30:50,040 --> 00:30:53,360 stones in that water mean the wilderness is behind us. 495 00:30:53,360 --> 00:30:57,960 Nobody may be able to see them. It doesn't matter because it's 496 00:30:57,960 --> 00:31:00,840 the death of the old life. It's the death of the old way. 497 00:31:01,520 --> 00:31:06,720 God has given us victory. And so those 12 Stones also 498 00:31:06,960 --> 00:31:10,640 represent the 12 tribes, everybody and, and right now 499 00:31:10,640 --> 00:31:12,800 there, he said they're going to be in that riverbed. 500 00:31:13,000 --> 00:31:15,600 The water is going to come back over and that's our past. 501 00:31:15,600 --> 00:31:18,160 It's gone. Don't talk about it. 502 00:31:18,560 --> 00:31:21,360 Don't worry about it. It's under the water. 503 00:31:22,080 --> 00:31:24,200 Sounds like something like under the blood. 504 00:31:24,440 --> 00:31:25,960 Amen. Ha. 505 00:31:25,960 --> 00:31:29,400 Where are sins under the blood of the cross of Calvary? 506 00:31:30,000 --> 00:31:32,440 We are saved by the blood of the Lamb of God. 507 00:31:32,440 --> 00:31:36,480 Here's my question for you. This was all about a new 508 00:31:36,480 --> 00:31:39,480 beginning for them. They were going to possess a 509 00:31:39,480 --> 00:31:44,200 land, a new land for them. They were going to take it. 510 00:31:45,320 --> 00:31:48,320 Jericho would be the next issue they would have to deal with, 511 00:31:48,320 --> 00:31:52,200 but they first had to get there. The promised land really isn't, 512 00:31:52,760 --> 00:31:55,880 is a isn't really a representation of heaven because 513 00:31:55,880 --> 00:31:59,120 the promised land still has enemies in it, right? 514 00:31:59,400 --> 00:32:03,720 It had lots of enemies and it but it is a new beginning and 515 00:32:03,720 --> 00:32:05,760 it's a new beginning with God's blessing. 516 00:32:06,920 --> 00:32:08,840 And not that you want they wouldn't fight any battles 517 00:32:08,840 --> 00:32:10,400 because they would. But he said, I'm going to give 518 00:32:10,400 --> 00:32:14,680 you victory over the Hittites, the Jebusites, Amorites, all the 519 00:32:14,680 --> 00:32:18,160 ice termites. He got them all. 520 00:32:18,520 --> 00:32:22,600 He said God is going to give you victory over all of them, but 521 00:32:22,600 --> 00:32:25,720 you got to get there first. You got to get on the other 522 00:32:25,720 --> 00:32:29,560 side. I want to ask this question of 523 00:32:29,720 --> 00:32:35,200 everyone here today, and that is, could you use a new 524 00:32:35,200 --> 00:32:36,480 beginning? Because that's what that was 525 00:32:36,480 --> 00:32:40,280 really all about. It was a time for the old to 526 00:32:40,280 --> 00:32:45,000 pass and the new to come in. I don't know where you are 527 00:32:45,000 --> 00:32:49,360 today, but if you're living in some kind of bondage, if the 528 00:32:49,360 --> 00:32:54,080 enemy's got you wrapped up into something, that's not what God 529 00:32:54,080 --> 00:32:57,120 would want for your life. And it doesn't have to be 530 00:32:57,120 --> 00:33:02,920 anything particularly evil, but it's you're not where you have 531 00:33:02,920 --> 00:33:06,080 the freedom that God wants you to have in your life. 532 00:33:06,880 --> 00:33:11,160 He's able to bring you out. He loves you and He cares about 533 00:33:11,160 --> 00:33:16,160 you, and He's able to bring you out of that deep, miry clay that 534 00:33:16,840 --> 00:33:20,400 David talked about. He's able to bring you out of 535 00:33:20,400 --> 00:33:23,160 whatever you might be bound with. 536 00:33:23,240 --> 00:33:27,880 We understand when we look at God's Word how the Lord brought 537 00:33:27,880 --> 00:33:31,440 the nation of Israel out of bondage, but He didn't leave 538 00:33:31,440 --> 00:33:36,240 them on that side of the Jordan. But he said, I've got more for 539 00:33:36,240 --> 00:33:38,440 you. And that more was in that 540 00:33:38,440 --> 00:33:40,680 promised land. God wants you to live in the 541 00:33:40,680 --> 00:33:44,160 fullness of the Spirit. God has more for you than just 542 00:33:44,360 --> 00:33:46,560 your name being written in the Lamb's book of life, even though 543 00:33:46,560 --> 00:33:48,000 that's the best thing you'll ever get. 544 00:33:48,840 --> 00:33:51,000 God wants you to live in this life in victory. 545 00:33:51,480 --> 00:33:55,080 He wants you to overcome. He wants you to be powerful for 546 00:33:55,080 --> 00:33:57,880 him and with him. He wants to do great things in 547 00:33:57,880 --> 00:34:00,960 your life. And just like those stones, He 548 00:34:00,960 --> 00:34:02,880 brought you out for a cause and a purpose. 549 00:34:03,280 --> 00:34:05,360 And he said those stones are going to be witnesses. 550 00:34:05,760 --> 00:34:12,199 Think of all the people that you may be a witness to by the 551 00:34:12,199 --> 00:34:14,719 change that Jesus makes in your life. 552 00:34:15,480 --> 00:34:18,080 Thanks for joining us today. If you'd like to connect, visit 553 00:34:18,080 --> 00:34:21,960 us at remstownchurchofgod.org, follow us on Facebook and 554 00:34:21,960 --> 00:34:25,520 Instagram, and subscribe to this podcast so you never miss an 555 00:34:25,520 --> 00:34:26,080 episode.