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JOSHUA: GOD IS SALVATION (PART FOUR)

There is a wonderful story of faith and redemption contained in the second chapter of Joshua.   It is not only a story of God's faithfulness to His people, the Jews, but it also reveals His ultimate plan to bring the Gentiles into His fold through faith.   Joshua chose two men to go to the city of Jericho as spies and discover what they could about the city's strengths and weaknesses.  They were also to gauge what the attitude of the people of Jericho was toward the advancing Israelite army.    When the two spies reached Jericho they were invited into the house of a prostitute by the name of Rahab.  The name " Rahab" is an indirect Quranic name for boys and girls that means “vast”, “spacious”, “open-minded”, or “generous”.  Rahab was all of that and more, to be sure.  Despite her profession, she feared the LORD Who had delivered these Jews from Egypt and across the Red Sea and was willing to shelter them despite the fact that they were “e...
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JOSHUA: GOD IS SALVATION (PART THREE)

PRECIOUS PROMISES “Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature , having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.” (2 Peter 1:4).   God was faithful to encourage Joshua with some very specific promises before he ever entered Canaan.  These promises were more important than all of the armaments that he carried with him to fight the enemies that he would face in Canaan.  They were part of the spiritual armor that would protect Joshua when fear or indecision would plague him along the way.    God has also given us great and precious promises so that we, too, can fight the good fight of faith.  God is not vague about what He promises us, but He speaks very specifically to our individual needs and our personal battles.  As we seek to know and to do His will, the Lord will speak intimately to us through His Word, the Bread from heaven.  It will chal...
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JOSHUA: GOD IS SALVATION (PART TWO)

HEARING FROM GOD "For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, Whom we preached among you...was not Yes and No; but in Him it is always Yes.  For all the promises of God find their Yes in Him.  That is why we utter the Amen through Him, to the glory of God."   (2 Corinthians 1:19,20 RSV).   The judgment that God pronounced on the rebellious Jews was severe.  They were forced to return to the wilderness and wander there for another 40 years.  It wasn’t until the last person from that unbelieving generation had died in the wilderness that God spoke to their children who were grown now and said it was time to enter Canaan.     Joshua had proven his faith in God's promises.  He and Caleb were the only two who had actually seen the Promised Land and were ready 40 years earlier to go in and take it.  That was when Moses was the one hearing from God and leading the Israelites forward, however.  Now, Moses was dead, and Joshua was anoin...
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