> Welcome to another edition
of Bible Alive. I'm so glad that
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you joined us today. We're going
to be talking about a story in
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the Bible that I think the
children might know better than
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the parents. At least we learned
it when we were children and
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it's about The Walls Come
Tumbling Down. That's your hint,
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what is it? Jericho, you got
it but before we do, I want to
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introduce you to Rudy, my
brother. Glad that you're here,
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Rudy. >> Good to be here again.
> Yeah. It looks like this is
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kind of... be a common thing.
>> Looks like it... Looks like
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it is, doesn't it? > It does.
Well, Jericho, even though it's
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not a long story in the Bible,
there's a lot of... a... a lot
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things that we can maybe unpack
and... and make it... make it
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practical in our day today. >>
A lot of practical applications.
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> Well, before we start,
let's... let's have a Word of
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prayer and Rudy, would you have
a prayer today for us? >> I'll
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be glad to. > OK. >> Dear
Heavenly Father, thank You so
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much that we have an opportunity
to open Your Word. Thank You
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that we can learn > Hmm. >>
from the examples that You have
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placed in here for us, for us to
read today and to take into our
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lives and our hearts and to
change our lives in accordance
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with Your will. > Amen. >>
Help us to understand this more
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thoroughly so we can gain the
blessing that You have promised.
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> Hmm. >> We pray this in Jesus
name, Amen. > Amen. OK, if you
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don't have your Bibles, go
get them and let's get in there.
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Now, what's... what's the text,
Rudy? Well, > we're going >>
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we're gonna go to Joshua. > OK.
>> Chapter 6. > Joshua Chapter
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6. >> and we're just going to
start with the first one. > OK.
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>> Joshua Chapter 6 and I think,
it looks like that's on page 255
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of the Remnant Study Bible, New
King James and also 250, almost
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the same page for the King James
but it doesn't matter, just get
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your Bibles and get to Joshua
Chapter 6. OK, now, to me, Rudy,
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it starts right out, which
is, I think is good. There's a
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keyword in verse 1, it says,
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In other words, Jericho even
though it says it was surely,
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they was afraid of these
children of Israel, coming out
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they were afraid but the word
that I like to talk about on
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verse 1 is, secure. They had a
high fortress, great walls, the
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walls of Jericho and it
was securely it says. In other
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words, when something's secure,
it means nothing's going to
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get in, it's secure. >> Well,
it... it says that they thought
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it was secure > That's right.
>> but they was gonna learn
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what secure was all about, but,
you know, before we go into it
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and I don't wanna back up too
much, but, you know, why... why
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is Joshua involved here? Because
Moses is out of the picture and
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you can imagine there might have
been some apprehension with the
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children of Israel thinking,
"Wow, the great leader isn't
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here now, now we've got another
leader" but, you know, this
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story proves that it's isn't
about Moses, it wasn't about
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Joshua, it was about God leading
his people > Amen. >> and so
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> That's right. > that's
... that's... that's another
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practical application that
God will work with whoever is
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willing to be worked with > And
what's that - what's that saying
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about the qualified? >>
You know, God... you know, "God
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doesn't call the qualified, he
qualifies the called. " > Amen.
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So if you're willing to be
called, you don't have to worry
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about your qualifications,
His qualifications, will be good
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enough. > That's right. OK,
so it's not about you, it's not
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about me, it wasn't about
Joshua, >> It's about God's...
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> it wasn't about Moses.
>> God's plan, God's will.
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> Now, something else that I
think that we were talking off
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camera that I think is really
was - we... we can set the
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stage, Joshua was a man of war.
>>That's right. > He was the
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leader and... and... and with
his people, with his army, so
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this man can fight. >> That's
right. > He fights with faith
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but he fights with guts, so he
fights with everything he's got.
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I guess he's a man, he had a
well trained army and he is not
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used to probably being...
what I'd call a wimp. >> That's
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right. > So, now we're...
we're setting the stage here and
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>> For this man of war. >
Yes, this man of war goes and it
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says that... it says that,
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So the Lord said
to Joshua. It says,
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In other words, they were...
they were men of valor at
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Jericho. >> That's right. > They
weren't, it was... this was not
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some wimpy little city.
>> That's right. > This was a
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stronghold, you know and then
it says, verse 3, and... and we
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sing the song. You've heard of
it. What is that, Joshua? >> Get
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the battle of Jericho. >
Yeah, Joshua get the battle of
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Jericho and, you know, it goes
on and it said the walls came
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tumbling down. Well, here's this
man of war, Joshua, he's used
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to fighting with a spear and a
shield and all this stuff and in
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verse 3, it says
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OK, and... and I would probably
say, if I only listen, I said,
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Yeah, we're going to march
around the city, then we're
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going to attack it >> That's
right. > because that's...
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that's what man
would do and it says,
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In other words, go around the
city, each day, for six days and
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just march around it and
then in verse 4, it says,
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>> Yeah, and... and... and not
to be labor the point but I'm
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sure that Joshua knew he... they
had to take this city and I'm
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sure before the Lord told
him how to do it, he had plans.
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> Sure. >> and I doubt whether
none of them included marching
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And I doubt whether none of them
included marching around with
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trumpets > Right, I guess not.
>> and bringing the priest along
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> Right. >> I mean, they
weren't men of war and so it's
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interesting to know, this man of
war, he was really a man of God
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> That's right. >> because he
didn't question him, you don't
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big debates saying, "Why
are we doing that, stupid plan?"
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You... you don't hear none
of that. > That's right, that's
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right. >> You know, and I think
that's significant in our lives.
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A lot of times, things aren't
going our way but if we follow
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God, then... then we follow
God. > And... and something else
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before we go on, that I think
is so vitally important, it's...
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it's a little word called faith
>> Amen. > and in Luke, it says,
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you know, it... it... it
talks about faith. You know, if
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you're faithful in that
which is least, then you'll be
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faithful in that which is much.
In other words, when I was young
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and... and... and, you know,
obviously we are brothers and...
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and dad was a man of his word
and he tells you to do it and
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you did it but dad would never
give us big... bigger jobs until
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we... >> Than we could handle.
>Than we could handle >> That's
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right > and when we got
the little jobs done, that
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most of the time at least I
can say when he would tell me to
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sweep the floor, I don't want
to sweep, I want to do something
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bigger. But dad just says, "Tell
me, son, if you learned to sweep
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the floor well, then I can give
you a better job, you know, and
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bigger job but you need to learn
to sweep the floor and sweep it
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well " >> That's right. > and
to me when I was young, I can't
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kind of understand that but
it was all part of doing things
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faithfully and then we can have
something bigger and here...
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and faith doesn't just come
by, you know, like, "you've got
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faith now. " I mean, >> That's
right. > It's not like a light
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switch. >> That's right.
It's... it's something that is
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exercised > It's exercised.
That's right. >> and... and the
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Bible says, that you'll be...
you'll have faith to faith. In
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other words, the faith that
you have, when you exercise it
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you'll be given more >
More faith. >> and... and... and
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Joshua had proved that he had
already learned to listen, to
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God, period > That's right
and... and... and obviously, if
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we get back into the scriptures
with Joshua, he had been
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faithful. He was one of the only
ones that had been faithful all
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the way through. >> That's
right. > His faith had grown.
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You know, Joshua and Caleb, they
were the only two spies, I mean,
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nobody... it... it doesn't
say who the other 10 spies were.
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Just says >> That's right. >
there were 12 spies and there
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was Joshua and Caleb, part of
those 12. They were the faithful
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ones. >> And... and not to get
off the subject but how long had
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he been waiting to go into
battle, to take Jericho? > Yes,
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that's right. >> A good
many years. > A good many years
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>> Yeah. > and now he gets
there and Joshua is no young.
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>> No. > He's not a spring
chicken either. He's quite
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elderly at this time. >> That's
right. > So, OK, now, where are
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we at? We're... >>
You're on verse 5. > Yep.
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Now, this is after they've
marched around on the 7th day,
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that they do it. They... they
blow the horns, they... they,
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you know, they walk around
the... Joshua, seven times,
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then it said,
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Now... I just have to be
honest, to our viewers that...
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I've never heard of such
a thing, in... in... in the
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army. >> Yeah. When I
was in the army, I was in the
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Special Forces. I mean - I
mean, >> Yeah. >If they gave
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an order. >> And when
you went to war, they didn't
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say, "Go get your trumpets.
" > That's right. They said,
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"Go get your gun," >> "Go
get your gun. " > "go get your
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knife. "I mean, they... they...
they taught us in the service
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how to kill and how to do
different things when you're...
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you're in battle but never, did
my Captain say, "Dwight, go get
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a trumpet. " For what? "Because
I want you to blow it and then,"
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you know, "that's how... that's
how we're going to chase our
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enemies. " I mean, >> That's
right. > That seems kind of
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stupid to me. >> Well, it does.
But, you know, another practical
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I don't wanna miss, is, the
fact that, when... when did...
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when did Joshua get the victory?
Before he went into battle.
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>> Absolutely. And I... and I...
and, you know, the Lord said, "I
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have given you this the victory"
and a lot of times, in our own
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lives, the victory has already
been given. We still got to go
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through the process. When
you have faith in Christ, he's
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already given you the victory.
> So, if he's already given us
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the victory and it's not
working then what's the problem?
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>> Well, we're not listening
very well. > Yeah, we're not
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listening >> Yeah > and our
faith is so weak. >> We're not
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blowing a certain sound. >
That's it, we are not blowing
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>> on the trumpet > a certain
sound, that's right. >> I think
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that's - that's neat. > So,
that's... that's tremendous.
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So, it says,
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In verse 5
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And I think, isn't it amazing,
Rudy, in this story that it
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wasn't about just Joshua. It
was about... at the end of this
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blast of the trumpet, everyone
needs to shout. >> That's right.
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> It wasn't just 5 or 10 or the
Captains. >> Right. > Or the men
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of war. It was everyone shouts
which means, everyone plays a
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everyone plays a part in
the salvation >> That's right.
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of... of God and what he wants
us to do. Anyway, I thought
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that was good. >>
That's very good. > It says,
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So, this was before it ever
happened, they have to have that
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faith to do that and I know
we're going to have to take a
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break here but what...
what can we say to recap this
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practically? >> Well, to me
personally, is, you know, listen
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it... we've talked earlier about
listening to God's still small
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voice > Yes. >> and I mean,
listen to God, you know, have
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faith in his plan and then move
forward. You know, you never get
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anywhere, get into the car and
say, "OK, here we go," and you
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look in the rear view mirror.
You'd... you'd crash every
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time, you've gotta look forward
> That's right. >> and... and
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Joshua look forward in faith,
not just here but from way back.
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So, he was moving forward.
Forward is the key. Forward in
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faith, forward in Christ. > Amen
but we've got to take a short
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break. You won't wanna miss
this but stay with us because
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we'll be right back.
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the end of time is clear. The
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Ministry of Healing,
Page 320 says, "As disease in
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animals increases, the
use of milk and eggs will
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become more and more
unsafe. " I'm Hal Mayer
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reminding you to keep the faith.
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> Well, I'm glad that you're
back. We're talking about Joshua
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and Jericho and faith and how
do we put that in our everyday
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lives today. Rudy, you know,
oh, and one more thing, if you
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haven't opened your Bibles,
get those Bibles out, open it to
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Joshua Chapter 6 and we're going
to read, right now, verse 10 but
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Rudy, really when you have
a leader that's filled with...
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with God, filled with Christ,
he's not depending upon himself.
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Like I said, it wasn't about
Joshua or Moses, it was about
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God and following God and then
it just seems like the fear is
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it just seems like the fear is
gone. I mean, it's... I'm... I'm
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sure there might have been some
trepidation but they trusted
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fully in God. >> Well, they
trusted in Joshua, as we talked
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trusted in Joshua, as we talked
about before, not only a man of
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war but yet he was a man of
faith > Amen. >> and regardless
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of what... you know, this to
me is a test. I mean, it didn't
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make sense but what... what
Joshua got out of it was, God
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said it. > Yes. >>That's all he
need. So, whether it made sense
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to me or not, I'm going to
follow His Word > Amen. > and
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then we left the last... the
last part of it where they was
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going to walk... they had
to walk around that city seven
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times but the first six days,
they walked around once and
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the... the seventh day they
walked around it seven times.
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>> That's right. > Which,
big deal. In other words, if you
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just want to talk about it,
it doesn't make a lot of sense,
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why... why not seven times
each day? Why seven times on the
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seventh day or why not once
on the first day, twice on the
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second day, three times on
the third day? But - but - it -
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the bottom line is to follow
God. We don't have to >> That's
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> understand >> That's right
>everything and then in verse
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10, I thought this... this was
good because the seventh day,
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when they went around the
seventh time, at the end they
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were supposed to shout.
Every one of them, they were all
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involved, they had to... they
all had to be a part of this. In
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verse 10 though, it says,
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>> Amen. > And... if you was
on... in those walls or on the
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walls looking down at the...
at... at the Israelites walking
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around the city not making
a sound, I would wonder what's
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going on. I mean, maybe you
might make fun of them up in
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the walls, "What are you
all doing? That's pretty stupid"
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but... >> I don't think they
was making fun because... > OK.
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>> why was the city secure?
You know, the doors wasn't open,
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they wasn't having a yard
sale > No, that's for sure.
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They... they was up... they was
scared and so they... and they
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knew the reputation, they knew
they'd come through the Red Sea
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but I'd like to back up just for
a second here > OK. >> and I'm
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taking it from... we've
talked about faith > Yep. >> but
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do you think that the people
understood why they was supposed
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to walk around it, not say a
word. I don't... I don't think
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so. I don't think they
understood that process. Amen?
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> I think... I think you're
right. >> OK. > I think they
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didn't. >> but they obeyed. OK,
now let's take this back, do we
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need to understand everything in
God's Word, to obey God's Word?
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> No. >> and... and to me that's
a... that's a... a... a great
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point. I mean, obedience, you
can obey, without knowing, all
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there is to know. > What >> God
requires obedience even if we
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don't have a full understanding.
> That's right and I think...
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in the Book of Samuel, that
the Lord had told him >> Good
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> it's better >>> to obey
>> than to sacrifice. > than to
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sacrifice and >> That's...
that's right. > and when we love
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Christ, we'll want to obey.
>> It will be easy to obey.
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> And we don't have to have all
the answers. We just know that
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if God said it, it's good enough
for me. I don't have to say,
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"Why?" all the time. >> Exactly.
> I just need >> Exactly. > to
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know that God did say it and
we find it to the Word. >> So
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you've got faith > tremendous
>> and obedience. > Amen,
00:19:05.79\00:19:07.97
Amen, OK. You want to go with
verse 11 or do you have a text
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there? >> No. > that you
wanna go over? >> No, Verse 11,
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Can you imagine the ark... it
seems to me from... if... if he
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was a soldier that would be
in the way. > Right. >> I mean,
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unless it's filled with guns.
> Yeah. >> or spears. I mean,
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why have that out there? > Yes.
>> I mean, once, again you don't
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need to understand all these
stuff to obey. So, I... I... I
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just think that's... you know,
God said it, you know, I believe
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it, that's good enough > Amen
and, you know, we know that the
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Ark was very sacred. I mean,
only the... that certain priest
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could carry it but it's... it's
amazing, nothing happened at the
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Ark, at the end, the
people shouted. >> That's right.
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> And that, to think when you're
saying, that, you know, in the
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war time, they might had the Ark
sitting somewhere but to have it
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in the midst... maybe
some of them were even
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afraid that, "Hey,
what if this doesn't work
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and they take this Ark away?"
>> That's right. > I mean,
00:20:11.99\00:20:14.23
you know, >> But what did
it represents > each should be
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here >> it represented
God? > That's right. >> And so
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There you go. >> God was
going before them. > Yes.
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>> And, once again, even if they
didn't catch it all, you know,
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they obeyed but I think
that, you know, if you go down
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and... and... and they... they
did what they was supposed to
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do, they marched around and
verse 16 kinda picks it up and
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it says, >OK.
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> Wow! >> And this is before it
fell. > Yeah. >> And... and he's
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promised victory over
the city. Verse 17 says,
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And I just wandered if
you had something on Rahab?
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Did you want to make a
comment on? > Well... I just
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want to encourage the
viewers, Rudy, today... about
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Rahab. Rahab was harlot.
Rahab wasn't even a practicing
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Christian. She wasn't an
Israelite and yet because of her
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protecting those men when they
came in as spies and she asked
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to be saved. There was
something, you... I... I just
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love how God loves us so much,
that he gave his only begotten
00:21:33.91\00:21:37.43
Son, >> Amen. > Christ. Then
he gives His Holy Spirit. When
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Jesus was on the Earth and
he says, you know, "I'm gonna go
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away and give you a greater
gift, when I go," and that's The
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Holy Spirit Holy Spirit because
it convicts us of sin. It...
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it... it works upon the
mental mind and the front... the
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frontal lobe here. It convicts
us with our conscience and
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here's this Rahab. I
mean, there's not another person
00:21:54.76\00:21:58.83
mentioned in this city
by name >> That's right.
00:21:58.86\00:22:01.43
> but Rahab is mentioned, she's
a harlot. So to me, I... I just
00:22:01.46\00:22:05.05
want to encourage every viewer
that's... that's watching, I
00:22:05.08\00:22:08.11
care what you've done, I don't
care what's happened in your
00:22:08.14\00:22:10.81
life, God does love you. Now,
there'll be a probation that
00:22:10.84\00:22:13.87
closes at some point in time.
That's why we don't wanna put
00:22:13.90\00:22:16.31
off the calling of Jesus Christ.
You know, Jesus says, "Today is
00:22:16.34\00:22:19.33
the accepted day of salvation.
Now is the time, don't put it
00:22:19.36\00:22:22.93
off. " The thing with it,
is, Rahab was worked upon by the
00:22:22.96\00:22:26.96
Holy Spirit and she accepted the
call, she knew these men were
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right and she said, "Yes,
come in and I will hide you" and
00:22:30.58\00:22:34.44
then she said, "Would you save
me?" And to me what a practical
00:22:34.47\00:22:38.76
experience. It's just a verse
or two but God was true to his
00:22:38.79\00:22:42.08
promise and... and... and each
one of us can be saved. It's
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not... I don't... it's... it's
not that we can't be saved, Rudy
00:22:46.26\00:22:49.67
it's that we choose not to be
saved. >> Well, who came... who
00:22:49.70\00:22:53.85
came to Rahab? The spies. > Yes.
>> The spies, but who do they
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represent? They represented God
> That's right. >> and so a lot
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of times people say, "Well, God
tells me this, I will do it. "
00:23:02.27\00:23:05.91
Well, God did tell Rahab through
His people. >> That's right,
00:23:05.94\00:23:09.56
that's right. >> and > That's
a good point. >> if he would've
00:23:09.59\00:23:10.91
said, "Well, that's fine spies,
but if God tells me then, I will
00:23:10.94\00:23:16.88
do this " but God was telling
her and when... when the Word of
00:23:16.91\00:23:20.88
the Lord came to her, even
though it was through man, she
00:23:20.91\00:23:26.24
obeyed > That's right, she did
it. >> and when they told her to
00:23:26.27\00:23:29.45
put this in her window and
do this, do you think she said,
00:23:29.48\00:23:32.27
"Oh, I think I'll... I think,
maybe it'll look better on the
00:23:32.30\00:23:34.74
side of the bed. " > Yeah.
>> Or, "I think it would look
00:23:34.77\00:23:36.87
better over here. " No, she...
if she wouldn't have obeyed
00:23:36.90\00:23:39.52
either, then what would her
faith been? > She would've been
00:23:39.55\00:23:43.14
lost. >> She would've been lost
but... but she listened and she
00:23:43.17\00:23:46.64
obeyed and she followed through
> And... > and her family. > and
00:23:46.67\00:23:50.69
God honors those that
honor >> Absolutely. Honors him.
00:23:50.72\00:23:53.38
> And, you know, again, I...
I always try to put it in, you
00:23:53.41\00:23:57.69
know, what if I was there?
Had it not worked out, had they
00:23:57.72\00:24:02.57
caught her, she would've been
killed >> That's right, that's
00:24:02.60\00:24:05.83
right. > but there was something
about Rahab, it's not about the
00:24:05.86\00:24:09.46
act, that she had done so much,
as, God has a plan for each one
00:24:09.49\00:24:13.31
of us. It's a journey. >>
He knew her heart too. > Yeah,
00:24:13.34\00:24:15.82
and - and... and we're
born and we die and we have that
00:24:15.85\00:24:19.76
sanctification, we have that
journey in between birth and
00:24:19.79\00:24:23.96
death and at the end
we need to be committed to
00:24:23.99\00:24:27.51
Christ We need to be
committed every day but
00:24:27.54\00:24:29.53
we're growing in Christ
and there was something there
00:24:29.56\00:24:31.23
that Rahab, obviously,
we don't know in the story,
00:24:31.26\00:24:33.42
that had a longing to do
what was right because I don't
00:24:33.45\00:24:36.33
believe she just switched
overnight. She had this longing,
00:24:36.36\00:24:39.18
she might have got caught up in
sin but when those spies came,
00:24:39.21\00:24:42.39
the truth rang through to her
and she... and like you said,
00:24:42.42\00:24:45.76
she obeyed and was saved. >> And
after the people left, after the
00:24:45.79\00:24:50.03
spies left, you know, a lot
of times, you know, there's no
00:24:50.06\00:24:52.87
atheist in fox holes > Right,
right. >> and, you know, she's
00:24:52.90\00:24:55.68
scared and all that but then...
then they left she followed
00:24:55.71\00:24:58.28
through anyways and I just think
that's, you know, so important
00:24:58.31\00:25:02.58
and as we read on here, you
know, it says that, you know,
00:25:02.61\00:25:07.27
in... we read verse
17 but verse 18 says,
00:25:07.30\00:25:10.38
>> In other words, they had...
they had orders to do prior to
00:25:18.32\00:25:24.48
battle > Yes. >> and during
battle and after battle and
00:25:24.51\00:25:29.55
they was told what to do
and what not to do and it wasn't
00:25:29.58\00:25:32.42
that difficult. > So, do you
think, making that practical,
00:25:32.45\00:25:35.96
that God has a plan? >>
Absolutely. > Before we find
00:25:35.99\00:25:39.00
him, >> Yeah. > when we find
him, during the time that we're
00:25:39.03\00:25:43.16
living and even afterward.
>> Absolutely and after it fell,
00:25:43.19\00:25:46.48
I mean, that represents the
time of ease and we need to be
00:25:46.51\00:25:49.34
obedient in time of trouble but
not forget it, after the... the
00:25:49.37\00:25:53.34
crisis is over. > Yeah. >> So,
many times, "Lord, if you just
00:25:53.37\00:25:55.69
help me through this. " You
know, "if you just make these
00:25:55.72\00:25:58.08
walls come down and in
practical life, no matter how
00:25:58.11\00:26:01.78
high walls of troubles or strife
are, they can fall flat in an
00:26:01.81\00:26:07.66
instant, if we have faith in
Christ > That's right. >> and
00:26:07.69\00:26:10.59
so those... those are practical
lessons that you can take home
00:26:10.62\00:26:14.05
from this. > Absolutely and...
and... and one more thing and
00:26:14.08\00:26:17.01
boy! Time is almost over, I
can't believe it but, you know,
00:26:17.04\00:26:20.32
can't believe it but, you know,
on verse 16 again, Rudy >>All
00:26:20.35\00:26:22.06
right. > and we'll leave
it at verse 16. >> All right.
00:26:22.09\00:26:23.58
> It says,
00:26:23.61\00:26:24.58
With an exclamation mark and
what I think is so neat, that
00:26:31.31\00:26:35.05
they blew the trumpets but those
walls never came down until
00:26:35.08\00:26:38.34
the people shouted. >> That's
right. > You know, we look at...
00:26:38.37\00:26:41.44
we... we look at Moses and he
led those children to the... to
00:26:41.47\00:26:46.36
the sea and until they went
down to it, that's when the sea
00:26:46.39\00:26:49.52
parted. >> That's
right. >When they got down
00:26:49.55\00:26:51.58
after the 40 years and
was going over to the Promised
00:26:51.61\00:26:53.42
Land, they actually had
to put their feet into the
00:26:53.45\00:26:55.19
water before the Jordan parted
and so today, don't think that
00:26:55.22\00:27:00.90
God's gonna work everything
out in your life and there's
00:27:00.93\00:27:03.03
gonna be no doubt, I always
tell people, you know, if you
00:27:03.06\00:27:05.84
think about doubt long enough,
that room of doubt gets mighty
00:27:05.87\00:27:08.14
big, you can't even see across
the end of that room of doubt,
00:27:08.17\00:27:11.14
so you must take it by faith,
know what God's called you to do
00:27:11.17\00:27:14.29
to his Word. Do it, by faith and
God will honor that and those
00:27:14.32\00:27:18.04
walls will go flat. >>
Absolutely. > We've got to go
00:27:18.07\00:27:20.47
>> Amen. > but until next time,
you get in those scriptures
00:27:20.50\00:27:25.12
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those prayers and that we'd
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