WHENEVER YOU TAKE A
NEW JOB YOU MUST UNDERSTAND
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THAT GOD IF IS WITH YOU,
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YOU DON'T HAVE TO TRY AND
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FILL ANYBODY ELSE'S SHOES.
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WHAT YOU'VE GOT TO DO IS STAY
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ON GOD'S SIDE FOR YOU KNOW
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WHAT OUR THEME IS:
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IF GOD BE FOR YOU,
WHO CAN BE AGAINST YOU ?"
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?  PRAISE THE LORD,
LET'S JUST PRAISE THE LORD. ?
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WHEN GOD GETS READY HE CAN
DELIVER YOU, IF YOU CALL ON HIM,
IF YOU TRUST IN HIM.
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?  HE'S WORTHY OF THE
PRAISE, JESUS IS WORTHY. ?
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YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOWN FLAT
ON YOUR FACE, BUT THE POWER OF
GOD WILL LIFT YOU UP.
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?  WORTHY OF
ALL, ALL THE PRAISE. ?
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WE'RE TURNING OUR ATTENTION
TONIGHT TO THE BOOK OF JOSHUA.
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AND IN THE BOOK OF JOSHUA,
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THE SIXTH CHAPTER, IT IS ONE
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THAT IS FAMILIAR TO MANY.
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LET'S FIND OUT IF THE BIBLE HAS
SOMETHING NEW TO SAY ABOUT AN
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OLD STORY. JOSHUA CHAPTER 6,
AND LET ME BEGIN WITH VERSE 1:
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TONIGHT I WANT TO
ENTITLE OUR STUDY, "WALLS."
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"WALLS."
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LET'S BOW TOGETHER AS WE PRAY.
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FATHER WE ARE GRATEFUL THAT
WHENEVER WE TURN TO THE WORD,
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THERE IS TRUTH FOR THE MOMENT.
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THERE IS SOMETHING THAT GOD
HAS TO SAY ABOUT THE PRESENT
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SITUATION. NOW, AS WE
LOOK AT AN ANCIENT STORY,
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WE BELIEVE SOMEHOW THAT GOD
IS ABLE TO APPLY IT TO MODERN
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SITUATIONS. AND SO IN FAITH
NOW, WE COME TRUSTING THAT WHAT
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MANKIND, WHAT HUMANKIND COULD
NEVER DO, GOD CAN DO EASILY.
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DO IT FOR US NOW.
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WE SHALL GIVE GLORY AND
HONOR, AND PRAISE TO THY NAME.
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FOR IT IS IN THE NAME OF
JESUS THAT WE PRAY, AMEN.
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THIS IS A TUMULTUOUS TIME IN THE
HISTORY OF ISRAEL BECAUSE THE
FORMER LEADER, MOSES IS GONE.
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I HAVE DISCOVERED THAT NO MATTER
WHAT PEOPLE SAY ABOUT THE
PRESENT LEADERSHIP,
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WHEN THE LEADER GOES,
PEOPLE CHANGE THEIR OPINIONS.
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MOST OF THE TIME, PEOPLE
WHO ARE CRITICAL WHEN THEY HAVE
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LEADERSHIP, DON'T UNDERSTAND
WHAT THEY HAD UNTIL THAT'S GONE.
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MOSES, YOU CAN READ ALL THROUGH,
THAT MOSES WAS CRITICIZED
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MANY TIMES FOR WHAT HE
DID OR WHAT HE DID NOT DO.
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IN FACT, SOMETIMES THE FOLK
WOULD DRIVE HIM TO THE PLACE
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WHERE HE WOULD ASK GOD EITHER TO
TAKE HIS LIFE OR TO SIMPLY PUT
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THE PLAN ASIDE. AND I'M THANKFUL
THAT GOD DOES NOT GIVE UP WHEN
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PEOPLE GIVE UP. IN FACT, THERE
OUGHT TO BE A LESSON THERE FOR
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US. SOMETIMES WHEN WE ARE NOT
WHAT WE ARE OUGHT TO BE, GOD IS
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PATIENT WITH US. SO, NOW MOSES
IS GONE AND COMES NOW JOSHUA.
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THIS YOUNG MAN, WHO HAD PROBABLY
HAD GROWN UP AROUND MANY OF
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THOSE WHO THOUGHT THEMSELVES
TO BE POWERFUL, HE COMES NOW
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TRYING TO TAKE THE
PLACE, SOME WOULD SAY, OF MOSES.
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AND NOW EVERYBODY SAYS,
"HE'LL NEVER BE LIKE MOSES WAS."
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WHEN THE FACT IS, HE DID
NOT NEED TO BE LIKE MOSES WAS.
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WHEN GOD CALLED
JOSHUA, HE SIMPLY SAID TO HIM,
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"YOU BE COURAGEOUS,
AND IF YOU TRUST IN ME,
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I WILL BE WITH YOU
AS I WAS WITH MOSES.
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WHENEVER YOU TAKE A NEW JOB YOU
MUST UNDERSTAND THAT IF GOD IS
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WITH YOU, YOU DON'T HAVE TO TRY
AND FILL ANYBODY ELSE'S SHOES.
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WHAT YOU'VE GOT TO DO IS STAY ON
GOD'S SIDE FOR YOU KNOW WHAT OUR
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THEME IS: IF GOD BE FOR
YOU, WHO CAN BE AGAINST YOU ?"
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AND THIS YOUNG MAN
BEGINS IN A PERFECT WAY.
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HE'S OUT PRAYING, AND
HE'S PRAYING TOWARDS JERICHO.
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NOW, SOME OF US WOULD HAVE
PRAYED HIDDEN BEHIND THE RANKS,
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YOU KNOW, YOU'RE THE
COMMANDER, YOU OUGHT TO HIDE,
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YOU OUGHT TO MAKE SURE THAT
YOU'RE SAFE BECAUSE AFTER ALL,
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IF THE COMMANDER IS GONE, THEN
THE TROOPS WON'T KNOW WHAT TO
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DO. BUT I'VE DISCOVERED THAT
IF YOU'RE GONNA BE A LEADER,
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YOU OUGHT TO BE AT LEAST
COURAGEOUS ENOUGH TO MOVE AHEAD
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OF THOSE. IN FACT,
LEADERSHIP IMPLIES GOING AHEAD.
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YOU'VE GOT TO TAKE
THE RISK OF GOING AHEAD.
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SO JOSHUA IS NOT PRAYING BEHIND
THE RANKS, HE'S TOWARDS JERICHO
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PRAYING. AND AS HE PRAYS, THERE
COMES A SOLDIER WITH A SWORD
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DRAWN. NOW THAT DOESN'T
TRANSLATE TOO WELL INTO THE
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PRESENT, BUT LET ME
PAINT A SCENARIO FOR YOU.
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SUPPOSE IN YOUR PRAYER, AND I
WILL ASSUME THAT MAYBE YOUR EYES
ARE CLOSED WHEN YOUR PRAYING,
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BUT I'VE DISCOVERED THAT
WHEN SOMEBODY IS CLOSE TO YOU,
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YOU CAN FEEL THEIR PRESENCE.
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SUPPOSE IN THE MIDDLE OF YOUR
PRAYER, YOU FELT THE PRESENCE OF
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SOMEBODY, AND KIND OF OPENED ONE
EYE, AND SAW SOMEBODY DRESSED IN
CAMOUFLAGE GARMENTS.
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YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT,
ALL THOSE COLORS THAT BLEND WITH
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THE TREES. KIND OF FRIGHTENING
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT.
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AND THEY HAD AN AK-47 OR LET'S
MAKE IT EVEN SMALLER THAN THAT.
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THEY'VE GOT SOME KIND OF
MILITARY PISTOL AIMED AT YOU.
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NOW THINK ABOUT IT
FOLKS, LET'S GET REAL.
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YOU CAN PRAY WHILE YOU RUN.
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YOU KNOW, I'VE DONE
IT BEFORE, HAVEN'T YOU ?
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BUT WATCH WHAT JOSHUA DOES;
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NOW THAT YOU'VE GOT A
PRESENT PICTURE IN YOUR MIND,
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AND I HOPE YOU'VE BEEN HONEST
ENOUGH TO SAY WHAT YOU WOULD
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HAVE DONE, IF YOU OPENED YOUR
EYES AND SOMEBODY HAD A WEAPON
DRAWN AND THEY WERE STANDING
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BEFORE YOU. I DOUBT THAT MANY
OF US WOULD DO WHAT JOSHUA DID.
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IN FACT, I'LL BE HONEST ENOUGH
TO TELL YOU THAT I WOULD NOT
HAVE DONE WHAT JOSHUA DID.
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JOSHUA GOT UP FROM HIS PRAYER,
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MOVED TOWARDS THE SOLDIER
WITH THE SWORD DRAWN AND SAYS,
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"ARE YOU ON OUR
SIDE, OR ON THEIR SIDE ?"
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THAT'S SOME
POWERFUL, POWERFUL MOVEMENT.
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INSTEAD OF RUNNING
AWAY FROM THE CHALLENGE,
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HE MOVES TOWARDS THE CHALLENGER,
THE ONE WITH THE SWORD DRAWN,
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AND SAYS, "WHOSE
SIDE ARE YOU ON ?"
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INCIDENTALLY, I DON'T WANT
TO PASS BY THIS; HE DOES NOT SAY
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"WHO ARE YOU ?"
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HE DOES NOT SAY, "WHAT
IS IT THAT BRINGS YOU TO THE
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NEIGHBORHOOD ?" IT'S OBVIOUS
THAT BUSINESS HAS BROUGHT THIS
INDIVIDUAL TO THE NEIGHBORHOO
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BUT HE SAYS, "ARE YOU ON
OUR SIDE, OR THEIR SIDE ?"
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BECAUSE THERE IS
NO NEUTRAL TERRITORY.
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NOW THERE ARE SOME FOLK
WHO THINK THAT YOU CAN SOMEHOW
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DILLY AND DALLY ALL
AROUND IN GRAY AREAS.
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BUT I BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE
TO UNDERSTAND IN THE WORDS OF
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JOSHUA TO THIS PERSON
WHOM HE DOES NOT KNOW YET,
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"ARE YOU ON OUR
SIDE OR ON THEIR SIDE ?"
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BECAUSE HE ASSUMES THAT
THERE IS NO NEUTRALITY HERE.
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NEUTRALITY IS ALMOST NONEXISTENT
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT.
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YOU ARE EITHER ON GOD'S
SIDE OR YOU ARE AGAINST GOD.
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THERE IS ACTUALLY
NO NEUTRAL GROUND.
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THERE ARE SOME WHO THINK SO, BUT
THE FACT IS THAT YOU'VE GOT TO
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MAKE A DECISION. YOU OUGHT TO BE
ABLE TO DECLARE RIGHT NOW WHOSE
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SIDE YOU'RE ON. IN FACT, YOU
OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO BACK UP YOUR
DECLARATION WITH SOME ACTION.
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IF SOMEBODY
FOLLOWED YOU ALL DAY LONG,
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MAYBE THEY OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO
FIGURE OUT WHOSE SIDE YOU'RE ON.
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MAYBE THEY OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO
TELL BY HOW YOU CONDUCT YOUR
LIFE WHOSE SIDE YOU'RE ON.
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SO, THE QUESTION IS SIMPLE.
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AND NOW, THIS BEING; ONE
COMMENTATOR SUGGESTS THAT
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THIS BEING WAS NOT A SMALL
ONE, NOT A TINY CREATURE BECAUSE
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THERE WAS SOMETHING
COMMANDING ABOUT HIS PRESENCE,
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AND YET JOSHUA MOVES
TOWARD THIS BEING AND SAYS,
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"ARE YOU FOR THEM, OR FOR US ?"
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AND NOW THE ANSWER
COMES, "I AM NOT FOR THEM, BUT I
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AM COME NOW AS THE CAPTAIN
OF THE HOST OF GOD'S CHILDREN."
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WATCH THIS: JOSHUA IS THE
GENERAL OF ISRAEL'S ARMY, YOU
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KNOW, AND I'VE BEEN
AROUND A COUPLE OF GENERALS;
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THERE'S A WAY THAT THEY MOVE.
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THEY MOVE WITH POWER.
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YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE THAT
STRAIGHT WALK, AND THEY SPEAK IN
A DIGNIFIED MANNER.
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BUT HERE IS ONE GENERAL NOW,
CONFRONTED BY ANOTHER, AND WHEN
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HE SAYS, "ARE YOU ON OUR
SIDE OR ARE YOU ON THEIR SIDE ?"
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THIS BEING SAYS, "I AM COME
AS CAPTAIN OF THE LORD'S HOST."
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SO A GENERAL RECOGNIZES THAT A
COMMANDER OF A HIGHER RANK IS IN
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HIS PRESENCE. YOU'VE GOT TO
RECOGNIZE THAT NO MATTER WHO YOU
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THINK YOU ARE, WHEN YOU COME
INTO THE PRESENCE OF THE
ALMIGHTY, YOU HAVE BEEN
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OUTRANKED. WELL, YOU SAY, HOW
DID YOU KNOW THAT THAT WAS JESUS
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? I KNOW FOR A COUPLE REASONS.
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IF YOU KEEP ON READING, YOU WILL
DISCOVER THAT THIS SOLDIER WITH
THE SWORD DRAWN SAYS,
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"TAKE YOUR SHOES OFF YOUR FEET,
BECAUSE THE PLACE WHERE YOU
STAND IS HOLY GROUND."
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IF YOU LOOK AT REVELATION
CHAPTER 19 AND VERSE 10
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YOU DISCOVER A
SITUATION WHERE A MESSENGER CAME
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AND THE RESPONDENT SAID,"I
WILL BOW DOWN TO WORSHIP YOU."
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AND THE ANGEL SAID,
"NO, DON'T WORSHIP ME."
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ANGELS DON'T DEMAND, CANNOT
TRUTHFULLY COMMAND WORSHIP.
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BUT THIS SOLDIER SAYS, "TAKE
YOUR SHOES OFF BECAUSE THIS IS
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HOLY GROUND." IF JOSHUA HAD HAD
HIS NOTEBOOK COMPUTER WITH HIM,
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AND IF HE HAD
HIS MODEM CONNECTED,
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HE COULD HAVE TURNED IT
ON AND INITIALIZED THE MODEM
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AND CONNECTED WITH AN
INFORMATION BASE AND TYPED IN,
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"SHOES OFF";
"HOLY GROUND"; SEND."
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AND WAITED A MINUTE, AND THE
SCREEN WOULD HAVE CLICKED FAST;
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MOSES, BURNING
BUSH, HOLY GROUND, JESUS.
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THIS IS NOT JUST ANYBODY.
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THIS IS NOT SOME ERRANT
SOLDIER DRIFTING OFF COURSE.
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THIS IS JESUS OVER BY
JERICHO SAYING TO JOSHUA,
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"I HAVE GIVEN INTO YOUR HAND
JERICHO THE MIGHTY MEN OF VALOR,
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THE KING OF THE WHOLE
COUNTRY, HE BELONGS TO YOU."
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HE SAYS IT WITH THE
SWORD STILL IN HIS HAND.
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YOU KNOW, FOR ALL THE FOLK WHO
DON'T KNOW HOW POWERFUL JESUS
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IS, YOU OUGHT TO
LET THAT IMAGE SINK IN.
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WHEN YOU GET ON YOUR KNEES,
YOU'RE NOT TALKING TO THE WALLS
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OR THE CEILING; YOU'RE TALKING
TO SOMEBODY WHO CAN DO SOMETHING
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ABOUT A SITUATION. JESUS
COMES AS THOUGH COMING BACK FROM
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JERICHO. WELL FORGIVE ME,
MY IMAGINATION GOES WILD NOW,
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HOW WOULD THIS GENERAL KNOW
THAT HE CAN GIVE INTO THE HAND
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OF THIS JOSHUA THE COUNTRY
JERICHO WITH ITS HIGH WALLS.
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ONE HISTORIAN SUGGESTS THAT THE
WALLS OF JERICHO WERE SO HIGH
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THAT EVEN THOSE WHO SAW THEM
THEN, SAID THEY REACHED UP TO
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THE HEAVENS. AND YET, THIS
SOLDIER, ALONE WITH A SWORD
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DRAWN SAYS, "YOU'VE GOT IT, I'VE
ALREADY GIVEN YOU THE VICTORY.
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THE VICTORY BELONGS TO YOU.
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SO FORGET ABOUT WALLS.
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WALLS ARE NOTHING TO
ME; I TAKE WALLS DOWN.
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IT BELONGS TO YOU."
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THERE ARE TOO MANY PEOPLE
WHO ARE CONFRONTED BY WALLS AND
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AFRAID; WALLS THAT LOCK YOU
OUT AND WALLS THAT HEDGE YOU IN.
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I'M SUGGESTING TO YOU THAT
THIS GENERAL CAN HANDLE WALLS.
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IN FACT, LET ME SKIP AHEAD IN
THE STORY A LITTLE BIT AND SCOOP
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A LITTLE BIT. I BELIEVE, AND IF
YOU READ IN CHAPTER 6 YOU WOULD
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SEE, THAT WHEN THEY BEGAN
TO MARCH AROUND THESE WALLS,
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THE ONE SIGNAL THAT IS COMMANDED
IS TO BLOW THE HORNS, BLOW THE
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TRUMPETS, AND WHEN YOU BLOW
THEM, THEN YOU CAN SHOUT BECAUSE
THE WALLS ARE GONNA FALL.
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PERHAPS IT COULD BE THAT
THE WALLS HAD ALREADY BEEN
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DISASSEMBLED BY THE
POWER OF THIS GENERAL.
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MAYBE IN FACT, ALLOW ME TO
GET EXCITED FOR JUST A MOMENT;
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MAYBE THEY HAD BEEN ALREADY
TORN DOWN BUT PUT ON A TIMER;
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MAYBE ALREADY CONQUERED, BUT SET
FOR THE SOUND OF A RAM'S HORN SO
THEY WOULD STAY TEMPORARILY;
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TEETERING OR TATTERING BUT WOULD
NOT FALL UNTIL THE RAM'S HORN
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BLEW. SO, THE GENERAL COULD
ANNOUNCE, "IT'S ALREADY YOURS."
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NOW JOSHUA
COMES FROM HIS PRAYER,
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GOES NOW TO THESE PEOPLE WHO
ARE EXPECTING LEADERSHIP AND HE
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TELLS THEM NOW, "WE'RE ABOUT
TO GO OVER AND TAKE JERICHO."
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WELL, THERE'S A TEENY, WEENIE,
LITTLE LOGISTICAL PROBLEM;
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THE JORDAN.
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THE JORDAN CAN BE, AS SOME
OF YOU KNOW WHO TRAVEL THERE, IT
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CAN BE A TRICKLE. I SAW PARTS OF
THE JORDAN THAT AT CERTAIN PARTS
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OF THE YEAR, TIMES OF THE
YEAR, COMES DOWN TO A TRICKLE.
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YOU COULD NEGOTIATE IT WITH NO
HELP, PARTICULARLY IF YOU KNEW
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WHERE TO CROSS
AND WHEN TO CROSS.
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BUT THIS WAS IN THE HARVEST
SEASON WHEN THE RAINS WERE
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FALLING TO FILL OUT THE CROPS
SO THAT THEY COULD BE HARVESTED.
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SO, THE WATERS WERE
COMING DOWN IN TORRENTS NOW.
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WHY, YOU MIGHT ASK, WOULD GOD
SUGGEST THAT HIS PEOPLE CROSS
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THIS JORDAN WHEN HE
COULD SIMPLY TELL THEM, WAIT.
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AND IF YOU WAIT,
YOUR PROBLEM WILL GO AWAY.
00:16:47.96\00:16:52.00
I THINK TOO MANY PEOPLE
WAIT FOR THE PROBLEM TO GO AWAY.
00:16:52.00\00:16:57.63
BUT IF YOU'RE ON GOD'S
SIDE, AND GOD IS ON YOUR SIDE,
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YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT
FOR PROBLEMS TO GO AWAY,
00:17:02.50\00:17:05.33
BECAUSE GOD IS
SOLUTION TO PROBLEMS.
00:17:05.33\00:17:09.63
IN FACT, MAYBE HE ALLOWED THEM;
00:17:09.63\00:17:11.76
MAYBE HE COMMANDED THEM TO GO
NOW SO THAT THEY COULD SEE AGAIN
00:17:11.76\00:17:17.16
HIS POWER. REMEMBER IT IS THE
POWER OF GOD THAT OPENED A DRY
PATH THROUGH THE RED SEA.
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AND I'VE READ ALL THAT
SCIENTIFIC GOBBLEDEY-GOOK THAT
SAYS "WELL, NOT SO."
00:17:22.76\00:17:29.90
IN FACT, I
REREAD IT JUST RECENTLY.
00:17:29.90\00:17:33.33
THEY SUGGEST THAT THE PART OF
THE RED SEA WHERE MOSES WAS, WAS
00:17:33.33\00:17:40.73
NOT REALLY A SEA, THEY SAY IT
WAS THE REED SEA AND THERE WAS
NOT MUCH WATER THERE.
00:17:40.73\00:17:45.66
THEY SAID THAT YOU COULD
PRACTICALLY TAKE AN ARMY,
00:17:45.66\00:17:48.46
AND IF YOU WENT AT THE RIGHT
TIME AND THE RIGHT PLACE, YOU
00:17:48.46\00:17:52.03
COULD GO. IN FACT, THEY SAY
IF THE WIND WAS BLOWING AT THE
00:17:52.03\00:17:56.53
RIGHT SPEED AND FOR LONG ENOUGH
THAT IT WOULD DRY A PLACE SO
THAT YOU COULD CROSS.
00:17:56.53\00:18:02.20
WELL, HOW I ASK YOU, DOES
THE BIBLE SAY THAT WHEN PHARAOH
00:18:02.20\00:18:06.73
AND HIS ARMY GOT INTO WHATEVER
BODY OF WATER THIS IS, THAT THEY
WERE DROWNED IN THE WATER ?
00:18:06.73\00:18:14.46
GOD ALWAYS PUTS SOMETHING THERE
TO MAKE YOU KNOW THAT HE IS
00:18:14.46\00:18:19.26
POWERFUL. SO, MAYBE YOU OUGHT TO
BELIEVE THE SCIENTISTS INSTEAD
OF BELIEVING THE BIBLE.
00:18:19.26\00:18:24.03
WELL, MY QUESTION IS: HOW IS
IT THAT ONE ARMY GOT THROUGH,
00:18:24.03\00:18:28.06
ONE GRAND GROUP OF PEOPLE WENT
THROUGH, AND ANOTHER COMES AND
00:18:28.06\00:18:32.80
GOD, ACCORDING TO WHAT THE BIBLE
SAYS, CUT OFF THEIR CHARIOT
WHEELS AND STUCK THEM THERE
00:18:32.80\00:18:38.13
LONG ENOUGH TO DISCONGEAL
THE WATER AND LET IT BLOW OVER
00:18:38.13\00:18:42.43
THEM SO IF THERE WASN'T ENOUGH
WATER THERE, TELL THE DROWNED
00:18:42.43\00:18:49.80
PEOPLE OF EGYPT. TELL
THEM IT WASN'T ENOUGH.
00:18:49.80\00:18:52.76
I BELIEVE THAT GOD OPENED THE
RED SEA, AND JUST WHAT GOD SAID
00:18:52.76\00:18:58.70
TO JOSHUA IS TRUE, "AS I WAS
WITH MOSES, SO I WILL BE WITH
00:18:58.70\00:19:03.56
YOU." SO GO DOWN TO THE RUSHING
WATERS OF THE JORDAN, BUT HERE'S
00:19:03.56\00:19:08.43
HOW YOU DO IT. AND FORGIVE ME,
BUT I SEE JOSHUA TALKING NOW TO
A GROUP OF ELDER STATESMEN.
00:19:08.43\00:19:18.10
YOU KNOW, I'M FINALLY OLD ENOUGH
NOW TO BE ONE OF THE ELDER
00:19:18.10\00:19:21.83
STATESMEN. I DON'T' KNOW WHEN
IT HAPPENED, I WAS TOO BUSY TO
00:19:21.83\00:19:27.40
RECOGNIZE IT. BUT ALL OF A
SUDDEN, I'M ON THE OTHER SIDE OF
00:19:27.40\00:19:31.36
THAT THING NOW. BUT I REMEMBER
WHEN I WAS YOUNG, YOU KNOW, THE
ELDER STATESMEN ALWAYS WANTED TO
00:19:31.36\00:19:35.66
SAY, "WELL, SON" -- YOU COME
UP WITH A PLAN, -- "WELL SON, WE
00:19:35.66\00:19:43.50
TRIED THAT AND DON'T DO
THAT, THAT DOESN'T WORK."
00:19:43.50\00:19:47.16
CAN YOU IMAGINE JOSHUA COMES TO
THIS GROUP OF LEADERS AND SAYS,
00:19:47.16\00:19:52.30
"I'VE GOT A PLAN."
00:19:52.30\00:19:54.33
"WELL, WHAT IS IT ?"
00:19:54.33\00:19:56.00
"UH, WE'RE GONNA LET THE PRIESTS
BRING THE ARK OF THE COVENANT
00:19:56.00\00:20:01.66
AND MARCH DOWN TO THE WATER."
00:20:01.66\00:20:05.00
"LET'S SEE, THIS IS SAD.
00:20:05.00\00:20:11.40
THIS YOUNG MAN IS GONNA
TRY AND DO WHAT MOSES DID.
00:20:11.40\00:20:16.40
AND YOU KNOW, MOSES WAS
HIS MENTOR, MOSES WAS HIS ROLE
00:20:16.40\00:20:20.23
MODEL, WE PROBABLY CAN'T
BLAME HIM FOR WANTING TO DO IT,
00:20:20.23\00:20:23.33
BUT WHAT A TRAGEDY,
HE'S GONNA BE EMBARRASSED.
00:20:23.33\00:20:29.06
LET'S JUST GO ALONG
WITH IT, LET'S HUMOR HIM.
00:20:29.06\00:20:33.33
JOSHUA, SON, WHAT DID THE LORD
TELL YOU WILL HAPPEN WHEN THE
00:20:33.33\00:20:38.56
PRIESTS BRING THE ARK OF
THE COVENANT AND GO DOWN TO THE
00:20:38.56\00:20:43.00
WATER ?" HE SAID, "WELL,
YOU PREPARE TO SEE A MIRACLE.
00:20:43.00\00:20:47.90
BECAUSE GOD TOLD ME
THAT WHEN WE GET DOWN THERE
00:20:47.90\00:20:51.06
AND WHEN THE FEET OF
THE PRIESTS TOUCH THE WATER,
00:20:51.06\00:20:55.33
GOD'S GONNA MAKE A
WAY OUT OF NO WAY."
00:20:55.33\00:21:00.43
"OK SON, WE'LL GO WITH YOU OK ?
00:21:00.43\00:21:06.43
AND LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS."
00:21:06.43\00:21:08.36
AND I LOVE IT WHEN THEY
DON'T BELIEVE, YOU KNOW ?
00:21:08.36\00:21:11.63
THE WORLD IS FULL
OF DOUBTERS, ISN'T IT ?
00:21:11.63\00:21:14.53
THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO
DON'T BELIEVE ANYTHING.
00:21:14.53\00:21:15.96
YOU TELL THEM GOD
ANSWERED A PRAYER.
00:21:15.96\00:21:17.70
BUT I WONDER WHAT KIND
OF A BORING LIFE DO YOU LIVE
00:21:17.70\00:21:21.70
IF YOU DON'T KNOW
THAT GOD ANSWERS PRAYER ?
00:21:21.70\00:21:25.06
MY LIFE HAS BEEN FULL
OF JOY AND EXCITEMENT,
00:21:25.06\00:21:28.63
BECAUSE WHILE GOD
DOESN'T SAY YES ALL THE TIME,
00:21:28.63\00:21:32.20
IT'S JUST A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE
TO TALK TO HIM AND FIND OUT WHAT
00:21:32.20\00:21:38.06
HE'S GONNA DO ! SOMETIMES I GET
MY FAITH SO HIGH THAT I GET
EXCITED WHEN A DOOR CLOSES
00:21:38.06\00:21:44.66
BECAUSE I KNOW GOD'S
GONNA MAKE ANOTHER WAY.
00:21:44.66\00:21:47.70
HE'S EITHER GONNA OPEN THAT DOOR
AGAIN, OR HE'S GONNA CAUSE
ANOTHER DOOR TO POP OPEN,
00:21:47.70\00:21:52.66
OR MAYBE HE'LL MAKE A HOLE IN A
WALL WHERE THERE IS NO DOOR, BUT
GOD WILL MAKE A WAY.
00:21:52.66\00:22:01.50
WHAT A BORING LIFE IT MUST BE
TO SIT DOWN AND JUST THINK ABOUT
00:22:01.50\00:22:08.30
PROBABILITIES. YOU KNOW, THOSE
WHO THINK OF SUCH THINGS SAY
00:22:08.30\00:22:11.30
THAT THE DIFFERENCE ESSENTIALLY
BETWEEN ANIMALS AND MAN
00:22:11.30\00:22:16.13
IS THAT ANIMALS ONLY
HAVE COGNITIVE SKILLS;
00:22:16.13\00:22:19.50
THEY CAN ONLY SEE WHAT IS.
00:22:19.50\00:22:21.93
BUT HUMAN BEINGS ARE ABLE
TO THINK PROBABILITIES THROUGH.
00:22:21.93\00:22:26.90
SO YOU CAN GO TO A WALL AND SAY,
00:22:26.90\00:22:28.33
NOW WHAT IS THE LIKELIHOOD
THAT THAT WALL WILL MOVE ?
00:22:28.33\00:22:35.70
AND OF COURSE, IF YOU
ARE IN YOUR NORMAL MIND,
00:22:35.70\00:22:39.76
IF YOU ARE LOOKING
WITH PHYSICAL EYES,
00:22:39.76\00:22:42.90
AND IF YOU ARE
THINKING ON HUMAN TERMS,
00:22:42.90\00:22:46.40
YOU'LL SAY THE
LIKELIHOOD IS PROBABLY NIL.
00:22:46.40\00:22:50.16
SO I WILL GO BACK AND SIT
DOWN AND WAIT FOR SOMETHING TO
00:22:50.16\00:22:54.46
HAPPEN. BUT IF YOU KNOW GOD, AND
GOD HAS SAID "GO" THEN WHEN GOD
SAYS GO, HIS CALLING IS AN
00:22:54.46\00:23:05.60
ENABLING. WHEN HE SAYS TO DO A
THING, HE PROVIDES THE POWER
WITH WHICH TO DO IT.
00:23:05.60\00:23:11.10
SO YOU CAN MOVE FORWARD EVEN IF
THERE SEEMS TO BE AN OBSTACLE IN
THE WAY, JUST MOVE.
00:23:11.10\00:23:17.43
WHEN THEY GO OUT NOW,
FACING THE JORDAN, THE PRIESTS,
00:23:17.43\00:23:22.06
SEVEN OF THEM COME WITH
THE ARK OF THE COVENANT.
00:23:22.06\00:23:24.43
BUT YOU'VE GOTTO REMEMBER THAT
THIS IS NO ORDINARY BOX FOLKS.
00:23:24.43\00:23:29.43
THIS ARK OF THE COVENANT, WHICH
IS COVERED WHEN THEY TRAVEL
00:23:29.43\00:23:33.70
HAS TWO ANGELS BEATEN
OUT OF FINE GOLD ABOVE IT,
00:23:33.70\00:23:37.86
IN BETWEEN THEM IS
CALLED THE MERCY SEAT.
00:23:37.86\00:23:41.50
IT IS A SYMBOL OF
GOD'S MERCY TO HIS CHILDREN.
00:23:41.50\00:23:44.46
INSIDE OF THAT
CONTAINER IS THE LAW OF GOD,
00:23:44.46\00:23:47.56
THE COMMANDS THAT GOD
GIVES TO HIS CHILDREN.
00:23:47.56\00:23:50.30
"GREAT PEACE HAVE THEY THAT LOVE
THY LAW", THE BIBLE SAYS, "AND
NOTHING SHALL OFFEND THEM."
00:23:50.30\00:23:55.90
WHEN YOU ARE WILLING
TO GO IN AS GOD COMMANDS,
00:23:55.90\00:24:00.46
THERE IS A POWER
THAT GOES BEFORE YOU.
00:24:00.46\00:24:03.26
BUT ABOVE THOSE ANGELS AND
BETWEEN THEM IS A LIGHT THAT HAS
00:24:03.26\00:24:11.26
NO POWER SOURCE. WELL, I SHOULD
SAY NO NATURAL POWER SOURCE.
00:24:11.26\00:24:14.96
AND SOME REFER TO IT
AS THE SHEKINAH GLORY.
00:24:14.96\00:24:19.13
IT IS A LIGHT THAT HAS NO FUEL
FLOWING TO IT, NO IGNITION THAT
00:24:19.13\00:24:25.63
IS NECESSARY. IT IS PROOF
POSITIVE OF THE PRESENCE OF GOD.
00:24:25.63\00:24:31.40
NOW, WOULD YOU DO A LITTLE
DEDUCTIVE THINKING WITH ME ?
00:24:31.40\00:24:36.36
ONE OF MY FAVORITE AUTHORS
SAYS THAT THERE IS A SCENARIO
00:24:36.36\00:24:39.73
THAT OCCURRED WHEN
THEY GOT TO THE JORDAN.
00:24:39.73\00:24:42.23
AND I HAVE COME THROUGH A
SUCURETOUS ROUTE TO THE SAME
00:24:42.23\00:24:47.40
CONCLUSION. IF JESUS MEETS
JOSHUA, AND SAYS, "I'VE GIVEN
YOU JERICHO," WOULD JESUS THEN
00:24:47.40\00:24:58.86
GO AWAY ? IF THE LORD OPENED THE
RED SEA, WOULD JESUS DESERT
JOSHUA WITH THE JORDAN BEFORE
00:24:58.86\00:25:07.40
HIM ? IF THE LORD SAYS TO
JOSHUA, "I WILL BEGIN THIS DAY
TO MAGNIFY YOU IN THE SIGHT OF
00:25:07.40\00:25:16.13
ISRAEL." AND WOULD YOU ALLOW ME
JUST TO PLAY WITH THAT A LITTLE
00:25:16.13\00:25:19.20
WHILE ? THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE
WHO ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW
00:25:19.20\00:25:22.66
GET OVER; THEY READ ALL OF THESE
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HOW YOU CAN BE SO ATTRACTIVE
THAT NOBODY CAN RESIST YOU,
00:25:29.60\00:25:32.93
WHEN THE FACT IS THAT THE WAY TO
BECOME WHO YOU WANT TO BE IS IS
TO LET GOD BUILD YOU UP.
00:25:32.93\00:25:41.20
I WILL BEGIN TO
MAGNIFY YOU THIS DAY.
00:25:41.20\00:25:44.63
JOSHUA MUST HAVE HAD SO
MUCH CONFIDENCE IT WOULD GET ON
00:25:44.63\00:25:47.60
YOUR NERVES IF YOU
WERE AN UNBELIEVER.
00:25:47.60\00:25:50.40
HE COMES OUT AND
SAYS, "PRIESTS GO DOWN
00:25:50.40\00:25:52.13
AND WHEN I GIVE YOU THE SIGNAL,
LET YOUR FEET TOUCH THE WATER.
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00:26:14.83\00:26:19.80
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00:26:19.80\00:26:22.80
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