Studies in Joshua 02 - Entering the Land — Alden Gannett

Thank you for praying for the safe arrival of my dear wife. We were chatting with Dan Richardson this afternoon. And he says there aren't any roads the kind of which my wife discussed here in Florida.

So neither one of us knows how she got here, but she is here and we're delighted and thank you for praying. We did better than we did for our 25th wedding anniversary. I was off in a meeting somewhere while she was in Birmingham.

That's how we celebrated that one. So we're glad to celebrate our 35th Valentine's Day together today. That's a lot better. All right. We're glad you're here tonight. The study of the Word as thou again ask the Lord to bless father in the name of Christ.

Minister thy word to us as we have need tonight. Let us know our hearts our needs specifically. Oh Lord God our Father. Meet those needs through thy word we pray Christ. We began our study of the book of Joshua last night together.

Faith, Obedience, and Possessing the Promised Land

We saw the secret of success faith obedience and then success by God's grace, we trust him for grace to obey him and Then God promises Good success. We saw the preparation of the leader Joshua last night together.

The man of God that God put his hand upon to lead the children of Israel. Cross Jordan to conquer the land of promise. We saw possessing our possessions the great emphasis of this book for Israel in that day.

It was the land of promise for us today the language of Ephesians. We are blessed with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ Jesus. Beginning the verse 10 of this first chapter. We saw along with the preparation of the leader the preparation of the people.

We want to continue that theme tonight through chapter 5. Lord willing Joshua is preparing the people and first by his own example. Prepare you vittles for going across Jordan in three days you men from the east side of Jordan.

Keep your word keep your promise leave your families there come with us across Jordan and as we conquer together. Then you may return to your family. And they said Joshua, whatever you say, we'll do. He asked just one thing of you as God was with Moses.

We want the same evidence that God's hand is upon you. In chapter 2 we see the wonderful encouragement to faith as we further see the preparation of the people for this great conquest of Canaan. A Familiar story you remember Rahab and the spies.

Rahab, the Spies, and the Encouragement of Faith

Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men despite secretly saying Go view the land even Jericho and they went and came into an harlot's house named Rahab. And lodged there remember back in the book of Numbers.

It was not the will of God to send spies into Canaan here. God's strategy changes and with God's blessing Joshua sends five in the land. So let's not straightjacket the Lord in his ways of working. And it was told the king of Jericho saying Behold there came men in here tonight of the children of Israel to search out the country.

Here's the mission of the spies and the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab saying bring forth the men who are come to thee. Who are entered into thine house for they have come to search out all the country.

The woman took the two men and hid them and said thus why there came men unto me. But I knew not from where they were. Came to pass about the time of shutting the gate when it was dark that the men went out.

Where the men went I know not. Pursue after them quickly or ye shall overtake them. But she had brought them up to the roof of the house and hid them with the stocks of flax. Which she had laid in order upon the roof and the men pursued after them the way to the Jordan under the fords.

And as soon as they were pursued after them They're gone out. They shut the gate. Yes Rahab lied. And the Lord never approves of her lying. James is another brother. They said James says that Rahab was justified by her works, but not by her words.

Hmm. Here was a woman out of the depths of sin. Here was a woman who was used to this kind of thing. Here is a woman as we shall now see whose life's been changed. But she had some growing in grace to do as our New Testament tells us.

No, God does not approve her deceit on this occasion and Before they were laid down verse 8. She came up unto these spies upon the roof and she said unto the men I know that the Lord hath given you the land.

Notice her language. I know that the Lord Jehovah hath given you the land. We're talking about the preparation the encouragement that comes and that your terror is fallen upon us. And that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you.

The spies are getting the message just exactly what they wanted to learn. For we have heard how the Lord Jehovah dried up the water of the Red Sea for you. When he came out of Egypt and what he did under the two kings of the Amorites who were on the other side of the Jordan we heard about that too about Sion and Og who knee-utterly destroyed.

We've had that report and as soon as we had heard these things our hearts did melt. Neither did there remain any more courage in any man because of you for Jehovah your God. He is God in heaven above and in earth beneath.

What's that sound like a converted woman, doesn't it? And indeed she is. You'll remember Hebrews chapter 11 by faith Rahab. Here she is giving a great affirmation of her faith in Jehovah. Now therefore as they make a covenant together.

She asks I pray you swear by me unto me by the Lord since I have shown you kindness. That you will also show kindness unto my father's house and give me a true token. And that you will save alive my father.

And my mother and my brethren and my sisters and all that they have and deliver our lives from death and the man. Verse 18 behold when we come into the land. Say the spies to Rahab thou shalt bind this line of scarlet thread in the window.

By which thou didst let us down and thou shalt bring thy father and thy mother and thy brethren and all thy father's household home unto thee. Hear the report as the chapter closes 23 and 24. So the two men returned.

Descended from the mountain. Passed over and came to Joshua the son of Nun and told him all things that we tell them and They said unto Joshua notice truly the Lord Hath delivered into our hands all the land for even all the inhabitants of the country do change.

Because of us. What encouragement to the children of Israel. Jehovah is working on both ends. He is working in the land. He's melted their hearts. They're terrified. That's precisely the report of Rahab the harlot.

What encouragement to Israel to know that God has already been at work? God already preparing the land for conquest as the children of Israel across Jordan and Enter that land. Isn't always exciting when God works at both ends.

Hmm. Years ago at Southeastern Bible College. They tell me that they needed a piano teacher and so on a given Thursday night the trustees met in my office and they had a prayer meeting for a piano teacher and.

And the next morning a younger lady who's been with us now 27 or 28 years miss Helen, right walked in and said God told me to come up here and apply for a job as instructor in piano. She'd been teaching at the Conservatory there in Birmingham.

She was dissatisfied with her context. She wanted to serve God in her teaching a piano and God brought the two together. Oh. So beautiful that God works at both ends to get his work accomplished. A Willing to see the hands of God.

Rahab’s Salvation by Grace, Blood, and Faith

Here is Rahab Harlan. Tell me why did the Lord choose a harlot grace? Tell me why the Lord choose you Grace. And I had my name quickly. Great. Rahab was justified by grace. A Roman three justified freely by his race through the redemption of his name by Jesus.

Rahab was justified by blood. Do you remember the scarlet print? Through the centuries of time God's faithful servants have preached the precious blood of Jesus Christ from this text. Beautiful type a beautiful symbol of the Savior who shed his blood on the cross of Palo Verde.

She was justified by faith. Hebrews 11 the faith at work. James chapter 2 was real as we saw her great affirmation here of confidence in the Lord. Is there somebody here tonight? Not a Christian? Our chapter says that God will save Harlan.

Isn't that wonderful? You say I'm not a harlot. Thank God. But whatever your sin God's grace is sufficient for you. Tonight, and he'll save you exactly the way same way. He saved Rahab by grace by his blood by faith.

He'll change your life and make you a new creature in Christ. Declare you righteous in his son all by his wonderful. And to put the icing on the cake. We don't have time to turn to Matthew chapter 1. But you'll find Rahab's name in the genealogy of Jesus Christ God.

Marvelous last summer. I was down in South, Louisiana on Saturday afternoon, they had a wedding under the tree a hot August day. And there was the town harlot. Small community everybody knew it also the town drunk in the same person.

Wicked wicked woman. Notoriously, so a child there by one man somewhere along the line. Then married five times along with her harlotry. That afternoon she was being married to a gentleman just out of prison three days.

Who had been saved in prison and the town harlot had been saved. The pastor of the church would not marry them because of their background. There stood there justice of the peace pronounced them husband and wife but they're a Christian wife and a Christian the night before she was in church the night before she was under the Word of God the night before she was Rejoicing in the word there as we taught the word as we seek to hear this week.

Her sister who lived across the street wouldn't come to the wedding. The reason the influence the town harlot had on her mother. She had led her mother to Christ. What grief? What grief? Your problem may not be harlotry.

But it's sin. And if you have never been saved I'm glad to tell you tonight that the blood of Jesus Christ God Cleanseth us. For what? Whatever be your sin, whatever be your guilt, whatever be our need tonight God still in the saving business by Grace, are you saved?

Through faith that not of yourselves. It's a gift of God. Not of words. Let's end. Well the point of our chapter in terms of the flow of our our book of Joshua is that all the encouragement that comes.

The encouragement that God's people as they learn that God is at work on their behalf in preparing the people of the land for conference now in chapters three and four the exercise of faith. You know we can talk about faith.

Following the Ark Through the Jordan

We can read about faith. We can preach faith. But it's something else to exercise it, isn't it? And that's where we are is the children of Israel face the same challenge as their predecessors had at the Red Sea.

Now Joshua and God's people are at the brink of the Jordan to cross over into the promised land. What's the object of the faith of their faith as we read through the verses notice the emphasis upon the ark as we read chapter three and Joshua rose early in the morning and they removed from Chittim came to the Jordan he and all the children of Israel and Lodged there before they passed over and it came to pass after three days.

That the officers went through the host and they commanded the people saying when you see the ark notice. When you see the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God and the priests of the Levites bearing it.

Then you shall remove from your place and go after it to the people. He says follow the ark. The ark symbolized the presence of Jehovah didn't. The ark you remember made of sycamore overlaid with gold beautiful type of the deity in the humanity of our Lord Jesus Christ.

The ark. Had the mercy seat didn't it? Where the high priest from the day of atonement put in once a year Into the Holy of Holies and sprinkled the blood upon that mercy seat speaking of our blessed law.

So they were to follow the law. Verse four. Yet there should be a space between you and it about two thousand cubits. That's about half a mile. They hadn't passed that way heretofore. Verse five. And Josh was said in the people sanctify yourselves for tomorrow.

The Lord will do wonders among you. All the spiritual preparation necessary. Sanctify yourselves. Be sure you're ready spiritually for God to work and you can read the history of revivals. With them all in this verse before God moved with great measure in the unsaved God's people first.

Got right good job. Josh was spoken of the priest. Now a word to the priest as they prepared to cross Jordan and said take up the ark of The Covenant. Notice the centrality of the ark. Pass over before the people.

And they took up the ark of the Covenants and went before the people. There they are. Says Joshua to the priest. And the Lord said unto Joshua this day. Will I begin to magnify thee in the sight of all Israel that they may know that as I was with Moses.

So I will be with thee. Important that the leader be recognized as a man of God as we saw last night together in chapter one. And I shall command the priests who bear the ark of the Covenant. Saying when the ark come to the brink of the water of the Jordan he shall stand still in the Jordan.

So the priests are prepared there to go forward there. They are put their feet in the door. Now further word to the people and Joshua said to the children of Israel come here and hear the words of the Lord your God.

Understand the significance of the ark he saying. Joshua said hereby ye shall know that the Living God is among you His presence that we saw last night together and that he will without fail His faithfulness we saw last night together.

He'll drive out before you the Canaanites and the Hittites and the Hivites and the Perizzites the Girgashites Amorites and the Jebusites. Behold the ark of the Covenant of the Lord of all the earth. Pass it over before you Into the Jordan now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel one out of every tribe a man.

We shall be seen in chapter 4 and it shall come to pass as soon as the souls of the feet of the priest. Who bear the ark of the Lord the Lord of all the earth shall rest in the waters of the Jordan? That the waters of the Jordan shall be cut off from the waters that come down from above and they shall stand in one.

What's he been saying for 13 verses? Get your eyes on the Lord. Keep your eyes. The number one issue at a time of trial in a time of testing in a time of challenge to faith Is to keep your eyes on the infinite God.

Isn't that our problem in the hour of testing we get our eyes on the testing. No. We get our eyes on the problem. I get on an airplane most weekends off to preach somewhere the Word of God and I come back and my wife meets me at the airport and Usually her first words after hi, honey.

How are you the children been acting like their father again? Well, I've been away, you know for some testing or some trial at the college and always have to get my eyes back on my God. You say Lord your graces of the Lord you have grace to work it out.

Lord. You have wisdom the ark. Symbolic of the presence of Jehovah. Get your eyes on him. Follow the ark bear the ark. Understand the meaning of the ark. As you are now. Came to pass. When the people removed from their tents to pass over the Jordan and the priest bearing the ark of the covenant before the people.

And as they who bore the ark were come unto the Jordan and the feet of the priests who bore the ark Were dipped in the brim of the water for the Jordan overflow at all its banks of time of harvest. So it was in flood stage that The waters which came down from above stood and rose up in one heap very far from the city of Dom.

That is beside Zarephan and those that came down for the sea of the Arava. Even the salt sea failed were cut off and the people passed over. Right against Jericho and the priests who bore the ark for the covenant of the Lord stood firm.

Here's a miracle on dry ground in the midst of Jordan. All the Israelites passed over on dry ground until all the people were passed completely over. The step of faith. When they put their feet in the water the water started.

Hmm. There were the priest for the ark in the midst of the Jordan that great great host of the people of Israel crossed Jordan in the land. Now the memorials to faith in chapter 4 it came to pass when all the people were completely passed over the Jordan.

Memorial Stones and Remembering God’s Faithfulness

That the Lord spoke on the Joshua saying Take you 12 men out of the people out of every tribe of man and command you them saying Take here out of the midst of the Jordan out of the place where the priest feet stood firm 12 stone.

He shall carry them over with you and leave them in the lodging place where he shall lodge this night. In verse 8 continues. And the children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded and took up 12 stones out of the midst of Jordan as the Lord spoke unto Joshua according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel and Carried them over with them under the place where they lodged and laid them down there.

Joshua set up 12 stones in the midst of Jordan to memorials. You see in the place where the feet of the priests who bore the ark of the covenant stood. And they are there unto this day. A pile of stones.

The Gilgal on the west side of Jordan. A pile of stones in Jordan. You see there were times of year when the Jordan would be low enough. So the people could witness the pile of stones in the Jordan as well as those on the west side.

What's the point of it all verse 21? And he spoke unto the children of Israel saying when your children shall ask their fathers in time to come saying what mean these stones. Then ye shall let your children know saying Israel came over this door on dry land.

For the Lord your God dried up the waters of the Jordan from before you. Until you were passed over as the Lord your God did to the Red Sea. Which he dried up from before us until we were gone over. That all the people of the earth might know the hand of the Lord that it is mighty.

That ye might fear the Lord your God alone or ever memorial to God's power to God's presence to God's faithfulness in parting the waters of the Jordan. Can't you see? The children of Israel as we shall move through the book Lord willing book of Joshua this week together.

We'll see that again and again and again the children of Israel after a battle. After a conquest came back to Gilgal. They went off for another Conquest came back to Gilgal and can't you see the encouragement of these stones go off there to Jericho?

And then you come back to Gilgal there are the stones on the West Bank. There are the stones. That God who was able to bring us through Jordan certainly able able for AI. Then they go to AI and after due time a conquest a victory and come back to Gilgal.

There's that pile of stones. Why the God who was faithful in crossing the Jordan is able now for the southern campaign and come back to Gilgal after the southern campaign. The pile of stones is still there the power of God that brought us through Jordan.

He's able now for the northern campaign hey a Constant witness and testimony. To the power of God not only as an encouragement to Israel and to their children as our text says. But that all the earth may know the power of God the hand of God.

That it is much. And can't you see a generation later a year old granddad Living in that area and there's his grandson. And granddad puts his arm around his boy may walk over and see that pile of stone.

Granddad said son you you see those stones. Yes, grandpa. You know what those mean. No, tell me you won't believe this son. But when I was about your age, we came across Jordan on dry ground. Jehovah our God Brought us through on dry ground.

He parted the waters of the Red Sea son and as the priest there with the ark in the Jordan stood there and a great host of Israel Walked through Jordan the water just piled higher and higher and higher and higher.

He was a gigantic wall of water. Jehovah our God Held that water right there. While we all on dry ground. That's our God son. That's the greatness of our God son. And he's able for you Jehovah Trusting walk with him and serve him day by day.

And can't you see a little Samuel or little? Absalom or little Eli or whatever their names were in those days. Just go back and look at that pile again and again. God Brought our parents. God brought our grandparents through on.

Isn't this why we need to go back to the book again and again? Just to be reminded over and over and over. What God has done the God of Abraham Isaac and Jacob is our God today and the God of Joshua He is our God today and the God who could perform that that yonder can solve my problem meet my need lift my burden.

Lead us forward in our conquest in our day to think the same yesterday and today and how long memorial of the Of our God. We cannot leave these two chapters until we pause to recognize that it was that exercise of faith.

Living by Faith and Stepping Into the Water

And the priests putting their feet into the Jordan that resulted in God and that's how we live by faith. The just shall live by Faith. We walk by faith and not by Faith. We have a printer at Southeastern Bible College named Bob lots of Bob's alone and Bob came to a youth conference several years ago that but again it I want to be a printer.

I want to serve God with printing at Southeastern. I said we have no plans at the moment for printing here at Southeastern. He said you pray about it. Yes, sir. We prayed for a year. He came back next year the youth conference you got that printing going yet.

No, sir, but we're thinking about it Bob. You keep praying about it third year. We actually have started one of our students and older students. We've been a printer it got just started a limping along on a small press and just beginning in the early stages.

And shortly after he got it started and set up why God called him to a church and he recommended a brother who hadn't had as Much experience and things were limping along so far and we were now ready for Bob to come full-time.

So we got on the phone said Bob. We're ready. Come on. Well, he said my family doesn't want to come. We'll pray about it. So he brings his family to Birmingham. His family looks over the city. Family wife and children they drive back home to Illinois and together agree.

This is the will of God. We're ready to go to Birmingham. Great. Telephone rings got a problem. The house won't sell. The Lord doesn't tell the house by August 1st. We have understand. It's not the will of the Lord to come to Birmingham.

He said. Shortly thereafter He and his pastor had breakfast at 6 a .m. Once a week Pastor said Bob. I think going like you're going to Birmingham. Oh, he said the house is not selling pastor said Bob.

I Thought you had to put your feet in the water. You asked God to be a printer in Birmingham, southeastern Bible Valley. Your family wouldn't go and now they're ready to go. But now you won't go put your feet in the water and get them soaked and head for Birmingham.

He accepted the spiritual leadership of his dear overseer and they packed their goods and they came to Birmingham house unsold. So they now have two houses one in Birmingham and one in, Illinois. And the house in, Illinois doesn't sell and it doesn't sell and we pray and it doesn't sell.

But shortly thereafter it is rented for $300 a month. He's doing very well by his house in, Illinois. In 18 months the Lord sells the house in, Illinois. We have a printer in Birmingham for the special blessing of the Lord through his ministry for our college and other Christian works came a time Bob Put his feet.

There's somebody here tonight that needs just that you got a burden. You want to go forward you want to move. One step left. Getting your feet wet. Lord, we're going we're trusting you. Let's go. You need that tonight.

God would encourage you to get your feet soaked. Hey Lord. Their brother Bob Willie through these years, I believe God one more chapter chapter Came to pass when all the kings of the Amorites Who were on the side of the Jordan westward and all the kings of the Canaanites were by the sea?

Circumcision, Passover, and Preparation for Conquest

Heard that the Lord had dried up the waters of the Jordan from before the children of Israel until we were passed over that their heart Melted neither was their spirit in them anymore. Because of the children of Israel that preparation continues that time the Lord senator Joshua make these sharp knives and circumcised.

Again, the children of Israel the second time the first time was worse time was way back in Egypt 40 years before Joshua made in sharp knives Circumcised the children of Israel to heal the four skins verse 9 explains the Lord said unto Joshua This day have I rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off you.

Wherefore the name of the place is called till gal rolling. Here are the final touches of preparation Before the children of Israel begin to conquer as we shall be seeing tomorrow night Lord willing in chapter 6 and 5.

Circumcision. Why make an issue of circumcision? Genesis 17 tells us the circumcision was the sign of the Abrahamic Covenant. The Covenant that said the children of Israel were the seed the nation Before God or ever his covenant people.

And the Abrahamic Covenant said that that land Through Jordan to which they have now passed that land is their everlasting possession. Here they are a people Uncircumcised in verse 9 calls that a reproach.

The reproach of Egypt it's got to be rolled away. What in the world is that. Well here are a people the children of Abraham Isaac and Jacob the people of the covenant To whom had been given this land of promise and they were acting as if that land were not there.

They had come out of Egypt circumcised, but the generations of hollow no circumcision over that period of 40 years. This is the second time. They're acting as if they were not God's covenant people and they are acting as if that land were not their everlasting possession.

And they displayed when they came to Cain's Barnea. Did they not? There they were sending twelve spies in to walk by sight. No, we can't go in put the king and go back to Egypt. Acting as if that covenant were not theirs acting as if they were not the people of God.

Acting as if that land were not their possession. No, we are not able. Let's go back to Egypt. To the onions and the leeks and the garlic they'd forgotten then. Now roll the reproach of Egypt away. Live up to your position live up to your covenant.

Here you are now through Jordan. Here you are with your feet in the land of promise. Be circumcised. For that's your witness. That you believe. That you are the covenant people of God and that this land is your everlasting possession.

Act as a witness. Today water baptism is. We're not saved by baptism. We're not saved by water. Once we trust to the savior. We take that step the witness As a believer in Jesus Christ and say to our fellow Christians and say to the world.

Jesus Christ died for me and rose again and I confess him to be my savior witness that was the one of the final touches. Of preparation for entering the land. There's a second one in verses 10 and 11 the children of israel compassed in gilgal.

Captain gilgal and kept the passover on the 14th day of the month at evening in the plains of jaricho. And they did eat of the old grain of the land on the next day after the passover. Unleavened cakes and parched grain in the very passover.

That was one of the feats of jehovah leviticus 23 wasn't it. From witness they moved to worship. 14th day of the month that blood was applied wasn't it? Back there on that first occasion. You remember god looked for blood didn't he when I see the blood I will pass over you.

And every year. They were to celebrate that passover. As we on the first day of the week gathered together. And remember our lord. With that bread that was symbolizes the body given. The cup symbolizing the blessing shared for us.

We gather together as god's people around the lord's table. And we remember it. Another essential in his final hours of preparation for context witness worship. Now in verse 12 the manna ceased on the next day after they had eaten of the old grain of the land.

Neither had the children of israel manna anymore. But they did eat of the fruit of the land that came in that year. It's marvelous how god timed things so they at the time of the year when the grain was there.

For god's provision for us our food. Our lord said I am the bread of life. He that cometh to me shall never hunger. And he that believeth on me shall Never all writing of the corinthians says that as we look in the mirror of the word We are changed from glory unto glory.

Even by the spirit. Where do I see the ponkite? In the books Where do I meet him? In the word where is he revealed? In the precious pages of this I behold my wonderful lord. Dr. G christian white the back to the bible set on our campus this last week in a great great missionary conference.

He's had one of the greatest chapters passages in all the bible is luke 24. As our lord says that there. There in the torah there in the law. There in the psalms the writing there in the prophet. All throughout the old testaments explaining the things concerning us through the word beloved.

That the spirit of god leads us to our daily food. That which strengthens us. That which is enabled us for Conquest so as the lord puts the finishing touches Upon the people of israel as they are now to move forward in conquest.

He said wait a minute I want a clear witness. Wait a minute. I want people who've learned to worship. Wait a minute. I want you to be gathered around the word That speaks of my lord. These essentials.

From Victory Over Sin to Conquest for Christ

As you go forward one final word. There's a difference between the crossing of the red sea and the crossing of the door. The crossing of the red sea you remember was a means of the destruction of peril in his house symbolic of the world symbolic of satan.

Symbolic of sin. And the crossing of the red sea was victory over sin over satan over the world a glorious time. Over that which is negative. Then the wilderness wandering to remember for 38 years. Now the new generation crosses jordan into the land the one negative the other positive the one separation from.

The other separation unto the one victory over sin the other victory unto conquest unto possession. Unto entering into all god's headquarters a lot of god's people beloved who are content. To be able to say we've got victory over sin in our lives.

We don't stand for this ecumenical movement. We're against the evils of the day and the cult can take a stand against all its evil. Can I stand with you tonight and say thank god? That's about as far as they go.

They just get through the red sea. And many of them are wandering wandering wandering in the wilderness say. There's a whole land of canaan to conquer. There's a land to be possessed. There are spiritual blessings in the heavenlies in christ to claim in the name of christ.

There are souls to be saved. There are victories to be won. There are backsliders to be reclaimed into precious fellowship with our wonderful lord. Their neighbors to minister to god's people who need a word of encouragement in season.

Their defeats in our lives that need total victory. Ah, there's conquest. The lord hasn't returned. The last sinner has not been converted. I'm still to go. Preach the gospel to every creature to make disciples of all nations to build his church.

You see the positive side to all this. I then am not to be content that I take a stand against what's wrong and against sin and let us stand there till jesus Christ comes. Ah, but there's sinners to be saved.

A church to be built. To hear the shout of the coming of our wonderful lord. Tell me are you involved in a positive witness for christ? Tell me are you conquering by the grace of god? Tell me do you have a ministry by the grace of god to god's people and a ministry to a lost world needing christ?

Do you pray. Do you pray for your missionaries? Do you give sacrificially for the spread of the gospel around the world? Are you involved in personal witness and testimony? Are you going forward in conquest for jesus christ by this grace?

And separation from egypt. Yes. That is well. Separation under king under the will of god under the place of blessing. Under the place of conquest and victory. Through our lordship. We move on to that conquest tomorrow.