Lessons Learned From The Fall Of Jericho

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Lessons Learned From The Fall Of Jericho

• Joshua 61-5

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Gods Ways Are Not Our Ways

• Gods ways are higher. Isaiah 558-9 Romans
  1133
• Examples
• Exodus 1221-28 Plagues of Egypt.
• Numbers 214-9 Israel in the wilderness.
• 2 Kings 51-14 Naaman the leper.
• 1 Corinthians 118-29 Coming of Jesus.

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Gods Ways Are Not Our Ways

• Gods ways are higher. Isaiah 558-9 Romans
  1133
• Becoming a child of God is above the ways of man.
• Matthew 1128-30 cf. Romans 1017 Hear and
  learn.
• Acts 237-38 cf. Acts 2216 Repentance and
  Baptism.
• Galatians 326-27 Faith and Baptism.

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Gods Ways Are Not Our Ways

• Gods ways are higher. Isaiah 558-9 Romans
  1133
• Government of the church. Acts 1423
• 1 Timothy 315 1 Thessalonians 18 Preaching the
  gospel. cf. Colossians 123
• Ephesians 416 Building up itself.
• Acts 1127-30 Benevolence.

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Meaning Of Grace

• God gave them the city of Jericho. Joshua 62
• Israel was told what to do.
• Obedience involved.
• 2 Thessalonians 310 Our daily bread.
• Ephesians 25, 8-9 Salvation is by grace.
• Told what to do. What shall we do? Acts 237
• Obedience involved. Ephesians 210 cf. 2
  Thessalonians 17-9

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Meaning Of Faith

• The walls of Jericho fell.
• Hebrews 1130 By faith.
• Joshua 6 By obedience.
• Romans 51 We are justified by faith.
• Galatians 326 We are children of God by faith.
• Galatians 327 Our being a child of God by
  faith includes baptism.

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Meaning Of Faith

• Romans 51 We are justified by faith.
• Various Forms of Faith
• Weak (Romans 419)
• Strong (Romans 420 Acts 165)
• Little (Matthew 630 826 1431 168)
• Great (Matthew 810)

Means Could have faith But not SAVING
faith! James 214-26
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Gods Way Will Work

• When God joins a promise with a command, God will
  fulfill the promise if man will obey the command.
• Examples
• Exodus 12 The first born were saved.
• Numbers 21 Those who looked were healed.
• 2 Kings 5 Naaman was healed.
• John 9 Blind man healed.
• Hebrews 58-9 Christ will save.

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Conclusion

• When Israel obeyed, the walls of Jericho
  fell.Joshua 620-21
• We need to learn Gods way, because Gods way
  will work!