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Welcome to sure foundation Baptist Church our Sunday evening service
You'll take a seat and grab a blue hymnal and turn to song number 271
Welcome to sure foundation Baptist Church our Sunday evening service. Please take a seat and grab a blue hymnal
Song 271 Oh come all you faithful
You
271 Oh come all you faithful on the first Oh
Come all ye faithful
Joyful and triumphant
Oh
To
Come and behold
Him born the king of angels
Oh come let us adore him. Oh come let us
Adore him. Oh, come let us adore him
Sing choir of angels
Angels sing in exultation
Oh sing all ye bright hosts of
Glory to God
Glory in the highest
Oh come let us
Adore
Him Oh come let us adore him. Oh come let us adore him
Yea Lord we greet thee born this happy morning
Jesus to the
Be all glory
Word of the father
Now in flesh of
Hearing Oh come let us adore
Him Oh come let us adore
Him
The Lord great singing brother Eli we open us and we're prayer
Men our next song is one to the left song 270 joy to the world
Song 270
Joy to the world
Let earth receive her king
Let every heart prepare him for
And heaven and nature sing and heaven and nature sing
And nature sing
Joy to the earth the Savior reigns let men their songs
While fields and floods
rocks hills and plains
Repeat the sounding joy
repeat the sounding joy
repeat
repeat the
sounding joy
No more let sins and sorrows
grow nor thorns
infest the ground
He comes to make his blessings flow
far as the curse is found
far as far as
the curse is found
He rules the world with truth and grace and makes the
nation's brood
The glories of his righteousness
And wonders of his love and wonders of his love and
wonders wonders of his
Great sing about renounce
All right, good evening, welcome back to strip foundation Baptist Church for our evening service
Take our bulletins and go through the announcements again
If you need a bulletin just lift up your hand one of the ushers will bring you a bulletin anybody
Need one out there. Just lift up your hand
alright
Alright kids. You're never getting one
Hands down on the front cover. We have our verse the week
It says I sought the Lord and he heard me and delivered me from all my fears
Psalm chapter 34 verse 4 on our inside page there
We have a little short note at the top of the right left hand corner there. It just explains what kind of church we are and
And
For a first-time guest there obviously is the note there and we're an independent fundamental King James only Baptist Church
And we are so winning salvation by faith alone
family integrated and
We're not ashamed to say that I like to tell people who we are right up front and I do set a time
Any time for someone has spiritual questions or any questions about the church or doctrine feel free to come talk to me after the service
And if you've never been baptized or you're not 100% sure you're saved
please see one of the ushers or myself after the service and
We'd like to baptize you if you've never been baptized or make sure that
You're on your way to heaven by just showing you from the Bible. What it says it takes to go to heaven
Our social media is listed below there. We have YouTube page Facebook
Rumble and X formerly known as Twitter the Bible way to heaven is on that scan code right there
So if you wanted to pull it up on your phone, it's in all different languages
So if you wanted to show it to different people in different languages
There's not every language, but there's a lot of different ones. You can pull up there
Our service times are Sunday morning at 10 30 a.m. Sunday evening 3 30 p.m
We've been going through the book of Joshua very slowly. I might add and we're in chapter number five
tonight
Thursday evening Bible studies at 6 30 p.m.
We're in first chronicles and we'll be in chapter 15 this Thursday or so many times were listed below. We had so many today
Anybody have any salvations out there if you had one just?
All right, but Shawn had one anybody else have any
All right, so both Shawn had one. All right, so
Anybody else no
Alright, well praise the Lord for that one salvation young Catholic boy
Got saved he had an idol around his neck. I don't know if I was st. Christopher a
Big picture of Jesus right behind him the the not real Jesus, you know, it's a Catholic Jesus
But you end up calling upon the name of the Lord and you saved so praise the Lord for that
You can see so we can just get rid of that zero there and put a one
And we had 20 salvations last month and you can see the year-to-date
For salvations
versus last year and baptisms and our attendance from last week and
We have the children's choir right after church tonight. So I think we do anyway
Ryland still here. So I think he's still planning on doing it
But we'll try as soon as Ryland is ready
He'll try to gather the little children and I'm not sure if he's doing it here up front
I'm pretty sure he is because the piano is there
So we might have to take our talking into the other room there and close the door there's the heaters in there anyway, so
Might be better for us, but
The seventh which is this coming Saturday is the cookie exchange the ladies cookie exchange
that is at the Bender residence and
There'll be a white elephant game and that is basically where they just fight over presents that are wrapped and
Please keep that gift under $20
if you don't have one, we can still make sure you have one to play the game with and
Please bake three dozen cookies to exchange
if you are able to do that and
then
See, miss julene for any questions. And if you want to know where the address is, you can ask her or Ryland
December 8th is Sean brother Sean Conlon's ordination as evangelist to
Seattle our church plant up there. He's gonna be leading boots on the ground up there and
so
I'm gonna preach an ordination sermon for him next Sunday morning. And then of course, we're gonna celebrate with roundtable pizza
It's maybe not the best pizza in the world, but it's a lot better than Domino's and other
cardboard type pizza
Heresy he must be an East Coast guy
Um Little Caesars
That's Detroit
but
Little Caesars isn't bad if you get this stuff crust. Okay, I'll just say that. Anyway, if it's freshly done, it's not bad
Anyway, but we're getting roundtable pizza. Okay, and then brother Sean's gonna preach for us on Sunday night and
he's gonna be moving on the 14th and
So we're sad to see him go
But he's going to do a great work so very excited about that and they're excited to have him come up there
So hopefully everybody gets behind him and prays for him and his family. It's a big move. It's a big decision
It's a vastly different area
Vancouver is not Seattle. Seattle is not Vancouver
Portland I mean is like a mini Seattle, but Seattle is just I mean, it's just a vastly different place. So
I
definitely pray for their family as they go up and do that and
December 12th is the children's Christmas party here at the church. It'll be at 10 a.m. To 1 30 p.m
my wife is putting that on and
Please see here for the details
I'm sure candy will be involved. I'm sure ornament makings gonna be involved in games
so all things that kids like so please see her if you have any questions and then
December 15th, we have dr. Phil stringer expert in the King James Bible and
Very busy preacher world traveler. It's gonna come and preach to us about his trip to Egypt and I
Forgot what else he's gonna preach about but he's definitely gonna be preaching for us both services on the 15th
so you won't want to miss that and
December 21st, we're having the super soul winning Saturday from 12 to 3. It'll probably be in Gresham
we're probably gonna go to Buster's barbecue for
the meal afterwards
So if you guys like Buster's barbecue, we haven't tried that yet. So
I know some people aren't all up on the barbecue stuff, but
You know free is free right because I'm not making you pay for it. So quit whining. All right quit whining mrs. Thompson
I see you
The 20 seconds our Christmas service children's choir singing in the morning Christmas dinner potluck between the services
The meat will be provided by the church, but we do need some volunteers to cook some stuff
I just haven't quite figured out what we're cooking yet. I'll get that figured out shortly. The 29th is the men's preaching night
so if you're a man you have a tie shirt and tie on the King James Bible in your hand and
Let's see. No heresy
There's a lot to be preached if you aren't sure what heresy is will come tell me what your sermons about
And I'll let you know if it's heresy or not
If you preach heresy during the men's preaching night, then I will embarrass you in front of everybody
I've done it before you know it, you know, it's true. If you were going to our church at that time
I've done it before and
I'll do it again. But if you're like just not sure then yeah, just run it past me. I'll let you know
And we are a lot you're allowed to use the modern versions if you're making them look stupid compared to the King James
But otherwise, please don't use the modern versions up
So that'll be the 29th on the evening service
December 31st, which is a Tuesday
We're gonna move the Thursday service to Tuesday and we're gonna have a New Year's Eve
service and
Party game night, whatever. We're gonna have some fun. All right, we're family integrated
That means the children infants are welcome during the church services
Please utilize those rooms for your convenience all the other little rules or below with the asterisks next to them
if you like to donate online or
our text giving numbers there or
You can also donate on our website our ties and offerings that have come in
so that came in for November at the bottom of the page and
we sing happy birthday to Zoe and Brandon and
Happy anniversary to Josh and Olivia. That's all I have. Oh, yeah the pictures
The window for the pit does everybody know about the the pictures that are being done in the timetable for that
It was put in our group who doesn't know about the family pictures in the timetable
Everybody knows. Okay. Well, I won't talk about it, right moving on. Let's sing another song. We'll receive the offering after that
Third song is song number 265. Tell me the story
Actually, no, sorry 268 268 the first Noel
268 the first Noel, on the first
The first Noel
The angel did say
Was to certain poor shepherds in fields as they lay
In fields where they lay keeping their sheep
On a cold winter's night that was so deep
Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel
Born is the king of Israel
They looked upon, saw a star armpit
These beyond them far and to where
Earth it gave her great
And so it continued
Both day and night
Then day and night
Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel
Born is the king of Israel
And by the light
Of that same star
Three wise men came
From country far
To see for a king
Was their intent
And to follow a star
Wherever it went
Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel
Born is the king of Israel
This star drew nigh
To the northwest
Or Bethlehem
It took its rest
And there it did
Both stop and stay
Right o'er the place
Where Jesus lay
Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel
Born is the king of Israel
Then entered in
Those wise men three
Full reverently
Upon their knee
And offered there in his presence
Their golden, myrrh and frankincense
Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel
Born is the king of Israel
Then led us all
With one accord
Sing praises to
Our heavenly Lord
That hath made heaven
And earth of naught
And with his blood
Mankind hath bought
Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel
Born is the king of Israel
Sorry about that second verse. We got it right in the rest.
If the ushers come forth to receive the offering.
Brother Alex, pray for the offering.
All right.
Go ahead and turn to Joshua chapter number five.
Joshua chapter five. If you don't have a Bible, there should be one under the seat in front of you.
Joshua chapter number five.
Joshua five the Bible reads and it came to pass when all the kings of the Amorites
which were on the side of Jordan westward
and all the kings of the Canaanites which were by the sea
heard that the Lord had dried up the waters of 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
at that time the Lord said unto Joshua
make these sharp knives and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time
and Joshua made him sharp knives and circumcised the children of Israel at the hill of the foreskins
and this is the cause why Joshua did circumcise
all the people that came out of Egypt that were males
even all the men of war died in the wilderness by the way
after they came out of Egypt
now all the people that came out were circumcised
but all the people that were born in the wilderness by the way
as they came forth out of Egypt them they had not circumcised
for the children of Israel walked 40 years in the wilderness
until all the people that were men of war which came out of Egypt
were consumed because they obeyed not the voice of the Lord
unto whom the Lord swear that he would not show them the land
which the Lord swear unto their fathers that he would give us
a land that floweth with milk and honey
and their children whom he raised up in their stead
them Joshua circumcised for they were uncircumcised because they had not circumcised them by the way
and it came to pass when they had done circumcising all the people
that they abode in their places in the camp till they were whole
and 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 Gilgal unto this day
and the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal
and kept the Passover on the 14th day of the month at even in the plains of Jericho
and they did eat of the old corn of the land on the morrow
after the Passover unleavened cakes and parched corn in the selfsame day
and the manna ceased on the morrow after they had eaten of the old corn of the land
neither had the children of Israel manna anymore
but they did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year
and it came to pass when Joshua was by Jericho
that he lifted up his eyes and looked and behold there stood a man over against him
with his sword drawn in his hand and Joshua went unto him
and said unto him art thou for us or for our adversaries
and he said nay but as captain of the host of the Lord am I now come
and Joshua fell on his face to the earth and did worship and said unto him
what sayeth my Lord unto his servant and the captain of the Lord's host said unto Joshua
loose thy shoe from off thy foot for the place whereon the outstandest is holy
and Joshua did so
brother Eli we pray for us
amen
alright we're in Joshua chapter 5 and it's been a while since we've been here
but in chapter number 4 I was just trying to remember
it's been so long since we're here
oh yeah they've had to pick up the stones and take them and stack them
and they took them out of the river and they had to pick up those stones
let's see
I'm just trying to remember what happened here
probably should have had my act together before I came up here
let's see
yeah so they were told to take a stone for every man of the 12 tribes
and Joshua had to pick those men out specifically
they weren't the leaders necessarily but he had to pick those specific people out
and they had to take those stones that the priests stood on in the midst of the river
and those stones they took and put them on their shoulders and put them on the bank
and those I said those stones were still there at the time that this was written
and so now
so we're still basically staging up, preparing to take the promised land
but before this happens, before they actually go into the city
they've sent the spies, you know Joshua had the charge, they sent the spies in
and then we have the story of Rahab where she was already kind of prepared
she helped the spies, the spies came back, told everything that happened
they've crossed into, they've crossed the Jordan River
and now they have taken the stones, they laid them up
and so they're kind of just, there's this process that's going on before the actual taking
of the city of Jericho which is the first city that they're going to be taking
and so the title of my sermon tonight is Cuts, Cakes, and the Captain
Cuts, Cakes, and the Captain
so the first point of my sermon is the new generation is circumcised
look at verse number one, the Bible says
and it came to pass when all the kings of the Amorites which were on the side of Jordan westward
and all the kings of the Canaanites which were by the sea
heard that the Lord had dried up the waters of 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
so the Jordan River was stopped by God, it was a miracle that they all crossed over on dry land
it was during the time of the harvest
and so the rivers were flooded, now I think that I might have made a mistake when I was preaching about this
when I'm thinking harvest, I'm thinking the end of fall harvest
but this is actually a spring harvest
so I don't know if I said that in my sermon, I can't remember
but this actually was a spring harvest
which makes sense because when the spring comes, the snow is melted off the mountains
and starts to overflow the banks of rivers
like that happens here where we live when the sun starts to come out, starts to melt
and then in the spring, especially when it starts raining really hard here
then the waters will just be really overflooded
and sometimes we can actually have flooding in the springtime here really bad because of it
so that makes sense, right?
and so these kings heard that God had done this
and so the Amorites and the Canaanites, which the Amorites are on the west side of Jordan
and then the Canaanites, all the people which are up by the sea, their hearts melted
so they're already terrified because they heard of this
this is obviously a miracle that cannot be denied
people lived in this area, the water was backed up like 20 something miles upriver
this happened, there was no denying it, it was a miracle
and there's no way that this happened without God doing it
so they're terrified of the children of Israel
He's already struck fear in their hearts
they're coming and nothing's going to stop that
in verse 2 it says, at the time the Lord said unto Joshua
make these sharp knives and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time
so what I believe that this is picturing, obviously we had the children of Israel
they were supposed to be there for two weeks, they ended up being there for 40 years
because when they sent the 12 spies into Canaan, 10 were bad, 2 were good
Joshua and Caleb were the two good ones that came back and said no, let's go take the land right now
and the 10 were afraid and gave an evil report
and then God was like, ok you guys are going to be here 40 years until this generation dies off
so all the people who were born in those generations did not get circumcised
now even though that's a commandment, God gave the law to Moses on the 8th day
they're to be circumcised but for whatever reason they didn't do this
and you know, because circumcision is a picture of salvation
and it's done on the 8th day
so here they are on the precipice about to go into Canaan
and God's saying hey we need to circumcise again
and so the promised land is a picture of once we've received our glorified bodies
we're going into the millennial reign and then obviously on into eternity future
and when you get saved it's eternal life
and so that 8th day represents eternal life, eternal security
because when you're saved, you're saved forever
and these jokers that believe you can lose your salvation
the Bible doesn't teach that anywhere from the Old Testament to the New Testament
the Bible teaches eternal security of the believer
I mean you even see like scientists will even put the symbol of infinity
what's the symbol of infinity?
it's this but turned on its side, right?
like that number 8 is like it just keeps going back and forth like that, right?
and I'm not saying like there's some kind of, I'm not trying to be some numerology person or something, ok?
but 8 does represent, you know, numbers in the Bible do represent things
like 7, you know, 7 is a number of perfection or whatever
but on the 8th day is when we go on into eternity
and so they're circumcised on the 8th day
they're saved, they're going on, you know, when you get saved it's eternal life, right?
so they're getting circumcised before they can go on into the Promised Land from here on out
and so what was the big thing about the people that were wandering in the wilderness?
well, a lot of them were saved, you know, but their picture, like in Hebrews it'll say
that they weren't able to go into the Promised Land because of what? their unbelief
and so, but the generation that followed Joshua, what was the deal with them?
they did believe, they did follow Joshua
and so here you have these guys that are following Joshua, they all get circumcised
this is a picture of salvation, right?
so obviously just because you get circumcised doesn't mean that you're saved
but that's the picture that it's showing because circumcision of the heart
it does represent spiritual salvation, but so does physical circumcision
they both picture the same thing but when God says the circumcision of the heart
he is talking about actual spiritual salvation
so, because you can't just open up your heart and slice stuff off of it
you're going to die, right? so there's no way to, you know, he's talking about the new man
he's talking about, you know, being saved
so this picture of this circumcision that happens here, this second
because look at what it says, let's look at the verse again, it says
at the time the Lord said unto Joshua, make these sharp knives and circumcise again
the children of Israel the second time
what does that make you think about?
it makes you think about getting born again, doesn't it?
so that's what I believe that it's picturing here
if you want to make a, because look, you know, I make a lot of spiritual applications with the Old Testament
because the Bible says we should do that
this is a spiritual book, folks
and we, you know, this doesn't apply to us in the Old Testament as far as the carnal things
but we do need to make spiritual applications
not everything is a carnal application, in fact, we are spiritual Israel
we need to make spiritual applications to the word of God
now, Joshua, who does he represent in the Old Testament?
he represents Jesus Christ
see, Moses, the law came by Moses but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ
and Joshua is the Old Testament name for Jesus
you know, and people can like that or not
but in Greek there is no shh sound
that's just a fact, ok?
so Jesus' name transliterated from the Greek is Jesus
so people can call him Yeshua and all this other stuff
but like to English speaking people, his name is Jesus
and to Spanish speaking people, what is it?
Jesus, and in Greek it's Iesous
it's pretty close, right?
I mean, but, you know, people get hung up on that
but let's look at Hebrews chapter 4 real quick here
but like Jesus equals Joshua in the New Testament
but then think about this, he's told to what? make sharp knives
so think about the application of that
what is sharper than any two edged sword? the word of God
nothing is sharper than that
and then what is necessary for salvation? the word of God
needs to be preached to people
and so when he says to circumcise again
what makes people get born again?
well they have to be preached the word of God
so that they can get born again
so that circumcise again the second time is being born again
the circumcision of the heart
look at Hebrews chapter 4 verse 8, the Bible says
for if Jesus had given them rest
what Jesus is this? this is talking about Joshua
so why does it say Jesus?
because his name in the New Testament is Jesus
it's the exact transliteration from the Greek word
so for if Jesus, this is talking about Joshua though from the Old Testament
for if Jesus had given them rest
then would he not afterward had spoken of another day
that remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God
so when he goes into the promised land
and they rest from all their battles
and they sit in their lot and they have all their property
that they've fought for and everything
he tells them the rest
and so that's what this is talking about
it's going back to when all these battles are over
when we get to the end of this
he tells them that they get a rest in the land
and they get to eat from the fruit of the land
they get all their borders are divided up
he tells them the rest
but when you read Jesus there
this is not Jesus of Nazareth
this is Joshua who fought the battle of Jericho
so Jesus equals Joshua
so in this chapter
it's easy to see the parallels
now we're already in Hebrews 4
look at verse 12
the Bible says
for the word of God is quick
that means it's alive
it's a living document right
and powerful
it's the most powerful book ever made
and ever will be made
because it's the word of God
and sharper than any two-edged sword
so Joshua was asked to make these sharp knives
to circumcise again
well what's more sharp than the word of God
nothing is sharper than
it says sharper than any two-edged sword
the word of God is
piercing even to the dividing asunder
of soul and spirit and of the joints and marrow
and is a discerner of the thoughts
and intents of the heart
this book cuts so deep
it knows what you're thinking
people say Santa Claus knows what you're thinking
he knows when you're awake
but Santa Claus isn't real
but you know what does know what you're thinking
the Bible knows what you're thinking
the Bible knows the intents of your heart
you're like well how's that possible
it's the word of God
you're like pastors preaching against me
no the Bible is preaching against you
God's Word is preaching against you
the Holy Spirit is preaching against you
so like when you're like
oh pastor he knows about this
he must be preaching
but someone must have told him
no the Bible knows what you're doing
you're like how's that possible
it's the word of God
do you see the verse that I just read
the Bible is the one that is going to
pierce to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit
it's going to get down to the details
and it's going to make you feel like
garbage sometimes because
we get ourselves into trouble all the time
and we need to get ourselves out of trouble
and God's Word is the one that's going to do that
but more importantly
I'm talking about just for salvation though
for salvation people need the word of God
it stirs them up and makes them think
hey I need to get saved
and it might just be things along your lifetime
that just hit you
because I've told my salvation story
where this lady was always telling me
when I'd ask her what time it is
it's time for you to trust in the Lord with all your heart
is that true?
it is
I mean it might not be a verse that she was quoting
but is it a truth?
it's time for you to trust
I mean does the words trust in the Lord
appear in the Bible?
a lot of times probably
but she was just telling me this truth
that is true
and I mold these things over in my mind
and just all these things that come across to you
as you're growing up or whatever
they affect you
and the word of God affects you
and it's going to get you to the point where
hey you know you need to get saved
and some people are going to reject it
and some people are going to accept it and believe it
but look what it says in verse 13
neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight
but all things are naked and open
unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do
nothing we do is
you can't hide
you can't hide who you are
you can't hide your thoughts
you can't hide anything that you think or do
God knows everything
and so that's how powerful God's word is
that it'll tell you what you're doing wrong
it'll tell you how bad you really are
it'll tell you
hey dummy you need to get saved
and you need to do it today
you need to do it
you've done it yesterday but you need to do it now
and so
we have in this story here this picture
of Joshua being told to circumcise again
these people need to be circumcised again
before they go into the promised land
because look
if you don't have the circumcision of the heart
you're not going to the promised land
you're going to a devil's hell
and think about this
this water
they grab those stones out
which I kind of explained how those stones
kind of represent
how we're built upon the prophets
and how we're built up as a spiritual heritage to the Lord
what were they in?
they were in the water
and water a lot of times is used as a picture of judgment
isn't it?
and the billows and the waves are over me
and Jonah's thrown into the boat
and the waves are crashing over him
and look we're already
God's wrath is already upon
the people that are already headed for hell
his wrath is already sore upon them
and so
I mean if you think about that picture
that you've already seen in chapter 4
you know that
God said hey pull these stones out
clean them up
put them on your shoulders and stack them in this stack here
and so they've already been pulled out of that raging river
and placed into the promised land
and put in this specific stack
and so I kind of talked about that last time
but now he's saying
you know this circumcision needs to happen
and all this stuff is symbolic of salvation
you know going into the promised land
which would be you know the millennial reign
heaven eternal life
turn to Deuteronomy chapter 10 verse 12
Deuteronomy chapter 10 verse number 12
and this concept was not foreign in the Old Testament
it's not like they didn't know
about the circumcision of the heart in the Old Testament
they did know about it
it's not like it's a New Testament concept only
look at Deuteronomy chapter 10 verse 12
the Bible reads
and now Israel
what doth the Lord thy God require of thee
but to fear the Lord thy God
to walk in all his ways
and to love him
and to serve the Lord thy God
with all thy heart
and with all thy soul
to keep the commandments of the Lord in his statutes
which I command thee this day for thy good
behold the heaven and the heaven of heavens
is the Lord's thy God
the earth also with all that therein is
only the Lord had a delight in thy fathers
to love them
and he chose their seed after them
even you above all people as it is this day
circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart
and be no more stiff-necked
stop resisting salvation and get saved
this is what this is talking about
circumcising the foreskin of your heart
look at Romans chapter 2 verse 28
Romans chapter 2 verse 28
now a lot of people you know and Judaizers today
will say that we need to be
men need to be circumcised today
and follow the law of Moses
and we need to blow these shofars and churches
and all this other stuff
that is complete garbage
we do not have to keep the law
as some sort of component of being saved
you know this is a heresy from long ago
it's addressed in the Bible by the Apostle Paul
there's the Jerusalem
where he goes to Jerusalem to find out
whether he had run in vain
and they get this all figured out
but look what it says in Romans chapter 2 verse 28
it says for he is not a Jew
which is one outwardly
so whether you wear the funny hat
have the little curls that come down
and you have the beard
and you dress a certain way
and you have the little frontlets on your head
and you know you
however Jews try to dress
to make themselves look holy
it says neither is that circumcision
which is outward in the flesh
but he is a Jew which is one inwardly
and circumcision is that of the heart
in the spirit and not in the letter
whose praise is not of men but of God
so the circumcision that it's talking about
is a spiritual circumcision
isn't that what the Bible says right there
so when it's talking about the circumcision of the heart
it's not talking about the physical circumcision
it's talking about a spiritual one
so when it's talking about that in Deuteronomy chapter 10 verse 16
it's talking about the same thing
so people were saved the same way
in the Old Testament as they are today
it's just that Jesus hadn't died on the cross yet
they were looking forward to the cross
we are looking back to the cross
but salvation has always been
and always will be by faith alone
so look at Galatians chapter 5 verse 2
Galatians chapter 5 verse 2
see it's not the outward
it's not the flesh
that we need to be worried about
it's the spirit, it's the inward man
the Bible calls it the new man
and it says that we need to throw off that old man
that old man is the flesh
and we need to subdue that old man
and we need to feed the new man
and what do you feed them with?
you feed the new man with spiritual things
you walk in the spirit
so that you don't fulfill the lusts of the flesh
look what it says in Galatians 5 verse 2
it says, behold I Paul say unto you
that if you be circumcised
Christ shall profit you
nothing
so getting circumcised has nothing to do with anything spiritual
is that what it's saying?
Christ will profit you nothing
for I testify again to every man that is circumcised
that he is a debtor to do the whole law
so if someone thinks that they got circumcised
and they are somehow more spiritual than other people
you are under the whole law to do the whole law
if you think that you can do the law
you have to do every point of the law
you can't just do one point
you can't just get circumcised and think that you are
now you are on your way to heaven or something
because you did one thing
no you have to do the whole thing
and Christ profits you nothing
so these people that say oh yeah you have to be circumcised
and keep the law of Moses to be saved
that's not true
it's a lie
now turn to John chapter 3
so we understand so far
I just kind of want to show you those things about circumcision
we don't talk about that very much
it's a touchy subject with men
but you know
a lot of people
they get confused about this
and a lot of times it's a cosmetic thing
when it comes to having men children born
but they will try to talk you into it
they won't make it about religion
they will say it's going to cause problems
if you don't have this done with your men children
it's not true
that's a lie
they just want to
Judaize your young men children
they want to glory
in your children's flesh
there's no reason
to get your children circumcised
at all
obviously if you want to do that
for some weird cosmetic thing
I don't know
it's just
you are circumcised
and you want your children to be circumcised
I don't know
people do things for those reasons
and it's just
it's not necessary
and it was a religious thing
to begin with
it was a submission thing with God
and if you've already done that
or made that mistake
you don't think it's a mistake
whatever you can do whatever you want
I'm not saying don't do it or do it
but there's no biblical reason to do it
is what I'm saying
if your child can be more holy
then the Bible is saying
that's not helping them at all
and it's like
what is that
adding to their holiness, salvation
they're babies
they can't make a decision right now anyway
you might as well just baptize them too
get them circumcised
and then baptize them
John 3 is where you're at
the Bible says
Jesus answered and said unto him
verily verily I say unto thee
except a man be born again
he cannot see the kingdom of God
so the Bible explicitly says
this is when Nicodemus comes to Jesus at night
and he doesn't want to go to Jesus
during the day because everybody will pick him off
and say he's got questions
but he does have questions
because he's not saved
and he doesn't understand things
but Jesus tells him you have to be born again
and Nicodemus saith unto him
how can a man be born when he's old
can he enter the second time
into his mother's womb and be born
this just shows when he asks this
carnal question he does not understand
the spiritual things
he does not understand spirituality
Jesus answered verily verily
I say unto thee except a man
be born of water and of the
spirit he cannot enter
into the kingdom of God what is he talking about
he's talking about you know
when you are born from your mother and
when you're born
again by the spirit of God
that which is born of the flesh is flesh
that which is born of the spirit is spirit
marvel not that I said
unto thee you must be
born again
this is not optional
this is you know
you have to be born again
and people mock this saying oh
you're one of those born again Christians
well you're the born again or you're just going to hell
I mean it says
Jesus said ye must
be born again
it says the wind bloweth where it listeth
and thou hearest the sound thereof
but canst tell
whence it cometh and whither it goeth
or goeth excuse me so
is everyone that is born of the spirit
Nicodemus answered
and said unto him how can these
things be
he just does not understand at all
Jesus answered and said unto him
art thou a master of Israel
and knowest not these things
look if people don't understand these things
they're not saved
they're just not saved and he's
being pretty gentle with the guy because I mean he's
earnestly seeking the truth isn't
he and he even kind of
takes Jesus' back later on
and you know I think that the guy
is you know he earnestly has
questions and we should be gentle with people
that have questions
but he is saying like
are you a master like this guy
is a religious leader and he
doesn't even understand how to be saved because he's not
saved
now turn to 1 Peter chapter 1
23 so
this kind of ties back in with the whole
sharpen the knife
you know get circumcised again
but when you're applying it with
the bible look
the bible has to
be preached to someone
in order for them to get saved
a spirit filled
believer someone that's born of
a spirit look the bible says
faith to faith
this is what the apostle Paul said
in Romans chapter 1
that it's by faith to faith
someone got you saved
you have you know
we have to get other people saved through the gospel
through the spirit of God
some you know Judas didn't
get anybody saved regardless
of what Manly Perry said
Judas didn't get anybody saved
okay
people that are you know a corrupt
tree cannot bring forth good fruit
that's what the bible says
1 Peter 1 23 says
being born again we read this earlier
in my first sermon not of
corruptible seed but of incorruptible
by the word of God
which liveth and
abideth forever
verse 25 but the word of the Lord
endureth forever and this is the word
by which the gospel is preached unto
you but I really wanted to
focus in on the being born
again
so when God
said to Joshua
circumcise
them again
this is the picture that we see
in this first part of
Joshua the being circumcised again
the second time
spiritually represents this
second birth the circumcision
of the heart being born again
receiving that new man
let's look back in our text in
Joshua chapter 5 verse number 3
the bible says and Joshua made
him sharp knives and circumcised
the children of Israel at the hill
of the foreskins that sounds like a
like a bad place
a gnarly place
and this is the cause
why Joshua did
circumcise all the people
that came out of Egypt that were males
even all the men of the war
died in the wilderness by the way
after they came out of Egypt
now all the people that came
out were circumcised but all the
people that were born in the wilderness
by the way as they came forth
out of Egypt them
they had not circumcised so this is kind of what
I explained to you earlier for the children
of Israel walked 40 years in the wilderness
till all the people that were
men of war which came out of Egypt were consumed
because they obeyed not the voice
of the Lord
unto whom the Lord swear he would not
show them the land which the Lord
swear unto their fathers
that he would give us a land
that floweth with milk and honey
and their children whom he
raised up in their stead them
Joshua circumcised
for they were uncircumcised
because they had not circumcised them by the way
now
I mean other reasons might be
you know they're out in the wilderness
they're not a lot of
sanitary they don't have a lot
of running water maybe I don't know
but obviously I think it's the picture
you know is the reason but
you know they're out in the wilderness
they're not they don't have a lot of
sanitary reason
you know ways to take care of all this
stuff but I mean that might not have
stopped them I don't know what the
what the main reason is but they just didn't do
it so but it says and it came to pass
when they had done circumcising all the people
that they abode in their places in the camp till
they were whole so what
does that mean well it takes time to
heal from this procedure
and Jesus said he that is
whole needeth not a physician
so when he's talking about
that in the New Testament
he's talking about people that aren't sick
so
when it's talking about that they're whole
this saying here is talking about people
you know being fully healed
basically verse 9
and the Lord said unto Joshua
this day have I rolled away
the reproach of Egypt
from off you where
for the name of the place is called
Gilgal unto
this day and again this is the
place where Samuel
Hughes Agag into pieces
this name is mentioned in a lot of places
in the Bible but
Gilgal
is what the name of it is and what does it mean
well I mean the text
this is the great thing about the Bible when it tells
the name of a place it will usually tell you
why
it's named that place
like if it's introducing the name of a new place
so it says this day have I rolled away
the reproach of Egypt from off you
where for the name of the place
is called Gilgal unto this day
so it rolled away
I
was looking it up in definitions online
it says that it means circle of
stones so
I mean
but the Bible definition here is
it doesn't say circle of stones
it says rolled away but I mean
if you roll stones
that are circular
but it's an interesting
thing that he says here because
they did put stones and they stacked
them on top of each other and
so it kind of is an
interesting thing that God says there
but he calls the place
that because he rolled
the reproach of Egypt from off
of them so
what does he mean
by that well
what does reproach mean
it means
that
reproach is a
shame or disgrace
because what were they before
they left Egypt
they were enslaved
you know they were bond servants
and
they went out with a high hand
but before that they were bond servants
they weren't really a people
and God called them out as his people
his special chosen people
and called them out of Egypt
and freed them from their bondage
which again is a picture of salvation also
and led
them by the hand and took care
of them and smote the Egyptians
which again Egypt is also a picture
of the world you know when you get saved
you get saved out of that life of sin
that worldly life that you were in
and God calls us to get
out of that get out of that
worldly life and
live a sanctified life
apart from the world
so
so yeah
I mean so he's rolled that reproach
away from them that's what
he said number two tonight
the first Passover in Canaan
look at verse 10 the Bible says
and the children of Israel
encamped in Gilgal
and kept the Passover on the 14th
day of the month
at even in the plains
of Jericho so in Exodus
1240 I believe
is where it says you know
when it teaches about
the Passover that
they're supposed to keep it on
the 14th day of the month
at even this specific
holiday they're
supposed to keep it at even the Bible
is very clear about that but
they keep it in the plains of Jericho
and when what time of year
is this kept at
well it's kept in the spring
because their their new year
which makes sense
is in the spring time
because spring is kind of when all the
flowers start to bloom and all the green
stuff starts to come back so it kind
of makes sense that that would be the
first of the year when the
nasty
winter and the cold weather goes away
and you're like hey it's spring we can go outside again
you know here we really understand
that because it gets cold
and rainy and gnarly and you're like
oh man so like anytime the sun shines
in the northwest after a cold
winter we're just like everybody's
just everybody's out
doing something so
we definitely understand that but
so
so the timing
you know they just crossed
over so the timing is
is that
first harvest time
like it said in chapter 4
or chapter 3 that
harvest time is in the spring time
because that's they didn't wait
for months and months and months to
to do this you know to do the
Passover it was really close
together so they did this in the plains
of Jericho and
that's the first wheat harvest
of the year so
verse 11 and they did eat
of the old corn of the land
on the morrow so it's talking about the next
day after the Passover
unleavened cakes
and parched corn
in the self same day
so because they kept it at
the even so
they keep the Passover at night
and then the next day
on the morrow is the feast of unleavened
bread and then that
is kept for seven days
right so
that's why they say in the
self same day and the self
same day they also left Egypt
and they didn't
eat the bread in Egypt they left
with the bread
with them and they had it in their kneading
troughs right so
they do this the self
same day and it says and it's kind of
sad because they've had this man
all this time but it says in the man
is ceased on the morrow after
that they had eaten the old corn of
the land so corn is not
like you think corn on the cob of course I've already
explained this before but it's anything
that it's any grain that grows
out of a plant basically
and so we automatically think
because we're Americans that it's
corn on the cob because corn on the cob
is good with butter and salt
and pepper on it right
but we've had it a little bit lately at
our house so but
this is what I picture
when they're eating corn but that's not what it is
so they're just taking grain
the wheat grain probably and mashing that
up and making unleavened
cakes out of it it says neither had the
children of Israel manna anymore
but they did eat of the fruit of the land
of Canaan that year so I mean it's
sad but at the same time they're they're getting
the promise that God gave them he said you're gonna
have you know the fruit of the land
the land flowing with milk
and honey that's what God
promised and that's what God's
fulfilling those promises to them
but now they're gonna have to work
and get everything on their
own basically so
again this pictures
you know this going into the millennium
and eternity future
so because you know
we might think that everything's gonna be handed to us on a
silver platter when we go into the millennial rain
or into eternity future but
what do you think we're gonna be doing there
you think that work is over after that
no work isn't over
it's just we probably won't get tired anymore
you know we don't have
the sun's always gonna be shining
you know that might sound bad
like living in Alaska or something
or you know like when it's the
eternal day or whatever you know they have the
90 days of light or whatever
up there but for us
it won't be bad you know it's hard for us to
imagine what life is gonna be like in the
millennial rain and you know when
you know people live for the
same time as they did during you know
when Adam and Eve were
first around 900 years and all that
but we're never gonna
experience death
after we get our glorified bodies
we're not gonna get tired
when we stub our toe it's not gonna hurt
we're not gonna like have a
janky pinky for the rest of the
pinky toe for the rest of our life that
the nail never grows back on or whatever
we're not gonna have some
bum arm that can never get better
you know we're gonna have like
just
jacked well I don't know
I'm imagining that we might not be jacked
but some of us will be I don't know
I'm hoping but
we're definitely not gonna
get tired but I mean we're
gonna be working our own
you know we're gonna be still working I'm sure we're gonna have
gardens and in England they call
yards gardens
it's a lot more pleasant actually
you know they call it the garden of Eden
doesn't that sound a lot
better than the yard of Eden
I mean where do Americans
come up with this stuff
that actually sounds a lot more pleasant a garden is like
you know I love your garden
you know that's what they say in England
but that's just like your backyard
you know but
we're gonna be working we're gonna be doing stuff
we're probably gonna be just
doing all kinds of fun stuff
but you're like well work sounds hard well
not when you have a body that never slows down
and never gets tired never has to
sleep you know
you just take some fruit from one of those 12 trees
or whatever and it's like alright I'm good to go
for another you know 90 days let's go woo
you know it just brings forth
that leaf that you need
hopefully it's like a
prime rib tree you know
it's like I really needed this you know
it's not actual animals
but it just it's kind of like what is that
fake impossible meat or whatever you have
it's gross
but like it's God's impossible burger
or whatever so it actually tastes
like the real deal
but no animals were killed
in the processing of this meat
so
let's turn to Matthew chapter 26
Matthew chapter 26
verse 26
well Jesus promised that we
would eat with him again
well we didn't get to eat with him at the last supper
but his disciples did but there's
coming a day when we'll actually get
to eat with him
in Matthew 26
verse 26 it says
and as they were eating Jesus took bread and blessed it
and break it and gave it
to the disciples and said take eat
this is my body
and he took the cup and gave thanks
and gave it to them saying drink
eat all of it and this is
my blood of the New Testament which is
shed for many for the remission of sins
but I say unto you
I will not drink henceforth of this
fruit of the vine until that
day when I drink it new with
you in my father's kingdom
so you know
there's going to come a day someday when we get to
drink with
Jesus Christ
that fruit of the vine no that doesn't say wine
there does it it says the fruit of the vine
so
I know all the drunkards like to say
that we're going to get to drink with Jesus
yeah but
it says fruit of the vine it doesn't say wine
does it but wine
is grape juice too so
but people don't like to admit that
number three tonight this is the last point
the captain
of the Lord's army is Christ
the captain of the Lord's
army is Christ now
there's things called theophany I think
they're called theophanies in the Bible where
it's a pre-incarnate Christ
appears to people and shows himself unto
them Christophany
yeah theophany yeah
Christophany so Christ appears
to people
now when Sodom and Gomorrah was about to
get cooked he
the Lord appears to Abraham
in mammary with
two angels
and he eats
a tender calf he eats some veal or
something so
Jesus does like steak he ate
steak with Abraham just so you know
anyway
so the two angels
leave and then Abraham's left
talking with the Lord it says he's
the Lord
and then of course Jacob wrestled with the
angel and it says that he
saw God face to face and did not
die now of course
nobody can see the face of the
father and live but
the son was able to be seen
so
that's a for instance and then
of course you have other instances
well here's an instance in the
Bible that I think that this is also
Christ appearing
to Joshua here
look at verse number 13 it says
and it came to pass when Joshua was
by Jericho that he lift up
his eyes and looked and which
I think Remy just preached a sermon just recently
about lifting up did he bring this verse up
about lifting up your eyes
and looking well anyway he told me
he preached a sermon about this but
he lift up his eyes and looked and behold there
stood a man over against him
with his sword drawn in his hand
so he just you know he just
happens to look up and all of a sudden
there's this man it says a man
lift up his eyes and looked and behold
a man stood over against him
with a sword drawn in his hand
so it's not even sheath he's just got the
sword out like he's ready to go right
so usually if a man has a sword in his hand
he's ready to go to battle
it says and Joshua
went unto him and said unto him
art thou for us or for our adversaries
so you know
he just kind of asked this flippant question
like hey are you for us
or are you for our adversaries and he's like
nay
he's like
that's kind of a funny way to answer that
question like nay
no
I mean that's just another way of saying no
but as captain of the host of the Lord
I am now come
and Joshua fell on his face
to the earth
and did worship and said
unto him what saith my Lord
unto his servant
so Joshua responds
to this guy you know it's a man
are we supposed to worship men
no
but Joshua does
Joshua knows
what the law says but obviously
he understands that this isn't just some
normal man
he understands that this isn't just some
angels because angels can appear as men
because
they'll call him the angel of the Lord right
and sometimes
angels are actually
prophets or pastors as
it shows in the book of Revelation
John well I'll show you a verse about
I'm not going to get ahead of myself but John
actually tries to bow down to a man
but says
Joshua fell on his face to the earth and did
worship so he's worshiping this captain
of the host and normally
he wouldn't just bow down and worship like
he had to have had some insight
some reason to believe that this
is God himself because why else
would he bow down to him if he's
not God right
so he's identified
as a man with a sword
and when he's asked what side he's on
he says no then identifies him as
the captain of the Lord's host
but look at let's look at
some verses here look at Hebrews chapter 2
verse 9 Hebrews chapter
2 verse 9
and
so I just want to look
at some scriptures that kind of
have
this concept
first of all that
that Jesus
is made
when he's actually comes to this earth
he's not made
as an angel
he doesn't have some extra
exterior toughness about him that's
different than regular human beings
he is made as a human
being just like we are
even though he's God manifest in the
flesh that part of him is a
spiritual manifestation in him
it isn't like because God
is unable to be killed
you could not just have some
special weapon that would kill God
you can't kill God
so
as far as like
you couldn't make a weapon that would actually
kill him
now if he's made into the form of a man
that is a different story and that's what
happens so now look at verse
9 in Hebrew
chapter 2 it says but we see
Jesus who is made a little
lower than the angels
what is a little lower than the angels?
humans
for the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor
that he by the grace
of God should taste death for every
man for it
became him for whom
are all things and by whom
are all things
and bringing many sons under
glory to make the captain
of their salvation perfect
through suffering so
in our text here
it says that he's the captain
of the host of the Lord
in Hebrews chapter 9 it says he's the
captain of our salvation
now in America
when we think of captains we think of like maybe
naval captains or the captain
of the team is usually the leader
of the team right but
you know captains can mean
different things and a lot
of times it's like the leader
but it could be like the supreme
leader of an army
and that's basically what he's saying he is right
in Joshua chapter 5 verse 14
now look at 1 Samuel chapter
22 verse 2 and
we'll look at someone who's also pictures
Christ and
we'll see
some people came to him like
cause look we are just like David's
mighty men in the fact that we have a lot
of problems too and
we have a lot of problems and then
we need someone to be
a captain over us the captain
of our salvation is Jesus Christ
and we
have issues just like these guys did
and we need
Jesus to be our captain people are like
you just use Jesus as a crutch yep
guilty guilty as charged
I do need him he is my
crutch to get me into heaven because
I can't get there on my own I do
need him as my crutch so
guilty as charged 1 Samuel
22 verse 2 says and
everyone that was in distress
and everyone that was in debt
and everyone that was discontented
gathered themselves unto him
and he became a captain over them
and there were with him about
400 men so as
David started to accumulate these
mighty men they weren't mighty
at first though were they
and this is the thing is that like as Christians
we are not mighty when we come to
Jesus Christ you know
God builds us and he
he starts to form
us as mighty
soldiers for his army too
but first we come to
him and we are discontented
we are we have problems
we are in debt we are in a
sin debt that we can never get out of
we are discontented we are
you know we are in distress
our life is in distress
but when we go to our captain
he brings us out of that
and he leads us in the way that we should go
and he takes charge
and we you know we depend on him
and eventually
we become mighty
soldiers in his army
but he pictures Jesus Christ
but isn't it interesting that they come
to him and he becomes their captain
you know David
a man after God's own heart who is
picturing Christ also so
in our text tonight we have
Joshua who
sees this captain of the Lord's host
and then in Hebrews chapter
2 verse 10
we have it's said about
Jesus that he's the captain of our salvation
who's made a little lower than the angel so
he's also a man
and we have Joshua 5 13
saying that there's a man that he saw
in 1 Samuel chapter 22
verse 2 we have David
who is a type of Christ
being called a captain
over these discontented people
now I'll turn to Revelation chapter 19 verse 11
and I'm going to read the
short version I love this chapter though because
you know we
as his children
get to come back on these white horses
and get to see him destroy
the anti-Christ army
and it's going to be a
glorious day
but what's interesting about
this is that
who's in charge of
this army right here
he
Revelation 19 11 he doesn't let
anybody else take charge he doesn't let anybody
else fight in this battle
but it's for sure
that this is a host of the
Lord's army isn't it look what it says
and I saw heaven open and behold a
white horse and he that sat upon him
was called faithful and
true and in righteousness
he doth judge and
make war his eyes
were as a flame of fire and on his
head were many crowns
and he had a name written that no
man knew but he himself
and he was clothed in a vesture dipped
in blood and his name is called
the word of God
and the armies which were in heaven
followed him upon
white horses the armies
which were in heaven followed
him upon white horses
so he is what the captain
of these armies isn't he
clothed
in fine linen white
and clean and out of his mouth
goeth a sharp
sword so he's
holding a sword in his hand where we see him in
Joshua tonight right and
that with it he
should smite the nations and
he shall rule them with a rod of iron
and he shall tread the wine
press of the fierceness
and wrath of almighty God
and he hath on his vesture
and on his thigh a name written
king of kings and lord
of lords he is
the captain of the
Lord's host he
is the Lord Jesus Christ he's
the chief that's what that means
captain means chief or leader he's the
head of these armies there's nobody else
so if this isn't
who it's talking about in Joshua chapter 5
then who is it I mean people would say
well this is like the angel Gabriel
well but that's not what you really
see in scripture when it's talking
about this captain it says he's a man
it says he has this sword and then when you
kind of look through some other scriptures
kind of seems to me like who else
would be leading this army but the Lord Jesus
Christ he's not going to let
anybody else take the preeminence
this is like the battle of battles right here
and Joshua
falls on his face to worship him
and the captain
does not tell him
not to
because there's plenty of scriptures where
you know they fall on
their face to worship him they hey hey no
get up I'm not I'm not
God don't worship me
normally if someone
is you know they're not that they're
not God or they're not
Christophany they'll
say right away hey that's not me
but that's not what
happens here he doesn't say don't worship
me he
doesn't correct him let's
look at some verses on this we're almost done
we got one two
three
more places to turn will be done
Acts chapter 10 Acts chapter 10
Acts chapter 10
and as Peter was coming in Cornelius
met him and fell down at his feet
and worshiped him
but Peter took
him up saying stand up
I myself also
am a man so he
stops him from worshiping him doesn't he he's
like Cornelius falls down tries to worship him
Peter's like no no no no no
come on let's go don't don't try to worship
me now look at Acts 14
make it easy on you
Acts 14 verse 11
so Paul has this instance where
he they heal this guy
and he's I think he's
with Silas or Barnabas
oh he's with Barnabas and
they do this
miracle and these people
are obviously you know believing
in the pantheon or whatever
and look at verse 11
it says and when the people saw what Paul had
done they lifted up their
voices saying in the speech
of Lyconia
the gods are come down to us
in the likeness of men and
they called Barnabas Jupiter and
Paul Mercurus
because he was the chief speaker
then the priest of Jupiter
which was before the city
brought oxen and garlands
unto the gates
and would have done sacrifice
with the people which when the apostles
Barnabas and Paul
heard of they rent their clothes
and ran in among the people crying out
and saying sirs why
do you these things we also
are men of like passions with you
and preach unto you
that you should turn from these vanities
unto the living God which made
heaven and earth and the sea
and all things that are therein so
Paul and Barnabas stopped them
from sacrificing
unto them they're calling them gods
and so they stopped them from doing
that so in the Bible
you see this happen multiple times and there's
times in the Old Testament when this happens but let's look
at one last one Revelation chapter
22 verse 8
Revelation chapter
22 verse 8
the Bible says
and I John
saw these things and heard them
and when I had heard
them and seen I fell down
to worship before the feet
of the angel which showed me these things
and he said
unto me see thou
do it not for I
am thy fellow servant
and of thy brethren the prophets
so notice how it
says that the feet of the
angel which showed me these things
and then he says see thou do it not for
I am thy fellow servant and of thy brethren
the prophet so he's a man
so it says he's an angel
but it also says he's a man
so angel
angel just simply means messenger though
so you have to kind of get the context
of is it like an angelic
being or is it talking about
a man of God and so here
it's obviously he said I'm
of thy brethren the prophets
so he's one of the prophets
it just doesn't say which one he is and it says
and of them which keep the saying of this
book and then it says worship
God God is the
only one that receives
worship so my point
here is just saying that
this captain of the Lord's host
does not say no stand up
Joshua don't worship me
he just allows him to do it so that's why
I believe that this is the Lord Jesus
Christ in a pre-incarnate
appearance
and
I love the phrase from
Joshua 5 14
here at the end it says
and what saith
my Lord unto his servant
what saith my Lord
unto his servant
you know what Christianity would be
unstoppable
if this is how every Christians
attitude was
if God spoke
in the book which he does
tons of times
and says for us what
he wants for us to do
if we would just say hey what saith
my Lord unto his servant
and we answered hey
we're ready to do whatever you want
this world would change overnight
but unfortunately
that's not how this world is
but I am glad to go to a
church where we have a lot of people
in this church that that is their
attitude and I appreciate
that about our church
but maybe there's areas in our life where we could
be better at heating
those messages where it's like
hey when God tells us hey
this is what I want you to be doing that
we could be doing better
so that's just a little challenge for the end
there you know
I like in parts of the Bible
like when Samuel
he's like being called by God to be a prophet
and then Eli
tells him hey just tell him
speak Lord
for thy servant hereth thee
and then he's like he hears God calls
at the beginning and he says speak Lord
for thy servant hereth thee
and then he was
kind of afraid to tell Eli
that that sermon was about him
you know and Eli's raised
him he loves Eli
Eli's not his real dad
and Eli's got these reprobate sons
and God has a message for Eli
and for his reprobate sons and Samuel
is a true prophet because Samuel just goes and
tells him this is what's up
and Eli tells him don't
don't hold anything back
so at least Eli was a man
about it but
I like Samuel's attitude
speak Lord for thy servant hereth thee
this should be our attitude
and then like when Isaiah
he said here am I
Lord send me
you know that was his attitude
and then he was like clean up my mouth
you know help me out here
a servant's heart is what we need
in this world and we need more
Joshua's in this world and less
Korah's less Demas's
less Theotrophy's
less Ananias and Sapphira's
we need people that are just
like here am I Lord send me
we need more people who will say
what saith the
Lord unto his servant
so
let's look at that last verse it says
the captain of the Lord's host said unto
Joshua loose thy shoe from off
thy foot for the place
whereon thou standest is
holy and Joshua did so
so that's
the kind of the closer in my
mind that this is God
because Moses appeared
was appeared
to by God in the burning
bush and what did he tell Moses
he said loose thy shoes from off thy
foot for your standing on holy ground
so he tells the same thing to Joshua here
so God is appearing
to Joshua in the form
of the Lord Jesus Christ
in a pre-incarnate appearance here
and Joshua did
what he was told to do and that was the great thing about
Joshua is that he did what
God told him to do
so
at the end here we just have this is
the final gearing up this is
the final gearing up for the children of Israel to go into
the land and take it so everything has
come to this point and they're just getting
prepared to go in and
destroy Jericho
and they're kind of just like
gearing up spiritually resting up
physically and getting the nourishment
they need and their
enemy is already just
terrified it says their heart is
melting and
they're already afraid
so they kind of got them
where they want them and now all it just takes
is the faith just go in
and take the land so that'll
be next week though let's pray Lord we thank you so much
for the book of Joshua and all the
spiritual great truths that it can teach us Lord
I pray that you'd help us to be a people
that would still just say
Lord what can we do
for you
we're your servants Lord
and may it help us to have a tender
heart and Lord
that we would walk in the new man and
you'd help us to love
each other at this church
be in fellowship with each other
and that we would still be
hearkening to your commandments
to Lord to go soul winning
to love our neighbor as ourself
and Lord to love the church
and to be here whenever the doors
are open and to
be ready to hear
and slow to speak Lord
pray just bless us as we go our separate ways
tonight and bless us and keep
us safe as we travel home in Jesus name we pray
Amen
Our last song is
song number 265
265
in the
blue hymnal
tell me
the story of Jesus
tell me the story of Jesus
on the first
tell me the story
of Jesus
right on
my heart every word
tell me
the story
most precious
sweetest
that ever was heard
tell
how the angels
and chorus
sang as they
welcomed his birth
glory
to God in the highest
peace
and good tidings to
earth
tell me
the story of Jesus
right
on my heart every word
tell
me the story
most precious
sweetest
that ever was heard
fasting
alone in the
desert
tell of the days
that are past
how
for our sins he was
tempted
yet was triumphant
at last
tell of the
years of his labor
tell
of the sorrow he
bore
he was despised
and afflicted
homeless
rejected
and poor
tell me the
story of Jesus
right
on my heart every
word
tell me the story
most precious
sweetest
that ever was heard
on the last
tell of the cross where
they nailed him
writhing in
anguish and pain
tell
of the grave where they
laid him
tell how he liveth
again
love in that
story so tender
clearer
than ever I
see
stay let me weep
while you whisper
love paid the
ransom for me
tell
me the story
of Jesus
right on
my heart every word
tell
me the story
most precious
sweetest
that ever was
heard
great singing thank you all for joining us
this Sunday we'd love to see you back here on
Thursday brother Bill will you end us in a word of prayer
thank you