Christ Through Me: Taking Sides or Taking Over (Joshua 5:13-15)

Series: Christ Through Me

Sermon: Taking Sides or Taking Over

Scripture: Joshua 5:13-15

Date: September 15, 2019

 

LAST WEEK'S WEEKLY GROWTH SUGGESTION: When you have an opportunity to do/say something you believe God wants you to, praying something like this: "Lord, I trust You to live Your life through me right here."  Read chapter 10 in "The Saving Life of Christ" this week.

And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted his eyes and looked, and behold, a Man stood opposite him with His sword drawn in His hand.  And Joshua went to Him and said to Him, "Are You for us or for our adversaries?"  So He said, "No, but as Commander of the army of the Lord I have now come."  And Joshua fell on his face to the earth and worshiped, and said to Him, "What does my Lord say to His servant?"  Then the Commander of the Lord's army said to Joshua, "Take your sandal off your foot, for the place where you stand is holy."  And Joshua did so.  (Joshua 5:13-15)

Let's discover some big deals as we conclude the series but hopefully grow in allowing Christ to live His life through me:

1. Pattern
   • The big deal is that He is our pattern and our power.
   • Why: God told me to
     How: God is with me, in me, and will live through me.
   • "As you have learned to thank Him for His death, so you thank Him for His life, humbly assuming that He lives in you, as you have already humbly assumed that He died for you."  -Ian Thomas
   • Joshua 1:9
   • John 8:29a
   • Joshua 2:9-11, NIV
2. Practice
   • Joshua 3:10-11
   • "In so many words, Joshua said, "You have been living for forty years int he wilderness as though your God were dead, but you are going to live from now on knowing that your God is alive."  -Ian Thomas
   • "Suppose God were to die tonight - would it make any difference in the way you live your Christian life tomorrow?"  -Ian Thomas
   • Revelation 3:1b, NIV
   • Joshua 3:4b, NLT
   • Exodus 14:21
   • Joshua 3:15-16a
   • Why did they do this?  How did this work?  How was this accomplished?
3. Power
   • John 5:19
   • Joshua 5:13-14
   • The question is not: "Is God on our side?"  The question is: "Are we on God's side?"

WEEKLY GROWTH SUGGESTION: Live with this reality this week:
   Why: God told me to
   How: God is with me, in me, and will live through me.
Finish reading "The Saving Life of Christ."