Scripture: Joshua 5
Committed
Amorites & Canaanites hearts melted with fear. Spirit was gone!
Circumcision sign of the Covenant with Abraham
Gen 15, 17, 22
Flint knives
Deut 30:6 – hearts circumcised.
Love God with all your heart & soul
Another Memorial
Celebrated the Passover
No uncircumcised men could be part of Passover
Enjoyed food & Manna stopped!
Ps 111 – God provides for those who fear Him
1 Tim 6:17 – Everything to enjoy
Phil 4:19 – Every need
Holy Ground
Josh 1:9 – Never leave you
God visibly with Joshua
Joshua near Jericho
Whose side are you on?
No! (wrong question)
Commander of God’s Army
Now I have come
Theophany: theos = God phania = appear
Christophany: God the Son
Joshua’s response: fall on face & worship
Joshua asks “what should I do?”
Take off sandals, you are on holy ground
Joshua obeyed
Take Aways
Have you trusted Jesus as your Savior?
Obeying God in the small stuff?
Do you come to God’s presence humbly?
Ask “What do want me to do?”
Take off your dirty old shoes!
