The Art of War

Numbers – Tells you how God deals with your humanity after you are filled with the Holy Ghost

There are two crossings of water.

Coming out of Egypt you must go through the sea to come up into the wilderness.

The way God deals with your old man in preparing you to be saved.

Coming out of the Wilderness you must go through Genesis to come up into the promised land.

When you are a new man (into Joshua)

Numbers is a pilgrimage of the flesh.

Began to desire natural things, manna was not good enough they wanted quail, they asked for flesh to eat to satisfy their carnal desire.

The same thing happens to you.

You receive the HG but there is still a wandering around of the old man.

Natural desire.

The old man is supposed to be dead but still tries to rise.

We have just as much authority as Moses….

Spies sent to find out how to take the land. But they went to find out IF they could take it.

Balaam, a gentile, prophet gave advice on how to make Israel sin…. Appeal to their flesh.

1 Corinthians 10:1–5 NKJV

1 Moreover, brethren, I do not want you to be unaware that all our fathers were under the cloud, all passed through the sea, 2 all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea, 3 all ate the same spiritual food, 4 and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them, and that Rock was Christ. 5 But with most of them God was not well pleased, for their bodies were scattered in the wilderness.

Baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea….

Water and Spirit

One baptism.

Water is our part/Spirit is God’s part. If your only baptized in water your only half baptized.

God began to destroy the Old man and lift up the new man.

“Put off the old man”

Numbers is the pilgrimage of the flesh…. Condemnation and judgement

Joshua – Begins with encouragement…..”

don’t let your heart be afraid,

don’t let your hear be troubled, as I was with Moses….so I will be with you.

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“As I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.… Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest” (Joshua 1:5, 9)

· There is something in you that is constantly dying out…

· There is something in you that is constantly living…

· Something that is constantly being put away…

· Something in you that says you can make it, you can do it, God doesn’t make losers, God doesn’t make quitters. That’s why He’s working on you. Because he want’s winners… He wants the best!

A New Kind of Warfare

Numbers it’s a struggle, man to man combat….

Joshua – you just take the Spirit (Ark of the covenant) and keep wrapping it around every day….and when you have the Spirit really wrapped around, then you rejoice and shout!

Critics looking down from the wall are saying, “Look at that bunch. They haven’t won any battles. They haven’t done anything yet. They’re just going in circles like they did in the wilderness.

Yeah but you don’t know what they were wrapping around that wall..

Don’t say anything…..

And then when you do say something, Shout! Rejoice! Victory! Victory!

All of a sudden, the ground opened up and those walls went straight down into the ground,

all but one piece! Because there was a woman in there who said I believe in the God of the Hebrews. Grabbed that red cord and said, don’t forget me boys.

That cord was a symbol of her shame…. Cord out, boys could come see her. Pulled it in she wasn’t available.

She didn’t deny it. But she hung it out for a different reason that day! It goes all the way to Calvary….

How did it happen? The Spirit of God was involved in conquering Jericho.

2 Corinthians 10:4–6 NKJV

4 For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, 5 casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ, 6 and being ready to punish all disobedience when your obedience is fulfilled.

The whole time I’ve got the old man grumbling, complaining and making excuses.

The Art of War (Chinese: 孫子兵法; pinyin: Sūnzǐ bīngfǎ; lit. 'Sun Tzu's Military Method') is an ancient Chinese military treatise dating from the late Spring and Autumn Period (roughly 5th century BC). The work, which is attributed to the ancient Chinese military strategist Sun Tzu ("Master Sun"), is composed of 13 chapters. Each one is devoted to a different set of skills or art related to warfare and how it applies to military strategy and tactics. For almost 1,500 years, it was the lead text in an anthology that was formalized as the Seven Military Classics by Emperor Shenzong of Song in 1080. The Art of War remains the most influential strategy text in East Asian warfare,[1] has influenced both East Asian and Western military theory and thinking, and has found a variety of applications in myriad competitive non-military endeavors across the modern world including espionage,[2] culture, politics, business, and sports.[3][4][5][6]

The book contains a detailed explanation and analysis of the 5th-century BC Chinese military, from weapons, environmental conditions, and strategy to rank and discipline. Sun also stressed the importance of intelligence operatives and espionage to the war effort. Considered one of history's finest military tacticians and analysts, his teachings and strategies formed the basis of advanced military training throughout the world.

The book was translated into French and published in 1772 by the French Jesuit Jean Joseph Marie Amiot; it was re-published in 1782. A partial translation into English was attempted by British officer Everard Ferguson Calthrop in 1905 under the title The Book of War. The first annotated English translation was completed and published by Lionel Giles in 1910.[7] Military and political leaders such as the Chinese communist revolutionary Mao Zedong, Japanese daimyō Takeda Shingen, Vietnamese general Võ Nguyên Giáp, and American military generals Douglas MacArthur and Norman Schwarzkopf Jr. are all cited as having drawn inspiration from the book.[8]

Outside of military use, The Art of War has also become a source of inspiration for many people in business, politics, sports, and even e-sports, and its usage has also extended to film and television.

[1] The New King James Version (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1982), 2 Co 10:4–6.