Burning for God Spirit Soul and Body
Judg 7:7-17 The LORD said to Gideon, "With the three hundred men that lapped I will save you and give the Midianites into your hands. Let all the other men go, each to his own place." 8 So Gideon sent the rest of the Israelites to their tents but kept the three hundred, who took over the provisions and trumpets of the others. Now the camp of Midian lay below him in the valley. 9 During that night the LORD said to Gideon, "Get up, go down against the camp, because I am going to give it into your hands. 10 If you are afraid to attack, go down to the camp with your servant Purah 11 and listen to what they are saying. Afterward, you will be encouraged to attack the camp." So he and Purah his servant went down to the outposts of the camp. 12 The Midianites, the Amalekites and all the other eastern peoples had settled in the valley, thick as locusts. Their camels could no more be counted than the sand on the seashore. 13 Gideon arrived just as a man was telling a friend his dream. "I had a dream," he was saying. "A round loaf of barley bread came tumbling into the Midianite camp. It struck the tent with such force that the tent overturned and collapsed." 14 His friend responded, "This can be nothing other than the sword of Gideon son of Joash, the Israelite. God has given the Midianites and the whole camp into his hands." 15 When Gideon heard the dream and its interpretation, he worshiped God. He returned to the camp of Israel and called out, "Get up! The LORD has given the Midianite camp into your hands." 16 Dividing the three hundred men into three companies, he placed trumpets and empty jars in the hands of all of them, with torches inside. 17 "Watch me," he told them. "Follow my lead. When I get to the edge of the camp, do exactly as I do. (NIV)
Three companies, WHY?
o First of all the size of the enemy made it impossible to win by strength alone.
o Here you have a force an Army that is so large you could never surround them with three hundred men. Why didn’t you simply stand together in one spot? Why did he divide them into three groups?
o DO EXACTLY as I do.
Why does God use three?
Father, Son, Holy Spirit, Spirit Soul, Body, in creation this is a sign of completion.
Let’s look at the dream that one of the enemy had. God shows us something that he was doing by giving the enemy a dream.
o The Midianites, the Amalekites and all the other eastern peoples had settled in the valley, thick as locusts.
o "A round loaf of barley bread came tumbling into the Midianite camp. It struck the tent with such force that the tent overturned and collapsed."
o He didn’t say millions of barley loaves. But ONE!
o Come on would that scare you?
§ **A Rohlik came rolling at me and killed everyone!
§ It came with such force. What was that force? UNITY!
John 17:16-23 They are not of the world, even as I am not of it. 17 Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth. 18 As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world. 19 For them I sanctify myself, that they too may be truly sanctified. 20 "My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, 21 that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. 22 I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one: 23 I in them and you in me. May they be brought to complete unity to let the world know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me. (NIV)
1Thes 5:23 May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. (NIV)
Becoming one in God and with ourselves gives us strength
Spirit, Soul, and Body blameless! Esther bathed and prepared herself to enter the presence of the King for one year. I believe she prepared herself spirit soul and body. She fasted and prayed, ate correctly, bathed and perfumed herself, prepared her mind in proper conduct before the King, speaking, manners, customs…
Acts 1:8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses (Martyr) in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth." (NIV)
martus- Martyr: a witness:
Many say they are willing to die, But who is willing to live for him?
Matt 5:14-16 "You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house.
16 In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven. (NIV)
The visible demonstration of a life with Christ.
Matt 7:15-18 "Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves. 16 By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes from thorn bushes, or figs from thistles? 17 Likewise every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit.
Practically
Eph 4:17-32
Jam 3:13 Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show it by his good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom