GLORY DAYS - THE INHERITANCE
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CANAAN
CANAAN
CANAAN
CANAAN
LAST WEEK WE STARTED A NEW SERIES THAT IS BASED ON THE BOOK BY MAX LUCADO CALLED - GLORY DAYS
WE LEARNED ABOUT COMING OUT OF EGYPT AND BEING IN THE WILDERNESS AND NOW WE HEADED TO CANAAN.
WELL ACTUALLY WE SHOULD ALREADY BE IN CANAAN - REMEMBER WE SAID THAT CANAAN IS THE HERE AND NOW OF HOW WE SHOULD BE LIVING.
HOWEVER WE ARE REMINDED THAT THE R E V E A L STUDY DONE IN 2009 SHOWED THAT 11% - THAT OUT OF TEN CHRISTIANS LIVE IN THE WILDERNESS AND NOT IN CANAAN.
SPEAK ABOUT INHERITANCE AND WHAT THAT MEANS
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After the death of Moses the servant of the Lord, the Lord said to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’ assistant,
“Moses my servant is dead. Now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, you and all this people, into the land that I am giving to them, to the people of Israel.
Every place that the sole of your foot will tread upon I have given to you, just as I promised to Moses.
From the wilderness and this Lebanon as far as the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites to the Great Sea toward the going down of the sun shall be your territory.
No man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your life. Just as I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not leave you or forsake you.
Be strong and courageous, for you shall cause this people to inherit the land that I swore to their fathers to give them.
SAVED YES
EMPOWERED NO
OUT OF EGYPT BUT NOT IN CANAAN
LAST WEEK I ASKED YOU THIS QUESTION?
SLIDE OF QUESTION
WHAT KIND OF CHRISTIAN DO YOU WANT TO BE?
WHAT KIND OF CHRISTIAN DO YOU WANT TO BE?
WITH GODS HELP WE CAN CLOSE THE GAP BETWEEN THE PERSON WE ARE AND THE PERSON WE WANT TO BE.
OUR INHERITANCE
OUR INHERITANCE
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THE I CAN’T - ITIS
HAVE YOU HEARD OF THIS CONDITION?
WELL YOU CERTAINLY HAVE BECAUSE WE HAVE ALL AND POSSIBLE STILL DO SUFFER FROM IT.
I CANT RESIST THAT DRINK
PORNOGRAPHY
DRUGS
LYING
CHEATING
UNFORGIVING
THE LIST IS ENDLESS
“Moses my servant is dead. Now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, you and all this people, into the land that I am giving to them, to the people of Israel.
GOD IS TELLING JOSHUA GO!! MOSES IS DEAD BUT GOD IS ALIVE
SLIDE LEADER
THE LEADER HAS PASSED BUT THE LEADER LIVES ON
JOSHUA HAD 2 MILLION REASONS TO SAY I CAN’T
THIS POPULATION IS JUST OVER TWICE THE POPULATION OF OTTAWA
THE “ITES” PERIZZITES, HITTITES, CANAANITES, AMORITES INSTILLED FEAR INTO THESE INEXPERIENCED HEBREWS
8 CENTURIES THE AMORITES HAD CULTIVATED A CULTURE OF DEGREDATION
SACRIFICED BABIES
PRACTICED ORGIES
DEDICATED THEMSELVES TO WITCHCRAFT AND IDOLATORY
AN EVIL AND SINFUL PEOPLE
3 MORE REASONS FOR JOSHUA TO SAY I CANT
MOSES IS DEAD
THE PEOPLE ARE INEXPERIENCED
THESE PEOPLE WILL EAT US ALIVE
SLIDE EMPHASISEING GOD GIVING THEM THE LAND
“Moses my servant is dead. Now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, you and all this people, into the land that I am giving to them, to the people of Israel.
IT WAS A DONE DEAL
GOD WAS NOT BARGAINING
IT WAS TRANSFERRED IN THEIR NAME - THE DEED WAS WRITTEN
Every place that the sole of your foot will tread upon I have given to you, just as I promised to Moses.
From the wilderness and this Lebanon as far as the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites to the Great Sea toward the going down of the sun shall be your territory.
INHERITANCE - IN THE BOOK OF JOSHUA IS MENTIONED SIXTY TIMES
THE COMMAND TO POSSES THE LAND IS SEEN 5 TIMES
THE END WAS LIKE THIS
So Joshua sent the people away, every man to his inheritance.
JOSHUA 24:
NOW ITS YOUR TURN
IF YOU HAVE GIVEN YOUR HEART TO CHRIST - GOD HAS GIVEN CANAAN TO YOU!
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places,
CAR WASH SLIDE
MANY CHRISTIANS VIEW SALVATION AS A CAR WASH
GOO IN DIRTY AND COME OUT SHINEY AND CLEAN
ITS MORE THAN THAT
A DEPOSIT OF GODS POWER
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
IN CANAAN - VICTORY
THE WILDERNESS - STRIVE
IN CANAAN YOU TRUST
IN THE WILDERNESS YOU SEEK GODS ATTENTION
IN CANAAN YOU ALREADY HAVE GODS FAVOUR
IIN THE WILDERNESS YOU DOUBT YOUR SALVATION
But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God,
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In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will,
The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God,
and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.
SLIDE GREEK INHERITANCE EXPLAINED
THE GREEK TERM IS SUGKLERONOMOS
SUG = TOGETHER
KLERONOMOS = INHERITANCE
WHY DO WE NOT LIVE IN CANAAN
NO BODY HAS TOL US THAT WE ARE CO HEIRS WITH CHRIST
WE DONT HAVE TO FIGHT FOR VICTORY WE ARE ALREADY VICTORIOUS
GOD SAVED YOU FROM EGYPT SO HE COULD BLESS YOU IN THE PROMISED LAND
THE MONEY ON THE TABLE IS YOURS - TAKE IT
YOU SEE
SLIDE COMPARISON
WILDERNESS MENTALITY SAY - IM WEAK ILL ALWAYS BE WEAK
CANAAN PEOPLE SAY IWAS WEAK BUT IM GETTING STRONGER
WP - IM A VICTIM OF ENVIROMENT
CP - IM A VICTOR IN SPITE OF MY SURROUNDINGS
WP - THESE ARE DIFFICULT DAYS ILL NEVER GET THROUGH THEM
GODS PEOPLE SAY - THESE ARE GLORY DAYS - GOD WILL GET ME THROUGH
LEAVE EVERY I CANT BEHIND
INSTEAD SAY I CAN
CANAAN CAME WITH INSTRUCTIONS FOR JOSHUA HE COULDNT DO WHAT HE WANTED HE HAD TO SAY IN TUNE WITH GOD IN ORDER TO ENJOY THE BENEFITS OF THE INHERITANCE
Only be strong and very courageous, being careful to do according to all the law that Moses my servant commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may have good success wherever you go.
This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.
OK SO REMEMBER THE SURVEY WE SPOKE ABOUT
JOSHUA 1:7-8
IT WAS ALSO TAKEN IN ORDER TO FIND THE KEY FACTORS FOR SPIRITUAL GROWTH - IT WAS ORDERED BY GREG HAWKINS AND CALLY PARKINSON FOR THE RESEARCH FOR THEIR BOOK CALLED MOVE
NOW REMEBER IT WAS CONDUCTED BY A SECULAR COMPANY AND IN THEIR SURVEY OF THESE 1000 CHURCHES THEY CONCLUDED THAT
IMPORTANT TOOL - BIBLE SLIDE
THE BIBLE WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT TOOL IN OUR SPIRITUAL GROWTH
NOTHING HAS GREATER IMPACT OON SPIRITUAL GROWTH THAN REFLECTION ON SCRIPTURE. IF CHURCHES COULD DO ONLY ONE THING TO HELP PEOPLE AT ALL LEVELS OF SPIRITUAL MATURITY GROW IN THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH CHRIST. THEIR CHOICE IS CLEAR -
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THEY WOULD INSPIRE, ENCOURAGE AND EQUIP THEIR PEOPLE TO READ THE BIBLE. -
NOT INCREASED ACTIVITIES
NOT MORE INVOLVEMENT
WE GROW IN CHRIST WHEN WE READ AND TRUST THE WORD OF GOD GIVEN TO US
DON’T HOP FROM TEACHING TO TEACHING AND LOOK FOR THE OPINIONS OF ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE. OR YOU WILL BE LIKE THE BOY IN THE ILLUSTRATION MAX USED.
THE FATHER TOLD HIM TO FIX HIS EYE ON AN OBJECT AND FOLLOW IT AS HE PLOWS
WHEN THE DAY CAME OUT THE LINES WERE ALL OVER THE PLACE AND HE SAID TO HIS SON I THOUGHT I TOLD YOU TO KEEP YOUR EYE ON ONE THING
HE REPLIED I DID BUT THE RABBIT KEPT HOPPING
SET YOUR SIGHT ON THE UNCHANGING PRINCIPLES OF GOD
2 TIMOTHY
But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned it
and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,
THE BIBLE - COMPOSED
COMPOSED OVER 16 CENTURIES AGO
WRITTEN BY SOLDIERS, SHEPHERDS , FARMERS AND FISHERMEN
STARTED BY MOSES AND FINISHED BY JOHN ON PATMOS
PENNED IN KINGS PALACES, SHEPHERDS TENTS AND PRISONERS IN PRISON
40 WRITERS LARGELY INKOWN TO EACH OTHER OVER 1600 YEARS PRODUCE A BOOK OF SINGULAR THEME UNLESS THERE WAS ONE DESIGNER
REMARKABLEY DURABLE
SINGLE MOST PUBLISHED BOOK IN HISTORY
TRANSLATED INTO 12OO LANGUAGES
OUTLIVED ALL ITS OPONENTS
BURNED AND BANISHED BUT GOD’S WORD ENDURES
REMARKABLE IN PROPHECY
MORE THAN 300 FULFILLED PROPHECIES ABOUT THE LIFE OF CHRIST YET WRITTEN AT LEAST FOUT HUNDRED YEARS BEFORE HE WAS BORN
IMAGINE IF WE FOUND A BOOK WRITTEN IN 1900 PREDICTING
WORLD WARD AND DEPRESSION AND ATOMIC BOMB ETC
WOULD YOU NOT TRUST IT?
SCRIPTURES
TEACH US
REBUKE US
ENCOURAGE US
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.
GOD PROMISED JOSHUA
This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.
WHEN WE ABIDE IN THE WORD OF GOD WE WILL BE CHANGED AND PROSPERITY IS NOT A BIG BANK BALANCE BUT RATHER
MORE PATIENCE
MORE COMPASSION
DEEPER AFFECTION
WRONGS WILL BE MADE RIGHT
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Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers;
but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night.
He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers.
WE HAVE QUESTIONS
HOW CAN GOD USE ME?
WE LEARN THAT GOD USED ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE
HE USED RAHAB THE PROSTITUTE
CATEURA OUTSKIRTS OF ASUNCION PARAGUAY
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VIDEO OF KIDS PLAYING
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WHEN WE MOVE FROM EGYPT TO CANAAN - WE HAVE A VERY REAL AND SPIRITUALLY PRESENT ENEMY - SATAN
IT WAS NO DIFFERENT FOR JOSHUA AS IT IS FOR US
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For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.
Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm.
Stand therefore, having fastened on the belt of truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,
and, as shoes for your feet, having put on the readiness given by the gospel of peace.
In all circumstances take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming darts of the evil one;
REMEMBER GOD IS THERE EVERY STEP OF THE WAY
MAKE A LIST OF YOUR VICTORIES AND WHEN YOU GET DESPAIRED GO TO THE TIME AND REMEMBER GOD WAS WITH YOU AND HE WILL BE WITH YOU AGAIN
YES THE WALLS OF JERICO ARE NOW LOOMING BEFORE YOU AND YOU LOOKING AT THIS GOING
REALLY?
HOW?
And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful.
He disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame, by triumphing over them in him.
REMEMBER
He disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame, by triumphing over them in him.
REMEMBER
REMEMBER WHAT GOD HAS DONE
REMEMBER WHOSE YOU ARE
