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There’s Guarantee of Victory with God
The word victory is wonderful and pleasing to hear!
Humans love stories of victory!
Right?
Movies were made left and right different of stories of victories!
Sadly, this love for victories created a lust for victories - people will do everything to come out victorious (cheating, lying, manipulating, destroying, game fixing).
Sadly, for majority of people, victories, successes, achievements have become their god!
Sadly, Christians have accepted this belief and are living as if worldly victories and achievements are the GOALS of life.
On the other hand, on the other side, some Christians live defeated lives!
Absent of HOPE and LIFE.
This morning I pray that we might see and understand what VICTORY is from God’s Perspective and the Victory from Worldly Perspective.
That in God, there is Guarantee of Victory!
I.
There is Guarantee of Victory against Evil / Opposing Forces (v.1-2)
Jericho - means “MOON”.
The city is a center for astral worship (moon-god) in Joshua’s time.
Known for wickedness - Deuteronomy 9:4
tightly shut - they want to defend their city very well.
They want to send a message that they are ready!
But are they ready to face God and his people?
God gave the victory to Joshua and the Israelites (v.2)
The present situation does not indicate victory yet for the gates were shut very tight (v.1) but God’s promise is already a guaranteed reality.
The Great Wall of Jericho was toppled down by the Great God
The Great enemy Satan will be defeated and he know’s his time is almost up!
That is why we see injustices and evil around us - Satan will also do what he can to destroy God’s creation, discredit God’s goodness, and smear the name of God.
Human Problem:
We live as if we are defeated!
We live as if we have no hope and peace!
We live as if God is not powerful enough to bring Restoration and Reconciliation.
II.
There’s Guarantee of Victory when things are done in God’s Way (vv.
3-16)
God at the front - Ark of the covenant
6 days - God is giving time for the people of Jericho to flee and escape the wrath of God.
God is giving them chance to live and later on repent and follow God like Rahab and her family.
Those who did not escape and stayed thinking they will not be defeated, they experienced God’s righteous judgment.
7th day - This number, so often found in the Scriptures, is associated with the idea of fullness or completeness, release from trouble (
All they do was obey - to march and shout on the appointed time.
Remember, long before they do their job of marching around the city, God already made the promise (verse 2)
Lesson About God’s Ways - God’s ways to achieve victory are different than the ways of the world.
Joshua, the priest, the people - they showed obedience and FAITH and they saw victory.
The great wall of Jericho cannot be destroyed by any weapons available at that time!
The strongest weapon they have is FAITH.
They obeyed because they have Faith in God.
Their living faith shown in obedience is continually remembered.
Human Problem:
Faithless living - evidence of worry
Godless planning - evidence of rushing, and compromise (under the table, lying, using shady connections)
Compromise - as if a compromise is a way to victory.
God’s Way:
Faithful living - continual seeking and patience
God-centered planning - waiting and trusting
Firmness in the truth - no compromise
What is that GREAT WALL of problem or sin that you are facing right now?
We have an infinitely GREATER GOD who is able to demolish every stronghold and power!
We fight our temptations to worldliness with wisdom, with obedience, and with the power of God’s Word.
This is why our minds must be equipped, strengthened, fed.
We need to have minds that are on guard against the subtle trap of Satan.
III.
The Guarantee of Victory must cause us to honor and obey God (vv.
17-19)
The City under Ban (v.17)
Everything in it belongs to the LORD.
(v.17, 19).
The Ban is an act (Hebrew “ Cherem”) which indicates things being set apart as sacred property.
Do not covet / Keep away / Do not desire for it
Do not take anything for yourself.
Do not profit from it!
Consequences for failure to obey (v.18)
- make the camp of Israel accursed or liable to destruction
- trouble will come
What is the purpose of the Ban?
For the people to remember to DEDICATE the victory a way of HONORING God who gave the victory to them.
Example from the OT
Example from the NT
When we realize that is God who gave us what we have, we will be joyful in dedicating everything we have and all that we are to Him.
IV.
There’s Guarantee of Victory to those who follow God (vv.
22-25)
Rahab and her family came out alive and victorious because they follow the God of Israel.
They realized that the “moon-god” was no matched to the Living God YHWH.
Reflection today:
There is Guarantee of Victory in the Savior Jesus Christ!
- Jesus gave us the victory through his death and resurrection
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