can you do it again lord? joshua 3.1-17. god’s plan joshua 3.1-6; 8 shittim to gilgal

Can You Do Can You Do It Again Lord?It Again Lord?Can You Do Can You Do

It Again Lord?It Again Lord?

Joshua 3.1-17Joshua 3.1-17

GodGod’’s Plans Plan

Joshua 3.1-6; 8

Shittim to Gilgal

Map WorkMap Work

Nasa - Nasa - [s;[s;gg ’’

“Journeyed”

JourneyedJourneyedRamses (Exod 12.37) to Red Sea (Exod 14.15)

Repeated: Exod 16.1; 17.1; 19.2

89 times n Numbers

Exod 40.36-37

Only 3x in Joshua (3.1; 3.3; 3.14)

Comparison: Arrived/ Departure

Abar - Abar - rb;[rb;[‘‘

“Cross Over”

Cross OverCross Over

21x - Joshua 3.1- 5.1

Different words referring to Red Sea

aAB - “went” - Exod 14.22

%l;h’ - “walk” - Exod 14.29

Cross OverCross Over“abar” - crossing over a border

Physical

Political

Moral - enter into Covenant (Deut 29.12)

Transgress a commandment (Jos 7.11; 15)

Directions Given (2-4)Directions Given (2-4)Delegation

Ark of the Covenant

interesting change

Element of Holiness

2,000 cubits

Sabbath Day journey (Acts 1.12)

Lives Prepared (5)Lives Prepared (5)

“Sanctify Yourselves”

Exod 19.10-15

Deut 23.14

Day they selected the passover lamb (Exod 12.3)

Charge Given (6; 8)Charge Given (6; 8)

Priests and the Ark of the Covenant

GodGod’’s s PromisePromise

Joshua 3.9-13

Promise From God (9)Promise From God (9)

Joshua speaks to the People what God spoke to Him

Like a Solemn Assembly

Assurance of GodAssurance of God’’s Presence s Presence (10-13)(10-13)

Disposes the People of the Land

Lists

Speaks to previous fears

Numbers 13.28-29

Assurance of GodAssurance of God’’s Presence s Presence (10-13)(10-13)

Stop the Waters of the Jordan

For God will do it again

Spring time - raging river

Not possible for man to cross

God has another idea…

GodGod’’s s PowerPower

Joshua 3.14-17

GodGod’’s Power (14-17)s Power (14-17)

Priest Toes Touch

10th Nisan - the day they left Egypt

Water Piles Up

Village of Adam

GodGod’’s Power (14-17)s Power (14-17)

Cross Jordan on Dry Ground

GodGod’’s s PurposePurpose

Joshua 3.7

Affirm JoshuaAffirm Joshua

Validation of Joshua’s Leadership

Inherits Moses’ Divine Authority & Office

Fulfill PromisesFulfill Promises

God’s promise to be with Joshua

God’s promise to bring into Promise Land

God’s promise to cast out Enemies

God’s promise to go with them

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What About Today?

Can You Do It Again Lord?

ApplicationApplicationGod has a Plan for You (Jeremiah 29.11-13)

“For I know the plans that I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me and I will listen to you. You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.

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God has Given Promises to You (Hebrews 13.5b)

“For He Himself said: “I will never desert you, nor will I ever forsake you.”

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God has Demonstrated His Power to You (Ephesians 2.5)

“Even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved).

ApplicationApplicationGod has a Purpose In This World (Philippians 2.9-11)

“For this reason also, God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name, so at the name of Jesus every knee will bow, of those who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and that every tongue will confess that jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.”

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Can You Do It Again Lord?

He Can and He Will…

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Sometimes We Ask Wrongly (James 4.3)

“You ask and do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures.”

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Sometimes We Do Not Ask According to His Will (1 John 5.14)

“This is the confidence which we have before Him, that, if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.”

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Sometimes We Doubt Because of Dishonesty…

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Which Side of the Bank are You?

Journeying or Crossing Over