Jashuia Thesis Statement
TAKING GOD’S GIFT OF THE PROMISED LAND –
SPIRITUAL VICTORY IN THE BOOK OF JOSHUA by Paul G. Apple, March 2005
CLAIMING GOD’S PROMISES FOR SPIRITUAL
VICTORY REQUIRES ENGAGING AND CONQUERING
THE ENEMY BY GRACE THROUGH FAITH
“Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord will do wonders among you.”
(Joshua 3:5 )
For each section in the Book of Joshua:
- Thesis statement
… to focus on the big idea
- Analytical outline
… to guide the understanding
- Devotional questions
… to encourage life application
- Representative quotations … to stimulate deeper insight
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God’s people must take responsibility to be strong and courageous and fight the good fight of faith;
Don’t settle for victory one day in heaven; God wants us to experience victory right
now in the midst of our enemies; surrounded on every side by challenges; yet obeying
Him and experiencing His grace in giving us the victory.
For some … a crisis experience putting them on a different level of intimacy with the Lord … for others … more of repeated experiences of crossing the Jordan
River … but in both cases: God has greater levels of spiritual victory that He would like to give us in His grace
(Two books especially helpful: Redpath, J Sidlow Baxter ..they recognize that the OT lessons are types and examples to guide us in our new life in Christ)
THEME OF JOSHUA: TAKING GOD’S GIFT OF THE PROMISED LAND
Both a gracious gift from our sovereign God
Yet personal responsibility and commitment required on our part
FIRST 4 CHAPTERS: CORPORATE COMMITMENT TO GO TO WAR -ENGAGING THE ENEMY
Kids, you all know the story of Joshua and the walls of Jericho falling down …
SPIRITUAL VICTORY IN THE BOOK OF JOSHUA by Paul G. Apple, March 2005
CLAIMING GOD’S PROMISES FOR SPIRITUAL
VICTORY REQUIRES ENGAGING AND CONQUERING
THE ENEMY BY GRACE THROUGH FAITH
“Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord will do wonders among you.”
(Joshua 3:5 )
For each section in the Book of Joshua:
- Thesis statement
… to focus on the big idea
- Analytical outline
… to guide the understanding
- Devotional questions
… to encourage life application
- Representative quotations … to stimulate deeper insight
This data file is the sole property of the author Paul Apple. However, permission is granted for others to use and distribute these materials for the edification of others under two simple conditions: …show more content…
God’s people must take responsibility to be strong and courageous and fight the good fight of faith;
Don’t settle for victory one day in heaven; God wants us to experience victory right
now in the midst of our enemies; surrounded on every side by challenges; yet obeying
Him and experiencing His grace in giving us the victory.
For some … a crisis experience putting them on a different level of intimacy with the Lord … for others … more of repeated experiences of crossing the Jordan
River … but in both cases: God has greater levels of spiritual victory that He would like to give us in His grace
(Two books especially helpful: Redpath, J Sidlow Baxter ..they recognize that the OT lessons are types and examples to guide us in our new life in Christ)
THEME OF JOSHUA: TAKING GOD’S GIFT OF THE PROMISED LAND
Both a gracious gift from our sovereign God
Yet personal responsibility and commitment required on our part
FIRST 4 CHAPTERS: CORPORATE COMMITMENT TO GO TO WAR -ENGAGING THE ENEMY
Kids, you all know the story of Joshua and the walls of Jericho falling down …