Crossing the Jordan
Summarize : You will know, they will know, you will fear the Lord forever (Josh 3:10 & 4:24)
1)Consecrate
A. Sanctification is still necessary
Dear friends, we are already God’s children, but he has not yet shown us what we will be like when Christ appears. But we do know that we will be like him, for we will see him as he really is. And all who have this eager expectation will keep themselves pure, just as he is pure. —1 John 3:2-3 NLT
2 ) The Ark of the covenant goes
A. every battle we face will be determined by if we put the ark of God 1st
Items inside the ark
1. the tablets of Stone- the Law (Ex 20)
2. Aarons rod that budded- symbolized authority and faith that produced fruit (Num 17:5)
3. Bowl of Manna that came down from heaven (Ex 16:1-39)
3) Stand
in the Jordan
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 14 stand therefore —Eph 6:12 - ESV
A. sometimes when people find themselves in a mess God calls us to still the waters for them!
B. Jesus came down into our mess and held the waters of judgement back and calmed our storm
4)
some stones
..these stones shall be a memorial forever —Joshua 4:7
A. there should be some pillars that we can look to that he brought us through
I. There should be a place where God walked us through a mess and brought us to the othere side! Set up a pillar in your mind so you will never forget