Worship and Warfare
Pastor Jason West
September 15, 2024
Joshua 5:1 “As soon as all the kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan to the west, and all the kings of the Canaanites who were by the sea, heard that the Lord had dried up the waters of the Jordan for the people of Israel until they had crossed over, their hearts melted and there was no longer any spirit in them because of the people of Israel.”
1. Worship is
for Battle
Psalm 144:1 “Blessed be the Lord, my rock, who trains my hands for war, and my fingers for battle.”
2 Chronicles 20:17 “You will not need to fight in this battle. Stand firm, hold your position, and see the salvation of the Lord on your behalf.”
2. Worship is Giving
for God’s Work
Joshua 4:9 “And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of the Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests bearing the ark of the covenant had stood; and they are there to this day.”
3. Worship Reminds us of a
Relationship with God and a Forgiven Past
(Joshua 5:2, 7-9)
Joshua 5:4-5 “And this is the reason why Joshua circumcised them: all the males of the people who came out of Egypt, all the men of war, had died in the wilderness on the way after they had come out of Egypt. Though all the people who came out had been circumcised, yet all the people who were born on the way in the wilderness after they had come out of Egypt had not been circumcised.”
4. Worship Reveals Christ as the
for our Sins
Joshua 5:10 “While the people of Israel were encamped at Gilgal, they kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the month in the evening on the plains of Jericho.”
Joshua 5:12 “And the manna ceased the day after they ate of the produce of the land. And there was no longer manna for the people of Israel, but they ate of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year.”
5. Worship Requires Total
(Joshua 5:13-15)
Joshua 5:14a “And he said, ‘No; but I am the commander of the army of the Lord. Now I have come.’”
6. Worship Reminds Us of God’s
Joshua 6:1-2 “Now Jericho was shut up inside and outside because of the people of Israel. None went out, and none came in. And the Lord said to Joshua, ‘See, I have given Jericho into your hand, with its king and mighty men of valor.”
7. Worship Obeys God’s
(Joshua 6:5, 12-15; Isaiah 55:8-9)
Joshua 6:3-4 “You shall march around the city, all the men of war going around the city once. Thus shall you do for six days. Seven priests shall bear seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark. On the seventh day you shall march around the city seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets.”
Joshua 6:10 “But Joshua commanded the people, ’You shall not shout or make your voice heard, neither shall any word go out of your mouth, until the day I tell you to shout. Then you shall shout.’”
John 14:15 “If you love me, you will keep my commandments.”
8. Worship Declares the
of God
Joshua 6:16 “And at the seventh time, when the priests had blown the trumpets, Joshua said to the people, ‘Shout, for the Lord has given you the city.’”
Psalm 100:1 “Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth!”
9. Worship is
to the Lord
Joshua 6:18 “But you, keep yourselves from the things devoted to destruction, lest when you have devoted them you take any of the devoted things and make the camp of Israel a thing for destruction and bring trouble upon it.”
Joshua 6:19 “But all silver and gold, and every vessel of bronze and iron, are holy to the Lord; they shall go into the treasury of the Lord.”
10. Worship Leads to Ultimate
through Faith
(Romans 8:37; 1 Corinthians 15:57)
Joshua 6:20 “So the people shouted, and the trumpets were blown. As soon as the people heard the sound of the trumpet, the people shouted a great shout, and the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they captured the city.”
Hebrews 11:30-31 “By faith the walls of Jericho fell down after they had been encircled for seven days. By faith Rahab the prostitute did not perish with those who were disobedient, because she had given a friendly welcome to the spies.”