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