The Cities of Refuge (12 of 13)
Series: Victorious
Brad Whitt
Joshua 20
INTRO: Take your Bibles now on this December Sunday morning and turn with me to Joshua, chapter 20. This Sunday and next, we will be wrapping up our series of studies through this daring and dynamic Old Testament book.
We entitled this series of sermons ''Victorious'' because that's the major theme and message of this book. ?
The book of Joshua ILLUSTRATES, DEMONSTRATES and EDUCATES us on how to have a strong, courageous faith that enables and empowers us to get from where we are to where Jesus wants us to be.
ILLUS: Two South Carolina hunters were dragging their dead deer back to their car. A Georgia hunter approached pulling his along too. ''Hey, I don't want to tell you fellows what to do, but I can tell you that it's easier if you drag the deer in the other direction. Then the antlers won't dig into the ground.'' After the third hunter left, the two decided to try it. A little while later one hunter said to the other, ''You know, that guy was right. This is a lot easier!'' ''Yeah,'' the other added, ''but we're getting farther away from the truck!''
Now, one of the things that you've probably noticed in this short series of studies is how much of the book centers around the cities that Joshua and the Children of Israel encountered as they moved into and marched forward to possess the land that God had promised and provided for them.
There was Jericho.
There was Ai.
We didn't really delve into it too deeply in this series, but if you were to go back and study the middle chapters of the book you'd learn about the conquest of central Canaan, southern Canaan and northern Canaan, and most of the time their progress was marked by cities they took or conquered.
Cities like:
Gibeon
Jerusalem
Hazor
Madon
Shimron
And others.
We do the same thing today. Most of the times we mark battles by the city it took place in or near to.
The Battle of:
Dunkirk
Bri ...
Series: Victorious
Brad Whitt
Joshua 20
INTRO: Take your Bibles now on this December Sunday morning and turn with me to Joshua, chapter 20. This Sunday and next, we will be wrapping up our series of studies through this daring and dynamic Old Testament book.
We entitled this series of sermons ''Victorious'' because that's the major theme and message of this book. ?
The book of Joshua ILLUSTRATES, DEMONSTRATES and EDUCATES us on how to have a strong, courageous faith that enables and empowers us to get from where we are to where Jesus wants us to be.
ILLUS: Two South Carolina hunters were dragging their dead deer back to their car. A Georgia hunter approached pulling his along too. ''Hey, I don't want to tell you fellows what to do, but I can tell you that it's easier if you drag the deer in the other direction. Then the antlers won't dig into the ground.'' After the third hunter left, the two decided to try it. A little while later one hunter said to the other, ''You know, that guy was right. This is a lot easier!'' ''Yeah,'' the other added, ''but we're getting farther away from the truck!''
Now, one of the things that you've probably noticed in this short series of studies is how much of the book centers around the cities that Joshua and the Children of Israel encountered as they moved into and marched forward to possess the land that God had promised and provided for them.
There was Jericho.
There was Ai.
We didn't really delve into it too deeply in this series, but if you were to go back and study the middle chapters of the book you'd learn about the conquest of central Canaan, southern Canaan and northern Canaan, and most of the time their progress was marked by cities they took or conquered.
Cities like:
Gibeon
Jerusalem
Hazor
Madon
Shimron
And others.
We do the same thing today. Most of the times we mark battles by the city it took place in or near to.
The Battle of:
Dunkirk
Bri ...
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