Holy Temple M. B. Church

Bible Study

Pastor Brian Carmichael Sr.

Be Strong in the Lord

Text:Joshua 6:1-2 (KJV)
1 Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in.
2 And the LORD said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine hand Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valour.

  1. Be Strong in the Lord by Listening to the Voice of God (6:1–11)

The Israelites are given specific instructions for conquering Jericho.

  1. Listen for His Promise

1 Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in.
2 And the LORD said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine hand Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valour.

  1. Promise to Hand over the land

The Earth is the Lord’’s

Exodus 19:5 (KJV)
5 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:
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  1. Promise to Hand over the enemy

According to His Prestige

Exodus 23:27 (KJV)
27 I will send my fear before thee, and will destroy all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee.
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According to His Power

2 Chronicles 32:8 (KJV)
8 With him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the LORD our God to help us, and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.
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Psalm 18:48 (KJV)
48 He delivereth me from mine enemies: yea, thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man.
Luke 1:70-71 (KJV)
70 As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began:
71 That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us;

  1. Listen for the Instruction of God

For six days, the Israelites are to walk around the city once a day, led by seven priests blowing rams’ horns.

On the seventh day, the Israelites are to walk around the city seven times; at a given signal, they are to give a mighty shout. The walls will then collapse!

  1. Instruction is to be heard and loved

Proverbs 1:8 (KJV)
8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
Proverbs 12:1 (KJV)
1 Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.
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  1. Instruction will give light

Proverbs 6:23 (KJV)
23 For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
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  1. Instruction will give direction

Ecclesiastes 12:11 (KJV)
11 The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.
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  1. Be Strong in the Lord by Obeying the Voice of God(6:12–21):

The Israelites follow the Lord’s commands, and the walls fall down, allowing them to take the city.

Faith Tested by

A Strange military campaign

Has your faith been tested by God asking you to do something that went against your thinking? ______

  1. Obedience the Price of Success - Joshua 1:8 (KJV)
    8 This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
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  1. Obedience from the Heart - Deuteronomy 5:29 (KJV)
    29 O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!
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  1. Obedience no matter the obstacle

Job 17:9 (KJV)
9 The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.
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Galatians 6:9 (KJV)
9 And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

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Verse 3 lay hands on them and held them in jail

Verse 18 told not to teach or preach in the name of Jesus

Acts 4:19-20 (KJV)
19 But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye.
20 For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.

Acts 5:29 (KJV)
29 Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.

Acts 5:40-41 (KJV)
40 And to him they agreed: and when they had called the apostles, and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.
41 And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.