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JOSHUA
LESSON #5

BE AN OVERCOMER MARKING GOD'S MILESTONES IN YOUR LIFE

MEMORY VERSE: JOSHUA 4:24

READ JOSHUA 4:1-24

WHERE WERE THE TWO PILES OF STONES PUT?

12 STONES WERE TAKEN FROM THE JORDAN WHERE THE PRIESTS STOOD AND CARRIED INTO THE PROMISE LAND WHERE THEY SPENT THE FIRST NIGHT (VS 3). 12 STONES WERE STACKED IN THE MIDST OF THE JORDAN RIVER

(VS 9).

WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF THE 2 PILES? (VS 21-24)

1. TO BE A MEMORIAL FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.

2. SO ALL PEOPLE MIGHT KNOW WHAT GOD HAS DONE.

WHY TWO PILES?

1. THE PILE ON LAND WAS TO SIGNIFY THE ENTRANCE INTO THE PROMISE LAND = REPRESENTATIVE OF YOUR NEW BIRTH EXPERIENCE WHEN YOU BECAME PART OF GOD’S KINGDOM. (THE MOMENT YOU FIRST INVITED JESUS TO COME INTO YOUR HEART AND BE YOUR LORD AND SAVIOR.)

THE SIGNIFICANCE FOR US IN THE TWO PILES OF STONES:

IF YOU KNOW THE DATE WHEN YOU WERE BORN AGAIN, WHEN DOUBTS ARISE, YOU CAN LOOK BACK AND BE ASSURED OF YOUR SALVATION. THIS POINT IN YOUR LIFE IS ALSO A TYPE OF RESURRECTION FOR BELIEVERS ARE RISEN WITH CHRIST IN NEWNESS OF LIFE.

2. THE PILE IN THE JORDAN IS TO SIGNIFY THE HOLY SPIRIT BAPTISM.

THIS WAS PROBABLY THE PLACE WHERE JESUS WAS BAPTIZED IN

MAT 3:1,5,11. THESE STONES COULD ONLY BE SEEN WHEN THE RIVER WAS LOW. THEY DEMONSTRATE GOD’S MIRACLE ANSWERS TO PRAYER WHEN WE ARE SPIRITUALLY DRY.

APPLICATION:

WHY SHOULD WE MARK THE SPIRITUAL MILESTONES IN OUR LIVES?

FOR YOUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN. FOR YOUR OWN PURPOSES OF BEING ENCOURAGED AT WHAT GOD HAS DONE IN YOUR LIFE.

MARKING GOD'S MILESTONES IN YOUR LIFE OVERCOMES DISCOURAGEMENT, DEPRESSION, AND DEFEAT.

THIS IS A SELF-STUDY. DO NOT SEND HOMEWORK TO THE TEACHER FOR CORRECTION.

APPLICATION OF JOSHUA 4

WRITE YOUR SPIRITUAL LIFE STORY OF HIGHLIGHTED POINTS. SET UP MEMORIALS OF STONE ON PAPER. WRITE THE SIGNIFICANCE OF EACH MILESTONE. INCLUDE NEW BIRTH EXPERIENCE, WATER BAPTISM, HOLY SPIRIT BAPTISM, ETC.

IF YOU PREFER, MAKE AN AUDIO OR A VIDEO TAPE OF YOUR SPIRITUAL LIFE FOR YOUR CHILDREN, GRANDCHILDREN, ETC.

IF YOU HAVE NOT HAD THE NEW BIRTH EXPERIENCE, READ THE FOLLOWING SCRIPTURES: JOHN 3:1-7 ROMANS 3:23 JOHN 3:16 ROMANS 10:9-13 JOHN 14:6

IF YOU HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED WATER BAPTISM, READ: MARK 16:15-16 ROMANS 6:3-5 COLOSSIANS 2:12-13

IF YOU HAVE NOT YET RECEIVED THE BAPTISM IN THE HOLY SPIRIT, READ: ACT 1:8

A COMMAND TO RECEIVE: ACT 2:38-39

AN EXPERIENCE MEANT FOR ALL: MARK 16:17

YOU MAY ALSO WANT TO TALK TO YOUR PASTOR OR E-MAIL ME.

PREPARATION FOR JOSHUA 5

READ JOSHUA 5:1-15

WHY DID THEY RE-INSTITUTE CIRCUMCISION AT THIS POINT IN TIME?

WHAT IS THE MEANING OF CIRCUMCISION?

READ: PSA 27:14 PSA 37:34 HEB 4:1-2, 9-11

WRITE WHAT YOU LEARN HERE ABOUT WAITING AND RESTING ON THE LORD.

MEMORY VERSE: PSALMS 27:14