JOSHUA
LESSON #12
JOSHUA 11
LESSON #12
OVERCOME THROUGH SPIRITUAL WARFARE
READ JOS 11:1-23
THE NORTHERN CAMPAIGN [CHECK OUT A BIBLE MAP]
FOUR KING FEDERATION—THE CANAANITES
HAZOR, MADON, SHIMRON, ACHSHAPH
THE HISTORIAN JOSEPHUS SAYS THERE WERE 300,000 ARMED FOOTMEN, 10,000 HORSEMEN, AND 20,000 CHARIOTS
READ ROM 15:4 THE CHRISTIAN'S BATTLES:
IDENTIFY THE CHRISTIAN'S BATTLES IN THE FOLLOWING VERSES
ROM 7:19
"FOR THE GOOD THAT I WOULD, I DO NOT; BUT THE EVIL WHICH I WOULD NOT, THAT I DO" = THE BATTLE TO DO THE RIGHT THING
ROM 7:23
"BUT I SEE ANOTHER LAW IN MY MEMBERS, WARRING AGAINST THE LAW OF MY MIND, AND BRINGING ME INTO CAPTIVITY TO THE LAW OF SIN WHICH IS IN MY MEMBERS." = THE BATTLE BETWEEN MY RENEWED MIND AND THE SIN IN MY FLESH NATURE.
2COR 10:3-5
"FOR THOUGH WE WALK IN THE FLESH, WE DO NOT WAR AFTER THE FLESH. FOR THE WEAPONS OF OUR WARFARE ARE NOT CARNAL, BUT MIGHTY THROUGH GOD TO THE PULLING DOWN OF STRONGHOLDS, CASTING DOWN IMAGINATIONS, AND EVERY HIGH THING THAT EXALTETH ITSELF AGAINST THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD, AND BRINGING INTO CAPTIVITY EVERY THOUGHT TO THE OBEDIENCE OF CHRIST;" = THE BATTLE AGAINST STRONGHOLDS AND IMAGINATIONS AND EVIL KNOWLEDGE IN OUR MINDS
1TIM 1:18-19
"THIS CHARGE I COMMIT UNTO THEE SON TIMOTHY ACCORDING TO THE PROPHECIES WHICH POINTED TO THEE, THAT THOU BY THEM MIGHTEST WAR A GOOD WARFARE, HOLDING FAITH, AND A GOOD CONSCIENCE WHICH SOME, HAVING PUT AWAY CONCERNING FAITH, HAVE MADE SHIPWRECK;" = THE
BATTLE TO MAINTAIN FAITH AND A CLEAR CONSCIENCE.
1TIM 6:12
"FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT OF FAITH, LAY HOLD ON ETERNAL LIFE, UNTO WHICH THOU ART ALSO CALLED AND HAST PROFESSED A GOOD PROFESSION BEFORE MANY WITNESSES." = THE BATTLE TO MAINTAIN FAITH AND A GOOD WITNESS.
2TIM 2:3-4
"THOU, THEREFORE, ENDURE HARDNESS, AS A GOOD SOLDIER OF JESUS CHRIST. NO MAN THAT WARRETH ENTANGLETH HIMSELF WITH THE AFFAIRS OF THIS LIFE, THAT HE MAY PLEASE HIM WHO HATH CHOSEN HIM TO BE A SOLDIER." =
THE BATTLE AGAINST COMPROMISE WITH THE WORLD.
EPH 6:11-18
THE BATTLE TO MAINTAIN SPIRITUAL PREPARATION THROUGH PRAYER
APPLICATION:
WHAT PRINCIPLES FROM JOSHUA 10 AND 11 CAN WE USE IN OUR PRESENT CHRISTIAN LIFE?
1. DEAL WITH THE ENEMY WHERE YOU FIND HIM
2. DON'T HIDE EVIL IN THE CAVES OF YOUR MIND
3. LEAVE NOTHING OF THE OLD LIFE TO CAUSE TEMPTATION
4. RELATE PUBLICALLY GOD'S VICTORIES
5. MARK THE PLACES WHERE VICTORY WAS GAINED THROUGH GOING TO BATTLE FOR ANOTHER
6. BE CONSTANT IN SPIRITUAL WARFARE
WEAPONS OF WARFARE:
JOSHUA AND THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL HAD 3 WEAPONS:
FAITH, OBEDIENCE, THE PRESENCE OF GOD (ARK).
WE HAVE A CHOICE, WE CAN FIGHT OUR SPIRITUAL ENEMIES OR WE
CAN GIVE UP. IF WE CHOOSE TO FIGHT, WE HAVE THE WEAPONS THE CHILDREN
OF ISRAEL HAD PLUS MANY MORE THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE
THE WEAPONS OF OUR WARFARE:
THESE ARE THE OFFENSIVE WEAPONS:
THE AUTHORITY OF THE BELIEVER IN JESUS CHRIST
1. BINDING AND LOOSING AUTHORITY MAT 16:18-19
JESUS PRAYED, "THY KINGDOM COME ON EARTH AS IT IS IN
HEAVEN" MAT 6:10
BINDING A SITUATION TO THE WORD OF GOD.
BINDING A SITUATION TO THE WILL OF GOD AS IT IS IN HEAVEN.
LOOSING THE COVENANT BLESSINGS OF GOD.
LOOSING GOD'S RULERSHIP IN THE SITUATION:
IN LEGAL TERMS, IT IS CONTRACTING WITH GOD BASED ON WHAT GOD WILLS. "I BIND THE POWER OF SATAN IN THIS SITUATION AND LOOSE THE WILL OF GOD IN THIS SITUATION."
IN MILITARY TERMS, IT IS LAYING SEIGE TO ENEMY TERRITORY:
IN OLD TESTAMENT TERMS IT REFERS TO THE AUTHORITY OF THE JEWISH SANHEDRIN TO DETERMINE WHETHER RULES AND OBLIGATIONS WERE BINDING UPON THE PEOPLE OR WHETHER ONE WAS FREED OR LOOSED FROM SUCH OBLIGATIONS (DEBTS, VOWS, ETC.).
2. AUTHORITY IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST JOH 14:13
3. AUTHORITY OF THE BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST REV 12:11
4. THE WORD OF OUR TESTIMONY REV 12:11
5. THE PROTECTION OF MINISTERING ANGELS HEB 1:14
6. THE POWER AND PRESENCE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT THAT RAISED JESUS
FROM THE DEAD ROM 15:13 EPH 3:20 ROM 8:11 ACT 1:8
7. THE PRESENCE OF GOD, THE FATHER; JESUS, THE SON; AND THE HOLY
SPIRIT WITHIN US JOH 17:20-23
8. OTHER BELIEVERS:
WHERE 2 OR 3 ARE GATHERED TOGETHER AS TOUCHING ANYTHING
MAT 18:19-20
HOMEWORK FOR JOSHUA 12
THIS IS A SELF-STUDY. DO NOT SEND HOMEWORK TO THE TEACHER FOR CORRECTION.
APPLICATION OF JOSHUA 11
WHAT IS THE BIGGEST BATTLE IN YOUR CHRISTIAN LIFE TODAY?
WHAT DID YOU LEARN FROM CHAPTER 11 AND LAST WEEK'S LESSON THAT WILL
HELP YOU FIGHT THIS BATTLE?
WRITE YOUR PROGRESS THIS WEEK:
PREPARATION FOR JOSHUA 12
READ JOSHUA 12:1-24
READ EPHESIANS 6:12-18
WHAT DO YOU THINK THE ARMOR OF GOD IS AND HOW DO YOU USE IT?
IDENTIFY:
THE HELMET OF SALVATION
THE SHIELD OF FAITH
THE BREASTPLATE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS
THE GIRDLE OF TRUTH
THE SWORD OF THE SPIRIT
SHOD WITH THE GOSPEL OF PEACE
MEMORY VERSE: EPHESIANS 6:18