Word of God

God breathed.
Genesis 2:7
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Hebrews 4:12

Matthew 4:4

Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’  ”

After 40 days of fasting when Jesus was hungry, he says these words that
Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every Word that Proceeds out of the mouth of God.

In these fasting days when we don't take food, we should learn how to live by every Word that comes from God.

In Deuteronomy 3:8
God has humbled Israelites, let go hungry. In all this Gods intention is to make us understand that man shall live by every Word that comes from God.
Today we may be going through Wilderness, or may be hungry or as we heard yesterday we may go through plowing time, but in all this the Lords intention and purpose is that we will understand that we can only live by Gods Word.

Declare that I live by every Word that comes from God.

because Psalm 138:2

For You have magnified Your word above all Your name.

Today I want to put forward some insights that i learned about how to live by this Word of God.

1.  Believe in the Word.
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Believe in the Word might look very simple and we might say I believe in the Word.
But many times we end up not believing.

Israelities have seen miracles of God year after year. they saw red sea parted, they have seen great things that this world could ever see.
they also know the Word of God that Moses has given them.
but what is lacking is they did not believe.

See this below scripture where Moses says after all this you did not believe Him.
Deuteronomy 1:32
29 “Then I said to you, ‘Do not be terrified, or afraid of them.30 The Lord your God, who goes before you, He will fight for you, according to all He did for you in Egypt before your eyes, 31 and in the wilderness where you saw how the Lord your God carried you, as a man carries his son, in all the way that you went until you came to this place.’ 32 Yet, for all that, you did not believe theLord your God, 33 who went in the way before you to search out a place for you to pitch your tents, to show you the way you should go, in the fire by night and in the cloud by day.



Why do we fail to believe.

We try to belittle the power of Word of God.

We often tend to think that this Word worked for them, this may not work for me.
or we might say they are very spiritual but am not that much spiritual so it may not work for me.
We try to diminish ourselves, but infact we are not diminishing ourselves but we are diminishing the Word of God.

Before I believed in God truly and i took baptism, i always thought Can God forgive a sinner a like me.

then when i went to Church , the elder spoke these words from Isaiah 1:18

Come now, and let us reason together,”
Says the Lord,
“Though your sins are like scarlet,
They shall be as white as snow;
Though they are red like crimson,
They shall be as wool.

Another reason why we fail to believe

John 5.44

How can you believe since you accept glory from one another but do not seek the glory that comes from the only God  ?

We are actually in a world where people always try accept the glory that comes from one another.

Jesus always looked for the glory from the Father.
When somebody said good teacher, Jesus said why do you call me good.
But when Father said My beloved Son in whom am well pleased, He rejoiced.

but our case is different.

It starts from very small things like oh you are looking handsome.
You are very intelligent
You kids are so good.
Glory from one another.

The more we try to seek glory from men we believe less in God's Word.
Seek the glory that comes only  from God.
God has bestowed glory n honor for man. That glory is that  man is made in the image of God.
Transforming into likeness of Christ  is what is seeking glory from God.
Psalm 8:4,5
what is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them?  You have made them a little lower than the angels  and crowned them with glory and honor.

Today, Do you believe this Word is True and it is Gods Word.
This Word changes my life and I believe it and take it.
Job 23:12
I have not departed from the commandment of His lips;
I have treasured the words of His mouth
More than my necessary food.

Job says He has treasured the Word of God more than food.
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How to read the Word

Joy or Delight
Recently i read in a job profiles website ( linked in), that one of my friend posted that  I am one those few lucky ones whose job is also their hobby.
he is so joyful in his job because his hobby is also software development.

To read the Word you should have joy.
If there is anyone who took so much  joy in the Word it is David. and he says

Psalm 1:2 

            His delight is on the law of the Lord.

         You should know this Word leads you to God. First if you have Love for God then any means            to know the Lord you will take joy in it.
David loved God so much and as a result He loved His Word so much.
Psalm 119:92
Unless your law has been my delight. I would have perished in my affiction.

 Delighting the Word is good and what next.        

Joshua 1:8
Keep the book of the Law on your lips. Not in bag. Not in the book shelf ,not on the car,  but on your lips. Not even on Smart Phone which is ever ready. but on your lips.

Meditate on it day n night.
Once you have the Word on your lips,  start using those Words and mediate on it  day n night , that 

 It is not about just reading the Bible. Once you read the Word and start thinking what is God speaking from that Word.
we should also learn to meditate during the daily activities of life. and that way it helps us to take decisions correctly.

reading the Word is one thing and Meditation is another thing.
Meditate on Word day and night.
Why meditation is so important,
Psalmist says in Psalm 119:24,
Even though Princes sit plotting against me, your servant will meditate on your statues. The W
The World might be busy in plotting against you, but as a believer you will be meditating, because in that meditation God hears you and delivers you.

Careful meditation of the Word.
Lot of times we read the Word as regular routine and end up getting nothing out of it.
Word of God is like a treasure. The more you dig it, the more precious things you will find.
Read Carefully. Word by Word.

Joshua 14:7
we heard other day Ruby talking about how Caleb was speaking what was in his heart .
I read this word many times but did nt pay attention to it.
pay careful attention to the Word and God will speak to us.

Acts 17:11
Berean believers carefully observed the scriptures.

Careful attention to scripture is required, Paul says even single letter also matters.
Galatians 3:16

 16 Now to Abraham and his Seed were the promises made. He does not say, “And to seeds,” as of many, but as of one, “And to your Seed,”[i] who is Christ


Because Joshua mediated day n night on Word, he did all that Lord commanded.

Joshua 11:15

As the Lord commanded his servant Moses, so Moses commanded Joshua, and Joshua did it; he left nothing undone of all that the Lord commanded Moses.

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Take the Word as a Whole.
We are living in a world of 1% milk, 2% milk or fat free, we rarely take whole milk.

But the Word of God we should it take it as a Whole.
Many times we takes the Word partially and try to apply in our lives,  but the Word in total is true.

The entirety of Your word is truth,
And every one of Your righteous judgments endures forever

For example
Palm 130:4
 But there  is  forgiveness with You, That You may be feared.

It is easy to say With God there is forgiveness. that is only partial true.
But the entire Truth is that oh God forgave me because I should fear my God.

So take the entire Word is true.
Don't just take few parts of the Word and leave out the Precious things.

There are different types of Word that comes to us.
Some comforting,
Some encouraging.
Some Correction.
Some Very harsh.

2 Timothy 3:16

All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness,

Doctrine
Reproof
Correction
Instruction in righteousness.

Whenever I used to read the Word, if there is a Word like
Jeremiah 29:11
God has  good plans for me, a bright future me. I will read it very interestingly. and meditate on.
But if a harsh Word comes like.

Isaiah 5:8
Woe to you who add house to house and join field to field till no space is left and you live alone in the land.

I try to avoid reading such harsh words.
But sometimes harsh words will correct us and helps us to draw closer to God. 
If you take offense at harsh words then you are a failure, but if you are corrected by harsh word then its blessing.

when Lord Jesus called peter , get behind me satan, he did not took offense.

The entirety of Your word is truth

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 Do Not Twist the Word of God for self gain.

Matthew 4:5 

Then the devil took Him up into the holy city, set Him on the pinnacle of the temple, 6 and said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down. For it is written:

‘He shall give His angels charge over you,’

and,

‘In their hands they shall bear you up,
Lest you dash your foot against a stone.’”[b]

Here we see satan trying to twist the Word of God.
Its not just reading the Word, but correctly taking the Word.
But Jesus said Dont test the Lord, but Trust the Lord.
it looks very close, it is the same verse. but a world of difference in interpretation.

Another way people twist the scripture is by missing the main point  but beating the bush around.
Pharisees were like that, they quote scriptures, but they miss out the main essence of it.
Matthew 23:23,24

23 “What sorrow awaits you teachers of religious law and you Pharisees. Hypocrites! For you are careful to tithe even the tiniest income from your herb gardens,[g] but you ignore the more important aspects of the law—justice, mercy, and faith. You should tithe, yes, but do not neglect the more important things. 24 Blind guides! You strain your water so you won’t accidentally swallow a gnat, but you swallow a camel![h]


Itching ears.
When we try to use the Word to suit our own desires.
you might look like  living a very chrisitian life but missing the essence of it.

2 Timothy 4:3 says
For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear.

Apply Word for myself:
Pharisees always apply the Word to others but they themselves lived a rotten life.

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Psalm 69 (25-36)

V 26
For they persecute the ones You have struck,
And talk of the grief of those You have wounded

Sometimes when a brother or sister goes through suffering , we might look at them and say they might have done some thing wrong.
they might have sinned against God, that is why they go through this.
Its easy to pass comments.

When Job went through suffering, his friends talk about the grief of Job. and said its because of his sin.
When Lord Jesus was on cross, roman soldiers were mocking at Him.

How foolish it is to comment upon others suffering, rather than praying for them and helping them , encouraging them.

Hebrews 12:6
For whom the Lord loves He chastens,
And scourges every son whom He receives

But the attitude of a believer should be.

V 29:
But I am poor and sorrowful;
Let Your salvation, O God, set me up on high

When everybody in the world brought down Psalmist through their words, persecution, he is asking God, Lord let Your salvation put me on higher plane.
He is not talking about his sufferings, but he is talking about Salvation that sets a person on high. 
The Salvation of God puts a person on higher ground. The victorious life He gives us is what set us apart from the world.

On what basis are we above this world?
Is it because we are Christians we richer than everybody.
No there are many atheist CEOs who has more money than anybody else.
It is the Salvation of God , the Church is on higher  ground than all the world.
It is the Victorious Life that the Church is higher. So when Paul enters a city, they didnt say here is most handsome people that has come, here is the most richest people that has come, they say here is the people who turned the world upside down.

V31: The Thanksgiving song will please God better than ox or bull.
It is not the offering that you put ,  but it is the thankful heart.
we know the parable of unforgiving servant. 
the problem for that servant is he is not thankful.
Anytime there is no song of thankfulness, you will start looking down on people.

Matthew 5:3
Blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Isaiah 57:15
For thus says the High and Lofty One
Who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy:
“I dwell in the high and holy place,
With him who has a contrite and humble spirit,
To revive the spirit of the humble,
And to revive the heart of the contrite ones.

God dwells in two places.
One is High and holy place.
and second is with those  who has a contrite and humble spirit.

Faith

Hebrews 11

Faith of Offering:

             What is God looking for?

Genesis 4:3

  Both Cain and Abel made offerings.

Cain brought an offering, Abel also brought an offering.

Its not who brought first. its who brought the best.

By Faith He gave First and Fat ones.

Why is Cain and his offering rejected.

But Abel and his offering respected.

Cain also brought offering.

Abel considered God Worthy of Special offering of first fruit and fat ones.

Cain might have done - oh some thing to be done, oh some thing has to be given. 

example: like when we goto a movie because wee see the show we have to pay kind of attitude. do we do that on sunday morning.

Abel also might have recognised that the very fact that his flock gave birth itself is a gift from God.

Best mesaure of God is 1 Samuel 16:7

God looks at the heart.

Psalm 50:9 - God does not need bulls

1 John 3:12

We must not be like Cain who was from the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother's righteous. (1 John 3:12)

Can we see when compared, cains actions were considered evil.

In a christian life, anything that is not mixed with faith are evil.

Genesis 4:7 says

God says if you do well will you not be accepted.

  *   God accepted Abel's offering because  faith, love, and righteous deeds.
  *   God did not accept Cain's offering life full of jealousy, lack of faith, and evil deeds.

Cain might have thought my hard work i gave to God but not accepted.

Abel thoguht God blessed me with the produce and i will give to God.

Ephesians 2:8-10

For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

Abels actions were righteous because of faith.

Abraham was considered righteous because of faith.

Faith of Poor Widow - Mark 12:43,44

When offering was compared with rich people and this poor widow, Lord Jesus says that the poor widow has put MORE ..

 if you come and ask me who gave more in this Church then i will look at my accounts and say ok so and so has given more because the numbers are more.

For God the numbers dont matter.

For God MORE is faith filled giving.

God see what man overlooks.

The windows giving involves excellent sacrifice mentioned for Abels sacrifice.

the woman is in need of receiving.

In the abundance you have, when you give, it is like you give to a beggar.

Faith is tested in lack - when you are in lack how you give. because Faith works there, it shows up there.

our giving sometimes was shallow because oh will i have enough or will my needs be met.

but when we give best to God , we are assured of no lack.

God loves a cheerful giver<http://www.gotquestions.org/cheerful-giver.html>” (2 Corinthians 9:7<http://biblia.com/bible/esv/2%20Cor%209.7>), and He is faithful to take care of His own.

Dont give to God like you give to a beggar.

how much we give is related to how much we have.

Jesus noticed when the poor widow sacrificed. He didnt feel sorry poor widow, you dont need to put, but he lets her to put and then notices her and provides to her.

God notifices every sacrifice you do for Him.

Faith of Receiving:

11:11

11 By faith Sarah herself also received strength to conceive seed, and she bore a child when she was past the age, because she judged Him faithful who had promised. 12 Therefore from one man, and him as good as dead, were born as many as the stars of the sky in multitude—innumerable as the sand which is by the seashore.

Sarah : By Faith, Sarah received.

So we know that by faith we can receive.

So the root of this receiving faith is Promise of God.

Do we live life of promises of God.

1) Knowing the promises of God.

2) Knowing about the God who made the promise.

3) Judging Him faithful who made the promise.

​and Receive

1) Knowing the promises of God.

    Do you know what Gods promises are for you.

sometimes we see and take the promise of God only dec 31st night.

there are total 3573 promises that God made in bible.

the word promise itself is mentioned 57 times.

Imagine if you are child of bill gates and he wrote a will what he is promising for you to inherit and you never read that and don't care about it. do you know what you are missing.

Great men and women of God lived by promise.

Is everyday a day of living by promise.

The difference between world and church is this the Church knows what is promised for them.

2) Knowing about God who made the promises

Psalm 89:34

My covenant I will not break,
Nor alter the word that has gone out of My lips.

God is not a man to lie.

Numbers 23:19New King James Version (NKJV)

19 “God is not a man, that He should lie,
Nor a son of man, that He should repent.
Has He said, and will He not do?Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?​

3) Judging Him faithful who made the promise.

2 Corinthians 1:20 NJKV. "For all the promises of God in Him are Yes, and in Him Amen, to the glory of God through us."

that means when see a promise - we attest to it and say Yes Amen it goes up to heaven through Christ.

thats what Sarah did, She considered Him faithful and said Yes.

The result is Receving.

Even what is dead has come to life.

we sing we are here for you - lets what dead come to life is because of faith.

Faith of Rejecting world and living in godly fear.

Faith to reject world.
We cannot love both God and world,  of we love one then we hate another.
I sometimes think when the Word says if we love one we hate another,  why don't do that,  why is it we find ourselves lucid both. But in reality there is no loving both.
There is only loving one. I think we don't truly love. That's why we find in both boats.

Key 1: confess you are a stranger. V13

But it takes faith to reject world.
V 13 they confessed that they were strangers.
Our attitude is like this is my place,  my money,  forever here. We don't have a stranger attitude.
They confessed that they are pilgrims.
Every time they faced a situation they confessed an a stranger.
When Moses faced with situation to choose to be called son of pharoah daughter or hebrew,  he confessed that he is a stranger of egypt, 

Key 2: verse 26 :
esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt; for he looked to the reward.

Graham Stalin daughter said
I thank God that He considered my dad worthy to die for Him.

Is Christ preeminent in our lives.
Having reproach of Christ os better than riches of the world.
Example of vinod
Or aneesh n nisha.

Key 3: V7 godly fear.

Noah was warned by God about things to come flood. And moved in godly fear.
We know bible very well,  we know the warning signs very well, but do we move with godly fear.

Move with godly fear.
We many times are afraid of world.
What will people think of me. 
Example of idol in office.

When we move with godly fear we condemn the world.
The faith to reject the world Comes by moving in godly fear by heeding to the word of God.

Rejecting world Comes by faith.

Psalm 68

Glory of God in His Goodness to Israel

This psalm is a psalm of David and the Glory of God is revealed in His goodness to nation of Israel.

Who God is:
                       Father to Father less
                       Defender of widows

Our nature is we care about ourselves, our families, our needs.
but with God He looks who are helpless, who have no hope, who cannot defend themselves.

James 1:28 says 
Pure and undefiled religion is this:
To visit orphans and widows in their troubles.
How James can write this is because He knew who God is in His holy habitation.

Presence of God

1) Wickedness should perish
2) Righteous rejoice exceedingly.
3) God went out before His people, at His Presence 
        a) earth shook
        b) heavens dropped rain.
        c) Sinai itself moved

Gods presence is revealed like this
He sends plentiful rain
The congregation dwell in the rain. What a beautiful picture of Church being led by the Holy Spirit.
God confirms His inheritance by sending rain.

Ephesians 1:13,14
13 In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, 14 who[b] is the guarantee of our inheritance until the 

Not only does He sends rain, but He also gave the Word.

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Verse 6: God makes lonlies into families.
Take this as Promise  for people who are waiting on God.
And the deeper meaning is that, if you are lonely soul where God brings that lonely soul and puts them in Godly family.
You are no more a single individual, you are part of the family.
where you will be cared, nurtured in the Word, supported, strengthened.

Now that the ark of God has come into camp of Israel. they were singing and dancing and playing the instruments.  David says these words.

V 28 : Your God has commanded your strength
v 34: Ascribe strength to our God the Rock His strength is in clouds.
v 35: The God of Israel is He who gives strength and power to His people.

It is God who commands the strength for the weak.

When you go to interviews they ask what are your strengths.
We tell all things that we are strong in. like I say am a very smart engineer, i analyse the things very well.
I am a problem solver.

In our weakness, His strength is revealed.
Every time we are weak ,know that this is an opportunity for God to be glorified.

2 Corinthinas 12:9 :  in our weak areas Gods strength is made perfect.
As I shared before Acts 7:25,
when Moses was strong  at 40 He thought He could deliver.but during his weakness of 80 years old, God s strenght is made perfect, He could divide red sea, led millions of people through wilderness.



What is the strength or power for a Christian.

Paul says in Romans 1:16 that Gospel of Christ is the Power of God.
The very fact that Christ died for me is the strength  for me.
This gospel of Christ gives me Strength.
And paul says I am not ashamed of it.

In India, it is common things that if police catch you, then people say I know MLA.
they are not ashamed of MLA or MP m, because they know that there is power in that position.
Sometimes I think dont see this strength because we are ashamed of it.
we dont show ourselves as Christians , we feel shy of being seen as Christian and we dont see this power.
But Paul says I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ.

Romans 1:16

For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ,[a] for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek

1 Corinthians 1:24 says Christ is the Power of God.

Phillipians 4:13 says I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.



Where is your strength comes from today.
Psalm 28:7 says

The Lord is my strength and my shield;
My heart trusted in Him, and I am helped;
Therefore my heart greatly rejoices,
And with my song I will praise Him.

When we are connected in the Church, there is strength.

A rope is stronger than the individual fibres which make that rope.

The each individual fibre has weak spots along its length. and at those weak points they break easily.

but when connected with other fibres , they weakspots are evenly distrubuted.and the twist that is in the rope cancel out the weak spots and thats what makes rope stronger.

Church when God makes lonlies into families, the weak spots of individuals are corrected and the every individual is eddified in the congregation.

There the strength of God is revealed.

Where are we getting our strength from. our own talents, our treasures, our ancestral backgrounds or the influences of the world,

For the believer the strength is in gospel of Christ, Christ is the power of God.

and In Church , the power of God is revealed to every individual.

Joshua

Joshua - meaning Jesus  - God is my Salvation

If Moses took the people out of Egypt and crossed red sea, then it was Joshua who brought the Israel to the promised land.


Joshua life is life of a christian believer -
slavery - because he lived minimum of 20 yrs in slavery (Numbers 32:11)
red sea deliverance (baptism) - 40 years
after crossing jordan - he lived till 110 years of age. This is victorious christian life.

Chapter 1
v1 - Joshua Moses's aide, assistant.
It is not the sons of Moses who became the leader, not the elders of the tribes,it is not the council of ministers, or like priesthood its not like sons of Aaron, but to lead the nation of Israel to see every promise being filled .
God choose a man who is a assistant.
See numbers 27: 18-21. Moses asks for replacement for him, and God said bring Joshua.


Numbers 32:10,11,12 -  Everyone who came out of egypt who age is above 20 did not enter the promised land except Caleb and Joshua.

https://bible.org/seriespage/1-commissioning-joshua-joshua-11-18


V12-15 -
 2 and half tribes setttled east of Jordan - Numbers 32:1
These 2 and half tribes going to war with rest of brethern indicates that if you are at rest, doesnt mean you can really be rest untill your brethren live victoriously.

V16,17,18 - Just as we heeded Moses in all things. we will heed you.

Chapter 2 : V10
Faith comes by hearing.
Rahab heard that God of Israel has done great things for them.
When was the last time that you had some great acheivment and people realized that it is God who had done it.
story of december salary.

Being a witness to Christ, being a testimony.
Everything in this world needs testimony.
if you are born , birth certificate.
if you are married, marriage certificate.
for the world to know who true God is we should be the testimony.

Israel captured all the cities of Amorites.
Numbers 21 : 21- 25



Hebrews 4:8 - Lord Jesus gives eternal rest.

Victorious Life

2 Corinthians 2:14

14 Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and through us diffuses the fragrance of His knowledge in every place.

Here Paul gives thanks to God by claiming that God always leads us in triumph.

Triumph means great victory or a processional entrance of a general after victory. 

God always leads us in Triumph in Christ

then why do Christians see many defeats in their life.
Whenever you want to do some thing you will see obstacles in life. you feel defeated in every situation. Even though you want to do good, you will ultimately face accusations from people.

How do we connect to this verse in our lives.

Leads us - Are you led by God.

People who are led by themselves
 doesn't see victory or triumph 

Suppose you have to make a decision whether to stay in one place or move to another place. in Nj or Texas.

lot of emotions will come into place.
here in NJ winter is bad, let me move to texas.
texas no state tax, will save more , let me move to texas. 
but on the other hand, you will say here lot of friends how will i make friends there. Here i have good pastor whether i will find a pastor there. If your emotions lead you to take a decision then ultimately you will see its fruit .
But when you sit in the presence of God, take counsel from the Word of God, take counsel from people of God and take a decision you will see that God leads you in triumph wherever you go.

what is the meaning of In Christ.
Have you ever seen emails of christians, at the end you will see "In Christ"
This sounds very spiritual email.

In Christ -  you dont write In Jesus.
Christ means the Annointed One.
The annointing gives the victory.
In Christ - You are a new creation (2 cor 5:17 )
In Christ - You are all made alive (1 cor 15:22)
In Christ - You are all sons of God ( Gal 3:26 )
In Christ - You are all one (Gal 3:28)

And outside of Christ, you don't see victory.


Led by God - In Christ. is what gives us victory.

I want to show the life of one man who has seen so many victories in life in the bible and what made him see so many victories. What is his secret.
what is his life that he had seen such great victories.


Joshua - man of Victory.
We see Joshua first time in Exodus 17:10 fighting the battle with Amalek.
Verse 14: God told Moses , to write this victory and also let Joshua hear this writing. Faith comes by hearing.

So Joshua introduction is with victory and his ending was also a victory.

What is so special about this man that he saw many victories in life.
only once at Ai, he faced a defeat because of one person sin in the camp, but once that person is gone, he saw the victory again.

First we will see his character.

1) A humble man who loves God.

A obedient man to Moses. He is the second in command for Moses.
Whatever Moses says He does it.
Before God elevates you, he tests your obedience to the people above you.
in Exodus 17:8 when Moses said to Joshua , go and fight, he just went and fight.
That is why bible says be obedient to authorities above you.
These are the days when people want positions in church, they try to overthrow others.
But Joshua was a man who always has this serving heart.
There is never an instance where Joshua seeking that position of Moses.
Moses own brother and sister sought for that position, but never did Joshua.

Serving 40 years is not easy under a man. at some point in those 40 years you might want a bigger position. but Joshua served Moses.
Joshua is never in the business of climbing the laader.
No wonder , God did not chose Moses sons for the next leadership, God chose Joshua to be the leader.

The secret of victorious man is his obedience to the authorities God placed above that man.

2) A man who walks by faith, not by sight.
         Spies report.
As i mentioned earlier , most of the people walk by sight.
as in the case of choosing a place or a career, people take decisions by what they see with their natural eyes rather than spiritual eyes.
Open the eyes of heart , such kind of songs when we sing , we should sing with the meaning Lord open my eyes to walk by faith not by sight.
Majority report - Numbers 13:27 
Minority report - Numbers 14:6

2 characteristics of a godly man.
The Lord is with us 
Do not fear people.
and he doesnt go by what he see, but he sees that his God is bigger than what he physcially sees.
did the other see anything wrong - no, they saw huge people, joshua also saw huge people.
but the difference, with spiritual eyes, Joshua saw that His God is bigger than gaint people of the land.

Even in our situations - suppose you are constantly defeated with anger or short temper.
God is with me, although it looks like gaint , but by my God i can overcome.
David also saw goliath as huge man, David saw God more bigger than goliath.
The secret of victory is seeing who God is in our situations and not what the majority says.

3) A man who walks by the Word of God and promises of God.
God 

Joshua 8:35
God - Joshua read the whole Word of God to people of Israel.
What importance Joshua gave in leading the people of Israel.
These are the days where half truth is preached or only to please people are preached.
but Joshua is not a man pleaser but read the whole Word to the assembly.
what a leader Joshua is.

Joshua 1 : 5-6
5 No man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your life; as I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not leave you nor forsake you. 6 Be strong and of good courage, for to this people you shall divide as an inheritance the land which I swore to their fathers to give them

God gave a great promise to Joshua that no man can stand against him. 
A man who goes by promise of the Word of God.

Paul says Every promise in the bible is yes and amen.
2 Corinthians 1:20 says 

For no matter how many promises God has made, they are "Yes" in Christ. And so through him the "Amen" is spoken by us to the glory of God.

When you find a promise in the bible , attest your amen.
when you say Amen, you say Yes Lord I believe it is for me.

4. single minded goal towards victory.

When marching towards victory - there might be obstacles like sin of achin.
Joshua spared no sin to come infront of victory. He did not take any joy in sin, but removed source of sin and marched towards victory.


Joshua 12:7- ending
Joshua defeated 31 kings in all 
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The result of his walk with God is

all the people obeyed Joshua. Joshua 1:16,17
and all the enemies subdued before Joshua.