Living like King’s Kids
Again, we are plowing into God’s Word by way of talking about the Sermon from the previous week. I have found that this is allowing the congregation to better wrestle with the precepts of God in order to help them (all of us) in our discipleship journey.
Today, we looked over Joshua 5:1-9.
I created a powerpoint presentation for this time, hoping that the visuals would accentuate the learning/processing God’s Word towards a deeper level.
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- Joshua 5:1-9 New American Standard Bible (NASB) Israel Is Circumcised 5 Now it came about when all the kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan to the west, and all the kings of the Canaanites who were by the sea, heard how the Lord had dried up the waters of the Jordan before the sons of Israel until they had crossed, that their hearts melted, and there was no spirit in them any longer because of the sons of Israel. 2 At that time the Lord said to Joshua, “Make for yourself flint knives and circumcise again the sons of Israel the second time.” 3 So Joshua made himself flint knives and circumcised the sons of Israel at Gibeath-haaraloth. 4 This is the reason why Joshua circumcised them: all the people who came out of Egypt who were males, all the men of war, died in the wilderness along the way after they came out of Egypt. 5 For all the people who came out were circumcised, but all the people who were born in the wilderness along the way as they came out of Egypt had not been circumcised. 6 For the sons of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, until all the nation, that is, the men of war who came out of Egypt, perished because they did not listen to the voice of the Lord, to whom the Lord had sworn that He would not let them see the land which the Lord had sworn to their fathers to give us, a land flowing with milk and honey. 7 Their children whom He raised up in their place, Joshua circumcised; for they were uncircumcised, because they had not circumcised them along the way. 8 Now when they had finished circumcising all the nation, they remained in their places in the camp until they were healed. 9 Then the Lord said to Joshua, “Today I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you.” So the name of that place is called Gilgal to this day.
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- What struggles have been in your life recently that you can attribute to the bondage coming from sin?
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- Does holiness happen instantaneously or is it a process?
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- While some Christians yearn to have the approval of significant others in their lives, we can now that God is please with us as we seek to live hop lives
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- What great things are meant to be accomplished when God calls you to pray?
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- His promises are meant to be experienced, not wishfully hoped for
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- If you struggle with how you come across to others as a Christian, your life WILL BE a powerful witness as you live a holy life
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- Regrets happen because we don’t live as we should. Abundantly satisfying life is experienced when one lives a holy lifestyle
The largest take away from this time for me was that I was energized that God is doing something big in our little church.
I am so grateful that regardless of a church’s size, we can all ‘measure up’ to live holy lives.
The questions I have underneath some of the slides were asked of others in our group, and I welcome you to wrestle with them. Let me know how you are doing with them.
Lastly, if you are looking for a church home, come by and visit us as we are learning more about how to live as disciples of our Lord and Savior
Blessings on your journey
-Michael