You Need to Tell It!
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This Week’s Theme: Fess Up!
Word for the Week is Confession: To own, acknowledge or avow, as a crime, a fault, a charge, a debt, or something that is against one's interest, or reputation. To own, avow or acknowledge; publicly to declare a belief in and adherence to.
Memory Verse: Romans 10:9 that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.
Essence of the Text in a Sentence: Rehab testified to the spies of her knowledge of God’s works and ways on behalf of His people.
Sermon Proposition: We must testify about the Lord’s faithfulness and favor toward His people.
Sermon Objective: I want those in attendance to those in attendance to express to others what God has done starting with saints and moving to sinners.
Sermon Text: Joshua 2:8-13
8 Now before they lay down, she came up to them on the roof,
9 and said to the men: “I know that the Lord has given you the land, that the terror of you has fallen on us, and that all the inhabitants of the land are fainthearted because of you.
10 For we have heard how the Lord dried up the water of the Red Sea for you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to the two kings of the Amorites who were on the other side of the Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom you utterly destroyed.
11 And as soon as we heard these things, our hearts melted; neither did there remain any more courage in anyone because of you, for the Lord your God, He is God in heaven above and on earth beneath.
12 Now therefore, I beg you, swear to me by the Lord, since I have shown you kindness, that you also will show kindness to my father’s house, and give me a true token,
13 and spare my father, my mother, my brothers, my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives from death.”
INTRODUCTION:
TRANSITION:
I. HAVE YOU RECOGNIZED GOD’S FAITHFULNESS
I. HAVE YOU RECOGNIZED GOD’S FAITHFULNESS
8 Now before they lay down, she came up to them on the roof,
9 and said to the men: “I know that the Lord has given you the land, that the terror of you has fallen on us, and that all the inhabitants of the land are fainthearted because of you.
Exp: Look at verse 9. The Rahab testified to the two spies saying that I know that the LORD has given you the land.
GOD SPOKE THE PROMISE TO Genesis 15:18
18 On the same day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying: “To your descendants I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the River Euphrates—
On the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying: “To your descendants I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the River Euphrates--
7 Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said, “To your descendants I will give this land.” And there he built an altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him.
8 Also I give to you and your descendants after you the land in which you are a stranger, all the land of Canaan, as an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.”
9 “Therefore know that the Lord your God, He is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and mercy for a thousand generations with those who love Him and keep His commandments;
5 It is not because of your righteousness or the uprightness of your heart that you go in to possess their land, but because of the wickedness of these nations that the Lord your God drives them out from before you, and that He may fulfill the word which the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
APP: HAVE YOU RECOGNIZED GOD’S FAITHFULNESS IN YOUR LIFE?
IN THINKING
HE KNOWS THE WAY
IN SEEING
HE SEES THE WAY
IN TALKING
HE TELLS THE WAY
IN GESTURES
HE SHOWS THE WAY
IN LIVING
HE LEADS THE WAY
IN BEING
HE IS THE WAY
HE IS
THE ANCHOR THAT SECURES US
THE REFUGE THAT CONSOLES US
THE CONFIDENCE THAT ASSURES US
HE IS
THE ABUNDANCE THAT SUPPLIES US
THE WEALTH THAT ENRICHES US
THE PROVISION THAT SATISFIES US
HE IS
THE ATONEMENT THAT JUSTIFIES US
THE DEFENSE THAT KEEPS US
THE EXAMPLE THAT INSPIRES US
HE IS
THE PROVIDER THAT SUSTAINS US
Joy in the midst of sorrows
Peace in the midst of my persecutions
Courage in the midst of conflict
Comfort in the midst of my calamities
Consolation in the midst of my confusion
Contentment in the midst of my crisis
Assurance in the midst of agony
Help in the midst of hardships
Tranquility in the midst of my troubles
II. HAVE YOU RECOGNIZED GOD’S FAVOR
II. HAVE YOU RECOGNIZED GOD’S FAVOR
9 and said to the men: “I know that the Lord has given you the land, that the terror of you has fallen on us, and that all the inhabitants of the land are fainthearted because of you.
10 For we have heard how the Lord dried up the water of the Red Sea for you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to the two kings of the Amorites who were on the other side of the Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom you utterly destroyed.
Exp: that the terror of you has fallen on us, and that all the inhabitants of the land are fainthearted because of you.
For we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red Sea for you when you came out of Egypt,
THEY HEARD BECAUSE MOSES AND THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL WROTE AND SUNG A SONG ABOUT THEIR GOD IN
1 Then Moses and the children of Israel sang this song to the Lord, and spoke, saying: “I will sing to the Lord, For He has triumphed gloriously! The horse and its rider He has thrown into the sea!
2 The Lord is my strength and song, And He has become my salvation; He is my God, and I will praise Him; My father’s God, and I will exalt Him.
3 The Lord is a man of war; The Lord is His name.
4 Pharaoh’s chariots and his army He has cast into the sea; His chosen captains also are drowned in the Red Sea.
THEY SAID, I will sing to the LORD,
For He has triumphed gloriously! The horse and its rider He has thrown into the sea!
The LORD [is] my strength and song, And He has become my salvation; He [is] my God, and I will praise Him; My father’s God, and I will exalt Him. 3 The LORD [is] a man of war; The LORD [is] His name.
4 Pharaoh’s chariots and his army He has cast into the sea; His chosen captains also are drowned in the Red Sea.
THE PEOPLE OF JERICHO HEARD HOW ACCORDING TO Exodus 15:8
THE LORD with the blast of HIS nostrils GATHERED The waters together
The floods stood upright like a heap; The depths congealed in the heart of the sea.
25 And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God acknowledged them.
ILL: God showed Joseph favor in Genesis 39:21-23 (NKJV) 21 But the LORD was with Joseph and showed him mercy, and He gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison. 22 And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph’s hand all the prisoners who [were] in the prison; whatever they did there, it was his doing. 23 The keeper of the prison did not look into anything [that was] under [Joseph’s] authority, because the LORD was with him; and whatever he did, the LORD made [it] prosper.
and what you did to the two kings of the Amorites who [were] on the other side of the Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom you utterly destroyed.
31 “And the Lord said to me, ‘See, I have begun to give Sihon and his land over to you. Begin to possess it, that you may inherit his land.’
30 But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him: for the LORD thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into thy hand, as [appeareth] this day. 31 And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have begun to give Sihon and his land before thee: begin to possess, that thou mayest inherit his land. 32 Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, to fight at Jahaz. 33 And the LORD our God delivered him before us; and we smote him, and his sons, and all his people. 34 And we took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed the men, and the women, and the little ones, of every city, we left none to remain: 35 Only the cattle we took for a prey unto ourselves, and the spoil of the cities which we took. 36 From Aroer, which [is] by the brink of the river of Arnon, and [from] the city that [is] by the river, even unto Gilead, there was not one city too strong for us: the LORD our God delivered all unto us: 37 Only unto the land of the children of Ammon thou camest not, [nor] unto any place of the river Jabbok, nor unto the cities in the mountains, nor unto whatsoever the LORD our God forbad us.
THIS IS FAVOR OR GRACE, GIVING YOU WHAT YOU DON’T DESERVE. LOOK AT
4 “Do not think in your heart, after the Lord your God has cast them out before you, saying, ‘Because of my righteousness the Lord has brought me in to possess this land’; but it is because of the wickedness of these nations that the Lord is driving them out from before you.
5 It is not because of your righteousness or the uprightness of your heart that you go in to possess their land, but because of the wickedness of these nations that the Lord your God drives them out from before you, and that He may fulfill the word which the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
6 Therefore understand that the Lord your God is not giving you this good land to possess because of your righteousness, for you are a stiff-necked people.
APP: HAVE YOU RECOGNIZED GOD’S FAVOR? YOU KNOW YOU HAVE NOT BEEN AS OBEDIENT AS YOU SHOULD!
YOU KNOW THAT YOU HAVE NOT LISTENED?
YOU HAVE NOT KEPT HIS COMMANDMENTS!
ADMIT THAT YOU HAVE BEEN ACTING
Crafty and Cunning
Shifty and Shady
ADMIT THAT YOU HAVE BEEN ACTING
Wretched and Wicked
Rotten and Reprehensible
WHAT A MARVELOUS FAVOR
NOW I AM A CHILD OF GOD
WHAT A MATCHLESS FAVOR
NOW I AM A FRIEND OF Jesus
WHAT A MERCIFUL FAVOR
NOW I AM ACCEPTED BY CHRIST
Romans 15:7 Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also received us to the glory of God.
WHAT A MAGNIFICENT FAVOR
NOW I AM VICTORIOUS IN CHRIST
WHAT A MEASURELESS FAVOR
NOW I AM FREE
WHAT A MASSIVE FAVOR
NOW I AM FORGIVEN
Ephesians 1:4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
WHAT A MIRACULOUS FAVOR
NOW I AM CHOSEN
RECOGNIZE HIS FAITHFULNESS AND HIS FAVOR
III. HAVE YOU RECOGNIZED THAT FIGHTING IS FUTILE
III. HAVE YOU RECOGNIZED THAT FIGHTING IS FUTILE
11 And as soon as we heard these things, our hearts melted; neither did there remain any more courage in anyone because of you, for the Lord your God, He is God in heaven above and on earth beneath.
12 Now therefore, I beg you, swear to me by the Lord, since I have shown you kindness, that you also will show kindness to my father’s house, and give me a true token,
Exp:
THINKING ABOUT HIS FAVOR
IT IS FUTILE TO FIGHT BECAUSE
His love is unending
His grace is unfailing
His mercy is unceasing
His peace is uninterrupted
Because He is the Endless One, the Forever One,
THINKING ABOUT HIS FAITHFUL
IT IS FUTILE TO FIGHT BECAUSE
He will outlast
He will outlive
He will outstay
He will endure
THINKING ABOUT CONFRONTING THE LORD
Because He is indestructible
Because He is indissoluble
Because He is indefectible
GOD Hinders Every Rebellious Objective
GOD Encourages Righteous Obedience
GOD Eliminates Random Obstacles
THINKING ABOUT CONFRONTING THE WORKS OF THE LORD
HIS LOVE IS Undeniable
HIS WILL IS Unvarying
HIS MERCY IS Unusual
HIS JUDGMENT IS Unswayable
HIS GRACE IS Unsurpassable
HIS WORD IS Unshakable
HIS POWER IS Unbeatable
ASK PHARAOH, ASK EGYPT, ASK SIN AND SATAN
Came Rough; Left Righteous
Came Soiled; Left Washed
Came Sinner; Left Saint
Came Broken; Left Blessed
Came Bound; Left Delivered