THE LIFE OF FAITH AND THE GLORIOUS CHURCH - 2009
                                                       FEBRUARY 2ND


WE WILL SEE WITHIN THIS WORD TO JOSHUA THE PRINCIPLES THAT SHALL CAUSE US TO WALK IN THE FULNESS OF OUR INHERITANCE IN CHRIST


          ...."No man will be able to stand before you all the days of your life. Just as I have been with Moses, I will be with you; I will not fail you or forsake you. Be strong and courageous, for you shall give this people possession of the land which I swore to their fathers to give them"....
                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Joshua 1:5-6 NASB


          In this chapter we find some interesting principles that we need to take heed of and obey in this most critical hour. This portion of scripture deals with God's charge to Joshua. He had just taken over from Moses, and now was "responsible" for leading the people of Israel into the fullness of their inheritance [the Promised Land], and this, of course, is a perfect type and symbol of the "five-fold" ministry today - which is called to lead the children of God into the fullness of their inheritance [salvation],  in Christ. We will see within this word to Joshua the principles that will cause us to walk in the fullness of our inheritance in Christ - and, thus, cause us to experience the fullness of God's salvation in our daily lives.

WE SHALL HAVE SUCCESS WHEREVER WE GO. WHY? BECAUSE WE SHALL BE GOD-LED AND GOD-EMPOWERED IN ALL THINGS

          ...."Only be strong and very courageous; be careful to go according to all the law which Moses My servant commanded you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, go that you may have success wherever you go".... vs. 7

          Many get confused when people begin talking about the "law". To clarify this point: the law came in long after God's covenant with Abraham was established in the earth and, so, when we are talking about the law, there is the "Mosaic law", that is the law of God that He placed in the hands of His people to "expose" their sin - and reveal to them their "total inability" to carry it [the law] out in their "own strength". As the people of God then obeyed the words [instructions that they were given this would enable them to experience the blessings of God. On the other hand when they disobeyed them then they would experience the "curse" of disobedience [Deuteronomy 28:1-15]. For us, as children of God today, the word "law", referred to here, means the entire Word of God - that is, the word that was given to men and inspired by the Holy Spirit - whether written or spoken. We are commanded to take heed of ALL of the Word of God, and to not turn from that Word to the right or to the left - again, a type and symbol of the narrow path of perfect obedience. Then, says God, we shall have success wherever we go. Why? Because we shall be God-led and God-empowered in ALL things.

Related Scriptures: Ephesians 4:11-16; Matthew 7:13-14;


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