Joshua 6

Joshua 6 “The strange
ways of God”

INTRODUCTION: In all
our lives we face Jerichos. They can be
a place, a person, a job, a habit or addiction.
Jericho was a city that blocked the entrance into the promised
land. It was an important city of
trade. After Joshua curses the city it
is never rebuilt. A new city of Jericho
is built about a mile from the Jericho of Joshua’s time.

1.
JERICHO
BLOCKS THE WAY TO THE PROMISED LAND

A. ENTRANCE OF A TRADE ROAD

B. ENTRANCE TO TWO VALLEYS NORTH AND
SOUTH

2.
GOD’S
STRANGE WAY TO OVERCOME IT

a. March around the city with seven
priests blowing horns followed by the Ark of the Covenant with a few guards
then the people. Once they go around the
city they go back to camp. 6 days they
do this.

b. On the 7^th day they march
around the city seven times, they all shout and the walls fall down.

c. LOVE YOUR ENEMIES

d. BLESS YOUR PERSACUTERS

e. CONFRONT EACHOTHER IN LOVE

f. BECOME GREAT BY SERVING

g. RECEIVE BY GIVING

h. BUILD A BOAT WHERE THERE IS NO WATER

i.
LOOSE
YOUR SELF TO SAVE YOUR SELF

j. LIVE BY DIEING

k. BECOME KING BY DIEING ON THE CROSS

l.
EXALT
THE HUMBLE AND HUMBLE THE PROUD

m. OBTAIN RICHES BY GIVING AWAY YOUR
MONEY

3.
FACING
OUR OWN JERICHO

A. A DISABILITY

B. FINACIAL PROBLEMS

C. RELATIONSHIP

D. SIFUL HABBIT OR DESIRE

E. LOST JOB

F. DEPRESION

G. ADDICTION

H. ATTITUDE

I. LIMMITS SET BY OTHERS

J. OBAY GOD OR NOT

K. FOLLOW HIM OR LISTEN TO THE CROWD

L. WILL WE BE FAITHFUL OR POLIICTALY
CORRECT

M. FOLLOW A 2000 THOUSAND YEAR OLD BOOK
OR THE NEWEST PUBLIC OPNION

N. WILL YOU RISK BEING LAUGHED AT AND
RIDACULED

CONCLUSION: WHAT
JERICHO DO YOU FACE? ARE YOU WILLING TO
DO WHAT GOD ASK EVEN IF IT MAKES YOU UNPOPULAR OR LOOK SILLY. WILL YOU MARCH AROUND YOUR JERICHO WHILE THEY
LAUGH. WILL YOU MARCH EVERY DAY? WILL YOU MARCH SEVEN TIMES AROUND IT AND THEN
GIVE A SHOUT OF VICTORY? GOD STILL
BREAKS DOWN WALLS, GOD STILL GIVES VICTORY OVER OUR JERICHOS.