Joshua 6The ancient city of Jericho is the second most excavated city after Jerusalem.Joshua 6:24 – See I Kings 16:34.Lessons from Jericho:No stronghold can resist God.Numbers 13:28I Peter 5:8I John 5:19 – The whole world lies in the power of the evil one.Hosea 4:1-2 – This sounds like today!I John 5:20 – There has been evil before, but God has brought victory.James 4:7God can bring down seemingly impenetrable walls of evil.God rewards faith wherever it is found.Joshua 2:1, 8-11Hebrews 11:30-31James 2:24-26God sees a glimmer of hope in all of us, regardless of our past!Matthew 21:31God can “give” something with conditions.Joshua 6:2, 16, 20Deuteronomy 9:6 – God’s blessing was not because of their righteousness.Hebrews 11:30 – The walls fell down by faith. This clearly includes obedience!Jericho
Salvation
God gives it
Joshua 6:2
Ephesians 2:8
You didn’t earn it
Deuteronomy 9:6
Ephesians 2:8, 9
And yet there are conditions
Joshua 6:3
Matthew 17:21