Joshua 5: Don't Forget Holiness - Revision history

Wakefien at 14:13, 22 June 2022

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Wakefien at 14:10, 22 June 2022

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Wakefien: /* Setting the Stage: */

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‎Setting the Stage:

Wakefien: /* God expects His people to be identified with Him (2-9). */

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‎God expects His people to be identified with Him (2-9).

Wakefien: /* Baptism */

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‎Baptism

Wakefien: /* The Situation: I think that the pre-incarnate Christ was on site. */

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‎The Situation: I think that the pre-incarnate Christ was on site.

Wakefien: /* Image: Late night video game nights have lost their appeal. */

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‎Image: Late night video game nights have lost their appeal.

Wakefien: /* God expects His people to celebrate His works (10-12). */

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‎God expects His people to celebrate His works (10-12).

Wakefien: /* The Standard: Celebrating Passover was expected. */

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‎The Standard: Celebrating Passover was expected.

Wakefien: /* Image: We are used to identifying with companies, brands, ideas */

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‎Image: We are used to identifying with companies, brands, ideas

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−	'''Theological Proposition/Focus: ~~The holy~~ God of the ~~universe has standards that he expects~~ his people to ~~keep~~.'''	+	'''Theological Proposition/Focus: You might think that after crossing the Jordan Israel would get straight to work conquering the land. However, this was not the case because the people were not spiritually ready. God cares about the spiritual and often asks his people to ensure they are spiritually ready for the tasks at hand.'''

	'''Homiletical Proposition/Application: God expects his people to to identify with him, to celebrate has done while still looking to the future and to wholly revere him.'''		'''Homiletical Proposition/Application: God expects his people to to identify with him, to celebrate has done while still looking to the future and to wholly revere him.'''

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 '''Theological Proposition/Focus: The holy God of the universe has standards that he expects his people to keep.'''
-'''Homiletical Proposition/Application: God expects his people to to identify with him, to celebrate the works he had done and to wholly revere him.'''
+'''Homiletical Proposition/Application: God expects his people to to identify with him, to celebrate has done while still looking to the future and to wholly revere him.'''
 =Introduction:=
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 ==Need: We are in the midst of God's works but as we watch God work, let us not forget his holiness.==
-==Preview: After crossing the Jordan God wanted his people to know that he expected them to identify with him, to celebrate the works he had done and to wholly revere him.==
+==Preview: After crossing the Jordan God wanted his people to know that he expected them to identify with him, to celebrate the works he has done while still looking to the future and to wholly revere him.==
 ==Setting the Stage:==

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	Recall that in Joshua we saw God was in charge, in Joshua 2 we saw that God saves, in Joshua 3 we saw that God is in control, and in Joshua 4 we saw we saw that memorials are important both for reminding us of what God is doing and teaching us what God has done. At this point we might be inclined to think that the stage is set and Israel is prepared to begin the conquest but in Joshua 5 we put on the brakes and realize that there is still an important step that needs to be completed. God's people need to be fully prepared before moving forward.		Recall that in Joshua we saw God was in charge, in Joshua 2 we saw that God saves, in Joshua 3 we saw that God is in control, and in Joshua 4 we saw we saw that memorials are important both for reminding us of what God is doing and teaching us what God has done. At this point we might be inclined to think that the stage is set and Israel is prepared to begin the conquest but in Joshua 5 we put on the brakes and realize that there is still an important step that needs to be completed. God's people need to be fully prepared before moving forward.
		+	===Joshua 5:1===

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-==God expects His people to be identified with Him (2-9).==
+==God expects His people to identify with Him (2-9).==
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  At that time the LORD said to Joshua, “Make flint knives and circumcise the Israelites again.” 3 So Joshua made flint knives and circumcised the Israelites at Gibeath Haaraloth.

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 ====Baptism: Believers Baptism is Christ's ordained means of identification with him.====
 Now I want to be careful here. There are many denominations that argue that baptism has in fact replaced circumcision and based on this argument they argue for infant baptism. This is not the case. Consider
-=====Colossians 2:11-12.=====
+=====Read Colossians 2:11-12 notice Faith is key=====
 <blockquote>
 In him you were also circumcised with a circumcision not performed by human hands. Your whole self ruled by the flesh was put off when you were circumcised by Christ, 12 having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through your faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.
 </blockquote>
-Key to this passage is the idea that this circumcision was not performed with human hands but is rather a circumcision of the heart.
+Key to this passage is the idea that this circumcision was not performed with human hands but is rather a circumcision of the heart and faith is the key here.
-=====In fact, God had promised to circumcise the hearts in  Deut. 30:5–8=====
+=====Circumcision symbolized membership in the covenant community in the OT. However, entry into the community in the NT is based on faith and so baptism should be post faith=====
-That is, the physical act of circumcision was a symbol of the covenant but was never the ultimate goal. The ultimate goal was repentance and dedication to God.
-=====Indeed in Acts 7:51 Paul declares=====
+The simple fact is that one way of identifying with God is through believer's baptism.<ref>Rathbun, Ken. “Colossians 2:11-12 and the Circumcision-Infant Baptism Analogy.” Faith Baptist Bible College. Last modified November 12, 2021. Accessed June 16, 2022. https://faith.edu/faith-news/colossians-211-12-circumcision-infant-baptism-analogy/.</ref>
 ===Love for one-another===

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 ===The Situation: I think that the pre-incarnate Christ was on site.===
-I have read this many times and wondered who exactly is this. He is described as the commander of the Lord's army. The term "commander of the army" is a general phrase that when used elsewhere,
+I have read this many times and wondered who exactly is this. He is described as the commander of the Lord's army.
-Joshua 5:14, Gen 21:22, 32; 26:26, Judg 4:2, 7; 1 Sam 12:9, 1 Sam 14:50; 17:55; e, 2 Sam 10:16, 18, 1 Kgs 1:19, 25; 2:5, 1 Kgs 16:16, 2 Kgs 5:1 refers to a commander who sits under a king. Therefore, this is probably someone with supreme military authority but not God himself. However, I cannot dogmatically state this.
+====The term "commander of the army" is a general phrase that when used elsewhere, refers to a commander who sits under a king.====
-Joshua's response suggests that he recognizes this as someone with a lot of authority but perhaps not God himself. Joshua bows down in reverence and then uses the Hebrew אדון (Adoni or Master) to address the individual. Joshua does not ask what God has to say but what his master has to say. However, verse 15 is suggestive that this may have been nothing short of God himself. Theologically, all three members of the Trinity are equally God but God the Son submits to God the Father. Altogether this leads me to the conclusion that this was perhaps the pre-incarnate Christ.
+Joshua's response suggests that he recognizes this as someone with a lot of authority but perhaps he is not sure if this God himself.
-In any-case I cannot dogmatically state what is going on but I do know that the key is that Joshua displayed three attitudes
+In any-case I cannot dogmatically state what is going on but I do know that the key is that
-#Humility,
+====Joshua displayed three attitudes====
-#Recognition of divine authority
+=====Humility,=====
-#Recognition of human inferiority (as evidenced by his calling himself the servant
+=====Recognition of divine authority=====
 What this passage tells us is that

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 ===Image: Late night video game nights have lost their appeal.===
-Emily and I were married young, we were really still just kids. In fact, one of the staples of our early marriage was late night video game parties at our house. I was a nerd and set-up a fairly elaborate computer network throughout the basement of the house we rented. We built several computers using old parts from computers that had belonged to people at church and broken, some component wore out or anything else we could get our hands on then every Friday night my friends we would have friends and younger siblings come over, Emily would cook a pile of burritos (and yes I mean a pile) and we would boot up all the computers and play Star Wars Galactic Battle Grounds late into the night.
+Emily and I were married young, we were really still just kids. In fact, one of the staples of our early marriage was late night video game parties at our house. I was a nerd and set-up a fairly elaborate computer network throughout the basement of the house we rented. We built several computers using old parts from computers that had belonged to people at church and were no longer fully functioning or anything else we could get our hands on. Then every Friday night my friends we would have friends and younger siblings come over, Emily would cook a pile of burritos (and yes I mean a pile) and we would boot up all the computers and play Star Wars Galactic Battle Grounds late into the night.
 years later when we were all together we had the bright idea of having a late night video game night like old times. I think we may have made it an hour before we put away the game and started talking about family and other parts of life. As sad as it was to admit. We had moved on in life.

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 In the early Church particular Spiritual Gifts were normative as evidence that God was at work in the Church. However, as the early Church matured these sign gifts passe away and are no longer normative. What remains for the Church to use to identify itself? Love!
-==God expects His people to celebrate His works (10-12).==
+==God expects His people to celebrate the past while looking forward to the future (10-12).==
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  Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Today I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you.” So the place has been called Gilgal to this day.

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 Some commentators believe this was only the third Passover ever celebrated. The first would have been in Egypt as in Exodus 12:1-28, the second at Mount Sinai just before the people broke camp to move toward Canaan (Numbers 9:1-5). However, other commentators view this as just two previously mentioned observations while many other observations had been completed.
-I know that for many of you reading through the book of Leviticus is not on your top ten books of the Bible but tucked away in Leviticus is an important command. Among the celebrations that are commanded in Leviticus 23 there is an important command to celebrate the Passover in Leviticus 23:4-8. See also Deuteronomy 16:1-8.
+I know that for many of you reading through the book of Leviticus is not on your top ten books of the Bible but tucked away in Leviticus is an important command.
 ===The Situation: It was time to celebrate Passover.===

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 ===Image: We are used to identifying with companies, brands, ideas===
-I think that sometimes we are numb because we are inundated with identification. We wear shirts that advertise brands, we put bumper stickers on our cards, and we like companies on Facebook.
+I think that sometimes we are numb because we are inundated with identification. We wear shirts that advertise brands, we put bumper stickers on our cars, and we like companies on Facebook.
 With all the identification that takes place, I wonder. Do we identify with God?
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 So naturally, we ask the question,
 ===MTR: Ask yourself, am I identifying with God?===