Homerton Baptist Church
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  • Hymn 575 - ONWARD! CHRISTIAN SOLDIERS

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    Joshua 5 ESV
    As soon as all the kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan to the west, and all the kings of the Canaanites who were by the sea, heard that the Lord had dried up the waters of the Jordan for the people of Israel until they had crossed over, their hearts melted and there was no longer any spirit in them because of the people of Israel. At that time the Lord said to Joshua, “Make flint knives and circumcise the sons of Israel a second time.” So Joshua made flint knives and circumcised the sons of Israel at Gibeath-haaraloth. And this is the reason why Joshua circumcised them: all the males of the people who came out of Egypt, all the men of war, had died in the wilderness on the way after they had come out of Egypt. Though all the people who came out had been circumcised, yet all the people who were born on the way in the wilderness after they had come out of Egypt had not been circumcised. For the people of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, until all the nation, the men of war who came out of Egypt, perished, because they did not obey the voice of the Lord; the Lord swore to them that he would not let them see the land that the Lord had sworn to their fathers to give to us, a land flowing with milk and honey. So it was their children, whom he raised up in their place, that Joshua circumcised. For they were uncircumcised, because they had not been circumcised on the way. When the circumcising of the whole nation was finished, they remained in their places in the camp until they were healed. And the Lord said to Joshua, “Today I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you.” And so the name of that place is called Gilgal to this day. While the people of Israel were encamped at Gilgal, they kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the month in the evening on the plains of Jericho. And the day after the Passover, on that very day, they ate of the produce of the land, unleavened cakes and parched grain. And the manna ceased the day after they ate of the produce of the land. And there was no longer manna for the people of Israel, but they ate of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year. When Joshua was by Jericho, he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, a man was standing before him with his drawn sword in his hand. And Joshua went to him and said to him, “Are you for us, or for our adversaries?” And he said, “No; but I am the commander of the army of the Lord. Now I have come.” And Joshua fell on his face to the earth and worshiped and said to him, “What does my lord say to his servant?” And the commander of the Lord’s army said to Joshua, “Take off your sandals from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy.” And Joshua did so.

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    Covenant Sign (v1-9)

    Joshua 5:1–9 ESV
    As soon as all the kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan to the west, and all the kings of the Canaanites who were by the sea, heard that the Lord had dried up the waters of the Jordan for the people of Israel until they had crossed over, their hearts melted and there was no longer any spirit in them because of the people of Israel. At that time the Lord said to Joshua, “Make flint knives and circumcise the sons of Israel a second time.” So Joshua made flint knives and circumcised the sons of Israel at Gibeath-haaraloth. And this is the reason why Joshua circumcised them: all the males of the people who came out of Egypt, all the men of war, had died in the wilderness on the way after they had come out of Egypt. Though all the people who came out had been circumcised, yet all the people who were born on the way in the wilderness after they had come out of Egypt had not been circumcised. For the people of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, until all the nation, the men of war who came out of Egypt, perished, because they did not obey the voice of the Lord; the Lord swore to them that he would not let them see the land that the Lord had sworn to their fathers to give to us, a land flowing with milk and honey. So it was their children, whom he raised up in their place, that Joshua circumcised. For they were uncircumcised, because they had not been circumcised on the way. When the circumcising of the whole nation was finished, they remained in their places in the camp until they were healed. And the Lord said to Joshua, “Today I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you.” And so the name of that place is called Gilgal to this day.
    The Kings of the Amorites & Canaanites heard of the crossing and their hearts melted and there was not longer any spirit in them
    The Israelites who disobeyed God are described as “men of war”, those who rely on their own strength
    Old generation: outward circumcision, but no inward change
    New generation: inward circumcision leads to outward symbolism
    Healing & readiness: Complete spiritual and physical restoration
    Baptism (Covenant Sign)
    Believers enter a prolonged season of spiritual formation
    Developing spiritual maturity and unity in the faith and knowledge of Christ (making disciples)

    Redemption Commemoration (v10-12)

    Joshua 5:10–12 ESV
    While the people of Israel were encamped at Gilgal, they kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the month in the evening on the plains of Jericho. And the day after the Passover, on that very day, they ate of the produce of the land, unleavened cakes and parched grain. And the manna ceased the day after they ate of the produce of the land. And there was no longer manna for the people of Israel, but they ate of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year.
    The kept the first passover in the promised land, from the produce of the first harvest
    This brought an end to God’s miraculous provision of manna
    God’s Economy of miracles - do not expect extraodinary supplied when they can be received in an ordinary way
    Spiritual maturity means learning to trust God’s established revelation rather than requiring constant miraculous validation
    NB: early church saw many apostolic signs and wonders, but as the church matured, the scripture were written the signs and wonders ceased
    the church went from supernatural provision to responsible stewardship within God’s natural order (Apostles use of Luke, the doctor)
    Lord’s Supper (Christ our Passover Lamb)

    Humble Submission (v13-15)

    Exodus 23:20–23 ESV
    “Behold, I send an angel before you to guard you on the way and to bring you to the place that I have prepared. Pay careful attention to him and obey his voice; do not rebel against him, for he will not pardon your transgression, for my name is in him. “But if you carefully obey his voice and do all that I say, then I will be an enemy to your enemies and an adversary to your adversaries. “When my angel goes before you and brings you to the Amorites and the Hittites and the Perizzites and the Canaanites, the Hivites and the Jebusites, and I blot them out,
    Joshua 5:13–15 ESV
    When Joshua was by Jericho, he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, a man was standing before him with his drawn sword in his hand. And Joshua went to him and said to him, “Are you for us, or for our adversaries?” And he said, “No; but I am the commander of the army of the Lord. Now I have come.” And Joshua fell on his face to the earth and worshiped and said to him, “What does my lord say to his servant?” And the commander of the Lord’s army said to Joshua, “Take off your sandals from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy.” And Joshua did so.
    Commander of the army of the Lord
    Exodus 12:23 “For the Lord will pass through to strike the Egyptians, and when he sees the blood on the lintel and on the two doorposts, the Lord will pass over the door and will not allow the destroyer to enter your houses to strike you.”
    Numbers 20:16 “And when we cried to the Lord, he heard our voice and sent an angel and brought us out of Egypt. And here we are in Kadesh, a city on the edge of your territory.”
    Judges 2:1–4 “Now the angel of the Lord went up from Gilgal to Bochim. And he said, “I brought you up from Egypt and brought you into the land that I swore to give to your fathers. I said, ‘I will never break my covenant with you, and you shall make no covenant with the inhabitants of this land; you shall break down their altars.’ But you have not obeyed my voice. What is this you have done? So now I say, I will not drive them out before you, but they shall become thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare to you.” As soon as the angel of the Lord spoke these words to all the people of Israel, the people lifted up their voices and wept.”
    2 Kings 19:35 & Isaiah 37:36 “And the angel of the Lord went out and struck down 185,000 in the camp of the Assyrians. And when people arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.”
    Jude 5 “Now I want to remind you, although you once fully knew it, that Jesus, who saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe.”
    The commander Joshua encountered was already functioning as judge—the same figure who had judged Egypt, who judges the present age, and who will judge all nations. The destroyer and the judge are one person, executing consistent judgment across all ages.
    Joshua: “What does my lord say to his servant?”
    Commander: “Take off your sandals from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy.”
    Joshua takes off his sandals, and worships God
    A Living Sacrifice
    Summary
    Consecration: A Living Sacrifice
    consecration initiates the spiritual journey
    remembrance sustains it through God’s faithfulness
    submission characterizes the mature posture of those who’ve learned to live by faith in established provision
    covenant, remembrance, and surrender
    A Living sacrifice expressed:
    Bow your will to God
    Dethrone Yourself
    Enthrone Jesus

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    Doxology

      • Joshua 5:1–9ESV

      • Joshua 5:10–12ESV

      • Exodus 23:20–23ESV

      • Joshua 5:13–15ESV

  • Hymn 769 - WE TRUST IN YOU, OUR SHIELD AND OUR DEFENDER
  • Hymn 609 - LORD JESUS, WHEN YOUR PEOPLE MEET
  • Doxology 1145 Chorus

      • 1 Corinthians 16:23–24NKJV

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