Real Life Selkirk
**November 1** A Legacy of Obedience (Joshua 3:7-17)

  • Sermon

    Build introduction that connects people to the idea of obedience. What is obedience? What role does it play in our maturity? Where do we become complacent? Maybe open this up from the eyes of the priests. We are a slave nation. But now we are free, but we are stepping into the major leagues. Is our military strong enough? Is our God strong enough? Is this stuff real? The question of of our lives is not what we believe. It is how we obey. How we obey shows what we believe. Faith leads to obedience.

    Key Text

    Joshua 3:7–17 NIV
    And the Lord said to Joshua, “Today I will begin to exalt you in the eyes of all Israel, so they may know that I am with you as I was with Moses. Tell the priests who carry the ark of the covenant: ‘When you reach the edge of the Jordan’s waters, go and stand in the river.’ ” Joshua said to the Israelites, “Come here and listen to the words of the Lord your God. This is how you will know that the living God is among you and that he will certainly drive out before you the Canaanites, Hittites, Hivites, Perizzites, Girgashites, Amorites and Jebusites. See, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth will go into the Jordan ahead of you. Now then, choose twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one from each tribe. And as soon as the priests who carry the ark of the Lord—the Lord of all the earth—set foot in the Jordan, its waters flowing downstream will be cut off and stand up in a heap.” So when the people broke camp to cross the Jordan, the priests carrying the ark of the covenant went ahead of them. Now the Jordan is at flood stage all during harvest. Yet as soon as the priests who carried the ark reached the Jordan and their feet touched the water’s edge, the water from upstream stopped flowing. It piled up in a heap a great distance away, at a town called Adam in the vicinity of Zarethan, while the water flowing down to the Sea of the Arabah (that is, the Dead Sea) was completely cut off. So the people crossed over opposite Jericho. The priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord stopped in the middle of the Jordan and stood on dry ground, while all Israel passed by until the whole nation had completed the crossing on dry ground.

    Series Introduction

    Building campaign
    Our we are in a building campaign
    20 years
    Commitment Sunday coming up November 10
    Begin praying about what God may be laying on your heart to give.
    We need designated giving for the project
    We also need regular giving to maintain our ministry while we grow
    It is exciting to move forward in obedience to God’s direction
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    We want to move forward into an unknown future, completely dependent on God to guide and direct us.
    We want to build a legacy. I want you to know that we are already a part of a legacy.
    A legacy is not something that just begins today.
    28 years ago, a church was planted in Post Falls with the goal of making disciples.
    It was a bumpy road, but their vision was that disciples would be made in Newport as well.
    That is how we began 20 years ago.
    During our 20 years, God has shown Himself to be faithful. I feel like the Israelites who had to wander for a while to form themselves into a nation before they took the promised land.
    The principle is that God will always prepare you for the future that He is going to move you to.
    Our last 20 years have been hard. But God has been good.
    He has grown us, changed us, refined us and now He is moving us.
    Our legacy is Him.
    We’ve been talking about building a legacy. As we look back over the last 20 years, we can already see that we are a part of one
    But I want to be careful about something
    Our legacy isn’t the building we are about to construct
    It isn’t even the organization we have devleoped
    Our legacy is found in the lives of people who have come to know Jesus, who have learned to follow Him and who are now helping others do the same.
    This is the legacy we want to continue building
    If we want to pass on a legacy of obedience, we have to be people who are faithfully obedient today.
    Week 1- A legacy of faith
    Week 2- A legacy of alignment
    Alignment with God, Alignment in purpose, and Alignment with one another.
    Today, we are going to tie those two concepts together as we read what happens to the Israelites in the story we are following.

    Sermon Introduction

    Today we are talking about building a legacy of obedience.
    As I said before, this is not a stand alone event. This is the logical conclusion of our last two topics.
    Recap the journey to this point (briefly)
    If you missed the context of why the Israelites are where they are, I encourage you to go to our website and catch the last two sermons.
    Briefly, what we have seen is:
    God called a man named Abraham to a life of faith. Because Abraham responded with faith, God made a promise to him.
    This promise was that he would have numerous descendants and that the whole world would be blessed through his descendants.
    He also promised Abraham a special piece of land called the Promised Land. God told him that his descendants would one day occupy that land.
    However, they would also endure 400 years of slavery.
    At that time, Abraham had no children and was 75 years old.
    However, God miraculously gave him a son in his old age and built his descendants into a very large family.
    Because of a famine, they ended up in Egypt where they were slaves for 400 years, as God had said.
    They then left slavery through God’s leading of Moses.
    As they were leaving Egypt, they were very happy and in celebration
    Then they came to the Red Sea. The Red Sea looked impossible to cross
    Pharoah had a change of heart and the people were caught between an encroaching Egyptian military and the Red Sea.
    They cried out about how it would have been better to be slaves in Egypt than to die here.
    But God miraculously saved them and opened the Red Sea for them to cross.
    They nearly immediately went to the Promised land that God had given to Abraham generations before.
    You can read about this in Number 13 & 14
    They sent 12 spies in. All 12 said the land was amazing. But only two had the faith that God would give them the land
    The other 10 were afraid because of the walls around the cities and the giants that lived there.
    God sent them out into the wilderness for 40 years and formed them into a nation that was dependent on Him.
    They came to the same place they were before and as they sat on their side of the Jordan River, we see the events of Joshua pick up
    Moses died and Joshua was given leadership of Israel
    God tells Joshua to be strong and courageous and to trust Him
    Then, before asking the people to pick up swords, God tells the people to consecrate themselves.
    This would be God’s battle, not theirs.
    They had to be right with God, not right with their swords and spears.
    Today, we observe some valuable lessons as they take steps of FAITHFUL OBEDIENCE and cross the Jordan River

    Secondary Introduction

    I want to start today with a question.
    Have you ever known exactly what you were supposed to do, but you just didn't want to do it?
    I think we've all been there.
    Maybe you've been in a situation where someone has hurt you. You know what the Bible says about forgiveness. You know what Jesus teaches about loving your enemies.
    But knowing what you're supposed to do and actually doing it are two very different things.
    Or maybe you've been in a situation where telling the truth is going to cost you something.
    You know that God calls us to be honest. You believe that honesty is important.
    But suddenly, when telling the truth could cost you your reputation, your job, or a relationship, obedience becomes a little more difficult.
    Or think about our finances.
    We believe that God is our provider. We believe that everything we have belongs to Him. We believe that we are called to be generous.
    But when money is tight, when the future is uncertain, or when we're worried about having enough, it's a lot easier to talk about trusting God than it is to actually trust Him.
    Here's what I find interesting about these situations.
    Our struggle usually isn't that we don't know what God says. Our struggle is whether we're willing to obey what we already know.
    And I think that's an important distinction.
    Because most of us would say that we believe in God.
    We believe He is good.
    We believe He is faithful.
    We believe He is sovereign.
    We believe His Word is true.
    But what happens when what God says conflicts with what we want?
    What happens when obedience requires us to surrender something we're holding on to?
    What happens when following Jesus takes us somewhere that feels uncomfortable, uncertain, or even frightening?
    That's where our faith is tested.
    And that's where we discover something about ourselves.
    What we say we believe about God and how we actually live in obedience to Him are not always the same thing.
    Now, I want you to imagine something with me.
    Imagine you're an Israelite standing on the banks of the Jordan River.
    Your people have spent generations in slavery. You've spent the last 40 years wandering through the wilderness.
    You've heard the stories of Abraham. You've heard about God's promises. You've heard about the Red Sea and how God delivered your people from Egypt.
    You've experienced God's provision in the wilderness.
    And now you're standing at the edge of the land God promised your ancestors.
    But there's a problem.
    Between you and that land is the Jordan River.
    And beyond the river are powerful nations, fortified cities, and armies that are far more experienced than yours.
    You're no longer a nation of slaves.
    But now you're about to step into the major leagues.
    And I imagine there would be some pretty significant questions going through your mind.
    Are we ready for this?
    Are we strong enough?
    Do we have what it takes to defeat these nations?
    And perhaps the biggest question of all:
    Is the God we've been following really going to do what He promised?
    Because it's one thing to believe that God delivered your ancestors from Egypt.
    It's another thing to stand at the edge of a flooded river and be told to step into it.
    Now your faith is going to require something of you.
    Obedience.
    Over the last two weeks, we've been talking about building a legacy.
    In week one, we talked about a legacy of faith.
    Last week, we talked about a legacy of alignment. Aligning ourselves with God's purposes, with God Himself, and with one another.
    Today, we're going to see where those two things lead.
    Faith that is rooted in God and surrendered to His authority will lead us to obedience.
    And as we look at Joshua chapter 3, I want you to keep one question in your mind:
    Does the way I obey God demonstrate that I actually trust Him?
    Because a legacy of obedience isn't built by people who simply know what God says.
    It's built by people who faithfully do what He says.

    Sermon

    Joshua 3:7–8 NIV
    And the Lord said to Joshua, “Today I will begin to exalt you in the eyes of all Israel, so they may know that I am with you as I was with Moses. Tell the priests who carry the ark of the covenant: ‘When you reach the edge of the Jordan’s waters, go and stand in the river.’ ”
    Obedience Begins with Trusting God’s Authority
    Joshua spoke as someone with a confidence and authority as God guided.
    He didn’t say, “I believe God might be encouraging us to...”
    He said, “Go stand in the river”
    We will see that the river is at flood stage.
    The Jordan River at flood stage in this location was around 1/2 mile across.
    This wasn’t something that they would just be able to walk across.
    This was obedience to God, when it didn’t make any sense
    I want you to imagine that you are one of the priests here.
    You are carrying this heavy box on your shoulders. It is something that you can’t just jump in the water and swim or even tread water while holding.
    I would have a few questions, wouldn’t you?
    How deep is this river?
    How fast is the water moving? Does it look calm on top, but it is strong under the surface?
    What exactly is the plan?
    From a human perspective, this isn’t much of a plan.
    In fact, it is a pretty lousy plan.
    It is a reckless plan
    Now in applying this to our lives, I don’t want to just say, “Go do reckless things and you’ll see God do amazing things.”
    I want you to see that this was obedience, not a reckless act.
    They were given specific instruction from God
    How does this look in our world?
    How do we know what God is asking of us? Is God telling me to go jump into the river?
    I will say that when God asks for obedience, it isn’t so we can see a miracle.
    It is so we will see who He is.
    Obedience will always be difficult.
    It will be difficult because it is God asking us to do something we have chosen not to do, usually for a very good reason.
    FAITHFUL OBEDIENCE ISN’T DOING SOMETHING FOOLISH AND EXPECTING GOD TO RESCUE US. IT IS FOLLOWING WHAT GOD HAS REVEALED, EVEN WHEN OBEDIENCE IS DIFFICULT.
    Joshua 3:9–11 NIV
    Joshua said to the Israelites, “Come here and listen to the words of the Lord your God. This is how you will know that the living God is among you and that he will certainly drive out before you the Canaanites, Hittites, Hivites, Perizzites, Girgashites, Amorites and Jebusites. See, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth will go into the Jordan ahead of you.
    Obedience is rooted in knowing who God is.
    There are a few things that we need to clarify in this passage.
    First of all, those people groups that Joshua mentions are the cities and nations that currently inhabited the geographical region God had given Israel.
    It wasn’t just an empty tract of land. It had people living there.
    They were not just little tribes in huts.
    Some of these were legit powerhouse cities and people groups.
    Again, remember that the nation of Israel was just a group of slaves that had wandered in the wilderness for 40 years.
    They were no match for the opposition of these people.
    It would have to be God or it wouldn’t happen.
    God then says that they should see that the ark of the covenant of the Lord goes into the Jordan ahead of them.
    As we mentioned last week, the Ark was a box. But this box was seen as the seat or throne of God.
    This wasn’t just a symbolic act.
    There was nothing special about the ark
    What was special was the God of the ark. The God who manifested Himself on that place.
    God was putting the ark before them so they would see and know that God was leading and they were following.
    Who would get the credit and glory? God would. Because they led with a box, not a line of shields and swords.
    There is a phrase here that I want to highlight. It is something that I think I have missed:
    “living God”
    I want you to think about that. God is alive. He isn’t an entity. He isn’t an idol. He isn’t our imagination. He isn’t even our religioun.
    He is the living God.
    As we look at a legacy of obedience in our lives and in our church, we must look at God as the “Living God”
    There are theologies about him
    There are songs about him
    There are ideas about him
    But He is alive. Our theory about Him doesn’t matter. He is there, alive and present and we must seek to know Him.
    And, He is God of all the Earth.
    God is showing the people of Israel and Joshua who He is.
    He is the living God and the God of the whole world.
    If these things are true, then that leads to two more steps. Surrender of our lives and obedience.
    We will get to that more later.
    Joshua 3:12–13 NIV
    Now then, choose twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one from each tribe. And as soon as the priests who carry the ark of the Lord—the Lord of all the earth—set foot in the Jordan, its waters flowing downstream will be cut off and stand up in a heap.”
    Faith trusts that God’s outcome is greater than what I can do.
    God says, “This is how you will know that I am with you.”
    I will drive out all of these people from the land you are going to.
    Also, when the priests step into the water, all of the water flowing in your direction will be piled up so you can cross over.
    Do you think that would be pretty clear and evident? I think so.
    So, I want to go back to being one of the priests.
    Joshua says, “Step into the water. It’ll pile up like a heap. You’ll be fine. You won’t wash away.”
    I would be saying, “Joshua, this seems like a good time to swear you into being a priest. YOU step into the water.”
    But, God was demanding obedience. Which one of these guys had a better plan?
    This plan was improbable. It even seemed reckless, except God.
    This was a plan that would succeed or fail based on God and His glory, not the wisdom or skill of the people.
    They trusted God’s outcome.
    Joshua 3:14–16 NIV
    So when the people broke camp to cross the Jordan, the priests carrying the ark of the covenant went ahead of them. Now the Jordan is at flood stage all during harvest. Yet as soon as the priests who carried the ark reached the Jordan and their feet touched the water’s edge, the water from upstream stopped flowing. It piled up in a heap a great distance away, at a town called Adam in the vicinity of Zarethan, while the water flowing down to the Sea of the Arabah (that is, the Dead Sea) was completely cut off. So the people crossed over opposite Jericho.
    You can believe all you want, but true faith leads to action in your life.
    So they took the steps that God had put before them.
    As I said before, at flood stage this river can be up to 1/2 mile across and flowing at 40 mph.
    This is no small task!
    It says that the water began to pile up in a town called Adam.
    That is about 20 miles upstream.
    Do you think they could see 20 miles upstream to know God was doing this?
    Probably not!
    Also, if the river is flowing at 40 miles/hour and the water is cut off 20 miles upstream, how long will it take before they see the effect on the water?
    Probably 30 minutes (math people are having flashbacks of story problems)
    They set foot in the Jordan River and it doesn’t do anything miraculous right away.
    Can you imagine Joshua’s anxiety at this point?
    Probably pretty significant!
    But they had faith in God.
    Also, can you imagine what kind of a “Pile” that would be?
    Think of some of the biggest dams you have seen. This would make them pale in comparison!
    This likely flooded a significant area 20 miles upstream.
    For us to put it into context, imagine the Pend Oreille river piling up outside of Laclede.
    How long would it take for the Pend Oreille river in Newport to become dry enough to walk across?
    That is the snapshot of what happened here.
    The priests believed, and they had faith in God and they had faith that Joshua was being led by God.
    “As I was with Moses, so I will be with you.”
    They had failed in this 40 years earlier. Now, they had learned to trust God
    40 years in the wilderness taught them that faith has to turn to obedient action in their lives.
    Have you been in a wilderness? We asked that question a few weeks ago. That wilderness may be brought about by some of your own complacency, or sin, or stubbornness.
    Wearing down in the wilderness can either lead us to rebellion or obedience.
    Do you want to remain in the wilderness for the rest of your life? No.
    Humble, faithful obedience is how God is glorified and we begin to move.
    The whole time in the wilderness, you see the people struggling with obedience.
    Now, you see them trusting.
    What happens when their trust turns to obedience? God is glorified in mighty ways.
    Joshua 3:17 NIV
    The priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord stopped in the middle of the Jordan and stood on dry ground, while all Israel passed by until the whole nation had completed the crossing on dry ground.
    God’s faithfulness becomes the testimony for the people.
    There is no question that this is a significant miracle
    The people crossed over on dry ground and they were now ready to follow God in acquiring the land God had promised to them.
    What does this story have to do with leaving a legacy?
    It has a ton to do with the legacy we want to leave as a church, and here is how.
    I told you that we were going to tie this story to the previous two passages. I believe this story is a logical conclusion of what God was doing in the previous two passages.

    Faith defined

    We have presented a definition of faith that is very practical.
    IN our world, we use words like: believe, trust, hope, blind, and other words to describe our faith.
    But when life boils down to circumstances that are hard to understand and in our humanity, we fail to see where God is in our world, words like “hope, or trust” start to fall flat.
    I want to approach faith from a completely different angle and fight to understand it in a way that gives us guidance in our troubles.
    We created a very unique approach to understanding faith.
    I think that all of the elements of faith that we used at the beginning of this year are seen in the passages that we just read. Also, they are very clearly seen in our very lives.
    I want to build the framework for our definition of faith:
    FAITH SLIDE
    True faith is built by a relational knowledge of God.
    We cannot have faith in something that we do no know. We only have faith in what we do know.
    As we grow in knowing God, our faith is built.
    In this way, God becomes the foundation of our faith.
    If we want a Biblical foundation to this principle, we can look at the key verse, “Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God.”
    In our passage today, we saw this language “Listen to the Lord your God” “the Living God” “The Lord of all the Earth”.
    These are things that God had revealed Himself to be.
    I cannot stress this enough. WE MUST BE IN THE WORD!
    We preach through the Word, but we must be in the Word.
    We must meditate on the Word of God.
    You might say, “I’ve read the whole thing. I’ve done a Bible in a year for 10 years”
    I want you to know this: You a meager human can never fully know an infinite God. You will be pursuing Him your entire life and never find the end of that pursuit.
    The moment we feel we have found what we need, we have made ourselves much bigger, wiser and self-sufficient than we actually are. The living God wants you to know Him.
    True faith is nurtured by a surrender to the Sovereign God.
    When we know God, we surrender our hearts, our wills, and our thoughts to Him.
    We submit our entire lives, Heart, Mind and Soul, to the will of the God who has revealed Himself to us.
    We see this in the priests. They did not argue. They were told, “Pack up the ark, this is what God asks us to do.” So they went to get the ark.
    This is Lordship.
    A few weeks ago, I said, “Imagine the Devil walked into church today.” Do you remember that? The Devil believes all of the facts about Jesus that the Bible calls us to believe.
    But the devil will not surrender to the authority of Jesus.
    We surrender to Jesus the right of:
    My identity
    My direction
    My morality
    My hope
    My protection
    This is the cry, “Hosanna” from our hearts.
    On one side of the coin, it is the recognition that I cannot provide these things for myself and I am desperately crying out to Jesus, “Save me”
    On the other side of the coin, it is a cry of hope and rescue because the one who is these things has become known!
    True faith results in faithful obedience to God.
    If we know God, we surrender our lives to Him. If we are surrendered to Him, everything He demands, we obey.
    You’ve heard James say, “Faith without works is dead”
    James also says, “Do not merely listen to the word and so deceive yourselves: do what it says!”
    If faith does not result in faithful obedience, then are you surrendered? Do you know Him?
    These are natural conclusions of one another and all revolve around faith.
    The priests, stepped into the Jordan river. They obeyed. It didn’t make sense, but they were surrendered to the authority of God and did what He said.
    Notice that we don’t celebrate the priests. Wow! Those priests! They stopped the water by their faith!
    We see their obedience and evidence of their faith, but we see and glorify the power of God.
    Work backwards
    If you want a life of obedience, just trying to obey harder makes us legalistic about the rules.
    Our obedience must come from a heart that is surrendered to God.
    But we cannot surrender our heart to something we do not know.
    We must seek to know God.

    Drive It Home

    So what does this mean for us?
    I want you to think about the two generations of Israelites we've been talking about.
    Forty years earlier, Israel stood at the edge of the Promised Land.
    They had seen the plagues in Egypt. They had walked through the Red Sea. They had experienced the miraculous provision of God.
    They knew what God had promised.
    But when they saw the fortified cities and the powerful people living in the land, they became afraid.
    They wanted to go back to Egypt.
    They knew about God's power, but when it came time to trust Him, they refused to obey.
    For the next 40 years, God continued to reveal Himself to His people.
    He gave them His law. He established the tabernacle and the priesthood. He provided food, water, and direction.
    They learned what it meant to live as God's people.
    And now, a new generation stood at the Jordan River.
    The land hadn't changed. The opposition hadn't disappeared. And now there was a flooded river standing between them and the promise of God.
    But this time, their response was different.
    They knew God. They surrendered to His authority. And when He told them to step into the river, they obeyed.
    Without faith, the first generation was still living like slaves, even though they were no longer in Egypt.
    With faith, the next generation was living in freedom, even though they had not yet entered the Promised Land.
    What was the difference?
    It wasn't their circumstances.
    It was their response to God.
    And church, this is where the story becomes personal.
    We can know what the Bible says. We can believe that God is good, powerful, and faithful.
    But what happens when obedience becomes difficult?
    When Jesus tells us to forgive someone who has hurt us?
    When He calls us to love our enemies?
    When He calls us to be generous, even when we're uncertain about our finances?
    When He calls us to be baptized, but we've continued putting it off?
    Do we obey?
    Or do we allow fear, comfort, and our own desires to determine our actions?
    The way we respond to God's Word reveals what we truly believe about Him.
    And now, as a church, we're preparing to take a significant step into our future.
    But the most important question isn't whether we can build a building.
    It's whether we are becoming a people who faithfully obey Jesus.
    Because our legacy isn't ultimately the building we leave behind.
    Our legacy is the disciples we leave behind.
    Listen to what Jesus says in Matthew 28:19–20:
    Matthew 28:19–20 NIV
    Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”
    Notice that Jesus didn't simply tell us to teach people what He commanded.
    He told us to teach them to obey.
    That's discipleship.
    We help people come to know Jesus, surrender their lives to Him, and learn to obey Him in everything.
    And we cannot teach the next generation to faithfully follow Jesus if we are unwilling to follow Him ourselves.
    A legacy of obedience is built when our faith in Jesus becomes visible through the way we live.

    Conclusion

    Conclusion — Building a Legacy of Obedience

    As we close today, I want you to think about those priests standing at the edge of the Jordan River.
    They knew what God had said. They knew what He had promised.
    But there came a moment when knowing wasn't enough.
    They had to take a step.
    And I think that's where many of us find ourselves in our relationship with Jesus.
    We know what the Bible says. We know what Jesus has commanded. We believe that God is good and faithful.
    But sometimes there's a difference between what we say we believe and how we actually live.
    So I want to ask you a few questions.
    First, am I growing in my knowledge of God, or have I become comfortable simply knowing about Him?
    Maybe you've been following Jesus for decades. You know the stories. You know the Scriptures. But are you still pursuing Him?
    You will never reach the end of knowing an infinite God.
    Second, is there an area of my life that I haven't fully surrendered to Jesus?
    Maybe it's your finances. Maybe it's a relationship, a habit, your future, or your desire to remain in control.
    We can call Jesus our Savior while still resisting His authority in parts of our lives.
    And finally, where am I claiming to trust Jesus but refusing to obey Him?
    I think that's the question I really want us to wrestle with.
    Is there something God has clearly commanded in His Word that you've been avoiding?
    Maybe you've justified it. Maybe you've delayed it. Maybe you're simply afraid of what obedience might cost you.
    But remember what we saw today.
    Faithful obedience doesn't begin with trying harder to follow a set of rules.
    It begins with knowing God.
    And that brings us to the Gospel.
    Because the truth is, every one of us has failed to obey God.
    We've all chosen our own way. We've all resisted His authority. We've all fallen short of His holiness.
    And if our salvation depended on our ability to obey perfectly, none of us would have hope.
    But Jesus did what we could never do.
    He lived a life of perfect obedience to the Father. He willingly went to the cross and took the punishment for our sin. And He rose from the grave, defeating sin and death.
    Through faith in Jesus, we can be forgiven, reconciled to God, and given new life.
    And when we surrender our lives to Him, He begins transforming us from the inside out.
    We don't obey Jesus to earn our salvation.
    We obey Jesus because He has saved us, and because we trust the One who saved us.
    That's why our mission is to make disciples, teaching them to obey everything Jesus commanded.
    And that's the legacy we want to build at Real Life Selkirk.
    Not simply a building that will stand for another 20 years, but people who know Jesus, surrender to Him, and faithfully follow Him.
    People who will help others do the same.
    So as we prepare to take this next step as a church, I want to leave you with one question:
    Where in my life am I claiming to trust Jesus, but resisting what He's asking me to do?
    Don't rush past that question.
    Bring it before the Lord. Allow Him to reveal what's in your heart.
    And whatever He shows you, respond with surrender and obedience.
    Because the greatest legacy we can leave isn't what we build for Jesus. It's the lives that are transformed as we faithfully follow Him.

      • Joshua 3:7–17ESV

      • Joshua 3:7–8ESV

      • Joshua 3:9–11ESV

      • Joshua 3:12–13ESV

      • Joshua 3:14–16ESV

      • Joshua 3:17ESV

      • Matthew 28:19–20ESV

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