To Cross or not to Cross?

After consecration then what?

Joshua said to the priests, "Take up the ark of the covenant and pass on ahead of the people." So they took it up and went ahead of them.

(Joshus 3:6)

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.

(Joshua 3:7)

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 3:8)

Joshua said to the Israelites, "Come here and listen to the words of the LORD your God.

(Joshua 3:9)

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.

(Joshua 3:10)

See, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth will go into the Jordan ahead of you.

(Joshua 3:11)

Now then, choose twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one from each tribe.

(Joshua 3:12)

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." (Joshua 3:13)

So when the people broke camp to cross the Jordan, the priests carrying the ark of the covenant went ahead of them. (Joshua 3:14)

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, (Joshua 3:15)

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, (Jos 3:16a)

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. (Joshua 3:16b)

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.

(Joshua 3:17).

To Cross or Not to Cross

Cooperation with one another.

Cooperate …Take up the ark of the covenant…So they took it up and went ahead of them. (Joshua 3:6)

Cooperation

God commands cooperation.

(1 Peter 4:10)

Cooperationis a thorough conviction

that nobody can get there unless everybody

can get there.

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Reliance on God.

Reliance

And the LORD said to Joshua, "Today I will…

RelianceCome here and listen – v. 9He will certainly…v. 10See the Ark of Covenant… v. 11As soon as… v. 13

"I am an expert in Higher Level Math. You + God= Enough"

I can do all this through him who gives me strength.

(Philipians 4:13)

“You cannot cross your Jordan river with backpacks

of doubt and fear"But those who trust in the LORD will find new

strength. They will soar high on wings like eagles. They will run and not grow weary. They

will walk and not faint. (Isa 40:31 NLT)

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Obedience to God’s Word

Obedience

Joshua said to the Israelites, "Come here and listen…

(Joshua 3:9)

Book of Instruction for Balanced Living Everyday

Study this Book of Instruction continually. Meditate on it day and night so you will be sure to obey everything written in it. Only then will you prosper and succeed in all you do. (Joshua 1:8 NLT)

But whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues in it--not forgetting what they have heard, but doing it--they will be blessed in what they do.

(James 1:25 NIV)

“The chief cause of failure and unhappiness for believers is trading

God’s Word with earthly goods”

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Service to God.

ServiceThe priests… stopped in the middle of the Jordan and stood on dry ground… whole nation had completed the crossing on dry ground. (Joshua 3:17)

ServiceThe priests were the

first to enter the river but were the last to get

out from it.

Service

“The Israelites crossed the Jordan river not to camp but to conquer!”

ServiceThere are different

kinds of service, but the same Lord.

(1Corinthians 12:5 NIV)

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To Cross or Not to Cross

Set a memorial of God’s faithfulness.

To serve as a sign among you. In the future, when

your children ask you, 'What do these stones

mean?' (Joshua 4:6 NIV)

Let us gather stones, not to throw at each other,

but to build a legacy that proclaim God’s glory!

Would You cross or not to cross? Cooperation Reliance Obedience Service Set Memorial