Everyone Has a Jericho
Pastor Erickson preaches from Hebrews 11:30 and Joshua 5 and 6, teaching that the walls of Jericho fell by faith after a God-given process and that Joshua was not the hero of the story, God was. He calls people to name their own Jericho, whether salvation, marriage, provision or healing, and to obey the process so God can bring the walls down.
The message in 6 points
You are going to make it
He reads Hebrews 11:30 and 1 John 5:4 and says God gave him a word of hope for the night: everything is going to be all right. His subject is that everyone has a Jericho.
53:06Victory comes through a process
He tells how President Reagan called for the Berlin Wall to come down. The walls of Jericho fell by faith, but only after Israel marched around them seven days, and he urges people to appreciate the process God takes them through.
58:09Joshua was not the main character
The children's song makes Joshua the hero, but Joshua 5:1 shows the enemy feared the God who dried up the Jordan. The devil does not fear us, he says, but the power of God inside us, so new converts need not be intimidated.
1:06:17The walls became a prison
In Joshua 5 and 6 an angel with a sword stands in Joshua's way and the Lord says he has given Jericho into his hand. The walls Jericho built for protection became a prison, and what the devil meant for evil God turns into a testimony.
1:13:06Name your Jericho
Your Jericho may be salvation, which he explains from John 3 and Acts 2:38, or faithfulness in a marriage, provision through tithes, or healing. Each comes through a process, and he asks whether the victory is worth the process.
1:27:18These walls must fall
He urges people to speak to walls of sickness, addiction, pride, grief, depression and anxiety, knowing only God can make them fall. He opens the altar for repentance, baptism in Jesus name and the Holy Ghost.
1:41:05
In his words
“There's always got to be a process when it comes to victory, and the process is always the hardest thing, because process takes work and process takes time, and people don't enjoy process.”
“We are not the main character in the story. We are just the people, people that get to walk across Jordan on dry ground.”
“I'm telling you tonight it's not about you, it's not about you, it's about your God. It's your God that's able to do what we cannot.”
Taken word for word from the video, with punctuation added.
Scripture
He reads
Hebrews 11:30
30By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they were compassed about seven days.
King James Version.
1 John 5:4
4For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.
King James Version.
Joshua 5:1
1And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, which were on the side of Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, which were by the sea, heard that the LORD had dried up the waters of Jordan from before the children of Israel, until we were passed over, that their heart melted, neither was there spirit in them any more, because of the children of Israel.
King James Version.
Joshua 5:13
13And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries?
King James Version.
Joshua 6:1-5
1Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in. 2And the LORD said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine hand Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valour. 3And ye shall compass the city, all ye men of war, and go round about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days. 4And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams’ horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets. 5And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast with the ram’s horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall ascend up every man straight before him.
King James Version.
Isaiah 55:8
8For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.
King James Version.
Joshua 6:24
24And they burnt the city with fire, and all that was therein: only the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron, they put into the treasury of the house of the LORD.
King James Version.
Joshua 6:27
27So the LORD was with Joshua; and his fame was noised throughout all the country.
King James Version.
Acts 2:37-39
37Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do? 38Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. 39For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the LORD our God shall call.
King James Version.
Isaiah 53:5
5But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
King James Version.
Romans 8:31
31What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?
King James Version.
Psalms 18:2
2The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
King James Version.
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