Category: Daily Reading

Victory through God

Then the secret force came quickly from their place, and running forward when they saw his hand stretched out, went into the town and took it, and put fire to it straight away.
Joshua 8:19

1)Jos 8:6 And they will come out after us, till we have got them away from the town; for they will say, They have gone in flight from us as before; so we will go in flight before them;
Jos 8:7 Then you will get up from your secret position and take the town, for the Lord your God will give it up into your hands.
Jos 8:8 And when you have taken the town, put fire to it, as the Lord has said: see, I have given you your orders.

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↑1Jos 8:6 And they will come out after us, till we have got them away from the town; for they will say, They have gone in flight from us as before; so we will go in flight before them;
Jos 8:7 Then you will get up from your secret position and take the town, for the Lord your God will give it up into your hands.
Jos 8:8 And when you have taken the town, put fire to it, as the Lord has said: see, I have given you your orders.

Make yourselves holy, put away the lusts, the desires and the pride.

Up! make the people holy; say to them, Make yourselves holy before tomorrow, for the Lord, the God of Israel, has said, There is a cursed thing among you, O Israel, and you will give way before your attackers in the fight till the cursed thing has been taken away from among you.
Joshua 7:13

1)1Co 5:1 It is said, in fact, that there is among you a sin of the flesh, such as is not seen even among the Gentiles, that one of you has his father’s wife.
1Co 5:2 And in place of feeling sorrow, you are pleased with yourselves, so that he who has done this thing has not been sent away from among you.
1Co 5:3 For I myself, being present in spirit though not in body, have come to a decision about him who has done this thing;
1Co 5:4 In the name of our Lord Jesus, when you have come together with my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus,
1Co 5:5 That this man is to be handed over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may have forgiveness in the day of the Lord Jesus.
1Co 5:6 This pride of yours is not good. Do you not see that a little leaven makes a change in all the mass?
1Co 5:7 Take away, then, the old leaven, so that you may be a new mass, even as you are without leaven. For Christ has been put to death as our Passover.
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↑11Co 5:1 It is said, in fact, that there is among you a sin of the flesh, such as is not seen even among the Gentiles, that one of you has his father’s wife.
1Co 5:2 And in place of feeling sorrow, you are pleased with yourselves, so that he who has done this thing has not been sent away from among you.
1Co 5:3 For I myself, being present in spirit though not in body, have come to a decision about him who has done this thing;
1Co 5:4 In the name of our Lord Jesus, when you have come together with my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus,
1Co 5:5 That this man is to be handed over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may have forgiveness in the day of the Lord Jesus.
1Co 5:6 This pride of yours is not good. Do you not see that a little leaven makes a change in all the mass?
1Co 5:7 Take away, then, the old leaven, so that you may be a new mass, even as you are without leaven. For Christ has been put to death as our Passover.

Our Warfare, Mighty Through God.

And at the sound of a long note on the horns, let all the people give a loud cry; and the wall of the town will come down flat, and all the people are to go straight forward.
Joshua 6:5

1)2Co 10:3 For though we may be living in the flesh, we are not fighting after the way of the flesh
2Co 10:4 For the arms with which we are fighting are not those of the flesh, but are strong before God for the destruction of high places;
2Co 10:5 Putting an end to reasonings, and every high thing which is lifted up against the knowledge of God, and causing every thought to come under the authority of Christ;
2Co 10:6 Being ready to give punishment to whatever is against his authority, after you have made it clear that you are completely under his control.

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↑12Co 10:3 For though we may be living in the flesh, we are not fighting after the way of the flesh
2Co 10:4 For the arms with which we are fighting are not those of the flesh, but are strong before God for the destruction of high places;
2Co 10:5 Putting an end to reasonings, and every high thing which is lifted up against the knowledge of God, and causing every thought to come under the authority of Christ;
2Co 10:6 Being ready to give punishment to whatever is against his authority, after you have made it clear that you are completely under his control.

God takes away our shame by circumcising our hearts.

At that time the Lord said to Joshua, Make yourself stone knives and give the children of Israel circumcision a second time.
Joshua 5:2

And the Lord said to Joshua, Today the shame of Egypt has been rolled away from you. So that place was named Gilgal, to this day.
Joshua 5:9

1)Gal 6:14 But far be it from me to have glory in anything, but only in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which this world has come to an end on the cross for me, and I for it.
Gal 6:15 For having circumcision is nothing, and not having circumcision is nothing, but only a new order of existence.
Gal 6:16 And on all who are guided by this rule be peace and mercy, and on the Israel of God.
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↑1Gal 6:14 But far be it from me to have glory in anything, but only in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which this world has come to an end on the cross for me, and I for it.
Gal 6:15 For having circumcision is nothing, and not having circumcision is nothing, but only a new order of existence.
Gal 6:16 And on all who are guided by this rule be peace and mercy, and on the Israel of God.

From Death To Life

And Joshua said to the people, Make yourselves holy, for tomorrow the Lord will do works of wonder among you.
Joshua 3:5

Jesus takes us from death to life.
As was revealed by
Joshua bringing the people of the Lord from the wasteland to the land of milk and honey.

1)Eph 2:5 Even when we were dead through our sins, gave us life together with Christ by grace you have salvation,
Eph 2:6 So that we came back from death with him, and are seated with him in the heavens, in Christ Jesus 2)Col 3:1 If then you have a new life with Christ, give your attention to the things of heaven, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.
Col 3:2 Keep your mind on the higher things, not on the things of earth.
Col 3:3 For your life on earth is done, and you have a secret life with Christ in God. 3)Rom 6:6 Being conscious that our old man was put to death on the cross with him, so that the body of sin might be put away, and we might no longer be servants to sin.
Rom 6:7 Because he who is dead is free from sin.
Rom 6:8 But if we are dead with Christ, we have faith that we will be living with him;
Rom 6:9 Having knowledge that because Christ has come back from the dead, he will never again go down to the dead; death has no more power over him.
Rom 6:10 For his death was a death to sin, but his life now is a life which he is living to God.
Rom 6:11 Even so see yourselves as dead to sin, but living to God in Christ Jesus.

 

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↑1Eph 2:5 Even when we were dead through our sins, gave us life together with Christ by grace you have salvation,
Eph 2:6 So that we came back from death with him, and are seated with him in the heavens, in Christ Jesus
↑2Col 3:1 If then you have a new life with Christ, give your attention to the things of heaven, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.
Col 3:2 Keep your mind on the higher things, not on the things of earth.
Col 3:3 For your life on earth is done, and you have a secret life with Christ in God.
↑3Rom 6:6 Being conscious that our old man was put to death on the cross with him, so that the body of sin might be put away, and we might no longer be servants to sin.
Rom 6:7 Because he who is dead is free from sin.
Rom 6:8 But if we are dead with Christ, we have faith that we will be living with him;
Rom 6:9 Having knowledge that because Christ has come back from the dead, he will never again go down to the dead; death has no more power over him.
Rom 6:10 For his death was a death to sin, but his life now is a life which he is living to God.
Rom 6:11 Even so see yourselves as dead to sin, but living to God in Christ Jesus.

Cover Yourselves With The Blood Of Jesus

And she said, Let it be as you say. Then she sent them away, and they went; and she put the bright red cord in the window.
Joshua 2:21

Heb 9:19 For when Moses had given all the rules of the law to the people, he took the blood of goats and young oxen, with water and red wool and hyssop, and put it on the book itself and on all the people

Heb 9:22 And by the law almost all things are made clean with blood, and without blood there is no forgiveness.

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