Hebrews 11:30-31; Joshua 1-6:27
Big Idea: We Are Saved By God’s Grace To Be Agents Of God’s Grace
“By faith the walls of Jericho fell down after they had been encircled for seven days. By faith Rahab the prostitute did not perish with those who were disobedient, because she had given a friendly welcome to the spies.”
– Hebrews 11:30-31
“The heart is deceitful above all things and desperately sick; who can understand it? I the Lord search the heart and test the mind, to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his deeds.”
– Jeremiah 17:9-10
Agents of God’s grace:
1) Humble their heart before God in all (Joshua 1-6:27)
”But this is the one to whom I will look; he who is humble and contrite in spirit and trembles at My word.”
- Isaiah 66:2
Heart postures of humility (Joshua 1-6:27):
1) Dependance on God (Joshua 1:1-18)
2) Confidence in God (Joshua 3-4)
3) Witness for God (Joshua 4)
4) Identity in God (Joshua 5:1-9)
5) Trust in the deliverance of God (5:10-12)
“And you were dead in trespasses and sins … But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us,even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ – by grace you have been saved.”
– Ephesians 2:1, 4-6
6) Reverence for God (5:13-15)
7) Obedience to God (6:1-27)
2) Elevate God over all (Joshua 2; 6:15-27)