[Due to to COVID19 restrictions, we are doing things a little differently at Benchley and an audio recording is not available for this lesson. However, the lesson was live-streamed on YouTube and can be watched below. -MRW]

• Joshua 6
• The ancient city of Jericho is the second most excavated city after Jerusalem.
• Joshua 6:24 – See I Kings 16:34.
• Lessons from Jericho:
  • No stronghold can resist God.
    • Numbers 13:28
    • I Peter 5:8
    • I John 5:19 – The whole world lies in the power of the evil one.
    • Hosea 4:1-2 – This sounds like today!
    • I John 5:20 – There has been evil before, but God has brought victory.
    • James 4:7
    • God can bring down seemingly impenetrable walls of evil.
  • God rewards faith wherever it is found.
    • Joshua 2:1, 8-11
    • Hebrews 11:30-31
    • James 2:24-26
    • God sees a glimmer of hope in all of us, regardless of our past!
    • Matthew 21:31
  • God can “give” something with conditions.
    • Joshua 6:2, 16, 20
    • Deuteronomy 9:6 – God’s blessing was not because of their righteousness.
    • Hebrews 11:30 – The walls fell down by faith. This clearly includes obedience!