Hillsong's teaching night on Tuesday are just awesome.
Richard V. has been exploring the old testament, and how it relates to us today under the new covenant. It's been very insightful and I'd encourage you all to get the CDs/pod-casts and begin to attend once the sessions restart in September.
Here are Bret's notes from last Tuesday - awesome! Have a read, it's a bit long and these are Bret's personal notes, so feel free to post any questions/ comments, or get in touch with Bret to discuss some more.
Ria
What are Gods promises to us in Christ
- Salvation
- Abundant life
- Peace
- Joy
- Hope
- Favour
- Mercy
- Eternal life
- Freedom
- Blessings
God has given us all this through Jesus
Romans 7.14
- Slavery to sin
- I do what I don't want to do
- But thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our lord
Were not just saved from something (slavery to sin) We are
- Slaves to the Egyptians
- Slaves to sin
Passover
Jesus died as our Passover lamb
Crossing red sea and leaving Egypt under the water Baptism - identifying with Christ and leaving our past under the water
Law given at my Sinai
Jesus come to fulfill the law
Challenges in the wilderness which tested their trust of God Count it all joy when you face trials of various kinds - testing of your faith>perservrtance> mature and complete
It's our faith being tested not your ability
How long will it be to die to self? Before going to church isn't about you Relying in Gods promise
Joshua
Chapter
1. Joshua commissioning
2-5 entering the promise land
6-12
Chapter 1
Moses my servant is dead. Joshua you lead these people across the Jordan river into the promise land
As I was with Moses I will be with you
You will be prosperous and successful wherever you go Repeats three times be strong and courageous Dint let my word depart from you
Chapters 2-5
2 spies went in
Rehab the prostitute wanted to help Gods people Crossing the Jordan
12 stones
Circumcision
Passover - they celebrated the Passover
Commander of the army of the lord - incarnation of Jesus. They meet him just before the first battle
God showed the people he was with Joshua the same as he was with Moses
Jesus says in luke 14.28 count the cost
Chapters 6-12 conquering the land
FAll of Jericho 6.16 - principle of the first fruit. The first city belonged to God they were not to take anything from it
Defeated at Ai - someone took something of the first city achen didn't give of his tithe
Ai destroyed
Covenant renewed
Gibeonites deception - they can see God is with Joshuas people
Sun stands still - Joshua needed more time
Rest of the cities defeated
List of defeated kings
Chapters 13-22 dividing the land
Chapters 23-24 joshua's final sermon and death God will drive out the rest of the nations Don't turn to other Gods or you will perish from this good land As for me and my house we will serve the lord Joshua dies at 110 and buried in the promised land You have seen everything the lied your God has done. Not what they had done. It was the lord defeated them
Chapter 1 Joshua commissioning
Our commissioning
Mat 28.18-20
Jesus great commission
Jesus says I am with you always
I have been commissioned by God
2cor 5.16-6 and 6.2 Christ ambassadors - you luce according to the rules of where you come from - heaven. We represent Christ
Christs love compels us. He gave us the ministry of reconciliation. He is making his appeal through us
Chapter 2-5
Entering the promise land
2 spies sent in - count the cost luke 14.28. Know what your doing before you do it
12 stones as a memorial - David and Goliath 1 Sam 17 - the lord will hand you over to me. The whole world will know there is a God. He called on his memory of how God delivered him from the lions and the hears. What am I remembering that God has delivered me in my life?
Use the example of David and Goliath. The same God loves me as much as he loves David. We have the army of God behind us. God wants the whole world to know Jesus died for them
Circumcision - circumcision of the heart rom 2.29. God cuts away the old in our heart
Commander of the lords army - Jesus col 2.15.
Hebrews 3-4 - make every effort to enter into rest
Numbers 13& 14 - with God we can do it. God loves this atitude. That's the attitude that enters into the promise
Chapter 6-12 conquering the land
Fall of Jericho. The city was fortified God says see I have given it to you. It wad about living by faith not by sight. Am I looking at the fortified city or that God wil conquer
Let the first be devoted to God
Know we are living in Christ.
1john 4.4 am I looking at he that is in me or the world when I'm facing challenges. Christ is already in us so I am already am overcomer. I says you have overcome not you will
1john5.4-5 the victory is ours already. The circumstance is there but tge faith is that God has delivered you by putting Jesus inside us
I am not a conquerer because Jesus is inside me
Rom 8.37. We ARE not we will be
2cor2.14.
Live as you are in Christ
Spiritual Warfare
1cor 9.26-27
fight against your flesh not the devil
I tim 1.18
Hold on to the faith and a good conscience - no condemnation because of what Jesus did
1tim 6.12
Good fight of the faith. People trying to lead people away. You need to do this and that but the faith is Jesus died to give right standing with God
Gal 3 Jesus has done it all for us
2tim4.7
Wherever it talks about fighting it's about the faith that Jesus has done it all for us. The truth of the gospel
2cor10.3-5
It's about what we know about God. Keep it simple and know that God has saved us through Jesus Thought > high thing > argument > stronghold. Johnny has believed it for long enough Take it to Christ obedients not mine Knowledge of God - he's a god of lice mercy and grace he's a giving God. He gave us Jesus. Think about the obedience of Christ not my obedience
1pet 2.11
Rom 7.23
The war is about the faith that what Jesus did was enough
2pet5.6
Humble yourself by trusting in God. Resisting by standing firm in the faith that what Jesus did was enough
Col 2.15 when we were dead in our sin, God made you alive with Christ.
He forgave me. He has disarmed the powers so declare that to them. The devil is s toothless lion. I have to this to be right with God
2cor11.3-4
1pet5.6-9
Col 2.15
Eph 6.11
2cor2.10-11
It's simple just see that Jesus died to make us right with God - there is nothing we need to do. Fight if anything comes against that
Eph 6.10-17
Truth John 1.17, John 14.6
Righteousness Ron 3.22 breastplate guards your heart Gospel of peace rom 6.1-5 Faith - belief in Jesus Christ that he died for us and that's enough Salvation eph 2.8-9 I know that I'm saved it's been given to me by grace Word of God
Heb 3&4
The rest is about what God does not what we do
It's about your heart and mind and relying on the truth that Jesus died for our sin. That there is nothing more we need to
Chapters - Divinding the land
We are the body of Christ
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