It’s wonderful for brothers and sisters to dwell together in unity. It’s wonderful in the home, in marriages, in families, and in the family of God. Tonight, as we are met together, it’s wonderful to worship in unity and now to see we are met in hope for a word from our Lord in His Word. The unity we enjoy in our church is the result of our unified faith. Yet, you all know how we tend to put up walls with each other that can become formidable and that separate us. When we have spiritual “walls of Jericho” in our personal lives, in our churches, in our homes, in our jobs, or in our marriages, we face mighty walls hindering us in our walk of faith. These walls are barriers to victory. God has promised us victory, but before His promised victory can come, these walls have to come down. It may seem perfectly simple how these walls of Jericho came down. The writer of Hebrews declares, “By faith…” That seems simple enough, but we all can start to analyze the scene. Before we know it, we begin debating with God. How do we ever learn to operate and function and walk by faith? Is tonight God’s time to awaken our hearts on how to bring down the walls in our lives by faith? Joshua 5:13--6:20 explains God’s strategy for using faith to bring down our walls. God gave Joshua four simple rules. If we discover these four rules that God used at Jericho, and by faith obey Him, it will bring down our walls. What are God’s rules for bringing down our walls by faith? |
