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T. Austin-Sparks

Possessing the Inheritance

T. Austin-SparksWe have pointed out that the whole of the New Testament is the spiritual and present-time counterpart of the book of Joshua. Beginning with the setting aside of one nation, and its loss of the inheritance through unbelief, we are shown the bringing into being, by resurrection out from that nation, o... Read More
T. Austin-Sparks

The People of God and Their Inheritance

T. Austin-SparksReading: Joshua 1. "It came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries? And he said, Nay; but as pri... Read More
Charles E. Cowman

Alone With God

Charles E. Cowman"And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day" (Gen. 32:24). Left alone! What different sensations those words conjure up to each of us. To some they spell loneliness and desolation, to others rest and quiet. To be left alone without God, would be too awf... Read More
Charles E. Cowman

Strength From the Sorrow

Charles E. Cowman"Now it came to pass after the death of Moses, the servant of the Lord, that the Lord spake unto Joshua, the son of Nun, Moses' minister, saying, Moses my servant is dead; now, therefore arise, go over this Jordan, thou and all this people" (Joshua 1:1-2). Sorrow came to you yesterday, and emptied y... Read More
John Nelson Darby

Joshua 1 - 13

John Nelson DarbyJoshua 1. The first thought is to cross the Jordan. Verses 3, 4. The principles come in afterwards, namely, all the extent of the promises of God; but realization by the fact that one takes possession of them. There is a connection between the moral state of man down here, and the glory of man above... Read More
John Piper

The Conquest of Canaan

John PiperNovember 29, 1981 THE CONQUEST OF CANAAN After wandering in the wilderness for 40 years, the people of Israel came finally to the plains of Moab on the east side of the Jordan River opposite Jericho. And here one of the saddest scenes in all the Bible is described for us at the end of Deuteronomy. M... Read More
Principles For The Gathering Of Believers

76 - Chronological Bible Reading of Scriptures

Principles For The Gathering Of BelieversThere is a great need in the body of Christ for consistent reading of the Holy Scriptures in their entirety, book by book, chapter by chapter, verse by verse. In this case we are encouraging a chronological reading of the Scriptures. Most of the confusion is created when certain teachers, groups, or... Read More
A.B. Simpson

Joshua Chapter 1 Our Full Inheritance in Christ

A.B. SimpsonThe following chapters contain the substance of a series of expositions of the Book of Joshua, designed to unfold the deeper spiritual teachings of this book as a revelation of Christ in His fulness, and as a type of the higher inheritance of faith and peace into which our divine Joshua waits to int... Read More
J.G. Bellet

Woollen and Linen

"Thou shalt not wear a garment of divers sorts, as of woollen and linen together" Deut. 22: 11. The path of the church of God is a narrow path, such a one that the mere moral sense will continually mistake it. But this should be welcome to us, because it tells us that the Lord looks that His saints ... Read More
A.B. Simpson

Joshua Chapter 3 The Two Watchwords of Victory

A.B. SimpsonJoshua 1: 1-9. Like the two wings of a bird, like the two oars of a boat, both essential to its proper movement, are the two principles of Faith and Obedience, which are ever linked together in a rightly regulated Christian life, and which are interwoven in the opening scenes of the Book of Joshua. ... Read More

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