Joshua 4:9

Reading: Ps. 24:3; Rev. 14:1-5 We will say right away what it is that is really in view, so that you see what we are working unto. In a word it is this — that God has always had in His mind and eye a people in absolute ascendency. You can change the word ascendency for other words if you like, such ... Read More

Reading: Joshua 3; 4:1-9. The passage of Jordan, about which we read in these verses, is a consummate presentation of what the Lord is saying to us in this series of studies. It must be quite clear to us, as we read it, that it represents a profoundly critical point in the history of the people invo... Read More

Transcribed from a message given by T. Austin-Sparks in 1959. The spoken form has been retained verbatim. Words which were not clearly discernible or questionable have been enclosed in [square] brackets. Our meditation for a few minutes will be in the book of Joshua, chapter 4: "And it came to pass,... Read More

We are not going to read at the moment, but we shall have the book of Joshua open before us, for reference as we go along. THE END OF THE WAY It is necessary for us at the outset, before considering the way to the end, to bring the end of the way right into view. We commenced by noting that God bega... Read More

Joshua 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

We just touched on chapter 4 without saying anything of the stones taken out of Jordan. Ques. Some remark was made about the priests' feet being necessarily dipped in first? They had to go into the place of death; and the moment Christ touched the power of death, it was broken. The priests continued... Read More

One of the first lessons we must learn in reading the Bible is to distinguish between that which is written to us and that which is written for us. Not all the Bible is directed to us, but all the Bible is for us. Now that is a very simple but a very important rule in reading the Word of God. In thi... Read More

There 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

The full meaning of our identification with the Saviour in His death cannot be taken in at a glance. We must tarry here at this place called Calvary in order that the Holy Spirit might reveal to us the deep implications of our participation in Christ's Cross. The natural man cannot receive these thi... Read More

(This letter is printed from the writer's own MS., and has not been, within the editor's knowledge, before published. Several more will be given (D.V.) as opportunity offers.) My Dear Brother,--Faith counts upon the end from the beginning, as our hymn has it-- "The guilt of twice ten thousand sins O... Read More