Joshua and the General

Timothy Keller Sermons Podcast by Gospel in Life

Tim Keller

Religion & Spirituality, Religion, Religion & Spirituality:christianity, Christianity, Spirituality

4.8 • 15K Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2023

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Many of you have probably heard of the battle of Jericho. But you probably didn’t know about what happens in these first three verses. These verses make all the difference. Jericho was a huge city, a fortified city, and humanly speaking, an impossible city for the Israelites to handle. It’s important to remember that this is not the first time Joshua has been to Jericho. In this passage, Joshua goes out all by himself and looks at it. He’s remembering something that happened 40 years before. When he gets out there, he has this amazing encounter with God. There are three lessons we draw from this passage: 1) this is Jesus, 2) Jesus is absolutely holy, and 3) Jesus had a drawn sword. This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on September 22, 1996. Series: Daring to Draw Near. Scripture: Joshua 5:13-15, 6:1-5. Today's podcast is brought to you by Gospel in Life, the site for all sermons, books, study guides and resources from Timothy Keller and Redeemer Presbyterian Church. If you've enjoyed listening to this podcast and would like to support the ongoing efforts of this ministry, you can do so by visiting https://gospelinlife.com/give and making a one-time or recurring donation.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Gospel and Life.
0:05.0	Throughout the Bible, we see accounts of people who have had direct extraordinary encounters
0:10.8	with God.
0:11.8	In today's sermon, Tim Keller is teaching through one of those extraordinary encounters,
0:16.7	what happened and what it means for us today.
0:19.7	After you listen, please take a few seconds to rate and review our podcast.
0:23.4	Your review can help others to discover our podcast and experience the hope of the Gospel.
0:29.2	Now here's today's teaching from Dr. Keller.
0:33.2	The passage is printed in the Bible.
0:35.2	Part me from the Bible printed in your bulletin.
0:39.0	The Holy Bulletin.
0:44.3	So please open your Holy Bulletin to Joshua 5 verses 13 to 15.
0:51.2	And I'm going to just to make sure you put it in context and you realize where this happens.
0:56.0	I'm going to read into chapter 6, but we're really just looking at these three verses in
1:01.4	Joshua 5.
1:03.7	Now when Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and he saw a man standing in front of him
1:11.0	with a drawn sword in his hand.
1:13.8	And Joshua went up to him and asked, are you for us or for our enemies?
1:21.2	Neither he replied, but as commander of the army of the Lord, I have now come.
1:27.4	And then Joshua fell face down to the ground in reverence and asked him, what message does
1:31.7	my Lord have for his servant?
1:35.0	And the commander of the Lord's army replied, take off your sandals.
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