Cursing's and Blessings Joshua 8

 

Joshua 8 Cursing’s and Blessings

 

God says to take all the men of war when they go against Ai. In our last lesson we said Ai represents the flesh The flesh is the greatest enemy we have, and we need all the resources we have to get the victory. God tells Joshua to take Ai by ambush. The strategy worked as Joshua planned, and the city of Ai fell easily into the hands of Israel.

 

We all have our defeats in our life, as Joshua did with Ai in his first encounter. We must examine very carefully the reasons for our defeats. We must realize that the greatest enemy you and I have is ourselves. The reason for our defeat is our dependence upon our own ability. You and I cannot control the flesh. Only the Spirit of God can do that. Christ died not only that you might have salvation, but He died that this sin nature might be dealt with.. “God sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh.” Romans 8:31. Paul stated in Gal. 2:20 “I am crucified with Christ; nevertheless, I live, yet not I, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.”

 

After the victory at Ai, Joshua built an altar unto the Lord God of Israel in Mount Ebal. There Joshua read the blessings and the cursing’s. (Deut. 11”26-32). They did not read just a part of it; they read all of it. This was to be the law of the land, and it was time for Israel to be reminded of the conditions of God’s covenant with her.

 

 

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J. Vernon McGee Commentary and New King James Bible. Nelsons Quick Reference Commentary.