Josh 9-11 1 Cor 6

Josh 10:20-21
So Joshua and the Israelites destroyed them completely-almost to a man-but the few who were left reached their fortified cities. 21 The whole army then returned safely to Joshua in the camp at Makkedah, and no one uttered a word against the Israelites.

As someone who has actually been to war, it is hard for me to imagine a battle where the enemy is completely wiped out and your whole army returns safely. Yet when the battle is the Lords how can there be causality, it is the Lords war. In Jesus battle for our soul the same is true except there was one causality Jesus himself. However our causality, our King rose up to be our King forever. He will rein in the universe and in our lives as Lord, Savior and King. The battle is His because we are His we are His family, His children His warriors and the battle cannot be lost if it is His. But Paul reminds us 1 Cor 6:7-8 there is a battle we cannot win. “The very fact that you have lawsuits among you means you have been completely defeated already. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated? 8 Instead, you yourselves cheat and do wrong, and you do this to your brothers”. Paul reminds us if the battle and the warrior belongs to God then so does the things the Warrior owns. As Pastor Rick said last Sunday we need to be so “Heavenly” minded that these things become only things and we remember they will all burn.

May God make us so Heavenly minded that we are willing to give up even the right to be right for the sake of love. That is my prayer this morning. That I (we) would be so much the family of God that “no one uttered a word against the Israelites (Gods family)”.

Pastor Jack

Josh 12-14 1 Cor 7