Josh 6:1-10 Now the gates of Jericho were tightly shut because the

							         Josh 6:1-10
  Now the gates of Jericho
were tightly shut because the
  people were afraid of the
   Israelites. No one was
   allowed to go in or out.
2 But the LORD said to Joshua,
  "I have given you Jericho, its
king, and all its mighty warriors.
3 Your entire army is to march
around the city once a day for
           six days.
6 So Joshua called together the
 priests and said, "Take up the
Ark of the Covenant, and assign
seven priests to walk in front of
it, each carrying a ram's horn."
  7 Then he gave orders to the
             people:
"March around the city, and the
armed men will lead the way in
 front of the Ark of the LORD."
   8 After Joshua spoke to the
people, the seven priests with the
 rams' horns started marching in
    the presence of the LORD,
  blowing the horns as they
   marched. And the priests
carrying the Ark of the LORD‘S
  covenant followed behind
             them.
9 Armed guards marched both
   in front of the priests and
    behind the Ark, with the
  priests continually blowing
            the horns.
 10 "Do not shout; do not even
                 talk,"
      Joshua commanded.
 "Not a single word from any of
you until I tell you to shout. Then
               shout!"
15 On the seventh day the Israelites
   got up at dawn and marched
 around the city as they had done
  before. But this time they went
    around the city seven times.
 16 The seventh time around, as the
  priests sounded the long blast on
their horns, Joshua commanded the
 people, "Shout! For the LORD has
          given you the city!
20 When the people heard the sound
 of the horns, they shouted as loud
as they could. Suddenly, the walls of
Jericho collapsed, and the Israelites
 charged straight into the city from
     every side and captured it.
                 NLT
I. As we look at battling spiritual
strongholds, we will find that we
       fight from victory,
    I. ISRAEL WAS BATTLING
       FROM A POSITION OF
            VICTORY.
    II. The story of the defeat of
        Jericho starts with The
              Theophany


Theophany = The visible appearance of God in
a recognizable form.

Christophany = The appearance of Christ in a
preincarnate form.
   Joshua 6:2 = LORD
LORD = Tetragrammaton =
YHWH = The Sacred Name of God
    = I AM [Exod 6:2; John 8:58]

  Combined with Adonai = My Lord =
        Yahweh or Jehovah
"For our struggle is not against flesh
  and blood, but against the rulers,
 against the authorities, against the
powers of this dark world and against
   the spiritual forces of evil in the
              Why? –
         Because:
You are More Important than
         you think!

Because each Christian is a potential
threat to the solidarity of the Devil's
kingdom, to his rule over the rest of
mankind.
2 Cor 10:3-5
3 For though we walk in the flesh,
we do not war according to the
flesh,
4 for the weapons of our warfare
are not of the flesh, but divinely
powerful for the destruction of
fortresses.
5 We are destroying speculations
and every lofty thing raised up
against the knowledge of God, and
we are taking every thought
captive to the obedience of Christ,
NASU
   If there is a stronghold in a
       Christian's life, it is a
concentration of power difficult
 for the Christian to overcome.
III. Shout, Blow, -
      Forward!
What We Have In Christ
           Since I Am in Christ
• I have been justified-completely forgiven
  and made righteous (Rom. 5: 1).
• I died with Christ and died to the power of
  sin's rule over my life (Rom. 6:1-6).
• I am free forever from condemnation (Rom. 8: 1).
• I have been placed into Christ (1 Cor. 1:30).
• I have received the Spirit of God into my life
  that I might know the things freely given to
  me by God (1 Cor. 2:12).
• I have been given the mind of Christ (1 Cor.
  2:16).
• I have been bought with a price; I am not
  my own; I belong to God (1 Cor. 6:19,20).
• I have been established, anointed and
  sealed by God in Christ, and I have been
  given the Holy Spirit as a pledge
  guaranteeing my inheritance to come
• (2 Cor. 1:21,22; Eph. 1: 13,14).
•Since I have died, I no longer live for
myself, but for Christ (2 Cor. 5:14,15).

I have been made righteous (2 Cor. 5:21).

I have been crucified with Christ and it is
no longer I who live, but Christ lives in
me. The life I am now living is Christ's life
(Gal. 2:20).
• I have been blessed with every spiritual
  blessing Eph 1:3
• I was chosen in Christ before the
  foundation of the world to be holy (Eph.
 1:4).
• I was predestined-determined by God-
  to be adopted as God's son (Eph. 1:5).
• I have been redeemed and forgiven,
  and I am a recipient of His lavish grace
 (Eph. 1:7,8).
I have been made alive with Christ Eph 2:5.

I have been raised up and seated with
Christ in heaven (Eph. 2:6).

I have direct access to God through the
Spirit (Eph. 2:18).

I may approach God with boldness,
freedom and confidence (Eph. 3:12).
• I have been rescued from the domain
  of Satan's rule and transferred to the
  kingdom of Christ (Col. 1:13).

• I have been redeemed and forgiven of
  all my sins. The debt against me has
  been canceled (Col. 1: 14).

• Christ Himself is in me (Col. 1:27).
• I am firmly rooted in Christ and am
  now being built in Him (Col. 2:7).
• I have been made complete in Christ
 Col. 2: 10.
• I have been spiritually circumcised
 (Col. 2: 11).
• I have been buried, raised and made
  alive with Christ (Col. 2:12,13).
I died with Christ and I have been raised up
with Christ. My life is now hidden with Christ
in God. Christ is now my life (Col. 3:14).

I have been given a spirit of power, love and
self-discipline (2 Tim. 1:7).

I have been saved and set apart according to
God's doing (2 Tim. 1:9; Titus 3:5).
• Because I am sanctified, He is not
  ashamed to call me brother (Heb. 2:11).

• I have the right to come boldly before the
  throne of God to find mercy and grace in
  time of need (Heb. 4:16).

• I have been given exceedingly great and
  precious promises by God by which I am a
  partaker of God's divine nature (2 Pet. 1:4).