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Welcome. We are glad that you have come to worship with us.

Welcome. We are glad that you have come to worship with us. www.onealchurchofchrist.org. Egyptian captivity. Spies sent into Canaan. Canaan. Rameses. Kadesh-barnea. Sinai Peninsula. Red Sea crossing. Route not entirely known. Egypt. Received the 10 Commandments. Mt. Sinai.

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  1. Welcome.We are glad that you have come to worship with us. www.onealchurchofchrist.org

  2. Egyptian captivity Spies sent into Canaan Canaan Rameses Kadesh-barnea Sinai Peninsula Red Sea crossing Route not entirely known Egypt Received the 10 Commandments Mt. Sinai

  3. Deut. 20:1-4 (NIV) 1 When you go to war against your enemies and see horses and chariots and an army greater than yours, do not be afraid of them, because the LORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt, will be with you. 2 When you are about to go into battle, the priest shall come forward and address the army.

  4. Deut. 20:1-4 (NIV) 3 He shall say: “Hear, Israel: Today you are going into battle against your enemies. Do not be fainthearted or afraid; do not panic or be terrified by them. 4 For the LORD your God is the one who goes with you to fight for you against your enemies TO GIVE YOU VICTORY.”

  5. Incredible Stories of Victory Deuteronomy 20:1-4

  6. Incredible Stories of Victory The Bible is filled with stories about victory! Joshua & Israelites march around Jericho Elijah vs. 450 prophets of Baal David vs. Goliath & the Philistines Gideon & 300 vs. 120,000 Midianites

  7. ASA2 Chronicles 14 Victory Through Preparation

  8. 2 Chronicles 14 (NKJV) 1 So Abijah rested with his fathers, and they buried him in the City of David. Then Asa his son reigned in his place. In his days the land was quiet for ten years. 2 Asa did what was good and right in the eyes of the Lord his God, 3 for he removed the altars of the foreign gods and the high places, and broke down the sacred pillars and cut down the wooden images. 4 He commanded Judah to seek the Lord God of their fathers, and to observe the law and the commandment.

  9. 2 Chronicles 14 (NKJV) 5 He also removed the high places and the incense altars from all the cities of Judah, and the kingdom was quiet under him. 6 And he built fortified cities in Judah, for the land had rest; he had no war in those years, because the Lord had given him rest. 7 Therefore he said to Judah, “Let us build these cities and make walls around them, and towers, gates, and bars, while the land is yet before us, because we have sought the Lord our God; we have sought Him, and He has given us rest on every side.” So they built and prospered.

  10. 2 Chronicles 14 (NKJV) 8 And Asa had an army of three hundred thousand from Judah who carried shields and spears, and from Benjamin two hundred and eighty thousand men who carried shields and drew bows; all these were mighty men of valor.

  11. N Judah W E Egypt S 2 Chronicles 14:9 Then Zerah the Ethiopian came out against them with an army of a million men and three hundred chariots, and he came to Mareshah. Kush

  12. Asa & 580,000 vs. Zerah & 1,000,000 + N W E S Mareshah Army of 1,000,000 soldiers 2 Chronicles 14:10 So Asa went out against him, and they set the troops in battle array in the Valley of Zephathah at Mareshah.

  13. Old Testament Mareshah & the Valley of Zephathah N W E The Septuagint rendering is "in the ravine to the North of Mareshah." S Tel Mareshah

  14. 2 Chronicles 14 (NKJV) The Prayer of Asa 11 And Asa cried out to the Lord his God, and said, “Lord, it is nothing for You to help, whether with many or with those who have no power; help us, O Lord our God, for we rest on You, and in Your name we go against this multitude. O Lord, You are our God; do not let man prevail against You!” A prayer of humility A prayer of faith

  15. N W E Army of 1,000,000 soldiers S Mareshah Gerar 2 Chronicles 14:12 So the Lord struck the Ethiopians before Asa and Judah, and the Ethiopians fled. 13 And Asa and the people who were with him pursued them to Gerar.

  16. 2 Chronicles 14 (NKJV) 13b So the Ethiopians were overthrown, and they could not recover, for they were broken before the Lord and His army. And they (Judah) carried away very much spoil.

  17. Making application Victory can be found in preparation. Asa didn’t wait until he had problems to seek God. He prepared for difficulty before it happened.

  18. Ahab & Israel1 Kings 20 Victory Through Wise Counsel

  19. 1 Kings 20 (NKJV) 1 Now Ben-Hadad the king of Syria gathered all his forces together; thirty-two kings were with him, with horses and chariots. And he went up and besieged Samaria, and made war against it. 2 Then he sent messengers into the city to Ahab king of Israel, and said to him, “Thus says Ben-Hadad: 3 ‘Your silver and your gold are mine; your loveliest wives and children are mine.’” 4 And the king of Israel answered and said, “My lord, O king, just as you say, I and all that I have are yours.”

  20. N Syria W E Ben-Hadad S Hills of Samaria Samaria Israel

  21. Hills of Samaria

  22. 1 Kings 20 (NKJV) 8 And all the elders and all the people said to him (Ahab), “Do not listen or consent.” 9 Therefore he said to the messengers of Ben-Hadad, “Tell my lord the king, this thing I cannot do.’” And the messengers departed and brought back word to him. 12 And it happened when Ben-Hadad heard this message, as he and the kings were drinking at the command post, that he said to his servants, “Get ready.” And they got ready to attack the city.

  23. 1 Kings 20 (NKJV) 13 Suddenly a prophet approached Ahab king of Israel, saying, “Thus says the Lord: ‘Have you seen all this great multitude? Behold, I will deliver it into your hand today, and you shall know that I am the Lord.’” 14 So Ahab said, “By whom?”And he said, “Thus says the Lord: ‘By the young leaders of the provinces.’” Then he (Ahab) said, “Who will set the battle in order?” And he (the prophet) answered, “You.” 15 Then he mustered the young leaders of the provinces, and there were two hundred and thirty-two; and after them he mustered all the people, all the children of Israel—seven thousand.

  24. 1 Kings 20 (NKJV) 19 Then these young leaders of the provinces went out of the city with the army which followed them. 20 And each one killed his man; so the Syrians fled, and Israel pursued them; and Ben-Hadad the king of Syria escaped on a horse with the cavalry. 21 Then the king of Israel went out and killed the Syrians with a great slaughter. 23 Then the servants of the king of Syria said to him, “Their gods are gods of the hills. Therefore they were stronger than we; but if we fight against them in the plain, surely we will be stronger than they.

  25. N Syria W E Ben-Hadad S Jezreel Valley Hills of Samaria Israel

  26. Jezreel Valley Hills of Samaria Plain of Jezreel

  27. 1 Kings 20 (NKJV) 25b And he (Ben-Hadad) listened to their voice and did so. 26 So it was, in the spring of the year, that Ben-Hadad mustered the Syrians and went up to fight against Israel. 27 And the children of Israel went against them. Now the children of Israel encamped before them like two little flocks of goats, while the Syrians filled the countryside.

  28. 1 Kings 20 (NKJV) 28 Then a man of God came and spoke to the king of Israel, and said, “Thus says the Lord: ‘Because the Syrians have said, “The Lord is God of the hills, but He is not God of the valleys,” therefore I will deliver all this great multitude into your hand, and you shall know that I am the Lord.’” 29b and the children of Israel killed one hundred thousand foot soldiers of the Syrians in one day. 30 But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; then a wall fell on twenty-seven thousand of the men who were left. And Ben-Hadad fled.

  29. Making application Victory can be found in wise counsel. Ahab – All the elders said, “Do not listen or consent.” = VICTORY Ben Hadad – “If we fight against them in the plain, surely we will be stronger” = FAIL

  30. Jonathon1 Samuel 13 & 14 Victory Through Urgency

  31. 1 Samuel 13 (NKJV) 2 Saul chose for himself three thousand men of Israel. 5 Then the Philistines gathered together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the seashore in multitude. 6 When the men of Israel saw that they were in danger (for the people were distressed), then the people hid in caves, in thickets, in rocks, in holes, and in pits. 7 And some of the Hebrews crossed over the Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead. 15b And Saul numbered the people present with him, about six hundred men.

  32. N W E S Gad 80% of army Philistia Gibeah Israel 1 Samuel 13:16 Saul, Jonathan his son, and the people present with them remained in Gibeah of Benjamin. But the Philistines encamped in Michmash.

  33. 1 Samuel 13 (NKJV) 19 Now there was no blacksmith to be found throughout all the land of Israel, for the Philistines said, “Lest the Hebrews make swords or spears.” 22 So it came about, on the day of battle, that there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people who were with Saul and Jonathan. But they were found with Saul and Jonathan his son. 23 And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the pass of Michmash.

  34. 1 Samuel 14 (NKJV) 1 Now it happened one day that Jonathan the son of Saul said to the young man who bore his armor, “Come, let us go over to the Philistines’ garrison that is on the other side.” But he did not tell his father. 3b (and) the people did not know that Jonathan had gone. 4 Between the passes, by which Jonathan sought to go over to the Philistines’ garrison, there was a sharp rock on one side and a sharp rock on the other side.

  35. Michmash viewed from the southeast Michmash Michmash pass Philistine Camp Jonathon

  36. 1 Samuel 14 (NKJV) 6 Then Jonathan said to the young man who bore his armor, “Come, let us go over to the garrison of these (Philistines); it may be that the Lord will work for us. For nothing restrains the Lord from saving by many or by few.” 9 If they say thus to us, ‘Wait until we come to you,’ then we will stand still in our place and not go up to them. 10 But if they say thus, ‘Come up to us,’ then we will go up. For the Lord has delivered them into our hand, and this will be a sign to us.”

  37. 1 Samuel 14 (NKJV) 11a So both of them showed themselves to the garrison of the Philistines. 12 Then the men of the garrison called to Jonathan and his armorbearer, and said, “Come up to us, and we will show you something.”Jonathan said to his armorbearer, “Come up after me, for the Lord has delivered them into the hand of Israel.”

  38. 1 Samuel 14 (NKJV) 13 And Jonathan climbed up on his hands and knees with his armorbearer after him; and they fell before Jonathan. And as he came after him, his armorbearer killed them. 14 That first slaughter which Jonathan and his armorbearer made was about twenty men within about half an acre of land. 15 And there was trembling in the camp, in the field, and among all the people. The garrison and the raiders also trembled; and the earth quaked, so that it was a very great trembling.

  39. 1 Samuel 14 (NKJV) 16 Now the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked, and there was the multitude, melting away; and they went here and there. 20 Then Saul and all the people who were with him assembled, and they went to the battle; and indeed every man’s sword was against his neighbor, and there was very great confusion. 23 So the Lord saved Israel that day, and the battle shifted to Beth Aven.

  40. Making application Faith compels one to ACT! Jonathan was motivated to fight even though others were unwilling or unprepared. Why? Because it meant too much to Jonathon to do nothing! Lesson for all Christians. Do right regardless of the situation or odds

  41. Christians1 Corinthians 15:54-58 The Final Victory

  42. 1 Corinthians 15:54-58 54 When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: “Death has been swallowed up In Victory.” 55 “Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?” 56 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.

  43. 1 Corinthians 15:54-58 57 But thanks be to God! He Gives Us The Victory Through Our Lord Jesus Christ. 58 Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.

  44. Conclusion Ahab listened to good counsel. Asa made preparation. Jonathon was motivated to act. WHAT WILL YOU DO?

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