Remember God's faithfulness

>by Pastor Joey Asher

Remember God's faithfulness!

My generation is lost. Save the next generation

Why do we preserve memories and pass down traditions?

Joshua 3 Describe how Israel cross river Jordan

Joshua 4:3-7 After pass into jordan, Joshua chose 12 tribes

Purpose of stones and significance?

Big idea:
God wants us to testify His faithfulness to the next generation

#1Remember for yourself what God has done

- stones memorial

- V7 says b4 the ark of the Covenant of the Lord when it passed over the jordan

- Represented the most crucial factor of the river crossing which is the "presence of God"

- ark of covenant signify most holy tangible of God with them

- Joshua 4 represent deep waters, God is delivering us through chaos

- Joshua 4:21-24

- also for all peoples of the earth beyond the nation of Israel that God did something miraculous in their times

- remembering what God has done is more than a mental process to have an emotional experience

- Joshua 4:24 says that we may fear the Lord your God forever

- God was with us, is with us and will be with us

- with testimonies we ought to sing praises, fear God


#2 Recount for others what God has done

- to simply tell an event or experience

- Joshua 4:19-22

- Joshua 5:7 is the new generation which God circumcised en masse

- see Joshua 5:9 where Gilgal means rolled away

- Joshua 5:10 shows they were circumcised because of the passover

- circumcision is prerequisite for males because its a covenant between God and His people

- exodus 12:48, exodus 12:26-27

- 12 stones serves as constant reminders

God is actively involve in people

Who is in your "next generation"?
- Own children

- Spiritual children