<TITLE>13. Par 40-41</TITLE>L-40 Now, look. He said, "I'll send you a sign. There'll be a Pillar of Fire will lead you all the way. You just follow it; it'll take you." That's right. And they got right up there, and the Pillar of Fire turned in to be a Man. He said, "I'm the Captain of the host of the Lord." Said, "We've come this far. Now let's go on."
Now, there was all that great land before them, all military men. And now the Captain of the host of the Lord, He was a military Man too. So He said, "Now, Joshua, now don't you fear. I'll be with you, and no man can stand before you all the days of your life."
Oh, my. Joshua said, "Now, we're going to see what the land looks like." So he sent out some spies. They went, and the harlot Rahab hid them through the night. I want you to notice another thing. Watch what taken place when they were up there, harlot Rahab's house.
Harlot Rahab, she hid them under this flax on top of her roof, sent the men out of the gates, and come back and said, "Look." Said... Now, watch how God's a moving, to take this encouragement back to Joshua. He said, "All this country fainteth because of you." Said, "We have heard what the Lord has done for you." Amen. I just love that. Don't you worry. God's got a good time coming by and by.
"All the country is afraid of you. When we heard that the Lord dried up the Red Sea and let you cross, drowned Pharaoh's army, give you food by manna out in the wilderness, and put a brass serpent up for an atonement. He done all these things for you. And I knowed what you done destroyed the Og, and--and the other kings. I seen what you did, utterly destroyed. And when we heard this and you were headed our way, we just fainted. There's no more courage left in no one."

L-41 When they come back and told that to Joshua, I can imagine whirling that sword, say, "Glory to God, He's before us." Amen. What made them faint? What made them so fainty when they were way bigger? "Why," they said, "we look like grasshoppers up beside of them." How could they faint? They were setting behind big walls with big slings and rocks and everything, and spears and everything, outnumbered them by the thousands times thousands and thousands, they outnumbered them. Certainly they could. They were all united together. "Why can't we run that bunch, little handful of little bitty, old tiny scrubby looking men with old sickle bars and things to fight with? They're not even military men at all, the only thing they are, walking along there with little old sandals on, not warriors, they're campers and dwellers and fanatics and holy-rollers. Well, why can't we... Standing down on the banks and shouting and screaming, bringing disgrace... Well, why can't we armor ourself and go against them?"
But there was nothing in their hearts. Why? God said, "I'll send My fear before you." Amen. There it is. "I'll send My fear before, for you're My people, My covenant people. I've called you by election. I have chosen you. I have put you into the body and you're circumcised. Now you're believers. And you go on; I'm with you. It's all yours."


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