Alt\u00adhough the peo\u00adp\u00adle of Isra\u00adel had left the toug\u00adhest adver\u00adsa\u00adry Egypt behind them after the pas\u00adsa\u00adge through the Reed Sea, new enemies had appeared. One day the\u00adre were five of them. But God did not let the sun set for a who\u00adle day, so that they could be defea\u00adted. Even in per\u00adso\u00adnal life, the path to free\u00addom remains a lifel\u00adong task. But God gives such sun\u00adny days in which we are chal\u00adlen\u00adged to attack and defeat the enemies from the past.<\/p>\n
God crea\u00adted the who\u00adle Crea\u00adtio out of not\u00adhing. The word bara is used for this in Hebrew. Apart from the crea\u00adti\u00adon sto\u00adry, this verb appears only once more in the Bible. David uses it: \u00abGod, crea\u00adte in me a clean heart and give me a new, upright spi\u00adrit\u00bb (Psalm 51:12 NLB<\/span>). With the same crea\u00adti\u00advi\u00adty and power, God can crea\u00adte a new heart or res\u00adto\u00adre a bro\u00adken heart. So the\u00adre is hope for all peo\u00adp\u00adle who go through life with the hand\u00adbra\u00adke on. \tCap\u00adti\u00advi\u00adty in Egypt (Exodus 1): In Hebrew it is cal\u00adled Miz\u00adra\u00adim. This means con\u00adfi\u00adne\u00adment or oppres\u00adsi\u00adon. The dual ending ayim indi\u00adca\u00adtes a two\u00adfold oppres\u00adsi\u00adon, an inner and an outer one. Every human being is sepa\u00adra\u00adted from God from birth and is in hosti\u00adle cap\u00adti\u00advi\u00adty (Romans 3:23). This is the start\u00ading posi\u00adti\u00adon in life. The enemies do not go out \tWhen you think of the exodus of the Israe\u00adli\u00adtes from Egypt and the taking of the land of Cana\u00adan, at which sta\u00adti\u00adon are you? Alt\u00adhough the peo\u00adp\u00adle of Isra\u00adel had left the toug\u00adhest adver\u00adsa\u00adry Egypt behind them after the pas\u00adsa\u00adge through the Reed Sea, new enemies had appeared. One day the\u00adre were five of them. But God did not let the sun set for a who\u00adle day, so that they could be defea\u00adted. Even in per\u00adso\u00adnal life, the path remains\u2026<\/p>","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":7053,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","wpfc_preacher":[23],"wpfc_sermon_series":[81],"wpfc_sermon_topics":[],"wpfc_bible_book":[],"wpfc_service_type":[12],"class_list":["wpfc_preacher-matthias-altwegg","wpfc_sermon_series-creatio","wpfc-sermon-single","post-6853","wpfc_sermon","type-wpfc_sermon","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","wpfc_service_type-gottesdienst"],"acf":[],"sermons_blog_filters_topics":"\t\t\t\t
\nOn the way to the Pro\u00admi\u00adsed Land
\nThe sto\u00adry of Isra\u00adel in the Old Tes\u00adta\u00adment can be inter\u00adpre\u00adted alle\u00adgo\u00adri\u00adcal\u00adly to illus\u00adtra\u00adte a person\u2019s jour\u00adney with God. The dif\u00adfe\u00adrent sta\u00adti\u00adons have deep spi\u00adri\u00adtu\u00adal meaning:<\/p>\n
\n\tPas\u00adso\u00adver and Exodus (Exodus 12+13): At the Pas\u00adso\u00adver, the Israe\u00adli\u00adtes had to kill a spot\u00adless sheep and paint the blood on the door\u00adposts of their hou\u00adses. This is a pic\u00adtu\u00adre of the death of Jesus Christ on the cross of Gol\u00adgo\u00adtha. Tho\u00adse who ent\u00adrust their lives to Jesus Christ ther\u00adeby cla\u00adim this sub\u00adsti\u00adtu\u00adtio\u00adna\u00adry death for them\u00adsel\u00adves. For the Hebrews, the blood is the seat of life. With the per\u00adso\u00adnal exodus from Egypt, the tur\u00adning to Jesus Christ, one recei\u00adves a new life as a gift.
\n\tPil\u00adlar of fire and cloud (Ex 13:17ff): Imme\u00addia\u00adte\u00adly after the Exodus, God takes the lead. A human being, on the way with God, is led by the Holy Spirit.
\n\tPas\u00adsa\u00adge through the Reed Sea (Exodus 14): After the Exodus, the Israe\u00adli\u00adtes soon felt the breath of their over\u00adpowe\u00adring enemies behind them. Sin\u00adce the Sea of Reeds lay befo\u00adre them, they had no chan\u00adce. But God let the Israe\u00adli\u00adtes pass through the sea with dry feet. When the high\u00adly mili\u00adta\u00adri\u00adsed Egypt fol\u00adlo\u00adwed them, the waters came and buried the who\u00adle army. Paul com\u00adpa\u00adres this to bap\u00adtism in 1 Corin\u00adthi\u00adans 10:2. In bap\u00adtism, a line is drawn behind the per\u00adson being bap\u00adti\u00adsed over which the enemies can\u00adnot pass.
\n\tMan\u00adna and water (Exodus 16): God pro\u00advi\u00addes \u2013 not in advan\u00adce \u2013 but dai\u00adly with the neces\u00adsi\u00adties. It is the ans\u00adwer to the request \u00abGive us this day our dai\u00adly bread\u00bb in \u00abOur Father\u00bb. It is the basis for a care\u00adfree life.
\n\tVic\u00adto\u00adry against ano\u00adther ene\u00admy (Ex 17:8ff): Even after the pas\u00adsa\u00adge through the Reed Sea, enemies appear again. Through fer\u00advent pray\u00ader, howe\u00adver, the Ama\u00adle\u00adki\u00adtes were defeated.
\n\tEnt\u00adry into the Pro\u00admi\u00adsed Land (Book of Joshua): After many chal\u00adlen\u00adging desert years, the Israe\u00adli\u00adtes are final\u00adly allo\u00adwed to enter Cana\u00adan. For a fol\u00adlower of Jesus, this is the moment when he comes into the imme\u00addia\u00adte pre\u00adsence of God after his earth\u00adly life.<\/p>\n
\nAt the begin\u00adning of the con\u00adquest of the land, after Joshua had defea\u00adted Jeri\u00adcho and Ai and Gibe\u00adon had allied with him, this brought 5 kings on the sce\u00adne. Tog\u00ade\u00adther they wan\u00adted to attack Gibe\u00adon and defeat the Israe\u00adli\u00adtes: \u00abSo the five Amo\u00adri\u00adte kings \u2013 the kings of Jeru\u00adsa\u00adlem, Hebron, Jar\u00admuth, Lachish and Eglon united their armies, brought their tro\u00adops into posi\u00adti\u00adon and atta\u00adcked Gibe\u00adon\u00bb (Joshua 10:5 NLB<\/span>).
\nIn the Chris\u00adti\u00adan land\u00adscape, the opi\u00adni\u00adon is some\u00adti\u00admes held that with a clear tur\u00adning (con\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adon, rebirth) to Jesus Christ com\u00adbi\u00adned with bap\u00adtism, all enemies are defea\u00adted fore\u00adver. Per\u00adhaps this is so in some cases. In prac\u00adti\u00adce, we also encoun\u00adter other examp\u00adles. For the peo\u00adp\u00adle of Isra\u00adel, too, new enemies appear on the hori\u00adzon after the Red Sea. Here the\u00adre are five of them.
\nFive pos\u00adsi\u00adble enemies who want to \u00abspit in our soup\u00bb should be men\u00adtio\u00adned here:
\nEne\u00admy \u00abunloved\u00bb: The\u00adre are peo\u00adp\u00adle who expe\u00adri\u00aden\u00adced very litt\u00adle love in child\u00adhood or had to earn it through per\u00adfor\u00admance. Ins\u00adtead of an uncon\u00addi\u00adtio\u00adnal \u00abyes\u00bb, they only ever heard a \u00abyes, but\u2026\u00bb. As a result, such peo\u00adp\u00adle are unre\u00adcep\u00adti\u00adve to love or they suck it up. This in turn puts a strain on cur\u00adrent relationships.
\nEne\u00admy \u00ababu\u00adse\u00bb: Abu\u00adse is far too wide\u00adspread \u2013 be it emo\u00adtio\u00adnal, phy\u00adsi\u00adcal and also ritu\u00adal. In order to sur\u00advi\u00adve, you had to split off a part of yours\u00adelf. You may not even be awa\u00adre today that you have expe\u00adri\u00aden\u00adced abu\u00adse. But every now and then you expe\u00adri\u00adence how a situa\u00adti\u00adon trig\u00adgers you and makes you act very irra\u00adtio\u00adnal\u00adly and destructively.
\nEne\u00admy \u00abdeva\u00adlua\u00adti\u00adon\u00bb: The hea\u00adven\u00adly Father, your Crea\u00adtor, pro\u00adno\u00adun\u00adces a \u00abvery good\u00bb on your life. Many peo\u00adp\u00adle have plun\u00adde\u00adred this account on the way of your gro\u00adwing up. Again and again you have heard that you are not enough and that you are not get\u00adting it tog\u00ade\u00adther. Today you belie\u00adve it and live far below your cal\u00adling becau\u00adse you don\u2019t find the cou\u00adra\u00adge to tack\u00adle something.
\nEne\u00admy \u00abnegle\u00adct\u00bb: Some child\u00adren are negle\u00adc\u00adted by their par\u00adents, so that the bond with the mother or father was not built sta\u00adb\u00adly. Per\u00adhaps emo\u00adtio\u00adnal secu\u00adri\u00adty was also miss\u00ading becau\u00adse other things were often more important than you. Today you have gre\u00adat dif\u00adfi\u00adcul\u00adty in get\u00adting invol\u00adved in deep and long-term relationships.
\nEne\u00admy \u00abShame\u00bb: Shame wants to make us wise that we not only made mista\u00adkes, but are a mista\u00adke our\u00adsel\u00adves. May\u00adbe you were often laug\u00adhed at in school. The who\u00adle class tur\u00adned around and made fun of your red head. Even today, you try not to make a fuss and don\u2019t bring up things that bother you. You give a wide berth to any situa\u00adti\u00adon that could be embar\u00adras\u00adsing for you.
\nThis sum\u00admer we were out on the moun\u00adtain bikes. For someone in the group, the shoes were rub\u00adbing on the bra\u00adke disc. The result was an annoy\u00ading whist\u00adling noi\u00adse and more resis\u00adtance, which meant more effort. The five enemies have simi\u00adlar effects. We emit an annoy\u00ading sound and go through life with the bra\u00adkes on. It is hard to ima\u00adgi\u00adne how much joy of life, cou\u00adra\u00adge and vita\u00adli\u00adty fall by the way\u00adsi\u00adde \u2013 a life below one\u2019s actu\u00adal poten\u00adti\u00adal. The path to free\u00addom remains a lifel\u00adong task.
\nGod gives vic\u00adto\u00adry in the struggle
\nWhat comes next is just gre\u00adat! First the LORD<\/span> encou\u00adra\u00adges Joshua: \u00ab \u00abDo not be afraid of them,\u00bb the LORD<\/span> said to Joshua, \u00abfor I will give you vic\u00adto\u00adry over them. Not one of them will be able to stand against you\u00bb \u00bb (Joshua 10:8 NLB<\/span>). This pro\u00admi\u00adse also appli\u00ades to you in deal\u00ading with your enemies. Our enemies from the past like to act inti\u00admi\u00adda\u00adting. It is not uncom\u00admon for us to be para\u00adly\u00adsed by them. We can be cou\u00adra\u00adge\u00adous and attack the enemies. Not a sin\u00adgle one of them will be able to stand against you.
\nJoshua attacks the enemies at night with a sur\u00adpri\u00adse attack. This attack pushed the start but\u00adton for the Lord. He pani\u00adcked the ene\u00admy armies so that they beca\u00adme easy prey for the Israe\u00adli\u00adtes. Some Chris\u00adti\u00adans belie\u00adve that their path to free\u00addom is auto\u00adma\u00adtic. Some\u00adday, somehow, someone will set them free. No, we have to take the enemies by the horns to expe\u00adri\u00adence God giving victory.
\nAnd then it hap\u00adpens! God inter\u00adven\u00ades in the laws of natu\u00adre to enable Isra\u00adel to com\u00adple\u00adte\u00adly defeat the enemies. \u00abOn that day the Lord gave the Israe\u00adli\u00adtes vic\u00adto\u00adry over the Amo\u00adri\u00adtes. Joshua pray\u00aded to the Lord befo\u00adre all Isra\u00adel and he said, \u00abMay the sun stand still over Gibe\u00adon and the moon over the val\u00adley of Aja\u00adlon.\u00bb So the sun and moon stood still until the Israe\u00adli\u00adtes had aven\u00adged them\u00adsel\u00adves on their enemies. Is not this event descri\u00adbed in the Book of the Sin\u00adce\u00adre? The sun remain\u00aded high in the sky. It did not set for about a who\u00adle day\u00bb (Joshua 10:12,13 NLB<\/span>).
\nGod, the Crea\u00adtor, He who put the laws of natu\u00adre into crea\u00adti\u00adon, also has the power to over\u00adri\u00adde them. The sun does not set for the Israe\u00adli\u00adtes for a who\u00adle day. God lets His light shi\u00adne into the batt\u00adle. The peo\u00adp\u00adle of Isra\u00adel are given the time they need to finish off the enemies. Light is important in this batt\u00adle. The enemies have the most power in our lives when they can work unno\u00adti\u00adced in the dark. Our enemies, our bro\u00adken\u00adness and our hurts need to be brought into the light. The\u00adre we can reco\u00adg\u00adni\u00adse them and with God\u2019s help des\u00adtroy them.
\nAt see\u00adtal chi\u00adle, we also don\u2019t let the sun set every other year. This is when we offer the cour\u00adse \u00abLiving in Free\u00addom\u00bb. This can be such a light moment for you, whe\u00adre old and unpro\u00adces\u00adsed things from your past are allo\u00adwed to come to light. With God\u2019s help, the enemies are to be lured out of hiding, named and defea\u00adted. And yes \u2013 men also have woun\u00added hearts that pes\u00adt\u00ader them. Suc\u00adcess at work does not mean that someone is free. Many men are very suc\u00adcessful pro\u00adfes\u00adsio\u00adnal\u00adly but are on their last legs on the rela\u00adti\u00adonship level. If you want to do some\u00adthing good for the peo\u00adp\u00adle around you, it is wort\u00adhwhile to use such light days.
\n
\nGod gives light on our enemies of the past. Jesus says: \u00abI have come as a light to shi\u00adne in this dark world, so that all who belie\u00adve in me will not remain in dark\u00adness\u00bb (John 12:46 NLB<\/span>). Tho\u00adse who live with Jesus do not have to remain in dark\u00adness. The enemies lose their power in the light and you expe\u00adri\u00adence vic\u00adto\u00adry. In trus\u00adting in the Lord Jesus Christ lies the poten\u00adti\u00adal for full free\u00addom. HE<\/span> can crea\u00adte a new heart \u2013 and does it gladly.
\n
\nPos\u00adsi\u00adble ques\u00adti\u00adons for the small groups
\nRead the Bible text: Joshua 10:5\u201314<\/p>\n
\n\tWhat enemies from the past are you deal\u00ading with? How do they influence your life?
\n\tDo you know examp\u00adles of other peo\u00adp\u00adle whe\u00adre enemies let them live below their destiny?
\n\tHave you also had such days when the sun did not set and you were able to defeat enemies?
\n\tCheck whe\u00adther it might be your turn to join the cour\u00adse \u00abLiving in Freedom\u00bb.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"