STS 0797 ~ Stones of Witness - Feb 22 1976 - Dr. Victor Paul Wierwille english lessons bible

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Scripture Index: Acts 1:8; Joshua 1:5; Joshua 24:1-25; Acts 19:19, 20; Joshua 24:25-31; Luke 20:1-26; Acts 4:9-12; 1 Peter 2:1-8; Acts 1:8
Jesus Christ said to his apostles, before he ascended:
Acts 1:8 But ye shall [absolute tense] [lambanō, receive into manifestation] power [dunamis], [when or] after that the [pneuma hagion, holy spirit] is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the [what?] earth.

That has to include this meeting tonight. It says we shall, “ye shall be witnesses unto me.” And the thing that has been burning in my heart is along this line of “Stones of Witness.” I got this title, and the whole impact of it, from an Old Testament record in the book of Joshua, where I would like for you to turn, please.

You will remember that after the death of Moses, Joshua was called to lead the children of Israel. There is no man in his right mind who wanted - who would have wanted to have Joshua’s job. Now you may vie for a lot of jobs that pay $250,000 a year. But Moses’ job didn’t pay that. And nobody was anxious to have Moses’ job. Because, who wanted to lead those two and a half or three million of stubborn, hardheaded, bullheaded, Jewish people, Israelites? – always kicking the traces and so forth.

But God called a man called Joshua. And He promised him that as He was with Moses, so He would be with him. He said, “No man shall be able to stand against you all the days of your life.” And finally Joshua said, “Well, if you feel that way, I’ll do ‘er.” Heh, I don’t really know if he said that. But he did it. And all through the next years, this wonderful man Joshua led those children of Israel. And it came right toward the close of the end of his ministry and of his life, that the record in the twenty-fourth chapter of Joshua comes to pass. And that is what I would like to share with you tonight. Joshua chapter 24.

1 And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, for their judges, for their officers; and they presented themselves before God.

In other words, he called for all the leaders. He got all the Twig leaders, he got all the Branch leaders, he got all the Limb coordinators, he got all the Region men in, all the elders, the president’s staff – he got them all in. It was Joshua, it says, who called them in, right? And they presented themselves, it says, before whom? God. That means they presented themselves before Joshua who represented God upon earth. That’s what it means. God is Spirit, right? They didn’t come in there, and collect around, and God was sitting on a footstool over there, and then moved into a sofa over here. No, no. Joshua called them in, and they all came because Joshua said, “I want to see you.”

2 And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the Lord God of [what?] Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah [or Tearah], the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other gods.

3 And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the flood, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him [what?] Isaac.

The reason He split Abraham out, was because Abraham’s father and his uncle – they were all serving other gods. But He took Abraham out, because Abraham had only One God. That is why He took care of him.

4 And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau; and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to possess it; but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.

Verse 5 And I sent Moses also and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to that which I did among them: and afterward I brought you out.

You see, it is Joshua talking, but he is speaking for Who? God. He is speaking for God. Because in verse 2 it says, “Thus saith the Lord God of what? Israel...” So he is speaking for God.

Verse 6 And I brought your fathers out of Egypt: and ye came unto the sea; and the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots and horsemen unto the Red sea.

The vividness of that experience I cannot picture for you. You must read it in the Old Testament yourself, and get a picture in your mind. Because the children of Israel did not have any armament. They didn’t have machine guns, they didn’t have poison gas, they didn’t have any of that. The Egyptians had it all; the children of Israel didn’t have those kind of armaments to fight the Egyptians with.

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