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Only God Could Do It, April 22
All the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall
fall down flat.
Joshua 6:5
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At the taking of Jericho the mighty General of armies planned the battle in
such simplicity that no human being could take the glory to himself. No human
hand must cast down the walls of the city, lest man should take to himself the
glory of victory. So today no human being is to take to himself glory for the
work he accomplishes. The Lord alone is to be magnified. Oh, that men would
see the necessity for looking to God for their orders! ...
The Lord marshaled His armies about the doomed city; no human hand was
raised against it; the hosts of heaven overthrew its walls, that God’s name alone
might have the glory. It was that proud city whose mighty bulwarks had struck
terror to the unbelieving spies. Now in the capture of Jericho, God declared to
the Hebrews that their fathers might have possessed the city forty years before,
had they but trusted in Him
Men’s weakness shall find supernatural strength and help in every stern
conflict to do the deeds of Omnipotence, and perseverance in faith and perfect
trust in God will ensure success. While the past confederacy of evil is arrayed
against them He bids them to be brave and strong and fight valiantly for they
have a heaven to win, and they have more than an angel in their ranks, the mighty
General of armies leads on the armies of heaven. As on the occasion of the
taking of Jericho, not one of the armies of Israel could boast of exercising their
finite strength to overthrow the walls of the city, but the Captain of the Lord’s
host planned that battle in the greatest simplicity, that the Lord alone should
receive the glory and man should not be exalted. God has promised us all power;
for the promise is unto you and your children, and to all that are afar off, even as
many as the Lord our God shall call
There must be continual faith and trust in the Captain of our salvation. We
must obey His orders. The walls of Jericho came down as a result of obeying
orders
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30
Ibid., 995
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31
Ibid., 995, 996
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32
Ibid., 996
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