Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
This coming Lord’s Day we will get back into the Book of Joshua as we consider the strange event recorded in 5:13-15. Here is the inspired story of the surprising encounter that Joshua had with a mysterious warrior who identified Himself as the “commander of the army of the Lord” (v. 14). The One whom Joshua met and conversed with was, as verse 13 makes clear, well armed and ready for combat—“with his sword drawn in his hand.”
While this episode is filled with mystery, it is nonetheless one of the most vital elements in the whole story of Israel’s entrance into the Land of Promise and her ultimate conquest of Canaan. And, even more importantly, here we will find a most wonderful lesson regarding the New Covenant ‘Israel’—the Church of our Lord Jesus Christ—and how she is to worship and faithfully follow her Commander and King.
New Topic For Adult Sunday School
Beginning this Sunday and continuing until May 22 (the last week of Sunday School before our summer break), I will be teaching on ‘The Fruit of the Spirit’ in our Adult Sunday School class. If you would like to secure a good resource for our study (and the one I will be using for our lessons), please follow the link below. In this week’s lesson I will be tracing the Old Testament foundation for Paul’s teaching in Galatians 5:22-25. We meet at 9:15 AM in the Worship Center each Lord’s Day.
Men’s Spring Bible Study Resumes This Sunday at 5:00 PM
Our Men’s study of ‘Christ: Our Prophet, Priest, and King’ continues on Sunday evening with another look at ‘Christ our High Priest.’ We meet in the Education Building from 5:00 to 6:30 PM.
I love you all and can’t wait to see you on the Lord’s Day!
Mike