TITLE:  When Walls Come Down
TEXT:  Joshua 6:20-21
PROPOSITION:  When walls come down, anyone or anything can come in.
QUESTION:  What?
KEY WORD:  Crumblings
SCRIPTURE READING: Same

INTRODUCTION:

1. Most of us know the story of the fall of ancient Jericho.
2. Israel marched around the city, blew trumpets, shouted – walls came down.
3. Israel could enter and conquer this great city.
4. LESSON: When walls come down the enemy can enter.

Truth and Error

1. Today – relativism, subjectivism
2. Bible is God’s Word – Truth – John 17:17
3. Word of God – Bible is:
   1. Right – Psalm 33:4
   2. Settled in heaven – Psalm 119:89
   3. Perfect – James 1:25
   4. Never pass away – Matthew 24:35
   5. God given – 2 Peter 1:20-21

Proper worship and will worship

1. John 4:24 – Worship in spirit and truth
2. Colossians 2:23 – will worship (doing what I like, enjoy) is wrong
3. Worship is not about US – It is ALL ABOUT GOD.

Bible preaching and emotion driven entertainment

1. “I love to tell the story” – The old, old story
2. Mark 16:15 – Preach the gospel – tell the story
3. 1 Peter 4:11 – Speak as the oracles of God

Verbally inspired, inerrant Bible and fallible, human document (unreliable, not authority for me, full of myths, legends, and traditions)

1. 2 Timothy 3:16-17 – all scripture is inspired of God
2. 2 Peter 1:20-21 – spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit

Plan of Salvation and human ideas

1. Salvation is a free gift of God’s grace – Ephesians 2:8-9
2. To receive that gift God requires of us:
   1. Faith – Hebrews 11:6
   2. Repentance – Acts 17:30
   3. Baptism – Acts 2:38