What other biblical events show victory through faith and obedience like Joshua 6:16? Seeing God’s Pattern of Triumph “Shout! For the LORD has given you the city!” (Joshua 6:16) Just as Jericho’s walls tumbled when Israel trusted and obeyed, Scripture repeatedly shows God winning the battle when His people follow His word in faith. Old Testament Snapshots of Victory through Faithful Obedience • Crossing the Red Sea – Exodus 14:13-16, 21-22 “The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still… Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all night the LORD drove the sea back… and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground.” • Gideon’s 300 vs. Midian – Judges 7:2-7, 20-22 “With the three hundred men who lapped I will save you… they blew their trumpets and smashed the jars… the LORD set the swords of each man against his companion.” • Crossing the Jordan – Joshua 3:13-17 “As soon as the soles of the feet of the priests… rest in the waters… the waters will be cut off… and the people crossed opposite Jericho.” • David and Goliath – 1 Samuel 17:45-50 “You come against me with sword and spear… but I come against you in the name of the LORD of Hosts… so that all this assembly will know that the LORD saves not with sword or spear.” • Elijah on Mount Carmel – 1 Kings 18:36-39 “Answer me, O LORD, answer me, so that this people will know that You, O LORD, are God… Then the fire of the LORD fell.” • Jehoshaphat’s Choir in Battle – 2 Chronicles 20:20-22 “Believe in the LORD your God and you will be upheld… As they began to sing and praise, the LORD set ambushes against the men of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir.” • Hezekiah vs. Assyria – 2 Kings 19:14-19, 35 “Hezekiah prayed before the LORD… That night the Angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 in the camp of the Assyrians.” • Daniel in the Lions’ Den – Daniel 6:22-23 “My God sent His angel and shut the lions’ mouths… no wound was found on him, because he had trusted in his God.” Faith-Fueled Victories in the New Testament • Peter Walks Free from Prison – Acts 12:6-11 “Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared… the chains fell off Peter’s wrists… ‘Now I know for certain that the Lord has sent His angel and rescued me.’” • Paul and Silas in Philippi – Acts 16:25-26, 30-31 “About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God… suddenly there was such a violent earthquake that the foundations of the prison were shaken.” • The Early Church under Threat – Acts 4:29-31 “Now, Lord, consider their threats and enable Your servants to speak Your word with complete boldness… and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit.” Common Threads to Notice • God issues a clear command or promise. • His people respond with trust that shows itself in action. • The method often looks weak or unconventional (trumpets, jars, singers, prayer). • God alone secures the victory, so He alone receives the glory. The same Lord who toppled Jericho’s walls still honors faith-filled obedience today, proving that “the battle is the LORD’s” (1 Samuel 17:47). |
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