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  A CRIPPLED ARMY AGAINST THE CANAANITES
  by George Warnock
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Summary: God uses the weak and foolish to confound the strong and bring
true victory and power.

Topics: "Gods Power", "Spiritual Warfare"
Scripture References: Joshua 5:2, Joshua 6:1, Psalm 20:7, 1 Corinthians 1:27, 2 Corinthians 12:9

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George Warnock preaches about the unconventional ways in which God
worked through the second generation of Israel after the Exodus. Despite
being unskilled in war, God commanded all the young men to be
circumcised, leaving the armies of Israel incapacitated and exposed.
This act of obedience led to the terror of the Lord gripping the
inhabitants of Jericho. Additionally, their unconventional war tactics
of priests in white robes, carrying a little box covered with gold, and
blowing trumpets, resulted in the walls of Jericho falling flat,
showcasing how God uses weakness and foolishness to display His power.

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Consider the second generation of Israel, after the Exodus. God would
take a people, unskilled in the art of war, into a land that was
inhabited with powerful enemies, and drive them out. But weak as Israel
was, God would weaken the nation still further: not while they were on
the Eastern side of Jordan in relative safety, but after they had
crossed over and had encamped right opposite Jericho, God commanded that
all the young men in the nation were to be circumcised. And all at one
time. Thus all the armies of Israel, weak as they were, were for a time
completely incapacitated and left totally exposed to the enemies in the
land. With what result?

The terror of the Lord gripped the inhabitants of Jericho, and they
locked and barred the gates in fear of the miracle-working God of
Israel.

Again, consider their war tactics. Priests in white robes and carrying a
little box covered with gold, and blowing trumpets... marching about
Jericho every day... and on the seventh day going about seven times.
Foolishness? But God used this kind of foolishness and weakness to
terrify the enemy and to cause the walls of Jericho to fall flat.

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/george-warnock/a-crippled-army-against-the-canaanites/
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