Sketches of Four Hundred Sermons Numbers 13:30 And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it. I. IN WHAT RESPECTS THE ANCIENT CANAAN WAS A TYPE OF HEAVEN. 1. It was a promised land, and the right of possession was founded on the promise. 2. It was a land in which God was peculiarly present. 3. It was a land of fruition. 4. It was a free gift. II. THE ISRAELITES HAD DANGERS, DIFFICULTIES, AND DISCOURAGEMENTS IN THE WILDERNESS, IN THEIR WAY TO CANAAN; SO HAVE CHRISTIANS IN THEIR PROGRESS TO HEAVEN. 1. There are formidable foes to be encountered. The corrupt heart, the evil world, and that apostate spirit, the devil. 2. There are adversaries in timid and faint-hearted associates. 3. The Israelites in their progress were made dependent on the Lord for all things. III. THE RESOLUTION — "LET US GO UP AT ONCE, AND POSSESS IT." 1. The title to it is sure. It is pledged in Christ; as heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ. He is our Joshua and is gone to take possession for us. 2. We have means and ordinances by which needed strength is supplied, and we are invited and enjoined to feed in the spiritual manner, and to drink of the spiritual rock. 3. Here we have many foretastes of the good land. (Sketches of Four Hundred Sermons.) Parallel Verses KJV: And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it. |
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