Get Your Feet Wet

Bethel Church Temple TX Podcast (Sermons)

Get Your Feet Wet
January 5, 2025 Elwyn Johnston

Joshua 3:1 – 17
Verse of the Week: “Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord will do wonders among you.” Joshua 3:5

1. Stay in step with God
“When you see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God with the Levitical priests carrying it, then you shall set out from your place and go after it.” Joshua 3:3
“Stay about half a mile behind them because you’ve never been this way before.” Joshua 3:4
“Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord will do wonders among you.” Joshua 3:5

2. Step in the water
“When you reach the banks of the Jordan River, take a few steps into the river and stop there.” Joshua 3:8

3. Stand in the water
“When you come to the edge of the waters of the Jordan, you shall stand still in the Jordan.” Joshua 3:8
“the priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord stood firm” Joshua 3:17

4. Step out and bless others
“as soon as the feet of the priests who were carrying the Ark touched the water at the river’s edge, the water above that point began backing up a great distance…and the water below that point flowed on to the Dead Sea until the riverbed was dry…. all Israel crossed on dry ground” Joshua 3:15 - 17