1 John 5:4-6

Few things are more frustrating and humbling than to realize someone wants you to fail. The Bible tells us that as Christians, we have three enemies like that: the world, our own flesh, and the evil one—and we need to face each enemy in a different way. Learn how we can have victory over them all.

Joshua’s obeying orders, and we read in the New Testament in Hebrews 11, “By faith, the walls of Jericho fell down.” It was by faith they fell down, you see—it wasn’t by fighting. Now, what’s the lesson for us today? You don’t overcome the world by fighting it. Joshua’s business, though he had the army, his business was not to fight. His business was to believe God, and he believed God and the walls fell down. And, friends, today we’re saved by faith, and if we’re going to overcome this world we’ll not overcome it by fighting it. We’re going to overcome it by faith. That’s the only way that you and I can deal with this world that we’re in. And I think that’s the great message that is here.