Hey, hey, welcome to the church home podcast with Judah Smith.

My amazing husband, my name is Chelsea, and he is about to give you an incredible message,

and I know we are going to hear about Jesus and his love for you.

And if there's anything we can do as a church home community, we would love to serve you.

You can come to churchhome.org slash pastor chat,

and we would love to have a conversation with you

and just meet you exactly where you are. Enjoy the message. We've done a collection of talks. I think

this is part six entitled The Other 316. And we've, of course, based it on what is pretty sure,

the most famous verse in all the Bible, which is John 316. It says,

for God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whosoever, whoever simply

believes in him, receives the free gift of forgiveness, shall not perish, but have everlasting

life. It is this verse that frames for us the essence of what we

believe and the essence of what Jesus has done for us. And so in an effort to further understand

what is called the gospel, we've looked at other three 16s in the Bible that shed more light

on what Jesus has done. And I am so excited. I have been waiting to

share with you from the book of Joshua, right? Thousands of years before Jesus was born in Bethlehem,

there is this perfect, beautiful portrait of what he would do when he came to the planet. So we're going to go to

Joshua, chapter three. And you know what? Let's begin he came to the planet. So we're going to go to Joshua chapter three.

And you know what? Let's begin our reading in verse 14, if that's okay. I know that's not a 16,

but we'll start in verse 14. It says, so when the people set out from their tents to pass over the

Jordan with the priests bearing the ark of the covenant before the people, and as soon as those

bearing the ark had come as far as the Jordan and the feet of the priest bearing the ark of the covenant before the people. And as soon as those bearing the ark had come as far as the

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