Joshua chapter 11, the claiming of the total victory from the hand of God.

Listen carefully. God the Son did not lay down his robe of glory in heaven, born of a virgin,

lived for 33 and one third of a year without having a place to lay his head,

and then was crucified on a criminal's cross, the son of God, the creator of the world.

And then he rose again on the third day.

He ascended to heaven, and as soon he's coming back, he did not do all of this so that

his children may live a defeated, discouraged, and decimated lives.

I don't believe that for a moment.

That is not the Christian faith.

That is not God's will for his children.

It is the will of God for his children to have complete victory,

not just sometimes in life, but always in life. I know all of the factors that can lead and cause

defeat in the Christian life. Like you, I am aware of all the ingredients that will produce discouragement in life.

Like you, I'm aware of all the recipes for disaster that leads to wanting to bail out on Jesus.

But we must understand, know, and practice, and claim total victory.

And when I speak of victory, of course, I'm speaking in the New Testament sense.

Not in the Old Testament sense, but in the New Testament sense.

Because in the New Testament sense, our fight is not against flesh and blood, as it was in the case of Joshua.

Our fight is not against human enemies, as it was in the case of Joshua.

Our fight is not against people, but our fight is against the powers and the principalities in the heavenly places. Our fight

is with an already defeated spiritual power. Listen to me. Satan is the one who causes conflicts

among believers. He causes conflicts in the homes. He causes strife in marriages. He is the one

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