ELCoG 2022 11 06 Message Pr Samkutty Mathew
Channel: Eternal Life Church of God
Date: 2023-02-22

Eternal Life Church of God, Sacramento, CA

Speaker: Pr. Samkutty Mathew
Theme: GILGAL: The place of new beginnings  

The memorial stones & Gilgal
[Joshua 4:7]

Israelites Journey: Egypt -- Shittim -- Cross Jordan River (100ft Depth, 2 miles wide) -- Camp Gilgal

Thought for today: Blessing for Israelites after reaching Gilgal

• 1. The place where circumcision renewed [Josh.5:4,5]
Joshua 5:4-5
4 And this is the cause why Joshua did circumcise: All the people that came out of Egypt, that were males, even all the men of war, died in the wilderness by the way, after they came out of Egypt.
5 Now all the people that came out were circumcised: but all the people that were born in the wilderness by the way as they came forth out of Egypt, them they had not circumcised.

Circumcision : sign of their covenant with God.

• 2. The place of Passover [Josh.5:10]
Joshua 5:10
10 And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal, and kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the month at even in the plains of Jericho.

Passover:  commemorating the Hebrews' liberation from slavery in Egypt and the “passing over” of the forces of destruction, or the sparing of the firstborn of the Israelites, when the Lord “smote the land of Egypt” on the eve of the Exodus

• 3. The place of defeating & capturing the enemies [Josh.6,8]
• JERICHO
• CITY OF AI

Joshua 6:8
8 And it came to pass, when Joshua had spoken unto the people, that the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams' horns passed on before the LORD, and blew with the trumpets: and the ark of the covenant of the LORD followed them.

Don’t be happy just because we are baptized; we must continuously push away our enemies, and we are in constant war with evil forces. We must win this battle and capture the stronghold of our enemies.

• 4. Gilgal reminds us about deception [Josh.9:22]
22 And Joshua called for them, and he spake unto them, saying, Wherefore have ye beguiled us, saying, We are very far from you; when ye dwell among us?

• 5. God is faithful to all [Josh.4:20]
20 And those twelve stones, which they took out of Jordan, did Joshua pitch in Gilgal.

Our Lord is not indebted to anyone.

• 6. The place of rolling away the reproach of Egypt [Josh.5:9]
9 And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day have I rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off you. Wherefore the name of the place is called Gilgal unto this day.
Gilgal = Rolling Away
We must believe that God will remove our reproach. 

• 7. GILGAL - The place of worship [Josh.4:24]
24 That all the people of the earth might know the hand of the LORD, that it is mighty: that ye might fear the LORD your God for ever.

• Let us worship God because our reproaches are rolled away.
• - Because the Lord is faithful to all
• - Because Jesus rolled away the burdens of sin, curse on the cross
• - Because we are the people of deliverance