Produced by Joel Erickson Juliet Sutherland Charles Franksand the Online Distributed Proofreading TeamADVENTURES IN THE LAND OF CANAANBy Robert Lee BerryFOREWORDThis book comes out of our heart It is intended to go to the hearts ofothers Some of the things written here were learned by long and bitterexperiences Our Adventures were very real and it is our hope thatsome of them our readers will never have The real battles are foughtwithin and the struggle for mastery goes on in the soul hidden in themysterious depths of the spirit Usually these battles are fought outalone many times when others are not aware that anything of moment ishappeningSupercritical minds may not find this book interesting we do not knowwe wrote with no other intention than to bless the hearts and lives ofthe great common man and womanWe hope you will enjoy this book We hope it will do you good If itdoes our purpose will be achieved and we shall thank God whose helpwe gratefully acknowledge in the writing of this bookR L BerryTABLE OF CONTENTSIntroductory The Land of Canaan1 Getting Ready to Enter Canaan2 The Crossing of the Jordan3 The Jordan Memorial Stone4 Troubles of Lingering at the Crossing5 Exploring Canaan by Faith6 The Best Inheritance in Canaan7 In the Hands of Giant Accuser8 Conflicts with Giant Mistake9 In the Dungeon of Giant Discourager10 The Torments of Giant Bad Feelings11 The Routing of Giant Doubt12 The Wine of Prayer13 Pilgrims of the Victorious LifeADVENTURES IN THE LAND OF CANAANINTRODUCTORY CHAPTERTHE LAND OF CANAANThe story of the Israelites from their being in bondage in Egypt to theirconquering Canaan is a type of the experiences of a man from his bondagein sin to his entire sanctificationAs a Scriptural basis for these remarks see Galatians 3629 wherePaul the great Apostle to the Gentiles quotes a part of the Abrahamiccovenant and applies it to Gentile Christians the complete fulfillmentof the covenant being expressed in verse 14 where the promise of theSpirit is spoken of as the blessing of Abraham It is also made plainin this chapter that salvation in Christ makes us Abrahams seed andtherefore heirs according to the promise Hence the promise to Abrahamhas its complete fulfillment in New Testament salvationIn Romans 4 Paul again dips deep into the promise of God to Abraham andbrings forth beautiful teaching which shows that to him Gods promiseto Abraham was spiritual as well as material that there was to be aspiritual seed as well as literal seed and that faith is as potentas natural birth in making men children of Abraham Also in these versesAbraham is made the father of us all even of Gentiles which of coursecould not be true except in a spiritual senseThe same subject is treated again in chapter 4 of Hebrews Here thefigure is rest The rest of the Israelites was their settling in Canaanand in verse 6 speaking of the fact that some did not enter rest becauseof unbelief allusion is made to the failure to enter Canaan fromKadeshbarnea Then ten spies brought back such a bad report that thewhole camp wept and would not go over For forty years these rebelswandered in the wilderness until all were dead except Caleb and Joshuathe two faithful spiesThere is a beautiful analogy between the events of the Israelites intheir journey out of Egypt into Canaan and the fundamental experiencesof the Christian Note these parallelsfar too close not to have beenplanned as type and antitype by the great Author of salvation1 Abraham was promised two things first his seed should inherit theland of Canaan second in him should all families of the earth be blessedGenesis 12132 Abraham was the father of both a literal and a spiritual seed thefirst inherited literal Canaan and the second inherited spiritual CanaanRomans 4 Galatians 43 There was a rest promised both to the Israelite and to the Christianbeliever Hebrews 44 Israel was in bondage to Pharaoh and his taskmasters in Egypt andsinners are in bondage to the devil and sin5 By a miraculous deliverance at the Red Sea Israel escaped fromEgyptian bondage and sinners are saved by the miraculous new birth6 By another miracle of power Israel entered Canaan through the bedof the Jordan River and by a second work of grace believers are whollysanctified by the Spirit through the blood7 By refusing to believe and obey the Israelites wandered for fortyyears in the wilderness just as Christians fall away grow lukewarm andbackslidden many times when they see their privilege of being made purein heart and refuse to walk in the light8 After the Israelites entered Canaan they had to fight for theirpossessions and so too do we have to fight for our spiritual possessionin the state of holiness9 The literal land of Canaan was a good land flowing with milk andhoney where the Israelites ate the old corn and wine of the land Justso spiritual Canaan is the best place of grace under heaven indeed itis heavens borderland where saints have sweet communion with God andChrist and are ready for the great crowningdayIn several chapters of this book we shall treat the subject of entiresanctification allegorically using the types as prefiguring Christianexperience The battles of the soul against foes are real conflictswhich leave their scars and marks on many a Christian Perhaps out ofthe experiences of others the reader will gather something of profitto himself and be enabled to fight more effectively and not merely beatthe air There are spiritual powers in high places that challenge us tobattle blessed is he who has the armor the courage and the skill towinCHAPTER ONEGETTING READY TO ENTER CANAANCan you tell me please the first step to take in obtaining the experienceof entire sanctification I have heard much about it have heard manysermons on it too but the way to proceed is not yet plain to me notso plain as I wish it were Cant you tell me the first step the secondthird and all the rest My heart feels a hunger that seems unappeasedI have a longing that is