CONQUER JERICHO - PART 2

Joshua 6:19

But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of bronze and iron, are consecrated unto the LORD; they shall come into the treasury of the LORD.

 

THE TITHE UNTO THE LORD

 

Joshua was told to burn the city and kill all the inhabitants of Jericho, but that which was consecrated unto the LORD was to be put in the LORD'S treasury. The people were warned not to take any booty for themselves, everything was to be totally destroyed except that which was consecrated to the LORD. This was the first fruits which must be given to the LORD as a tithe offering.

 

When we are confronted by a terrible mountain of trouble, the cause of the trouble must be defeated and utterly destroyed, burned up and brought to ashes, except that which was consecrated to the LORD, that is the tithe that is brought into the storehouse.

 

We must "put off" all the lusts of the flesh. Ephesians 4:22 says, "Put off concerning the former manner of life the old man, which is corrupt according to deceitful lusts." But the gold, silver, bronze and iron, those things which are good and consecrated to GOD, must be given as a tithe of thanksgiving to the LORD. Nothing must remain in our hands unless purified by the LORD and returned to us in GODLY form. The reason for this, is that the spirit within those things will draw you back to the ways of the old man; the way of destruction.

Nothing of the city of Jericho was to remain standing, except Rahab's house that was in the wall.

Tomorrow we will discuss Rahab's house and the scarlet thread.