DESERT BOOT CAMP #2 TRAINING A ZEALOUS SOLDIER WITH TENACIOUS CHARACTER” Pinchas
BASIC TRAINING / BOOT CAMP — a military training camp for new recruits, with strict discipline; ...physical, mental and emotional.
THEME VERSE: Psalm 18:30 (29) With you I can run through a whole troop of men, with my God I can leap a wall. 31 (30) “As for God, His way is perfect, the word of Adonai has been tested by fire; He SHIELDS all who take refuge in Him. 32 (31) “For who is God but Adonai? Who is a Rock but our God? 33 (32) “It is God who GIRDS me with strength; He makes my way go straight. 34 (33) He makes me SWIFT, sure-footed as a deer, and enables me to STAND on my high places. 35 (34) He TRAINS my hands for WAR until my arms can bend a bow of bronze. CJB
Numbers 25:10 Then Adonai spoke to Moses saying, 11 “Phinehas son of Eleazar son of Aaron the kohen has turned away My anger from Bnei-Yisrael because he was very ZEALOUS for Me among them, so that I did not put an end to Bnei-Yisrael in My ZEAL. TLV
Isaiah 59:16 He saw that there was no one, was amazed that no one INTERCEDED. Therefore his own arm brought him salvation, and his own righteousness sustained him. 17 He put on RIGHTEOUSNESS AS HIS BREASTPLATE, SALVATION AS A HELMET on his head; he clothed himself with garments of vengeance and wrapped himself in a mantle [tallit - “prayer shawl”] of ZEAL. CJB
2 Timothy 2:1 Therefore, my child, be STRENGTHENED in the grace that is in Messiah Yeshua. 2 And what you have heard from me among many witnesses, entrust to FAITHFUL people who will be CAPABLE to teach others also. 3 Suffer hardship with me, as a GOOD SOLDIER of Messiah Yeshua. 4 No one serving as a SOLDIER entangles himself in the activities of everyday life, so that he might please the one who ENLISTED him. 5 Also, if anyone competes as an athlete, he is not crowned VICTORIES unless he competes according to the rules [KJV: “lawfully”]. TLV
1. GOOD SOLDIERS ARE MADE THROUGH MENTORSHIP
GOD’S MENTORSHIP PROCESS FOR JOSHUA:
• Moses needed to encourage Joshua and isolate his insecurity.
• Moses needed to strengthen Joshua and eradicate his inferiority.
• Moses needed to lay hands on Joshua and empower his identity.
• Moses needed to grant authority to Joshua and maximize his capacity.
• Moses needed to inaugurate Joshua and trust his leadership ability.
Joshua 11:2 At this time Joshua went and destroyed the race of GIANTS called the Anakim who lived in the hill country—in Hebron, Debir, Anab, and in all the hill country of Judah and Israel. Joshua completely destroyed them and their cities. GNT
GIANT-KILLER TRAINING:
• Face your fears and confront your giant problems.
• Follow bold leaders like Joshua and Caleb who are ready to possess what God has promised.
• Fix your eyes on the future and realize that there is no foe you can not conquer.
• Feel secure in what God has declared and refuse the negative report of the enemy.
• Firmly stand on God’s promises and use the Word of God as your weapon of warfare.
• Focus on the right Scripture to target your enemy, the same way that David defeated Goliath with a smooth stone.
• Finally, defeat the giant of fear and intimidation by using the Word of God as your sword. Sever the enemy’s head and his thoughts concerning your situation and renew your mind daily as a victorious giant-slayer.
2. GOOD SOLDIERS ARE MENTORED FOR A UNIQUE MISSION
SH’MUEL ALEF / 1 Samuel 15:18 Then Adonai sent you on a MISSION and said: ‘Go and utterly destroy the Amalekites, the sinners, and wage war against them until you annihilate them.’ ...20 “But I did obey the voice of Adonai,” Saul said to Samuel. “I went on the MISSION on which Adonai sent me, and brought back Agag the king of Amalek—and utterly destroyed the Amalekites. TLV
SH’MOT / Exodus 17:8 Then the Amalekites came and fought with Israel at Rephidim. 9 Moses said to Joshua, “Choose men, go out, and fight the Amalekites. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the staff of God in my hand.” 10 So Joshua did as Moses said, and fought the Amalekites... 13 So Joshua overpowered the Amalekites and his army with the edge of the sword. TLV
1 Timothy 1:18 ... If you follow these instructions, you will FIGHT like a GOOD SOLDIER. CEV
3. GOOD SOLDIERS MUST BE TRAINED AND TESTED TO PRODUCE PROVEN CHARACTER
2 Timothy 2:3 SUFFER HARDSHIP with me, as a GOOD SOLDIER of Messiah Yeshua. 4 No one serving as a SOLDIER entangles himself in the activities of everyday life, so that he might please the one who ENLISTED him.
RONIM / Romans 5:3 Not only that, but we also boast in our SUFFERINGS, knowing that SUFFERING produces ENDURANCE, 4 ENDURANCE produces CHARACTER, and CHARACTER produces hope. ISV
RONIM / Romans 5:34 And patience [or endurance] produces [TESTED and PROVEN] character, and [TESTED and PROVEN] character produces hope. EXB
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