23:3 耶和華─你們的上帝因你們的緣故向那些國所行的一切事,你們親眼看見了,因那為你們爭戰的是耶和華─你們的上帝。
23:4 我所剪除和所剩下的各國,從約旦河起到日落之處的大海,我已經拈鬮分給你們各支派為業。
23:5 耶和華─你們的上帝必將他們從你們面前趕出去,使他們離開你們,你們就必得他們的地為業,正如耶和華─你們的上帝所應許的。
3 You yourselves have seen everything the Lord your God has done to all these nations for your sake; it was the Lord your God who fought for you. 4 Remember how I have allotted as an inheritance for your tribes all the land of the nations that remain—the nations I conquered—between the Jordan and the Mediterranean Sea in the west. 5 The Lord your God himself will push them out for your sake. He will drive them out before you, and you will take possession of their land, as the Lord your God promised you.
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上帝應許迦南地為以色列的產業,就將當地的外邦民族和國家一一的消滅。而上帝的作為奇妙之處就是激發以色列人來爭戰,而且還賜給他們能力可以勝過﹗
在我們的生命歷程中何嘗不是如此,上帝讓我們與「撒但—世界—肉體」三合一的敵人爭戰,祂與我們同在並賜下勇氣與信心、還有毅力,使我們一一攻克﹗
也因為這樣,我們絕對不可以妥協,一定要高舉基督的旌旗與趕來爭戰,不要氣餒、不要喪志,相信上帝必保守,最後的勝利是屬上帝和祂的子民