The Conquering Caleb

The Conquering Caleb
Taking The Kingdom By Force

Matthew 11:12

• "...the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force."
• The Kingdom is set forward with POWER!
• Violent men! =
• Men whose mind is made up!
• They don't care what it takes to obtain it!
• Abundant Life now! Greek - bios

The Conquering Caleb

Then Caleb quieted the people before Moses, and said, "Let us go up at once and take possession, for we are well able to overcome it." Numbers 13:30

"But My servant Caleb, because he has a different spirit in him and has followed Me fully, I will bring into the land where he went, and his descendants shall inherit it." Numbers 14:24

Caleb - The Popeye spirit

Then the children of Judah came to Joshua in Gilgal. And Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him: "You know the word which the LORD said to Moses the man of God concerning you and me in Kadesh Barnea.." Joshua 14:6

Faith begins where the will of God is known!

Without wavering, not double-minded --
"He wholly followed the Lord"

Joshua 14:6-15

• Vss 6-9 The Consecration of Faith
• But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind. For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways. James 1:6-8
• God had all of Caleb, we think we need more of God


• Vs 10 The Confession of Faith
• "The Lord has kept me"
• You can't have a testimony without a test!
• "Man does not live by bread alone, but every word that proceeds from the mouth of God."


• Vs 11 The Courage of Faith
• Faith is not - positive thinking - blind optimism - or just looking on the bright side!
• Faith is acting on God's Word!
• Just don't quit!


• Vs 12 The Claim of Faith
• "Give me this mountain"
• Which one? The one where the giants were.
• There was no life of ease for Caleb. He wanted to be where the challenges were.


• Vs 12 The Company of Faith
• Caleb felt he could do anything - be anything - and go anywhere, if only the Lord was with him.
• If God is with us - Victory is sure.
• Romans 8:31 "If God is for us, who is against us?"


• Vs 12 The Confidence of Faith
• "I'll be able to drive them out" as the Lord said.
• Caleb had the divine promise of victory over his enemies, therefore he was confident of victory.
• Self confidence is man acting without God
• Faith is confidence upon the Lord.
• I John 5:4 - This the victory = our faith!


• Vss 13-14 The Compensation of Faith
• Caleb is rewarded because of his faithfulness. Hebron becomes his inheritance.
• "Hebron" means "Fellowship" - Fellowship with the Lord is the reward of walking with God.


• Vss 15:14 The Conquest of Faith
• Motto of the French Foreign Legion
• "If I falter, push me on. If I stumble, pick me up. If I retreat, shoot me."

Faith honors God, and God honors faith!

• "But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him." Hebrews 11: 6
• Faith is not believing that God can. It is knowing that God will.
• We can do nothing outside of faith!
• Come to God, please God, find God, know God, receive from God, work for God
• God does not meet you at your point of need, He meets you at your point of faith!
• The living God is a faith God that has established a faith covenant with a faith people.

Faith is not believing that God can -- It is knowing that God will!

• I John 5:4 - This the victory = our faith!
• Romans 10:8 "This is the faith that we preach"
• Romans 10:17 "comes by hearing"
• The condition is faith - a faith that originates with God
• Romans 10:9 - re: salvation
• I Peter 2:24 - re: healing
• John 8:31-32 - re: deliverance
• III John 2; Philippians 4:19 - re: prosperity
• I Corinthians 15:57 - re: victory
• John 15:11 - re: Joy