What should God's people remember?

God's people should remember how He helps them.

The Israelites reached the Jordan River during flood season. With the river overflowing its banks, the Jordan River would have been as difficult to cross as the Red Sea! God gave Joshua specific instructions concerning the crossing; Joshua obeyed, and the Israelites crossed the Jordan River on dry ground. God told Joshua to tell the leaders of the tribes to gather 12 stones from the middle of the Jordan River, one for each tribe. When they reached their camp at Gilgal, Joshua made an altar to the Lord and set up the stones as a memorial. What should God’s people remember? God’s people should remember how He saves and sustains them. The cross is our reminder of what Jesus has done for us: a miraculous and unmerited salvation that we could never do for ourselves.

What did Jesus do for sinners?

Jesus died on the cross and is alive.

The most important thing that ever happened is that Jesus died and was raised from the dead. Jesus never did anything wrong, but He was punished because we sinned. God forgives us for sin because Jesus died for us. God raised Jesus from the dead to be King over everything. 

How did people act when the saw Jesus?

People welcomed Jesus as their King.

 

The people were happy to see Jesus. They knew He was their King. Jesus came riding on a donkey, just as the prophet Zechariah said He would (Zechariah 9:9)

Why did Jesus was His friends' feet?

Jesus showed them how to love and help each other.

Jesus is King over everything, but He got down and washed His friends' dirty feet, even Judas' feet. Jesus loved and helped His friends and taught them to love and help each other. Jesus loves us and helped us by doing for us what we could never do: die on the cross for our sins. He is our King, and He died in our place.

 Who protected God's people?

God protected His people.

King Balak hired Balaam to pronounce a curse on the Israelites. Balaam headed out but his donkey kept stopping. After beating the donkey, Balaam heard the donkey speak. Talking donkeys! This is one of those unusual accounts in the Bible that proves that God is capable of doing anything! Balaam eventually was obedient to God and did exactly what God wanted. Balaam also revealed a revelation about the coming Messiah and fourteen hundred years after Balaam predicted Jesus’ birth, wise men from the east came to visit the boy Jesus.