Man of Courage

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Man of Courage

• Achan Tries to Hide His Sin
• Defeat _at_ Ai
• Joshua 7

Can You Really Hide Your Sin? Learning How to
Avoid Spiritual Defeat
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Ai gateway into the Central Benjamite Plain and
access to the central and southern parts of the
country
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Vulnerability _at_ the Moment of Success v 1 - 6

• Lesson 1 We are vulnerable to temptation in
  moments of success.
• When Were Struggling Depend on Gods strength
• _at_ Jericho No fatalities / Big city
• When Were Successful Overconfident My strength
• _at_ Ai 36 fatalities / Little town
• If Jericho is Then Ai is
• Big Spiritual Victories Small Spiritual Defeats
• No deaths even from archers My strength
  disaster
• Joshua Fame, Quick actions for another victory,
  Easy Battle
• Josh 627 So the LORD was with Joshua, and his
  fame spread throughout the land.

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Temptation Follows Success
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Jericho Ai

• God directs the plan
• Joshua on-site
• Casualties 0
• Enemy afraid
• Enemy defense, one city
• Israel - attack

• Spies direct the plan
• Joshua not present
• Casualties 36
• Israel afraid
• Enemy offense, two cities joined
• Israel - routed

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Entrance into the Promised Land
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Turning Defeat into Victory v 7 - 13

• Lesson 2 Defeat can be turned into victory if we
  take it to God.
• Why? Will we be destroyed? What happens to Gods
  name?
• Two Options
• 1A. Fall down before God
• 1B. Give vent to honest feelings Talk to God
  Honestly
• 1C. Listen to what God says
• 1D. Act on what God says
• 2. Deny reality Rationalize 36/3,000 1.2
  Casualty 2,964 returned safe
• Reality from God Israel has
• - sinned missed the mark
• - violated my covenant - transgressed
• - taken, stolen lied - deceived
• - made themselves liable for destruction

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The Profound Effect of the Disobedience of One v
14 - 18

• Lesson 3 The disobedience of one individual can
  have a profound effect on a whole community.
• Sin corrupts.
• Private sin gt public effect.
• 1/40,000 .0025 who sinned
• 39,999 obeyed God
• Disobedience to God is a contagious disease for
  the whole community.
• One mans sin brought a nation to defeat.
• Joshua open to learn after a mistake.

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A Scenario that Leads to Personal Defeat v 19 -
23

• Lesson 4 There is a scenario that will lead us
  to defeat.
• I saw (OK) Observation
• I coveted SIN Second Look
• I took SIN Private Action
• I hid SIN Involved Others in Sin

Beautiful Robe from Babylonia 5 of Silver 1
¼ Wedge of Gold
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The Severity of Gods Judgment v 24 - 26

• Lesson 5 Gods judgment is not to be taken
  lightly.
• There are consequences to sin.
• The malignancy of greed must be removed.
• Rom 623
• For the wages of sin is death,
• but the gift of God is eternal life
• in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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Discussion Time
You cannot stand against your enemies until you
remove (the sin).