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Understanding Defeat Joshua 7:19-21
19 Then Joshua
said to Achan, �My
son, give glory to
the LORD, the God of
Israel, and honor
him. Tell me what
you have done; do
not hide it from
me.�
20 Achan
replied, �It is
true! I have sinned
against the LORD,
the God of Israel.
This is what I have
done:
21 When I saw
in the plunder a
beautiful robe from
Babylonia,[a]
two hundred shekels[b]
of silver and a bar
of gold weighing
fifty shekels,[c]
I coveted them and
took them. They are
hidden in the ground
inside my tent, with
the silver
underneath.� |
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1) Surprising and strange defeats can always be traced back to secret sins Psalms 139:23-24 2) Very private sin can lead to public consequences Hebrews 12:15, Joshua 7:18-19 3) Temptations, lies, blinds us to reality and deafens us to the consequences Joshua 7:21 4) Sweeping acts of disobedience(sin) calls for severe punishment Joshua 7:25 When we face defeat, we must face the sin that holds us back from following God, then and only then will defeat become a thing of the past. Yet we must not confuse times of testing with defeat. When we follow God and realize the truth, we will never again taste true defeat! Romans 8:31, Psalms 118:5-6 Neo... November 25, 2011(originally written July 5, 2002) |
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Understanding Defeat
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