
A War Against Sin
Pastor Jason West
September 22, 2024
I. Trying to
our Sin
(Proverbs 3:9; Romans 9:21a; Genesis 15:16; Deuteronomy 9:5)
Joshua 7:1 “But the people of Israel broke faith in regard to the devoted things, for Achan the son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took some of the devoted things. And the anger of the Lord burned against the people of Israel.”
A.
Joshua 7:2-3 “Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is near Beth-aven, east of Bethel, and said to them, ‘Go up and spy out the land.’ And the men went up and spied out Ai. And they returned to Joshua and said to him, ‘Do not have all the people go up, but let about two or three thousand men go up and attack Ai. Do not make the whole people toil up there, for they are few.’”
1. Neglecting
(James 4:13-17)
2. Self-Confidence
B. Sin Has a
Joshua 7:4-5 “So about three thousand men went up there from the people. And they fled before the men of Ai, and the men of Ai killed about thirty-six of their men and chased them before the gate as far as Shebarim and struck them at the descent. And the hearts of the people melted and became as water.”
1. Looking Like the Culture Around Us
2. The Sin of One Can Affect
(Joshua 7:1a; Joshua 7:11; 1 Corinthians 12:26)
C. Why Lord?
(Joshua 7:6)
Joshua 7:7 “And Joshua said, ‘Alas, O Lord God, why have you brought this people over the Jordan at all, to give us into the hands of the Amorites, to destroy us? Would that we had been content to dwell beyond the Jordan!’”
II.
our Sin
A.The Danger of
(Joshua 7:10-12)
B. Achan’s
Joshua 7:21 “when I saw among the spoil a beautiful cloak from Shinar, and 200 shekels of silver, and a bar of gold weighing 50 shekels, then I coveted them and took them. And see, they are hidden in the earth inside my tent, with the silver underneath.”
1. He
(Joshua 7:21a)
a. Renaming Sin
b. Seeing It Again and Again
(1 John 2:16; Genesis 3:6)
2. He
(James 1:13-15; Joshua 7:21b)
3. He
(Numbers 32:23; Hebrews 4:13; Joshua 7:21c)
C. The Call to
Joshua 7:13 “Get up! Consecrate the people and say, ‘Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow; for thus says the Lord, God of Israel, “There are devoted things in your midst, O Israel. You cannot stand before your enemies until you take away the devoted things from among you.”
1.
(Ecclesiastes 12:14; Joshua 7:14-19)
2. The Confession
(Joshua 7:20-21)
3. The Contraband
(Joshua 7:22-23)
III. God’s
of Sin
(Joshua 7:25-26)
Joshua 7:24 “And Joshua and all Israel with him took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver and the cloak and the bar of gold, and his sons and daughters and his oxen and donkeys and sheep and his tent and all that he had. And they brought them up to the Valley of Achor.”
A. A Door of
(Isaiah 65:9-10)
Hosea 2:15a “And there I will give her her vineyards and make the Valley of Achor a door of hope.”