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JOSHUA 7

CHALLENGES DRIVE CHOICES …
THE CHALLENGE, OVERCOME THE FLESH
THE CHOICE, WALK IN FAITH/REPENTANCE

 “THE WORST ENEMY YOU HAVE IS YOURSELF, HE OCCUPIES THE SAME SKIN YOU OCCUPY, HE USES THE SAME BRAIN THAT YOU USE IN THINKING HIS DESTRUCTIVE THOUGHTS, HE USES THE SAME HANDS YOU USE TO PERFORM HIS OWN DEEDS. THIS ENEMY CAN DO YOU MORE HARM THAN ANYONE ELSE. HE IS THE GREATEST HANDICAP THAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR DAILY CHRISTIAN LIFE.

THERE ARE TWO FACTORS THAT MAKE DEALING WITH THIS ENEMY DIFFICULT. IN THE FIRST PLACE, WE ARE RELUCTANT TO RECOGNIZE HIM AND IDENTIFY HIM. WE ARE LOATHE TO LABLE HIM AS AN ENEMY. THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS MOST OF US RATHER LIKE HIM. THE SECOND PROBLEM IS THAT HE IS THE ONE INSIDE OF US. IF HE WOULD ONLY COME OUT AND FIGHT LIKE A MAN, IT WOULD BE DIFFERENT, BUT HE WILL NOT, IT IS NOT BECAUSE HE IS A COWARD, BUT BECAUSE HE CAN FIGHT BETTER FROM HIS POSITION FROM WITHIN.

NATIONS, CITIES, CHURCHES AND INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN DESTROYED BY THE ENEMY WITHIN …”
J VERNON McGEE

ACHAN IS A PICTURE OF OUR FLESH …



THE ANGER, Vv.1-5

   PRIDE – PRESUMPTION – PRAYERLESSNESS


THE AGONY, Vv. 6-15

   JOSHUA’S COMPLAINT

   GOD’S REPLY

        LESSONS:

        TO IGNORE SIN IS TO PARTICIPATE IN SIN …

        NEVER UNDERESTIMATE WHAT ONE PERSON CAN DO OUTSIDE THE WILL OF GOD …


THE ACTIONS, Vv.16-26

   CONFESSION,

   CONSEQUENCES,

GOD’S WRATH IS NOT: REACTIONARY, FLIPPANT, ARBITRARY, MALICIOUS, SPITEFUL, IRRATIONAL …

GOD’S WRATH IS, STEADY, UNRELENTING, UNREMITTING, UNCOMPROMISING, ANTAGONISM TO EVIL IN ALL IT’S FORMS AND MANIFESTATIONS …

GOD’S WRATH IS THE REASONABLE RESPONSE IN LIGHT OF HIS GLORY …

APPLICATION:

   UNREPENTANT SIN MEANS LOSS OF INTIMACY WITH GOD,

   WHEN WE ALLOW UNREPENTANT SIN … STRONGHOLDS FORM IN OUR LIVES,

   WHEN WE ALLOW UNREPENTANT SIN … WE DAMAGE AND BETRAY THE TRUST OF OTHERS,