The Pain Of Defeat

Joshua 7:1

But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing: and the anger of the lord was kindled against the children of Israel.

***The Israelites had victory over the city of Jericho after God caused the wall to fall. The city and every citizen was burned as God had directed. God also directed that none of  Jericho's goods be kept by the Israelites, because of possible contamination. Everything should have been dedicated to God. This order was disobeyed by a thief, and the entire nation would suffer because of one person's sin.

***Many times when we disobey and don't follow God's guidance to the letter our entire family suffers because of our sin.  He told us in His word, "if we keep His commandments He would bless us and our children going out and coming in," on the contrary, if we do not obey Him, curses can come upon us and our children.



Joshua 7:24-25

And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had: and they brought them unto the valley of Achor.

And Joshua said, Why has thou troubled us: the Lord shall trouble the this day.  And all Israel stoned him with stones, and burned them with fire, and they had stoned them with stones.

***When sin enter our household everyone in the family should reconcile themselves back to the Lord; be sanctified again. Sin destroys a household first before it can start destroying our community, and then our city.

***Today we are not stoned for our sins, but because we are under God's mercy and have His grace He forgives us for our transgression against Him, because He is so faithful and just.


***The pain of defeat is bitter, and the pleasure of sin is even bitter; because some sin causes spiritual death.


            "THE SWEET TASTE OF VICTORY-OR- THE AGONY OF DEFEAT"


Lets continue to be lead and directed by the Holy Spirit until we meet again soon.