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Joshua: Be CourageousAchan\u2019s Sin: Joshua 7March 8, 2014Michael\u2019s Personal Goal: To accept the reality that my choices impact those I care about most and therefore to live above reproach.Valley Mountain Tops and on Mountain Tops ValleysThe city and all that is in it are to be devoted to the LORD. Only Rahab the prostitute and all who are with her in her house shall be spared, because she hid the spies we sent. 18But keep away from the devoted things, so that you will not bring about your own destruction by taking any of them. Otherwise you will make the camp of Israel liable to destruction and bring trouble on it. Joshua 6:17-18Two Parallel Stories in Today\u2019s Text: 1.Achan\u2019s Sin2.Israel\u2019s defeat at AiV 1: Why is the entire nation held liable for one man\u2019s sin?V 2-5: When victory becomes a liability1.There\u2019s unattended sin in the camp2.Pride: listening to man, not GodPride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall.Proverbs 16:183.There\u2019s no sense of waiting on the LordApp: Wait on the LordWait for the LORD; be strong and take heart and wait for the LORD. Psalms 27:14V 6-10: God has the whole pictureApp: Practice praising God in the tough timesWhy is the entire nation held liable for one man\u2019s sin? (V1, 11-26)1.God warned them that this would be the case (6:17-18)2.In God\u2019s economy we are all interconnectedApp: God help us live believing our actions impact those around usDidn\u2019t Achan confess his sin in verse 20?1.There\u2019s a difference between admitting to something because you got caught and confessing sin with a repentant heart2.God systematically went through a process allowing Achan to come clean, but he chose to hide\u2026all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God\u2026 Romans 3:23\u2026the wages of sin is death\u2026 Romans 6:23 (ref. Is. 26:21, 2Cor. 6:2, 2Pt 3:9-10a) What is God\u2019s Spirit speaking into your life today? How must you respond?