Joshua: Be CourageousAchan’s Sin: Joshua 7March 8, 2014Michael’s 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’s Text: 1.Achan’s Sin2.Israel’s defeat at AiV 1: Why is the entire nation held liable for one man’s sin?V 2-5: When victory becomes a liability1.There’s unattended sin in the camp2.Pride: listening to man, not GodPride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall.Proverbs 16:183.There’s 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’s sin? (V1, 11-26)1.God warned them that this would be the case (6:17-18)2.In God’s economy we are all interconnectedApp: God help us live believing our actions impact those around usDidn’t Achan confess his sin in verse 20?1.There’s 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…all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God… Romans 3:23…the wages of sin is death… Romans 6:23 (ref. Is. 26:21, 2Cor. 6:2, 2Pt 3:9-10a) What is God’s Spirit speaking into your life today? How must you respond?