Disgrace

With Pride comes shame and dishonour

Joshua 7:1-7

A. When Pride takes over.

Brought on Israel

Why

Why didn’t Joshua speak with God before he attacked AI?

Your Pride ever get you in deeper than what you want to admit?

As the result of Achan stealing what was dedicated to God:

B. Arrogance will make you think you are bigger and better than you really are.

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Reality Check from God. Ever happen to you?

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Sometimes God allows you to fall, to get your attention

Brought on Israel’s enemies

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C. Cry out to God

Sin brings disgrace

Joshua tore his clothes ; this was a sign of grief and put dust on their heads was a sign of mourning

Genesis 3:8–10 NASB95

8 They heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden. 9 Then the Lord God called to the man, and said to him, “Where are you?” 10 He said, “I heard the sound of You in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid myself.”

what is Grief: Emotional suffering brought on by bereavement, mishap, or disaster. To grieve is either to cause or feel sorrow or distress

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You ever fell like surprised when God doesn't allow things to go your way?

Elwell, W. A., & Beitzel, B. J. (1988). Grief. In Baker encyclopedia of the Bible (Vol. 1, p. 904). Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House.

False prophets disgraced

D. Blame God everyone does.

Why would God bring them to the west side of the Jordan just to let them parish?

Jeremiah 23:38–40 NASB95

38 “For if you say, ‘The oracle of the Lord!’ surely thus says the Lord, ‘Because you said this word, “The oracle of the Lord!” I have also sent to you, saying, “You shall not say, ‘The oracle of the Lord!’ ” ’ 39 “Therefore behold, I will surely forget you and cast you away from My presence, along with the city which I gave you and your fathers. 40 “I will put an everlasting reproach on you and an everlasting humiliation which will not be forgotten.”

Why do you want to blame God when the problems in your life are yours. you caused them

Idolaters disgraced

Isaiah 45:16 NASB95

16 They will be put to shame and even humiliated, all of them; The manufacturers of idols will go away together in humiliation.

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The sexually immoral disgraced

Proverbs 6:32–33 NASB95

32 The one who commits adultery with a woman is lacking sense; He who would destroy himself does it. 33 Wounds and disgrace he will find, And his reproach will not be blotted out.

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Barrenness could bring disgrace

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The exile brought disgrace upon God’s name

Ezekiel 36:20–21 NASB95

20 “When they came to the nations where they went, they profaned My holy name, because it was said of them, ‘These are the people of the Lord; yet they have come out of His land.’ 21 “But I had concern for My holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations where they went.

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God’s people may suffer disgrace for the sake of Jesus Christ

Hebrews 11:26 NASB95

26 considering the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt; for he was looking to the reward.

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