Sermon Tone Analysis

Joshua 7:6-13; 20

This is a difficult chapter to read.

We love Josh 6 The battle of Jericho

“Only when we deal ruthlessly with our private sins is there any hope for peace and joy.

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Huge pine tree in Colorado that is 900 years old

When the puritans landed at Plymouth rock it was only ½ grown

Only a seedling when the crusades began under urban II.

It has been struck by lightning 14 times yet still it stood.

Survived 900 Colorado winters

Avalanches

Drought

Forest fires

But it did finally fall

Why What brought it down?

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A Japanese beetle that came over in the 1930s eventually wormed its way into the core and one bit at a time he and his friends ate away and the tree finally fell under its own weight.

What wind and drought winter and fire could not do one little bug accomplished.

One solitary family stole a piece of cloth

Because of this little sin there was destruction.

How do you deal with sin in the camp?

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*I.

Despair of the saints*

They sent out a mere 3000 the fell on their face.

We don’t spend enough time on our faces before God.

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That is the proper position.

*Whenever revival fires have broken out it has been because people get right with God!*

A sense of conviction and brokenness over sin

We think revival is the fiery evangelist with hell fire and brimstone.

Revival begins when God’s people are broken over their sinfulness.

When the lost see people they know are hypocrites confess and get right

When the lost see that they will be drawn to it like bugs to a light.

Have we grown too callous to be broken?

When was the last time we went to our knees and wept over our sins?

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1950s New Hebrides Islands on the North side of Scotland,

Sailors would sail by they would feel the presence of God and they would fall down in the hull of the ship, men falling down being broken over their sinfulness.

Joshua says “Why.”

“Houston we have a problem.”

\\ Josh knew that all hope was gone if little Ai could defeat them.

But God this will forsake your name.

Your name will suffer reproach.

How many times have you picked up the paper and saw another pastor falling.

I pray God would strike me dead first.

He wants us to turn from our sins.

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Discovering the Sin*

God discloses the sin.

The sin of Achan

A few dollars of Silver ~/ $20,000 worth of silver

What is God saying to you?

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I wonder if anyone here today has robed God and lied about it.

How?

Malachi said, You have robed me of my tithes and offerings, sick and diseased calves.”

We give less today percentage wise than we did in 1932 in the depth of the depression.

During a time when people could barely put a loaf bread and a bowl of mostly water soup on the table people found the money for God.

35% of those who say they are born again give God not one dime.

We average 2% of our incomes for the Lord’s word.

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Is this a grace church or a law church.

This is a grace church

I thought you might want me to tithe.

Oh no we are definitely a grace church the law says do not murder grace says we are to love our enemies

Law says do not commit adultery grace says don’t even think lustful thoughts.

Law says 10% grace says be generous we would never stop you at only 10%.

Grace does more than the law ever could do with its legalism

Grace is not the permission to live beneath law it is the power to go beyond the law.

Achan had stolen

One man’s sin all were guilty.

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Private sin has corporate consequences

We are only as strong as our weakest link.

I don’t know what sins you are dealing with.

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      Sr Adults tend to complain

Feel as though neglected

Opinion doesn’t count

Feed off of ailments

You have limits because of health or simply getting older.

Many of your have risen above this I am sure.

A complaining spirit can lodge itself in the heart of even the best of his children.

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      Even Christian singles struggle with elicit thoughts.

65% of the internet is pornographic.

You don’t go looking for it, it comes looking for you.

It holds you, and only God can break it.

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      Marriage we take each other for granted

We just use one another.

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      I know among young people a spirit of rebellion has gripped their hearts.

There are tremendous needs going unfulfilled because people do not stand up and fill those needs.

So many think let someone else take care of that need.

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      Little kids lie.

A father was interrogating his children about something that had happened in the back seat of the car where he was sure a offense had been committed he had on smoking gun but he was sure when the child looked up with deeply hurt, misty eyes and said with a quivering voice: “Daddy, you don’t think I’d lie to you, do you?”

To which he replied, “Do I think you would lie?