Is There Sin In The Camp?

"…for thus saith the LORD God of Israel, There is an accursed thing in the midst of thee, O Israel: thou canst not stand before thine enemies, until ye take away the accursed thing from among you." After Israel experienced their great victory at Jericho, one of the men from Israel's army took of the spoils of Jericho and hid them in the floor of his tent. Israel proceeded to the next city called Ai, but during that battle 36 Israeli men died and the rest fled in defeat. All because one man named "Achan" disobeyed God, and did  that which was forbidden by God. "…and the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel." case 36 men died. Why, because Achan disobeyed God and caused Israel to lose their power and standing with God. God saw Israel as one, just as He sees the family as one, and the Church as one. Achan's family was also disgraced by his sin, for Achan was not the only one stoned to death for his crime, his family died along with him.  Our hidden sins , if not confessed, will always result  in  harm  to those that we are closest to.

 

Who’s Side Are You On?

(Jos 5:13-14) "And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries? And he said, Nay; but as captain of the host of the LORD am I now come." In the above verse the man's answer was probably not what Joshua expected. You see, his answer was meant to teach Joshua that it's not a question of whether or not the Lord is on your side, but rather, are you on the Lord's side? God's side is always the right side, and God asked Joshua before the battle of Jericho, if he wanted to take Jericho his way or God's way. For you see, this man was none other than (Our Lord Jesus) the Son of God, Captain of the host of the armies of heaven, and he was willing and ready to fight for Israel but he needed Joshua’s heart first. Jesus appeared here to remind Joshua as he did to Moses that the battles in his life can only be won his way, and the fall of Jericho proved it!  And it’s still the same today, for we can either fight our battles in the flesh and lose, or we can fight them God’s way and win.  Brethren, even today God still wants to know; “who’s side are you on?”