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 It was a very serious trouble, and it's a pretty horrible punishment.

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 But don't forget that 36 other families mourned their loved one as a consequence of Aiken's failure.

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 I'm about to talk about anger, and I think I'm wondering if you just turn to one another for two minutes.

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 So really quickly, not a lot of detail.

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 Just turn to one other person and share a time when somebody was seriously angry with you and what that felt like.

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 Move quickly to what it felt like.

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 Okay.

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 A few things come to mind for me, some of them funny and some of them not so funny at all.

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 The unfunny one is getting a hiding from my dad at the same time as he's trying to express regret for having to give a decent son a hiding.

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 That didn't feel nice at all.

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 I remember when I was 13 or 14 years old, we lived at Collaroy Platter over on the northern beaches,

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 and I was allowed with my friends to go canoeing down on Narrabeen Lake.

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 A couple of my friends had canoes, surf skis, and they had little wheels and trailers to take them down on.

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 So they towed them down the hill into the lake, and off we went, and we were three hours late.

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 And parents were out looking for us, and it was in the days when there were no mobile phones.

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 And probably very oblivious to the time, but I knew we were in trouble,

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 because as we were coming back up the hill to Collaroy Platter, halfway up a very steep hill,

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 towing these things behind us, one of my friend's mums came down the hill very slowly in her car,

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 with her head out the window, and I can tell you she had a really ugly look on her face.

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 And she was shouting at my friends, saying,

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 you're going to get the father of a hiding when you get home.

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 And then she looked at me and she said, and your parents are so filthy angry with you.

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 And so I had to walk the next probably kilometre home full of fear and dread,

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 anticipating the wrath of my parents and what that would mean.

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 What could I do to turn their wrath away?

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 I think I tried tears.

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 I'm not sure if it worked on the day or not, but that's what I did.

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 I've also stood in a very serious place, floor of Sydney, not Sydney Synod, but another diocese.

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 And I said some things, sort of in innocence, that the bishop really didn't like.

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 And he left his chair and he took the floor.

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 And I said them with Steve's old box.

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 The man who discipled Steve nurtured him when he came to Christ.

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 The two of us were ministers and we both spoke on this matter.

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 And the bishop was so incensed, he left his chair, he took the floor of the Synod.

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 And I said my bit.

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 And before I could even sit down, he was on the other side of the Synod hall,

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 snorting, raging, saying that they were the most unfair men and most unfair things

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 that he had ever heard on the floor of Synod.

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 So I felt like I'd better stand there and take it.

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 So I just stood there and eyeballed him rather than sit down.

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 And when he'd finished tearing us apart, one of my friends who was sitting behind me starts going,

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 da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da.

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 As funny as it is now, it was a horrible moment.

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 And going away afterwards, processing somebody's anger

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 and knowing what it's done to you and what's going on inside you.

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 But it's not just me.

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 All of us have had serious...

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 I imagine all of us have experienced serious anger from other people and what it does to us.

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 And I guess how we deal with it.

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 So it might be a parent or a teacher screaming at you in anger.

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 Or a boss who's ripping you to shreds and humiliating you for the work that you've done or haven't done.

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 Or it could even be within your family when things get really tough between a husband and wife even.

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 And things get said in an uncontrolled and deeply hurtful way.

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 In all those things, there's a question of, what do you do with that?

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 You may well be the offender.

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 You may well have caused the anger that's come to you.

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 You may not have caused it, but you might have caused the anger that's come to you.

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 And so, how do you deal with it?

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 What do you do?

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 How do you turn that anger away?

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 Joshua 6 finished with a really stunning victory.

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 It's where we were last week.

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 I'd love you to have your Bibles open, Joshua 7.

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 This morning when I preached this, I quoted the text quite a bit more.

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 And then when I got into the Chinese services, I found it was helpful not to quote it quite as much because it takes too long.

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 So I'm going to try a little bit differently tonight.

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 I might not quote as much as I normally do, but I'd like you to be reading and following with me.

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 Joshua 6 finished with God's stunning victory.

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 He brought down the walls of Jericho.

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 He handed the city to Israel.

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 Rahab was saved.

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 Joshua 6 was just a good news story.

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 It was just good all the way through.

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 And this most stunning victory.

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 And so when you get into Joshua 7 and you hit the very first verse, you find that God is hot with anger.

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 And you wonder, why on earth?

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 And it says something like this.

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 The Israelites acted unfaithfully in regard to the devoted things.

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 Achan, the son of Kami, the son of Zimri, the son of Zerah of the tribe of Judah, took some of them.

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 So the Lord's anger burned against Israel.

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 And that's like, whoa, where did that come from?

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 God's anger burns.

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 He's furious with his people.

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 It's really surprising.

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 And at this stage in the story, even Joshua doesn't know anything's wrong.

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 Now, God had warned them in chapter 6 and Joshua had warned them in chapter 6 about how to treat the spoils of war from Jericho.

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 You're not to keep them.

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 Everything, people, animals, precious metals, everything is to be devoted to the Lord.

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 That means living things killed and burned.

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 And all the precious stuff in terms of metal and jewels and stuff into the treasury, the Lord's treasury.

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 And I said last week, Jericho was God's judgment on the Amorite inhabitants of the land.

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 And it was also his victory on behalf of his people.

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 And what you get is this picture of to the victor go the spoils, winner take all.

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 And in this case, in this victory, all glory to God who won this victory.

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 So he gets the lot, everything.

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 And then you hit this Joshua 7, 1, and it's like this enormous hiccup, but worse than a hiccup.

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 And it's also an explanation because before we read the whole of this chapter, we're being told in verse 1 what the problem is.

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 One man, Achan, acted unfaithfully with regard to the devoted things.

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 One man does something wrong.

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 God is angry with the whole nation.

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 Achan's sin is secret, it's hidden, but it impacts the entire community.

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 So he set the ground.

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 Verse 1 tells the story behind what is about to be seen as we go through chapter 7.

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 So moving into verse 2, they've won their first victory.

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 They're now ready for the second.

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 They suss out the city of Ai.

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 They take a force of 3,000 men, quite a few less than before.

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 And they are routed by the men of Ai who kill 36 Israelites.

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 And 36 families lose their men, and they are in mourning that night.

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 And Joshua and the leaders are devastated.

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 And Joshua is flat on his face before God.

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 He's grieved, and he says, why did you allow this to happen to us?

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 They'll surround us.

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 They'll wipe out our name.

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 And if they wipe out our name, what's going to happen to yours?

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 He's perplexed.

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 He's confused.

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 He trusts God, but he can't see or understand what God is doing,

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 and he's really fearful of what's going to happen.

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 And now they take this enormous confidence as a nation.

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 They know what God has been doing for them,

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 and now they take this enormous hit.

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 And they really don't know where they stand with God.

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 And in this moment, it is like relationship with God

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 is just too hot to handle.

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 Who are you, God, that you would do this to us?

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 Humanly speaking, it seems unfair.

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 It's like keeping the whole class in,

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 waiting for someone to own up when money got pinched

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 from the teacher's handbag.

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 Only one person offends,

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 but a whole lot of people are affected by the offence.

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 Something similar happens in Acts chapter 5.

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 The early church has been growing by thousands

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 since the coming of the Spirit at Pentecost.

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 Acts 4 finishes with the wonderful description of believers

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 being of one heart and mind and sharing their possessions

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 and quite extraordinary acts of giving.

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 So Barnabas, who will be heard a lot of later,

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 but Barnabas, named by the apostles as the son of encouragement,

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 sells a field and brings the proceeds in to bless the whole community

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 and they're providing for one another's basic needs.

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 This is a wonderful new experience of being the people of God.

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 And then one verse later,

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 you come to the story of Ananias and Sapphira.

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 They fake their Christianity.

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 They fake their generosity.

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 And God strikes them dead.

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 And it says,

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 Great fear seized the whole church and all who heard about these events.

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 In some ways, the consequence for the church,

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 for all of God's people,

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 was quite healthy.

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 Because even though they hadn't done anything wrong,

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 they did receive,

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 they did experience a terrible reminder that God is God.

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 He doesn't play favourites.

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 He calls the shots.

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 We don't.

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 And the sin of one couple

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 had an impact on the entire community.

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 Joshua was on his face before God.

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 And God answers Joshua pretty abruptly.

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 Stand up.

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 What are you doing down on your face?

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 Israel sinned.

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 They violated my covenant,

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 which I commanded them to keep.

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 They've taken some of the devoted things.

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 They've stolen.

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 They've lied.

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 They've put them with their own possessions.

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 That's why the Israelites cannot stand against their enemies.

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 They turn their back and run

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 because they've been made liable to destruction.

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 Oh.

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 But have some sympathy for Joshua

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 because this is the first time he's even told by God

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 that something's wrong and what it is.

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 God brings what is hidden into the light

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 so that it can be dealt with.

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 There's sin in the camp.

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 He uses the plural to say

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 the whole nation is being held accountable

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 for what has happened.

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 They have sinned.

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 They have taken devoted things.

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 They have stolen.

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 They have lied.

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 Can you imagine being back in school

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 and somebody pinches stuff

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 and we've got the thing in front of the teacher

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 and she's trying to find out who's stolen from a handbag

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 and the principal comes in

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 and he says the whole class has stolen,

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 the whole class has lied,

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 the whole class has taken some of the stuff

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 from the teacher's handbag.

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 You'd be...

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 But the effect of all this is

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 that they have been made liable to destruction

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 and they are only as strong as their weakest link

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 and their weakest link is Achan

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 and he has brought repercussions for the whole body

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 and so there is crisis for the whole nation.

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 Now let me tell you,

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 when I read some of the commentaries

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 about this passage in preparation,

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 they do all sorts of contrary things.

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 One of the things they say is,

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 oh well this time Joshua didn't pray to God properly

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 with the leaders,

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 they're a bit too self-consistent,

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 they only took out 3,000 men,

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 they should have taken a lot more,

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 they didn't seek his...

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 So the commentator would be saying to me tonight

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 that I should be preaching a message to you

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 about being more reliant on God

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 and relying on his empowering

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 and have made sure I prayed enough before I did it.

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 I don't think that's what it's about.

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 And one of the other commentators very helpfully said,

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 but you could actually look at this another way

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 and say something huge has gone on

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 amongst the people of God

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 and by his grace only 36 people died.

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 He could have been a lot more severe on the nation.

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 So take your pick

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 and I'd say choose neither.

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 But God doesn't just explain the problem,

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 he tells Joshua the solution.

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 And the solution is terrible.

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 Sin needs to be removed from among them

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 and the offender must be destroyed.

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 God meant what he said in chapter 6

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 when he said keep away, verse 18,

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 keep away from the devoted things

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 so that you will not bring about your own destruction

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 by taking any of them.

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 And that's what happens the next day.

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 The whole nation presents themselves before God.

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 We're not told how the selection occurs.

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 Did they draw a lot?

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 Who knows?

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 But Judah's chosen from the tribes,

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 the Zerahites from the clans,

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 the Zimri from the families.

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 They're narrowing it down

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 and finally Achan from the men of Zimri.

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 And Joshua just looks him in the eye and says,

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 fess up, give glory to God,

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 tell the truth and he does.

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 Full confession.

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 Verse 20,

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 it's true, I've sinned against the Lord,

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 the God of Israel.

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 This is what I've done.

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 When I saw in the plunder

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 a beautiful robe from Babylonia,

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 200 shekels of silver,

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 a wedge of gold weighing 50 shekels,

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 I coveted them.

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 I coveted them and I took them.

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 And they are hidden in the ground inside my tent

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 with the silver underneath.

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 Those 36 men who died last night

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 died because of me.

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 I coveted them.

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 I took these things.

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 And Joshua sends people to check it out.

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 And then they take him

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 and they take his family

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 and they take his animals

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 and they stone them to death

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 and they burn their corpses in the dust.

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 And Joshua doesn't argue with God.

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 He takes him at his word.

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 He does what he commands.

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 It's shocking.

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 It's particularly hard for us,

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 I think,

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 because Achan does a good thing

00:15:35.040 --> 00:15:35.820
 when he's confronted.

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 He confesses.

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 He owns his behaviour.

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 And then he dies.

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 And there's no national soul searching

00:15:47.720 --> 00:15:49.379
 over applying the death penalty.

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 They do what God tells them to do.

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 And it must have struck fear

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 into the hearts of everyone in Israel.

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 God is to be honoured.

00:16:02.379 --> 00:16:04.279
 He is the Lord God Almighty

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 and when he says something,

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 he means it.

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 And clearly that may raise

00:16:14.459 --> 00:16:16.339
 all sorts of moral issues for us,

00:16:16.459 --> 00:16:20.480
 like how is it fair to kill Achan's family

00:16:20.480 --> 00:16:23.199
 for what his dad, their dad, did?

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 And I come to a passage like this

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 and in the end,

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 I don't think I can answer a question like that,

00:16:41.660 --> 00:16:42.680
 even though I've raised it,

00:16:42.759 --> 00:16:44.820
 except that everything that happens here

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 happens at the absolute command

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 of the Lord.

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 And this is his word

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 and these are his orders.

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 But the consequences

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 are wonderfully dramatic.

00:17:01.840 --> 00:17:02.799
 Verse 26,

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 very last verse,

00:17:05.279 --> 00:17:07.460
 the Lord turned from his fierce anger.

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 The Lord turned from his fierce anger.

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 The chapter began with God burning with anger

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 and it finishes with him

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 turning from that same anger.

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 Relationship is restored

00:17:20.160 --> 00:17:22.779
 and peace is re-established.

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 And I think if I stop my message here,

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 we would be left with a picture

00:17:29.100 --> 00:17:29.940
 of a holy God

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 who will not tolerate

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 one single offence

00:17:32.420 --> 00:17:34.360
 against his words and commands.

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 Achan and his family died for his sin.

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 The severity of God

00:17:41.639 --> 00:17:43.479
 would leave us in a relationship

00:17:43.479 --> 00:17:44.619
 of absolute fear.

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 We would spend our lives living in fear.

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 We would,

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 it's almost like we would be waiting

00:17:49.279 --> 00:17:50.519
 for God to pounce

00:17:50.519 --> 00:17:51.519
 and blot me out

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 with every single failure and offence.

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 I could not feel secure

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 in this world

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 and in this life.

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 And we would end up

00:18:00.439 --> 00:18:01.319
 in a relationship

00:18:01.319 --> 00:18:02.359
 where we fear,

00:18:02.719 --> 00:18:03.179
 of fear,

00:18:03.180 --> 00:18:03.860
 where we link,

00:18:04.400 --> 00:18:05.480
 we're always linking

00:18:05.480 --> 00:18:06.180
 our behaviour

00:18:06.180 --> 00:18:07.160
 to our performance,

00:18:07.420 --> 00:18:08.820
 to our acceptance of God

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 and we can never,

00:18:10.080 --> 00:18:10.340
 ever,

00:18:10.460 --> 00:18:10.740
 ever,

00:18:10.860 --> 00:18:12.360
 ever be good enough for him.

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 But he's made a better way.

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 He's made a better way.

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 This is a story

00:18:26.500 --> 00:18:27.940
 about the deserved anger

00:18:27.940 --> 00:18:29.220
 of God being satisfied

00:18:29.220 --> 00:18:30.299
 and turned away.

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 Atonement is made

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 for this offence

00:18:34.579 --> 00:18:35.279
 against God.

00:18:37.440 --> 00:18:38.440
 God was angry.

00:18:39.000 --> 00:18:40.099
 He was ready to be divorced

00:18:40.099 --> 00:18:40.899
 from his people.

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 He had one foot out the door,

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 bags packed,

00:18:45.299 --> 00:18:47.759
 and his people

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 responded to his word

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 and Achan died for his sin

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 and God turned from his anger.

00:18:54.559 --> 00:18:55.659
 The divorce was off,

00:18:55.660 --> 00:18:57.300
 relationship was restored

00:18:57.300 --> 00:18:59.460
 and his anger

00:18:59.460 --> 00:19:01.900
 was atoned for.

00:19:06.040 --> 00:19:06.480
 Friends,

00:19:06.700 --> 00:19:08.120
 God is rightly offended

00:19:08.120 --> 00:19:08.700
 by sin.

00:19:11.040 --> 00:19:12.460
 He takes it personally.

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 We ignore him,

00:19:15.580 --> 00:19:16.440
 we run our own lives,

00:19:16.519 --> 00:19:17.580
 we make our own decisions,

00:19:17.720 --> 00:19:18.480
 we behave as though

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 he doesn't exist.

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 Don't think that doesn't matter

00:19:20.279 --> 00:19:20.660
 to him,

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 it does.

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 We place ourselves

00:19:24.680 --> 00:19:26.300
 under his justifiable anger,

00:19:26.580 --> 00:19:27.360
 we put ourselves

00:19:27.360 --> 00:19:29.120
 in a very precarious predicament.

00:19:29.920 --> 00:19:30.860
 We don't think it,

00:19:30.940 --> 00:19:32.420
 but in God's economy,

00:19:33.940 --> 00:19:35.300
 we deserve death.

00:19:35.740 --> 00:19:37.040
 From God's point of view,

00:19:37.080 --> 00:19:38.420
 that's our default condition

00:19:38.420 --> 00:19:39.800
 for our rebellion

00:19:39.800 --> 00:19:40.540
 against him.

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 And yet some of us,

00:19:46.620 --> 00:19:47.700
 and me included,

00:19:47.860 --> 00:19:48.800
 are just as greedy

00:19:48.799 --> 00:19:49.440
 as Achan.

00:19:51.740 --> 00:19:52.919
 We'll put a bit aside

00:19:52.919 --> 00:19:53.799
 for a rainy day,

00:19:53.960 --> 00:19:54.919
 we'll stumble.

00:19:55.099 --> 00:19:56.819
 He stumbled on some cool loot

00:19:56.819 --> 00:19:57.659
 that fell off the back

00:19:57.659 --> 00:19:58.200
 of a truck

00:19:58.200 --> 00:19:59.599
 and thought nobody

00:19:59.599 --> 00:20:00.139
 had noticed,

00:20:00.200 --> 00:20:00.799
 easy money.

00:20:02.099 --> 00:20:03.339
 There wasn't a living soul

00:20:03.339 --> 00:20:04.180
 left in Jericho

00:20:04.180 --> 00:20:05.319
 who needed it anymore.

00:20:07.019 --> 00:20:07.960
 He didn't think

00:20:07.960 --> 00:20:09.000
 that he would be seen

00:20:09.000 --> 00:20:10.599
 and yet God knew

00:20:10.599 --> 00:20:11.299
 his offence

00:20:11.299 --> 00:20:12.339
 was against God

00:20:12.339 --> 00:20:13.200
 and not against

00:20:13.200 --> 00:20:14.180
 the people of Jericho.

00:20:17.460 --> 00:20:18.419
 And Achan,

00:20:18.799 --> 00:20:20.180
 gave his life

00:20:20.180 --> 00:20:21.180
 for his offence.

00:20:22.919 --> 00:20:24.259
 And God's anger

00:20:24.259 --> 00:20:25.319
 wasn't satisfied

00:20:25.319 --> 00:20:26.559
 until the offence

00:20:26.559 --> 00:20:27.919
 had been paid for.

00:20:32.180 --> 00:20:33.240
 Our offences

00:20:33.240 --> 00:20:34.259
 are against God.

00:20:34.399 --> 00:20:35.079
 Something needs

00:20:35.079 --> 00:20:35.599
 to happen

00:20:35.599 --> 00:20:36.839
 to turn his deserved

00:20:36.839 --> 00:20:37.680
 anger and attention

00:20:37.680 --> 00:20:38.859
 away from us.

00:20:39.700 --> 00:20:40.359
 Romans 3

00:20:40.359 --> 00:20:41.659
 speaks about our sin

00:20:41.659 --> 00:20:42.240
 and Jesus

00:20:42.240 --> 00:20:42.919
 when it says

00:20:42.919 --> 00:20:44.059
 God presented him

00:20:44.059 --> 00:20:44.859
 as a sacrifice

00:20:44.859 --> 00:20:45.879
 of atonement

00:20:45.880 --> 00:20:47.140
 through faith

00:20:47.140 --> 00:20:47.920
 in his blood.

00:20:48.260 --> 00:20:49.280
 And he did this

00:20:49.280 --> 00:20:49.960
 to demonstrate

00:20:49.960 --> 00:20:50.840
 his justice

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 because in his forbearance

00:20:52.620 --> 00:20:53.780
 he had left

00:20:53.780 --> 00:20:54.720
 the sins committed

00:20:54.720 --> 00:20:56.220
 beforehand unpunished.

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 And he did it

00:20:58.220 --> 00:20:58.880
 to demonstrate

00:20:58.880 --> 00:20:59.640
 his justice

00:20:59.640 --> 00:21:00.700
 at the present time

00:21:00.700 --> 00:21:01.780
 so as to be just

00:21:01.780 --> 00:21:02.220
 and the one

00:21:02.220 --> 00:21:03.100
 who justifies

00:21:03.100 --> 00:21:03.860
 those who have

00:21:03.860 --> 00:21:04.780
 faith in Jesus.

00:21:06.780 --> 00:21:07.980
 God presented

00:21:07.980 --> 00:21:09.760
 Jesus as an atonement

00:21:09.760 --> 00:21:10.460
 through faith

00:21:10.460 --> 00:21:11.260
 in his blood.

00:21:11.259 --> 00:21:13.200
 When you come

00:21:13.200 --> 00:21:13.859
 to the person

00:21:13.859 --> 00:21:14.819
 of Jesus Christ

00:21:14.819 --> 00:21:15.660
 you find that

00:21:15.660 --> 00:21:16.440
 God takes

00:21:16.440 --> 00:21:17.539
 personal action

00:21:17.539 --> 00:21:18.740
 to turn his

00:21:18.740 --> 00:21:19.599
 deserved anger

00:21:19.599 --> 00:21:20.119
 from us.

00:21:20.299 --> 00:21:21.220
 God has acted

00:21:21.220 --> 00:21:22.379
 to turn away

00:21:22.379 --> 00:21:22.940
 his anger.

00:21:23.119 --> 00:21:23.960
 We couldn't do it

00:21:23.960 --> 00:21:24.819
 but God did.

00:21:28.359 --> 00:21:29.680
 And this is huge

00:21:29.680 --> 00:21:30.180
 and it means

00:21:30.180 --> 00:21:31.059
 I can stand here

00:21:31.059 --> 00:21:31.359
 tonight

00:21:31.359 --> 00:21:32.079
 and I can say it

00:21:32.079 --> 00:21:32.400
 to me

00:21:32.400 --> 00:21:33.299
 but I can say it

00:21:33.299 --> 00:21:33.660
 to you

00:21:33.660 --> 00:21:34.379
 that if your

00:21:34.379 --> 00:21:35.299
 heart tonight

00:21:35.299 --> 00:21:36.920
 accuses you

00:21:36.920 --> 00:21:37.980
 of anything

00:21:37.980 --> 00:21:41.640
 or if there's

00:21:41.640 --> 00:21:42.579
 another person

00:21:42.579 --> 00:21:43.460
 who holds

00:21:43.460 --> 00:21:44.640
 an offence

00:21:44.640 --> 00:21:45.579
 against you

00:21:45.579 --> 00:21:46.259
 or perhaps

00:21:46.259 --> 00:21:46.980
 there's things

00:21:46.980 --> 00:21:47.900
 in your life

00:21:47.900 --> 00:21:48.900
 that really

00:21:48.900 --> 00:21:49.579
 only God

00:21:49.579 --> 00:21:50.420
 knows about

00:21:50.420 --> 00:21:52.799
 I want you

00:21:52.799 --> 00:21:53.259
 to hear

00:21:53.259 --> 00:21:53.920
 that God

00:21:53.920 --> 00:21:54.579
 has acted

00:21:54.579 --> 00:21:55.240
 in Christ

00:21:55.240 --> 00:21:55.900
 to forgive

00:21:55.900 --> 00:21:56.240
 them

00:21:56.240 --> 00:21:59.940
 and he is

00:21:59.940 --> 00:22:00.599
 able to

00:22:00.599 --> 00:22:01.500
 in Christ

00:22:01.500 --> 00:22:02.299
 to turn

00:22:02.299 --> 00:22:03.259
 away

00:22:03.259 --> 00:22:03.940
 from any

00:22:03.940 --> 00:22:04.360
 anger

00:22:04.360 --> 00:22:05.039
 he might have

00:22:05.039 --> 00:22:05.620
 towards you

00:22:05.620 --> 00:22:06.500
 because of them.

00:22:07.980 --> 00:22:12.839
 Achan didn't

00:22:12.839 --> 00:22:13.400
 do anything

00:22:13.400 --> 00:22:13.980
 much worse

00:22:13.980 --> 00:22:14.420
 than things

00:22:14.420 --> 00:22:14.900
 that we do

00:22:14.900 --> 00:22:15.579
 all the time

00:22:15.579 --> 00:22:19.960
 and then he did

00:22:19.960 --> 00:22:20.640
 he confessed

00:22:20.640 --> 00:22:21.220
 his sin

00:22:21.220 --> 00:22:21.620
 when he was

00:22:21.620 --> 00:22:22.120
 confronted

00:22:22.120 --> 00:22:22.960
 by God

00:22:22.960 --> 00:22:25.000
 and he died

00:22:25.000 --> 00:22:28.640
 he had to

00:22:28.640 --> 00:22:29.420
 face the music

00:22:29.420 --> 00:22:30.039
 and pay the

00:22:30.039 --> 00:22:30.360
 penalty

00:22:30.360 --> 00:22:31.120
 for his own

00:22:31.120 --> 00:22:31.440
 sin

00:22:31.440 --> 00:22:32.240
 and his life

00:22:32.240 --> 00:22:33.500
 in a way

00:22:33.500 --> 00:22:34.019
 became the

00:22:34.019 --> 00:22:34.480
 answer to

00:22:34.480 --> 00:22:34.880
 his own

00:22:34.880 --> 00:22:35.220
 sin

00:22:35.220 --> 00:22:37.299
 he was

00:22:37.299 --> 00:22:38.039
 the atonement

00:22:38.039 --> 00:22:38.440
 that his

00:22:38.440 --> 00:22:38.740
 sin

00:22:38.740 --> 00:22:39.639
 required

00:22:39.639 --> 00:22:40.259
 his death

00:22:40.259 --> 00:22:40.740
 turned

00:22:40.740 --> 00:22:41.119
 God

00:22:41.119 --> 00:22:41.519
 away

00:22:41.519 --> 00:22:41.980
 from his

00:22:41.980 --> 00:22:42.319
 burning

00:22:42.319 --> 00:22:42.720
 anger

00:22:42.720 --> 00:22:46.779
 and I

00:22:46.779 --> 00:22:47.159
 think it's

00:22:47.159 --> 00:22:47.720
 fantastic

00:22:47.720 --> 00:22:48.379
 that I can

00:22:48.379 --> 00:22:48.819
 stand here

00:22:48.819 --> 00:22:49.099
 tonight

00:22:49.099 --> 00:22:49.460
 and I can

00:22:49.460 --> 00:22:49.720
 tell you

00:22:49.720 --> 00:22:50.099
 it's something

00:22:50.099 --> 00:22:50.559
 that's lived

00:22:50.559 --> 00:22:51.079
 out in my

00:22:51.079 --> 00:22:51.559
 own life

00:22:51.559 --> 00:22:51.919
 sometimes

00:22:51.919 --> 00:22:52.379
 when I

00:22:52.379 --> 00:22:52.740
 go into

00:22:52.740 --> 00:22:53.220
 a hole

00:22:53.220 --> 00:22:53.980
 and I've

00:22:53.980 --> 00:22:54.339
 gone into

00:22:54.339 --> 00:22:54.919
 behaviours

00:22:54.919 --> 00:22:55.259
 that I

00:22:55.259 --> 00:22:55.579
 deeply

00:22:55.579 --> 00:22:56.019
 regret

00:22:56.019 --> 00:22:56.319
 or I

00:22:56.319 --> 00:22:56.519
 don't

00:22:56.519 --> 00:22:56.720
 want to

00:22:56.720 --> 00:22:57.079
 be part

00:22:57.079 --> 00:22:57.379
 of my

00:22:57.379 --> 00:22:57.720
 life

00:22:57.720 --> 00:22:58.000
 and I

00:22:58.000 --> 00:22:58.339
 want to

00:22:58.339 --> 00:22:59.000
 be at

00:22:59.000 --> 00:22:59.299
 peace

00:22:59.299 --> 00:22:59.759
 with God

00:22:59.759 --> 00:23:00.099
 again

00:23:00.099 --> 00:23:00.480
 I do

00:23:00.480 --> 00:23:00.879
 not get

00:23:00.879 --> 00:23:01.139
 back

00:23:01.139 --> 00:23:01.339
 into

00:23:01.339 --> 00:23:01.940
 relationship

00:23:01.940 --> 00:23:02.500
 with him

00:23:02.500 --> 00:23:03.000
 by beating

00:23:03.000 --> 00:23:03.480
 myself

00:23:03.480 --> 00:23:03.720
 up

00:23:03.720 --> 00:23:04.099
 even though

00:23:04.099 --> 00:23:04.599
 I sometimes

00:23:04.599 --> 00:23:05.079
 do beat

00:23:05.079 --> 00:23:05.779
 myself up

00:23:05.779 --> 00:23:08.180
 I cannot

00:23:08.180 --> 00:23:09.319
 self-atone

00:23:09.319 --> 00:23:13.519
 but we

00:23:13.519 --> 00:23:14.359
 come before

00:23:14.359 --> 00:23:14.879
 a holy

00:23:14.879 --> 00:23:15.339
 God and

00:23:15.339 --> 00:23:16.000
 we confess

00:23:16.000 --> 00:23:16.639
 our sins

00:23:16.639 --> 00:23:17.460
 because he

00:23:17.460 --> 00:23:18.160
 has already

00:23:18.160 --> 00:23:18.700
 made it

00:23:18.700 --> 00:23:19.259
 safe for us

00:23:19.259 --> 00:23:19.660
 to do

00:23:19.660 --> 00:23:20.000
 that

00:23:20.000 --> 00:23:23.139
 our confession

00:23:23.139 --> 00:23:23.680
 doesn't

00:23:23.680 --> 00:23:24.220
 save us

00:23:24.220 --> 00:23:25.240
 Christ himself

00:23:25.240 --> 00:23:25.819
 has stood

00:23:25.819 --> 00:23:26.180
 in our

00:23:26.180 --> 00:23:26.619
 place

00:23:26.619 --> 00:23:27.720
 and died

00:23:27.720 --> 00:23:28.160
 for our

00:23:28.160 --> 00:23:28.399
 sins

00:23:28.399 --> 00:23:28.960
 to make

00:23:28.960 --> 00:23:29.160
 us

00:23:29.160 --> 00:23:29.420
 safe

00:23:29.420 --> 00:23:30.160
 he saves

00:23:30.160 --> 00:23:30.539
 us

00:23:30.539 --> 00:23:31.579
 and so

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 God

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 himself

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 takes

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 the most

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 drastic

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 action

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 to make

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 it safe

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 for us

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 to come

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 near him

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 he makes

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 atonement

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 for his

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 own anger

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 he acts

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 to turn

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 his deserved

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 anger away

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 and do you

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 know why

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 it's really

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 simple

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 it's because

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 he loves

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 us

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 and you

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 see that

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 in 1

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 John

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 chapter 2

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 he is the

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 atoning

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 sacrifice

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 for our

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 sins

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 and not

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 only for

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 ours

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 but also

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 for the

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 sins

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 of the

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 whole

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 world

00:24:00.379 --> 00:24:02.039
 and in

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 1

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 John

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 chapter 4

00:24:03.319 --> 00:24:03.419
 Lord

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 this is

00:24:03.879 --> 00:24:04.220
 love

00:24:04.220 --> 00:24:04.679
 not that

00:24:04.679 --> 00:24:05.220
 we love

00:24:05.220 --> 00:24:05.579
 God

00:24:05.579 --> 00:24:06.059
 but that

00:24:06.059 --> 00:24:06.659
 he loved

00:24:06.659 --> 00:24:07.059
 us

00:24:07.059 --> 00:24:08.139
 and sent

00:24:08.139 --> 00:24:08.799
 his son

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 as an

00:24:09.220 --> 00:24:09.599
 atoning

00:24:09.599 --> 00:24:10.220
 sacrifice

00:24:10.220 --> 00:24:10.899
 for our

00:24:10.899 --> 00:24:11.299
 sins

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 what an

00:24:16.679 --> 00:24:17.279
 extraordinary

00:24:17.279 --> 00:24:17.779
 God

00:24:17.779 --> 00:24:19.379
 who loves

00:24:19.379 --> 00:24:19.740
 us

00:24:19.740 --> 00:24:21.599
 who allows

00:24:21.599 --> 00:24:22.000
 us to

00:24:22.000 --> 00:24:22.419
 live

00:24:22.419 --> 00:24:24.159
 who has

00:24:24.159 --> 00:24:24.619
 turned

00:24:24.619 --> 00:24:25.619
 his deserved

00:24:25.619 --> 00:24:26.119
 anger

00:24:26.119 --> 00:24:26.980
 his fury

00:24:26.980 --> 00:24:27.939
 he has

00:24:27.939 --> 00:24:28.500
 taken it

00:24:28.500 --> 00:24:29.119
 upon himself

00:24:29.119 --> 00:24:29.700
 and he has

00:24:29.700 --> 00:24:30.139
 turned it

00:24:30.139 --> 00:24:30.579
 away from

00:24:30.579 --> 00:24:30.939
 us

00:24:30.940 --> 00:24:33.920
 I've

00:24:33.920 --> 00:24:34.299
 said all

00:24:34.299 --> 00:24:34.519
 day

00:24:34.519 --> 00:24:34.840
 when you

00:24:34.840 --> 00:24:35.200
 go from

00:24:35.200 --> 00:24:35.380
 here

00:24:35.380 --> 00:24:35.500
 to

00:24:35.500 --> 00:24:35.680
 night

00:24:35.680 --> 00:24:36.039
 I hope

00:24:36.039 --> 00:24:36.320
 that you

00:24:36.320 --> 00:24:36.799
 go with a

00:24:36.799 --> 00:24:37.360
 really big

00:24:37.360 --> 00:24:37.880
 smile on

00:24:37.880 --> 00:24:38.299
 your face

00:24:38.299 --> 00:24:38.559
 and a

00:24:38.559 --> 00:24:39.080
 really big

00:24:39.080 --> 00:24:39.559
 smile on

00:24:39.559 --> 00:24:40.019
 your heart

00:24:40.019 --> 00:24:42.539
 because of

00:24:42.539 --> 00:24:43.160
 how great

00:24:43.160 --> 00:24:44.019
 Christ's love

00:24:44.019 --> 00:24:44.680
 for us

00:24:44.680 --> 00:24:45.039
 is

00:24:45.039 --> 00:24:47.019
 and I

00:24:47.019 --> 00:24:47.820
 also hope

00:24:47.820 --> 00:24:48.120
 that you

00:24:48.120 --> 00:24:48.580
 go from

00:24:48.580 --> 00:24:49.120
 here knowing

00:24:49.120 --> 00:24:49.500
 it's a

00:24:49.500 --> 00:24:50.500
 very healthy

00:24:50.500 --> 00:24:51.080
 thing

00:24:51.080 --> 00:24:52.660
 to fear

00:24:52.660 --> 00:24:53.279
 and to

00:24:53.279 --> 00:24:53.820
 respect

00:24:53.820 --> 00:24:54.400
 Christ

00:24:54.400 --> 00:24:55.500
 for who

00:24:55.500 --> 00:24:55.920
 he really

00:24:55.920 --> 00:24:56.360
 is

00:24:56.360 --> 00:24:57.960
 Amen

00:24:57.960 --> 00:24:58.539