<strong>TITLE: I NEED YOU…</strong>

<strong>TEXT: JOSHUA 7:1-8:3</strong>

<strong>INTRODUCTION</strong>
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	<li>Initially, God interacted with individuals (Adam, Eve, Noah, Abraham, Isaac,</li>
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Jacob, Joseph)
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	<li>After Jacob’s family went to Egypt with Joseph, God interacted with the people</li>
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as a collective group through a leader (Moses)
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	<li>Since that time, God has continued to interact with His people as a collective</li>
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group delivering collective consequences

<strong>A WINNABLE CHALLENGE</strong>
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	<li>Israel should have easily won the challenge against Ai (<em>`Ay = ah'ē</em>) <u> </u></li>
	<li>God has given us challenges <u> </u>
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	<li>Every challenge that God gives us is easily winnable – <strong><em><u>every challenge</u></em></strong></li>
	<li>Would God give us a challenge that we could not win?</li>
	<li>God has empowered us – we do not know the power that we possess</li>
	<li>God has given us each other – we have become individualistic and selfish</li>
	<li>Remember: “When God gives me something today, He is already in the</li>
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future watching it happen”

<strong>A WINNABLE CHALLENGE LOST</strong>
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	<li>Israel is beat up, beat back, beat down, broken and cry out to God <u> </u></li>
	<li>We sometimes lose winnable challenges and cry out to God <u> </u>
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	<li>Remorse – “God, we trusted you”</li>
	<li>Regret – “If only…”</li>
	<li>Release - “It’s over”</li>
	<li>God’s Reputation – “People will think that You cannot do it”</li>
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<strong>A WINNABLE CHALLENGE LOST BECAUSE OF WHOM?</strong>
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	<li>Who is responsible for Israel losing the challenge? God? Israel? Achan? <u> </u></li>
	<li><strong>7:1</strong> – The Children of Israel committed a trespass regarding the accursed things</li>
	<li><strong>7:10-11</strong> – Israel has sinned… They have taken some of the accursed things…</li>
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<strong>                 </strong>They have put it among their own stuff…
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	<li><strong>7:12</strong> – Therefore, the Children of Israel could not stand before their enemies…</li>
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<strong>           </strong>They are doomed for destruction… I will not be with you any longer…
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	<li><strong>7</strong>:<strong>20-21</strong> – Achan, “Indeed, I have sinned against the LORD God of Israel, and this</li>
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is what I have done…”
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	<li>Collective Consequence <u> </u></li>
	<li>We are One Body [Pilgrim Rest]</li>
	<li>Because we are one body, what one member does or says affects every other member in the body – even though they did not do it or say it</li>
	<li>Collective Consequence vs. Collective Judgment (Judges 18)</li>
	<li>Cancer in the Body of Christ / One rotten apple spoils the whole basket</li>
	<li>Individual indiscretions must be dealt with</li>
	<li>God has a plan</li>
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<strong>CHALLENGE FOR THE WEEK: I UNDERSTAND THAT WHAT I DO AFFECTS YOU</strong>