1 00:00:00,700 --> 00:00:04,400 It is good to see everybody who has made it here this morning. 2 00:00:04,400 --> 00:00:10,200 And so thankful for the presence and I pray that what I have to 3 00:00:10,200 --> 00:00:14,800 say this morning is number one and aligned with God's teaching 4 00:00:14,800 --> 00:00:19,700 to us and number two, beneficial to the congregation here, had a 5 00:00:19,708 --> 00:00:24,200 couple people come up before services to me and jokingly say 6 00:00:24,200 --> 00:00:26,500 I'm out of here based on the title of the lesson. 7 00:00:26,500 --> 00:00:30,000 And another one asking if I had a list and I do not have a list. 8 00:00:30,400 --> 00:00:34,200 I do not have anybody specifically in mind or anything 9 00:00:34,200 --> 00:00:36,900 like that? This is a heavy subject that 10 00:00:36,900 --> 00:00:39,600 we're going to talk about today and I made the mistake of 11 00:00:39,600 --> 00:00:43,800 looking at my heart rate before I got up here and it's at a calm 12 00:00:43,800 --> 00:00:47,900 120 beats per minute. So I pray that I can get through 13 00:00:47,900 --> 00:00:55,300 this without any issues. But being that, you know, we 14 00:00:55,300 --> 00:00:58,800 were kind of laughing about this topic before of hidden sin 15 00:00:58,800 --> 00:01:04,000 before services, this is a very serious subject that we all need 16 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:10,700 to be examining our lives about. I want us to consider it to what 17 00:01:10,700 --> 00:01:14,100 could be a big hindrance to us individually. 18 00:01:14,200 --> 00:01:18,200 And as a congregation experiencing, the kind of life 19 00:01:18,200 --> 00:01:22,500 that we want to experience in God's that God intends for us 20 00:01:22,500 --> 00:01:27,700 too. and maybe a big hindrance and to us experience the kind of 21 00:01:27,700 --> 00:01:30,700 church that God wants us to experience the kind of 22 00:01:31,000 --> 00:01:35,100 togetherness But God's word is so encouraging. 23 00:01:35,100 --> 00:01:38,000 So I'm not going to leave us this morning without new current 24 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:41,000 encouraging word. We're going to look at clothes 25 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:46,000 at Joshua chapter 7 where God shows the children of Israel and 26 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:50,500 us some consequences for a specific specific type of sin in 27 00:01:50,508 --> 00:01:54,400 that is hidden sin. If we want to experience the 28 00:01:54,400 --> 00:01:57,800 fullness of God's power, his presence and his Blessing, we 29 00:01:57,800 --> 00:02:02,400 must be serious and honest to ourselves about it in sin. 30 00:02:02,700 --> 00:02:05,400 And another way to State this point is that hidden sin may be 31 00:02:05,400 --> 00:02:09,699 the biggest hindrance. To experience God's blessings in 32 00:02:09,699 --> 00:02:13,700 your life and my life and God's blessings in the church as a 33 00:02:13,708 --> 00:02:18,000 whole. Hidden sin may keep what we all 34 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:20,700 want in our life from happening. And I hope to show that in 35 00:02:20,700 --> 00:02:25,600 Joshua chapter 7 leading up to Joshua chapter 7 of the first 36 00:02:25,600 --> 00:02:29,100 six chapters for Joshua. Everything is going really, 37 00:02:29,100 --> 00:02:31,200 really good for the children of Israel. 38 00:02:31,200 --> 00:02:34,200 The book opens with the people of God on the brink of the 39 00:02:34,208 --> 00:02:36,800 promised land and Joshua has been installed. 40 00:02:36,900 --> 00:02:41,500 As Moses successor, God gives powerful promises to Joshua and 41 00:02:41,500 --> 00:02:44,700 chapter 1. By chapter 3, the people of God 42 00:02:44,700 --> 00:02:48,900 have mercy I can literally cross the Jordan River in chapter 6, 43 00:02:49,300 --> 00:02:51,600 they experience their first victory in the Battle of 44 00:02:51,600 --> 00:02:56,000 Jericho, and if we look at the very last verse of Joshua 45 00:02:56,000 --> 00:03:00,200 chapter 6, The Bible says, the Lord is with Joshua and his 46 00:03:00,200 --> 00:03:04,600 Fame, was all in the land. and then when we get to the first 47 00:03:04,600 --> 00:03:09,800 verse, the first verse of chapter 7, the first word there 48 00:03:10,400 --> 00:03:14,600 is but and that's where we're going to pick up. 49 00:03:15,300 --> 00:03:17,600 We're going to read the entire chapter of Joshua. 50 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:20,000 So I want to make sure that we're following along closely. 51 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:23,400 We're going to read that before we get into anything else. 52 00:03:24,600 --> 00:03:27,000 Starting in verse 1. Josh was seven. 53 00:03:28,300 --> 00:03:30,500 But the children of Israel had committed. 54 00:03:30,700 --> 00:03:32,900 Let me start again, but the children of Israel committed a 55 00:03:32,900 --> 00:03:35,400 trespass. Regarding the accursed things 56 00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:38,100 for Aiken. The son of kamkar, me, the son 57 00:03:38,100 --> 00:03:41,400 of Zebedee, son of Zera of the tribe of Judah. 58 00:03:41,800 --> 00:03:44,700 Took of the accursed things, so the anger of the Lord burned 59 00:03:44,700 --> 00:03:48,500 against the children of Israel. Now, Joshua sent men from 60 00:03:48,500 --> 00:03:52,500 Jericho to AI, which is beside Beth Haven on the east side of 61 00:03:52,500 --> 00:03:56,800 Bethel, and spoke to them saying, go up and spy out the 62 00:03:56,800 --> 00:03:59,900 country. So Men went up and spied out Ai 63 00:03:59,900 --> 00:04:01,900 and they returned to Joshua and said to him. 64 00:04:02,200 --> 00:04:05,000 Do not let all the people go up but let about two or three 65 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:08,500 thousand men go up and attack day off and Tack a, I do not 66 00:04:08,500 --> 00:04:15,100 worry all the people there for the people of AI are few so 67 00:04:15,100 --> 00:04:19,899 about 3,000 men went up from the people but they fled before the 68 00:04:19,899 --> 00:04:24,300 men of AI and the men of AI struck down about 36 men for 69 00:04:24,300 --> 00:04:27,500 they chased them from before the gate as far as shit. 70 00:04:27,700 --> 00:04:31,700 Sheb Army and struck them down on The Descent. 71 00:04:31,700 --> 00:04:34,800 Therefore the hearts of the people melted me and became like 72 00:04:34,800 --> 00:04:38,900 water then Joshua tore his clothes and fell onto the Earth 73 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:41,700 on his face before the Ark of the Lord until evening. 74 00:04:42,100 --> 00:04:45,100 He and the Elders of Israel. Oh, and they put dust on their 75 00:04:45,100 --> 00:04:49,000 heads and Joshua said, alas, Lord God. 76 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:52,200 Why have you brought this people over the Jordan, at all? 77 00:04:52,300 --> 00:04:55,500 To deliver us into the hand of the amorites to destroy us. 78 00:04:56,100 --> 00:04:58,900 Oh, that we had been content and dwelt on the other side of 79 00:04:58,900 --> 00:05:00,300 Jordan. Oh Lord. 80 00:05:00,300 --> 00:05:02,800 What shall I say? When Israel returned turns its 81 00:05:02,800 --> 00:05:06,500 back before the its enemies for the Canaanites and all the 82 00:05:06,500 --> 00:05:10,000 inhabitants of the land will hear it and surround us and cut 83 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:13,000 off our name from the earth. Then what will you do for your 84 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:17,300 great? So the Lord said to Joshua get 85 00:05:17,300 --> 00:05:19,300 up. Why do you lie this on your 86 00:05:19,300 --> 00:05:21,900 face? Israel has sinned and they have 87 00:05:21,900 --> 00:05:25,300 also transgress my Covenant which I commanded them for. 88 00:05:25,300 --> 00:05:29,000 They have even taken some of the accursed things and have both 89 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:32,500 stolen and deceived, and they have also put it among their own 90 00:05:32,500 --> 00:05:34,700 stuff. Therefore, the children of 91 00:05:34,700 --> 00:05:39,000 Israel could not stand before their enemies, but turn their 92 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:41,600 backs before their enemies because they have become doomed 93 00:05:41,600 --> 00:05:44,600 to destruction, neither will I be with you anymore. 94 00:05:44,700 --> 00:05:49,100 More unless you destroy the accursed from among you get up 95 00:05:49,200 --> 00:05:53,400 sanctify, the people and say, sanctify yourselves for 96 00:05:53,400 --> 00:05:55,400 tomorrow. Because thus says the Lord God 97 00:05:55,400 --> 00:05:58,600 of Israel, there is an accursed thing in your mind midst. 98 00:05:59,100 --> 00:06:01,000 Oh, Israel. You cannot stand before your 99 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:04,300 enemies until you take away. The accursed thing from among 100 00:06:04,300 --> 00:06:07,300 you in the morning. Therefore you shall be brought 101 00:06:07,300 --> 00:06:10,300 according to your tribes and it shall be that the tribe which 102 00:06:10,300 --> 00:06:13,200 the Lord takes shall come. According to his two families 103 00:06:13,500 --> 00:06:16,700 and the family, which the Lord Take shall come to by households 104 00:06:17,400 --> 00:06:20,600 and the household which the Lord takes shall come Man by man, 105 00:06:21,000 --> 00:06:23,800 then it shall be, that he who is taken with the accursed thing, 106 00:06:23,800 --> 00:06:28,100 shall be burned with fire. He and all that he has, because 107 00:06:28,100 --> 00:06:31,100 he has transgressed the Covenant of the Lord, and because he has 108 00:06:31,100 --> 00:06:33,500 done a disgraceful thing in Israel. 109 00:06:34,200 --> 00:06:37,800 So Joshua Rose early in the morning and brought Israel by 110 00:06:37,800 --> 00:06:40,500 their tribes and the tribe of Judah was taken. 111 00:06:41,200 --> 00:06:44,100 He brought the clan of Judah and he took the family of the Czar 112 00:06:44,100 --> 00:06:46,300 Heights. And he brought the family of the 113 00:06:46,300 --> 00:06:49,000 Czar, Heights Man by man, and zabi was taken. 114 00:06:49,700 --> 00:06:53,000 Then he brought his household Man by man and Akin. 115 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:56,800 The son of car me, the son of Zebedee, the son of Zechariah of 116 00:06:56,800 --> 00:07:01,000 the tribe of Judah was taken. Now, Joshua said to Aiken my 117 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:05,500 son, I beg you give glory to the Lord God of Israel and make 118 00:07:05,500 --> 00:07:09,500 confession to him and tell me now would you have done do not 119 00:07:09,500 --> 00:07:13,500 hide it from me and a can answer Joshua and said indeed I have 120 00:07:13,500 --> 00:07:16,800 sinned against the Lord God of Israel and this is what I have 121 00:07:16,800 --> 00:07:18,900 done. When I saw Among The Spoils of 122 00:07:18,900 --> 00:07:22,400 beautiful. Beautiful Babylon, garment 200 123 00:07:22,400 --> 00:07:25,300 shekels of silver, silver and a wedge of gold. 124 00:07:25,300 --> 00:07:29,100 Weighing 50 shekels. I coveted them and I took them 125 00:07:30,200 --> 00:07:34,000 And they are. And there they are hidden in the 126 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:37,400 earth, in the midst of my tent with the silver under it, so 127 00:07:37,400 --> 00:07:41,700 Joshua sent Messengers and they ran to the tent and there was 128 00:07:41,700 --> 00:07:43,800 hidden in his tent with a silver under it. 129 00:07:44,100 --> 00:07:46,800 And they took them from the midst of the 10th, brought them 130 00:07:46,800 --> 00:07:50,800 to Joshua and to the and to all the children of Israel and laid 131 00:07:50,800 --> 00:07:53,400 out laid out before the Lord God. 132 00:07:54,500 --> 00:07:56,200 Then Joshua and all Israel with him. 133 00:07:56,200 --> 00:07:57,700 Took Aiken and the sons of Zaire. 134 00:07:57,700 --> 00:07:59,300 Ha. The silver, the Garment, the 135 00:07:59,300 --> 00:08:01,300 wedge of gold. His sons, his daughters is 136 00:08:01,300 --> 00:08:04,900 aux-in is donkeys. His sheep his tent and all that 137 00:08:04,900 --> 00:08:06,800 he had. And they brought them to the 138 00:08:06,800 --> 00:08:10,700 valley of achor and Joshua said, why have you troubled us? 139 00:08:11,100 --> 00:08:15,200 The Lord will trouble you this day so all Israel stoned him 140 00:08:15,200 --> 00:08:17,300 with stones and they burn them with fire. 141 00:08:17,300 --> 00:08:20,800 If they had Stone them with stones then they raised over 142 00:08:20,800 --> 00:08:22,900 him. A great heap of stones, still 143 00:08:22,900 --> 00:08:26,400 there to this day. So the Lord turned from the 144 00:08:26,400 --> 00:08:29,600 fierceness of his anger, therefore the name of that place 145 00:08:29,600 --> 00:08:32,799 has been called the valley of achor to this day. 146 00:08:34,500 --> 00:08:39,500 So some pretty intense stuff in that chapter just happened and 147 00:08:39,500 --> 00:08:41,400 for us to understand what's happened. 148 00:08:41,400 --> 00:08:45,700 We're going to go back to Joshua, chapter 6, verse, 18, 149 00:08:45,700 --> 00:08:51,700 and 19 where it says there. And this is God's instructions. 150 00:08:51,700 --> 00:08:54,700 And You, by all means abstain from the accursed things, lest 151 00:08:54,700 --> 00:08:56,700 you become accursed. When you take the accursed 152 00:08:56,700 --> 00:09:00,000 things and make the camp of Israel, a curse and trouble it. 153 00:09:00,300 --> 00:09:03,300 But all the silver and golden vessels of bronze and iron are 154 00:09:03,400 --> 00:09:07,100 Consecrated to the Lord and they shall come into the treasury of 155 00:09:07,100 --> 00:09:10,400 the Lord. And the picture is picture. 156 00:09:10,400 --> 00:09:16,900 Here of the accursed things is used 27 times in the Book of 157 00:09:16,900 --> 00:09:20,800 Joshua, it's in reference to silver and gold and bronze and 158 00:09:20,800 --> 00:09:24,700 iron in the promised land that the people had devoted to the 159 00:09:24,700 --> 00:09:28,600 worship of idols. And God said these things, when 160 00:09:28,600 --> 00:09:31,500 you conquer these cities, you're going to take these things and 161 00:09:31,500 --> 00:09:33,500 you're going to use them and put them in the treasury for The 162 00:09:33,500 --> 00:09:37,100 temple for the temple, do not take these things and use them 163 00:09:37,100 --> 00:09:43,700 for personal gain. because they were worshipped to false gods 164 00:09:43,700 --> 00:09:47,500 before and God was extremely serious about this to his people 165 00:09:47,500 --> 00:09:51,400 displaying his glory as they went into the land full of false 166 00:09:51,400 --> 00:09:57,700 gods and when we get to Joshua 6 verse 24, It says there. 167 00:09:58,500 --> 00:10:01,300 We think the people had actually done all that God had said, but 168 00:10:01,300 --> 00:10:05,000 we look at the 24th verse of chapter 6, but this they burned 169 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:07,200 the city and all that was in it with fire. 170 00:10:07,400 --> 00:10:10,300 Only the silver and gold in the vessels and bronze and iron. 171 00:10:10,300 --> 00:10:13,200 They put into the treasury of the house of the Lord, but when 172 00:10:13,200 --> 00:10:18,900 we get to Joshua with 7 verse 1, the find out that one man named 173 00:10:18,900 --> 00:10:21,700 Aiken had kept some of these. Accursed things are these 174 00:10:21,700 --> 00:10:25,600 devoted things, one man had taken something forbidden, 175 00:10:25,600 --> 00:10:28,800 forbidden. And by God and hit it one man. 176 00:10:30,900 --> 00:10:34,800 And it's described in Joshua chapter 7 verses 20 through 21. 177 00:10:35,200 --> 00:10:38,500 He saw the beauty of a row and the money and he wanted it, he 178 00:10:38,500 --> 00:10:43,200 coveted it and he took it. And he was hiding it. 179 00:10:44,500 --> 00:10:47,900 And this is the pattern that we really kind of see throughout 180 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:51,600 scripture as we read it. Thus, the story of sin house in 181 00:10:51,900 --> 00:10:54,600 happens, is the very sin. First thing, we saw in Genesis 182 00:10:54,600 --> 00:10:58,300 chapter 3, when Eve saw the fruit, she desired it, she acted 183 00:10:58,300 --> 00:11:01,600 on it and she ate of it. The sooner we read about later 184 00:11:02,100 --> 00:11:05,600 involving King David. He saw Bathsheba another man's 185 00:11:05,600 --> 00:11:10,800 wife, he desired her and he took her It's a pattern that sin that 186 00:11:10,800 --> 00:11:13,500 we see in our lives today as well. 187 00:11:13,500 --> 00:11:18,400 We see something, we desire it and we take it and we act and we 188 00:11:18,400 --> 00:11:21,100 do it often and sometimes we do it and when we think, nobody's 189 00:11:21,100 --> 00:11:22,500 watching and nobody knows about it. 190 00:11:22,500 --> 00:11:25,000 So everything's good right? As long as nobody knows about it 191 00:11:25,800 --> 00:11:31,100 but I want us to look what happens in in Joshua 7, verse 192 00:11:31,100 --> 00:11:35,000 11. Says Israel has sinned and they 193 00:11:35,008 --> 00:11:38,200 have also transgressed my Covenant which I commanded them 194 00:11:38,700 --> 00:11:40,100 for. They have taken some of the 195 00:11:40,100 --> 00:11:44,200 accursed things and have both stolen and deceived, and they 196 00:11:44,200 --> 00:11:46,900 have also put it among their own stuff. 197 00:11:49,500 --> 00:11:52,900 In the original, Hebrew Old Testament language. 198 00:11:52,900 --> 00:11:57,400 This is kind of like a slow build up to a climax of sin. 199 00:11:57,400 --> 00:12:03,100 It describes a kind of a multi-level multi-faceted levels 200 00:12:03,100 --> 00:12:05,600 of sin against God, it starts with a general description of 201 00:12:05,600 --> 00:12:07,700 sin. They have sinned then describes 202 00:12:07,700 --> 00:12:11,100 how they have trip transgressed against God's covenant, and the 203 00:12:11,100 --> 00:12:15,400 term used here is the same term used in other places in the 204 00:12:15,400 --> 00:12:19,300 Bible where it describes adultery They have broken their 205 00:12:19,300 --> 00:12:20,800 marriage. Covenant, with God, they have 206 00:12:20,800 --> 00:12:23,500 taken the devoted things, they have stolen, they have lied and 207 00:12:23,500 --> 00:12:28,800 they have tried to cover it up. And there's a word here in the 208 00:12:28,800 --> 00:12:35,100 Old Testament. The word also here, Is put in 209 00:12:35,108 --> 00:12:37,200 here in the first part of this verse. 210 00:12:37,200 --> 00:12:40,400 But for some reason, they decided to Omit this word later 211 00:12:40,400 --> 00:12:44,200 on in the verse where, where it actually should read it. 212 00:12:44,200 --> 00:12:47,000 Literally says, they send. They have also transgressed my 213 00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:48,900 Covenant. They have also taken some of the 214 00:12:48,900 --> 00:12:52,400 devoted things they have also stolen stolen, they have also 215 00:12:52,400 --> 00:12:54,900 lied and they have also put them among their own belongings. 216 00:12:55,800 --> 00:13:00,100 All they can did was take a robe, little bit of money and 217 00:13:00,100 --> 00:13:01,700 little bit of silver, a little bit of golden. 218 00:13:02,100 --> 00:13:06,600 God said, you have violated my wishes, my commands. 219 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:12,000 You have stolen, you have lied and you've tried to cover it up. 220 00:13:13,200 --> 00:13:17,500 And in this story, we must see this seriousness of hidden sin. 221 00:13:19,000 --> 00:13:22,100 And when I use the term hidden sin, I want to be clear. 222 00:13:22,400 --> 00:13:26,200 I'm referring, of course, to sin that has not been confessed to 223 00:13:26,200 --> 00:13:29,200 the Lord God in any of our lives. 224 00:13:29,400 --> 00:13:32,300 I'm not talking about sins that we have confessed and made, 225 00:13:32,300 --> 00:13:34,100 right? And been forgiven them talking 226 00:13:34,100 --> 00:13:37,000 about sins, and we have not confessed to God. 227 00:13:37,300 --> 00:13:39,800 It's in that we actually tried to ignore in our lives. 228 00:13:41,600 --> 00:13:45,100 Talking about Sin that nobody else knows about Sin that has 229 00:13:45,100 --> 00:13:47,100 not been off the. We have not been honest to God 230 00:13:47,100 --> 00:13:53,300 about or with others and this can be very dangerous because we 231 00:13:53,300 --> 00:13:57,500 can so easily convince ourselves sometimes that it's not really 232 00:13:57,500 --> 00:14:02,000 that big of a deal. When it actually is a huge deal. 233 00:14:04,100 --> 00:14:07,800 God's lesson from this passage saying the effects of sin of 234 00:14:07,800 --> 00:14:11,000 hidden sin are serious. God is telling us that hidden 235 00:14:11,000 --> 00:14:17,900 sin, harms us And hidden sin, also harms the people around us. 236 00:14:19,100 --> 00:14:23,000 Hidden Sim harms us and that reality couldn't be any clearer. 237 00:14:23,000 --> 00:14:29,500 As we see how Akins life was taken as directed by God at the 238 00:14:29,500 --> 00:14:32,800 end of the chapter 7 and I don't want us to be deceived into 239 00:14:32,800 --> 00:14:36,100 thinking that hidden sin is not harming and will not harm us. 240 00:14:37,200 --> 00:14:41,800 Because it will. And it harms of people around us 241 00:14:41,800 --> 00:14:45,300 as well, think about the story, how many people took of the 242 00:14:45,300 --> 00:14:49,300 devoted things with the, accursed things, one man Aiken, 243 00:14:49,900 --> 00:14:55,100 and as a result of his sin, the entire Israel army Was Defeated 244 00:14:55,100 --> 00:14:58,100 at Ai and 36, people had lost their lives. 245 00:14:59,500 --> 00:15:01,800 Not one man and died in the Battle of Jericho. 246 00:15:03,600 --> 00:15:06,900 And that big massive walled City, but 36 men, die. 247 00:15:06,900 --> 00:15:11,500 Today I in a very small City and if we look at Joshua chapter 7 248 00:15:11,500 --> 00:15:14,700 verse 1 again where it's where he started it says, but the 249 00:15:14,700 --> 00:15:17,800 children of Israel committed a trespass regarding the curse 250 00:15:17,800 --> 00:15:19,900 things. We're taking the son of car me, 251 00:15:19,900 --> 00:15:23,200 the son of Zebedee, the son of Zera of the tribe of Judah, took 252 00:15:23,200 --> 00:15:26,900 of the accursed things, so the anger of the Lord burned against 253 00:15:26,900 --> 00:15:31,400 the children of Israel, not just a second, but the entire 254 00:15:31,800 --> 00:15:37,600 children of Israel, In verse 11 and 12 of this chapter. 255 00:15:40,400 --> 00:15:44,000 This is describing their sin and it says, Israel has sinned. 256 00:15:45,200 --> 00:15:48,200 And they have also transgressed my Covenant which I commanded 257 00:15:48,200 --> 00:15:50,200 them for. They have even taken some of the 258 00:15:50,200 --> 00:15:53,900 accursed things and have put and have both stolen to deceive. 259 00:15:53,900 --> 00:15:56,500 And they have also put it among their own stuff there. 260 00:15:56,500 --> 00:15:59,600 For the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies, 261 00:15:59,900 --> 00:16:02,300 but turn their backs before their enemies because they have 262 00:16:02,300 --> 00:16:05,800 become doomed to destruction, neither will I be with you 263 00:16:05,800 --> 00:16:09,200 anymore unless you destroy the accursed from among you. 264 00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:12,700 So Israel has sinned and look how many times it mentions, they 265 00:16:13,100 --> 00:16:18,200 it says, here they have Transgressed my Covenant. 266 00:16:19,900 --> 00:16:22,800 And it also says they and they have also put it among their 267 00:16:22,800 --> 00:16:30,100 own, and they have become doomed, neither will buy with be 268 00:16:30,100 --> 00:16:33,400 with you anymore, unless you destroy the accursed thing and 269 00:16:33,400 --> 00:16:37,500 this word here, you, that is plural, that is not singular. 270 00:16:37,900 --> 00:16:42,000 That is talking about the entire children of Israel camp. 271 00:16:43,300 --> 00:16:46,400 So we can ask ourselves, what is this really about one person sin 272 00:16:46,400 --> 00:16:51,400 or is it about people's sins? And I think with this story, we 273 00:16:51,400 --> 00:16:53,300 cannot separate it. It's about both. 274 00:16:53,800 --> 00:16:58,000 We can't divide the two in your sin and my sin always affects 275 00:16:58,100 --> 00:17:00,100 other people. Whether we think about it or 276 00:17:00,108 --> 00:17:02,200 not, we're the, we would like to deny that or not. 277 00:17:02,400 --> 00:17:05,800 We see that in scripture and scripture and second, Samuel, 21 278 00:17:06,099 --> 00:17:09,000 as a result of once in, in Saul's life, the people of God 279 00:17:09,000 --> 00:17:11,300 experienced a famine for three years. 280 00:17:12,400 --> 00:17:18,200 Once in three years of famine and Samuel to 2nd Samuel 24:1 281 00:17:18,200 --> 00:17:21,400 sin and David's life leads to the death of thousands of people 282 00:17:21,800 --> 00:17:26,500 and here in Joshua 736 people die and God's judgment comes 283 00:17:26,500 --> 00:17:29,000 upon the entire nation because of one man's sin. 284 00:17:30,300 --> 00:17:32,900 I want us to see that picture. I want us to understand that 285 00:17:32,900 --> 00:17:35,900 hidden sin and Aikens Life affect the people, he didn't 286 00:17:35,900 --> 00:17:39,800 even know around him. As well as people he knew very 287 00:17:39,800 --> 00:17:43,600 closely. The three times. 288 00:17:43,600 --> 00:17:45,700 A taken is described here in this. 289 00:17:45,700 --> 00:17:49,500 Passage at the beginning of chapter 7, when he's confronted 290 00:17:49,500 --> 00:17:53,500 with sin and then when he dies and and all three times, it 291 00:17:53,500 --> 00:17:59,000 lists his family. His relatives. and Aiken is 292 00:17:59,000 --> 00:18:02,000 really tied to his family this entire time through this chapter 293 00:18:03,500 --> 00:18:06,200 And at the end of this passage or this chapter, it's not just a 294 00:18:06,200 --> 00:18:09,800 cat who loses his life. It's his entire family and they 295 00:18:09,800 --> 00:18:12,100 can sin affected his entire family. 296 00:18:14,400 --> 00:18:17,000 I think about my family and Lizzie. 297 00:18:17,500 --> 00:18:23,500 I love Lizzie so much, I love my family so much my favorite time. 298 00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:27,800 Is to be with them regardless of what we're doing, if we're 299 00:18:27,800 --> 00:18:33,200 having family, dinner around the table, fits watching Emma ride, 300 00:18:33,200 --> 00:18:36,600 her horse or Lizzy, and I on a date. 301 00:18:36,800 --> 00:18:39,800 My favorite time is to be with them. 302 00:18:43,600 --> 00:18:49,600 And I desire and I long for them to experience the blessings that 303 00:18:49,600 --> 00:18:53,000 God can have upon us all. And I do not want to be a 304 00:18:53,000 --> 00:18:56,600 hindrance to that. I do not want to be the cause 305 00:18:56,600 --> 00:19:00,700 for them to nautic to experience God's blessings in their life. 306 00:19:01,300 --> 00:19:03,200 I only want to pass on good to them. 307 00:19:03,400 --> 00:19:05,900 I don't want to pass on my consequences of sin. 308 00:19:06,500 --> 00:19:10,300 I don't want to pull my wife or kids into the effects of sin 309 00:19:10,300 --> 00:19:13,600 with me and I don't want them to suffer because of my sin. 310 00:19:13,700 --> 00:19:20,200 If I hide sin, And it's under undeniable in, scripture men 311 00:19:20,500 --> 00:19:23,000 husbands and fathers and even if you're not a husband and a 312 00:19:23,008 --> 00:19:27,500 father, just a fear of man, it is a lie that your sin only 313 00:19:27,600 --> 00:19:32,600 affects you. And your sin affects everybody 314 00:19:32,600 --> 00:19:34,700 around you. That you come in contact with 315 00:19:35,100 --> 00:19:38,900 and not just men, women and children and singles and spouses 316 00:19:38,900 --> 00:19:42,800 and parents that hidden sin, that no one else knows about is 317 00:19:42,800 --> 00:19:48,000 not as hidden as you think. it affects people, we don't even 318 00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:51,500 know, affects people who are closest to us, don't think we 319 00:19:51,500 --> 00:19:58,000 can hide it under the ground in a tent like Aiken did We 320 00:19:58,000 --> 00:20:02,400 desperately need God to help us from that mindset, that it only 321 00:20:02,400 --> 00:20:06,800 affects us. When we sin, it's not true men. 322 00:20:08,100 --> 00:20:14,300 What sin is hidden your life Uncover it, if not for your 323 00:20:14,300 --> 00:20:17,100 sake. For your family's sake. 324 00:20:18,500 --> 00:20:20,900 Women, what's in? Are you hiding in your life? 325 00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:25,800 Uncover it not for your sake, maybe for those that are around 326 00:20:25,800 --> 00:20:29,000 you or your family. And just think what? 327 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:33,100 If your sin that you are hiding and holding onto right now is 328 00:20:33,100 --> 00:20:35,600 not just keeping you from experiencing God's blessing but 329 00:20:35,600 --> 00:20:41,500 it holds others back around you. You may not even be aware of. 330 00:20:42,700 --> 00:20:46,200 This is especially true in the case of fathers and husbands in 331 00:20:46,200 --> 00:20:50,300 a family leadership role. We need to be very honest with 332 00:20:50,300 --> 00:20:53,000 ourselves, and that's the picture that we're seeing here. 333 00:20:53,000 --> 00:20:57,400 Which leads us to our next Point hidden, send harms us and the 334 00:20:57,400 --> 00:21:03,500 people around us And it also forfeits the blessing of God's 335 00:21:03,500 --> 00:21:05,900 presence. And this is the contrast between 336 00:21:05,900 --> 00:21:08,300 everything we've looked at in the Book of Joshua up to this 337 00:21:08,300 --> 00:21:12,000 point and Joshua 7 the theme of Joshua's life. 338 00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:15,100 And Leadership was the presence of God with him. 339 00:21:15,100 --> 00:21:18,000 He had the presence of God, all the way up to this point and 340 00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:21,300 listen to these verses and Deuteronomy 31 verse 23. 341 00:21:22,100 --> 00:21:24,800 And this is when Moses was passing on the leadership to 342 00:21:24,800 --> 00:21:28,800 Joshua that says there and the Lord commission Joshua, the son 343 00:21:28,800 --> 00:21:31,100 of nun and said be be strong and courageous. 344 00:21:31,600 --> 00:21:34,100 Were you shall bring the people of Israel into the land that I 345 00:21:34,100 --> 00:21:36,400 swore to give them. I will be with you. 346 00:21:37,200 --> 00:21:42,200 Joshua 1 verse 5 at the very beginning of This Book of 347 00:21:42,200 --> 00:21:43,900 Joshua. No matter. 348 00:21:44,100 --> 00:21:46,800 No man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your 349 00:21:46,800 --> 00:21:49,100 life. Just as I was with Moses. 350 00:21:49,300 --> 00:21:53,200 So I will be with you. I will not leave you or forsake 351 00:21:53,200 --> 00:21:57,000 you Joshua 1:9 have. I not commanded, you be strong 352 00:21:57,000 --> 00:21:59,100 and courageous do not be frightened and do not be 353 00:21:59,100 --> 00:22:01,900 dismayed. For the Lord, God is with you, 354 00:22:02,200 --> 00:22:06,300 wherever you go. He said, I am with you in verse 355 00:22:06,300 --> 00:22:09,900 17 of chapter 1, just as we obeyed Moses and all things. 356 00:22:09,900 --> 00:22:13,800 So we will, we will obey, you only made the Lord God be with 357 00:22:13,800 --> 00:22:16,700 you. As he was with Moses, Joshua 37, 358 00:22:16,700 --> 00:22:20,000 the Lord said to Joshua today, I will begin to exalt you in the 359 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:23,900 sight of all Israel that they may know that as I was with 360 00:22:23,900 --> 00:22:28,700 Moses, so I will be with you Joshua 6:27, the Lord was with 361 00:22:28,700 --> 00:22:32,000 Joshua and his face. Fame was in all the land but 362 00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:37,400 then when we get to Joshua 7, verse 12, It says here. 363 00:22:38,700 --> 00:22:41,300 Neither will I be with you anymore? 364 00:22:44,100 --> 00:22:46,000 And that's because of Akins hidden sin. 365 00:22:48,100 --> 00:22:51,600 God is showing judgment upon sin here in chapter 7. 366 00:22:52,100 --> 00:22:54,900 He saying you will not experience the blessing of my 367 00:22:54,900 --> 00:22:58,200 presence, as long as you're hiding sin in your midst. 368 00:22:59,600 --> 00:23:01,700 And this is evident in the very beginning of the chapter. 369 00:23:02,800 --> 00:23:05,600 We can see when Joshua sent his army to AI. 370 00:23:06,900 --> 00:23:10,700 Joshua didn't even pray before God, to be with him during that. 371 00:23:12,200 --> 00:23:15,100 Instead, he assumed that God's presence would be there. 372 00:23:16,300 --> 00:23:18,600 But the blessing of God's presence was not with him and 373 00:23:18,600 --> 00:23:22,800 they were defeated and it wasn't because the army of AI was so 374 00:23:22,800 --> 00:23:25,100 great. They ended up defeating him if 375 00:23:25,100 --> 00:23:29,900 we read into chapter 8 anyway but it was because the 376 00:23:29,900 --> 00:23:32,200 difference between seven and eight was basically God's 377 00:23:32,200 --> 00:23:35,000 presence with the Israelites. During that time, that was the 378 00:23:35,000 --> 00:23:38,300 difference. And I want to see that picture 379 00:23:38,500 --> 00:23:41,200 in this story. We can try all day long to do 380 00:23:41,200 --> 00:23:44,600 this or that in our lives and our families as a church. 381 00:23:44,900 --> 00:23:49,200 But God will be saying And look at your life, look at what's 382 00:23:49,200 --> 00:23:53,100 going on in your life, stop playing games with God. 383 00:23:53,800 --> 00:23:59,600 We can't assume that God is with us all the time. when we are 384 00:23:59,600 --> 00:24:04,700 sinning and not trusting on him and confessing everything to 385 00:24:04,700 --> 00:24:10,000 him, it's entirely possible for us to miss out on the blessing 386 00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:15,100 of God because of hidden sin. Hidden sin. 387 00:24:15,100 --> 00:24:18,400 Forfeits the blessing of God's presence and hidden sin. 388 00:24:18,400 --> 00:24:22,400 Also dishonors the glory of God's name. 389 00:24:24,200 --> 00:24:27,700 And when I say that, I'm not talking about the worth of God, 390 00:24:28,100 --> 00:24:30,800 or who God is because nothing can take away from the worth of 391 00:24:30,800 --> 00:24:33,600 God, nothing can take away from his name. 392 00:24:33,900 --> 00:24:36,400 The thing I'm talking about here is basically the reputation of 393 00:24:36,400 --> 00:24:40,700 God, he is, the way he is seen in the world. 394 00:24:40,800 --> 00:24:42,400 His glory, his Fame in his honor. 395 00:24:42,400 --> 00:24:46,400 Joshua knew what was at stake. Here we want to look at Joshua's 396 00:24:46,400 --> 00:24:49,500 prayer here in verse 9. It says for the Canaanites and 397 00:24:49,500 --> 00:24:52,900 all the inhabitants of the land will hear it and surround us and 398 00:24:52,900 --> 00:24:55,200 cut off. Our name from the earth, then 399 00:24:55,200 --> 00:24:59,700 what will you do for your great name and Joshua new here that 400 00:24:59,700 --> 00:25:03,000 the people that God's Fame and Glory was at stake? 401 00:25:04,300 --> 00:25:08,000 He knew that God's name was wrapped up in the work that 402 00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:10,300 Joshua did. He knew he did all that stuff 403 00:25:10,300 --> 00:25:14,600 because of God. But the problem here is, if 404 00:25:14,600 --> 00:25:16,900 God's people going to the promised land and take things 405 00:25:16,900 --> 00:25:19,500 that are devoted to the worship of false gods and hold on to 406 00:25:19,500 --> 00:25:23,700 them, then they'll jeopardize God's reputation in the Promised 407 00:25:23,700 --> 00:25:27,900 Land. God didn't save them from Egypt 408 00:25:27,900 --> 00:25:31,800 to then worship our Idols. Joshua knew what was at stake as 409 00:25:31,800 --> 00:25:34,000 soon as Joshua realized what had happened. 410 00:25:34,200 --> 00:25:36,600 He knew it was serious and he knew we needed to get it taken 411 00:25:36,600 --> 00:25:40,700 care of. and I want us to realize if we understand what's 412 00:25:40,700 --> 00:25:46,500 at stake, when we have hidden sin, We've talked about in the 413 00:25:46,500 --> 00:25:51,100 past, previous lessons, how there's a tendency now for 414 00:25:51,100 --> 00:25:55,400 somebody to pray a prayer or just go to church every time 415 00:25:55,400 --> 00:25:58,900 that they meet or be baptized and call themselves Christians. 416 00:25:59,300 --> 00:26:04,300 But yet their lives show something completely different 417 00:26:04,300 --> 00:26:11,100 than that. They're living for all kinds of 418 00:26:11,100 --> 00:26:12,900 Idols in the world, for money, possessions. 419 00:26:12,900 --> 00:26:16,500 Success, and all the praise. And when that happens, we need 420 00:26:16,500 --> 00:26:18,300 to realize what we're telling the world. 421 00:26:18,400 --> 00:26:22,800 We're telling, we're showing the world, a cheapened picture of 422 00:26:22,800 --> 00:26:27,200 what Christianity is. We're showing that God really 423 00:26:27,200 --> 00:26:31,600 doesn't change our lives, and that's what I'm talking about. 424 00:26:31,600 --> 00:26:36,300 The reputation of God. Christianity is a joke, too many 425 00:26:36,300 --> 00:26:40,300 of people in our culture because of those who call themselves 426 00:26:40,300 --> 00:26:45,100 Christians, but show very little evidence of love for Christ over 427 00:26:45,100 --> 00:26:47,000 and above the idols of this world. 428 00:26:47,500 --> 00:26:52,000 We must uncover hidden sin because God's glory and his 429 00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:54,300 Fame. And his name are intended to be 430 00:26:54,300 --> 00:26:59,800 on display in our lives. Before the world. 431 00:27:01,500 --> 00:27:04,300 So we want God's name to be honored in our lives and our 432 00:27:04,300 --> 00:27:06,400 families. We also want our lives to 433 00:27:06,400 --> 00:27:10,600 proclaim the glory of God, to those around Us, hidden sent 434 00:27:10,600 --> 00:27:14,100 dishonors, the glory of God's name and hidden sin will 435 00:27:14,100 --> 00:27:17,200 inevitably be revealed in God's judgment. 436 00:27:19,700 --> 00:27:22,400 Will must be honest with each other and with ourselves. 437 00:27:22,400 --> 00:27:26,600 We cannot hide our sin before a holy God. 438 00:27:27,800 --> 00:27:31,100 It cannot be done. It is impossible to be done. 439 00:27:32,900 --> 00:27:36,700 Hidden sin will be revealed in God's judgment and his judgment 440 00:27:36,700 --> 00:27:38,900 will be just and it will be serious. 441 00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:41,600 The passage is pretty disturbing. 442 00:27:41,600 --> 00:27:45,200 If we look at it, you know, one guy keeps a robe, some silver, 443 00:27:45,600 --> 00:27:49,100 some gold, and his whole family loses their life because of 444 00:27:49,100 --> 00:27:52,500 that. In addition 36 other men lose 445 00:27:52,500 --> 00:27:56,200 their lives as well. Kind of seems you know, at first 446 00:27:56,200 --> 00:28:01,800 studying this little extreme If we think about it, we find 447 00:28:01,800 --> 00:28:04,700 ourselves asking that question. When we look at some other 448 00:28:04,700 --> 00:28:09,200 stories in scripture back, in Genesis 19, the cities of Sodom 449 00:28:09,200 --> 00:28:11,100 and Gomorrah were completely destroyed. 450 00:28:11,500 --> 00:28:15,900 And all of lots, all Lot's wife, does is she just simply looks 451 00:28:15,900 --> 00:28:17,200 back? And she's turned into a pillar 452 00:28:17,200 --> 00:28:19,000 of salt loses her life immediately. 453 00:28:19,600 --> 00:28:23,900 Leviticus 10, Aaron's sons need having a by who offered 454 00:28:23,900 --> 00:28:27,300 unauthorized fire one time before the Lord and all of a 455 00:28:27,300 --> 00:28:29,900 sudden fire comes out of the presence of God and Consumes 456 00:28:29,900 --> 00:28:33,200 both of them their father, Aaron is stunned into silence. 457 00:28:33,600 --> 00:28:36,600 The penalty for careless worship is death. 458 00:28:37,700 --> 00:28:40,700 Numbers 15. A guy is caught up caught 459 00:28:40,700 --> 00:28:43,100 picking up sticks on the Sabbath and all of a sudden he finds 460 00:28:43,100 --> 00:28:46,100 himself dead just for picking up sticks. 461 00:28:47,500 --> 00:28:51,300 And it's not just we find in the old town Old Testament acts 5, 462 00:28:51,600 --> 00:28:55,900 which is really kind of one of the scariest stories to me in 463 00:28:55,900 --> 00:29:00,100 the Bible ananias and Sapphira lie during offering time in the 464 00:29:00,100 --> 00:29:06,300 church and they both fall dead. We read these stories and we 465 00:29:06,300 --> 00:29:09,800 immediately think isn't God. Kind of overdoing it, isn't this 466 00:29:09,800 --> 00:29:15,000 a little severe for what? For what the crime was and that 467 00:29:15,000 --> 00:29:19,100 may be a valid question because it leads us to understanding the 468 00:29:19,100 --> 00:29:21,300 picture in Joshua 7. We can't, we think of this kind 469 00:29:21,300 --> 00:29:24,300 of punishment punishment is severe or even unjust, or maybe 470 00:29:24,300 --> 00:29:27,400 even not. Right because we have a man 471 00:29:27,600 --> 00:29:33,700 centered way of thinking, man, centered perspective of sin, If 472 00:29:33,700 --> 00:29:36,900 people lie to us, or disobey us or speak against us, would we 473 00:29:36,900 --> 00:29:38,400 say that they are worthy of death? 474 00:29:38,900 --> 00:29:43,300 Of course not. But that is the key. 475 00:29:43,300 --> 00:29:47,200 The key is not how serious. We think the sin is the key is 476 00:29:47,200 --> 00:29:52,800 the one who we have sinned against God is infinitely, holy 477 00:29:52,800 --> 00:29:56,600 and infinitely, honorable, and as a result of one sin against 478 00:29:56,600 --> 00:30:01,200 him, it is infinite offense, an infinite dishonor, deserving, an 479 00:30:01,400 --> 00:30:06,900 infinite punishment, If you sin against a rock, we're not very 480 00:30:06,900 --> 00:30:08,800 guilty. If we sin against the person or 481 00:30:08,800 --> 00:30:13,600 guilty, if we send against an infinite, God we are infinitely 482 00:30:13,700 --> 00:30:18,800 guilty And that is what has God said in Genesis 3, if you eat of 483 00:30:18,800 --> 00:30:22,900 this fruit you just eat it. Then you'll surely die and we 484 00:30:22,900 --> 00:30:25,600 tend to look at that through man-centered eyes and think that 485 00:30:25,600 --> 00:30:28,600 is really extreme and we need to be careful when we think that 486 00:30:28,600 --> 00:30:32,600 way, very, very careful when we have that thought because what 487 00:30:32,600 --> 00:30:35,900 we're doing is we're pointing the finger to question God's 488 00:30:35,900 --> 00:30:39,900 justice slandering. The very character of God's is, 489 00:30:39,900 --> 00:30:41,900 if you RI are more just than he is. 490 00:30:43,400 --> 00:30:46,400 And that means we have a sale, the judge of all the earth, when 491 00:30:46,400 --> 00:30:50,700 we have no clue, what's in, is Psalms 99 for says, God is just, 492 00:30:50,900 --> 00:31:02,100 he loves Justice. the question is, I'm sorry, I got ahead of 493 00:31:02,108 --> 00:31:06,300 myself and that means that your hidden sin will be revealed and 494 00:31:06,300 --> 00:31:09,500 the Judgment of God upon your sin is coming. 495 00:31:09,600 --> 00:31:12,400 And it will be brought to light and the question that we will 496 00:31:12,400 --> 00:31:14,400 bring it to light when we bring it to light. 497 00:31:14,400 --> 00:31:17,000 Now will God bring it to light later? 498 00:31:18,700 --> 00:31:22,500 listen to this, quote from John Piper. 499 00:31:23,900 --> 00:31:27,100 To be caught in secret, sin is a horrible thing. 500 00:31:27,800 --> 00:31:31,400 There is only one thing worse to not be caught. 501 00:31:33,200 --> 00:31:36,500 That is a powerful quote that is a powerful thought. 502 00:31:36,500 --> 00:31:39,800 When you think about it, the only one thing worse than being 503 00:31:39,800 --> 00:31:43,900 caught in secret sin. Is to be continuing in secrets, 504 00:31:43,900 --> 00:31:47,500 in until it's too late. Hidden sin will inevitably be 505 00:31:47,500 --> 00:31:52,100 revealed in God's judgment. And that leads us to the last 506 00:31:52,100 --> 00:31:55,900 point, I want us to see here and this what's makes the gospel so 507 00:31:56,000 --> 00:31:58,700 beautiful. Hidden sin could ultimately be 508 00:31:58,700 --> 00:32:04,400 erased by God's mercy. God is just and God is merciful 509 00:32:05,100 --> 00:32:08,700 and He is wanting us to bring everything that we got to him to 510 00:32:08,700 --> 00:32:11,900 lay it all upon him. Think about the Book of Joshua. 511 00:32:13,500 --> 00:32:15,900 This is the story of the Israelites, going into the 512 00:32:15,900 --> 00:32:18,400 promised land. They were sinful people. 513 00:32:18,400 --> 00:32:23,500 Absolutely. And this is a story about the 514 00:32:23,500 --> 00:32:27,100 Israelites they were constantly complaining and grumbling and 515 00:32:27,100 --> 00:32:30,500 sending to the point where they actually turn back to go away 516 00:32:30,500 --> 00:32:33,100 from the promised land. At one point, an entire 517 00:32:33,100 --> 00:32:35,500 generation had died in wandering in the wilderness. 518 00:32:36,200 --> 00:32:40,000 Even the leader Moses who had led them in so many good ways 519 00:32:40,000 --> 00:32:43,800 died because of his sin against God in numbers, 20 and Moses 520 00:32:43,800 --> 00:32:45,500 handed off the leadership of God. 521 00:32:46,800 --> 00:32:50,700 God's people to another man. Who just so happened to be named 522 00:32:50,700 --> 00:32:56,900 Joshua and the name of Joshua translated in the Old Testament, 523 00:32:57,600 --> 00:33:02,100 means the Lord saves or the Lord is my salvation. 524 00:33:04,200 --> 00:33:06,800 It's pretty interesting and amazing that even in the name, 525 00:33:06,800 --> 00:33:09,800 very name of the Book of Joshua. God is telling the Israelites 526 00:33:10,100 --> 00:33:16,300 God Saves God is our Salvation, God, is your salvation, God will 527 00:33:16,300 --> 00:33:19,200 save you from sin. And when we get into the New 528 00:33:19,200 --> 00:33:23,700 Testament, the way that Josh was name is translated when we get 529 00:33:23,700 --> 00:33:27,300 into the news. New Testament is actually Jesus. 530 00:33:30,200 --> 00:33:31,700 And what is the name of Jesus mean? 531 00:33:32,600 --> 00:33:35,300 Talking about Mary and Matthew 1 verse 21. 532 00:33:35,500 --> 00:33:39,700 It says she will bear a son and you shall call his name Jesus 533 00:33:40,200 --> 00:33:42,500 for. He will save people from their 534 00:33:42,500 --> 00:33:47,200 sins. Josh was seven is ultimately 535 00:33:47,200 --> 00:33:53,100 teaching us today that hidden sin is serious but Jesus saves 536 00:33:53,600 --> 00:33:57,200 and that is excellent news, that is great news. 537 00:34:00,200 --> 00:34:03,100 God has made a way for you. And I to be forgiven of that sin 538 00:34:03,100 --> 00:34:05,800 God had sent Jesus to pay the price for that sin. 539 00:34:06,400 --> 00:34:10,400 We don't have to die in our sin because Jesus died on the cross 540 00:34:10,400 --> 00:34:12,699 for that sin. Jesus has taken that judgment 541 00:34:12,699 --> 00:34:15,800 that you and I deserve upon himself. 542 00:34:16,800 --> 00:34:20,300 And when we confess that sin, we bring that sin into the open 543 00:34:20,300 --> 00:34:22,100 before a holy God of the universe. 544 00:34:22,300 --> 00:34:25,300 We ask for forgiveness through what Jesus did on the cross. 545 00:34:26,500 --> 00:34:29,500 It's erased. It's gone like it never 546 00:34:29,500 --> 00:34:32,300 happened. There are consequences of course 547 00:34:32,300 --> 00:34:35,500 that we may have to deal with in the future but to God looks like 548 00:34:35,500 --> 00:34:40,300 that's in never happened. We don't have to live with that 549 00:34:40,300 --> 00:34:44,199 guilt anymore. God wants us to walk away, 550 00:34:44,699 --> 00:34:49,800 understanding and knowing that Jesus came for us for our sins 551 00:34:50,000 --> 00:34:52,800 and the words of Roman want. Romans 8 verses 1 there is 552 00:34:52,800 --> 00:34:56,600 therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ 553 00:34:56,600 --> 00:34:58,900 Jesus. And when we confess our sin, 554 00:34:58,900 --> 00:35:02,200 when we, when we trust in God and trust in Jesus, the holy God 555 00:35:02,200 --> 00:35:06,100 of the universe, he says you're not guilty anymore, that's in. 556 00:35:07,500 --> 00:35:10,800 So, the picture that I want to show, make sure we get it all 557 00:35:11,200 --> 00:35:15,700 hidden sin, harms us and others. If forfeits the blessing of 558 00:35:15,700 --> 00:35:19,000 God's presence, it brings dishonor to the glory of God's 559 00:35:19,000 --> 00:35:21,800 name. It will inevitably be revealed 560 00:35:21,900 --> 00:35:25,900 in God's judgment and it can ultimately be erased by God's 561 00:35:26,000 --> 00:35:29,400 mercy. And how is that possible through 562 00:35:29,400 --> 00:35:33,100 Jesus? He died for all of us for our 563 00:35:33,100 --> 00:35:36,600 sins. He made the way to fulfill God's 564 00:35:37,300 --> 00:35:40,900 promise and that we may have God's presence and His 565 00:35:40,900 --> 00:35:43,200 blessings. Jesus was perfect in every way 566 00:35:43,600 --> 00:35:48,200 yet died, for all of our sins. Truly amazing story. 567 00:35:49,300 --> 00:35:53,300 Truly amazing that God put all of this together that we can 568 00:35:53,300 --> 00:35:56,000 read in the Old Testament in a points to one man in the New 569 00:35:56,000 --> 00:35:57,400 Testament. That's Jesus. 570 00:35:59,300 --> 00:36:04,000 Doesn't happen by accident. That's my lesson. 571 00:36:04,100 --> 00:36:08,400 Hope you have been edified by it and encouraged by it, but also 572 00:36:08,400 --> 00:36:10,300 understand the seriousness of it. 573 00:36:10,800 --> 00:36:15,300 And what we need to do about Sin that we have not confessed in 574 00:36:15,300 --> 00:36:18,600 our lives today. Ask you to please believe in 575 00:36:18,600 --> 00:36:20,600 God's word, repent of the past sins. 576 00:36:20,600 --> 00:36:24,000 Be confessed in the name of the confess, the name of Jesus as 577 00:36:24,000 --> 00:36:27,700 the Son of God and be baptized and if you have done that, you 578 00:36:27,707 --> 00:36:30,000 need to look at your and we look at our lives honestly, if 579 00:36:30,000 --> 00:36:32,800 there's something that we need to take care of publicly or just 580 00:36:32,900 --> 00:36:34,400 These the prayers of the congregation. 581 00:36:34,400 --> 00:36:39,200 We ask you, please come while we stand and while we see We thank 582 00:36:39,200 --> 00:36:41,900 you for listening to our podcast, put on by the Church of 583 00:36:41,900 --> 00:36:47,200 Christ at 22:15 plans. 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