Snatching Defeat From the Jaws of Victory

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Snatching Defeat From the Jaws of Victory

1. A Disobedient Soldier 71,20,21
2. A Defeated Army 72-5
3. A Discouraged Leader 76-15
4. A Discovered Sinner 716-26

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Snatching Defeat From the Jaws of Victory

• A Disobedient Soldier
• The Sinner
• The Sin James 113-15
• Achans first mistake He looked twice
• Achans second mistake- He reclassified
• Achans third mistake - He coveted
• Achans fourth mistake - He thought he could
  hide his sin from God

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Snatching Defeat From the Jaws of Victory

• A Defeated Army 72-5
• The leaders were walking by sight and not by
  faith
• Self-confidence leads to presumption
• God dependence leads to God-confidence

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Snatching Defeat From the Jaws of Victory

• A Discouraged Leader 76-15
• Remorse 76
• Followed the prescribed course of action.
  Nehemiah 91
• The ark reminded of Gods presence.
• Reproach 77-9
• Is Joshua blaming God?
• Unbelief is content to settle for less.
• What life does to us depends on what life finds
  in us. Jeremiah 175-10

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Snatching Defeat From the Jaws of Victory

• A Discouraged Leader (contd)
• Repentance 78,9
• Israels defeat had robbed Gods glory.
• Gods great name is all that matters.
• Rebuke 710-15
• Israel sinned to miss the mark Israel
  had fallen short of Gods standard
• Israel transgressed to cross over Israel
  crossed the line God had drawn

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Snatching Defeat From the Jaws of Victory

• A Discovered Sinner 716-26
• The investigation 716-18
• God knows and He knows us! Jeremiah
  1617 179,10 2324
• Gods method was orderly.
• The confession 719-23
• The truth - Truly I have sinned
• The reason - I coveted
• The proof - They dug it up

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Snatching Defeat From the Jaws of Victory

• A Discovered Sinner (contd)
• The judgment 724-26
• Achan guilty by confession
• Achans family also guilty Deut.2416
• A reminder to Israel that obedience was
  necessary.
• Stones at Gilgal God keeps His word and leads
  His obedient people to blessing.
• Stones in the Valley of Achor God expects His
  people to obey.
• Hope for Israel Isaiah 6510 Hosea 215

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Snatching Defeat From the Jaws of Victory

• Lessons from Chapter 7
• Lesson 1 We are vulnerable to temptation
• after great success.

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Snatching Defeat From the Jaws of Victory

• Lessons from Chapter 7
• Lesson 2 Defeat can be turned into
• Victory if we give it to God.

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Snatching Defeat From the Jaws of Victory

• Lessons from Chapter 7
• Lesson 3 The sin of one person can have
• profound effect on a whole
• community.

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Snatching Defeat From the Jaws of Victory

• Lessons from Chapter 7
• Lesson 4 Gods judgment is not to be
• taken lightly. Even when we
• confess, we still have to face
• the consequences.

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Snatching Defeat From the Jaws of Victory

• Lessons from Chapter 7
• Lesson 5 It is absolutely acceptable to wrestle
  
• with God and let your anger be
  known
• so long as you are truthfully
  searching
• for Gods answers!

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Snatching Defeat From the Jaws of Victory

• Lessons from Chapter 7
• Lesson 6 Always go back to Psalm 51