Title Joshua 7:6~15 Prayer for mercy
Contents
Joshua 7:6-15 Prayer for mercy Topic: 14. Prayer and answer. 2007. 5. 6.
◎ Introduction
: With the victory of Jericho, Israel was intoxicated with a sense of victory, and as a result of underestimating the opponent too much, the battle of Ai was defeated and defeated.
ended with numbers.
※ The victory of Jericho made Israel have the will to act in their own power rather than relying on God’s power. (A proud attitude)
※ The decisive cause was Israel's hidden sin (Achan's sin).
(A beautiful cloak, two hundred shekels of silver, and fifty shekels of gold)
※ In this text, God looks at every detail of our lives, and when we fail, we
It teaches us to show our lives transparently before God.
1. Joshua prays to God (6-9)
2. God spoke to Joshua (10-15)
1. Joshua asks God for mercy (6-9)
※ Due to the unexpected defeat in the battle of Ai, Joshua prostrated himself to God.
He tore his clothes and fell down with the elders before the ark of the LORD.
One). Approaching God in discouragement (6-8)
※ “Lord Jehovah, why?” This is the figure of Joshua who is bewildered and deeply disappointed.
* This groan is different from the complaints of the people who distrust the God of Israel in the wilderness.
* It was a deep self-reproach and a conflict of the soul that came from trusting in God.
※ Complaining and lamenting
① An attitude of shunning and distrusting God and complaining
: You will only be under the wrath of God.
② groaning and pleading in trust in God
: Realize what is wrong with God and start anew.
※ God wants us to realize through our failures and turn back to the right path. Therefore, rather than hiding and hiding the problem, we should pour it out before God (Psalm 42:5, 55:16-17, 145:18, Jer 29:13, Prov 28:13, Psalm 32:5).
2). Associating Israel's future with God's name (9)
※ Joshua's lament is not just because of failure and shame.
Israel's future destiny was related to God's name (God's glory).
: What will happen to the great name of God if the name of Israel is alive in the world?
※ Appeal based on covenant faith
“If you obey his voice and do everything I say,
I will be an enemy to your enemies and an enemy to your enemies” (Exodus 23:22).
2. God spoke to Joshua (10-15)
※ God specifically awakens Joshua and answers him.
God even taught the cause of Ai's defeat and how to solve it.
One). command to rise (10)
※ “Get up, why did you fall down like this?” is God's answer.
① God's mercy: He does not rebuke, but in the words of “get up” (be courageous),
It makes you feel the infinite mercy and comfort of God. (Isa 1:18, 43:25)
② God’s encouragement: “Why did you fall down like this?” Sitting in failure and frustration
He tells you to stand up and solve your problems. (Matthew 12:20, Hebrews 12:12, 2 Corinthians 1:3)
2). Pointing out Israel's transgression (11-12)
※ Cause of failure
: “Israel sinned” It belonged to Achan personally, but because Achan was a member of the community of Israel.
All of Israel was responsible for that.
※ You mentioned the specific details of the crime (the <cursed> objects you sacrificed).
① “Take it” I thought it was a waste of burning, so I got some things with a little greed.
This is because they have regrets or attachments to things that should be thrown away and burned.
② “They stole” and the things they stole quickly stole Achan’s heart.
So now, out of greed, he has come to make it his own.
③ “Deceived” means to lie.
After conquering the city of Jericho, he must have checked to make sure that no one took the items Joshua had sacrificed.
At that time, Achan would have lied, saying, “No.”
④ “Place” means that he made it a part of his possession. (It's hypocrisy)
※ Most of Achan's crimes show a series of processes in which people fall from the threshold of sin to its depths. It reminds us that lust or attachment to the things of the world soon turns into greed and hardens into lies and hypocrisy.
3). Giving you a solution (13-15)
※ He pointed out the cause of the failure of the child's sexuality and gave the solution.
① By looking after yourself - sanctify yourself (13)
The word to sanctify is related to outward sanctification rituals such as washing clothes or abstinence (compare, Ex. 19:14-15).
: Focus on inner holiness by introspecting yourself deeply through outward consciousness.
(Make yourself look back)
② Revealing your sins - Come by tribe (14)
* After showing themselves before the tabernacle by lot (by tribe, tribe, family, and individual), the priest's Urim and
It must have been carried out using the Thumbim (Ex. 28:30)
* In the way we deal with sin, we must follow God’s way (1 through the Bible, ② following the enlightenment and guidance of the Holy Spirit).
③ Remove the cause of sin - burn it (15)
* “A vain thing” is to damage things that belong to God, such as “glory” or “holiness”.
Therefore, it is foolishness to destroy one's life as it relates to blasphemy (Psalm 14:1,).
* “Burn the elect with fire, with him and all that he possesses.”
- It means "to burn". : It is a way of resolving sins. Uprooting to the root.
- “Even your possessions must be burned with fire.” It is to completely remove even the influence.
◎ Conclusion: