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Joshua chapter 7 verse 1, but the people of Israel broke faith in regard to the devoted things.

For Akin, the son of Karmie, son of Zabdi, son of Zera, of the tribe of Judah,

took some of the devoted things, and the anger of the Lord burned against the people of Israel.

So if you're not familiar with the story of Joshua chapter 7 and Akin, here's the summary.

God had commanded his people in Joshua chapter 6 when they entered into Jericho to get rid of the

devoted things, and basically the pictures, things that were devoted to idolatry and

immorality in Jericho that were displeasing to God and warranted his judgment.

God said, don't go in to Jericho and then keep those kinds of things for yourself, destroy them.

But what's being revealed here in Joshua chapter 7 verse 1 is that Akin has taken some of these

devoted things, and he's hid them for himself and his family. And what happens as a result after

that is God's people go into battle and are struck down by a much smaller army. And Joshua pleads

before God, why did this happen? And God says, because you have disobeyed me and the key,

and what I want us to think about today and pray according to is this was one person in the entire

people of God, one person who kept devoted things. And as a result of one person's sin,

it affected not just that person's family, but it affected the entire people of God. And the

Bible is teaching us here very clearly. Don't underestimate the effect, the impact of one sin

in our lives, not just on our lives, yes, on our lives, but on the lives of others around us,

the lives of those who are closest to us, and maybe even far from us, like think about one sin

affected the entire people of God. People died in a battle against a much smaller army because of

one sin in one man. And so we pray, God help us, God help us each, all of us to guard against

sin in our lives. God, I pray for this in my life. I pray this over every single person listening

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