Joshua - VS the FleshPrimjer

Do you wonder why you keep losing to the flesh? Why you can’t live a “good Christian” life?

Joshua had no idea why Israel lost to Ai. Did God abandon them? No! God told Joshua to deal with Israel’s hidden sin.

Pet sins are hidden idols that cause us to lose the spiritual battles we should be winning. 

Achan describes the method of sin as old as the Garden of Eden:

• He saw
• He coveted
• He took

A similar event took place in the early church when Ananias and Sapphira sought to hide their greed from the Holy Spirit, who quickly revealed and dealt with it.

We can not live the Christian life. We must let the Holy Spirit live it through us.

Hidden sin, like Achan’s treasure, causes us to lose because God won’t fight through us if we are holding on to the very thing He wants to destroy. We must pray for the Holy Spirit to reveal it so we can confess it to God and destroy it.

“For if you are living according to the flesh, you must die; but if by the Spirit you are putting to death the deeds of the body, you will live.” - Romans 8:13

Challenge:

• Memorize Romans 8:13
• What deeds need to be put to death in your life?