“Israel hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: for they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also, and they have put it even among their own stuff.”
Joshua 7:11 KJV
Yahweh spoke to Joshua soon after the defeat of his army at Ai, that Israel has sinned. They have broken the covenant which Yahweh had commanded them to keep and taken forbidden plunder. They stole from Yahweh and took what was His, hiding it among their belongings and lying about it. The defeat at Ai was not just because they did not pray and trust God; it was because there was sin in the camp of Israel and they had lost God’s favour. Although it was one individual, Achan, who sinned, God viewed them as a unit. We are one body in Christ, and the victory of one is the victory of all, and the sin of one is the sin of all. For the righteousness of one (Rahab), the whole of her family was saved. For the sin of Achan, the whole of his family was condemned. It is imperative that we belong firmly to the family of God in Christ Jesus, our Eldest Brother and representative Head. That’s how we are made the righteousness of God in Christ. Amen!
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