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Charge of Joshua, Part 2

Joshua 7:19-21 Achan, The Sin of (Joshua 7)

Pastor Albert N. Martin continues his exposition of Joshua 7:19-21, focusing on Joshua's charge to Achan for an immediate and full confession. He argues that this confession was necessary to vindicate God's dealings with Israel, demonstrate the enormity of sin against a holy God, and make the guilty self-condemned. Martin then applies these principles to the Day of Judgment, asserting that Christ, as the greater Joshua, will similarly bring all hidden sins to light to vindicate God's justice and condemn the impenitent. The sermon concludes with a call to repentance and faith in Christ, emphasizing the mercy available through the atonement.

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Reason 3: To Make the Guilty Self-Condemned
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Madman's Delusion

Driving home: When your sin is being committed there is often a subtle form of rationalization that borders on madness.

The analogy of a madman who believes he is a giant king, despite reality, illustrates how sin fosters a subtle rationalization that disconnects individuals from the truth of their actions and God's commands.

You see a madman has lost touch with the world of reality. He doesn't see things as they are. He's Joe Doe, age 26, 5 foot 10, 140 pounds, $20 in the bank, 10 cents in his pocket and he looks in the mirror and he thinks he's 7 foot 6. He's a giant.

17:22 - 17:43 Read in full sermon
Judgment Demonstrates the Enormity of Sin Against God
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Merv Griffin and Trivialized Sin

Driving home: A Christian is a man whose estimation of sin is not qualitatively changed by the day of judgment for in a real sense Holy Ghost conviction is bringing to the human conscience and heart in time the perspectives of the day…

Martin mentions trying to watch Merv Griffin or general variety programs for 10-15 minutes to gauge his generation's pulse, illustrating how society trivializes sin, making light of God's law and commandments.

he consigns a man and his family to death for apparently what we would call trivia a cloak few shekels of silver and a wedge of gold that God bears down upon their consciousness with this great principle and this is precisely what God will do in the day of judgment when our Lord sits upon his throne of glory as a man sinks into hell for his violation of the first command of the second of the fourth of the seventh of the tenth his indifference to the gospel sins that now appear trifles oh how trifling they appear they're the brunt of jokes from time to time just to see what the pulse of my own ...

32:46 - 34:07 Read in full sermon
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