1. Learning from Israel’s Defeat at Ai Joshua 7

2. Learning from Israel’s Defeat at Ai not We have been commanded not to touch the unclean thing 2 Cor. 6:14-18 (Read); 1 John 2:15-17

3. 1 John 2:15-17 “Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. {16} For all that is in the world; the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life; is not of the Father but is of the world. {17} And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever.”

4. Learning from Israel’s Defeat at Ai not We have been commanded not to touch the unclean thing 2 Cor. 6:14-18 (Read); 1 John 2:15-17 We are to put away evil from among us 1 Cor. 5:9-13 (Read); James 4:4

5. James 4:4 “Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.”

6. Learning from Israel’s Defeat at Ai not We have been commanded not to touch the unclean thing 2 Cor. 6:14-18 (Read); 1 John 2:15-17 We are to put away evil from among us 1 Cor. 5:9-13 (Read); James 4:4 God promises the fall of those who do not obey Him Luke 13:3; Hebrews 5:9

7. Luke 13:3 “I tell you, no; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish.”

8. Hebrews 5:9 to all who obey Him “And having been perfected, He became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey Him.”

9. Learning from Israel’s Defeat at Ai There are consequences for refusing to obey the commands of God