6: The Enemy Within — Teaching Plan

Key Thought: Israel’s worst enemy was the stubbornness and disregard to the guidance and instructions of God to them. Success depended only on surrender to Christ and a willingness to follow His will..
November 8, 2025

1. Have a volunteer read Joshua 7.

1. Ask class members to share a short thought on what the most important point is in this passage.
2. What were the two major causes of Israel’s defeat by the people of Ai ?
3. Personal Application: In what ways could your blessings be withheld because of your individual refusal to follow Christ’s instructions in His Word, and try to do things your own way instead? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: One of your relatives states, “What are ways that communities or churches can suffer, and have suffered, because of individuals in the community or church? What examples can you think of and how was the whole community or church affected?” How would you respond to your relative?

2. Have a volunteer read Joshua 7:19-21.

1. Ask class members to share a thought on what the most important point in this text is.
2. What did this procedure tell us about both God and Achan? What did Joshua ask Achan to do?
3. Personal Application: How can we avoid the sin of covetousness, no matter how much we don’t have or do have? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: One of your friends states, “Well, I don’t think God is too harsh on the poor that needs something badly: like food, clothing, or shelter. What are they supposed to do? They might have to steal or commit fraid to survive.” How would you respond to your friend?

3. Have a volunteer read Joshua 8:1-8.

1. Ask class members to share a short thought on what the most important point in this text is.
2. What does this story tell us about how God can change our worst failures into opportunities?
3. Personal Application: How important is it that our church members obey all the statutes and judgments in our lives in witness to those outside the church? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: One of your neighbors states: “Why did Daniel always pray with ‘We did all these things’ when there is no evidence that Daniel himself did anything wrong? Is this because he was praying corporately for the group as a whole? ” How would you respond to your neighbor?

4. Have a volunteer read Joshua 7:6-9.

1. Ask class members to share a thought on what the most important point in this text is.
2. What was Joshua’s initial reaction to the calamity that befell them? What spiritual principle is found in his words?
3. Personal Application: What parallels can we see in Israel’s witness and our witness as Adventists today? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: Think of one person who needs to hear a message from this week’s lesson. Tell the class what you plan to do this week to share with them.

(Truth that is not lived, that is not imparted, loses its life-giving power, its healing virtue. Its blessings can be retained only as it is shared. ”Ministry of Healing, p. 148).

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