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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Daily Lesson for Sunday 2nd of November 2025

It is interesting to observe that the reader knows, from the outset, the reason for Yahweh’s anger as well as the name of the offender. Thus, the suspense of the story of uncovering the trespass of Achan is provided by the tension between the perspective of the reader and that of Joshua and the Israelites. Like many other chapters of the Old Testament, Joshua 7:1-26 has a chiastic structure. The central, climactic segment within it answers the question of why the Israelites were not able to conquer Ai on their first attempt.

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There were two main reasons for Israel’s defeat by the inhabitants of Ai: Achan’s sin and the Israelites’ overconfidence in their own strength. The latter resulted in their neglecting to consult the will of the Lord before the attack against Ai and their underestimating the force of the enemy.

Based on Joshua 7:1,11-13, we can see that, although Achan is responsible for the treacherous act of breaking the ban, the whole nation is held responsible and suffers for what he did. God describes the sin of Achan by gradually showing its gravity through the cumulative use, in verse 11, of the adverb “even,” or “also” (Heb. gam). First, the most common term for sin is used: “kḥata’.” Then the act of transgression is described by five more specific sins introduced by the adverb gam: (1) ‘abar, also “to cross over, to transgress,” (2) even taking (laqakḥ) from the things devoted to destruction (kḥerem), (3) also stealing (ganab), (4) also deceiving (kakḥash), and (5) even putting (sim) the stolen kḥerem among their possessions.

The covenant between Yahweh and Israel involved the people at both individual and corporate levels. In the light of the covenant, Israel is treated as an indivisible unity of the chosen nation of God; therefore, the sin of one, or even some, of its members incurs guilt upon the whole covenantal community. As the Lord said, “ ‘Israel has sinned, and they have also transgressed My covenant which I commanded them’ ” (Joshua 7:11, NKJV).

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