Achan replied, "It is true! I have sinned against the LORD, the God of Israel. This is what I have done: When I saw in the plunder a beautiful robe from Babylonia, two hundred shekels of silver and a wedge of gold weighing fifty shekels, I coveted them and took them. They are hidden in the ground inside my tent, with the silver underneath." [Joshua 7:20]
Then all Israel stoned him, and after they had stoned the rest, they burned them. Over Achan they heaped up a large pile of rocks, which remains to this day. Then the LORD turned from his fierce anger. Therefore that place has been called the Valley of Achor ever since. [Joshua 7:25]
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It may sound too harsh of God to have this done to Achan and his whole family, but while the Israelites learned from God's mercies how greatly He was to be loved, they needed to also learn from His judgements how greatly He was to be feared.
God's punishment on Achan was not unfair. It is only by God's mercy that any sinner lives to old age. God can judge any sinner at any time in his or her life and be perfectly just. No sinner has any claim on God's grace. God is no man's debtor.*
*(Dr. Tom Constable, soniclight.com)
A pure heart that's what I long for. A heart that follows hard after Thee.
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Wala nang utang, wala pang pinapautang, umaako pa nang utang. Utang na loob, wag nang mangutang.
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