Beware of The Accursed Thing. Part [18] 06/03/2026 (Morning thought)

Psalms 32: 8 I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye. 10 Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusts in the Lord, mercy shall compass him about.

[Patriarchs & Prophets pp 496] While other offenses meet with detection and punishment, how rarely does the violation of the tenth commandment so much as call forth censure. The enormity of this sin, and its terrible results, are the lessons of Achan’s history. Covetousness is an evil of gradual development. Achan had cherished greed of gain until it became a habit, binding him in fetters well-nigh impossible to break.

While fostering this evil, he would have been filled with horror at the thought of bringing disaster upon Israel; but his perceptions were deadened by sin, and when temptation came, he fell an easy prey. Are not similar sins still committed, in the face of warnings as solemn and explicit? … In closing, remember that Joshua, together with the thirty-six men who perished, really did not know of the accursed thing, and yet, everyone was affected.

It is a call to prayer and deep soul searching, lest we inadvertently, or deliberately place ourselves in the compromised position, and thus, suffer adversities unnecessarily. Spending quality time with God will prevent a host of evils, and God will give you a heads up wherever He sees fit because it’s never His will that His people suffer because of deliberate or willful ignorance. We therefore end with a passage of scripture that is relevant and pertinent to such a time as this, for you are going to see some very strange developments in the not-too distant future.

Matthew 6:24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.

May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!

Beware of The Accursed Thing. Part [17] 06/03/2026 (Evening thought)

Proverbs 6:16 These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him. 17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,

Category [5] Wherever there is a convergence or a confluence of evil traits of character being manifest in a person, without remorse or repentance, there, you most likely will see an accursed person….. Proverbs 6:18 A heart that devises wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, 19 A false witness that speaks lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.

If for some reason you were to see these attributes converging in a single individual, it is quite possible that the person’s name is Achan and if so the person is accursed. Furthermore, according to what we’ve studied earlier, there will be trickle down effects, if anyone happens to be under their jurisdiction. It is a fearful truth, but it is the truth…. [Patriarchs & Prophets pp 496] Of the millions of Israel there was but one man who, in that solemn hour of triumph and of judgment, had dared to transgress the command of God.

[Patriarchs & Prophets pp 496] Achan’s covetousness was excited by the sight of that costly robe of Shinar; even when it had brought him face to face with death he called it “a goodly Babylonish garment.” One sin had led to another, and he appropriated the gold and silver devoted to the treasury of the Lord—he robbed God of the first fruits of the land of Canaan. The deadly sin that led to Achan’s ruin had its root in covetousness, of all sins one of the most common and the most lightly regarded.

Psalms 32:9 Be you not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.

May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!