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some of the articles from the city. God told Joshua: "Israel hath sinned, and they have also trans gressed my covenant which I commanded them: for they have even taken of the ac cursed thing, and have also stolen, and dis sembled also, and they have put it even among their own stuff." Joshua 7: I I As a result of Achan's actions the entire army of Israel was defeated in their next battle. This is a very solemn warning to us. If we have not cleaned out our homes as well as our lives, we will be defeat ed every time we try to fight against Satan. Common familiar objects include: any occult object used in the practice of the occult arts, any Rock & Roll records, tapes, posters, T-shirts, etc. Any mate rial from occultic role-playing fantasy games, any ar tifacts of Eastern religions such as the little statues of gods people buy as souvenirs while traveling, any rosaries or crucifixes or pictures or statues of Catho lic saints or other objects used in the practice of Catholicism. Any articles used in the practice of Masonry, any literature or tapes on the occult or pagan religions, subliminal-suggestion tapes which are popular New Age materials, and so on. The list is nearly endless. All such materials must be destroyed. I think the Ephesians set an excellent New Testament example for us in Acts:

"And this was known to all the Jews and Greeks also dwelling at Ephesus; and fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified. And many that believed came, and confessed, and shewed their deeds. Many of them also which used curious arts [occult arts} brought their books together, and burned them before all men: and they counted the price of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver." Acts 19: 17-19

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