Youth Camp Sermon (2 of 7)

God's part in this covenant is to be with us and to empower us to be more than a conqueror.
Josiah arose with such a boldness of God to bring cleansing and reform by removing every sight of evil. (2 Kings 23:4-24)
He had to battle in order to enforce God's Kingdom.

1. Sin will destroy your destiny
• Sin will rob you of your victory.
• Sin will cause you to run away from God and in that place of running away from God and hiding from Him, we cannot find victory.
• In Joshua 7:10, we see Israel facing a defeat at Ai after their great victory at Jericho because of Achan's sin.
• We must deal with sin ruthlessly specifically with rebellion and sexual sin.
• Today, rebellion is glorified in the name of entertainment. The devil is in an all out battle to destroy this generation and sin is rampant among young people today because the devil is corrupting the values of the world.

2. Sin will find you out
• Sin cannot stay in the presence of God.
• Sin will rob you because it will slow down the fulfillment of your destiny both individually and corporately.

3. God will judge each one in accordance to your sin
• Ezekiel 18:30-32 tells us that God will judge each one according to his ways and if we repent, our sin will not be our downfall.

4. Deal with sin
There was no other King in Israel who turned to the Lord as Josiah did with his heart, soul, mind and strength. (2 Kings 23:25)
• Need to make the U-turn - turn from sin and turn to God
• Turn to the Lord with all your heart, soul, mind & strength
• James 4:8
• Need to deal with sin ruthlessly - to throw off and cut off completely
• Sin and holiness cannot co-exist.

5. Live your life to please God
• 1 Thess 4:1-8
• 1 Cor 6:18-20, Gen 39:12