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The Collateral of Sin + The Covering of God | Grant Partrick | Sermon Notes — Hello Pastor

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The Collateral of Sin + The Covering of God

Passion City Church • Mar 8, 2026 • 43 min

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Take this message with you through a journey of Scripture, reflection, and prayer.

Summary

Examining the account of Achan's hidden sin in Joshua 7, this message warns that unconfessed sin—whether seemingly minor or overwhelmingly large—creates severe collateral damage in our lives and communities. While attempting to conceal our transgressions leads to defeat and eventual exposure, bringing our sin into the light through honest confession allows God to cover us with His mercy. Through Jesus Christ, God does not merely repair our brokenness, but transforms our valley of trouble into a door of hope and grants us a new life.

Themes

Danger of Spiritual PrideThe Collateral Damage of SinConfession and RepentanceSubstitutionary AtonementNew Creation in ChristGod's Covering Grace

Pastor's Points

1.

We are often most vulnerable in the moments following great victories.

2.

Your sins may be private, but they are not personal.

3.

The sins that you choose to cover, God will eventually uncover.

4.

The sins that you choose to uncover, God will mercifully cover.

Key Points

1.
We are often most vulnerable in the moments following great victories.
2.
Your sins may be private, but they are not personal.
3.
The sins that you choose to cover, God will eventually uncover.
4.
The sins that you choose to uncover, God will mercifully cover.
5.
Great spiritual victories like Jericho can cause us to lower our spiritual guards, leaving room for pride, greed, and self-reliance to creep into smaller battles like Ai.
6.
Sin follows a dangerous, repeating pattern—seeing, coveting, taking, and hiding—which must be actively confronted and killed rather than managed or tolerated.
7.
Whether sin seems like a small BB or a massive bowling ball, both completely shatter a life before God and require complete replacement rather than self-repair.
8.
Jesus enters our Valley of Trouble to become our door of hope, offering substitutionary atonement and making us a completely new creation.

Sermon Moments

“We are often most vulnerable not while in the heat of our greatest battles, but in the moments following our greatest victories.”

“C.S. Lewis famously said, 'Pride is the mother hen under which all other sins are hatched.'”

“The anatomy of sin throughout Scripture follows a consistent pattern: seeing, coveting, taking, and hiding.”

“The illustration of accidentally losing a client's pet parrot 'Birdy' and buying another at PetSmart shows the foolish lengths we go to hide our tracks.”

“John Piper said, 'To be caught in secret sin is a horrible thing. There is only one thing worse, not to be caught.'”

“Whether hit by a tiny BB or a massive bowling ball, a plate glass window shatters completely; you cannot repair a shattered life, it must be replaced by Christ.”

“The gospel is not about putting your broken pieces back together as a self-improvement plan; it is about Christ giving you a completely new life.”

“God promises in Hosea to take the Valley of Achor—the Valley of Trouble—and transform it into a door of hope through Jesus Christ.”

This Week

Remain spiritually vigilant and prayerfully dependent on God immediately following major personal or spiritual victories.

Identify any "pet sins" or compromises you have been managing rather than actively eliminating, and choose to wage war against them.

Guard your heart and eyes against the dangerous cycle of seeing, coveting, taking, and hiding forbidden things.

Bring secret or hidden sins into the light by confessing them directly to God and seeking trusted spiritual accountability.

Stop attempting to repair shattered areas of your life through self-effort, and rely instead on Christ to make you a new creation.

Refuse to excuse "small" sins like pride or minor lies, recognizing that all unconfessed sin separates us from God's full presence.

Turn your moments of failure into doors of hope by trusting in the covering blood and forgiveness of Jesus Christ.

Remember This

Uncovering your sin before God through honest confession allows Him to cover you with His gracious forgiveness and make you a new creation in Christ.

A Challenge for You

If you will trust, if you will come clean before Him, if you will uncover what is hidden in your tent, He is faithful and He is just and He will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.

These are personal sermon notes shared to help you remember the message — not a replacement for Scripture, your church, or your pastors.

Read each passage, or hear where it was taught.

Joshua 6:20

Joshua 6:27

Joshua 7:1

Joshua 6:18-19

Joshua 2:24

Joshua 7:2-3

Joshua 7:12

James 1:14-15

Joshua 7:21

Genesis 3

2 Samuel 11

Joshua 8:2

Numbers 32:23

Jeremiah 16:17

Psalm 44:21

Psalm 139:3

Hebrews 4:13

Proverbs 28:13

Romans 4

1 John 1:8-9

Hosea 2:15

John 10

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