Touch Not the Unclean thing

God has been speaking to me for awhile to sound the alarm of touch not the unclean thing. As I was continuing reading in Joshua today I heard it again loud and clear. As Joshua sent men to the town of Ai to spi out the land he came back and said send a few we got this! Well they got there butts whipped. As Joshua began to seek God for why they lost the battle God spoke and told Joshua because Israel has sinned they stole the bootie and took items that were cursed objects.

Read vs 11 “Israel has sinned, and they have also transgressed My covenant which I commanded them. And they have even taken some of the things under the ban and have both stolen and deceived. Moreover, they have also put them among their own things. 12 “Therefore the sons of Israel cannot stand before their enemies; they turn their backs before their enemies, for they have become accursed. I will not be with you anymore unless you destroy the things under the ban from your midst. 13 “Rise up! Consecrate the people and say, ‘Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, for thus the LORD,

Joshua did a search and found the hidden things in a tent. It was law that this sin be dealt with by stoning, not just the man that took the cursed things but the whole family, wife, children and oxen. All of them. After Joshua dealt with the sin in the camp and cleaned house so to speak, they where ready to go back to Ai and take more of the promise land.

Ch8:1-2 Now the LORD said to Joshua, “Do not fear or be dismayed. Take all the people of war with you and arise, go up to Ai; see, I have given into your hand the king of Ai, his people, his city, and his land. 2 “You shall do to Ai and its king just as you did to Jericho and its king; you shall take only its spoil and its cattle as plunder for yourselves. Set an ambush for the city behind it.”

Notice obedience brought the victory? Look at this scripture. 2 Cor 6:17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean [thing]; and I will receive you.

How do you know what is clean or unclean? We will get to that but check this out. Lev 10:10-11 And that ye may put difference between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean; And that ye may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which the LORD hath spoken unto them by the hand of Moses.

We are suppose to know the difference between Holy and unholy things in the sight of God. When we touch unholy things God does not respond to our prayer, praise, worship, and offerings. That's scary huh? Wonder why we are not hearing from God, or getting prayers answered. Have you touched something unclean? Time for deliverance?

Eze 22:26-31 Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they shewed [difference] between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them. Her princes in the midst thereof [are] like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, [and] to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain. And her prophets have daubed them with untempered [morter], seeing vanity, and divining lies unto them, saying, Thus saith the Lord GOD, when the LORD hath not spoken. The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully. And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.

First off, you are a priest unto God when you offer praise, prayer, worship, anything. So the above verse means you. US. Second, this is also a picture of false prophets in the last days. But what is unclean?

Jer 23:11 For both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in my house have I found their wickedness, saith the LORD.

But what is unclean? Hoses 4:6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children. No man is without excuse!

But what is unclean? Ok, Ok. Anything that does not bring GLORY to GOD. Want a brief list? Rebellion, anger, jealousy, disobedience to God's word, ignorance of not knowing God's word, things of the world, chasing the things of the world. Touching occult things, TV, movies from the sewer system being piped through your house directly into your soul,witchcraft, alcohol, drugs, horoscopes, palm reading, mediums, porn, adultery, fornication, homosexuality, unclean spirits, tolerating sin in your mist makes you a partaker of that sin. The list goes on and on.

How do we get clean? Deut 7:5 But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire.

Evict the unclean things out of your life. Deut 7:16 And thou shalt consume all the people which the LORD thy God shall deliver thee; thine eye shall have no pity upon them: neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that [will be] a snare unto thee.

If you are a Christian and you don't come out from among them and be ye separate, you are in a dangerous place. We are commanded to overcome God's enemies and fight the good fight. It is a spiritual battle and if we are disobedient there is a price to pay.

Jer48:10 Cursed [be] he that doeth the work of the LORD deceitfully, and cursed [be] he that keepeth back his sword from blood.

I want to encourage you to start asking is this clean or unclean, what is the root of origination of what I am about to partake in? Dig into things a bit. Stop accepting worldly things and thinking God accepts worldly things. He don't. And that unclean thing may get you in trouble.