Hello, friends,
I'm Jill Morikone,
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and I want to
welcome you to another lesson
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of 3ABN Sabbath School panel.
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We're on lesson number two
of our study Rest in Christ.
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This particular lesson
is Restless and Rebellious.
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If you find yourself in
either one of those categories,
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which I have sometimes,
this lesson is for you.
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Wanna encourage you
to grab your own Bible
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and study along with us.
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If you don't have a quarterly,
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you can go to the
following website.
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That's ABSG.Adventist.org
That stands for
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AdultBibleStudyGuide.Adventist
.org
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You can download your own copy
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and study with us this edition
of 3ABN Sabbath School panel.
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We always love
it when you join us
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for 3ABN Sabbath School
panel because you're our family
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and I'm sitting on the set
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with some more
of my 3ABN family.
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I'm going to introduce
them to you at this time,
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to my left Pastor John Lomacang,
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glad you're here.
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Always good to be on a set
where we learn something more
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and be able to
disseminate it in Christ.
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Amen. What a privilege.
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Pastor Kenny,
what a privilege it is
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to study together and share.
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It is and I thank God for
that opportunity and privilege.
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Thank you. Amen.
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To your left my
sister, Shelley Quinn.
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You are a Word warrior.
And I'm grateful for that.
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Oh, I'm so
grateful for the Word.
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But we're just
thankful that you're tuning in.
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You know, each one of
us is excited to share
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what we've
learned through our study.
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But then we learn
from each other as well.
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That's right.
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I know that's my favorite
part about Sabbath School
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is learning
from each one of you,
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so thank you.
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Last but not least
is Pastor Ryan Day.
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Glad you're here, Brother.
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Amen. It's a
blessing to be here.
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And I'm excited
about my lesson today,
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which is entitled
Faith versus Presumption.
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Amen.
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Looking forward to the study.
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I want to encourage you
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to grab your
Bibles and notebooks
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and get ready to take notes.
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But first, we're going
to go to the Lord in prayer.
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Pastor John,
would you pray for us?
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Sure, let's pray.
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Loving Father in
heaven, the privilege is ours
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to be able to open Your
Word and to disseminate it.
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What we have learned, Lord,
we pray that you'll encase it
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in the direction and
power of Your Holy Spirit.
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And we pray for more
than intellectual stimulation
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when we pray for
heart transformation
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'cause each one of
us in the understanding
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that we have been given
and the power of Your Word
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to bring glory and honor to You,
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we pray in Christ's name.
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Amen. Amen.
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This week's lesson,
lesson number two is titled
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Restless and Rebellious.
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You know, they say
that animals are restless
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before some sort of
disaster takes place.
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It's some sort of sixth sense,
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you could say or premonition
of something happening.
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I know Greg and my cat Pebbles.
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She sleeps in the garage,
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and then she
comes out during the day
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and spends the day outside.
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She loves it.
When we go to work.
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Well, some days
it's perfectly sunny.
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It's a good looking
day. It's not too hot.
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It's just perfect.
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And you think, well,
why doesn't she go outside,
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and she turns around
and she stays in the garage,
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and no amount of
coaxing will get her out.
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Later that day, almost
always, a thunderstorm crops up,
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and I think how did she
know it was going to rain today?
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How did she know
that the thunderstorm
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was going to happen?
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They had an example in
the lesson about animals
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who have
exhibited restless behavior
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prior to a major earthquake.
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They said 15 minutes
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before the 5.8 magnitude
quake hit Washington DC.
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This was on August 23, 2011.
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The lemurs at the
Smithsonian National Zoo,
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they called
loudly for 15 minutes
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before the
ground started to quake.
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This week, we
don't look at examples
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of animal restlessness.
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We look at examples
of human restlessness.
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And it's not our restlessness
is not brought about
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by earthquakes or
natural disasters.
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It's brought about by sin.
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We're going to
look at the effects
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and consequences of sin,
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bringing
restlessness to the human heart.
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Our memory text is
1 Corinthians 10:11,
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"Now all these things
happen to them as examples,
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and they were
written for our admonition
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upon whom the ends
of the ages have come."
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We're gonna look at
some examples Old Testament,
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children of Israel time
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at their restlessness
and their rebellion.
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My particular lesson on Sunday
is Restless in the Wilderness.
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Turn with me to
the Book of Numbers.
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We're going to be
spending time in Numbers.
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we're going to
Numbers Chapter 11.
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Now the Book of Numbers,
the Hebrew title for this book
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is literally in the wilderness.
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And it continues as
part of the dramatic story
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of Israel's journey with God.
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If you look at the
timetable where we're at,
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the Israelites reached
Mount Sinai in the third month
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after God
liberated them from Egypt,
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and they camped at Mount
Sinai for probably 11 months.
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God taught them how to
be His covenant nation.
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Remember, they had
come out of slavery.
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So God's teaching them
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and He established
His sanctuary among them.
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Now the people
are ready to pick up
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and to move forward and
conquer the land of Canaan.
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We see, I've divided the lesson
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into five sections, Pastor John,
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that I see in the
Israelites' restless rebellion,
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and then 11 takeaways
that we can take today.
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So the five sections,
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first we see the
Israelites' complaint.
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This is in Numbers 11.
Then we see Moses' complaint.
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Okay.
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Then we see God's
solution for Moses,
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God's solution
for the Israelites
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and the end result.
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Those are our five sections.
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So let's start with
the Israelites' complaint.
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Numbers 10, they were
just departing Mount Sinai,
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they're getting ready to go.
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They're headed out
into the wilderness.
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Numbers 11:4-6,
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"Now the mixed multitude
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who were among them
yielded to intense craving,
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so the children of
Israel also wept again and said:
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'Who will give us meat to eat?
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We remember the fish
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which we so freely ate in Egypt,
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the cucumbers, the melons,
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the leeks, the
onions, the garlic,
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but now our whole
being is dried up,
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there is nothing at
all except this manna
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before our very eyes!"
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Takeaway number one,
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be careful with
whom you associate.
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You notice it was
not the Israelites
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who initially longed for Egypt
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who initially said give us meat.
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It was the mixed multitude
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who yielded and they
influenced the Israelites.
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Be careful with
whom you associate.
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Takeaway number two, be
careful when you complain,
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or treat with contempt
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the gift that God has given you.
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God gave them the gift of manna.
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God blessed them with food.
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There was no way to
get food in the desert
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and God gave them this
gift and they spurned his gift.
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And they treated with contempt
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the gift that God
had given to them.
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Do you treat with contempt
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the gift that
God has given to you?
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God, I want a different spouse.
God, I want a different car.
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God, I want a different house.
God, I want a different job.
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Be careful when you
complain or treat with contempt
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the gift that God
has blessed you with.
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Now let's, that's the
Israelites' complaint.
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Let's look at Moses' complaint.
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We jumped down to verse 10.
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We're in Number 11:10,
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"Moses heard the people weeping
throughout their families,
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everyone at the
door of his tent,
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and the anger of the
Lord was greatly aroused,
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Moses also was displeased.
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Moses said to the Lord,
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'Why have You
afflicted Your servant?
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Why have I not
found favor in Your sight,
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that You have laid the burden
of all these people on me?
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Did I conceive all these people?
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Did I beget them,
that You should say to me,
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'Carry them in your bosom,
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as a guardian
carries a nursing child,'
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to the land which You
swore to their fathers?
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Where am I to get meat
to give to all these people?
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For they weep
all over me, saying,
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'Give us meat, that we may eat.'
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I am not able to
bear these people alone,
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because the burden
it's too heavy for me.
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If You treat me like this,
please kill me here and now,
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if I have found
favor in Your sight,
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do not let me see
my wretchedness!'"
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Wow.
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Takeaway number three,
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be careful when you blame God
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for your own issues or
the issues of other people.
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What did Moses say?
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This is in verse 11.
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'Why have you
afflicted Your servant?"
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It wasn't God's fault.
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God wasn't inflicting
Moses with what was going on.
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The people were
in open rebellion.
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The people were restless,
the people were in sin.
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And yet Moses says,
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"God, why have You
afflicted me in this portion?'
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Be careful that
you don't blame God
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for either your own issues
or the issues of other people.
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Takeaway number four,
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be careful not to take
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on the emotional
burden of your work.
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That's good. Well.
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This is something
that I need to learn
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and I am seeking to learn.
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What does Moses say in verse 12?
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Did I can save all these people?
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For them weep all over me.
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Have you ever taken work home?
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Have you ever
cogitated on it at night?
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Have you ever agonized
with the Lord about it?
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Be careful not to take
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on the emotional
burdens of your work.
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Takeaway number five,
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burnout is real,
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and it can lead you
to feeling overwhelmed.
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What did Moses say?
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The burden, it's
too heavy for me.
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I can't bear it.
I am overwhelmed.
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Takeaway number six,
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burnout, it leads to isolation.
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What did he say?
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I am not able to
bear these people alone.
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He wasn't alone. He
had God right by his side.
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He had people as we will see
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who stepped into
the gap and helped.
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But yet he felt isolated
because of that burnout.
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Takeaway number seven,
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burnout can lead to depression,
and even suicidal thoughts.
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What did he say?
Please kill me here and now.
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Burnout can lead to that.
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So let's look at
God's solution for Moses.
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Now I find it interesting.
The Israelites had a problem.
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Moses had a problem.
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You would think
if you go in order
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that God's gonna give a
solution to the Israelites,
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but He doesn't.
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He works with Moses first.
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So let's see His
solution to Moses in verse 16,
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Numbers 11:16,
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"The Lord said to Moses:
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'Gather to Me seventy
men of the elders of Israel,
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whom you know to be
the elders of the people
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and officers over them,
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bring them to the
tabernacle of meeting,
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that they may
stand there with you.
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Then I will come down
and talk with you there.
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I will take of the
Spirit that is upon you
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and will put the same upon them,
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they shall bear the
burdens of the people with you,
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that you may not
bear it yourself alone."
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Takeaway number eight,
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God understands
our human weakness.
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God provides
grace, hope and help.
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What was the solution?
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Seventy elders
who would assist Moses
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as
representative tribal leaders.
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God anointed these
70 men with His spirit,
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and they bore the
burden with Moses.
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So if you are going
through something right now,
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God understands your weakness,
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and He will provide grace
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and help and hope
when you need it most.
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Let's look at God's
solution for the Israelites.
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To me, God has a sense of humor.
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Check this out, Numbers 11:18,
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"You shall say to the people,
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'Consecrate
yourselves for tomorrow,
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and you shall eat meat,
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for you have wept
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in the hearing
of the Lord, saying,
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'Who will give us meat to eat?
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For it was well
with us in Egypt.'
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Therefore the Lord
will give you meat,
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and you shall eat.
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You shall eat, not
one day, nor two days,
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nor five days, nor
ten days, nor twenty days,
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but you shall eat a whole month,
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until it comes
out of your nostrils
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and becomes loathsome to you.'''
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They're gonna start puking,
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"Because you
have despised the Lord
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who is among you,
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and have wept
before Him, saying,
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'Why did we ever
come up out of Egypt?''
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Takeaway number nine,
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what we think we want
is not always what we want.
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In other words, the
thing we want the most
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can become hated to us.
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I think about Amnon,
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remember that
story in 2 Samuel 13.
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And he burned with
lust toward his sister,
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and he raped her
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and right after that
happened in 2 Samuel 13:15.
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The Bible says, Amnon
hated her exceedingly,
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so that the hatred
with which he hated her
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was greater than the love
with which he had loved her.
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Sometimes what we want
the most becomes hated to us.
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Takeaway number 10,
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God's judgment or discipline
always fits what we need.
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His correction is out of love.
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His correction provides
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what is needed
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for our continued sanctification
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and growth in Jesus.
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He gave them what
they wanted which is meat,
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but it turned into a
corrective discipline
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by giving them more
than what they asked for.
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What is the result?
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The Lord caused a
great wind to come
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and the quail came in,
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and it stood up,
what does it say?
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Two cubits above the
surface of the ground,
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and the person who gathered
the least gathered 10 homers,
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which is 60 bushels of quail.
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And the Word of God says,
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as the meat was
between their teeth,
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before they even chewed it,
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the wrath of the Lord was
aroused against the people.
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And the Lord struck them
with a very great plague.
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Takeaway number
11, the last takeaway.
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Disobedience, it
has consequences.
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That's right. Amen.
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Not what we always
hope for what we wanted,
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but it has consequences.
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Pastor John? Wow.
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Just like a surgeon,
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I don't know how you get
all those points in here.
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I mean, five
points and 11 takeaways,
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but thank you so
much for throwing that in.
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It always
stimulates us to be challenged.
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Mine is
entitled, It's Contagious.
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You know, I heard, one
of my favorite preachers,
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Elder Brooks, and I know
he's resting in the Lord.
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Now he says,
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"Why is it that you
cannot catch health,
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but you can
always catch a cold?"
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There are certain
things that are not contagious.
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There are certain
things that are contagious.
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It's amazing as
one person once said,
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"Truth is just
lacing up its shoes
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while a lie has already
travelled around the world."
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You know, when we
look at negative things,
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they tend to have a
greater impact on our lives
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than the positive
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That's why the Bible speaks
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against division and rumors,
and backbiting and gossip.
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But this is not something
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that the New
Testament addresses alone.
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It was prevalent.
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It's prevalent in human nature
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because of sin,
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and all the characteristics,
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when we begin to complain,
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and that's why it
talks about the contagion
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that Miriam and
Aaron were affected by,
00:15:18.81\00:15:22.28
leaders, co-leaders,
00:15:22.32\00:15:24.29
until they decided
that they wanted more
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than what God had given to them.
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And I liked the way
you pointed that out.
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This is also found
in the life of Uriah.
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Uriah was a very
successful leader
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for 52 years
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until when he
got to 68 years old.
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He became, he
wanted to become a priest,
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and God called him to be a king.
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And he began to covet
what God never gave to him.
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Same thing happened to David.
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Same thing happened to Samson.
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And you'll notice that
the thing that you crave
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the most becomes the thing
that binds you the greatest.
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So be careful when
you start craving things
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that God never gave to you.
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Let's go ahead and
look at Numbers 12:1-3,
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and I'm going to lead into this
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and what are Miriam
and Aaron upset about?
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Let's look at this.
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Numbers 12:1-3,
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and thank you for
leading into that, Jill.
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It talks about
Miriam and Aaron rebel.
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"Then Miriam and
Aaron spoke against Moses
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because of the Ethiopian woman
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whom he had married,
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for he had married
an Ethiopian woman.
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So they said,
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'Has the Lord indeed spoken
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only through Moses?
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Has He not
spoken through us also?'
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And the Lord heard it.
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Now the man
Moses was very humble,
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more than all men
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who were on the
face of the earth."
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One of the takeaways
now she said were takeaways,
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is remain humble.
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God will deal with those
who don't like the position
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He has put you in.
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You know, you never
have to defend yourself.
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When you stand where
God has put you to stand,
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no one can move
you from that spot
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regardless of what
their attempts may be.
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I decided to look into this
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because a lot of people
look at the story and say,
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"Well, this had nothing to
do with the race of Moses' wife,
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but it had a lot to do with it.
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As a matter of
fact, you look at it
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and I decided to look up
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this story from a
Jewish perspective.
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And I went to a very
well established ministry
00:17:15.76\00:17:19.43
called Ask the Rabbi,
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and they decided to go ahead
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and break down the
nationality of Moses' wife.
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They said she was a Cushite,
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which was of the
ancestry of either Cush,
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which is the Libyan
tribe, in northeast Africa,
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or Arabians,
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the son of Ham
mentioned in the Book of Genesis
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have been
identified with nations of
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in Africa like
Ethiopia, Egypt, Libya,
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and Canaanites and the Arabians.
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She says Miriam
was referring to Moses
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as Midianite wife, Zipporah.
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So Zipporah was
the Ethiopian woman
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that they were
complaining about.
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Some explain, she was
referring to a Cushite
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because of the nomadic
desert dwelling Midianites,
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somewhat
resembling the Cushites,
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or that Zipporah herself
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was unusually
dark skinned and homely
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and Miriam didn't like that.
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Hmm.
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And so, they decided,
but if you look at the story,
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that wasn't the issue.
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The issue was they
didn't like the fact
00:18:23.90\00:18:25.73
that the Lord
spoke through Moses.
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And earlier in the story,
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they were
co-leaders until God decided,
00:18:29.57\00:18:32.11
"Okay, you may have a
head elder or head deacon,
00:18:32.14\00:18:34.81
but I'm speaking
directly to you."
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And they didn't
like the fact that
00:18:36.68\00:18:38.01
God decided to
give Moses information
00:18:38.05\00:18:40.25
that they thought
that they had right to.
00:18:40.28\00:18:42.28
So instead of
being humble about it,
00:18:42.32\00:18:45.22
they found something to nitpick.
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It was, his wife
wasn't the problem,
00:18:47.09\00:18:49.49
but they wanted to sidetrack
00:18:49.52\00:18:51.89
and you'll
discover that a lot of times
00:18:51.93\00:18:53.40
when people are
complaining about things,
00:18:53.43\00:18:55.73
eventually they
will get to the issue.
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They'll say, "I don't
like that car you bought?"
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You say, "What my car
has to do with anything?"
00:19:01.04\00:19:03.24
Yeah, I don't like
that song you sing.
00:19:03.27\00:19:04.61
What it has to do with anything.
00:19:04.64\00:19:05.97
I just can't stand when
you preach long sermons.
00:19:06.01\00:19:07.58
What it had to do with anything?
00:19:07.61\00:19:09.48
What their meaning
is, what their meaning is,
00:19:09.51\00:19:11.75
and I found otherwise
in Jill in leadership.
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We all know that
when you're in leadership,
00:19:13.85\00:19:15.98
don't ever decide to
shape your leadership
00:19:16.02\00:19:20.29
based on people's complaints.
00:19:20.32\00:19:22.29
That's right.
00:19:22.32\00:19:23.66
Follow this, except
you pray and ask God,
00:19:23.69\00:19:25.73
did I do something to
warrant that complaint?
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Because I've been in a position
00:19:29.03\00:19:30.37
where if people
complain about something,
00:19:30.40\00:19:32.43
I say, Lord, did I do something
to warrant that complaint?
00:19:32.47\00:19:35.54
And I found on
some occasions I did.
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Yeah.
00:19:36.94\00:19:38.27
And I've decided,
00:19:38.31\00:19:39.64
"Okay, Lord, humble me,
and make it very clear that
00:19:39.67\00:19:42.08
what You want me to do,
00:19:42.11\00:19:43.45
is going to remove that
complaint in the future."
00:19:43.48\00:19:46.35
But I chose not to
attack the individual
00:19:46.38\00:19:48.12
because the individual,
00:19:48.15\00:19:49.48
I've discovered it's
better to win the person
00:19:49.52\00:19:51.42
than win an argument.
00:19:51.45\00:19:53.15
But when I
looked at the background
00:19:53.19\00:19:54.66
of Zipporah in the
Berean Study Bible,
00:19:54.69\00:19:57.83
the passage that we
often read in Jeremiah 13:23
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is read this way
in the Berean Bible.
00:20:01.30\00:20:03.43
Can a Cushite change his skin,
00:20:03.47\00:20:06.87
or a leopard it spots?
00:20:06.90\00:20:09.70
Is this a different wife?"
00:20:09.74\00:20:11.81
Now, the question is,
and where does she come from.
00:20:11.84\00:20:14.14
So they say, can the Cushite
instead of the Ethiopian,
00:20:14.18\00:20:18.01
they connect the two together
00:20:18.05\00:20:19.38
in the Berean Bible,
00:20:19.41\00:20:20.75
which is a strong
translation of Jewish influence.
00:20:20.78\00:20:23.99
So it had nothing
really to do with her.
00:20:24.02\00:20:26.25
But they made
her raise an issue.
00:20:26.29\00:20:28.16
A lot of times we face
issues in modern society
00:20:28.19\00:20:30.63
that has to do
with racial issues.
00:20:30.66\00:20:32.73
But if you go to the surface,
00:20:32.76\00:20:34.16
it really comes
down to the fact that
00:20:34.20\00:20:35.93
we don't recognize our
equality in the sight of God.
00:20:35.96\00:20:39.43
I think as Acts 17:26 says,
00:20:39.47\00:20:41.20
"From one blood
came all nations of men."
00:20:41.24\00:20:43.91
So if you may be
caught in the vortex of issues
00:20:43.94\00:20:46.64
that are based on
inequality issues,
00:20:46.68\00:20:48.78
realize that, hey,
in the Garden of Eden,
00:20:48.81\00:20:51.15
there was just Adam and Eve.
00:20:51.18\00:20:53.18
And if your daddy
is anybody but Adam,
00:20:53.21\00:20:55.15
you have a serious issue.
00:20:55.18\00:20:57.09
If your mother didn't
start to be called by Eve,
00:20:57.12\00:21:00.36
I would say that you
are not from this world.
00:21:00.39\00:21:03.19
Recognize that we all
came from the same blood.
00:21:03.22\00:21:05.86
From one blood came all nations,
00:21:05.89\00:21:08.16
to one blood
all nations must go.
00:21:08.20\00:21:10.97
So I have a
question I need to ask,
00:21:11.00\00:21:14.57
how did God
respond to their complaint.
00:21:14.60\00:21:17.64
Let's look at Numbers 12:4-13.
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I'm gonna try to cover these,
00:21:19.77\00:21:21.14
then I have about four
takeaways, three takeaways.
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All right. Okay.
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Numbers 12:4,
00:21:25.15\00:21:26.75
"Suddenly the
Lord said to Moses,
00:21:26.78\00:21:28.58
Aaron, and Miriam,
00:21:28.62\00:21:29.95
'Come out, you three, to
the tabernacle of meeting!'
00:21:29.98\00:21:33.49
So the three came out.
00:21:33.52\00:21:35.26
Then the Lord came
down in the pillar of cloud
00:21:35.29\00:21:37.59
and stood in the
door of the tabernacle,
00:21:37.63\00:21:39.53
and called Aaron and Miriam.
00:21:39.56\00:21:41.80
And they both went forward.
00:21:41.83\00:21:43.50
Then He said,
00:21:43.53\00:21:44.87
'Hear now My words:
00:21:44.90\00:21:46.94
If there is a prophet among you,
00:21:46.97\00:21:48.40
I, the Lord,
00:21:48.44\00:21:49.77
make Myself known
to him in a vision,
00:21:49.80\00:21:52.21
I speak to him in a dream.
00:21:52.24\00:21:54.08
Not so with My servant Moses,
00:21:54.11\00:21:56.18
He is faithful in all My house.
00:21:56.21\00:21:59.38
I speak with him face to face,
00:21:59.41\00:22:01.88
even plainly, and
not in dark sayings,
00:22:01.92\00:22:04.59
and he sees the
form of the Lord.
00:22:04.62\00:22:06.92
Why then were you not afraid
00:22:06.96\00:22:09.46
to speak against
My servant Moses?
00:22:09.49\00:22:11.53
So the anger of the Lord
was aroused against them,
00:22:11.56\00:22:14.06
and they departed.
00:22:14.10\00:22:15.43
And when the cloud departed
from above the tabernacle,
00:22:15.46\00:22:17.57
suddenly Miriam became
leprous, as white as snow.
00:22:17.60\00:22:20.80
Then Aaron turned toward Miriam,
00:22:20.84\00:22:22.17
and there she was, a leper.
00:22:22.20\00:22:24.24
So Aaron said to Moses,
00:22:24.27\00:22:25.61
'Oh, my lord! Please
do not lay his sin on us,
00:22:25.64\00:22:28.41
in which we have done foolishly
and in which we have sinned.
00:22:28.44\00:22:31.78
Please do not let
her be as one dead,
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whose flesh is half consumed
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when he comes out
of his mother's womb!'
00:22:36.28\00:22:39.22
So Moses cried out
to the Lord, saying,
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'Please heal
her, O God, I pray!'"
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And you know, in
mercy God did heal.
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Three very important points.
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God directs us about
the attitude of leadership.
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One, respect leadership.
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It's good.
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You may not agree with
it, 1 Thessalonians 5:12-13.
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And we urge you, brethren,
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to recognize those
who labor among you.
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This is the NIV.
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"And are over you in
the Lord and admonish you,
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and to esteem them very highly
in love for their work's sake.
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Be at peace among yourselves."
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Respect those that God
put in leadership above you.
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Secondly, God
gives divine wisdom
00:23:13.99\00:23:16.36
to those who chooses.
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Proverbs 11:14,
00:23:17.86\00:23:20.60
"Where there is no counsel,"
00:23:20.63\00:23:22.46
what happen?
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"The people fall,
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but in the multitude of
counselors is their safety."
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And the multitude means
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God can speak wisdom
00:23:32.27\00:23:34.21
into the hearts
and lives of people,
00:23:34.24\00:23:36.04
so they can be
synchronously giving you advice
00:23:36.08\00:23:39.78
that God had given them clearly.
00:23:39.81\00:23:42.02
And the other thing is,
be very careful to determine
00:23:42.05\00:23:44.29
your future on the
advice of one individual.
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Check it out by God's Word,
00:23:46.59\00:23:48.22
because if the person's
heart is not in the right place,
00:23:48.26\00:23:50.56
they could be sending you
down a path of destruction.
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Thirdly and
finally, honor leadership
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that is under God's
spiritual authority.
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Romans 13:1,
00:23:57.97\00:23:59.53
"Let every soul be subject
to the governing authorities,
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for there is no
authority except from God.
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And the authorities that
exist are appointed by God."
00:24:06.24\00:24:11.11
If God has appointed pastors,
leaders, elders, teachers,
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respect them because
they are a representative
00:24:14.08\00:24:16.42
of God's authority.
00:24:16.45\00:24:17.79
Amen. Thank you, Pastor
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Welcome back to
lesson number two,
00:24:59.16\00:25:00.66
Restless and Rebellious.
00:25:00.70\00:25:02.33
We pick it up with Pastor Kenny
00:25:02.36\00:25:03.80
in Tuesday's lesson.
00:25:03.83\00:25:05.17
You know, Tuesday's lesson
to me is a real good lesson.
00:25:05.20\00:25:07.57
And thank you
guys for what you did,
00:25:07.60\00:25:08.94
it sets a good foundation
which we can build upon.
00:25:08.97\00:25:12.57
You know, I've already said,
00:25:12.61\00:25:13.94
talk about
restlessness leads to rebellion.
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How often have you
heard that the idle hands
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are the devil's workshop?
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Amen.
00:25:19.65\00:25:20.98
Well, I kind of grew up with
that, and I've heard it said,
00:25:21.02\00:25:22.48
you know, a lot of
times, and I kind of wondered
00:25:22.52\00:25:24.09
what that all meant.
00:25:24.12\00:25:25.45
But you know,
idleness here has a connotation
00:25:25.49\00:25:28.62
to being lazy,
and also has the ones
00:25:28.66\00:25:30.63
of thought of inactivity,
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and you know, things like that.
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So we don't want to be that,
00:25:35.40\00:25:36.73
we don't want to be
where the devil can use us.
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And I think the workshop,
I looked it as the tools,
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you know, being in
construction different times,
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I think of tools
all the time, you know,
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so we have to be careful
about the tools that we use.
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We want to use that
which God gives to us.
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Another person put it
this way, tools, idleness,
00:25:49.91\00:25:52.31
idle mind and brain
is the devil's workshop.
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Had to make sense to me.
00:25:56.62\00:25:58.09
So I wonder how this
might fit into our lesson.
00:25:58.12\00:26:00.09
Hopefully, we'll see
that as we go along here.
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Israel finally coming,
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you know, to the
borders of Canaan.
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What a wonderful time,
00:26:05.09\00:26:06.43
I feel like
that's why we are here
00:26:06.46\00:26:07.80
in this world today.
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We're nearing home,
we are nearing home,
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and the enemy is not content.
00:26:11.40\00:26:12.77
And so he's gonna put up
all kinds of smoke screens,
00:26:12.80\00:26:14.87
he's gonna do
everything he can to try to,
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you know, hamper that
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which is supposed to take place.
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And so he sent out,
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we realized here that
00:26:21.64\00:26:22.98
there was people
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that were sent out
to explore the land
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and I often worried
about even I was young,
00:26:25.75\00:26:27.75
like, why did they go out
and God said they can have it,
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that they can have the land.
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So anyway, these 12
spies were sent out.
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We're gonna read
that in Numbers 13:27
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and onward, just a few verses.
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And we'll examine several points
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I think that
hopefully will encourage us
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and help us along the way.
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Starting in Numbers 13:27,
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it says,
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"And they told him,
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and said, we came unto the
land whither thou sentest us,
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surely it floweth with" what?
00:26:51.97\00:26:53.98
"Oh, milk and honey,
and this is the fruit of it.
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Nevertheless
the people be strong
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that dwell in the land,
and the cities are walled,
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and very great:
00:27:00.62\00:27:01.95
moreover we saw the
children of Anak there.
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The Amalekites dwell
in the land of the south:
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the Hittites, and the Jebusites,
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and the Amorites,
dwell in the mountains:
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notice, and the
Canaanites dwell by the sea,
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in the coast of Jordan.
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Caleb stilled the
people before Moses,
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and said, Let us go up at once,"
00:27:17.60\00:27:19.57
I love that,
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"and possess it,
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for we are well
able to overcome it.
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But the men went
up with him said,
00:27:25.91\00:27:27.54
We are not able to
go against the people,
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for they are stronger than we."
00:27:30.31\00:27:31.75
How often we hear that,
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how often we
might use that excuse,
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and we should not do that.
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"And they
brought up an evil report
00:27:37.49\00:27:38.99
out of the land
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which they had searched
unto the children of Israel,
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saying, the land, through
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which we have
gone to search it."
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Now notice this, interesting,
land of milk and honey,
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but all of a sudden, it's
gonna be a land that eats us up.
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So what's happening here?
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You know, sometime
we get away from God,
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our story changes.
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One time we see it this way,
and then we get away from God,
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we begin to see it another way
and tell it in a different way.
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So we need to be
very careful here.
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And verse 33 just
simply says right there,
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"We can't go up there
because there's giants there,
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and I'm going to
be a grasshopper."
00:28:07.65\00:28:10.02
Well, I look like a grasshopper,
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as small as a grasshopper.
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You know, God never
called us to be grasshoppers.
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He never calls
us to be the tail,
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He calls us to be the head.
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It's just that simple.
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God has given this movement,
00:28:20.13\00:28:21.46
a message like no
one has ever given,
00:28:21.50\00:28:23.06
an understanding of
Scripture and prophecy.
00:28:23.10\00:28:25.43
And we need to
really stick close to that.
00:28:25.47\00:28:28.30
It's interesting
as these 12 spices
00:28:28.34\00:28:30.04
that were went out,
00:28:30.07\00:28:31.41
first of all,
where did they go wrong?
00:28:31.44\00:28:33.27
When did they go wrong?
How could they go wrong?
00:28:33.31\00:28:36.21
Here's the land
of milk and honey,
00:28:36.24\00:28:37.58
here we are, we're
coming up to it right now.
00:28:37.61\00:28:39.38
We're getting
ready to possess it.
00:28:39.41\00:28:40.82
But all of a sudden,
00:28:40.85\00:28:42.18
you find it in
the church sometime,
00:28:42.22\00:28:43.55
a church want to
move forward, you know,
00:28:43.59\00:28:44.92
to do some evangelism,
what happens sometime?
00:28:44.95\00:28:46.86
All of a sudden,
something happens.
00:28:46.89\00:28:48.59
Something happens in the church,
00:28:48.62\00:28:49.96
somebody gets in an argument,
00:28:49.99\00:28:51.33
something, the devil
causes something to happen.
00:28:51.36\00:28:53.36
And they said, notice this,
00:28:53.40\00:28:55.10
they refused to
believe God's Word.
00:28:55.13\00:28:57.23
That's where they
went wrong, number one.
00:28:57.27\00:28:59.47
We can look at all the
other stuff down the road.
00:28:59.50\00:29:01.14
But number one is they
refused to obey the Lord.
00:29:01.17\00:29:05.17
They searched the land.
00:29:05.21\00:29:07.14
They say, and
they searched the land.
00:29:07.18\00:29:08.51
And Number 13:1, just
look that, it says here,
00:29:08.54\00:29:10.65
"They may search
the land of Canaan
00:29:10.68\00:29:12.15
which I gave unto
the children of Israel."
00:29:12.18\00:29:14.92
That would be a
prophecy, wouldn't it?
00:29:14.95\00:29:16.28
That's right.
00:29:16.32\00:29:17.65
That was before it took
place, I gave it to them.
00:29:17.69\00:29:19.02
So by faith, we just accept that
00:29:19.05\00:29:20.82
and go on say,
okay, praise the Lord.
00:29:20.86\00:29:23.16
They said what?
00:29:23.19\00:29:24.53
We must search the land.
00:29:24.56\00:29:25.96
We want to see.
00:29:25.99\00:29:27.80
We want to see.
00:29:27.83\00:29:29.20
The pastor told
us, but we want to see.
00:29:29.23\00:29:31.17
You know how
that goes sometimes.
00:29:31.20\00:29:32.73
When the Bible said,
the land of milk and honey,
00:29:32.77\00:29:35.14
but now, no, it's
evidently not that.
00:29:35.17\00:29:37.77
And so therefore doubt
came in, doubt will just ruin,
00:29:37.81\00:29:41.04
you know, our
relationship with Christ.
00:29:41.08\00:29:43.51
And so we want to
continue to go on,
00:29:43.55\00:29:45.65
as we see here
in this narrative.
00:29:45.68\00:29:47.65
I think it's
awesome when you look at it.
00:29:47.68\00:29:49.55
God has said, and then
man comes along and says,
00:29:49.58\00:29:51.75
well, that's not
exactly the way it is.
00:29:51.79\00:29:53.56
But I find that
all the time even now,
00:29:53.59\00:29:55.12
it's not just back in
the Old and New Testament.
00:29:55.16\00:29:58.26
They just didn't
want to obey God's Word.
00:29:58.29\00:30:00.73
And now they are
going to be put to the test,
00:30:00.76\00:30:02.76
there's no doubt about it.
00:30:02.80\00:30:04.17
Now, I just want
to just throw it out,
00:30:04.20\00:30:06.70
I think just food for
thought, at least for me was
00:30:06.74\00:30:09.57
all of a sudden we
can't trust God's leading.
00:30:09.60\00:30:12.34
But I wonder
what really led them
00:30:12.37\00:30:13.94
to the Promised Land?
00:30:13.98\00:30:15.31
Was it not a
pillar by in the day
00:30:15.34\00:30:17.65
and fire by night?
00:30:17.68\00:30:19.01
That's right.
00:30:19.05\00:30:20.38
But they sure
believed that, did they not?
00:30:20.42\00:30:21.75
That's right.
00:30:21.78\00:30:23.12
Yeah, they believe that,
00:30:23.15\00:30:24.49
but all of a sudden
now it's in doubt and say,
00:30:24.52\00:30:25.85
oh, I must not be.
00:30:25.89\00:30:27.22
Now they refused
a divine revelation
00:30:27.26\00:30:29.76
that God was giving.
00:30:29.79\00:30:31.13
And He gave it in His Word.
00:30:31.16\00:30:32.76
And, you know, it said right now
00:30:32.79\00:30:34.26
we're going to back up.
00:30:34.30\00:30:35.63
We just mentioned that
just a little while ago
00:30:35.66\00:30:37.00
about backing up.
00:30:37.03\00:30:38.37
And this was concerning faith.
00:30:38.40\00:30:39.77
I think we'll talk more about
that as we go on down here.
00:30:39.80\00:30:42.30
But just the thing
of faith, for they said,
00:30:42.34\00:30:45.24
notice this, they
said, so don't say well,
00:30:45.27\00:30:47.21
they said on the
Sabbath School panel.
00:30:47.24\00:30:48.94
Notice, they said, you know,
00:30:48.98\00:30:50.31
I back in
Numbers here, they said.
00:30:50.35\00:30:53.68
Basically, it's by
their words and their actions,
00:30:53.72\00:30:57.09
and we walk by
sight and not by faith.
00:30:57.12\00:31:00.26
Well, that sounds backwards
the Scripture, doesn't it?
00:31:00.29\00:31:02.59
So they said,
why, what did they say?
00:31:02.62\00:31:04.26
We want to see.
00:31:04.29\00:31:05.63
That's right.
00:31:05.66\00:31:07.00
So they were walking by sight
and certainly not by faith.
00:31:07.03\00:31:09.40
Hebrews 11:1 says,
00:31:09.43\00:31:10.77
"Faith is the
evidence of things not seen."
00:31:10.80\00:31:14.87
Interesting here.
00:31:14.90\00:31:16.24
Yeah, of course, we
know Hebrews 11:6 says,
00:31:16.27\00:31:18.97
you know "Without faith,
it's impossible to please God."
00:31:19.01\00:31:21.84
2 Corinthians 5:7 says,
00:31:21.88\00:31:23.85
"For we walk by" what?
00:31:23.88\00:31:25.88
"Faith and not by
sight." That's right.
00:31:25.91\00:31:28.08
That tells us some
people say the big sin.
00:31:28.12\00:31:30.22
Have you ever heard this?
00:31:30.25\00:31:31.59
You discuss it with people,
they say the big sin of Israel
00:31:31.62\00:31:34.29
was sending out the spies.
00:31:34.32\00:31:35.89
Hmm.
00:31:35.92\00:31:37.26
That's kind of interesting.
00:31:37.29\00:31:38.63
You know, the big sin
was sending out the spies.
00:31:38.66\00:31:40.36
But if, notice, if the
spies had done their duty,
00:31:40.40\00:31:43.53
if they had been faithful,
00:31:43.57\00:31:45.00
and they come
back with the correct
00:31:45.03\00:31:46.47
and the right message
in harmony with Scripture,
00:31:46.50\00:31:48.90
I think maybe all
things would have went well,
00:31:48.94\00:31:52.47
but they did not do that.
00:31:52.51\00:31:54.08
Yeah.
00:31:54.11\00:31:55.78
Interesting, the spies
searched for the land how long?
00:31:55.81\00:31:59.01
Forty days, isn't that right?
00:31:59.05\00:32:00.58
Forty days, notice
this, spies searching land.
00:32:00.62\00:32:03.25
Number 13:25.
00:32:03.28\00:32:05.12
Now it's
interesting that number,
00:32:05.15\00:32:06.69
I understand that
can go pretty deep,
00:32:06.72\00:32:08.06
and you can study
some more about that.
00:32:08.09\00:32:09.59
But it's interesting
that people waited for 40 days
00:32:09.62\00:32:12.19
when the law was
given, you remember?
00:32:12.23\00:32:14.40
And what happened to them.
00:32:14.43\00:32:16.77
Now notice... They got restless.
00:32:16.80\00:32:18.20
They got restless, very good.
00:32:18.23\00:32:20.14
They got restless
00:32:20.17\00:32:21.50
and
restlessness led to rebellion
00:32:21.54\00:32:23.57
and making the golden calf.
00:32:23.61\00:32:24.94
Yeah.
00:32:24.97\00:32:26.31
You see, but here,
00:32:26.34\00:32:27.68
they didn't get
restless really at all.
00:32:27.71\00:32:29.04
They just waited for the
enemy would begin to work
00:32:29.08\00:32:31.98
and they would come
back with a wrong message.
00:32:32.01\00:32:34.28
So they were just
kind of like, Okay, well,
00:32:34.32\00:32:35.68
we'll just wait and
see what the message
00:32:35.72\00:32:37.05
and we will listen to
that what they have to say.
00:32:37.09\00:32:39.75
Now, remember, ready to
enter into Canaan to occupy it.
00:32:39.79\00:32:43.09
Now the spies return.
00:32:43.12\00:32:44.46
Now the message is changed.
00:32:44.49\00:32:46.36
Let's just give a
couple of things real quick,
00:32:46.39\00:32:48.00
it shows how the
enemy became involved.
00:32:48.03\00:32:50.67
Quickly, number one,
the land was very fruitful.
00:32:50.70\00:32:53.34
We read that in verse 27.
00:32:53.37\00:32:55.34
Right? That land
was very fruitful.
00:32:55.37\00:32:56.97
Right.
00:32:57.01\00:32:58.34
Number two, they later
contradicted themselves
00:32:58.37\00:33:00.51
by saying in verse 32,
00:33:00.54\00:33:02.24
it was the land that eats
up the inhabitants thereof.
00:33:02.28\00:33:05.55
All of a sudden,
they're changing, why?
00:33:05.58\00:33:06.95
They took their eyes off of God
00:33:06.98\00:33:08.32
because they didn't follow
what God said in His Word.
00:33:08.35\00:33:10.12
Number three, to take the land.
00:33:10.15\00:33:12.65
Absolutely not.
It was impossible.
00:33:12.69\00:33:14.82
Even God said,
No, it's possible.
00:33:14.86\00:33:16.32
Just go take,
it's yours. Go take it.
00:33:16.36\00:33:17.93
They said, no, we can't.
00:33:17.96\00:33:19.29
And now tell
what kind of attempt
00:33:19.33\00:33:20.66
what are we going to,
it's not going to work.
00:33:20.70\00:33:22.46
Verse 28.
00:33:22.50\00:33:23.83
It said, "All the
people there are strong.
00:33:23.87\00:33:26.20
You don't want to
fight them. You can't win."
00:33:26.23\00:33:28.50
Verse 32 and forth is
they are of great stature.
00:33:28.54\00:33:32.21
I mean, there are
giants in the land,
00:33:32.24\00:33:34.44
and we can't conquer it.
00:33:34.48\00:33:35.81
So why try it? You know why try?
00:33:35.84\00:33:38.21
They're a lot
bigger than we are.
00:33:38.25\00:33:39.58
They're more
powerful than we are.
00:33:39.61\00:33:41.15
Putting aside, God
had said, it's yours.
00:33:41.18\00:33:43.89
See, we do that today sometimes.
00:33:43.92\00:33:45.25
If God has said, it's yours,
00:33:45.29\00:33:46.92
we need to
conquer and we need to go,
00:33:46.96\00:33:48.29
we're not grasshoppers, right?
00:33:48.32\00:33:50.09
We're not shaky.
00:33:50.13\00:33:51.89
And Job said this, I
thought it was Job 39:20.
00:33:51.93\00:33:55.06
He said, "Canst thou make
him afraid as a grasshopper?"
00:33:55.10\00:34:00.34
Well, they were afraid,
00:34:00.37\00:34:01.74
said they were
like grasshoppers.
00:34:01.77\00:34:03.10
That's right.
00:34:03.14\00:34:04.47
Israel had these
things quickly in favor of.
00:34:04.51\00:34:06.27
Number one, they had this,
00:34:06.31\00:34:07.74
they had seen God work miracles,
00:34:07.78\00:34:09.41
that seems in their favor.
00:34:09.44\00:34:10.81
They witnessed the
strong arm of God, they knew it.
00:34:10.85\00:34:13.38
Example, the
Egyptians were much stronger
00:34:13.42\00:34:15.95
than the Canaanites.
00:34:15.98\00:34:17.32
But what happened?
00:34:17.35\00:34:18.69
Yet without a sword drawn,
00:34:18.72\00:34:20.06
or anybody
struck with the sword,
00:34:20.09\00:34:21.82
the chariots and the
horsemen were defeated.
00:34:21.86\00:34:24.66
See, they had all these
things set out before them too.
00:34:24.69\00:34:27.70
They had particular promises
00:34:27.73\00:34:29.70
of victory and
success of the Canaanites.
00:34:29.73\00:34:32.33
And God told
Abraham, remember his seed
00:34:32.37\00:34:34.87
would possess is the land.
00:34:34.90\00:34:36.74
We had all these
things, the promises of God
00:34:36.77\00:34:38.67
yet they wouldn't go
take it, lack of faith.
00:34:38.71\00:34:41.51
Number four, God said,
00:34:41.54\00:34:42.88
He would drive out the
Canaanites before them.
00:34:42.91\00:34:45.21
Exodus 33:2.
00:34:45.25\00:34:47.88
And yet, still
yet they said what?
00:34:47.92\00:34:50.15
We are not able,
00:34:50.19\00:34:51.62
maybe nice to make it
clear as we wrap it up.
00:34:51.65\00:34:53.79
They were saying
this, God is not able.
00:34:53.82\00:34:56.86
God has made the promise,
00:34:56.89\00:34:58.23
but evidently He's not
able to fulfill that promise.
00:34:58.26\00:35:00.70
God is able to
fulfill every promise
00:35:00.73\00:35:02.53
He's made to you and to me.
00:35:02.56\00:35:03.90
And he's promised us,
number one, I will come again.
00:35:03.93\00:35:05.63
Let's be ready for that.
00:35:05.67\00:35:07.00
Amen. Great lesson.
00:35:07.04\00:35:08.80
Okay, Wednesday's
lesson is An Intercessor.
00:35:08.84\00:35:13.14
And it begins
with Numbers 14:11.
00:35:13.17\00:35:16.21
But since we've yet
to cover 1 through 10,
00:35:16.24\00:35:18.85
let me just kind of give you
00:35:18.88\00:35:21.28
a little distilled
version of what happens in 1-10.
00:35:21.32\00:35:27.29
So we've got Israel,
00:35:27.32\00:35:28.96
they are
complaining against the Lord,
00:35:28.99\00:35:32.13
they're murmuring against God,
00:35:32.16\00:35:34.50
and there's like, Oh,
we died in the wilderness,
00:35:34.53\00:35:38.83
if only we died in Egypt.
00:35:38.87\00:35:41.10
You know, I have a friend that
00:35:41.14\00:35:42.47
every time
something bad happens,
00:35:42.50\00:35:44.27
and she's a Christian,
00:35:44.31\00:35:46.64
but it's an interesting thing
00:35:46.68\00:35:48.68
that when something bad happens,
00:35:48.71\00:35:51.28
I just want to die.
00:35:51.31\00:35:52.95
I just want to die.
00:35:52.98\00:35:54.92
And so, what they've
done is they're saying,
00:35:54.95\00:35:57.82
oh, wouldn't it be better
for us to return to Egypt,
00:35:57.85\00:36:02.29
and Moses and
Aaron fall on their face
00:36:02.32\00:36:07.56
in front of the congregation.
00:36:07.60\00:36:09.86
And what happens?
00:36:09.90\00:36:11.57
Joshua, the son
of Nun and Caleb,
00:36:11.60\00:36:14.00
they're saying, hey,
wait, wait, wait, wait,
00:36:14.04\00:36:16.84
don't back up.
00:36:16.87\00:36:19.11
This land that we went out
to spy on is exceedingly great
00:36:19.14\00:36:24.11
if the Lord delights in us.
00:36:24.15\00:36:25.95
Oh, wait, He's
gonna let us have it.
00:36:25.98\00:36:29.08
So all the congregation,
00:36:29.12\00:36:32.22
when the two
faithful witnesses stand up,
00:36:32.25\00:36:35.69
what do they want to do?
00:36:35.72\00:36:37.06
They want to stone the
two faithful witnesses.
00:36:37.09\00:36:39.29
Why?
00:36:39.33\00:36:40.66
What does that make you think of
00:36:40.70\00:36:42.03
people trying to stone
00:36:42.06\00:36:43.40
the faithful
witness of the Old Testament
00:36:43.43\00:36:45.60
and the New Testament?
00:36:45.63\00:36:46.97
Right?
00:36:47.00\00:36:48.34
Numbers 14:11.
00:36:48.37\00:36:52.77
God is going to give Moses
00:36:52.81\00:36:56.75
an opportunity to start over.
00:36:56.78\00:36:59.55
Numbers 14-11,
00:36:59.58\00:37:00.92
"Then the Lord said to Moses:
00:37:00.95\00:37:02.28
'How long will
these people reject Me?
00:37:02.32\00:37:06.59
And how long will
they not believe Me,
00:37:06.62\00:37:10.73
with all the signs
00:37:10.76\00:37:12.86
that I have
performed among them?"
00:37:12.89\00:37:16.56
Now he says to Moses,
00:37:16.60\00:37:18.27
I got a deal for you, Moses.
00:37:18.30\00:37:20.47
I will strike them
with the pestilence
00:37:20.50\00:37:24.17
and disinherit them,
00:37:24.21\00:37:26.94
and I will make of you a nation
00:37:26.98\00:37:30.25
that is mightier than they.
00:37:30.28\00:37:32.71
This is the second time
00:37:32.75\00:37:34.32
God has expressed
wrath with Israel.
00:37:34.35\00:37:39.42
Remember the first time,
00:37:39.45\00:37:41.39
Moses had already written
in the Book of the Covenant,
00:37:41.42\00:37:45.23
and he built the altar
at, this is at Mount Sinai.
00:37:45.26\00:37:48.56
And the people had said,
00:37:48.60\00:37:49.93
"Oh, yes, all
that's in this covenant.
00:37:49.96\00:37:51.67
All the Lord has
said we will do."
00:37:51.70\00:37:53.74
Now Moses went up
the mountain for 40 days,
00:37:53.77\00:37:57.17
and God is writing
out the Ten Commandments
00:37:57.21\00:38:01.44
on stone with His own finger.
00:38:01.48\00:38:04.41
And what happens
00:38:04.45\00:38:05.78
after the people
had been consecrated
00:38:05.81\00:38:07.55
in the New Covenant,
00:38:07.58\00:38:08.98
I mean, the Old
Covenant had been ratified.
00:38:09.02\00:38:11.49
There, he's up there.
00:38:11.52\00:38:13.62
And after God hands him
the two tablets of stone,
00:38:13.66\00:38:16.99
he says, heads up.
00:38:17.03\00:38:18.36
Moses, let me
tell you what to expect
00:38:18.39\00:38:20.30
when you get
back down to the camp.
00:38:20.33\00:38:22.50
The people have rebelled.
00:38:22.53\00:38:25.73
They had talked Aaron
into making a golden calf.
00:38:25.77\00:38:30.71
They broke
covenant with the Lord.
00:38:30.74\00:38:35.28
So He actually
had said at that time,
00:38:35.31\00:38:40.18
"Moses, I can wipe
them out of my book
00:38:40.22\00:38:44.22
and start over with you."
00:38:44.25\00:38:45.59
And you know what Moses did?
00:38:45.62\00:38:47.02
He was like a type of Jesus.
00:38:47.06\00:38:49.69
He was a type of Jesus.
00:38:49.72\00:38:51.73
And he said to the Lord,
00:38:51.76\00:38:53.19
"Oh, no, Lord, blot me
out of Your book, not them."
00:38:53.23\00:38:55.83
I mean, Moses
interceded for them
00:38:55.86\00:38:59.40
just as Christ
intercedes for us now.
00:38:59.43\00:39:02.20
So now coming
back to Numbers 14.
00:39:02.24\00:39:06.41
Let's look at what Moses...
00:39:06.44\00:39:09.04
We don't have
time to read it all.
00:39:09.08\00:39:10.41
But in verses, Numbers 14:13-19.
00:39:10.45\00:39:15.65
Basically, we see
how Moses, once again,
00:39:15.68\00:39:20.09
steps up to
intercede for the people.
00:39:20.12\00:39:23.02
I mean, they're in
downright rebellion,
00:39:23.06\00:39:26.06
not against just his leadership,
00:39:26.09\00:39:27.90
but against the Lord.
00:39:27.93\00:39:29.73
And so he makes a
twofold appeal to God,
00:39:29.76\00:39:34.47
in Moses, in Numbers 14:13-19.
00:39:34.50\00:39:38.91
First, he appeals
to God's reputation.
00:39:38.94\00:39:41.34
He said,
00:39:41.38\00:39:42.71
"Lord, if You
wipe these people out,
00:39:42.74\00:39:44.58
man, they, the heathen nations
00:39:44.61\00:39:47.35
are gonna hear about it,
00:39:47.38\00:39:49.42
and it's just gonna
ruin Your reputation.
00:39:49.45\00:39:52.49
But then he
appeals to the power of God
00:39:52.52\00:39:57.06
to fulfill his promises.
00:39:57.09\00:40:01.90
And he knew God's
glory was at stake.
00:40:01.93\00:40:06.84
So he appeals to
God's loving kindness
00:40:06.87\00:40:11.67
and the covenant loyalty
of his promises to Abraham,
00:40:11.71\00:40:16.64
Isaac and Jacob.
00:40:16.68\00:40:18.05
So Numbers 14:18,
let's look at that.
00:40:18.08\00:40:20.88
What Moses is gonna do?
00:40:20.92\00:40:22.88
He's gonna quote God's
words directly back to Him.
00:40:22.92\00:40:27.79
It's good.
00:40:27.82\00:40:29.16
And the word
does not return void.
00:40:29.19\00:40:30.66
These are the words
that when Moses was hidden
00:40:30.69\00:40:35.70
in the cleft of the
rock, 'cause he said,
00:40:35.73\00:40:37.43
I want to see Your glory."
00:40:37.47\00:40:39.40
God hides him in the cleft
of the rock and He walks by,
00:40:39.43\00:40:43.44
these are the very
words that glory of the Lord
00:40:43.47\00:40:46.37
is His character.
00:40:46.41\00:40:48.44
So now Moses in Numbers 14:18,
00:40:48.48\00:40:52.98
he quotes God's
word back to Him.
00:40:53.01\00:40:55.32
And he says,
00:40:55.35\00:40:56.69
"The Lord is longsuffering
00:40:56.72\00:40:58.19
and abundant in
mercy, forgiving iniquity
00:40:58.22\00:41:01.26
and transgression,
00:41:01.29\00:41:02.96
but He by no
means clears the guilty,
00:41:02.99\00:41:06.73
visiting the
iniquity of the fathers
00:41:06.76\00:41:08.86
on the children to the
third and fourth generation."
00:41:08.90\00:41:12.60
Now, I just want to
point out real quickly.
00:41:12.63\00:41:15.24
We can quote God's
promises back to Him.
00:41:15.27\00:41:18.94
But we need to know
more than just plucking
00:41:18.97\00:41:22.24
one scripture out of context.
00:41:22.28\00:41:25.35
You need to know
what the Word of God says
00:41:25.38\00:41:27.48
before you can.
00:41:27.52\00:41:28.85
So you're quoting
it back correctly.
00:41:28.88\00:41:31.72
So here's Moses,
00:41:31.75\00:41:33.36
he's appealing to
God's longsuffering,
00:41:33.39\00:41:36.93
His enduring love.
00:41:36.96\00:41:38.69
But I just have to say this,
00:41:38.73\00:41:40.73
when it says that God visits
00:41:40.76\00:41:44.47
the iniquity of the
fathers on the children,
00:41:44.50\00:41:48.47
don't think
that God is punishing
00:41:48.50\00:41:50.71
the second, third
and fourth generation.
00:41:50.74\00:41:53.34
That is not true.
00:41:53.38\00:41:54.71
You hear all of this
about generational curses.
00:41:54.74\00:41:58.55
I'm gonna tell you,
00:41:58.58\00:41:59.98
the generational curse
00:42:00.02\00:42:01.72
is the consequence
of the father's sin
00:42:01.75\00:42:05.32
is passed on to the children.
00:42:05.35\00:42:08.42
The effects of sin,
the patterns of sin,
00:42:08.46\00:42:11.93
and sometimes children continue
in the same sorts of behavior,
00:42:11.96\00:42:17.47
and it takes
generations to turn,
00:42:17.50\00:42:22.00
turn the tide of sinfulness.
00:42:22.04\00:42:26.84
Now, in Deut...
00:42:26.88\00:42:28.41
God doesn't make kids suffer
because their parents sin.
00:42:28.44\00:42:32.08
Let him prove that.
00:42:32.11\00:42:33.45
Deuteronomy 24:16 says,
00:42:33.48\00:42:35.45
"Fathers shall
not be put to death
00:42:35.48\00:42:37.45
for their children,
00:42:37.49\00:42:38.99
nor shall the children
00:42:39.02\00:42:40.46
be put to death
for their fathers,
00:42:40.49\00:42:42.29
a person shall be put
to death for his own sin."
00:42:42.32\00:42:47.43
Ezekiel 18:2-4,
00:42:47.46\00:42:50.63
the Lord asks,
00:42:50.67\00:42:52.00
"What do you mean
00:42:52.03\00:42:53.37
when you use this proverb
00:42:53.40\00:42:54.74
concerning the
land of Israel, saying:
00:42:54.77\00:42:58.51
'The fathers have
eaten sour grapes,
00:42:58.54\00:43:00.54
and the children's
teeth are set on edge?'
00:43:00.58\00:43:03.24
As I live, says the Lord God,
00:43:03.28\00:43:05.38
'You shall no longer
use this proverb in Israel.
00:43:05.41\00:43:09.62
Behold, all souls are Mine,
00:43:09.65\00:43:11.49
the soul of the father
00:43:11.52\00:43:12.85
as well as the soul
of the son is Mine."
00:43:12.89\00:43:15.92
And then God says, "The
soul who sins shall die."
00:43:15.96\00:43:21.23
So we just need to remember
00:43:21.26\00:43:24.17
even in a generational
curse, you know what?
00:43:24.20\00:43:26.87
You know what the
healing is for that?
00:43:26.90\00:43:29.20
Repentance is the cure
00:43:29.24\00:43:30.57
for those when consequences
of sin are passed on.
00:43:30.61\00:43:34.28
So Moses has this
intimate relationship with God.
00:43:34.31\00:43:39.15
He understands God's character.
00:43:39.18\00:43:41.98
He knew that the
generations could suffer
00:43:42.02\00:43:45.39
the consequences of sin.
00:43:45.42\00:43:47.82
And in verse 19,
he says to the Lord,
00:43:47.86\00:43:51.46
"Pardon the
iniquity of this people,
00:43:51.49\00:43:53.50
I pray, according to
the greatness of Your mercy,
00:43:53.53\00:43:57.73
just as You have
forgiven this people from Egypt
00:43:57.77\00:44:02.07
even until now."
00:44:02.10\00:44:04.97
And so, grace
overcomes this rebellion
00:44:05.01\00:44:09.84
and this restlessness,
because of the intercession,
00:44:09.88\00:44:13.92
but I have to read
this, Numbers 14:26,
00:44:13.95\00:44:17.92
"The Lord spoke to
Moses and Aaron say,
00:44:17.95\00:44:21.26
'How long shall I bear
with this evil congregation
00:44:21.29\00:44:24.49
who complaint against Me?
00:44:24.53\00:44:25.86
I've heard their complaints
that they make against Me."
00:44:25.89\00:44:29.20
And verse 28 says,
00:44:29.23\00:44:30.90
"As I live, says the Lord,
00:44:30.93\00:44:32.77
just as you have
spoken in My hearing,
00:44:32.80\00:44:35.57
so I will do to you."
00:44:35.60\00:44:36.94
Yes.
00:44:36.97\00:44:38.31
They kept saying,
00:44:38.34\00:44:39.67
"Oh, we're gonna
die in the wilderness.
00:44:39.71\00:44:41.44
Oh, let us die
in the wilderness.
00:44:41.48\00:44:43.51
Guess what?
00:44:43.55\00:44:44.88
God did.
00:44:44.91\00:44:46.25
He says the carcasses of those
00:44:46.28\00:44:48.45
who've complained
against me and murmured,
00:44:48.48\00:44:50.85
you're going to
die in the wilderness.
00:44:50.89\00:44:52.25
You're not going to get
00:44:52.29\00:44:54.19
to enter into the Promised Land.
00:44:54.22\00:44:58.49
Anybody that was 20 and over,
00:44:58.53\00:45:01.53
they didn't get
to enter from that,
00:45:01.56\00:45:03.93
the complaining
ones didn't get to enter
00:45:03.97\00:45:06.70
into the Promised Land.
00:45:06.74\00:45:09.04
Just know that just
as Moses intercedes,
00:45:09.07\00:45:12.94
Jesus intercedes for us now.
00:45:12.97\00:45:14.71
Amen.
00:45:14.74\00:45:16.08
Thank you so much,
Shelley, for setting that up.
00:45:16.11\00:45:18.55
Thursday's lesson is entitled
Faith Versus Presumption,
00:45:18.58\00:45:21.58
and there's a lot we can
learn from the Israelites.
00:45:21.62\00:45:25.29
There's a lot we can
learn from their experience
00:45:25.32\00:45:26.79
and all that we have read.
00:45:26.82\00:45:28.29
And we have studied
up to this point from,
00:45:28.32\00:45:30.89
from Numbers Chapter 11,
00:45:30.93\00:45:32.46
all the way through to
now we're in Chapter 14.
00:45:32.49\00:45:35.43
And we're going to
get into the latter verses
00:45:35.46\00:45:37.87
of the response
of the people to God
00:45:37.90\00:45:40.10
after he has clearly told them,
00:45:40.14\00:45:42.04
you're not going into
this land of milk and honey,
00:45:42.07\00:45:44.37
you're not going to
inherit this, this land anymore.
00:45:44.41\00:45:47.08
And so, but there's a
lot we can learn from this.
00:45:47.11\00:45:49.21
And this is what
actually Paul testifies
00:45:49.24\00:45:52.01
to in 1 Corinthians 10:1-11.
00:45:52.05\00:45:55.08
So let's go there first
00:45:55.12\00:45:56.45
just to kind of
set the groundwork
00:45:56.48\00:45:57.99
for what we're
going to be studying
00:45:58.02\00:45:59.35
in just a few moments.
00:45:59.39\00:46:00.72
But 1 Corinthians 10:1-11.
00:46:00.76\00:46:03.06
Notice what the Bible says.
00:46:03.09\00:46:05.13
Paul says,
00:46:05.16\00:46:06.49
"Moreover, brethren,
00:46:06.53\00:46:07.86
I do not want you to be unaware
00:46:07.90\00:46:09.23
that all our fathers
were under the cloud,
00:46:09.26\00:46:12.43
all passed through the sea,
00:46:12.47\00:46:14.64
all were baptized
into Moses in the cloud
00:46:14.67\00:46:16.74
and in the sea,
00:46:16.77\00:46:18.11
and ate the same spiritual food,
00:46:18.14\00:46:19.87
and drank the
same spiritual drink.
00:46:19.91\00:46:21.91
For they drank of
that spiritual Rock
00:46:21.94\00:46:23.51
that followed them,
and that Rock was Christ.
00:46:23.55\00:46:27.52
But with most of them
God was not well pleased,
00:46:27.55\00:46:30.65
for their bodies were
scattered in the wilderness."
00:46:30.69\00:46:33.36
This is what we
were talking about.
00:46:33.39\00:46:34.72
They didn't get
to inherit the land,
00:46:34.76\00:46:36.22
because they died
in the wilderness.
00:46:36.26\00:46:37.59
But it goes on
to say in verse 6,
00:46:37.63\00:46:39.33
again, 1 Corinthians 10:6,
00:46:39.36\00:46:41.93
"Now these things
became our examples,
00:46:41.96\00:46:45.17
to the intent that
00:46:45.20\00:46:46.53
we should not lust
after the evil things
00:46:46.57\00:46:48.57
as they also lusted.
00:46:48.60\00:46:50.31
And do not become
idolaters as were some of them.
00:46:50.34\00:46:53.31
As it is written,
00:46:53.34\00:46:54.68
'The people sat
down to eat and drink,
00:46:54.71\00:46:56.24
and rose up to play.'
00:46:56.28\00:46:57.65
Nor let us commit
sexual immorality,
00:46:57.68\00:47:00.22
as some of them did,
00:47:00.25\00:47:01.65
and in one day
twenty-three thousand fell,
00:47:01.68\00:47:04.62
nor let us tempt Christ,
00:47:04.65\00:47:07.22
as some of them also tempted,
00:47:07.26\00:47:09.36
and were destroyed by serpents,
00:47:09.39\00:47:11.13
nor complain, as some
of them also complained,
00:47:11.16\00:47:14.06
and were
destroyed by the destroyer."
00:47:14.10\00:47:16.97
And in verse 11, now, all these,
00:47:17.00\00:47:18.83
this is our memory verse.
00:47:18.87\00:47:20.20
Now all these things
happened to them as examples,
00:47:20.24\00:47:22.84
and they were
written for our admonition,
00:47:22.87\00:47:26.04
upon whom the ends
of the ages have come."
00:47:26.07\00:47:29.58
So when we read the stories,
and we read what is happening,
00:47:29.61\00:47:32.28
there's some
lessons we can learn here.
00:47:32.31\00:47:33.92
And one of those lessons
is that and this is a big one
00:47:33.95\00:47:36.99
here especially
for Thursday's lesson.
00:47:37.02\00:47:38.95
There's a lot
that we need to learn
00:47:38.99\00:47:40.42
and comprehend
about the difference
00:47:40.46\00:47:41.79
between faith and presumption.
00:47:41.82\00:47:43.89
Because a lot of times we assume
00:47:43.93\00:47:45.93
what we think is God's favor,
00:47:45.96\00:47:47.63
we assume what we think
is God's favor upon our life,
00:47:47.66\00:47:50.27
or His plan upon our life.
00:47:50.30\00:47:51.63
And we will take
advantage of the grace of God
00:47:51.67\00:47:53.74
or the love of God
or the mercy of God,
00:47:53.77\00:47:55.64
and often end
up making decisions
00:47:55.67\00:47:57.14
that was not of
thus saith the Lord.
00:47:57.17\00:47:59.84
And so I love what
the lesson brings out.
00:47:59.87\00:48:01.71
I'm gonna read
just a portion here
00:48:01.74\00:48:03.08
of what the
lesson says on Thursday.
00:48:03.11\00:48:04.45
It says, throughout history,
00:48:04.48\00:48:05.81
God's people have been
roaming in the wilderness
00:48:05.85\00:48:07.88
as they seek the Promised Land.
00:48:07.92\00:48:10.22
This wilderness has many faces.
00:48:10.25\00:48:12.92
Right now, it looks like
an endless media barrage,
00:48:12.95\00:48:17.33
the constant beats
of incoming messages,
00:48:17.36\00:48:19.66
and the deep roar of
interminable entertainment.
00:48:19.69\00:48:24.77
It tries to sell
us pornography as love
00:48:24.80\00:48:27.50
and materialism as the
answer to our problems,
00:48:27.54\00:48:30.41
if we just could be
a bit fitter, right?
00:48:30.44\00:48:33.14
A bit younger, a bit
more fluid, a bit sexier,
00:48:33.17\00:48:37.25
that would take care
of all of our problems.
00:48:37.28\00:48:40.45
And this is like the Israelites,
00:48:40.48\00:48:42.05
we are restless in
our search for peace.
00:48:42.08\00:48:44.69
It's good.
00:48:44.72\00:48:46.05
And often, and so often,
00:48:46.09\00:48:47.42
we look for it
in the wrong places.
00:48:47.46\00:48:50.73
Now, let's go on
to the latter verses
00:48:50.76\00:48:52.36
back to Romans Chapter 14.
00:48:52.39\00:48:54.03
Because God has just told them
you're not going into the land.
00:48:54.06\00:48:56.80
Moses brings the
message to the people.
00:48:56.83\00:48:59.57
I'm sorry, did I say
Romans, I meant to say,
00:48:59.60\00:49:01.40
Numbers Chapter
14, not Romans 14,
00:49:01.44\00:49:04.44
Romans, Excuse me, now
I'm gonna say it again,
00:49:04.47\00:49:06.54
Numbers, Numbers,
Numbers Chapter 14.
00:49:06.57\00:49:09.34
And we're going to be
looking at verses 39 through 45.
00:49:09.38\00:49:12.78
And so now this is
the people's response
00:49:12.81\00:49:14.72
to what God has already spoken.
00:49:14.75\00:49:16.79
And so notice what it says
there beginning in verse 39
00:49:16.82\00:49:19.09
of Numbers Chapter 14.
00:49:19.12\00:49:20.46
It says,
00:49:20.49\00:49:21.82
"Then Moses told these words
00:49:21.86\00:49:23.19
to all the children of Israel,
00:49:23.22\00:49:24.56
and the people mourn greatly.
00:49:24.59\00:49:27.36
And they rose
early in the morning
00:49:27.40\00:49:29.56
and went up to the top
of the mountain saying,
00:49:29.60\00:49:31.80
here we are,
00:49:31.83\00:49:33.44
and we will go up to the place
00:49:33.47\00:49:35.14
which the Lord has
promised, for we have sin."
00:49:35.17\00:49:38.04
Now, it's interesting,
00:49:38.07\00:49:39.41
if you kind of take all this in,
00:49:39.44\00:49:40.78
the response is, Lord,
00:49:40.81\00:49:42.51
we know what You just said.
00:49:42.54\00:49:44.21
And we know what You've told us,
00:49:44.25\00:49:46.05
but we're gonna go
ahead and go anyway,
00:49:46.08\00:49:47.95
look, we pat, you know,
almost like as sin is oops,
00:49:47.98\00:49:50.79
like, oops, I messed up,
okay, I've sinned, Lord, okay,
00:49:50.82\00:49:54.19
but You're gracious
God, and You're loving God.
00:49:54.22\00:49:56.09
We're gonna go
ahead into that land
00:49:56.12\00:49:57.69
that You told us
00:49:57.73\00:49:59.06
that we're not going to go into.
00:49:59.09\00:50:00.43
And then notice what
Moses says in response to that.
00:50:00.46\00:50:03.30
We're in verse 41,
00:50:03.33\00:50:04.67
"And Moses says,
00:50:04.70\00:50:06.03
'Now why do you transgress
the command of the Lord?
00:50:06.07\00:50:08.97
For this will not succeed.
00:50:09.00\00:50:10.81
Do not go up,
00:50:10.84\00:50:12.17
lest you be
defeated by your enemies,
00:50:12.21\00:50:14.28
for the Lord is not among you.
00:50:14.31\00:50:16.95
For the
Amalekites and the Canaanites
00:50:16.98\00:50:18.81
are there before you,
00:50:18.85\00:50:20.18
and you shall fall by the sword,
00:50:20.22\00:50:22.42
because you have
turned away from the Lord,
00:50:22.45\00:50:25.25
and the Lord
will not be with you."
00:50:25.29\00:50:28.42
Moses is
basically saying to them,
00:50:28.46\00:50:29.82
what in the world did you...
00:50:29.86\00:50:31.19
Did you not just hear
what the Lord just told you?
00:50:31.23\00:50:33.26
Do you?
00:50:33.29\00:50:34.63
And then really
what this comes down to,
00:50:34.66\00:50:36.00
and we're gonna get
into this in just a moment,
00:50:36.03\00:50:37.37
in the closing moments we have
00:50:37.40\00:50:38.87
and further
defining presumption.
00:50:38.90\00:50:41.30
Often presumption comes
with an arrogant misapplication
00:50:41.34\00:50:45.41
and misinterpretation
00:50:45.44\00:50:46.94
and not trusting
the Word of the Lord
00:50:46.98\00:50:48.68
and assuming what God wants
00:50:48.71\00:50:50.11
when really He doesn't.
00:50:50.15\00:50:51.48
And that's what's happening
here that people are just,
00:50:51.51\00:50:53.01
and we know what God says,
00:50:53.05\00:50:54.38
but you know, we're
gonna do it anyways,
00:50:54.42\00:50:55.82
because that's the
land He promised us, right?
00:50:55.85\00:50:58.15
And Moses says,
"Don't do it. Don't do it."
00:50:58.19\00:51:00.12
Notice verse 44, it says,
00:51:00.16\00:51:01.49
"But they
presumed," there it is,
00:51:01.52\00:51:04.19
"to go up to the mountaintop.
00:51:04.23\00:51:06.19
Nevertheless,
00:51:06.23\00:51:07.63
neither the Ark of
the Covenant of the Lord
00:51:07.66\00:51:10.47
nor Moses
departed from the camp.
00:51:10.50\00:51:13.20
then the
Amalekites and the Canaanites,
00:51:13.23\00:51:15.07
who dwelt in that mountain,
came down and attack them,
00:51:15.10\00:51:18.24
and drove them
back as far as Hormah."
00:51:18.27\00:51:20.98
What we find here is a wonderful
00:51:21.01\00:51:22.61
example of when you,
00:51:22.64\00:51:23.98
when you presumed
that you know what,
00:51:24.01\00:51:26.18
what's best for
you than what God does.
00:51:26.21\00:51:28.32
And you cast aside
of thus saith the Lord,
00:51:28.35\00:51:31.05
guess what?
00:51:31.09\00:51:32.42
You are now
forsaking the command of God.
00:51:32.45\00:51:34.06
Notice how the
ark stayed behind,
00:51:34.09\00:51:35.96
that is a symbol of the
fact that they were going up
00:51:35.99\00:51:38.29
and they're saying,
We don't need God's Word.
00:51:38.33\00:51:40.30
We don't need God's commands.
00:51:40.33\00:51:41.66
We know what God has said,
but we're gonna do it anyways.
00:51:41.70\00:51:43.97
And also notice, they
left behind the person
00:51:44.00\00:51:46.57
whom God had spoke to
00:51:46.60\00:51:48.84
whom was filled
with the Holy Spirit,
00:51:48.87\00:51:50.94
they left behind their prophet.
00:51:50.97\00:51:52.81
In other words, we
know what the prophet says,
00:51:52.84\00:51:54.84
we know that God told this,
00:51:54.88\00:51:56.21
this brother, wow, you know,
00:51:56.24\00:51:57.58
what our path is going to be,
00:51:57.61\00:51:58.95
but we're going
to do it anyways.
00:51:58.98\00:52:00.32
My friends, this
is a perfect example
00:52:00.35\00:52:02.35
of how we should
know the difference
00:52:02.38\00:52:03.85
between faith and presumption.
00:52:03.89\00:52:05.29
These people
weren't acting on faith,
00:52:05.32\00:52:07.39
they were acting on presumption.
00:52:07.42\00:52:09.26
And here's the difference.
00:52:09.29\00:52:10.63
I just kind of created this
00:52:10.66\00:52:11.99
and feel free if
anybody wants to chime in,
00:52:12.03\00:52:13.36
in the last
couple of moments here.
00:52:13.40\00:52:14.96
Faith, okay,
faith is hope and trust
00:52:15.00\00:52:18.30
that comes in harmony
with the truth of God's Word.
00:52:18.33\00:52:21.64
If I have faith for
something, I have a hope.
00:52:21.67\00:52:23.61
I have a trust so
deep, but it's grounded.
00:52:23.64\00:52:26.37
It's based on the Word of God,
00:52:26.41\00:52:28.84
the truth is
found in God's Word.
00:52:28.88\00:52:30.65
I'm not gonna say,
Oh, I have faith that,
00:52:30.68\00:52:32.61
you know, God's gonna
still heal me after I,
00:52:32.65\00:52:34.82
you know, eat this
whole pig that I'm craving.
00:52:34.85\00:52:36.92
You know, I know,
that's kind of weird.
00:52:36.95\00:52:39.05
But the truth of the
matter is, my friends,
00:52:39.09\00:52:40.52
it's just insane to know
00:52:40.56\00:52:42.12
that that's not in
harmony with God's Word.
00:52:42.16\00:52:43.83
That's presumption.
That's not faith, presumption.
00:52:43.86\00:52:47.23
Again, this is
often a selfish assumption
00:52:47.26\00:52:50.50
that often is
accompanied by an arrogant,
00:52:50.53\00:52:52.80
haughty spirit that
brings about a misuse
00:52:52.83\00:52:56.10
and abuse of God's character,
00:52:56.14\00:52:57.97
of God's grace, and God's mercy,
00:52:58.01\00:52:59.77
which is what we see
happening right here.
00:52:59.81\00:53:01.71
I heard a story one time,
actually, this is a true story
00:53:01.74\00:53:04.81
of a very
popular televangelists.
00:53:04.85\00:53:06.48
I'm not gonna mention his name.
00:53:06.51\00:53:07.85
But this is before he
had bought all of his,
00:53:07.88\00:53:09.52
you know,
multimillion dollar planes
00:53:09.55\00:53:11.09
for ministry and all this stuff.
00:53:11.12\00:53:12.45
And he was on a plane
one day with a bunch of just,
00:53:12.49\00:53:14.76
you know, people traveling
from one country to the next.
00:53:14.79\00:53:17.79
Well, they get up 37-
38,000 feet in the air,
00:53:17.83\00:53:20.36
and they start experiencing
some very heavy turbulence.
00:53:20.40\00:53:23.13
And the lady sitting next
to this popular televangelists
00:53:23.16\00:53:26.10
just start screaming,
00:53:26.13\00:53:27.50
you know, losing
her mind screaming,
00:53:27.54\00:53:29.20
and he turned to this
lady, he said, woman be quiet.
00:53:29.24\00:53:32.27
And she was caught
cut back by and he said,
00:53:32.31\00:53:34.81
"Look, this
plane ain't going down,
00:53:34.84\00:53:36.41
you know why?
00:53:36.44\00:53:37.78
Because I'm on it."
00:53:37.81\00:53:39.98
Look out now.
00:53:40.02\00:53:41.35
Now was that faith?
00:53:41.38\00:53:42.72
I don't know
that that was faith.
00:53:42.75\00:53:44.09
I think that's
more of a presumption.
00:53:44.12\00:53:45.45
That's an
arrogant, haughty spirit.
00:53:45.49\00:53:46.82
He said, this
plane isn't going out
00:53:46.86\00:53:48.19
because I'm on it.
00:53:48.22\00:53:49.56
You know, we're
talking about, again,
00:53:49.59\00:53:50.93
the difference
between faith and presumption.
00:53:50.96\00:53:52.83
Here's another
example. You know what?
00:53:52.86\00:53:54.63
God, He's my Heavenly Father.
00:53:54.66\00:53:56.67
And you know, He
loves me, God loves me,
00:53:56.70\00:53:58.43
and He wants me to be happy.
00:53:58.47\00:54:00.34
And therefore,
if I want that car
00:54:00.37\00:54:02.07
that I can't afford,
00:54:02.10\00:54:03.44
God's gonna let me have it.
00:54:03.47\00:54:04.81
Because, you know,
He wants me to be happy,
00:54:04.84\00:54:06.68
and He's a gracious God.
00:54:06.71\00:54:08.04
That's presumption.
00:54:08.08\00:54:09.41
That's not, it's not
necessarily God's plan
00:54:09.44\00:54:10.98
for you to have what
you want in your life
00:54:11.01\00:54:12.68
at all times, just because
God wants you to be happy,
00:54:12.71\00:54:15.08
and He loves you.
00:54:15.12\00:54:16.45
That again is not
faith. That's presumption.
00:54:16.48\00:54:18.35
Oh, here's a big one.
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God may have been
strict in the Old Testament.
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But in the New Testament,
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we're under a system of grace.
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Therefore, we are not
under the bondage to worry
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about keeping
every law perfectly,
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especially those
dealing with detailed
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observances of certain days.
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For instance, you know what?
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God knows my
heart and He loves me.
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And certainly He's not
going to burn me in hell
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for all ceaseless ages.
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Because, you know, I
didn't keep Saturday holy.
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Well,
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is that faith or
is that presumption?
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That's presumption
because the Word of God says
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that God has a day,
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it's His day, the Sabbath day.
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These are just
examples, my friends,
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make sure that we
are in the right mindset
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that we're tapped in
to the mind of Christ,
00:54:56.09\00:54:59.06
that we have the
faith of Jesus Christ,
00:54:59.09\00:55:01.50
the mind of
Jesus, to be able to know
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that when we
are exercising faith
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and when we're
being presumptuous,
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in this case, make sure
that we're exercising faith
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in the word of the
Lord that if God has spoken,
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God has spoken,
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there's nothing
else to add to it.
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And if we have something
in our own heart and mind
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that is against the Word of God,
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then we need to
examine ourselves and say,
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Lord create in me
a clean heart, O God.
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Amen. Amen. That's good.
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Y'all are on
fire. Praise the Lord.
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What an incredible study.
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Want to give each
one of you a moment
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to share something
about your day or this week.
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We'll start with Pastor John.
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Because
attitudes are contagious,
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ask and pray every day,
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for the fruit of the
Spirit to be in your life.
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Allow people to
come into your sphere.
00:55:39.17\00:55:40.94
I was told
once, and my wife says
00:55:40.97\00:55:42.77
that when people
come into your presence,
00:55:42.80\00:55:44.54
they should
leave more encouraged
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than when they came.
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Pray for the spirit
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that you have to be
contagious in uplifting Christ.
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Amen.
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You know, Israel had
plenty of difficulties
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as we go through this life,
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we're going to have
a lot of difficulties.
00:55:57.25\00:55:58.89
But today I tell you,
00:55:58.92\00:56:00.26
if you have exercising
a living, active faith,
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as we talked about
here in Jesus Christ,
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these things will
vanish away into nothingness
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because the Bible said,
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"All things are
possible through Him."
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I just think of Moses
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as the mediator
of the Old Covenant,
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the intercessor for the people.
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And you know, the Bible
says that we have one mediator
00:56:19.71\00:56:22.34
now between us and God
and that is man, Christ Jesus,
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and in Hebrews 7:25,
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it says that
00:56:27.48\00:56:28.82
"He is able to
save to the uttermost
00:56:28.85\00:56:31.25
those who come
to God through Him,
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because He lives to
make intercession for us."
00:56:33.46\00:56:39.39
Amen.
00:56:39.43\00:56:40.76
Faith comes by hearing
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and hearing by the Word of God.
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If God said it, believe
it, don't go against it.
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Because we need to
have that mentality,
00:56:47.30\00:56:48.67
that mind of Jesus
00:56:48.70\00:56:50.04
as Jesus said in the
Garden of Gethsemane,
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nevertheless not my will,
00:56:51.81\00:56:53.84
but yours be done if
only the children of Israel
00:56:53.88\00:56:56.38
had had that
mindset and just said,
00:56:56.41\00:56:58.25
Look, God has spoken,
00:56:58.28\00:56:59.61
we wouldn't they
wouldn't have been
00:56:59.65\00:57:00.98
and fallen into the peril
00:57:01.02\00:57:02.58
and the and horrible
situation that they did,
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so trust in the Lord,
Lord and trust in His Word.
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Amen.
00:57:08.29\00:57:09.62
Thank you all so much,
Pastor Ryan, Sister Shelley,
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Pastor Kenny, and Pastor John
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loves studying the Word
of God with each one of you.
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I was reminded,
00:57:16.46\00:57:17.80
as they were all
talking of Romans 15, it says,
00:57:17.83\00:57:20.47
"Whatsoever things
were written before time,
00:57:20.50\00:57:22.50
were written for our learning,
00:57:22.54\00:57:25.11
that we through patience
00:57:25.14\00:57:26.47
and comfort of the
scriptures might have hope."
00:57:26.51\00:57:28.18
And what a
privilege and blessing?
00:57:28.21\00:57:30.21
We can look at the
Israelites and say,
00:57:30.25\00:57:31.71
why did they do that?
00:57:31.75\00:57:33.48
But then we can
look at our own lives
00:57:33.52\00:57:35.75
and examine our own
lives and see those places
00:57:35.78\00:57:38.72
where maybe we
murmured or we complained,
00:57:38.75\00:57:41.62
or we lusted after Egypt.
00:57:41.66\00:57:43.63
So Praise the Lord.
00:57:43.66\00:57:45.49
We don't have to be restless.
00:57:45.53\00:57:47.33
We don't have to be rebellious
00:57:47.36\00:57:49.50
because Isaiah 57:19,
00:57:49.53\00:57:53.23
"I create the fruit of the lips,
00:57:53.27\00:57:54.90
peace, peace to
him who is far off,
00:57:54.94\00:57:57.61
and to him who is
near says the Lord."
00:57:57.64\00:57:59.57
And then it goes on
00:57:59.61\00:58:00.94
with the
restlessness of the wicked.
00:58:00.98\00:58:02.68
We don't have to wander in that,
00:58:02.71\00:58:04.51
we can have peace in Jesus.
00:58:04.55\00:58:06.48
Join us next week,
Roots of Restlessness.
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Amen.
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