Audio: Sunday Evening, April 20, 2008
Bob Feather April 20th, 2008
Discussing Numbers 16 through 20.
Korah’s rebellion.
Aaron’s rod that budded.
Providing for religious workers.
Defiled by death.
When good people do bad things.
Archive for April, 2008
Audio: Lord’s Day Morning, April 20, 2008
Bob Feather April 20th, 2008
I Believe in God’s Covenant of Grace
Scriptures:
Genesis 3:14-15; Romans 8:7; James 4:4; Ephesians 2:15-16; Colossians 1:20-21; 2 Corinthians 5:18-20; Hebrews 2:14; Isaiah 7:14; Galatians 4:4; 1 Timothy 3:16
Genesis 3:14-15
14And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:
15And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
Romans 8:7
7Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
James 4:4
4Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
Ephesians 2:15-16
15Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace;
16And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:
Colossians 1:20-21
20And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.
21And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled
2 Corinthians 5:18-20
18And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;
19To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.
20Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God.
Hebrews 2:14
14Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;
Isaiah 7:14
14Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
Galatians 4:4
4But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,
1 Timothy 3:16
16And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.
Notes: April 20, 2008 - Numbers 19-20
Bob Feather April 20th, 2008
I. Since the sin of Adam and Eve, death is a normal part of life. The events of the previous chapter prove the point. In Numbers 19 God decrees a water of separation to cleanse those who have been defiled by the dead (chapter 19).
- A red heifer is to be slain by Eleazar outside the camp and its blood sprinkled before the Tabernacle (1-4).
- The remains are to be burned, with cedar, scarlet and hyssop added to the fire (5-6).
- The priest and the one who burns the animal both become unclean (7-8).
- The ashes are saved for the water of purification (9-13).
- Concerning the dead and the immediate environment of their death (14-19).
- Failure to apply these rules results in mandatory cutting off from the congregation (20)
- This to be a perpetual obligation (21-22).
II. When good people do bad things (chapter 20).
- Miriam dies
- The people complain of thirst
- Moses and Aaron intercede
- God announces His intention to provide
- Moses and Aaron complain to the people and fail to follow God’s instructions
- Water flows for the people in spite of the sin of Moses and Aaron
- God announces that neither of them will enter the promised land
- Aaron dies
Meditation Points:
- Although death is normal, and in our fallen state even natural, this was not the case before Adam’s sin. The water of separation/purification was to be a perpetual reminder of the effects of sin.
- God’s work must be done in God’s way.
- The leaders of God’s people are not exempt from God’s rules.
- If the people were forbidden from entering the promised land because they did not trust God, then their leaders must be kept out also for the same reason.
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Genesis 3:14-15
14And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:
15And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
Romans 8:7
7Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
James 4:4
4Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
Ephesians 2:15-16
15Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace;
16And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:
Colossians 1:20-21
20And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.
21And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled
2 Corinthians 5:18-20
18And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;
19To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.
20Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God.
Hebrews 2:14
14Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;
Isaiah 7:14
14Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
Galatians 4:4
4But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,
1 Timothy 3:16
16And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.
Notes: April 19, 2008 - Numbers 17 & 18
Bob Feather April 19th, 2008
Numbers 17
After the attempted coup of the previous chapter, God publicly demonstrates (again) that He has chosen Aaron to be the high priest. This He does by causing Aaron’s rod alone, from amongst 12 other rods of tribal significance, to come alive and to bud (1-9).
The now-living rod is kept with the ark of the covenant as a perpetual reminder of God’s election (10-11).
The people rightly are afraid (12).
Numbers 18
1-7. What the priests and Levites are to be doing.
8-19. How the priests’ needs are to be met.
20-24. How the Levites’ needs are to be met.
25-32. How the high priest’s needs are to be met.
Meditation Points:
- God has the right to choose whom He will.
- As God caused Aaron’s rod to come back to life as proof of Aaron’s call to be high priest, so God raised Jesus from the dead as proof that Christ was the great High Priest accepted by God to atone for the sins of the world.
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Genesis 3:14-15
14And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:
15And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
Romans 8:7
7Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
James 4:4
4Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
Ephesians 2:15-16
15Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace;
16And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:
Colossians 1:20-21
20And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.
21And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled
2 Corinthians 5:18-20
18And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;
19To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.
20Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God.
Hebrews 2:14
14Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;
Isaiah 7:14
14Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
Galatians 4:4
4But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,
1 Timothy 3:16
16And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.
