I likely
will not be where I can have internet access until Saturday after today, so here are
the texts for the next three days. I get the privilege of taking one of my
elders (and my baby and my bulldog) to visit a student from the church at Virginia
Tech and then a quick visit to family. Quick trip, but blessed we can do that,
Crystal is out of town for work again so the timing is good I suppose.
March 06, 2013 Num 13–14, Mark 9:1–29, Ps 32:5–11,
Prov 6:20–22
March 07, 2013 Num 15, Mark 9:30–50, Ps 33:1–6,
Prov 6:23–24
March 08, 2013 Num 16–17, Mark 10:1–22, Ps
33:7–13, Prov 6:25–27
“I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my
God than dwell in the tents of wickedness.” Psalm 84:10
Numbers 13-17
Hebrews
3-4 is the commentary on Numbers 13-14, the key point is unbelief leads to the
loss of blessings. How many times have you lost out on a blessing from God
because of your unbelief?
Why
do you think the people were so afraid even though they had seen so much from
the hand of God? What are you afraid of and what does that say about you? (not
that all fear is bad, you should fear the law if you break it or fire if you
play with it)
How would 15:2 bring hope to the people?
Chapters
16 and 17 deal with the rebellion of Korah. What was his rebellion? Jude 11
mentions it in what way?
How
does envy and pride get in the way of serving the Lord?
Today
we can today that God calls all to serve, but some to lead. Can this cause tension
in the church?
When
a person demands to be put into leadership they or most of the time not fit to
lead God’s people. Read Paul’s words in Acts 20:28-31.
God
dealt with the rebellion swiftly and harshly. How should we deal with this type
of thing today?
Notice
that Psalms 84-88 were written by descendants of Korah that apparently were
humble servants of God that knew their place. Read Psalm 84:10
The
people rebelled against Moses again and God again interceded quickly. Notice
the love Moses had for his people. Why is it so often that people rebel against
those that love and work for and with them?
What is the significance of Aaron’s rod budding?
Mark 9
Why
is it significant that Moses and Elijah are there on the mountain? How does
this complete the story of Moses?
Why
is this encounter important for Jesus and His disciples?
Why
were the disciples not able to cast out the demon? What does this teach us
about the power of prayer and fasting?
What
value did Jesus put on children? How was this different than His society? How
do you look upon children?
Jesus
ends the chapter using the illustration about salt, what is the point? Have you
lost your taste?
Mark 10:1-22
What
does Jesus say about divorce? What does 1 Corinthians 7 say?
In
what way should we accept a the Kingdom like a child?
Why
did the rich young ruler go away sad? Would you?
Psalm 32:5-11
David
says that God is His hiding place. Would you say the same?
Psalm 33:1-13
The
Lord is continually giving new mercies and is worthy of new songs of praise.
What news songs have you sung to God lately?
Consider
the power of God that He speaks and the stars and all things come into
creation.
“Blessed
is the nation whose God is the Lord” would you say our nation has chosen the
Lord? Have we been blessed?
Proverbs 6:20-27
We
are told to bind the Law upon our heart and neck. What does that mean? What are
the benefits of doing that?
How is the Law
like a lamp and a light?
We are reminded
that we cannot play with fire and not get burnt eventually. In the same way
when we play around with sexual sin it will burn us.
