by Paul Apple | Dec 17, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: DENYING GOD’S ASSURANCE OF VICTORY IN THE FACE OF HIS TRACK RECORD OF FAITHFULNESS DEMONSTRATES A SURPRISING FAILURE OF FAITHINTRODUCTION:Israel is finally positioned to enter the Promised Land and begin to take possession of all that God had promised to...
by Paul Apple | Dec 15, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: LEADERSHIP ENVY (WHICH CHALLENGES GOD’S AUTHORITY) RECEIVES GOD’S DISCIPLINE OF SHAME AND HUMILIATIONINTRODUCTION:The fear of God should give one pause when it comes to challenging His authority by speaking against His divinely appointed spiritual leaders....
by Paul Apple | Dec 14, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: GOD DEALS EFFECTIVELY WITH FRUSTRATION IN LEADERSHIP AND WITH THE SINFUL COMPLAINTS OF THOSE WHO DESPISE HIS GRACIOUS PROVISIONINTRODUCTION:This passage completes the first half of the chapter where various issues and complaints had been raised. Here God...
by Paul Apple | Dec 12, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: CONFIDENCE IN THE SUFFICIENCY OF GOD’S POWER TO MEET NEEDS IS THE ANTIDOTE TO ALL COMPLAINING AND TO FRUSTRATION IN LEADERSHIPINTRODUCTION:Moses certainly had a high degree of certainty regarding God’s call for him to lead the Israelites out of Egypt and to...
by Paul Apple | Dec 10, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF FAITHFUL PROVIDENTIAL CARE, GOD’S PEOPLE RESPOND TO THE PRESSURE OF ADVERSITY WITH GRUMBLING AND COMPLAINING THAT BRING SEVERE DISCIPLINEINTRODUCTION:This more general introduction to the repeated theme of grumbling and complaining...
by Paul Apple | Dec 7, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: DIVINE GUIDANCE DIRECTS THE ISRAELITES TO BREAK CAMP AT SINAI AND BEGIN THEIR JOURNEY TO THE PROMISED LANDINTRODUCTION:Most commentators argue that this passage begins the second major section in the book of Numbers – since they base their outline on the...
by Paul Apple | Dec 7, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: GOD COMMUNICATES HIS FAVORABLE PRESENCE WITH HIS REDEEMED PEOPLE VIA CLEAR SIGNALSINTRODUCTION:The subject of how God guides His people in their wilderness journey continues with this presentation of the use of the silver signal trumpets. God wants Israel to...
by Paul Apple | Dec 4, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: GUIDANCE FOR THE DEPARTURE AND ENCAMPMENT OF THE ISRAELITE TROOPS WAS PROVIDED BY THE CLOUD AND THE FIRE SIGNIFYING THE PRESENCE OF GODINTRODUCTION:Divine Guidance tests our patience and our dependency upon the Lord. As parents we are very familiar with the...
