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RETURN TO SYLLABUS
NUMBERS 28, 29, 30
LESSON #31
TRUTHS ABOUT WORSHIP
v MEMORY VERSE: NUM 15:40
v IN THESE FINAL CHAPTERS OF THE BOOK OF NUMBERS, THEPEOPLE ARE READY TO ENTER THE PROMISE LAND. THE OLD GENERATION HAD DIED. THERE WAS A NEWLEADER, JOSHUA. THERE WAS A NEW HIGH PRIEST, ELEAZAR. THEY ARE READY FOR A NEW BEGINNING.
v READ NUM 28:1-3 A REVIEW OF THE OFFERINGS
Ø NOW THEY REVIEW ALL THE NATIONAL SACRIFICESTHAT THEY SHOULD PERFORM IN A YEAR. IN OURSTUDY OF NUMBERS, WE HAVE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THESE OFFERINGS. THEREFORE, I WONT GOINTO GREAT DETAIL. HOWEVER, THERE ARE SOMETHINGS WE SHOULD NOTICE.
§ WHY DID THEY NEED TO REPEATTHE LAW?
· THERE WAS A NEW GENERATION WHOHAD NOT HEARD MOSES READ THE LAW THAT GOD GAVE THEM ON MT. SINAI 40 YEARS EARLIER.
¨ MANY TIMES WE, AS ADULTS, ASSUME OUR CHILDRENKNOW WHAT WE KNOW. WE ASSUME THEY HEARD WHAT WE HEARD. HOWEVER, MULTITUDES OF NEWGENERATION PEOPLE HAVE NEVER HEARD THE TRUTHS WE LEARNED IN A LIFETIME OF LIVING. WEFORGET TO PURPOSEFULLY TEACH THEM. ALSO, IN THIS DAY AND AGE, WE GIVE THE RESPONSIBILITYOF TEACHING OUR CHILDREN OVER TO SCHOOL TEACHERS AND SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHERS. YOU MAYRELINQUISH THAT RESPONSIBILITY, BUT GOD HOLDS YOU RESPONSIBLE, NOT THEM.
Ø FOR EXAMPLE, THERE ARE MANY YOUNG PEOPLE WHOHAVE NOT LEARNED THE BASIC TRUTHS ABOUT THE CHRISTIAN BASIS IN THE FOUNDING OF AMERICA.
§ CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS:
· IT WAS THE LORD WHO PUT ITINTO MY MIND…I COULD FEEL HIS HAND UPON ME…ALL WHO HEARD OF MY PROJECT REJECT IT WITHLAUGHTER, RIDICULING ME…THERE IS NO QUESTION THAT THE INSPIRATION WAS FROM THE HOLYSPIRIT…THE FACT THAT THE GOSPEL MUST STILL BE PREACHED TO SO MANY LANDS IN SUCH A SHORTTIME, THIS IS WHAT CONVINCES ME TO GO FORWARD.
¨ THE FIRST COLONIES WERE STARTED FOR THESPREADING OF THE GOSPEL, AND THE FREEDOM TO LIVE AND WORSHIP AS BELIEVERS IN JESUS CHRIST.
¨ 111 OF THE FIRST 119 UNIVERSITIES FOUNDED INTHIS COUNTRY WERE BUILT BY CHRISTIANS FOR THE PURPOSE OF TRAINING MINISTERS OF THE GOSPEL.
· THIS TIME, IN THE REPEATING OFTHE LAW, THE EMPHASIS IS ON OBEDIENCE.
¨ REMEMBER THAT THE OLD GENERATION THAT DIED INTHE WILDERNESS FAILED TO OBEY GOD. THEY PAID THE PRICE FOR THE CONSEQUENCES OF GODS PERMISSIVE WILL. GOD IS GIVING THE NEWGENERATION A NEW CHANCE TO DO A BETTER JOB OF OBEDIENCE.
§ MY OFFERING…MYBREAD…MY SACRIFICES
· GOD REFERS TO THESE THINGS ASHIS BECAUSE THESE ARE THE SACRIFICES THAT PICTURE THE PERSON OF JESUS CHRIST,THE FINAL SACRIFICE. THEY WERE CALLED A SWEET SAVOR SACRIFICE TO GOD.
¨ WHEN JESUS DIED ON THE CROSS, HIS OBEDIENCEWAS A SWEET SMELL TO GOD. GOD WAS VERY PLEASED WITH HIS SON. THAT SACRIFICE WAS THE BASISOF TRUE WORSHIP TO GOD.
§ READ JOH 4:23 ROM 12:1-2
· JESUS DEMONSTRATED TO US HOW TOWORSHIP GOD. IT IS NOT JUST COMING TO CHURCH THAT IS WORSHIP. IT IS NOT JUST SINGING SONGSTHAT IS WORSHIP. IT IS NOT JUST SAYING A PRAYERAND LISTENING TO A SERMON THAT IS WORSHIP.MOST OF US GROW UP THINKING THAT GOING TO CHURCH IS WORSHIP.
¨ DISCUSSION: WHAT IS TRUE WORSHIP ANDWHEN DOES IT OCCUR?
¨ CAN A PERSON WORSHIP GOD AND NEVER GO TOCHURCH?
§ THE ISRAELITES WERE TOWORSHIP GOD WITH JOY. THERE WAS ONLY ONE DAY A YEAR WHEN THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE SOLEMN.IT WAS ON THE DAY OF ATONEMENT WHEN THEY REPENTED OF THEIR NATIONAL SINS. (NUM 29:7) THEREST OF THE YEAR WORSHIP WAS TO BE A JOYFUL CELEBRATION OF THEIR FORGIVENESS.
v READ NUM 30:1-2 THE IMPORTANCE OF VOWS
Ø AFTER REPEATING THE LAWS FOR OFFERINGS ANDSACRIFICES, THEY REPEATED THE LAWS FOR VOWS.
§ THERE ARE SPIRITUAL TRUTHSHERE:
· BEFORE WE CAN LIVE IN A CORRECTMANNER WITH OTHER PEOPLE, WE MUST FIRST GET OUR RELATIONSHIP TO GOD STRAIGHT.
· GOD IS AS CONCERNED WITH HOW WELIVE WITH AND TREAT OTHER PEOPLE AS HE IS WITH OUR RELATIONSHIP TO HIM.
¨ READ MAT 5:37, MAT 12:36-37, AND ROM 10:9-10
Ø DISCUSSION: WHY CAN A PERSON NOT LIVECORRECTLY WITH OTHER PEOPLE IF HE DOES NOT FIRST HAVE A RIGHT RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD?
¨ WHAT IS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE HEARTAND THE MOUTH? (MAT 12:34)
v HOMEWORK
v NUMBERS 31 AND 32
THIS IS A SELF-STUDY.PLEASE DO NOT SEND HOMEWORK ANSWERS TO THE TEACHER.
v APPLICATION OF NUM 28, 29, AND 30
Ø KEEP AN ACCOUNT THIS WEEK OF YOUR ACTS OFWORSHIP.
Ø KEEP AN ACCOUNT OF ANY FAILURES TO FULFILLTHEWORDS OF YOUR MOUTH.
Ø ASK GOD TO HELP YOU DO A BETTER JOB.
v PREPARATION FOR NUM 31 AND 32
Ø READ NUM 31
§ WHY WOULD A LOVING GODORDER SO MUCH DEATH AND DESTRUCTION
§ WHAT HAPPENED TO THEPROPHET, BALAAM?
Ø READ NUM 32
§ WHAT WAS WRONG WITH THEREQUEST BY THE TRIBES OF REUBEN AND GAD?
v MEMORY VERSE: GALATIANS 6:7
