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RETURN TO SYLLABUS
NUMBERS 7
LESSON #08
GIVING GIFTS TO GOD
v MEMORY VERSE: LUK 6:38
v READ NUM 7:1-2
Ø THIS IS THE SECOND LONGEST CHAPTER IN THEBIBLE. WE WILL NOT READ ALL OF IT IN CLASS. THE CHAPTER IS ABOUT GIFTS THAT THE PRINCES OFISRAEL GAVE TO GOD TO DEDICATE THE ALTAR. THE CHAPTER MENTIONS EVERY PRINCE AND EVERYGIFT. WITH ALL THIS REDUNDANCY, HOWEVER, THERE ARE SOME IMPORTANT LESSONS WE CAN LEARNFROM IT.
§ BECAUSE THE BIBLE IS GODSINSPIRED WORD, WHAT MAY BE BORING TO US IS NOT BORING TO GOD.
· GOD NOTICES EVERYTHING A BELIEVERDOES FOR HIM, AND HE KEEPS A RECORD OF IT ALL, EVERY GIFT, EVERY ACTION.
¨ GOD NOTICES EVERY GIFT:
Ø EVEN A SPOON FULL OF INCENSE WAS RECORDED(14). NOTHING WAS TOO SMALL FOR GOD TO NOTICE.
Ø WE HAVE A GOOD EXAMPLE IN THE NEW TESTAMENT.
§ READ MARK 12:42-44
· THE WIDOW WHO GAVE 2 mites TOGOD.
¨ NOTICE THAT JESUS SAID THAT SHE GAVE IN FAITHEXPECTING THAT GOD WOULD TAKE CARE OF HER. (44) SHE GAVE OUT OF HER WANT (HERNEED).
¨ DISCUSSION: WHY WAS HER GIFT MORE VALUABLE THAN OTHER GIFTSBROUGHT THAT DAY?
§ READ ACTS 5:1-11
· THE HUSBAND AND WIFE WHO GAVE TOOLITTLE.
¨ DISCUSSION: WHY WAS THEIR GIFT LESS VALUABLE THAN OTHER GIFTSBROUGHT THAT DAY?
¨ GOD KNOWS EVERY PERSON BY NAME PERSONALLY. NOBELIEVER IS INSIGNIFICANT.
v READ NUM 7:11-17
Ø THE PECULIAR THING ABOUT THIS CHAPTER:
§ IN 12 DAYS THERE WERE 12PRINCES WHO CAME AND BROUGHT GIFTS TO GOD, ONE FROM EACH OF THE 12 TRIBES.
· THE PECULIAR THING IS THAT THEYEACH BROUGHT EXACTLY THE SAME THINGS.
¨ EVEN WHEN PEOPLE BROUGHT IDENTICAL GIFTS,THEY WERE NAMED SEPARATELY AND THEIR GIFTS WERE ENUMERATED SEPARATELY.
Ø YOU AND I WOULD HAVE SAID, ROBERT,JAMES, JOHN, AND THOMAS ALL BROUGHT A BOWL OF ORANGES.
Ø WHAT TYPES OF GIFTS WERE PRESENTED TO GOD?
§ THESE WERE VERY PRACTICALGIFTS. THESE WERE THE THINGS PEOPLE USED IN THEIR DAILY LIVES: WAGONS, ANIMALS, FLOUR,ETC.
· A BIBLICAL TRUTH: GOD DOES NOT EXPECT US TO GIVE HIM FANCY GIFTS.HE EXPECTS US TO USE THE COMMON THINGS IN OUR LIVES FOR HIS GLORY. FOR EXAMPLE:
¨ OUR CAR, OUR FOOD, OUR HOME, ETC.
Ø DISCUSSION: WHAT ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF HOW WE CAN USE THESETHINGS FOR GOD?
§ WHAT WAS THE ATTITUDE OFTHE PEOPLE WHEN THEY GAVE THESE GIFTS TO GOD?
· WE DO NOT READ ABOUT ANYOBJECTION, OR ANY FAILURE TO GIVE. THEY EVIDENTLY WERE WILLING, AND GOD BLESSED THEIRWILLINGNESS.
§ WHAT SHOULD BE THE BASICMOTIVE BEHIND ALL GIFTS PRESENTED TO GOD?
· READ 2COR 9:7
· ALL THESE GIFTS WERE GIVEN TO THEGLORY OF GOD. THEY WERE NOT GIVEN FOR THE PRESTIGE OF THE PERSON.
v READ NUM 7:3-5
Ø ALL THESE GIFTS WERE USED IN THE TABERNACLEIN WORSHIP SERVICES.
§ THE THREE FAMILIES, THESONS OF GERSHON, THE SONS OF MERARI, AND THE SONS OF KOHATH WERE TO USE THEM TO DO THEIRJOBS IN TAKING CARE OF THE THINGS OF THE TABERNACLE.
v READ NUM 7:9
Ø HOWEVER, THE SONS OF KOHATH WERE NOT TO HAVETHE USE OF ANY OXEN OR WAGONS. WHY?
§ REMEMBER THEY WERE TO BETHE CARRIERS OF ALL THE PIECES OF FURNITURE. THE PIECES OF FURNITURE, INCLUDING THE ARK,WAS TO BE CARRIED BY HAND USING POLES. GOD IS TELLING THEM SPECIFICALLY THAT THEY MUST NOTCARRY THE ARK ON AN OX CART.
v READ MAT 6:20-21 TREASURE
Ø DISCUSSION:
§ WHAT RELATIONSHIP DOES MAT6:21 HAVE TO NUM 7?
§ WHY DOES GOD USE GIVINGAS A THERMOMETER FOR THE CONDITION OF THE HEART?
v APPLICATION:
Ø DISCUSSION:
§ WHAT KINDS OF GIFTS DOESGOD EXPECT US TO GIVE TO HIM?
· PSA 108:1 EPH 5:20 1THE 5:18
· PSA 136:1-3
· ECC 1:13
· 2COR 8:1-5
· 1PET 4:10-11
Ø STEP #5 IN BECOMING A MOVE-ER INTHE KINGDOM OF GOD IS:
§ GIVE YOUR POSSESSIONS TOGOD TO USE FOR HIS GLORY.
v HOMEWORK
v NUMBERS 8
THIS IS A SELF-STUDY.PLEASE DO NOT SEND HOMEWORK ANSWERS TO THE TEACHER.
v APPLICATION:
§ IF GOD RECORDS EVERYOFFERING AND EVERY DEED DONE FOR HIM, WHAT DOES YOUR PAGE IN GODS BOOK LOOK LIKE?DOES IT HAVE A LOT OF BLANK SPACES?
¨ IS THERE SOME POSSESSION THAT GOD HAS BLESSEDYOU WITH THAT CAN BE USED FOR HIS GLORY?
§ IN PRAYER, GIVE IT TO GOD.VISUALIZE PLACING IT ON THE ALTAR. THEN ASK GOD TO SHOW YOU IN THE DAYS AHEAD HOW IT CANBE USED FOR HIS GLORY.
v PREPARATION FOR NUM 8
Ø READ NUM 8
§ WHAT DO YOU THINK THE LIGHTAND THE LAMPSTAND REPRESENT?
§ HOW DOES THAT RELATE TO OURLIVES TODAY?
§ WHAT FOUR THINGS DID THELEVITES HAVE TO DO TO BE CLEANSED?
v MEMORY VERSE: JOH 3:21
