Numbers
21:4-9. When the Israelite sinned against God and God sent venomous snakes
amongst them, they asked Moses to pray that “The Lord would take away the
snakes from among them”.
Why was there the venomous snakes amongst them? what was the cause of these snakes?
First thing
we notice here is that they rebelled against God. They were impatient, they
murmured against God and Moses. Have you
been murmuring against God and your pastor? Have you been impatient even in
your troubles? Have you rebelled against God?
The snake
came because of these sinful attitude. Walk in the will of God to find light!
Read Psalms
91 and you will know that God protects those who love Him.
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Walk
with God for your security. Assurance in the life of Job was based on his walk with
God. The assurance of the Jews as they left Egypt was to walk with God.
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What
is wrong in the prayer request of the Jews to Moses? God wanted a permanent
solution for their problem but they wanted a temporal solution. Will removing
the snake from among them change their attitude? The snake came because they
rebelled against God and murmured. They did not want to deal with this and
repent but they wanted the snake away from them. The psalmist says a thousand will fall on your side, ten
thousand will fall on your right hand but nothing will touch you. You will walk on
snakes and scorpions but not hurt because God will send His angels to take care
over you IF YOU LOVE HIM.
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God
wanted them to walk among snakes or troubles but be victorious, but they never
understood. Are you in trouble? God may want you to walk through your troubles but be victorious. Yes, you are living in fornication, but you are
praying that God should not bring beautiful ladies or handsome men around you. You missed the
point. More beautiful ladies and handsome men will be born, many will be around you, what you
need is for God to help you deal with that your sinful nature. That desire for
women to whom you are not married. That desire for men to whom you are not married. You will continue to see more beautiful
ladies and handsome men here in church and around town. Deal with your sin and
crucify it at the cross.
Jesus
Christ’s crucifixion is God’s power and wisdom (1 Cor 1:17). Do you want power? Go
to the cross. You want wisdom from God? Go to the cross. Just as Moses raised
the bronze snake for the people to look and be healed. Jesus Christ was
crucified for us to look up to Him and be healed and live. This is the
permanent solution which God has given us.
Col 2:13 says all our sins were forgiven even
when we were sinners. Why are you praying for the same sin over and over? The
Devil wants you to think you were not forgiven your sins. Are you sure? Are you realy sure? He wants you to doubt God’s word and what Jesus did at the cross.
Let’s read
verse 14 of Colossians 2 "having canceled the charge of our legal indebtedness, which stood against us and condemned us; he has taken it away, nailing it to the cross". He cancelled the charges of our legal indebtedness.
This debt that condemned us because the wages of sin is dead. And Jesus took it
away and nailed it to the cross.
The Message
Bible reads “the
slate wiped clean, that old arrest warrant canceled and nailed to Christ’s
cross.” Our debts
including charges where whipped away on the cross. He did not pay the debt
without interest. He paid everything including interest whipping away what was
written on the slate against us. The arrest warrant canceled. We are no longer
going to die because of our sins because Jesus nailed it to the cross. Yes the
debt was legal and the payment was complete and free for us.
Do you
still think you can work and merit your salvation? Jesus paid it all and nailed it at the cross.
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Have
you crucified the old man with him at the cross? (Romans 6:6, Gal 5:24)
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Have
you been crucified with Christ so that you no longer live but Christ living in
you? Gal 2:20
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Can
you boast of the cross of Jesus Christ? Gal 6:14
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