OF PRIDE AND PREJUDICE (5 OF 7)
by Jeff Strite
Scripture: Numbers 12:1-16
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Of Pride and Prejudice (5 of 7)
Series: Walking with Moses
Jeff Strite
Numbers 12:1-16
OPENING: Joe had ordered an expensive suit for a banquet, and the tailor finished alterations just in time. But as Joe left the shop, a sudden rainstorm doused the jacket and shrank one of the sleeves.
''We can't do anything about it today,'' the tailor told Joe when he returned to the shop. ''Just stretch the sleeve over your hand, and no one will notice.''
With his arm contorted, Joe left the shop, and again was doused by rain. This time, a pant leg shrank.
''I can't take care of that now!'' exclaimed the tailor. ''Pull the bottom of pants over your heel, and nobody will notice.''
His body twisted, Joe again left the shop. Two women were passing by.
''That poor man!'' said on. ''I wonder what's wrong with him?''
''I don't know,'' said the other. ''But he sure is wearing a nice suit!''
APPLICATION: This man so contorted himself to make the suit look normal that he made himself look abnormal. The Bible tells us that is the condition of our souls. Often we so contort our lives to allow for sin, that we look abnormal to God. Jeremiah said it was because our hearts are deceitful.
As we examine this story of Miriam and Aaron we find that this has happened to them as well. Some form of sin has caused them to speak out against Moses in a way that incenses God. What have they done?
I. Why did Miriam and Aaron speak against Moses?
Their main complaint seems to be that Moses married a Cushite woman. Cushites were what we now call Ethiopians and they were black people. What this seems to indicate is that Aaron and Miriam were basically guilty of bigotry towards Moses and his new wife.
Their prejudice had contorted them so that they became disobedient to God.
ILLUS: I once knew of a denominational church whose hierarchy gave a small town congregation a choice of only two candidates for their preacher. a white woman and a black man. They chose the w ...
Series: Walking with Moses
Jeff Strite
Numbers 12:1-16
OPENING: Joe had ordered an expensive suit for a banquet, and the tailor finished alterations just in time. But as Joe left the shop, a sudden rainstorm doused the jacket and shrank one of the sleeves.
''We can't do anything about it today,'' the tailor told Joe when he returned to the shop. ''Just stretch the sleeve over your hand, and no one will notice.''
With his arm contorted, Joe left the shop, and again was doused by rain. This time, a pant leg shrank.
''I can't take care of that now!'' exclaimed the tailor. ''Pull the bottom of pants over your heel, and nobody will notice.''
His body twisted, Joe again left the shop. Two women were passing by.
''That poor man!'' said on. ''I wonder what's wrong with him?''
''I don't know,'' said the other. ''But he sure is wearing a nice suit!''
APPLICATION: This man so contorted himself to make the suit look normal that he made himself look abnormal. The Bible tells us that is the condition of our souls. Often we so contort our lives to allow for sin, that we look abnormal to God. Jeremiah said it was because our hearts are deceitful.
As we examine this story of Miriam and Aaron we find that this has happened to them as well. Some form of sin has caused them to speak out against Moses in a way that incenses God. What have they done?
I. Why did Miriam and Aaron speak against Moses?
Their main complaint seems to be that Moses married a Cushite woman. Cushites were what we now call Ethiopians and they were black people. What this seems to indicate is that Aaron and Miriam were basically guilty of bigotry towards Moses and his new wife.
Their prejudice had contorted them so that they became disobedient to God.
ILLUS: I once knew of a denominational church whose hierarchy gave a small town congregation a choice of only two candidates for their preacher. a white woman and a black man. They chose the w ...
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