A HILL TO DIE ON (3 OF 8)
by Jeff Strite
Scripture: Deuteronomy 32:48-52
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A Hill to Die On (3 of 8)
Series: The Last Chapter
Jeff Strite
Deuteronomy 32:48-52
I love to read and a few weeks ago I ran across a word quiz from a non-Christian publication that - at first - angered me. I thought they were making fun of Christianity. But once I read the answer to the quiz I realized not only were they NOT doing that, but in fact someone had created a very clever and Godly puzzle. So I'm going to share this puzzle with you this morning and see if you can figure it out:
What is it that is greater than God?
More evil than Satan?
Rich people DON'T have it?
Poor people DO have it?
And if you eat it... you will die?
Answer: NOTHING
Nothing is greater than God
Nothing is more evil than Satan
Rich people don't have nothing
Poor people do
And if you eat nothing... you'll die
The puzzle makes sense once you know the answer.
But until you know the answer, it is really confusing.
AND that's the case with our story this morning.
Moses is taken to the top of Mt. Nebo and told by God: ''take a look before you die, because you're not going to get into the Promised Land. This is all you get to see.
Really? Why?
Deuteronomy 32:51 explains:
''This is because both of you (Moses and Aaron) broke faith with me in the presence of the Israelites at the waters of Meribah Kadesh in the Desert of Zin and because you did not uphold my holiness among the Israelites.''
What was this all about?
Well, let's go back and read the story.
It only shows up in Numbers 20:1-12
''In the first month the whole Israelite community arrived at the Desert of Zin, and they stayed at Kadesh. There Miriam died and was buried.
Now there was no water for the community, and the people gathered in opposition to Moses and Aaron. They quarreled with Moses and said, 'If only we had died when our brothers fell dead before the LORD! Why did you bring the LORD's community into this desert, that we and our livestock should die here? Why did you bring us ...
Series: The Last Chapter
Jeff Strite
Deuteronomy 32:48-52
I love to read and a few weeks ago I ran across a word quiz from a non-Christian publication that - at first - angered me. I thought they were making fun of Christianity. But once I read the answer to the quiz I realized not only were they NOT doing that, but in fact someone had created a very clever and Godly puzzle. So I'm going to share this puzzle with you this morning and see if you can figure it out:
What is it that is greater than God?
More evil than Satan?
Rich people DON'T have it?
Poor people DO have it?
And if you eat it... you will die?
Answer: NOTHING
Nothing is greater than God
Nothing is more evil than Satan
Rich people don't have nothing
Poor people do
And if you eat nothing... you'll die
The puzzle makes sense once you know the answer.
But until you know the answer, it is really confusing.
AND that's the case with our story this morning.
Moses is taken to the top of Mt. Nebo and told by God: ''take a look before you die, because you're not going to get into the Promised Land. This is all you get to see.
Really? Why?
Deuteronomy 32:51 explains:
''This is because both of you (Moses and Aaron) broke faith with me in the presence of the Israelites at the waters of Meribah Kadesh in the Desert of Zin and because you did not uphold my holiness among the Israelites.''
What was this all about?
Well, let's go back and read the story.
It only shows up in Numbers 20:1-12
''In the first month the whole Israelite community arrived at the Desert of Zin, and they stayed at Kadesh. There Miriam died and was buried.
Now there was no water for the community, and the people gathered in opposition to Moses and Aaron. They quarreled with Moses and said, 'If only we had died when our brothers fell dead before the LORD! Why did you bring the LORD's community into this desert, that we and our livestock should die here? Why did you bring us ...
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