SERMONS ON NUMBERS
Our sermon ideas on Numbers will help you preach a powerful message on God's purpose in bringing Israel out of the wilderness to a land of promise. Preach on topics including disobedience and lack of faith, the promises of God, and the sure redemptive purposes of God for his people. Prepare your messages on God's Word in Numbers with sermon outlines or an entire sermon series.
The Bitter Root (8 of 9)
by Jeff Strite
OPEN: In Winchester, Ohio there's a church called the Bethlehem Church of Christ. It's been in existence for over 150 years, and over the years different events have been recorded in their ''history'' book. One of their recent ministers was reading back over the different entries in this book when he ran across the following item from the year 1840: ''We had fighting right here at home. The Democrats and Republicans were so bitter against one another, it broke the church up.'' One eyewitness reported a fist fight over the issue: ''Two of our best men fought to a finish. One wanted to know if the other had enough. He said he had...
Difficulties with Giants! (3 of 8)
by Dennis Marquardt
INTRO: After traveling only about 2 months from Mount Sinai Israel was on the threshold of experiencing God's great blessing and promise to them, the land of promise was just across the river, the place of blessing - full of milk and honey! They were excited at the prospects of receiving God's promise, and then they discovered the "giant" problems that faced them in getting that promise! This journey of faith is full of promises from God, yet, it also means facing "giant" problems in the process! If we act in faith those giant situations will fall before God, but if we become fearful and turn away we will lose out on many of God's best...
Bumps in the Road (3 of 10)
by Jerry Vines
I want to remind you of the fact that there is a reason why we are studying this Old Testament passage of scripture. Sometimes we look at these Old Testament books and we wonder why in the world are we studying them; and yet when you go to the New Testament in I Corinthians 10, you will find that there is a commentary given built on these chapters in the book of Numbers. You will find that the Lord says in I Corinthians 10 that what happened to the children of Israel in the Old Testament happened as an illustration to us and to give lessons and to be examples to us of the things that we have to deal with in our life. The Bible deals...
Fear of the Future (2 of 7)
by Stan Coffey
Today we are in our second lesson from the Ed Young series ''Know Fear.'' Our Scripture for today is Numbers 11:5-6, what the Israelites said when they got in to the wilderness. They had been delivered out of Egypt and into the wilderness. They had been in bondage; they had been in the slave pits making bricks for the Egyptians. No doubt to build the palaces, the tombs, and the pyramids for the Egyptians. It was a very dirty, hot, sweaty job. The only payment they got for it was to live in a little hut, to have some old rags on their back. They were treated terribly for four hundred years. All they had to look forward to from generation...
Who Said, It Ain't So?
by Daniel Rodgers
INTRODUCTION: Please notice the two contrasting reports given to Moses: Joshua and Caleb said, ''Let us go up at once, and possess it [the land]; for we are well able to overcome it.'' However, notice the response by the other 10: ''But the men that went up with him said, 'We be not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we. [32] And they brought up an evil report of the land...'' To put it in the Hebrew colloquial, they said, ''It ain't so!'' ''Yes, the land is just like God said, a land flowing with milk and honey; and the grapes are as big as the giants who dwell there, but there is no way we can take this land. We are like...
The Spies and the Brook Eshcol (3 of 5)
by Ken Trivette
Vance Havner used to describe the average Christian life as that of an old bed; firm on both ends, but sagging in the middle. As Christians, we are settled about our salvation. That end is firm. We know that we saved and that Christ is our Saviour. On the other end we know that we have a heavenly home awaiting us. We know that when this life is over heaven is our eternal destiny. That end is firm. But, it is from the day we got saved to the day we get to heaven where we are sagging. Jesus said in John 10:10, ''I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.'' We have the ''life'' part down, but having...
Can You See It?
by James Merritt
1. I read a story about a man who was taking his small daughter on a cruise out to California's Catalina Island. It was one of those beautiful clear Southern California days, and suddenly the little girl exclaimed, ''Daddy, I can look farther than my eyes can see!'' I wish our churches were filled with people like that little girl who could look farther than they could see. 2. Doctors now tell us that the part of our mind that plays the greatest role in achievement is that part of the mind that imagines, that visualizes. God created the human brain in two distinct parts, each having different functions. The left side of the brain is basically...
Numbers: How God Counts (5 of 10)
by Roger Thomas
Our God is a God of numbers. He counts things. We should be glad he does. The very opening of the Bible begins with numbers. Day one, day two, day three-so on throughout the chronicle of creation. The last chapters of the Bible number the city limits of the New Jerusalem, the Gates of Pearl, and the be-jeweled foundations of the heavenly home. Jesus said the Heavenly Father numbers the very hairs of our heads. Not so hard a task for some of us! The Good Shepherd knew the number of his sheep. He knew that ninety-nine were safe, but one, only one, was lost. The disciples knew that a few fish and loaves fed...
Dealing with Depression
by Adrian Rogers
I want to ask you a question. Have you ever been depressed? Silly question. Have you ever been depressed? Of course you have. As a matter of fact, John W. Stott, a great biblical expositor said that a Christian's two chief occupational hazards are depression and discouragement. So when I talk about depression, what do I mean? What is depression? A psychologist has described depression this way: a feeling of helplessness and hopelessness that leads to sadness. I think that's a good definition. A person who is depressed has problems real or imagined and he doesn't seem to be able to get...
Responding to Conflict
by Christopher Harbin
Conflict is inevitable. What is not inevitable is how we respond to it. We may murmur or complain when things do not happen as we want them to. We may fight in secret, hiding in our cowardice. It may be that we take our concerns before God, knowing that only God is faithful to hear us and offer us redemption and restoration. It may be that we find healing in God and God's grace in desperate times--a renewed focus on the will of God. It may be that we fight to get our way, elevate our position, and place ourselves at advantage against the account of others. Our concern should be, how does God wants us to respond? We have many...
