KJB Daily
Devotion – Following Jesus Through Every Chapter
Date: Saturday, February 13, 2016
Chapters: Numbers 13-15
Message: Numbers: Forfeiting Promises From God
Hello My Friend,
I remember back in the third grade, this was when it was okay for the teacher to discipline students with paddles. The teacher had a wooden ruler, if anyone acted up the entire class would have to stand in line with our hands out, she would swat everyone on the knuckles with the ruler, and it hurt. Needless to say, no one acted up when we realized she meant what she said. How many times in our lifetime do we get punished for something we did not do? Think about it, we were not in the garden of Eden when Adam and Eve sinned, yet we are still subject to the same punishment, death. Does this seem fair? No, but think about this, what did you learn from suffering the punishment along with the offender? While some people will never learn, the majority of us learn that there is a punishment for sin, and we all suffer for sin because we are all sinners.
“What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin; Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin. But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets; Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:” - Romans 3:9,19-22.
Things just do not happen to us, most of the time little things accumulate over time, for about two and a half years God watched the Israelites complain about their travels, very few of them grateful that they were free. Now, the time had come for them to see the promised land, God was going to test them to see if they were ready, He commands Moses to send twelve men, one from each tribe to search it out and see just what they were up against. It was beautiful, grapes the size of cantaloupes, but there was one thing on it that all but two feared, people. When they returned they discouraged the Israelites from going across.
“And they returned from searching of the land after forty days. And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and shewed them the fruit of the land. And they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou sentest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it. Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled, and very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak there. The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south: and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, dwell in the mountains: and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the coast of Jordan. And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it. 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.” - Numbers 13:25-31.
“We be not able to go up against the people;” When God gives us things, usually work is involved to see those blessings beyond our basic needs. What His is doing is testing our faith, which is why He places us in the middle of a corrupt world to begin with. God promises to always take care of and protect us, but to be honest, it is fear and pure laziness that keeps us from seeing those huge blessings. No one wants to work anymore, they want everything handed to them, but remember, faith without works is dead. You can believe that Christ exists all you want, but unless you believe He died to save you, admit you are a sinner, and ask Him to save you, you will not be saved. “But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was. But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.” - James 1:22-25.
We must realize that if we do not move forward by faith, even when everything looks fearful and giant to us, that we are forfeiting the promises of God. We could be blessed with so much more if we only moved forward by faith. The news from the ten men did not go over very well, the people wanted to kill Moses for bringing them there for nothing, and God became so angry at them that He was ready to kill them all Himself and start over. However, Moses pleaded with God and He decided to punish the ten men who gave the evil report and every adult over the age of twenty.
“Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith the LORD, as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you: Your carcases shall fall in this wilderness; and all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, which have murmured against me, Doubtless ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I sware to make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun. But your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have despised. But as for you, your carcases, they shall fall in this wilderness. And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your whoredoms, until your carcases be wasted in the wilderness. After the number of the days in which ye searched the land, even forty days, each day for a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years, and ye shall know my breach of promise. I the LORD have said, I will surely do it unto all this evil congregation, that are gathered together against me: in this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.” - Numbers 14:28-35.
“And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years,” Forty years, one year for each day the men were on the promised land, that is how long the congregation had to live in the wilderness. For forty years, and until every adult died, except Caleb and Joshua, they were restricted from going into the promised land. This makes you wonder if you have forfeited something because of fear or disbelief? There is only one way to the promised land, and that is through Jesus Christ, come through Him and you get to pass, try any other way, and you will be restricted from going. “Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.” - Revelation 3:20,21.
One thing we must realize also, while we may do things that forfeit promises from God, there is one thing that we will never forfeit as long as we know Jesus Christ as our Saviour, our salvation. We may lose out on some huge blessings promised us because of our own disbelief or others, but we do not lose our salvation. Keep in mind that when God says something, He means it, He will not play around with those who try Him. After the uproar God had Moses gather everyone to tell them how every sinner, Jew or Gentile, could reconcile with Him.
“And the priest shall make an atonement for the soul that sinneth ignorantly, when he sinneth by ignorance before the LORD, to make an atonement for him; and it shall be forgiven him. Ye shall have one law for him that sinneth through ignorance, both for him that is born among the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them. But the soul that doeth ought presumptuously, whether he be born in the land, or a stranger, the same reproacheth the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from among his people. Because he hath despised the word of the LORD, and hath broken his commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his iniquity shall be upon him. And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day. And they that found him gathering sticks brought him unto Moses and Aaron, and unto all the congregation. And they put him in ward, because it was not declared what should be done to him. And the LORD said unto Moses, The man shall be surely put to death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp.” - Numbers 15:28-35.
“they found a man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day.” I had someone ask me how I could follow and trust God when He had a man killed because he picked up some sticks. Here is the thing, it was not what he did that caused his death, it was his attitude. God told them that if a person sinned out of ignorance they would be pardoned for their sin, but this man knew what He was doing and suffered the consequences. There is a huge difference between proving God and trying Him, God loves us to prove Him by faith, He hates us trying Him. We will all be accountable for the things we do, even after we are saved. “For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's. For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living. Hast thou faith? have it to thyself before God. Happy is he that condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth. And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin.” - Romans 14:8,9,22,23.
Today's Prayer: God, It is Your desire that we stay faithful to Your teachings. Scripture gives many examples of those who knew to do right, but chose to do wrong. The consequences of their wrong actions brought upon death, loss, and emotional pain, not only for themselves, but those around them. Lord, lead us and guide us, teach us to trust You in everything that You allow in our lives, help us to avoid the traps that catch us off guard, and to stand firm in our faith temptation comes. Keep our eyes on You so that we do not fall nor bring anyone else into temptation by not following You in the first place. In the name of Jesus. Amen.
God Bless You, I am praying for you,
Christina
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Date: Saturday, February 13, 2016
Chapters: Numbers 13-15
Message: Numbers: Forfeiting Promises From God
Hello My Friend,
I remember back in the third grade, this was when it was okay for the teacher to discipline students with paddles. The teacher had a wooden ruler, if anyone acted up the entire class would have to stand in line with our hands out, she would swat everyone on the knuckles with the ruler, and it hurt. Needless to say, no one acted up when we realized she meant what she said. How many times in our lifetime do we get punished for something we did not do? Think about it, we were not in the garden of Eden when Adam and Eve sinned, yet we are still subject to the same punishment, death. Does this seem fair? No, but think about this, what did you learn from suffering the punishment along with the offender? While some people will never learn, the majority of us learn that there is a punishment for sin, and we all suffer for sin because we are all sinners.
“What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin; Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin. But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets; Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:” - Romans 3:9,19-22.
Things just do not happen to us, most of the time little things accumulate over time, for about two and a half years God watched the Israelites complain about their travels, very few of them grateful that they were free. Now, the time had come for them to see the promised land, God was going to test them to see if they were ready, He commands Moses to send twelve men, one from each tribe to search it out and see just what they were up against. It was beautiful, grapes the size of cantaloupes, but there was one thing on it that all but two feared, people. When they returned they discouraged the Israelites from going across.
“And they returned from searching of the land after forty days. And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and shewed them the fruit of the land. And they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou sentest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it. Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled, and very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak there. The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south: and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, dwell in the mountains: and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the coast of Jordan. And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it. 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.” - Numbers 13:25-31.
“We be not able to go up against the people;” When God gives us things, usually work is involved to see those blessings beyond our basic needs. What His is doing is testing our faith, which is why He places us in the middle of a corrupt world to begin with. God promises to always take care of and protect us, but to be honest, it is fear and pure laziness that keeps us from seeing those huge blessings. No one wants to work anymore, they want everything handed to them, but remember, faith without works is dead. You can believe that Christ exists all you want, but unless you believe He died to save you, admit you are a sinner, and ask Him to save you, you will not be saved. “But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was. But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.” - James 1:22-25.
We must realize that if we do not move forward by faith, even when everything looks fearful and giant to us, that we are forfeiting the promises of God. We could be blessed with so much more if we only moved forward by faith. The news from the ten men did not go over very well, the people wanted to kill Moses for bringing them there for nothing, and God became so angry at them that He was ready to kill them all Himself and start over. However, Moses pleaded with God and He decided to punish the ten men who gave the evil report and every adult over the age of twenty.
“Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith the LORD, as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you: Your carcases shall fall in this wilderness; and all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, which have murmured against me, Doubtless ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I sware to make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun. But your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have despised. But as for you, your carcases, they shall fall in this wilderness. And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your whoredoms, until your carcases be wasted in the wilderness. After the number of the days in which ye searched the land, even forty days, each day for a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years, and ye shall know my breach of promise. I the LORD have said, I will surely do it unto all this evil congregation, that are gathered together against me: in this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.” - Numbers 14:28-35.
“And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years,” Forty years, one year for each day the men were on the promised land, that is how long the congregation had to live in the wilderness. For forty years, and until every adult died, except Caleb and Joshua, they were restricted from going into the promised land. This makes you wonder if you have forfeited something because of fear or disbelief? There is only one way to the promised land, and that is through Jesus Christ, come through Him and you get to pass, try any other way, and you will be restricted from going. “Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.” - Revelation 3:20,21.
One thing we must realize also, while we may do things that forfeit promises from God, there is one thing that we will never forfeit as long as we know Jesus Christ as our Saviour, our salvation. We may lose out on some huge blessings promised us because of our own disbelief or others, but we do not lose our salvation. Keep in mind that when God says something, He means it, He will not play around with those who try Him. After the uproar God had Moses gather everyone to tell them how every sinner, Jew or Gentile, could reconcile with Him.
“And the priest shall make an atonement for the soul that sinneth ignorantly, when he sinneth by ignorance before the LORD, to make an atonement for him; and it shall be forgiven him. Ye shall have one law for him that sinneth through ignorance, both for him that is born among the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them. But the soul that doeth ought presumptuously, whether he be born in the land, or a stranger, the same reproacheth the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from among his people. Because he hath despised the word of the LORD, and hath broken his commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his iniquity shall be upon him. And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day. And they that found him gathering sticks brought him unto Moses and Aaron, and unto all the congregation. And they put him in ward, because it was not declared what should be done to him. And the LORD said unto Moses, The man shall be surely put to death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp.” - Numbers 15:28-35.
“they found a man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day.” I had someone ask me how I could follow and trust God when He had a man killed because he picked up some sticks. Here is the thing, it was not what he did that caused his death, it was his attitude. God told them that if a person sinned out of ignorance they would be pardoned for their sin, but this man knew what He was doing and suffered the consequences. There is a huge difference between proving God and trying Him, God loves us to prove Him by faith, He hates us trying Him. We will all be accountable for the things we do, even after we are saved. “For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's. For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living. Hast thou faith? have it to thyself before God. Happy is he that condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth. And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin.” - Romans 14:8,9,22,23.
Today's Prayer: God, It is Your desire that we stay faithful to Your teachings. Scripture gives many examples of those who knew to do right, but chose to do wrong. The consequences of their wrong actions brought upon death, loss, and emotional pain, not only for themselves, but those around them. Lord, lead us and guide us, teach us to trust You in everything that You allow in our lives, help us to avoid the traps that catch us off guard, and to stand firm in our faith temptation comes. Keep our eyes on You so that we do not fall nor bring anyone else into temptation by not following You in the first place. In the name of Jesus. Amen.
God Bless You, I am praying for you,
Christina
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