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Reading The Bible Through The Jesus Lens in Numbers “From Biblical Book to Biblical Hook” Charts adapted from Dr. Michael Williams Book |
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Numbers Title |
Numbers: Theme |
Numbers 14:18 |
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“Promised Rest” |
God chastens His disobedient people but reaffirms His intent to bring them into the Promised Land. |
“The LORD is slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, forgiving iniquity and transgression, but he will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, to the third and fourth generation.” |
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Christ-Focus in Numbers |
Implications from Numbers |
Hooks from Numbers |
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Because Christ bore the penalty for our sin, we may enter into God’s promised rest. “For we who have believed enter that rest, as he has said, ‘As I swore in my wrath, ‘They shall not enter my rest,’ although his works were finished from the foundation of the world.” – Hebrews 4:3 |
We must let God’s discipline guide us to the peace and rest he intends for us. “And have you forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons? ‘My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord, nor be weary when reproved by him. For the Lord disciplines the one he loves, and chastises every son whom he receives.’ It is for discipline that you have to endure. God is treating you as sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline? If you are left without discipline, in which all have participated, then you are illegitimate children and not sons. Besides this, we have had earthly fathers who disciplined us and we respected them. Shall we not much more be subject to the Father of spirits and live? For they disciplined us for a short time as it seemed best to them, but he disciplines us for our good, that we may share his holiness. For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.” – Hebrews 12:5-11 |
In what ways have you already begun to know God’s rest? How would you explain this rest to someone else? Can others see in you a peace, security, and fulfillment in life that they don’t have? Do you see these things in other believers? What is keeping you from knowing God’s rest more fully? What are the biggest challenges in your life that threaten to cause you to forget how great God is? Where have you turned for rest and fulfillment in life instead of to God? Are you satisfied with the results of doing that? |
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