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II Week 3 Questions
FOURTH DAY — Memorize 1 Timothy 6:8
1. Read Numbers 13-14, realizing that Israel had moved from Mt.
Sinai to a location south of the border of the land of Canaan (to
Kadesh-Barnea—Numbers 32:8-9). Find Kadesh-Barnea on the map
titled FROM EGYPT TO CANAAN. How did the people respond to the reports
given by the twelve spies? From what is stated in Numbers 14:2,
would you say that man normally desires to stay where he is spiritually
(desires to die in the wilderness), or that he desires to go on
to maturity (and face the challenges in Canaan)? Why is this the
case? Which have you chosen to do, and why?
2. What impressed you about Joshua and Caleb? How did God respond
when Israel wanted to stone Moses (Numbers 14:11-12)? How did Moses
then respond (Numbers 14:13-19)? Would you have handled God’s
proposition the way Moses did? Explain.
3. Read Acts 7-8 and record new insights.
Section II Week 3 Lesson:
We will now consider what happened to God’s people as they moved
north toward the land of Canaan (you can follow this on the map titled
FROM EGYPT TO CANAAN). Israel was camping in Kadesh, which was located
just outside the southern border of Canaan, and the people had received
the not-so-rosy report from the twelve spies (read Numbers 13). When
they heard the report, they grumbled against Moses and desired to
return to Egypt or else die in the wilderness (Numbers 14:2). (If
we are not careful, we will desire to stay at the maturity level that
we have attained and not pay the price to enter the land—to
go on to maturity. We, many times, either want to go back to Egypt
or die where we are). Notice Moses’ and Aaron’s response
in Numbers 14:5, as well as Joshua and Caleb’s response in Numbers
14:6-9 (Also refer back to Caleb’s response in Numbers 13:30).
These responses were based totally on faith, for they had nothing
to do with the "circumstance" of the hour. As disciples,
we can respond to adversity in this manner if we will but yield to
God’s promises. However, the Israelites still desired to stone
them (Numbers14:10).
No section of Scripture reveals more of Moses’ heart than Numbers
14:1-19. You might think that Moses would have been delighted with
God’s idea of replacing Israel with a greater and mightier nation.
But you must remember that Moses... |
