Numbers Study - 2028-01-28

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So sometimes I like to start off with some super random story or fact that has nothing

to do with the message, but it's kind of fun.

And I don't know if you guys have heard like a new theory, it's been around for a while

that basically the flood may not have in Genesis, may not have covered the whole entire planet.

It could have just been regional, you know.

Well they I saw this post a couple months ago and I've been waiting for a time to share.

It's pretty cool.

I did Google it.

So, you know, it got some Google approval, but scientists discovered like a lot of people

have a hard time believing water could cover everything, right?

So scientists discovered by looking at the earthquake vibrations through the planet, that

there must be some water stored underneath the surface.

And so when they discovered a diamond, there was a mineral inside a diamond called ringwoodite.

And this mineral can absorb and become solid water.

It gets trapped in there.

And when it becomes exposed to the air, it can release the water again.

And so they have done studies and they found that there's so much ringwoodite under the

surface about like 600 miles down, it contains three to four times the amount of water in

all the oceans combined under the surface.

So in Genesis, when it says the depths of the earth let the water out, the springs

of the deep came out, that could totally have been the ringwoodite cracking open,

exposed to the air and all this four times the ocean's water goes up and then returns

back to the solid form.

So I thought that was awesome.

I don't know if you guys do.

I guess that's a little nerdy, but come on.

That's pretty, that's pretty cool.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yes.

Ringwoodite.

That'll be our term for tonight.

Our chant at the end.

All right.

Cool.

So let's pray before we get into it.

It's numbers 33.

It's called the journey.

And, uh, yeah, there's some, some points that I, the Lord gave me and we'll see

how it goes.

I've been a little rusty.

I haven't done this in a while.

My dad covered for me like a month or so ago.

So I forgot about questions, but I'll just throw some out there.

And, you know, this is about your journey of life and your faith.

So I think there'll be a lot to talk about.

So let's pray.

Lord, we just thank you God.

We thank you for your love for us, Lord.

We thank you for your plan for our lives, God.

We thank you for your grace and your mercy, Lord, and your forgiveness.

And we just thank you that you are the mastermind, Lord, behind our

salvation and behind our life.

God, you're the one who leads us through this life.

You're the one who makes us more like you, God.

And we just pray that you would speak through your word, you know,

you promise that God.

So we anticipate and expect to hear your voice, Lord, in our hearts tonight.

And I pray that you bless us, God, and that we would bless you

with how we live our lives in Jesus name.

Amen.

All right.

Numbers 33.

Got to say when I got this chapter and I was reading it, I was sitting on the

couch and I just started laughing because 90% of it is random names of

places that they went to, to and fro from this to this to this.

And it's like so funny because I'm like, how do I even talk about this?

Because most of these places aren't even recorded anywhere else in the Bible.

So we don't know the story behind it.

It's just a bunch of names.

So we are going to read every single one of them.

We are not going to read every single one of them.

So don't be afraid.

I'm not going to give a point on, on Abnora and as Gieber and Haggadabab.

I think that's one of them.

So I don't have points for all those, but I think the point that these

are mentioned is important and profound.

So let's start at first one.

These are the journeys of the children of Israel who went out of the land of

Egypt by their armies under the hand of Moses and Aaron.

Now Moses wrote down the starting points of their journeys at the command of the Lord.

And these are the journeys according to their starting points.

They departed from Ramses in the first month, on the 15th day of the first month.

On the day after the Passover, the children of Israel went out with boldness

in the sight of all the Egyptians.

For the Egyptians were burying all their firstborn, whom the Lord had killed

among them, also on their Gods, the Lord executed judgments.

Then the children of Israel moved from Ramses and camped at Sukkoth.

Sounds like a great place to camp.

Maybe some of you feel like you're camping in Sukkoth right now, you know.

Well, they moved on from Sukkoth and so will you.

That's my first point.

I'm just kidding.

Can you imagine my whole message is about Sukkoth?

Yeah, come on.

Sukkoth and Ringwoodite as our main points for the night.

No, I just want, I saw this before we get into all the names, and I just saw like,

it was at the command of the Lord to write down their starting points, right?

And this is a long list of names that, you know, I'm surprised he remembered all

these places. It's a good thing he wrote them down.

But the Lord wanted these memorialized.

The Lord wanted all of these places to be recorded, and they mattered to him and

they mattered to the people that lived it.

And even though we don't know what it means, I think it speaks something very

profound to us too, that God cares about you.

God cares about your journey.

God cares where you've been, even if no one else knows anything about those

things, right?

Like I've been to places and through things and experiences that, you know,

you guys might not know about or understand if I shared it.

I couldn't share the depths of what it means.

But this is telling me that God cares about every single one of those things

and is aware of it. And likewise for you, you guys, you know,

we all have been through stuff.

We've been places.

And what this is saying is God deeply is acquainted with your journey and

your path in this life.

He is fully aware of what you've been through, what you're going through.

He's aware of where you are headed and he is with you every single step of

the way, because during this time, as they're going through all these

places for the next like 56, yeah, 50 verses of where all these names of

places, they were led by the pillar of cloud and fire by day and by

night. God was there.

He was with them.

He was aware of every single thing that they were going through.

And this makes me think of Psalm 139 that David understood

this deeply.

He says, you saw my unformed body.

All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of

them came to be.

How precious to me are your thoughts, oh God, how vast the sum of them.

So before you even lived a single day of your life, before, you know,

your parents ever got together, before anything, God knew you and his

days, the days of your life were already written in his book.

And maybe some of the days that you're experiencing aren't the best.

And, you know, we live in a fallen world, there's sin, there's free

will, there's a lot of stuff at play.

I'm not going to say that every single thing you went through is

like checkbox.

That's exactly what God wanted.

Like there is sin in a broken world.

But we know that every single thing that we go through, God can

turn for good.

Like what the enemy meant for evil, he can turn to good.

And so in your life, we know that when you go through something

hard and a lot of these places on this list were bad experiences

like the amount of rebellion and sin and judgment and all the

stuff that happened all through numbers is pretty staggering.

It's rough to read sometimes, but God wanted them memorialized

and remembered because you see, when you read these hard

things, you see God's faithfulness, like did he leave

them in the wilderness and say, I'm done with you?

No, like he brought the next generation into the promised

land.

And so it's so important to remember, like if you're going

through a really hard time and it's hard to see God's hand

in it, remember, like these are the times that you will

remember his faithfulness the most.

Like, can anyone relate?

You go through something really hard, really challenging, and

those are the times you look back on and you're like,

wow, that was a foundation for me.

That was like a monumental moment in my life that even

though all this was hitting the fan, right, I was closer to

God than ever, and this changed who I am.

So if you don't feel like your experience, the struggle

that you've gone through, like it's healed yet, or you're

better because of it, like just hang on and wait on God

because he will make you better because of it.

So another thing I want to point out is that it may seem

like random wandering back and forth, and, you know, they

did wander for 40 years and that wasn't God's plan, and

they went back and forth, but it might seem like it was

completely pointless, but God had a plan in it.

And I'll read Psalm 107, 7 and 9, it says, they

wandered in the wilderness in a desolate way.

They found no city to dwell, hungry and thirsty, their

souls fainted in them.

Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble and he

delivered them out of their distress.

He led them forth by the right way that they might go

to a city for a dwelling.

Oh, that man would give thanks to the Lord for his

goodness and for his wonderful works to the

children of men, for he satisfies the longing soul

and fills the hungry soul with goodness.

So even when they were wandering with these 50, 60

different names of places, it says that he led them

forth by the right way.

So God's plans for our lives might be hard to

decipher when you're in them, but his plan was to

bring about a people that trusted him, had faith in

him, would persevere through obstacles and trials

and actually lay hold of the Promised Land because

the first generation didn't.

So for us, like when we're going through that,

even if it seems crazy and you're all over the

place, like, you know, my life, it's, I am

super blessed and I love it and I see God's hand

in it, but like sometimes from the outside

looking in, it could look like I went back and

forth and this and that.

Like, you know, I was in college.

I took a leave of absence, which basically turned

into, I dropped out and I pursued music and then

music happened and then we stopped doing music.

And then I started working again at the first

job I had.

And then I left and I worked for my church and

then I worked like for my own company.

And then I went back to that company again and

I moved from Nashville back to here.

Like, that's a wandering kind of story right

there and like, I don't know if any of you guys

can relate.

You feel like sometimes you're back and forth

into similar, you know, things you may have felt

like you left behind.

But God has a deep work that he wants to do

through it and through these things that seem

completely random because no matter what, his

way is the right way, even if you look at it

and you're a little bit confused, right?

So James 1 says, consider it pure joy, my

brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials

and many kinds, because you know that the

testing of your faith produces perseverance.

Let perseverance finish its work so you might

be mature and complete, not lacking anything.

So the things you're going through are doing

a deep work in you to produce perseverance

and to produce faith so that you won't lack

a single thing.

Like this light in the world's eyes, you might

be lacking a lot in the spirit, you are the

strongest person in the room because of the

stuff you are going through and because of the

blessings of God.

And Romans 8 28, we know that in all things,

God works together, works for the good of

those who love him, who have been called

according to his purpose.

And his purpose we read in Romans 8 is to

conform you into the image of his son, is

to make you look like him.

And Jesus suffered, Jesus went through stuff.

It says he is one who's well acquainted with

grief and with sorrow.

One, because he's in us, he's with us, he

went through all, he literally was there in

the pillar of cloud and fire with the

people in the wilderness, but also because he

went through the most excruciating things

anyone could ever think of, rejected by his

own family and friends, by his nation, his

people, crucified, all of it, risen again

and people still don't even believe him.

And so he knows exactly what you're going

through too.

And the great thing is, is that like

through the trials and the tribulations, the

work is to make you look like him, to make

you be like him.

So take heart, like I know it's hard to

think that way when you're in it, like,

oh, this is making me more like you.

But remember that, like he went through

stuff, really hard things.

And the fact that you're going through it

makes you closer and more linked to who

he is and to look more like him.

So as we go through this, I see three

encouragements slash warnings for us in

our own journeys, and they are to stay

bold, to stay reverent, and to stay

obedient, voice crack, wow, to stay bold,

to stay reverent, and to stay obedient.

So we see in verse 3 that on the day after

the Passover, the children of Israel went

out with boldness in the sight of all

the Egyptians.

Like, this was a people who were slaves

who thought they would never get out.

You know, they just did what they were

told and were stuck in life and were

treated horribly.

And then the most amazing things

happened that Moses comes back, this

person who left, I forget how many

years ago, it was a long time, who was

part of the Egyptian royalty, even

though he was Hebrew, he was an

Israelite, and he comes back again, and

then he performs miracles, and then the

10 plagues.

And so all this amazing stuff is

happening until finally the nation of

Egypt, the strongest nation in the entire

world at that time, is brought to its

knees, and they say, yes, these two and

a half million people, it's believed is

the number, you guys can all go, the

full workforce of the entire nation.

You guys can leave, and not only that,

you can have all our stuff.

They gave them like, like cattle and

gold and everything, like they were

leaving rich, rich people, and they

walked out with boldness.

And that is a powerful statement,

right, to walk out of slavery bold in

victory, and that's because of the

power of God.

But the problem was they didn't stay

bold, right, like as soon as they got

out and the Egyptians were chasing them

again, they got afraid again.

And then every step of the way, any

time there's opposition of any kind,

they immediately were cowering over

and over again, until finally they get

to the Promised Land, and they see how

strong the nations are there, and they

don't want to go in, like the 10 bad

spies.

And what happens?

They just, that's what kicks off the

wandering, and those people die off

until the new generation comes, they

get to lay hold of it.

And so that's a warning, and both an

encouragement, like, stay bold in your

faith, it's crucial for you to truly

walk in the things of God.

And, you know, this boldness, like God

did, Jesus did an amazing victory for

us, didn't He?

Like, what He's done in our lives is

insane, like more than the plagues

and the miracles of Egypt, what He's

done for us, we read in Ephesians 2

4, it says, because of this great

love for us, God, who's rich in

mercy, made us alive with Christ, even

when we were dead in transgressions, it

is by grace you have been saved.

And God raised us up with Christ and

seated us with Him in the heavenly

realms in Christ Jesus, in order that

in the coming ages He might show the

incomparable riches of His grace

expressed in the kindness in Christ

Jesus.

So we were literally dead in sin, we

had no way to know God, and we were

gonna go to hell, like that is what

was happening.

And then Jesus comes, He sets you

free from sin, He sets you free from

death, and now you have eternal life.

Like, that is far better than a bunch

of frogs and mosquitoes going around

Egypt, right?

Like, that is incredible, that set the

whole trajectory of humankind change

on that day, because of Jesus.

And so, lots of times when we get

saved, we have that boldness, like

suddenly we're going around, we're

telling everybody, like nobody, there's

no fear of man anymore, we can just,

we feel invincible.

And then, as we slowly get a little

bit used to it, and you know, maybe

our focus starts to slide a bit, and

maybe we start to feel like a little

bit weird to be too bold.

And you know, we might start to maybe

compromise in little areas, and

slowly that bold fire that was burning

inside of us is kind of like a nice

little politically correct flicker over

on the side, right?

And like, God is telling us through

this, like you need to stay bold

all the way till the end, like you

need to have boldness in the gospel.

And that is not walking around with

like a picket sign outside.

I mean, maybe it is for you in

certain scenarios, but like there's

a boldness that we need to have in

our faith and in love too.

But John 4 says that everyone born

of God overcomes the world, and

this is the victory that has

overcome the world, our faith.

Our faith that we have by the

power of Jesus makes us able to

overcome all the temptations of

the world, the fear of man, and

anything else that the devil can

throw at us.

It is our faith in Jesus Christ.

Revelation says that we overcome

by the blood of the lamb and the

word of our testimony.

That is the blood of Jesus.

You can overcome everything.

And it's not just the testimony

of you and your life and your

story, right?

Though that's important.

It's the testimony that Jesus

Christ is Lord and he's risen.

That is the testimony that we

all profess, and that's powerful.

So we need to have confidence in

the gospel.

And another aspect of this

boldness is the boldness to come

to God for grace and mercy.

You know, the enemy wants to

condemn you when you sin and you

lose your boldness to come to

God.

And the beginning of going off

track and losing and like your

faith is shipwrecked, all this

stuff, the beginning of that is

sin and believing a lie and

condemnation from that sin.

But we to be boldly coming to

Jesus as soon as you fall is the

best thing a Christian could

ever do.

Like it says in Hebrews 4 16 let

us therefore come boldly to the

throne of grace that we may

obtain mercy and find grace to

help in time of need.

So not only is it this boldness

in what you believe and to

have a zeal and a passion for

God, but it's a boldness to

realize that you're also just

human.

And as soon as you fail, which

you know, we will like it's not

like we're going to be perfect

till he comes back.

But like as soon as you do, you

need to repent, turn to him,

come to him and ask for

forgiveness and grace to

overcome because he gives it

to us.

Right.

So the lesson is maintain your

boldness, don't turn back and

don't doubt.

And I love in Hebrews, we do

not belong to those who

shrink back and are destroyed,

but to those who have faith

and are saved.

That's who we belong to.

We don't shrink back.

We don't turn around.

We continue to press on.

So stay bold is the first

encouragement and warning that

we read in this.

Stay Reverend.

Let's hop down to verse.

Oh wow.

This changed the page back to

numbers.

Here we go.

Where are we?

Numbers 33.

So jumping down to verse 38.

So we went through Haggadabab

and Jabdah and Abrano and

Esri on Gibber and the

wilderness of Zen all the way

down to 38 and says then

Aaron the priest went up to

Mount Hore at the command of

the Lord and he died there in

the 40th year after the

children of Israel came Israel

had come out of the land of

Egypt and on the first day of

the fifth month and Aaron was

one hundred and twenty three

years old when he died on

Mount Hore.

So does anybody remember like

why that all happened.

Why he died here before going

into the Promised Land.

It's the same reason Moses

will not be the one to take

them into into the Promised

Land.

And it's a really interesting

passage that seems like it's

not like that big of a deal

that should require such a

harsh judgment.

And all I'm going to share in

a second why I think it may

have been so harsh but let's

read Numbers 20 verse 7.

This is the account of what

happened.

Then the Lord spoke to Moses

saying take the rod you and

your brother Aaron and gather

the congregation together.

Speak to the rock before

their eyes and it will yield

its water.

Thus you shall bring water

from them out of the rock and

give drink to the congregation

and their animals.

So Moses took the rod from

before the Lord as he commanded

him and Moses and Aaron

gathered the assembly together

before the rock and he said

to them here now you rebels

must we bring water for you

out of this rock.

Then Moses lifted his hand

and struck the rock twice

with his rod and water came

out abundantly in the

congregation and their animals

drank.

Then the Lord spoke to Moses

and Aaron because you did not

believe me to hallow me in

the eyes of the children of

Israel.

Therefore you shall not bring

this assembly into the land

which I've given them.

This was the water of

Maribach because of the

children of Israel contended

with the Lord and he was

hallowed among them.

So it seems a little harsh

right.

This is the second time water

came from a rock this.

And so the first time Moses

was told to strike it and

the second time he was told

to speak to it.

And you know out of his anger

and his carelessness he

wasn't hallowing the Lord

which like it means to set

him apart as holy.

He was in his own emotions

and angry with the people

and saying like I'm going to

do this like here comes

water essentially.

He hits the rock him and

Aaron are both a part of

this and God's really angry.

And so because of that they

can't go into the Promised

Land and and the Lord tells

Moses after this which is not

mentioned in this passage

but it is in another to take

Aaron and his son up to the

top of Mount Hore and then

he's going to take off his

garments off Aaron the

priestly garments and put

it on sun and after he did

that Aaron fell and died.

And it just seems so like

from the surface level like

it was just hitting the rock

and he did that the first

time like what's the big

deal.

And 1 Corinthians 10 for

brings a little bit more

seriousness to the issue

which is you know through

Paul God saying all drank

from the same spiritual rock

in the wilderness for they

drank of that spiritual rock

that followed them and that

rock was Christ.

So we do not understand the

complexities of the

situation but Jesus was

literally there.

Christ was there before he

came incarnate in the flesh

and he was however in that

rock that was him bringing

forth the water.

So this was a very holy

moment that they messed up

and a lot of scholars

believe that this was

supposed to be a messianic

prophecy that in their anger

and lack of viewing God as

holy they completely messed

up.

And the reason they think

that is because in Exodus

17 the rock was struck struck

once and water flew flowed

out and then here in

Numbers 20 they were

supposed to speak and the

water would flow out.

And then Jesus in the gospel

says you know the water

comes from him and it is

the Spirit of God.

So the idea was the first

rock that was struck and

water flowed out was supposed

to be a picture of Jesus

crucified once for the

forgiveness of sins that

the water of the Holy

Spirit would wash us.

And the second time that we

would come and speak to

the rock speak to Jesus

and he would fill us again

afresh and anew.

It was supposed to be a

messianic prophecy of the

forgiveness of sin and the

Holy Spirit through him only

one time dying and now we

have relationship with him

and continually come to him

to be filled with his Holy

Spirit in a dry land which

is this world.

So now realizing that you

can understand why God may

have been so angry.

And they messed up and

completely derailed a

messianic prophecy of

Jesus.

And so one thing that I

draw from this is our in

our journey we need of this

life and our faith we need

to maintain reverence for

God.

We need to realize that he

is holy and we serve the

most powerful majestic

amazing God of all time.

But he's holy and he's

different.

And we know that that the

fear of the Lord is the

beginning of knowledge.

Right.

If we don't have a healthy

reverent respect and fear

of God we're going to start

believing some wild things

like a lot of the churches

that you might see on on

social media right things

that like don't even care

about what God says and

call sin good and that you

know this is this is the

picture of Jesus is this

awful sin.

That is a complete lack of

reverence and love and fear

of God.

So we need to maintain fear

for God and this reverence

if we want to stay on the

true path in the true lane.

But also if we want to not

miss those incredibly holy

moments where God wants to do

something powerful right like

that that messianic prophecy

like there are times I was

trying to think of examples

and I ran out of time I

didn't get any but I know

I've had plenty of times

where I was just like you

know not operating in the

spirit I was in the flesh

and this moment just like

landed in my lap maybe

someone made a comment that

I'm like wow I'm not

prepared for this.

I'm not ready to answer this

question.

And I just sidestep it

because I feel awkward and

then I miss this holy moment

to possibly share the gospel

or you know there's like

there's so many examples of

like where things are really

deep and powerful and that

you could actually say

something that could maybe

change someone's life and

instead you might feel like

I'm not prepared.

I'm not equipped and you

just whiff and I mean like

does anyone else relate to

that.

But God is calling us to

maintain that reverence and

the fear of the Lord so that

we can keep in step with him

and not be out of the spirit

but be in the spirit all the

time.

So when that holy like

powerful moment comes we

fear him and we love him and

we walk right into what he

wants us to say and do.

Sorry.

And finally in verse 50.

So we need to stay bold.

We need to stay reverent.

And the last thing is we

need to stay obedient.

Verse 50.

Now the Lord spoke to Moses

in the plains of Moab by the

Georgian Jordan across from

Jericho saying speak to the

children of Israel and say

to them when you have crossed

the Jordan into the land of

Canaan then you shall drive

out all the inhabitants of

the land destroy all their

engraved stones destroy all

their molded images and

demolish all their high

places all all all all

everything's all there's

nothing left right.

So you shall dispose this

possess the inhabitants of

the land and dwell in it for

I've given you the land to

possess and you shall divide

the land by lot as an

inheritance among your

families to the larger you

shall give a larger

inheritance and to the

smaller you shall give a

smaller inheritance there

everyone's inheritance shall

be wherever be whatever falls

to him by lot you shall

inherit according to the

tribes of your fathers but

if you do not drive out the

inhabitants of the land from

before you then it shall be

that those whom you let

remain shall be irritants in

your eyes and thorns in your

side and they shall harass

you in the land where you

dwell moreover it shall be

that I will do to you as I

thought to do to them and

what he means by that is to

take them out of the land.

I think it's not the

extreme level of judgment

that he was bringing on

these people because the

evil that was in Canaan was

like we would be amazed like

it's I don't think it's

openly happening anywhere in

the world right now like it

was back then it was

disgusting and so victory

total victory here is needed

and it comes through total

obedience right it says you

need to essentially go in

faith go into this land and

do the work and do the

battles that I've called you

to and when you win which

they will because God's with

them if they just continue

to do what he's saying they

will have victory against

every single nation and when

they have victory they then

need to destroy every single

thing that is resembles

idolatry of any kind it

needs to be completely gone

so they're not even tempted

to do any of the idolatrous

sin and the thing with

idolatry is one it is

spiritual like the Bible talks

a lot about that that though

this is just a stone and

doesn't matter this engraved

image there is a demonic

presence with it and the

whole purpose of this is

really to like a lot of

these idols is so you can

just do whatever you want

it's like oh this is the

Goddess of sex so I can

just do all this crazy

sexual stuff or this is the

God of money so I can make

as much money and Lord it

over people and have power

it's a lot of things that

really it's just a way for

people to fulfill the lust

of the flesh but also

there's a demonic presence

to it as well that has

power over people so that's

why God wanted all of this

to be completely destroyed

because there was a ton of

temptation for them to to

fall into this sin of

idolatry but we know they

didn't do it like if you

read the kings and all

that you'll see honestly

all the books of the Bible

and the Old Testament say

they didn't do it but it

always talks about the high

places were still there like

these places of worship you

know but there was a time

where the Israelites were

thinking they're

worshiping Yahweh they're

a worshiping God at the

high places with all this

idolatrous like ashra poles

and everything they were so

lost and confused lack of

reverence right and also

they didn't do what God

called them to they weren't

obedient so this these

people really were just an

irritant in their eyes a

thorn in their side causing

them to stumble and finally

they actually were exiled

from their land but this

is this is an encouragement

as well as a warning right

like if we walk in

obedience we will have

complete victory over

everything in his life right

through our faith that's

that is a promise that is

what would have happened

then if they just stayed

obedient if they just did

what God said he would

empower them to have victory

in every area but they

didn't and that's the

warning side of it Matthew

Henry I quote him a bit

and he says let us hear

this in fear if we do not

drive sin out sin will

drive us out if we do not

if we be not the death of

our lusts our lusts will

be the death of our souls

Wow like that is powerful

and it's a stern warning we

need to rid sin out of our

lives because it does

deteriorate and kill our

soul and it's not saying

hey you sin and you're

going to go to hell now

no but like sin is the

beginning of your faith

deteriorating right and

whether you believe you can

lose your salvation or you

never were saved we all

believe that if you renounce

your faith and you don't

believe anymore you at

that point are not saved

and I'm telling you anyone

who at some point had faith

and doesn't anymore it is

because sin started to like

deteriorate the faith and

change the way they think

until they finally don't

believe in God at all so

sin will kill your soul

over time and we need to

get it out but the good

news is that the victory

has already been given

to us right the victory is

one hundred percent

delivered to us through

Jesus Christ I love in

Romans six there's so many

verses that talk about

this it says for the death

that he died he died to

sin once and for all that

he being Jesus the but the

life that he lives he

lives to God likewise you

also reckon yourselves to

be dead indeed to sin but

alive to God in Christ Jesus

our Lord therefore do not

let sin reign in your

mortal body that you should

obey it in its lusts do not

present your members as

instruments of unrighteousness

to sin but present

yourselves to God as being

alive from the dead and

your members as instruments

of righteousness to God and

it goes on to say for sin

shall not have dominion

over you for you are not

under law but under grace

sin literally has no power

over you except the power

you give it that is all the

enemy has over you is if

you say yes to him that is

it but if you say yes to

Jesus he sets you free right

whom the sun sets free will

be in free indeed and

finally another verse from

Romans six is but now

having been set free from

sin that is a past tense

thing when you believe in

Jesus you have been set

free having become slaves

to God you have your

fruit to holiness and the

end which is everlasting

life like when you trust in

Jesus you are free indeed

you are 100 percent free

from the power of lust of

the flesh and sin over your

life and again all we need

to do is walk into the

throne of grace with

boldness that we need to

have our boldness we have

to have our obedience and

we need to have reverence

to truly walk out this

journey for God so I don't

know if there's anyone in

here maybe feeling like you

know again your journey

feels a little bit

confusing or maybe you see

areas where you know you

you are not bold or you

aren't obedient or maybe

you know there's just

things that you're lacking

in like that is me too

right like I 100 percent

relate we all do and the

thing is it's like God is

so full of grace and

mercy for people like he

came to save sinners he

knows what he's dealing

with right he didn't come

like he says in the

Gospels the healthy don't

need a doctor but the sick

do like everybody's sick

they just don't know it

and so we know it that's

why we came to him in the

first place right so we

need to just like like it's

good to have high

standards for our life but

we can only live up to them

by the power of Jesus that

he is the only way and

he's the you know he 100

percent can make victory a

reality in your life so I

just want to pray for us

and I do I can just come

up with a little bit of

topics to talk about but

Lord we we thank you so

much for your grace Lord

and your mercy on our lives

and we thank you Lord that

when we are faithless you

remain faithful God even

when we don't walk in total

victory Lord which is

common Lord but we want to

have victory in you Lord

and I pray that we

wouldn't condemn ourselves

Lord that's we know Satan

Lord is the accuser of

the brethren the Satan

comes to condemn us for

our sin Lord but you come

to lift us up you bring

conviction which is truly

sorrow over sin that turns

to life God we sit there

for a moment but then we're

reminded of how good you

are I just pray Lord that

you would bring about a

boldness in us Lord that

we would be confident in

who you are in our lives

and that we would have

confidence to tell the

truth and to love people

with the gospel God and I

pray that we would walk in

reverence that we would

not miss these holy moments

that you give us Lord and

I pray that we would walk

in obedience God to go

where you lead and to rid

all the things of our old

life out of us God and we

just love you so much and

thank you for your kindness

and your goodness in

Jesus name Amen.

So I guess we could just

talk about our journeys

maybe some areas that seem

kind of random and back and

forth like I shared a

little bit about with my

life maybe you experienced

that but then you've seen

how God has been so good

and this was all part of

his plan.

So maybe you know some

examples of that in your

own life maybe some

examples of areas where

you've recently had some

boldness in God and were

able to step out in faith

and maybe even some areas

that you've decided to

have more self control

and a further obedience

that the Lord highlighted

for you that you know you

were not walking in

before whatever the Lord

brings to mind in your

journey just you know share

about it.

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