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Good evening one and all.
How are you Amir? Good to see you. Everybody has their hats on looking down. I can't find their faces, right?
Lord, we thank you for your goodness tonight.
Your willingness to meet with us, your abiding love that you've provided in our hearts,
the peace that you give us that can only come from your presence,
and the love that you have provided for us to draw upon and use in order to love others.
So we thank you that we can fill ourselves with your word tonight, with wisdom, with guidance,
with things that pertain to your kingdom. Lord, we're not speaking of secular things,
we're speaking of your kingdom. Lord, that's what you're about and that's what we are about.
So we thank you for this time together. We ask that you would bless our time together,
bless me as I share, we pray. And everybody said amen. All right, okay.
We are going to close out numbers. I think that we have been
from an educational standpoint, if for nothing else, learned so many different things,
but from a perspective of spiritual inputs that the Lord I trust for you, as well as those of us
that study, there is a lot of things that we have learned that we didn't know. And I, like Jesse,
used to think of the Old Testament. Well, okay, that's the Old Testament, but the more you get in
to know the idiosyncrasies and the reflection of the old that gives you a shadow of the new,
and then when you study the new, it's a shadow of the old, that it's so interesting how God brings
things together that are so meaningful. It's very subtle. It's not just out there, you have to dig
for it. So here we are going to finish up numbers 36. There are going to be two parts.
We're going to take the last chapter, dissect some of what's being said there, and then we're going
to look at some lessons learned from the entire book. So faithfulness, not familiarity, determines
who walks in God's promises. In other words, they're not guaranteed. They are given to us
as we seek Him, as we ask the Lord to develop the ministry that we have, and all of us have
ministry, to give to those that are in need, those brothers and sisters, those outside the kingdom,
meaning in the vineyard and in the harvest field, that we can see God develop us and strengthen us.
So let's take a look at the chapter. So the beginning is that the leaders of Manasseh
warned that inter-tribal marriage by widows could transfer land, inheritance,
risking permanent loss of the land to another tribe. And if you remember the division that
a lot of us have talked about, each tribe was unequivocally given some land and that was
theirs. Generationally, you would pass that down to your firstborn and then they would pass it
down and so forth. So there was a problem in that if there was a widow and she would marry
outside the tribe, like if she was from Manasseh, she would marry somebody from the tribe of Levi
that that land would follow her. So there was this dispute. So God rules on behalf of Moses
inquiry and God affirms this concern. So the daughters may marry freely within their father's
tribe so that the inheritance may pass from tribe to tribe was done away with and it would stay
within that tribe. So the boundaries that God gave were permanent. They were spiritual.
They were meaningful to the point in time whereby the land wouldn't disintegrate or be changed
and reconfigured after so many generations into different hands. So the principle was established
that each tribe must remain its God-given portion. So they want to retain it. So the land is the
Lord's the tribes or the stewards of the land. That's an important point to remember that all
this that we gathered together, the nations that we've talked about would look upon Israel as a
different nation. Remember there was government that was formed and if you remember what we
said about all the tribes were warring, they were stealing, they were fighting and God said now
he said here's going to be a model kingdom. Twelve different tribes are going to come together,
they're going to live at peace, they're going to have organization, they're going to have rituals,
they're going to have me as the center and so he wanted to shine forth a different proposal
in the world that people and tribes would acknowledge as coming from God.
So the obedient response of these people that were widows, the daughters of Zelliphod would then
fully obey and they may marry within the Manasseh tribe because that's where they were from and
they would preserve then the inheritance of that land. And then the closing statement in verse 13,
the final command was given before entering the land and the covenant order was secured before
possession. So there was then a closing, Aaron was established the rightful heir of the kingdom
and so God now preserves covenant, there is an inheritance that is set by boundaries,
the blessing that was given endures when obedience is embraced and then finally Joshua,
not Aaron excuse me, Joshua was anointed to succeed Moses and lead Israel into the promised land and
war for the territory that was promised them. So that's the end of numbers. Now let's take a look
at some of the interesting things and you may not think about this. Well, so John, what's the big
deal with all the land? Well, there's a spiritual aspect of the land that was given and we'll look
at that in a little bit. In Leviticus 25 it says this, the land is mine. In other words, it belongs
to God and we are the stewards of the land. He just didn't give it to them. He let them use it,
it was his. From the beginning, God links his covenant to a people and to a place and if you
remember from Abraham, Abraham was promised that if he would leave where he was and go out and
follow God and he would settle them and the generations that would be coming from Abraham
would then be like the sand of the sea, there would be so many, then there would be an
established place for them to live. So we link a place with people. So that's a connection.
The land then is a visible historical marker that God is faithful to what he promises. It is a sign
of God's covenant faithfulness. People say, oh, over there is Israel. We even do it today.
You know, we hear about it on the news. We look at it on a map and there we are. We studied it.
That's Israel. That's the land. There's not only people. So Israel staying in the land is conditional
on covenant faithfulness and we know what happens. What happens when they disobey? They were what?
They were exiled. They were taken out of the land over to Babylon. Why do you suppose? Because
God owns the land. He cannot live where sin is and hence he gets rid of the people by virtue of
invasions and they learn their lesson, they repent and they come back and they build the land again.
So the truth is this, that Israel doesn't own the land absolutely. They are stewards
under God's authority. Like us, it's not my ministry. It's the ministry that God gave me.
It's the ministry that God gave you. It's the gift that he gave to me. He gives you gifts.
We are to use them for his glory. Deuteronomy 28, obedience brings blessing in the land
but rebellion brings the exile that we just talked about. Leviticus 28 or 1824,
the land can vomit out its inheritance because of sin and we'll cover that. Well John, what does
that mean? The land can't speak. Well the land gives a testimony as to what God's belief is and
we'll talk about that. The truth is that the land is holy ground for a holy people because
God dwells there. He is holy and therefore the people that surround him are made holy because of
their acknowledgement of the rituals that he put forth. Sin defiles it and faithfulness preserves
that land. So here's a question. What does the land signify as we studied numbers? What does that
land look like? What is it? What can you once say about it? It was just a piece of geography.
That's not an easy question. Gail.
This is the land that God had already promised way back with Abraham.
Okay. You want to take that a little bit further?
It's part of his covenant promise. Ah so he links it with covenant. The covenant's not only with
the people but the land is part of the total covenant. People and land. They're together.
So that's where we are. So we see that and we begin to understand that. So we'll take a look
at how that's developed. The ultimate rest then in this land is again part of the home that they had.
Now think about this. The home is where you belong. You can kick your feet up.
It's yours. You enjoy it. It's a refuge. It's a place. And that's what God wanted for them.
Not tribal difficulties, disagreements from wars. It could be called a home. And with that,
there was a peace that he brought because of his abiding presence. And because it's where God wants
you. It's an identity. Remember he said I will make the nation Israel an example
to the other nations. So there's an identity. There's a peace. There's an acknowledgement.
This is where our home is. It's like being home in your house which provides shelter,
and which it did, refuge in order to refresh and rest and be yourself without intrusion.
And again, intrusion's another word. They warred. They took the land. They were an
after all that was done with David, Solomon developed. There wasn't a war in the land
as a heritage unto the Lord. So let's take a look at some other things now. What God grants by
covenant through the boundaries can be lost by neglect. So let's take a look at this.
When God establishes these boundaries, which he did, we talked about it,
he's not restricting blessing, but he is protecting blessing with regard to the
allocation of land. Neglect by compromising or indifference toward these boundaries
does not cancel his covenant. Remember covenant is permanent. We leave on our own
direction, and we leave God. He never leaves us. He has covenant. It is permanent.
But these issues forfeit the enjoyment, the influence, and the continuity of what was given
if we don't fulfill his plans. The example is like this. In a marriage, there is a covenant,
not a contract. Love, trust, and unity are given at the altar. And we still go over this.
My wife, we were talking about it the other day after many, many years. It was wonderful
to think about when we did our vows, what we said to one another. Richer, poor, sickness, and
to hell. And it is what it is. But there is that trust there. There's a building of covenant
relationship. Neglect of that covenant is a lack of communication, a lack of praying together,
attention to one another, repentance when you're wrong, erodes the marriage. It may not be dissolved,
but we kind of go our own way, living together but yet living apart. No single betrayal may occur,
yet the intimacy and the joy and the oneness slowly die. And you know yourselves. You have
probably friends that you know of that have been married. There's death in the marriage.
Why is that? They don't work at it. They don't keep it. They're not loyal. And the story goes
on and on. Unity is the same way. It's created by the Spirit of God in Ephesians 4.3. It says,
try your best to let God's Spirit keep your hearts united. What's that look like?
Unity is given. It's not manufactured. So He gives us unity. We want to maintain that.
Neglect by gossip, unresolved conflict, pride, silence,
silence that fractures fellowship. And there's no doctrine that changes and yet divisions come.
So these are two basic examples. All right. Let's take a different, a deeper look at the land.
And I wonder what that means. You heard me say that there is an expression. And
the land vomited out the people. And the Lord destroyed the land because of His anger.
It's His covenant to control. Land matters because it's God's covenant space.
He was here. He came down to His people. He dwelt in the tabernacle. And He identified
Himself with those people. So everything around that is sacred. When that becomes compromised,
He reacts to that and He cleanses it. When innocent blood is spilled, the land cries out,
the word says. It simply means that God takes justice so seriously that even the ground
is portrayed as a witness calling for His righteous judgment. Isn't that interesting?
How He uses that. And that's why God responds so fiercely. The place meant for rest and blessing
that we talked about, our home, is being turned into a place of violence because of killing,
because of disagreements. The land is supposed to be a gift, an identity, a rest for Israel.
And Leviticus 25, it says, the land is mine. You are strangers and sojourners with me.
So He owns. He provides. The land is a place of rest and inheritance as found in Deuteronomy 12.
In Genesis 12, 15, and 17, it was part of their identity as God's people. And so the land isn't
just where they live, it's where God's covenant life is established with the people. And as they
live it out, they are that example to those around them. In other words, other nations.
Now, what does it mean the land cries out? Blood defiles the land. When scripture talks
about blood crying out or defiling the land, it's using a powerful language that we can
get ahold of here. In Genesis 4, it says, Abel's blood cries out from the ground. In Numbers 35,
it says, the blood pollutes the land and no atonement can be made for the land except for
the blood of the one who shed it. Deuteronomy 21, unresolved murder brings guilt to the land
until the atonement is made. The idea then that the land is not morally neutral.
It supports the kingdom of God. It's where He dwells because it belongs to God. And when
injustice is done, especially where innocent blood is shed, that defiles the very place
that God wants to dwell. So the land cries out and it's a way of saying that violence creates
a debt of justice before God that can't just be ignored. He can't ignore sin.
You can't dwell with God in sin. And consequently, when there is sin in the camp,
as it was, as we have found out, He reacts and He then has to judge. That's His nature to do so.
So why does God get angry about the blood in the land?
Shedding innocent blood is not just a crime against the person. It's an offense against God's order.
One thing we talked about over and over again, where there was chaos, disorder,
tribal confusion, God brought order to 12 tribes of Israel. And He laid out a government. He laid
out laws. He laid out appeals. He laid out limitations, things that they had to do to
maintain the glory of God. There was order. So since the land is God's and Israel lives
there by covenant, violence pollutes the very space where God dwells among them. And He can't
have that. So God's anger just isn't emotional. He just doesn't get mad for the sake of you doing
wrong things. It's the judicial and covenantal responsibility of Him to judge you because He
cannot dwell where sin is. So the land was meant to be a place of rest, justice and blessing,
and bloodshed turns it into a witness against its own inhabitants because they were the ones that
were kicked out, went to Babylon, went to exile because they weren't following God.
So now exile, when the land vomits out its people, what does that mean? This is where it
gets really serious. Leviticus 18, 25 and 28, the land becomes defiled and vomits out its
inheritance because of bloodshed and wickedness. Second Kings, Second Chronicles, one major
reason for exile is the innocent blood and systematic injustice that was performed. He
couldn't tolerate any longer. He had to purge where he wanted to dwell of the people that were not
following him. In other words, if Israel fills God's gift, the land, with violence,
the gift itself becomes the instrument of judgment. Think about that. He doesn't have
to say anything. It's there. If it's blessed, it's sanctified, God dwells there,
and then sin comes in, the judgment is already made because of the sin. He doesn't have to
decide that it's bad. It automatically is. The land was supposed to give rest instead
of rebellion, and therefore he expels them. So let's look at the big picture, if you will.
The land is a sacred trust, not just property. The bloodshed, again, desecrates that trust.
The cry of the land is the Bible way of saying God hears injustice embedded into its
own creation itself. And then rest in the land is only possible where there is justice and
faithfulness that are honored. See, you can live there as long as you want. It's yours.
God's given it to you. You are a steward. You can bring increase. Your herds multiply. Your
vineyards multiply. Your wheat has rained. God brings rain down. He provides for the people.
As long as you live in the covenant relationship. Without that, then things go wrong, and he has to
rid the land of those rebellious people. The New Testament picks up on this spiritually.
Hebrews 12, it says, it contrasts Abel's blood, which cries out for justice with Jesus' blood,
which speaks of a better word, mercy and reconciliation. So there's a connection there.
And then the problem of blood crying from the ground is ultimately answered by Christ atoning
blood, which then cleanses not just people, but the defilement of sin itself.
So this is a very interesting subject that, again, deserves attention, whereby we just think
of his presence, but you have to combine the land and the people and God together.
So what God grants by covenant now can be lost by neglect. And we all know that in our lives.
What's that look like? All right, here's the first one. Fear can override faith in decision-making.
Well, I'm concerned. I'm afraid. Look at what happened when they were brought to the
church. That was what they said. And what they should have said, God can do this. And there were
two men that said God can do it. So the spies believed the threat more than the promise.
See, this is what you gave us, but we can't do that. We can't take this land.
Too many obstacles. So the question is, what is the risk of fear in the church today?
What does that fear look like? What's the biggest fear in the church today?
Equating it now to the New Testament.
All right. Decisions driven by pressure in the culture, finances, or public opinion.
The fear that the church has. Well, you know, we just don't have enough money to do this.
So it's all wrapped around money. Where's your faith?
We can't do this because we would push people away. Well, what does God say about the declarative
statement of his kingdom? That all men should come to him. The pressure of the culture.
You know, now in England, each minister has to provide a sermon to somebody in the government
and they review it to make sure it's acceptable and they stamp it. And that's the sermon that
he can preach on Sunday. Isn't that something? Oh, the public opinion. We won't be liked. Well,
we're not here to be liked. We're here to declare his kingdom. Grumbling normalizes unbelief.
Numbers insight. Complaining became the culture of the camp. And you know the statements. They
and what did he say? I would like to wipe these people out and Moses interceded for those people.
Question. What is the risk of grumbling in the church today? What's that look like?
What happens when the church has grumblers in the pews?
You've experienced that probably in your trek of life. What's that look like? Does that add to
the number? Add to the grace of God or take away. It takes away from what God wants to do.
Persistent criticism is framed as discernment.
Negativity spreads faster than gratitude or prayer. And we don't want that. We don't have that in our
church. We don't have fear. We don't have grumbling. Thank the Lord for that. Another warning.
Rebellion often disguises itself as spiritual equality. If you remember Cora, she claimed
holiness while rejecting God's order. What happened to her? She met her death.
The question then, what about rebellion in the church? What's that look like?
What's that look like? Authority is rejected under the banner of everyone's equal.
No. There are ministries that govern, ministries that minister, ministries that support.
Rebellion is not part of an equality program. Note, scripture is often used selectively to
justify resistance to leadership. In my tenure, many people have, I had one individual that
used to call me about 2.30 or 3 o'clock in the afternoon when I was trying to watch the
football game after church. And he used to tell me, hello, brother John, this is, and I won't
mention the man's name and kindness. And then he proceeded to tell me what I did wrong.
So that lasted about four or five months. And I got to the point of time, I said, Irv,
I said, you're not running this. You're criticizing the work that God wants to do.
So I hung up on him. That was the last call that he ever made. So, you know, at some point in time,
the criticism begins to get you and begins to work at you, then it deteriorates or disinjoins
the church in its unity. So holiness erodes when order is abandoned. And we remember we talked about
the order of God. It numbers inside. It says this, God structured the camp to protect the people.
Why did he protect the people? So that God's presence wouldn't kill them. He put the
tabernacle in the middle. He put the Levites around the outside of that. And around that
were the 12 tribes of Israel. Remember when the people saw God, they were afraid at the mountain.
They said, no, you go. You go take care of God and we'll listen to you when you talk to him.
So there was a protection element in that. The question then is, what is the risk when disorder
exists in the church today? When chaos is? When everybody's in charge and nobody's in charge?
Well, we'll just do this and do that. Thank God we have order in our church. There are elders,
there are servants, there are teachers, there are many a sundry as gifts that work together
homogenously to bring life to people. Disorder does not exist. God is order. When you get into
situation and you walk into a crowd, you can feel it. There's chaos and disorder. Have you
ever walked into a church with this chaos and disorder? Yeah, I mean, it's very evident.
God's not in that presence because he is a God of order. Now, there may be activities that I'm not
used to. There was one church that I visited in the Ukraine when I was doing a technical
transfer over there. I used to go out on the weekends with our interpreter and go to different
areas in the Ukraine and speak. And we walked into this one church
and everybody was dancing and pogoing up and down. Well, I tried that for about two minutes
and I said, that's not my style. But, you know, it was different. But they were praising the Lord.
And I kind of, in my nature, I thought, oh, this is different. I didn't go too far, say,
that's bad. I just said it was different. And then as I got into it, I said, well, you know,
Lord, who am I to say that these aren't big? But everything was decent. And they were just,
you know, it was like just a, you know, hundreds of pogo sticks going up and down when they
were praying. And it was different. But I learned that that was their expression
of love toward the Lord. So when disorder exists, boundaries are labeled as
too rigid or legalism. You guys are too legal. You have this and you have that. What's wrong?
Well, I don't, I don't agree with you. And then sometimes sin is tolerated to preserve unity
in that disorder. Well, we don't want to, we don't want to disappoint somebody. I think there
was, were you here or where was it when the lady came with the great big flag?
You know, she walking all around the church and it wasn't in this building was over in
Christopher dock, right? Okay. All right. So we had to tell her what not to do that, right? Okay.
Did you do that, bro? All right. Okay. All right. Another warning. Accountability is avoided. In
other words, we see, we see grace here. We tolerate numbers says this. They doubted God.
Moses struck the rock when he was mad. And as a result of that, he didn't make it into the,
the promised land. Aaron made the golden calf. He acquiesced to the people's pressure. He didn't
make it into the land. So again, by an act of grace, they were voided out and could not get
into the promised land. So the question is, what is the risk of negligence in the church today?
What's that look like? Well, leadership presumes immunity because of their calling and their
giftings. And we know we have been through the interesting years of tele-evangelism
and all that that brought and all the difficulties. And we've seen many
anointed men fall because of sin, absconding money, utilizing resources unwisely,
unwed relationships and married relationships and negligence. But yet they could do no wrong.
There was a church that my son was going to. It was run by a Spanish fellow. He was an ex-veteran
and he was anointed and the church grew and grew and grew. First, they, they bought a small church.
So they bought other buildings around it, expanded that. And after a while they had the whole city
block. And Jared calls up. He said, dad, guess what happened? I forget the guy's name. It's not
even worth saying. He said so and so he said, they, they found that he was lonely and in sin and
he was watching pornography and so forth. As the story goes and the whole church just collapsed
like that. It's just, it's disappointing to see in, in light of the calling that you have and the
things that you do, you need to understand that there is an obedient life that goes with calling
in order for God to bless. And God forgives, but consequences will flow downhill and judge who we
are and what we're made of. And then warning, inheritance is enjoyed without responsibility.
In Numbers, it says the Eastern tribes, if you remember Manasseh, they didn't want to go into
the promised land. They wanted to have the shepherd areas where they could graze their
sheep and their cattle. And they wanted the rest of the Israelites to take their land.
But guess what? They were not willing to fight. And Moses came to them and said,
you can have this land, but you have to come over here. You leave your women and
children there and you men come over here and fight and take all the land.
And after that, you can go back. So there was, again, a situation where they had disunity.
It says, let the others fight the battle was their mentality.
So the question is, what is the risk of comfort at all costs? And that is where the church protects
comfort over vision. Well, we don't do that because we're uncomfortable. Blessing is enjoyed
without participation in God's broader work. There always is a work as a challenge in a church
to look at forward thinking opportunities for us to serve him.
Okay. Now we come down to the biggest question. I need you to think about this.
What is the greatest risk to the church today? All else being equal. We talked about land. We
talked about people. We talked about disobedience. What is the greatest risk for us today? The church,
meaning the church universal. What is the greatest risk for us as followers sitting here in a church
that we attend, that we support with our ties and offerings. We support in serving one another.
What's that greatest risk that we have?
I'll get you. I think it tends to be the same thing that were written in many of the epistles.
False teachers. Okay. And where does that come from? Think about that. That challenges me.
So we have false teachers. How did they get to be false teachers?
Because they walk closely to the truth, but they twist it and make it
what they want it to be from their own mind. Yeah, to their advantage more than likely.
Okay, that's good. Complacency.
It's comfortable here. Why change, right? Yeah, it's no dice. Ron? No, I said apathy. Just let
the other guy do it. Think about what church we would have if the other guy had to do it.
Think of all the service things that we do. You know, it was interesting. And some of you
weren't privy to this yet. I'll just give a testimony. It was my first time that Chris asked
we had, we had a, what do you not? I guess we didn't have a dinner. What did we have
when we had all the leadership together? What was that? Appreciation night. And then Chris got
up and introduced people, which we all knew, but the multiplicity of ministries that this people,
that these people have and the idea that there was what, 60 people in that room?
I think at least. And it just blessed me to say, to see tangibly all that they did.
And, and, and Gail, she called me up. She says, I'm a little bit of everything
here, there, and everywhere. I'm connected. Yes.
Maybe not following the word of God, like disobedience. Yeah. Because if you don't do
this church. Yeah. Yeah. You know, so what intellect do you have that I don't have? Right?
Yeah. No. Yeah. What cuts between truth and fault. Yeah. Very good.
Very good. All right. Let's take a look. A lot of you are right on spot on.
And that looks like this. The greatest risk is an unhurried movement. It doesn't happen
overnight. It's unhurried slowly neglecting. Faithfulness is one drifting from God's word.
Okay. That's two of you got that dulling our reverence for his holiness.
I think that's what basically you said replacing obedience with familiarity.
I think that was kind of covered and all these things are implications of the church.
And if we're not careful in our own lives, because it's not, it doesn't come to it as a
plague to us. It starts individually. People rarely wake up and say, today I stopped following God.
It's very subtle. And here's what happens. They pray less, but they still believe.
They obey selectively. Oh, you know, what Ken was talking about there when he was teaching us.
I'm not so sure. You know, and, you know, Ron, maybe he's a little bit, and you know,
who am I to criticize that they were, they were giving us their interpretation,
but still attend. They justify small little compromises. You know, I don't think tithing is
something that I should give to the church. I'll give to anybody I want. Well, you know,
tithing, it says, come to the storehouse. Okay. But they still feel sincere. And over time,
what was once central becomes optional. It's slowly, slowly, slowly denigrating the church.
So that those are basically things that are risking the church. You don't usually have a
cataclysmic change unless there perhaps is the leadership has had fault and is vitally
opposed to something or you, there's not a transparency there, but these subtle things,
you notice the word slowly drifting, dulling, replacing. It's like a cancer. And again,
drift never feels like rebellion. It feels like just being busy or tired or practical.
You know, so, c'est la vie. Now, here's interesting in closing, look at what numbers
has it influences the New Testament and the parallels. In Corinthians, it says, these things
happen to them as examples and were written down as warnings to us. In other words, the rebellion
that was talked about. In Numbers 11, God's presence did not prevent rebellion. You know,
he doesn't make you do anything. He asks you to do something, he convicts you,
you listen to the Holy Spirit or you don't listen to the Holy Spirit. That's our choice.
In Hebrews, we must pay the most careful attention so that we do not drift away slowly,
slowly, slowly. First Corinthians 10, all experience God's presence, yet most fell.
That's a travesty. That's what happened. In Revelation 21, the cowardly listed among those
excluded. I wouldn't want to be that. Hebrews 3, they could not enter because of unbelief.
Philippians 2, do nothing without, do everything without grumbling. Hello, that's just what we
talked about. Hebrews 12, without holiness, no one can see the Lord. Purity of heart. Hebrews 10,
willful sin after truth brings judgment. Hebrews 12, he saw lost his inheritance through neglect.
In 1 Corinthians 3, 15, saved yet losing reward. Here's the final thing in Romans 4, 15,
and I don't mean to end on a negative note, but this is kind of a negative chapter where you
sum these things together. God becomes angry when his law is broken. That's the end of the game.
That's the judgment that we have. Now, he won't execute you. What does he do? As you go on your
way, he withdraws his presence. Because his presence can't deal with unGodly nature.
And sin as it comes and beseeches us and we walk in it, his nature withdraws. And believe me,
it's not fun to not have the presence of God in your life. I would be afraid to think about
not having that in my life in these days that we live in. You know, and it just amazes me as
people walk the streets how they can live what I see successfully, maybe not without the Lord.
You know, we, you and I need the Lord, don't we? Amen. All right, Lord, we thank you for
closure on this book. We ask, Lord, the sobriety that we saw, the linking of the land and your
inheritance to blessing, and the land reacting because of the purity of who you are.
And the willingness of your judgment that's righteous to all men, no matter whether it was
Korah, no matter whether it was thousands of people dying because they didn't believe
there was a plague and they didn't look on the serpent and they died. Lord, you just have to live
with who you are. And we have to understand that. But by the grace of God, Lord, let each one of
us live the full life that we desire in you. We are only fulfilled in you. So we give you these things
and we ask, Lord, for your blessing as we go. In Jesus name, and everyone said, Amen. Amen. Well,
it wasn't spectacular, but it had to be said. So it was said tonight. And that's what,
that's what we have as far as teaching is concerned. I hope you learn something. God bless you.
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