The Threat from the Lord
Text: Numbers 14:11-25
31 August 2015
THE THREAT FROM THE LORD
1. Pestilence
2. Disinheritance (Numbers 14:12)
THE INTERCESSION OF MOSES
1. Concerned about the Name of the Lord
a) The might of the Lord (Numbers 14:13)
b) The fame of the Lord (Numbers 14:15)
i) Deliverance from Egypt (Numbers 14:13)
ii) God’s Presence among His people (Numbers 14:14)
c) Bad things will be said about the Lord by enemies
i) The Lord was not able to fulfil His promise (Numbers 14:16)
ii) Thus He killed His people (Numbers 14:16)
2. Pleading the Power of God
a) Appeal to the greatness of God’s power (Numbers 14:17)
b) The longsuffering of God (Numbers 14:18)
c) Abundance of mercy (Numbers 14:18)
d) Forgiveness of iniquity and transgression (Numbers 14:18)
e) But by no means clearing the guilty (Numbers 14:18)
3. Plea for Divine Pardon
a) Pardoning of the iniquity of the people (Numbers 14:19)
b) According to the greatness of mercy (Numbers 14:19)
c) As God has forgiven all this while (Numbers 14:19)
GOD’S GRACIOUS REPLY
1. I have pardoned (Numbers 14:20)
2. According to your word (Numbers 14:20)
3. The glory of the Lord (Numbers 14:21)
JUSTICE UPHELD
1. The guilty
a) Those who have seen
i) The glory of the Lord
ii) His signs in Egypt (Numbers 14:22)
b) They had put God to the test these ten times (Numbers 14:22)
c) They have not heeded God’s voice (Numbers 14:22)
d) They had rejected God (Numbers 14:23)
2. Pronouncement of Punishment
They shall not see the Promised Land (Numbers 14:23)
3. Caleb singled out for special mention
a) He has a different spirit (a good one) (Numbers 14:24)
b) He is called “My servant Caleb” (Numbers 14:24)
c) He has followed the Lord fully (Numbers 14:24)
d) He will enter the land (Numbers 14:24)
e) His descendants will inherit it (Numbers 14:25)
4. Order to change direction
To go into the wilderness (Numbers 14:25)