Complainers
Richard S. Dickson
Wednesday, August 2, 2006
7:00 p.m.

Numbers 11

• Introduction
• the journey begins (Numbers 10.33)
  - they leave Sinai
• initial Complaining and Consequences (1-3)
• The Problem
• complaining - again (4)
• started by the "mixed multitude" (Ex. 12.38)
  - those who had not bought in fully
• children of Israel joined in
• looking back - "we remember" (5-6)
• The Result of the Problem
• angered God (10)
• burdened the leadership (10-15)
• Solutions Advanced
• 70 elders to be enlisted (16-17)
• meat promised (18-20)
• The Roots of the Problem
• despised the Lord -rejected (20)
• see also 1 Samuel 8.7
• see also Romans 1 - gave them over
• disbelief - on part of leader (21-23)
  
  • see also Isaiah 59.1
• Solutions Delivered
• spirit placed on edlers (24-30)
• God chooses who He will
• the humility of the leader
• food given (31-32)
• Judgement or Journey
• wrath and plague (33)
• buried lusters/complainers (34)
• the journey continued (35)
• Conclusion
• caution for Christians
• salvation narrative
• problem = sin
• result of problem = separation
• solution advanced = Messiah/savior
• root of problem = rebellion (despise/disbelief)
• solution delivered = the cross
• judgement or journey = hell or heaven

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