SCRIPTURE: Numbers 10 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: At that time the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and all the nations of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky, with power and great glory. And he will send his angels with a loud…
Author: Norm
following the Jesus cloud
SCRIPTURE: Numbers 9 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: And he said to them, ‘I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer. For I tell you, I will not eat it again until it finds fulfillment in the kingdom of God.’ [Luke 22:15-16] This reading talks about the Passover, and about how the glory cloud led the…
we are His workers
SCRIPTURE: Numbers 8 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, ‘The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.’ [Matthew 9:36-38]…
what really matters
SCRIPTURE: Numbers 7 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: You also say, `If anyone swears by the altar, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gift on it, he is bound by his oath.’ You blind men! Which is greater: the gift, or the altar that makes the gift sacred? Therefore, he who swears by the altar swears by…
saying ‘yes’ to God’s smiling face!
SCRIPTURE: Numbers 6 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Let your yes mean yes, and your no mean no. Anything more than this comes from the evil one. [Matthew 5:37] Would you make an extreme vow? For example, for Lent, would you consider not cutting your hair or shaving, not drinking any alcohol, and not touching anything dead? Or maybe instead you…
don’t wait for the lie detector
SCRIPTURE: Numbers 5 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Jesus said, the good man brings good things out of the good stored up in him, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in him. But I tell you that men will have to give account on the day of judgment for every careless word they…
to take my job seriously
SCRIPTURE: Numbers 4 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: On reaching Jerusalem, Jesus entered the temple area and began driving out those who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves, and would not allow anyone to carry merchandise through the temple courts. And as he taught them, he…
God’s firstborn son
SCRIPTURE: Numbers 3 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. [John 3:16]. The ‘firstborn son’ idea is foreign to us, but in that time it was the normal means of advancing family wealth and blessing from generation…
organized for a purpose
SCRIPTURE: Numbers 2 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them two by two ahead of him to every town and place where he was about to go. [Luke 10:1] Jesus was following a strategic plan. And what we see in Numbers 2 also shows a strategic plan. The tribes are organized to move effectively,…
count me in!
SCRIPTURE: Numbers 1 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: These are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon (who is called Peter) and his brother Andrew; James son of Zebedee, and his brother John; Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus; Simon the Zealot and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him. These twelve…