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Saturday, March 7, 2015

Life of Moses - Numbers 20

Homiletics                                             Study of Life of Moses
Lesson     22                                         Passage Numbers 20

Content (List of Topics or Events)
At Kadesh; Miriam is buried and Israelites compliant for water; Moses lacks trust (Numbers 20:1-13)
a. Miriam dies and buried (1)
b. Compliant from Israelites about lack of water (2-5)
c. Moses goes to the Lord and receives instruction (6-8)
d. Lack of trust in God in providing water as specified restricts Aaron and Moses from Promise Land (9-13
At Kadesh; Messagers told Israel could not enter Edom (Numbers 20:14-21)
a. Request to King of Edom   (14-17)
b. Edom and Israelite dialog on entry (18-20a)
c. Edom army enforces declaration to not enter (20b-21)

Setting out from Kadesh to Mt Hor; Aaron dies transferring priestly honor to Eleazar   (Numbers 20:22-29)
a.  At Hor, Aaron told of impending death  (22-24)
b.  Aaron to transfer garments to Eleazar (25-26)
c. Moses did as Lord commanded regarding Aarons death (27-28)
d. Community grieved for Aaron for 30 days


Divisions (Main Blocks of Thought)
Division
Scripture
At Kadesh; Miriam is buried and Israelites compliant for water; Moses lacks trust
Numbers 20:1-13
At Kadesh; Messagers told Israel could not enter Edom
Numbers 20:14-21
Setting out from Kadesh to Mt Hor; Aaron dies transferring priestly honor to Eleazar   
Numbers 20:22-29



Subject Sentence (Summarizes the contents of the Divisions – No more than 10 words)
Trust in God tested at Kadesh, Aaron’s priestly responsibility passed

Aim (Main Teaching Point of the Passage)
CTATL that trusting in God and following his instruction is critical in our service to Him.

pecific Application Questions
1.
In what ways does your trust in God waiver?
2.
Where have you found boundaries in your ministry for God; what is your response?
3.
In ministry how do you face the end?
4.


Principles to Remember

1.
Trust and Obey for there is no other way to be happy in Jesus.
2.
In ministry we do face roadblocks; how we handle them demonstrates our trust in God
3.
A ministries end there is much to celebrate when we walk with the Lord.
4.

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