S3E229 – 1 Timothy 4-6: Fitness

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Transcript PODCAST INTRODUCTION Today we will read 1 Timothy 4-6. I’ll have some comments after the reading, and I’m calling today’s episode “Fitness.” S12E235Art3000-woman reading bible [https://dzzggm57pi1og.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/23142336/S12E235Art3000.jpg]Design: Steve Webb | Photo: Alexandra-Fuller on Unsplash COMMENTS ON 1 TIMOTHY 4 > Training the body helps a little, but godly living helps in every way. Godly living has the promise of life now and in the world to come. This is a statement that can be trusted and deserves complete acceptance. Certainly, we work hard and struggle to live a godly life, because we place our confidence in the living God. He is the Savior of all people, especially of those who believe. > > > 1 Timothy 4:8-10 God’s Word Translation Paul was, as you remember, advising the younger Timothy, who was pastoring the church at Ephesus, which had become infiltrated with many false teachings. In verse 8 Paul is addressing the idea that was held by many in the Greek and Roman culture that put a great deal of value in physical training. We know that taking care of our body is good, but let’s face it, the benefits are strictly temporary. They don’t last. Eventually, given enough time, we all grow old and our bodies deteriorate. I started swimming competitively when I was about eight years old. By the time I graduated high school, I had swum the equivalent of nearly the distance from Los Angeles to New York. I was in great shape! A couple of years after graduating, I was a professional ski patrolman. After that I was an apprentice carpenter. All through these years, I maintained a very high level of fitness. But here in my late 60s, my body is definitely showing signs of age. Even if I had continued to exercise at the level I did in my youth, my body would not have been able to stop the aging process. Physical discipline can’t stop the march of time. And one day, my body will die. No one gets outta here alive. But on the spiritual level, I am in the best shape of my life. My walk with God has made me better able to deal with the challenges of life here and now, and the spiritual discipline I have practiced over the years also produces eternal benefits. When my body stops, I will enjoy the eternal benefit of my faith in Christ. > I assure you, and there are thousands of my brethren who can affirm the same, that after having tried the ways of sin, we infinitely prefer the ways of righteousness for their own pleasure’s sake even here, and we would not change with ungodly men even if we had to die like dogs. With all the sorrow and care which Christian life is supposed to bring, we would prefer it to any other form of life beneath the stars. > > > Charles Spurgeon Verse 10: “Certainly, we work hard and struggle to live a godly life, because we place our confidence in the living God. He is the Savior of all people, especially of those who believe.” “He is the Savior of all people…” There is a belief among some people that everyone will ultimately be saved. But that is not what Paul was saying here. The second half of Paul’s sentence is “…especially of those who believe.” > What God intends for ALL, he actually gives to them that believe in Christ, who died for the sins of the world, and tasted death for every man. As all have been purchased by his blood so all may believe; and consequently all may be saved. Those that perish, perish through their own fault. > > > Adam Clarke ALL are offered forgiveness if they place their faith in Jesus. No one who comes to Jesus will be rejected. > God loved the world this way: He gave his only Son so that everyone who believes in him will not die but will have eternal life. God sent his Son into the world, not to condemn the world, but to save the world. Those who believe in him won’t be condemned. But those who don’t believe are already condemned because they don’t believe in God’s only Son. > > > John 3:16-18 God’s Word Translation Paul was instructing Timothy to live a godly life and be an example to the Ephesian church, so that no one could fault him for his youth. > Command and teach these things. Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young. Set an example for the believers in what you say and in how you live. Also set an example in how you love and in what you believe. Show the believers how to be pure. > > > 1 Timothy 4:11-12 God’s Word Translation Many Bible scholars believe that a better translation here is, “Be an example of the believers” as opposed to to or for the believers. I agree. Each of us should be an example of what it is to be a follower of Christ. TODAY’S BIBLE TRANSLATION Bible translation used in today’s episode: Ch. 4 GW, Ch. 5-6 HCSB SUPPORT This a value for value podcast. There are no advertisers because advertising=censorship. If you enjoy the Lifespring Family Audio Bible, decide how much value it brings to you. Only you can make that determination. Then put a number on the value and send it to me here: SUPPORT [/support/]. [/support/] TRANSCRIPT Download .txt file. [https://d1uphahyf7mnoz.cloudfront.net/lsfb/LSFAB_S12-E235_otter_ai.txt] Steve Webb 0:00 Physical discipline can’t stop the march of time. Steve Webb 0:11 And here we are again. This is the Lifespring family Audio Bible coming to you from Riverside, California, podcasting since 2004. I’m your OG God caster Steve Webb. This is the daily show where we’re reading through the entire Bible in a year and I’m really happy you’ve invited me into your day to day. Our reading today is First Timothy four through six. I will have some comments after the reading and I’m calling today’s episode fitness. If you’d like to comment on today’s show, you can do that at Lifespring media.com/s 12 e 235. You can also email me at Steve at Lifespring media.com If you’d like I’d love to hear from you. And with all the preliminaries out of the way, let’s get started. Steve Webb 0:52 First Timothy chapter four. The Spirit says clearly that in later times, some believers will desert the Christian faith. They will follow spirits that deceive and they will believe the teachings of demons. These people will speak lies disguised as truth. their consciences have been scarred as if branded by a red hot iron. They will try to stop others from getting married and from eating certain foods. God created food to be received with prayers of thanks by those who believe and know the truth. Everything God created is good. Nothing should be rejected if it is received with prayers of thanks, God’s word and prayer, set it apart as holy. You are a good servant of Christ Jesus. When you point these things out to our brothers and sisters, then you will be nourished by the words of the Christian faith and the excellent teachings which you have followed closely. Don’t have anything to do with godless myths that old women like to tell. rather train yourself to live a godly life. Training the body helps a little but godly living helps in every way. godly living has the promise of life now and in the world to come. This is a statement that can be trusted and deserves complete acceptance. Certainly we work hard and struggle to live a godly life because we place our confidence in the living God is the Savior of all people, especially of those who believe. Insist on these things and teach them. Don’t let anyone look down on you for being young. Instead, make your speech behavior love, faith and purity and example for other believers. Until I get there. Concentrate on reading scripture in worship, giving encouraging messages and teaching people don’t neglect the gift which he received through prophecy, when the spiritual leaders placed their hands on you to ordain you. Practice these things. devote your life to them so that everyone can see your progress. Focus on your life and your teaching. Continue to do what I’ve told you. If you do this, you will save yourself and those who hear you. Steve Webb 3:05 First Timothy chapter five. Do not rebuke an older man but exhort him as a father, younger men as brothers, older women as mothers, and with all propriety the younger women as sisters, support widows who are genuinely widows. But if any widow has children or grandchildren, they must learn to practice godliness toward their own family first and to repay their parents for this pleases God. The real widow left all alone has put her hope in God and continues night and day in her petitions and prayers. However, she who is self indulgent is dead even while she lives. Command this also so they won’t be blamed. But if anyone does not provide for his own that is in his own household. He has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever. No widow should be placed on the official support list unless she is at least 60 years old, has been the wife of one husband, and is well known for good works. That is if she has brought up children shown hospitality, washed the saints feet, helped the afflicted and devoted herself to every good work, but refuse to enroll younger widows for when they are drawn away from Christ by desire they want to marry and will therefore receive condemnation because they have renounced their original pledge. At the same time. They also learned to be idle going from house to house. They are not only idle, but are also gossips and busybodies, saying things they shouldn’t say. Therefore, I want younger women to marry, have children manage their households and give the adversary no opportunity to accuse us. For some have already turned away to follow satan. If any believing woman has widows in her family, she should help them and the church should not be burdened so that it can help those who are genuinely widows. The elders who are good leaders should be considered worthy of an ample honorarium, especially those who work hard at preaching and teaching. For the scripture says, Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain and the worker is worthy of his wages. Don’t accept an accusation against an elder unless it is supported by two or three witnesses, publicly rebuke those who sin so that the rest will also be afraid. I solemnly charge you before God in Christ Jesus and the elect angels to observe these things without prejudice, doing nothing out of favoritism. Don’t be too quick to appoint anyone as an elder, and don’t share in the sins of others. keep yourself pure. Don’t continue drinking only water, but use a little wine because of your stomach and your frequent illnesses. Some people’s sins are obvious going before them to judgment, but the sins of others surface later. Likewise, good works are obvious, and those that are not obvious cannot remain hidden. Steve Webb 6:00 First Timothy chapter six. All who are under the yoke as slaves must regard their own masters to be worthy of all respect, so that God’s name and his teaching will not be blasphemed. Those who have believing masters should not be disrespectful to them because they are brothers, but should serve them better, since those who benefit from their service are believers and dearly loved, teach and encourage these things. If any one teaches other doctrine and does not agree with the sound teaching of our Lord Jesus Christ, and with a teaching that promotes godliness, he has conceded understanding nothing but has a sick interest in disputes and arguments over words. From these come envy, quarreling, slander, evil suspicions, and constant disagreement among people whose minds are depraved and deprived of the truth, who imagine that godliness is a way to material gain, but godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out. But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with these. But those who want to be rich fall into temptation, a trap, and many foolish and harmful desires which plunge people into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil and by craving it some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pains. But you man of God, run from these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance, and gentleness. Fight the good fight for the faith, take hold of eternal life that you were called to, and have made a good confession about in the presence of many witnesses. In the presence of God who gives life to all and of Christ Jesus, who gave a good confession before Pontius Pilate, I charge you to keep the command without fault or failure until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ. God will bring this about in his own time. He is the blessed and only sovereign, the King of kings and the Lord of lords, the only one who has a mortality dwelling in unapproachable light, no one has seen or can see him, to Him be honored and eternal might, amen. Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be arrogant or to set their hope on the uncertainty of wealth, but on God who richly provides us with all things to enjoy. instruct them to do what is good, to be rich and good works to be generous, willing to share, storing up for themselves a good reserve for the age to come, so that they may take hold of life that is real. Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to you avoiding irreverent empty speech and contradictions from the knowledge that falsely bears that name. By professing it, some people have deviated from the faith, Grace be with all of you. Let’s talk a little bit about chapter four. verses eight through 10 said training the body helps a little but godly living helps in every way. godly living has the promise of life now and in the world to come. This is a statement that can be trusted and deserves complete acceptance. Certainly, we work hard and struggle to live a godly life because we place our confidence in the living God. He is the Savior of all people, especially of those who believe. Beloved, you’ll probably remember that Paul was advising the younger Timothy who was pastoring, the church at Ephesus which had become infiltrated with many false teachings. In verse eight, Paul is addressing the idea that was held by many in the Greek and Roman culture that put a great deal of value in physical training. We know that taking care of our bodies a good thing to do, right, but let’s face it, the benefits are strictly temporary, they don’t last. Eventually, given enough time we all grow old and our bodies deteriorate. Steve Webb 10:00 I started swimming competitively when I was about eight years old. By the time I graduated high school, I had swarmed the equivalent of nearly the distance from Los Angeles to New York, I was in great shape. And then a couple of years after graduating, I was a professional ski patrolman. After that I was an apprentice carpenter. And all through these years, I maintained a very high level of fitness. But here I am in my late 60s, and my body is definitely showing signs of age. But even if I had continued to exercise at the level I did in my youth, my body would not have been able to stop the aging process. physical discipline can’t stop the march of time, in one day, my body will just give up, I’ll die. No one gets out of here alive, right. But on the spiritual level, I’m in the best shape of my life. My walk with God has made me better able to deal with the challenges of life here and now. And the spiritual discipline I’ve practiced over the years also produces eternal benefits. When my body stops, I will enjoy the eternal benefit of my faith in Christ. I like what Charles Spurgeon said, I assure you, and there are 1000s of my brethren who can affirm the same, that after having tried the ways of sin, we infinitely prefer the ways of righteousness for their own pleasure sake, even here, and we would not change with ungodly men, even if we had to die like dogs with the sorrow and care which Christian life is supposed to bring. We would prefer it to any other form of life beneath the stars. Amen. Brother Spurgeon. And then here in chapter four, verse 10, Paul said, certainly we work hard and struggle to live a godly life because we place our confidence in the living God, He is the Savior of all people, especially those who believe. Well, let’s go back here. What did Paul mean when he said, He’s the savior of all people, there is a belief among some people that everyone will ultimately be saved. But that isn’t what Paul was saying here. The second half of Paul’s sentence is especially of those who believe, Bible commentator Adam Clarke said this, what God intends for all he actually gives to them that believe in Christ, who died for the sins of the world, and tasted death for every man, as all have been purchased by His blood. So all may believe in Consequently all may be saved. Those that perish, perish through their own fault. Yes, beloved, all are offered forgiveness if they place their faith in Jesus, because no one who comes to Jesus will be rejected. John 316, through 18 says, God loved the world this way, he gave his only Son so that everyone who believes in him will not die, but will have eternal life. God sent His Son into the world, not to condemn the world, but to save the world. Those who believe in Him won’t be condemned. But those who don’t believe are already condemned, because they don’t believe in God’s only son. So yes, he is the savior of all people. But then, as Paul said, especially of those who believe Jesus is the Savior of the world, but we have to accept his gift. Steve Webb 13:27 So Paul was instructing Timothy to live a godly life and to be an example to the Ephesian church, so that no one could fault him for his youth. He said in verses 11, and 12, command and teach these things. Don’t let anyone look down on you because you’re young. Set an example for the believers in what you say, and in how you live. Also set an example in how you love and in what you believe, show the believers how to be pure. That is an important thing for every pastor to do, but especially a young pastor. But let’s go back to the sentence that said, set an example for the believers. Many Bible scholars believe that a better translation here is be an example of the believers, as opposed to to or for the believers. I agree with that. Each of us not just pastors, but each of us should be an example of what it is to be a follower of Christ. That’s how we become salt and light to the world. We are to be an example of what a believer is supposed to be. So the sentence still holds up. Set an example of the believers in what you say and how you live. Also send an example of how you love and in what you believe. What do you think? I’d love to hear from you go to Lifespring media.com/s 12 e 235. Scroll all the way to the bottom of the page and tell me what you think. Our reading tomorrow We’ll be numbers five through eight boost Steve Webb 15:10 I want to take a moment to encourage you, especially if you’ve been with me since the beginning of season 12. You’re at the Lifespring family Audio Bible. I know it takes a great deal of commitment to listen to the show every day or if you get behind to catch up. Reading through the Bible does take a lot of time. And life is busy. For most of us. We have responsibilities. We have jobs, school, families, church, what have you. But you are here, and I commend you for your persistence. This is episode 235. Keep going. Keep listening. We have just 128 more episodes to go before we achieve our goal. Next Sunday will be two thirds of the way through. Keep your eye on the prize. Beloved, we’ve made it this far. We can make it to the finish line. Are you with me? Come on, let’s go. Steve Webb 16:07 Let’s pray. Our heavenly Father Lord, we love you. And we thank you for your word. Thank you, Lord for encouraging us to live godly lives. Life is so much better when we’re living for you. You give us peace and joy when we follow you and we know that we will live with you for all of eternity which is the greatest benefit. Help us Lord to be good examples. Good representatives of Jesus to those around us. Give us Lord the spiritual discipline we need to finish our race well. We do want to hear you say well done good and faithful servant when we see you face to face. Bless the Lifespring family Lord, encourage them, strengthen them, hold them up when they grow weary as we all do from time to time. Forgive us, Lord, when we fail you. I pray this in Jesus name. Amen. If God is doing something great in your life, or if you’ve got a prayer request, please go to prayer dot Lifespring media.com. And let me know i’ll rejoice with you and I’ll pray for you in my private prayer time. And we’ll share here on the show prayer dot Lifespring media.com. Steve Webb 17:20 I’d love to hear your comments. Go to Lifespring media.com/s 12 e 235 and comment there or send me an email at Steve at Lifespring media.com. Support the show with time talent or treasure. If you’d like to donate time or talent email me at Steve at Lifespring media.com. I can get you set up or you can donate treasure at Lifespring media.com/support. John of San Pedro is doing a great job doing the chapters for every episode. And first he is putting the newsletter together each week of course and we thank her for that. God bless you guys. Well until tomorrow. May God bless you richly. Thank you for sharing your time with me today. I look forward to seeing you tomorrow. My name is Steve Webb. Bye Transcribed by https://otter.ai [https://dzzggm57pi1og.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/28152340/donate.png]https://lifespringmedia.com/support/ * * [https://dzzggm57pi1og.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/23123801/NULS_LSFB_RateTheShow.jpg]https://lovethepodcast.com/biblePlease rate or review the show by clicking the heart! The post S3E229 – 1 Timothy 4-6: Fitness [https://lifespringmedia.com/lifespring-one-year-bible-rewind/s3e229-1-timothy-4-6-fitness/] first appeared on Lifespring! Media [https://lifespringmedia.com].

S3E231 – 1 Chronicles 10-14: What’s In Your Heart?

Transcript PODCAST INTRODUCTION Our reading today 1 Chronicles 10-14, after which I’ll have some comments, and I have a very important clarification of my comments on Numbers chapter 5 from yesterday’s reading. I’m calling today’s episode “What’s In Your Heart?” S12E237Art3000-reaching out [https://dzzggm57pi1og.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/25204212/S12E237Art3000.jpg]Design: Steve Webb | Photo: Andrik Langfield on Unsplash COMMENTS ON 1 CHRONICLES 13 Because of what God does to Uzzah in chapter 13, I’m going to rerun my comments from s12e127, which was titled “Follow the Directions”, where we read about this same event in 2 Samuel chapter 6. If you were with me then, please bear with me. It doesn’t hurt to review sometimes, and new Lifespring Family members might not have heard it. It’s important, I think, to have a better understanding of why God reacted as He did. This can be a difficult story for some people. Why would God kill Uzzah for merely reaching out to steady the Ark of the Covenant (or Covenant Box in the Good News Translation that we read today), to keep it from falling off the cart? Let’s dig into this a bit. To some, God’s reaction to Uzzah’s actions here seems to be extreme, to say the least. David thought so, since we’re told that he became angry at God. So what happened? Why did God do this? Here are the thoughts of scholars. First off, when God gave His instructions to the Israelites on how they were to build the Ark, he was very clear about the most minute detail, including how it was to be transported, who was allowed to move it and who was allowed to touch it. It was never to be put onto a cart, but it was to be carried by Kohathites only. There were two poles that went through two loops on each side of the Ark, and these poles were to be placed on the Kohathite’s shoulders, bearing the Ark between them. No one but a priest was to touch the Ark, because the Ark had the very presence of God upon it. Remember, this all happened before the Messiah had come, and only the priests had direct access to God and only priests could perform the sacrifices that could cover the sins of the people. The Ark represented a holy and awesome (in the very real sense of that word) God, and God had made it very clear how it was to be honored, because it was a reflection on how they were to honor God Himself. So by putting the Ark on the ox drawn cart, they were guilty of transgressing God’s direct instructions. But why was Uzzah killed? Touching the Ark was a direct violation of God’s clear instruction. It could be that God saw the condition of Uzzah’s heart, that he didn’t have the proper attitude toward it. It had been in Uzzah’s house, after all for some time, and he might have become indifferent to it. We must not become indifferent to God. He. Is. God. The creator of all that is. The One who gives us life and sustains us. It could be that Uzzah had a cavalier attitude regarding God’s Word. He didn’t think it was important to sweat the details. Maybe his reaching out to steady the Ark reflected a lack of faith on Uzzah’s part, that God somehow needed his help. What we might want to draw from this is that we need to pay attention to what God says, and we should do all we can to be obedient to Him. Yes, He is loving and He is merciful. But He is also Holy, and it is important that we never forget that. It is His holiness and justice that requires payment for sin. It is His love that made a way for me and you to not have to make the payment for our sins. It is His holiness and justice and love that required the sacrifice of His Son in my place and yours. Because of His holy and just nature, he couldn’t just overlook the sin. It had to be dealt with. I’m thankful that God made a way for me to escape His wrath, and that He has offered that way, that gift, to anyone who will receive it. Jesus said, “…I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” CLARIFICATION ON NUMBERS 5:27 Sean of San Pedro sent a 1000 sat boostagram and said, “Thanks as always! Your commentary is always helpful. I’m still a bit conflicted by the jealousy ceremony. It sounds like the special clay is very similar to a Plan B pill, but with the added effect of sterilization. Quite shocking.” Thanks for your boostagram, Sean. I’m really glad you sent it, because I should have addressed this in my commentary. You’re referring to Numbers 5:27, which in the Easy To Read Version that I read from said, “If the woman has sinned against her husband, the water will bring her trouble. The water will go into her body and cause her much suffering. Any baby that is in her will die before it is born, and she will never be able to have children.” However, in the original Hebrew, the phrase about the baby dieing is not there. Nowhere in the entire passage dealing with how they were to address whether or not a woman had been unfaithful or not is there any language having to do with the woman’s pregnancy or lack of pregnancy. Nothing. The only thing in the original Hebrew that sounds remotely like pregnancy is where it says that the “water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter, and her belly shall swell…”, but this is not referring to pregnancy. It is a visible sign that she is guilty of unfaithfulness. The other sign is that she will be unable to conceive again. Remember that the ability to bear children was considered to be a sign of God’s blessing. And remember, too, that God was teaching the entire nation how important faithfulness to the marriage vows, and faithfulness to Him was. If she conceived at some time in the future, then all would know that she was innocent. But if she did not, they would know that she had been unfaithful, and she was under God’s curse. This mistranslation by the ERV translators, as well as a few other Bible translators, is a very unfortunate mistake. It is not in the original language at all. That’s another reason that having multiple translations to compare is so important. And when there are questions, consulting an interlinear Bible is imperative. I’m sorry I didn’t address this in my commentary yesterday, Sean. Thanks again for bringing it up. TODAY’S BIBLE TRANSLATION Bible translation used in today’s episode: Ch. 10-11 NCV; Ch. 12-13 GNT; Ch. 14 NIRV SUPPORT This a value for value podcast. There are no advertisers because advertising=censorship. If you enjoy the Lifespring Family Audio Bible, decide how much value it brings to you. Only you can make that determination. Then put a number on the value and send it to me here: SUPPORT [/support/]. [/support/] TRANSCRIPT Steve Webb 0:00 He is God after all. Well, hi there. This is the Lifespring family Audio Bible coming to you from Riverside, California, podcasting since 2004. I’m your OG God caster Steve Webb. This is the daily show where we’re reading through the entire Bible in a year and it’s so good to see you today. Are you doing are reading today’s first Chronicles 10 through 14 After which I’ll have some comments. And I have a very important clarification of my comments on Numbers chapter five from yesterday’s show, be sure to listen to that after my comments on today’s reading. I’m calling today’s episode. What’s in your heart? You’d like to leave a comment on today’s show, please go to Lifespring media.com/s 12 e 237. You can also email me at Steve at Lifespring media.com. Are you ready? Let’s go. First Chronicles chapter 10. The Philistines fought against Israel and the Israelites ran away from them. Many Israelites were killed on Mount Gilboa. The Philistines fought hard against Saul and his sons killing his sons, Jonathan Abinadab and Malka shuaa The fighting was heavy around Saul and the archers shot him with their arrows and wounded him. Then Saul said to the officer who carried his armor, pull out your sword and stab me. If you don’t these Philistines who are not circumcised will come and hurt me. But Saul’s officer refused because he was afraid. So Saul took his own sword and threw himself on it. When the officer saw that Saul was dead, he threw himself on his own sword and died. Sol Sol and three of his sons died, all his family died together. When the Israelites living in the valley saw that their army had run away, and that Saul and his sons were dead. They left their towns and ran away. Then the Philistines came and settled in them. The next day when the Philistines came to strip the dead soldiers, they found Saul and his sons dead on Mount Gilboa. The Philistines stripped Saul’s body and took his head and his armor. Then they sent messengers through all their country to tell the news to their idols and to their people. The Philistines put Saul’s armor in the temple of their idols and hung his head in the temple of Dagon. All the people in J. Besh Gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul. So the brave men of J. Bash went and got the bodies of Saul and his sons and brought them to J bash. They buried their bones under the large tree and J bash. Then the people of J. Bash fasted for seven days. Saul died because he was not faithful to the Lord and did not obey the Lord. He even went to a medium and asked for her advice instead of asking the Lord, this is why the Lord puts us all to death, and gave the kingdom to Jesse son, David. First Chronicles chapter 11. Then the people of Israel came to David at the town of Hebron and said, Look, we are your own family. Even when Saul was King, you were the one who led Israel and battle. The Lord your God said to you, you will be the shepherd for my people Israel, you will be their leader. So all the elders of Israel came to King David at Hebron, he made an agreement with them in Hebron in the presence of the Lord. Then they poured oil on David to make him king over Israel. The Lord had promised through Samuel that this would happen. David and all the Israelites went to the city of Jerusalem. At that time, Jerusalem was called jeebus. And the people living there were named Jebusites. They said to David, you can’t get inside our city. But David did take the city of Jerusalem with its strong walls and it became the city of David. David had said, the person who leads the attack against the Jebusites will become the commander over all my army Joab, son of the ruya led the attack, so he became the commander of the army. Then David made his home in the strong walled city, which is why it was named the city of David. David rebuilt the city beginning where the land was filled in and going to the wall that was around the city. Joab repaired the other parts of the city, David became stronger and stronger, and the Lord all powerful was with him. This is a list of the leaders over David’s warriors who helped make David’s Kingdom strong. All the people of Israel also supported David’s kingdom. These heroes and all the people of Israel made David King just as the Lord had promised. This is a list of David’s warriors. Just show BM was from the Hackman, ICT people. He was the head of the three David’s most powerful soldiers. He used his spear to fight 300 men at one time and he killed them all. Next was Lea aser one of the three Eliezer was dough dies son from the whole height people Eliezer was with David it passed Dammam when the Philistines came there to fight. There was a field of barley at that place The Israelites ran away from the Philistines. But they stopped in the middle of that field and fought for it and killed the Philistines. The Lord gave them a great victory. Once three of the 30 David’s chief soldiers came down to him at the Rock by the cave near a Dahlem. At the time the Philistine army had camped in the valley of her fame. At that time, David was in a stronghold. And some of the Philistines were in Bethlehem. David had a strong desire for some water. He said, Oh, I wish someone would get me water from the well near the city gate of Bethlehem. So the three broke through the Philistine army and took water from the well near the city gate in Bethlehem. Then they brought it to David, but he refused to drink it. He poured it out before the Lord saying, May God keep me from drinking this water. It would be like drinking the blood of the men who risked their lives to bring it to me. So David refused to drink it. These were the brave things that the three warriors did. A by Shai brother of Joab was the captain of the three by Shai fought 300 soldiers with his spear and killed them. He became as famous as the three and was more honored than the three. He became their commander, even though he was not one of them. But Neha son of Jehoiada was a brave fighter from cab zo who did mighty things. He killed two of the best warriors for Moab. He also went down into a pit and killed a lion on a snowy day. Binay a killed an Egyptian, who was about seven and one half feet tall, and had a spear as large as a weaver’s rod. But Neha had a club, but he grabbed the spear from the Egyptians hand and killed him with his own spear. These were the things Binay a son of Jehovah did did. He was as famous as the three. He received more honor than the 30 but he did not become a member of the three. David made him leader of his bodyguards. These were also mighty warriors, as they held brother of Joab l Hainan son of dodo from Bethlehem, Sham off the hero, right? He Lez the pillow night, Ira son of IK ash from Tekoa. A by ease or the Anima fight syba Chi that you should fight. I lie the whole height may arrive in a tougher fight. He led son of bayyinah than a tougher fight. If I send a ribeye from Libya in Benjamin banana the paratha night he arrived from the ravines of gay Ash ablv, Arbor, thight. Asma veth. The Behera might Elia the CHE Alba night, the sons of Heysham, the guest tonight, Jonathan, son of Shaggy, the heritage site, a Hiam, son of say, car, the heritage site, a lightful, son of earth, He further McCarthyite, a hija the peeler Knight has row the Carmelite nearby Son of ezbuy Joel, brother of Nathan midbar, son of hag Ray Zelich, the Ammonite Neha re the Bira thight, the officer who carried the armor for Joab, son of Zeruiah. Ira the birthright Ghareeb the birthright Uriah the Hittite is a bad son of ally, Adena son of shizer, the Reubenites who was the leader of the Reubenites and it’s 30 soldiers, Hainan son of may occur. Joshua fat the midnight Uzziah the Astra fight Shaimaa and Gentile sons of Hawthorn, the Aurora right, Judah al son of Shivraj Jolla, Judah ales brother the TOS ight, a Lyle the May of eight, Jeremiah and Joshua via l names sons IFMA, the Moabite, a Lyle Obed, and j as to the mosquito bites. First Chronicles chapter 12. David was living in Ziklag, where he had gone to escape from King Saul. There he was joined by many experienced reliable soldiers members of the tribe of Benjamin to which Saul belonged. They can shoot arrows and sling stones either right handed or left handed. They run to the command of AI easer in Joash, sons of Shemaiah from Libya. These were the soldiers GZ L and Pilet, sons of Asma. veth Barraca and GU from Anna, Thoth, Ishmael from Gibson, a famous soldier and one of the leaders of the 30 Jeremiah J. Hazel, Johanna and jhaza bed from Madeira l us I, Jeremiah, B Elia Shem, Araya and shefa Taya from Harith al Cana is Shi’a as a rel joeytsa and just Showbie him of the clan of Cora, Joe Isla and Zebedee, Jaya sons of Jerome from Vidor. These are the names of the famous experienced soldiers from the tribe of Gad who joined David’s troops when he was at the Desert fort. They were experts with shields and spears is fierce looking as lions and as quick as mountain deer. They were ranked in the following order easer Obadiah Eliab mish mana Jeremiah at high a Lyle, Joe Hainan, el ze bad Jeremiah and Mack ban I. Some of these men from the tribe of Gad were seeing your officers in command of 1000 men and others were junior officers in command of 100. In the first month of one year, the time when the Jordan River overflowed its banks, they crossed the river scattering the people who lived in the valleys both east and west of the river. Once a group of men from the tribes of Benjamin and Judah went out to the fort where David was, David went to meet them and said, If you are coming as friends to help me, you’re welcome here, join us. But if you intend to betray me to my enemies, even though I have not tried to hurt you, the God of our ancestors will know it and punish you. God’s Spirit took control of one of them. I’m a sigh, who later became the commander of the 30 and he called out David son of Jesse, we are yours, success to you and those who help you. God is on your side. David welcomed them and made them officers in his army. Some soldiers from the tribe of Manasseh went over to David’s side when he was marching out with the Philistines to fight King Saul. Actually, he did not help the Philistines for their kings were afraid that he would betray them to his former master Saul, so they sent him back to Ziklag. These are the soldiers for Manasa, who went over to David’s side when he was returning adna jhaza Bad Jedi al Michael jhaza Bad ally Hugh and Zillah phi in Manasa. They had all commanded units of 1000 men. They served David as officers over his troops because they were all outstanding soldiers. Later they were officers in the Israelite army. Almost every day new men join David’s forces so that his army was soon enormous. When David was at Hebron, many trained soldiers joined his army to help make him king in place of Saul as the Lord had promised. Their numbers were as follows Judah 6800 well equipped men armed with shields and spears, Simeon 7100, well trained men, Levi 4600 Men, followers of Jehoiada descendant of Aaron 3700 Men, relatives a doc enable young fighter 22 leading men, Benjamin Saul’s own tribe 3000 Men, most of the people of Benjamin had remained loyal to Saul II frame 20,800 Men famous in their own clans, West Manasa 18,000 men chosen to go and make David King is a car 200 leaders together with a man under their command, these leaders knew what Israel should do in the best time to do it. Zamberlan 50,000 loyal and reliable men ready to fight train to use all kinds of weapons nafed Ally 1000 leaders together with 37,000 men armed with shields and spears, Dan 28,600 Men, Asher 40,000 men ready for battle tribes east of the Jordan, Reuben Gad and East Manasa 120,000 Men trained to use all kinds of weapons. All these soldiers ready for battle went to Hebron determined to make David King over all Israel. All the rest of the people of Israel were united in the same purpose. They spent three days there with David feasting on the food and drink which their relatives had prepared for them. From as far away as the northern tribes of Issachar, Zebulun and Naphtali people came bringing donkeys camels, mules and oxen loaded with food, flour, figs, raisins, wine and olive oil. They also brought cattle and sheep to kill and eat. All this was an expression of the joy that was felt throughout the whole country. First Chronicles chapter 13. King David consulted with all the officers in command of units of 1000 men in units of 100 men. Then he announced to all the people of Israel, if you give your approval and if it is the will of the Lord our God. Let us send messengers to the rest of our people and to the priests and Levites in their towns and tell them to assemble here with us. Then we will go and get God’s covenant box which was ignored while Saul was king. The people were pleased with the suggestion and agreed to it. So David assembled the people of Israel from all over the country from the Egyptian border in the south to Heyworth paths and the North in order to bring the covenant box from Curiosity grm to Jerusalem. David and the people went to the city of baila that is to carry F grm in the territory of Judah to get the covenant box of God which bears the name of the Lord enthroned above the winged creatures at Hubin. adapts house they brought out the covenant box and put it on a new cart Uzza and Ohio guided the cart while David and all the people danced with all their might To honor God. They sang and played musical instruments, harps, drums, cymbals and trumpets. As they came to the threshing place of Caiden, the oxen stumbled, and does or reached out and took hold of the Covenant box. At once the Lord became angry with us and killed him for touching the box. He died there in God’s presence. And so that place has been called P res. Uzza. Ever since David was furious because the Lord had punished us in anger. Then David was afraid of God and said, How can I take the covenant box with me now? So David did not take it with him to Jerusalem. Instead, he left it at the house of a man named Obed Edom, a native of the city of Gath. It stayed there three months and the Lord blessed Obed Edom, his family, and everything that belonged to him. First Chronicles chapter 14, Hiram was king of Tyre, he sent messengers to David, he sent cedar logs along with them. He also sent skilled workers to build a palace for David. They worked with stone and wood. David knew that the Lord had made his position his king secure. He knew that he had made him king over the whole nation of Israel. He knew that the Lord had greatly honored his kingdom. The Lord had done it because the Israelites were his people. In Jerusalem, David got married to more women. He also became the father of more sons and daughters. Here is the list of the children who were born to him in Jerusalem. Their names were SHA MEWA show Babb. Nathan, Solomon iPAR, lsua, LP let Noga nee fig. Jaffa, Alicia Ma. B Eliana and Alisa let the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over the entire nation of Israel. So their whole army went to look for him. But David heard about it. He went out to where they were, the Philistines had come and attack the people in the valley of Irfan. So David asked God for advice. He said, Should I go and attack the Philistines? Will you hand them over to me? The Lord answered him go, I will hand them over to you. So David and his men went up to Baal Paradism. There, David won the battle over the Philistines. He said, God has broken through against my enemies, just as water breaks through a dam. That is why the place is called bale Paradism. The Philistines had left the statues of their gods there, so David gave orders to burn them up. Once more, the Philistines attack the people in the valley. So David asked God for advice again, God answered him, do not go straight up. Instead, circle around them, attack them in front of the Balsam trees. Listen for the sound of marching in the tops of the trees, then move out to fight. The sound will mean that I’ve gone out in front of you, I will strike down the Philistine army. So David did just as God had commanded him, he and his men struck down the Philistine army. They struck them down from Gibson all the way to geezer. So David became famous and every land, the Lord made all of the nations afraid of him. What was your thought when God killed Uzza in chapter 13, this can be a difficult story for some people. So what I’m going to do is go over my comments from Episode s 12, e 127, which was titled follow the directions where we read about this same event in Second Samuel chapter six. If you are with me, then please bear with me. It doesn’t hurt to review sometimes and new Lifespring family members might not have heard it. It’s important, I think, to have a better understanding of why God reacted as he did. So why would God kill us for merely reaching out to study the Ark of the Covenant or the covenant box in the Good News Translation that we read today? As it did it to keep the Ark from falling off the cart? Right? So why did God react that way? Well, let’s dig into it. To some God’s reaction to us his actions seem extreme to say the least, David thought so since we’re told that he became angry at God. So what happened? First off, when God gave His instructions to the Israelites on how they were to build the ark, he was very clear about the most minut detail, including how it was to be transported, who was allowed to move it, and who was allowed to touch it. It was never to be put onto a cart, but it was to be carried by Kohathites only. There were two poles that went through two loops on each side of the arc. And these poles were to be placed on the coat with heights shoulders bearing the arc between them. Now, no one but a priest was to touch the arc because the arc had the very presence of God upon it. Remember, this all happened before the Messiah had come in only the priests had direct access to God, and only priests could perform the sacrifices that could cover the sins of the people. The Ark represented a holy and an awesome God, and I mean awesome in the very real sense of that word, something that inspires or, or commands ah, and God had made it very clear how it was to be honored because it was a reflection on how they were to honor God himself. So by putting the ark on the ox drawn cart, they were guilty of transgressing God’s direct instructions. But why was as a killed? Well, touching the ark was a direct violation of God’s clear instruction. It could be that God saw the condition of us as heart, and that as it didn’t have the proper attitude toward the Ark or toward God, it had been in us His house after all, for some time, and he might have become indifferent to it. You know how that is, the more you are around something or around someone, the less impressed you are with him sometimes, well, we can’t become indifferent to God, He is God, after all, the creator of all that is the one who gives life and sustains it. And it could be that as I had a cavalier attitude regarding God’s word, he didn’t think it was important to sweat the details, maybe is reaching out to study the Ark reflected a lack of faith on us as part were that God somehow needed his help. So what we might want to draw from this is that we need to pay attention to what God says, and we should do all that we can to be obedient to him. Yes, he’s loving, and he’s merciful, but he’s also holy. And it’s important that we never forget that it is His Holiness and justice that requires payment for sin. And it is his love that made a way for me and you to not have to make the payment for our sins. It’s his holiness and His justice in his love, that required the sacrifice of His Son, in my place, and in yours. Because of His holy and just nature. He couldn’t just overlook the sin. It had to be dealt with. I’m just so thankful that God made a way for me to escape his wrath, and that he’s offered that way that gift to anyone who will receive it. Jesus said, I am the way in the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you haven’t accepted that gift yet, I’d like to hear from you. Write me an email at Steve at Lifespring media.com. If you got any questions about that, you have a comment? Let me know Lifespring media.com/s 12 e 237. Scroll to the bottom of the page and leave your comment there. Here’s your cue to boost. Well, I got a boostagram this morning from Sean of San Pedro. He said thanks. As always, your commentary is always helpful. I’m still a bit conflicted by the jealousy ceremony. It sounds like the special clay is very similar to a plan B pill, but with the added effect of sterilization. Quite shocking. Well, Sean, thank you for your booster. Gram. Brother, I’m really glad you said it. Because I should have addressed this in my commentary yesterday, you’re referring to numbers 527, which in the easy to read version that I read from yesterday said, if the woman has sinned against her husband, the water will bring her trouble, the water will go into her body and cost her much suffering. Any baby that is in her will die before it is born. And she will never be able to have children. All right. So that’s what it said in the easy to read version. But in the original Hebrew, the phrase about the baby dying, isn’t there. Nowhere in that entire passage that deals with how they were to address whether or not a woman had been unfaithful. Nowhere does it say anything about a woman’s pregnancy or lack of pregnancy. There’s nothing in the original language at all about that. The only thing in the original Hebrew that sounds remotely like pregnancy is where it says that the quote, water that causes the curse shall enter her and become bitter, and her belly shall swell. But this is not referring to pregnancy. It’s a visible sign that she’s guilty of unfaithfulness. And the other sign is that she’ll be unable to conceive again. Remember that the ability to bear children was considered to be a sign of God’s blessing. And remember, too, that God was teaching the entire nation how important faithfulness to the marriage vows and faithfulness to him was in drinking this water and looking for the sign of either guilt or innocence. God had to personally be involved in the outcome. There was nothing magic about the water or the things that they put into it. God Himself was going to intervene and either show her innocence by there being no ill effects or her guilt by making it so that she would blow it up in her stomach and have her womb be unable to conceive. So this is not something that would happen immediately. This is something that the people, the nation would be able to watch the effects on the woman. If she conceived at some time in the future, then all would know that she was innocent. But if she did not, they would know that she had been unfaithful, and she was under God’s curse. But again, I just want to make it clear. There is not one word in that section in the original Hebrew that had anything to do with a baby dying or with a spontaneous abortion or anything like that. This mistranslation by the easy to read version translators, as well as a few other Bible translators is a very unfortunate mistake. 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S3E230 – Numbers 5-8: God’s Benediction

Transcript PODCAST INTRODUCTION Today we will read Numbers 5-8. I’ll have some comments after the reading, and I’m calling today’s episode “God’s Benediction.” S12E236Art3000-yellow vw bus [https://dzzggm57pi1og.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/24171316/S12E236Art3000.jpg]Design: Steve Webb | Photo: Nick Baker on Unsplash COMMENTS ON NUMBERS 5 AND 6 THOUGHTS ON NUMBERS 5 In chapter 5, the Lord began preparing His people for the journey to Canaan, the Promised Land. Part of that process was to deal with the effects of sin among the people. He told Moses to send people who were unclean, the lepers, those who had a discharge, and those who had touched a dead body, out of the camp. Each of these conditions is a reminder of what sin does. Why did this have to be done? Remember what God is doing with His people. He is preparing them to go into the Promised Land. He wanted to remind them that they must separate themselves from sin in order to accomplish this task. Notice also that in giving this command, He said, “send them away so that the camp where I am living among you will not be made unclean.” God would not dwell where there were any of sin’s effects. The Lord gave Moses instructions on confessing sin and making restitution, and He had a lot to say about how to deal with jealous husbands and their wives. Why did He spend so much time on this? One reason, I believe, is that the marriage between a husband and wife is representative of the relationship between God and His people. We learned last week when we read Numbers that God looked at His chosen people as an unfaithful wife. Another reason for God spending time on this is that jealousy, whether founded or not, can destroy a marriage, and God’s plan for marriage is that it should be a lifetime commitment. God’s instructions here in chapter 5 when carried out, would reveal the guilt or innocence of the wife. The truth, once revealed, would then allow the husband and wife to take appropriate actions. It is clear that God does not want husbands and wives to endure the turmoil that jealousy brings. And since it appears that the ceremony seems to be a public, this was another way for the Lord to teach the people about staying faithful. To each other and to God. Please note that there are different kinds of jealousy. Remember, God says, “I am a jealous God.” If my neighbor gets a shiny new sports car, and I’m jealous because he got it instead of me, that’s sin. I am coveting. If my neighbor is flirting with my wife, the jealousy I might feel is because he has no right to flirt with her. She is my wife. Only I have the right to flirt with her. If I give my worship to someone or something other than God, He is jealous, because only God is worthy of worship. So being jealous for something that rightly belongs to you is right, but being jealous for something that does not belong to you is wrong. So this passage in Numbers dealing with a husband’s jealousy shows how they were to determine whether the jealousy was right or wrong, and as I said, they could deal with the consequences from there. One last thing. The fact that jealous wives’ jealousy about suspected infidelities of husbands was not addressed does not necessarily mean that it never happened or that husbands got a free pass. It is entirely possible that this sort of ceremony could be employed in this case. THOUGHTS ON NUMBERS 6 Beloved, I want to go back to chapter 6 and the blessing with which God told Moses to have Aaron and his sons bless the children of Israel. God said, “…this is what they should say.” Notice that God gave them the words to say. He didn’t leave it up to their discretion. This blessing is directly from God. 24“ ‘ “The Lord bless you and keep you; 25the Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you; 26the Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace.” ’ Shall we break this down? THE LORD BLESS YOU God wants to bless His people. He wants the best, at all times, for His people, and he wants them to be happy. AND KEEP YOU Can you think of a better place to be than to be kept by God? The giver and sustainer of life? Remember, these words are from God Himself. This is not just a nice wish, beloved. THE LORD MAKE HIS FACE SHINE ON YOU Some translations say “smile on you”. But for God’s face to shine on us, I think, goes beyond a smile. I think it denotes a warmth, a well-pleased and satisfied glow of approval for His people. Beloved, when we are in Christ, God sees not just us, but us as the redeemed children we are because of what Jesus has done for us. AND BE GRACIOUS TO YOU God bestows His loving mercy on us THE LORD TURN HIS FACE TOWARD YOU I like the KJV version of this: the Lord lift up His countenance upon you In other words, the Lord pay attention to you. I think of the time when my boys were toddlers. I would often be busy, concentrating on a task. And one of my boys would come over to me and say, “Daddy.” And I would be steeped in the work I was doing, and not really hear them. “Daddy!” And my focus would be on the job. “Daddy!” And then I would turn my attention to them, and that was enough to satisfy them. Just by turning my face toward them, they knew that I loved them. Oh, to have the Lord of the universe lift up His countenance upon us. That is enough. AND GIVE YOU PEACE. This is the peace that passes all understanding. A peace down to the center of your being. Of knowing that as long as God is there, all is well and nothing can happen that He does not allow. And knowing that He is a good and loving God, He would never allow anything that is not ultimately good for us, that is enough. I truly love this benediction, this blessing. The first time I heard it, I was at Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa, and Pastor Chuck Smith spoke it. That was the way he closed every Sunday morning message. And I remember what a warm blessing it was. But no wonder, these are the words of God Himself, given to Moses, who gave them to Aaron and his sons to bless God’s people. Hallelujah and Amen. TODAY’S BIBLE TRANSLATION Bible translation used in today’s episode: Ch. 5-6 ERV; Ch. 7 NASB; Ch. 8 NLT SUPPORT This a value for value podcast. There are no advertisers because advertising=censorship. If you enjoy the Lifespring Family Audio Bible, decide how much value it brings to you. Only you can make that determination. Then put a number on the value and send it to me here: SUPPORT [/support/]. [/support/] TRANSCRIPT Steve Webb 0:00 Oh to have the Lord of the universe lift up his countenance upon us! Steve Webb 0:12 This is the Lifespring family Audio Bible coming to you from Riverside, California, podcasting since 2004. I am your OG God caster Steve Webb. This is the daily show where we’re reading through the entire Bible in a year. And I’m so very glad you’re with me today. It truly is a privilege to have you share your time with me. I am honored that you do truly. Today we’re going to read numbers five through eight. I’ll have some comments after the reading and I’m calling today’s episode, God’s benediction. The show notes page for today’s episode, in case you’d like to make a comment, and I always look forward to that is it Lifespring media.com/s 12 e 236. If you’d like to email me, I’m at Steve at Lifespring media.com. Let’s get started. Steve Webb 0:58 Numbers chapter five. The Lord said to Moses, tell the people to send away from the camp, anyone who is unclean, that is, anyone who has a serious skin disease or discharge. And anyone who has touched a dead body, whether they are a man or a woman, send them away so that the camp where I am living among you will not be made unclean. So the Israelites obeyed God’s command, they sent those people outside the camp. They did what the Lord had told Moses, the Lord said to Moses, tell this to the Israelites, you might do something wrong to another person. When you do that you are really sinning against God. So you’re guilty of doing wrong, you must confess that sin, then you must fully pay for that wrong thing you did, you must add 1/5 to the payment and give it all to the person you had done wrong to. But maybe the person is dead and does not have any close relatives to accept the payment. In that case, you will give the payment to the Lord. That is you will give the full payment to the priest. The priest must sacrifice the RAM that makes the people pure. This RAM will be sacrificed to cover your sins, but the priests will keep the rest of the payment. If any of you Israelites gives a special gift to God. The priest who accepts that gift can keep it it is is you don’t have to give these special gifts. But if you do, the gifts belong to the priest. Then the Lord said to Moses, tell the Israelites this. A man’s wife might be unfaithful to him. She might have sexual relations with another man and hide this from her husband. And there might not be anyone to tell him that his wife committed this sin. Her husband might never know about the wrong thing she did. And she might not tell her husband about her sin. But the husband might begin to think that his wife sinned against him. Whether she has or not, he might become jealous, he might begin to believe that she is not pure and true to him. If that happens, he must take his wife to the priest. The husband must also take an offering of eight cups of barley flour, he must not pour oil or incense on the barley flour. This barley flour is a grain offering to the Lord that is given because the husband is jealous. This offering will show that he thinks his wife has been unfaithful to him. The priest will take the woman before the Lord and make her stand there. Then he will take some special water and put it in a clay jar, he will put some dirt from the floor of the holy tent into the water, he will force the woman to stand before the Lord. Then he will loosen her hair and put the grain offering in her hand. This is the barley flour that her husband gave because he was jealous. At the same time he will hold the clay jar of special water. This is the special water that can bring trouble to the woman. Then the priest will make the woman promise to tell the truth and say to her if you have not slept with another man. And if you have not sinned against your husband while you were married to him, then this water that causes trouble will not hurt you. But if you have sinned against your husband, if you had sexual relations with a man who is not your husband, then you are not pure. If that is true, you will have much trouble when you drink this special water. You will not be able to have any children. And if you’re pregnant now your baby will die. And the Lord will cause your people to speak evil of you and curse you. Then the priest must tell the woman to make an oath. She must agree for the Lord to cause these things to happen to her if she lies. The priest must say you must drink this water that causes trouble. If you have sinned, you will not be able to have children. Any baby you have will die before it is born. And the woman should say I agree to do as you say, the priest should write these warnings on a scroll. Then he should wash the words is off into the water, then the woman must drink the water that brings trouble, this water will enter her and if she is guilty, it will cause her much suffering. Then the priest will take the grain offering from her the offering for jealousy and raise it before the Lord. Then he will carry it to the altar. The priests will fill his hands with some of the grain and put it on the altar and let it burn there. After that he will tell the woman to drink the water. If the woman has sinned against her husband, the water will bring her trouble, the water will go into her body and cause her much suffering. Any baby that is in her will die before it is born. And she will never be able to have children. All the people will turn against her. But if the woman has not sinned against her husband, and she is pure, the priests will say that she is not guilty, then she will be normal, unable to have children. So this is the law about jealousy. This is what you should do when a woman sins against her husband while she is married to him. Or if the man becomes jealous and thinks his wife has sinned against him. This is what the man should do. The priest must tell her to stand before the Lord. Then the priest will do all these things. This is the law. The husband will not be guilty of doing anything wrong, but the woman will suffer if she has sinned. Steve Webb 6:22 Numbers chapter six. The Lord said to Moses, tell the Israelites this. If there are people, men or women who want to make a vow dedicating themselves to the Lord is Naza writes for a time. This is what they must do. They must stay away from wine or other strong drink. They must not drink vinegar that is made from wine or from other strong drink. They must not drink grape juice or eat grapes or raisins. During that special time of dedication. They must not eat anything that comes from grapes. They must not even eat the seeds or the skins from grapes. The whole time of their Nazirite vow, they must not cut their hair. They must be holy until this time of special dedication to the Lord has ended. They must let their hair grow long. If you have taken the Nazirite vow, you must not go near someone who was dying during that special time of dedication. You have given yourself fully to the Lord. So you must not let yourself become unclean like this, even for your own father or mother, brother or sister when they die. This is because you have the hair that you dedicated to God on your head. It is holy because you have given yourself fully to the Lord for the full time of that dedication. So if you are with someone when they suddenly die, you will be unclean and you will have to shave the hair from your head. You must do that on the seventh day of your purification ceremony when you are made clean. Then on the eighth day, you must bring two doves or two young pigeons and give them to the priest at the entrance of the meeting tent. Then the priest will offer one bird as a sin offering and the other one as a burnt offering. The burnt offering will be a payment for the sin of touching a dead body during your special time of dedication. Then you must again promised to give the hair on your head as a gift to God. This means you must again give yourself to the Lord for another time of dedication. You must bring a one year old male lamb to offer as a guilt offering. You must start over from the beginning with a new time of dedication because you touched a dead body during your first time of dedication. After their time of dedication is ended Naza rights must go to the entrance of the meeting tent and give their offering to the Lord. Their offering must be a one year old male lamb that has nothing wrong with it for a burnt offering a one year old female land that has nothing wrong with it for a sin offering one ram that has nothing wrong with it for a fellowship offering a basket of bread made without yeast bread made with fine flour mixed with oil and wafers with oil spread on top and the grain offerings and drink offerings that are part of these gifts. The priests will give these things to the Lord and then the priest will make the sin offering and the burnt offering. He will give the basket of bread without yeast to the Lord. Then he will kill the RAM as a fellowship offering to the Lord. He will give it to the Lord with the grain offering and the drink offering. The Naza writes must go to the entrance of the meeting tent. There they must shave off the hair that they grew as a dedication to the Lord. That hair will be put in the fire that is burning under the sacrifice of the fellowship offering. After the NAZA rites of cut off their hair. The priests will give them a boiled shoulder from the RAM and a large and a small cake from the basket. Both of these cakes are made without yeast. Then the priest will lift these things up to show that they were presented before the Lord. These things are holy and belong to the priest. Also the Rams breast and thigh that were lifted up and presented belong to the priest. After that the NAZA rites can drink wine. These are the rules for those who decide to make the Nazirite vow. They must give all these gifts to the Lord, but they might be able to give much more. If they promised to do more, they must keep their promise. But they must give at least all the things listed in these rules for the Nazirite vow. The Lord said to Moses, tell Aaron and his sons that when they bless the Israelites, this is what they should say, May the Lord bless you and keep you. May the Lord smile down on you and show you his kindness. May the Lord answer your prayers and give you peace. In this way, Aaron and his sons will use my name to give a blessing to the Israelites, and I will bless them. Steve Webb 10:58 Numbers chapter seven. Now, on the day that Moses had finished setting up the tabernacle, he anointed and consecrated it with all its furnishings, and the altar and all its utensils, he anointed them and consecrated them also. Then the leaders of Israel, the heads of their fathers households made an offering. They were the leaders of the tribes, they were the ones who were over the numbered men, when they brought their offering before the Lord, six covered carts in 12 oxen, a card for every two of the leaders and an ox for each one, then they presented them before the tabernacle. Then the Lord spoke to Moses saying, except these things from them, that they may be used in the service of the tent of meeting, and you shall give them to the Levites to each man according to his service. So Moses took the carts and the oxen and gave them to the Levites, two carts and four oxen he gave to the sons of Gershon, according to their service, and four carts and eight oxen he gave to the sons of Moray, according to their service, under the direction of Ithamar, the son of Aaron the priest, but he did not give any to the sons of Kohath because theirs was the service of the holy objects, which they carried on the shoulder. The leaders offered the dedication offering for the altar when it was anointed. So the leaders offered their offering before the altar. Then the Lord said to Moses, let them present they’re offering one leader each day for the dedication of the altar. Now, the one who presented his offering on the first day was Nahshon, the son of a min adab of the tribe of Judah, and his offering was one silver dish whose weight was 130 shekels, one silver bowl of 70 shackles according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering, one gold pan of 10 shekels full of incense, one bull, one ram, one male lamb, one year old for a burnt offering one male goat for a sin offering, and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs one year old. This was the offering of Nahshon, the son of a man ADAP. On the second day, Nathanael, the son of zoo our leader of this car presented an offering, he presented his his offering one silver dish whose weight was 130 shekels, one silver bowl of 70 shekels according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering, one gold pan of 10 shekels full of incense, one bull, one ram, one male lamb, one year old for a burnt offering one male goat for a sin offering, and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs one year old. This was the offering of Nathanael, the son of zoo are on the third day it was a lie at the center of healing leader of the sons of Zebedee when his offering was one silver dish whose weight was 130 shekels. One silver bowl of 70 shackles according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering, one gold pan of 10 shekels full of incense, one young bull, one ram, one male lamb, one year old for a burnt offering one male goat for a sin offering and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs one year old. This was the offering of Eliab, the son of Heelan. On the fourth day, it was the lizer, the son of shittier, leader of the sons of Reuben, his offering was one silver dish whose weight was 130 shekels, one silver bowl of 70 shekels according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering, one gold pan of 10 shekels full of incense, one bull, one ram, one male lamb, one year old for a burnt Offering one male goat for a sin offering and for the sacrifice of peace offerings two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs one year old. This was the offering of Eliza, the son of shittier. On the fifth day it was shall Loomio the son of Zahra Shaddai, leader of the children of Simeon his offering was one silver dish whose weight was 130 shekels one silver bowl of 70 shackles according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering. One gold pan of 10 shekels full of incense, one bull, one ram, one male lamb, one year old for a burnt offering one male goat for a sin offering and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs one year old. This was the offering of Shelumiel, the son of Jura Shaddai. On the sixth day, it was Elias AF the son of dual leader of the sons of Gad. His offering was one silver dish whose weight was 130 shackles, one silver bowl of 70 shackles, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering. One gold pan of 10 shekels full of incense, one bull, one ram, one male lamb, one year old for a burnt offering one male goat for a sin offering and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs, one year old. This was the offering of Elias AF, the son of duel. On the seventh day, it was Alicia, the son of a Myatt leader of the sons of refereum. His offering was one silver dish whose weight was 130 shackles, one silver bowl of 70 shackles according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering, one gold pan of 10 shekels full of incense, one bull, one ram, one male lamb, one year old for a burnt offering one male goat for a sin offering and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs, one year old. This was the offering of Alicia the son of a mayat. On the eighth day, it was Gamaliel, the son of Pedraza, leader of the sons of Manasa. His offering was one silver dish whose weight was 130 shekels, one silver bowl of 70 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering, one gold pan of 10 shekels full of incense, one bull, one ram, one male lamb, one year old for a burnt offering one male goat for a sin offering, and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs, one year old. This was the offering of Gamaliel, the son of producer. On the ninth day, it was a Biden the son of Gideon, I, leader of the sons of Benjamin, his offering was one silver dish whose weight was 130 shekels, one silver bowl of 70 shackles according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering, one gold pan of 10 shekels full of incense, one bull, one ram, one male lamb, one year old for a burnt offering one male goat for a sin offering and for the sacrifice of peace offerings. Two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs, one year old. This was the offering of a Biden the son of giddy oni. Steve Webb 18:38 On the 10th day, it was a high easer, the son of Amma Shaddai, leader of the sons of Dan. His offering was one silver dish whose weight was 130 shekels, one silver bowl of 70 shekels according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering one gold pan of 10 shekels full of incense, one bull, one ram, one male lamb, one year old for a burnt offering one male goat for a sin offering and for the sacrifice of peace offerings. Two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs one year old. This was the offering of a high easer, the son of Emma Shaddai. On the 11th day, it was Peggy Hill, the son of operon, leader of the sons of Asher. His offering was one silver dish whose weight was 130 shekels, one silver bowl of 70 shekels according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering, one gold pan of 10 shekels full of incense, one bull, one ram, one male lamb, one year old for a burnt offering one male goat for a sin offering and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs, one year old. This was the offering of pay Gil, the son of Cochran on the 12th day, it was a Hira, the son of Benin leader of the sons of NAFTA ally. His offering was one silver dish whose weight was 130 shekels. One silver bowl of 70 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering, one gold pan of 10 shekels full of incense, one bull, one ram, one male lamb, one year old for a burnt offering one male goat for a sin offering, and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs one year old. This was the offering of a Jairo the son of Enon this was the dedication offering for the altar from the leaders of Israel when it was anointed 12 Silver dishes 12 Silver bowls 12 Gold pans, each silver dish weighing 130 shekels at each bowl 70 All the silver of the utensils was 2400 shekels according to the shekel of the sanctuary, the 12 gold pans full of incense weighing 10 shekels apiece, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, all the gold of the pans 120 shekels, all the oxen for the bird offering 12 bulls, all the Rams 12 The male lambs one year old with their grain offering 12 And the male goats for a sin offering 12 and all the oxen for the sacrifice of peace offerings, 24 bowls, all the Rams 60. The male goats 60 The male lambs one year old 60 This was the dedication offering for the altar after it was anointed. Now, when Moses went into the tent of meeting to speak with him, he heard the voice speaking to him from above the mercy seat that was on the Ark of the testimony from between the two Chair of him, so he spoke to him. Steve Webb 21:54 Numbers chapter eight, the Lord said to Moses, give Aaron the following instructions. When you set up the seven lamps in the lampstand, place them so their light shines forward in front of the lamp stand. So Aaron did this. He set up the seven lamps, so they reflected their light forward just as the Lord had commanded Moses, the entire lampstand from its base to its decorative blossoms was made of beaten gold. It was built according to the exact design the Lord had shown Moses, then the Lord said to Moses, now set the Levites apart from the rest of the people of Israel, and make them ceremonially clean. Do this by sprinkling them with the water of purification, and have them shave their entire body and wash their clothing, then they will be ceremonially clean. Have them bring a young bull and a grain offering of choice flour moistened with olive oil, along with a second young bull for a sin offering. Then assemble the whole community of Israel and present the Levites at the entrance of the tabernacle. When you present the Levites, before the Lord, the people of Israel must lay their hands on them, raising his hands, Aaron must then present the Levites to the Lord as a special offering from the people of Israel, thus dedicating them to the Lord service. Next, the Levites will lay their hands on the heads of the young bulls present one is the sin offering, and the other is a burnt offering to the Lord, to purify the Levites and make them right with the Lord. Then have the Levites stand in front of Aaron and his sons and raise your hands and present them as a special offering to the Lord. In this way, you will set the Levites apart from the rest of the people of Israel, and the Levites will belong to me. After this, they may go into the tabernacle to do their work, because you have purified them and presented them as a special offering. Of all the people of Israel, the Levites are reserved for me. I have claimed them for myself in place of all the firstborn sons of the Israelites. I have taken the Levites as their substitutes for all the firstborn males among the people of Israel or mine, both of people and of animals. I set them apart for myself on the day I struck down all the firstborn sons of the Egyptians. Yes, I have claimed the Levites in place of all the firstborn sons of Israel, and of all the Israelites, I have assigned the Levites to Aaron and his sons, they will serve in the tabernacle on behalf of the Israelites and make sacrifices to purify the people. So no plague will strike them when they approach the sanctuary. So Moses, Aaron, and the whole community of Israel dedicated the Levites, carefully following all the Lord’s instructions to Moses, the Levites purified themselves from sin and washed their clothes and Aaron lifted them up and presented them to the Lord as the special offering. He then offered a sacrifice to purify them and make them right with the Lord. After that, the Levites went into the tabernacle to perform their duties, assisting Aaron and his sons. So they carried out all the commands that the Lord gave them. Moses concerning the Levites The Lord also instructed Moses, this is the rule the Levites must follow. They must begin serving in the tabernacle at the age of 25. And they must retire at the age of 50. After retirement, they may assist their fellow Levites by serving his guards at the tabernacle, but they may not officiate in the service. This is how you must assign duties to the Levites. Steve Webb 25:27 Well, today in chapter five, the Lord began preparing his people for the journey to Canaan, the Promised Land. Part of that process was to deal with the effects of sin among the people. He told Moses to send people who were unclean, the lepers, those who had a discharge, and those who had touched a dead body to get out of the camp. Why? Well, because each of these conditions is a reminder of what sin does. Remember what God is doing with his people, he’s preparing them to go into the Promised Land, he wanted to remind them that they must separate themselves from sin in order to accomplish this task. Notice also that in giving this command, he said, send them away so that the camp where I am living among you will not be made unclean. You see, God would not dwell where there were any of sins effects. The Lord gave Moses instructions on confessing sin and making restitution. And he had a lot to say about how to deal with jealous husbands and their wives. Well, why did he spend so much time on this? One reason, I believe is that the marriage between a husband and wife is representative of the relationship between God and His people. We learned last week when we read numbers that God looked at his chosen people as an unfaithful wife. Another reason for God’s spending time on this is that jealousy, whether founded or not, can destroy a marriage. And God’s plan for marriage is that it should be a lifetime commitment. God’s instructions here in chapter five, when carried out would reveal the guilt or innocence of the wife. The truth, once revealed, would then allow the husband and wife to take appropriate actions. It’s clear from this that God doesn’t want husbands and wives to endure the turmoil that jealousy brings. And since it appears that the ceremony is a public one, this was another way for the Lord to teach the people about staying faithful to each other and to God. Men note that there are different kinds of jealousy. Remember, God says, I am a jealous God. All right, so let’s talk about the different kinds of jealousy. If my neighbor gets a shiny new sports car, and I’m jealous, because he got it instead of me that sin because I’m coveting, and if my neighbor is flirting with my wife, the jealousy I might feel is because he has no right to flirt with her. She’s my wife, only I have the right to flirt with her. If I give my worship to someone or something other than God, He is jealous because only God is worthy of worship. So being jealous for something that rightly belongs to you, is right. But being jealous for something that does not belong to you, is wrong. So this passage in numbers dealing with a husband’s jealousy shows how they were to determine whether the jealousy was right or wrong. And as I said, then they could deal with the consequences from there. One more thing, the fact that wives jealousy about suspected infidelities of husbands was not addressed, does not necessarily mean that it never happened, or that husband’s got a free pass. It’s entirely possible that this sort of ceremony could be employed in this case as well. Now let’s talk a little bit about number six. There was a blessing with which God told Moses to have Aaron and his sons blessed the children of Israel with God said, This is what they should say. So here, God gave them the exact words to say, he didn’t leave it up to their discretion. This blessing is directly from God. Here it is. The Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord, make his face shine on you and be gracious to you. The Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace. How about we break this down? The Lord bless you. God wants to bless His people. He wants the best at all times for his people, and he wants them to be happy. The next phrase is and keep you can you think of a better place to be than to be kept by God, the Giver and Sustainer of life. Remember, these words are from God Himself. This is not just a nice wish, beloved, The Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord make his face shine on you. Some translations say smile on you. But for God’s face to shine on us, I think goes beyond a smile. I think it denotes a warmth, a well pleased and satisfied glow of approval for his people. Beloved, when we are in Christ, God sees not This does, but us as the redeemed children we are because of what Jesus has done for us. The Lord make his face shine on you and then the next part and be gracious to you. God bestows His loving mercy on us. Hallelujah. And then the Lord turn his face toward you. I like the King James version of this, The Lord lift up His countenance upon you. In other words, the Lord pay attention to you. I think at the time when my boys were toddlers, I would often be busy concentrating on a task, I kind of get that way, when I’m really zoned in on something, I am full focused on whatever it is I’m doing. And then one of my boys would come over to me and say, Daddy, and I’d be steeped in the work and I wouldn’t really hear him, Daddy, and my focus would be on the job, daddy, and then I would turn my attention to them. And that was enough to satisfy them, just by turning my face toward them. They knew that I loved them. Oh, to have the Lord of the universe, lift up his countenance upon us. That is enough. I get choked up thinking about that. The Lord turn his face toward you, and then and give you peace. This, beloved is the peace that passes all understanding, a peace down to the center of your being, of knowing that as long as God is there all as well, and nothing can happen that he does not allow. And knowing that he is a good and loving God. He would never allow anything that is not ultimately good for us. That is enough. I truly love this benediction, this blessing. The first time I heard it, I was at Calvary Chapel, Costa Mesa and Pastor Chuck Smith spoke it. That was the way he closed every Sunday morning message. And I remember what a warm blessing it was. But no wonder because these are the words of God Himself given to Moses, who gave them to Aaron and his sons to bless God’s people. Hallelujah. Amen. Thank you, Lord. I’d love to hear your thoughts. Go to Lifespring media.com/s 12 e 236. Scroll to the bottom of that page. And let me know what you think. Our reading tomorrow is First Chronicles chapters 10 through 14. Steve Webb 32:38 On this date in church history, April 25 1792. John cable was born. He was an Anglican clergyman, poet and leader in the Oxford movement from 1833 to 1845. The Oxford movement sought to purify Anglicanism. John cable is the author of the hymn, Sun Of My Soul, Thou Savior Dear. Steve Webb 33:09 Join me in prayer, our loving Heavenly Father how good it is to be yours to know that you cared deeply for us to know that you pay attention to us to know that you love us. And that even though you cannot countenance any sin and your presence, you made a way through the death and resurrection of your only begotten Son, for us to actually be in your presence throughout all of eternity. Oh, Lord, You are a merciful God, we worship you. We praise you. And we will continue to do so forever and ever because you deserve it. Amen. And Amen. If you’ve got a prayer request or a praise that you’d like to share with us, please go to prayer dot Lifespring media.com. 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