A MIXED MULTITUDE Numbers 11 1 6 Mixed

A MIXED MULTITUDE Numbers 11: 1 -6

“Mixed Multitude” • “Gathered up together, i. e. a promiscuous assemblage (not selective of a single class of people)” (Strong's). • “A collection, a rabble, a collected multitude” (Thayer's). • “The camp-followers attending Hebrews at the Exodus” (Brown-Driver-Briggs). – Where did it come from?

MIXED MULTITUDE IN ISRAEL • Glad to leave Egypt with Israel (Exo 12: 38). – Devastation & Tyranny in Egypt. • Who? – Offspring of mixed marriages (Lev 24: 10 -13). – Wealth seekers (Exo 3: 22; 11: 2). – Acquaintances of the Israelites (Num 10: 29). • What happened? – Traded freedom for the flesh: went back to Egypt.

MIXED MULTITUDE IN THE CHURCH • People who have not become Christians. • Christians who have fallen into sin. • Christians who are uncommitted to the church & its leadership.

MIXED MULTITUDE IN THE CHURCH • What is the church’s duty? – Turn them to the Lord (1 Cor 14: 22 -25). – Exhort them to change (2 Thess 3: 13 -15). – Teach them to serve (Rom 12: 4 -8). • Be patient while they put off the old man of sin & put on the new man in Christ (Col 3: 8 -10).

MIXED MULTITUDE IN THE CHURCH • A spiritual danger for the church. – Impeding the spiritual aim of the congregation (Phil 3: 17; 4: 9; 1 Thess 1: 6; 2: 10 -14). – Interrupting the spiritual development of each member (1 Cor 15: 33; 5: 6, 11). • At cross-purposes with the Lord (Matt 12: 25, 30). • Jesus & Paul faced it (Matt 16: 21 -23; Acts 21: 10 -13).

GUARDING AGAINST THE DANGERS • Live in zealous pursuit of heavenly things (Col 3: 1 -3; 2 Tim 2: 22). • Develop a greater love for the Lord’s true family (Matt 12: 46 -50).

A MIXED MULTITUDE Set your affections on things above and chart a path for them to follow.

Forgiveness of Sin: Salvation! • Faith in Jesus Christ through the Gospel John 8: 24; 20: 30 -31; Rom 1: 16; 10: 9 -10; Mark 16: 16; Heb 11: 6 • Repent or turn from sins Luke 24: 46 -47; Acts 2: 38; 3: 19; 17: 30 -31 • Confess faith in Christ Matt 10: 32 -33; Acts 8: 36 -38; Rom 10: 9 -10 • Be baptized (immersed) in water Matt 28: 19; Mk 16: 16; Acts 2: 38; Rom 6: 3 -4; 1 Pet 3: 21 • Live in obedient faith Heb 5: 8 -9; 1 Peter 1: 14; Rev 2: 10