Numbers Crunching 9 Snake bite the Saviour Numbers
Numbers Crunching 9. Snake bite & the Saviour (Numbers 21 v 1 -9) § Israel get their first real victory v 2 -3 Ø • • • Sometimes the worst failures follow the greatest victories v 4 -5 Starts with another longing for the old days v 4 -5, 20 v 5, 11 v 5 Be careful not to look at godless past with rose tinted specs Compare it with all Christ has done/is doing/will do Ps 73 v 2 -26
Numbers Crunching 9. Snake bite & the Saviour (Numbers 21 v 1 -9) § The deadly snake bite v 6 Ø • • Ø Ø The consequence for their rejection of God’s goodness Exactly what happened to our 1 st parents The venom of death coursed through their veins Gen 3 v 7 Death was the consequence Death venom runs through the veins of all God rejectors Israel admit their sin v 7 God saves them from death v 8 -9
Numbers Crunching 9. Snake bite & the Saviour (Numbers 21 v 1 -9) § A look at the bronze snake removes death Ø Ø Ø • • God’s punishment for their sin was taken away The very thing that caused death, saved their life Bronze snake lifted up on a pole points to Jesus Jn 3 v 14 -16 Only way to live is to look to the One Who’s lifted up Jesus’ death on the Cross removes Satan’s power That old snake: the author of sin Isa 14 v 13 -14 Sin 1 st entered his sinless heart in eternity past Satan drags 33% of angels down with him Next he drags humanity down with him Same reason to rebel ‘You will be like God’ Gen 3 v 4 -5
Numbers Crunching 9. Snake bite & the Saviour (Numbers 21 v 1 -9) • Ø • • • The sinful nature: The very nature of the devil himself Jesus took our sins & our sin nature & killed it 2 Cor 5 v 21 Christ killed your devilish nature & gave you His nature 2 Pet 1 The power of death, gone! The sinful nature, crucified! The author of sin, disarmed & condemned Col 2 v 15 The Prince of peace gives you a new heart His nature now lives in you Eph 4 v 24
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