DISCOURSE: 154
APOSTASY DEPRECATED
Numbers 14:4. _And they said one to another, Let us make a captain,
and let us return into Egypt. Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces
before all the assembly of the congregation of Israel_.
THAT the journeying of the Israelites in the wilderness is typical of... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 155
THE PEOPLE MURMURING AT THE REPORT OF THE SPIES
Numbers 14:6._ And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of
Jephunneh, which were of them that searched the land, rent their
clothes. And they spake unto all the company of the children of
Israel, saying, The land, which we passed th... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 156
GOD’S ANSWER TO THE INTERCESSION OF MOSES
Numbers 14:20. _And the Lord said, I have pardoned, according to thy
word: but, as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the
glory of the Lord._
LITTLE do the world think how much they are indebted to the saints.
They are the cl... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 157
FOLLOWING THE LORD FULLY
Numbers 14:24. _But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit
with him, and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land
whereinto he went; and his seed shall possess it._
THE fewness of those who shall finally be saved is strongly declared
in... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 158
PRESUMPTION OF THE REBELLIOUS ISRAELITES
Numbers 14:44. _But they presumed to go up unto the hill-top._
THERE are principles in the human heart of which few people are aware.
One in particular is, a disposition to withstand the authority of God,
whatever his commands may be. We see s... [ Continue Reading ]