_THE SIN OF DISCONTENT_
‘The people complained.’
Numbers 11:1
I. WE CANNOT WONDER AT THE PEOPLE MURMURING, as they were
unaccustomed to the fatigues of the desert, and it seemed so far to
the land of rest; but, perhaps, we have never realised how great a sin
is querulous complaining in the sight... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE MAGNANIMOUS LEADER_
‘And Moses said unto him, Enviest thou for my sake? would God that
all the Lord’s people were prophets!’
Numbers 11:29
Eldad and Medad seem instances of unlicensed preaching and
prophesying; and this, at a time of scanty knowledge and rare
spiritual illumination, was not... [ Continue Reading ]