THE MONTH THE DISCIPLINE OF EXAMPLE

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2 THE MONTH THE DISCIPLINE OF EXAMPLE

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4 Numbers 13: NIV 26 They came back to Moses and Aaron and the whole Israelite community at Kadesh in the Desert of Paran. There they reported to them and to the whole assembly and showed them the fruit of the land. 27 They gave Moses this account: We went into the land to which you sent us, and it does flow with milk and honey! Here is its fruit. 28 But the people who live there are powerful, and the cities are fortified and very large.

5 Numbers 13: NIV 29 The Amalekites live in the Negev; the Hittites, Jebusites and Amorites live in the hill country; and the Canaanites live near the sea and along the Jordan. 30 Then Caleb silenced the people before Moses and said, We should go up and take possession of the land, for we can certainly do it. 31 But the men who had gone up with him said, We can t attack those people; they are stronger than we are.

6 Numbers 13: NIV 32 And they spread among the Israelites a bad report about the land they had explored. They said, The land we explored devours those living in it. All the people we saw there are of great size. 33 We saw the Nephilim there (the descendants of Anak come from the Nephilim). We seemed like grasshoppers in our own eyes, and we looked the same to them.

7 The Report v The Retort v.30 The Reason v Thesis: Christian should follow Caleb s example of faith in God over reason.

8 Caleb: An Example of Faith The Report v They gave Moses this account: We went into the land to which you sent us, and it does flow with milk and honey! Here is its fruit. 28 But the people who live there are powerful, and the cities are fortified and very large. We even saw descendants of Anak there.

9 Caleb: An Example of Faith The Retort v Then Caleb silenced the people before Moses and said, We should go up and take possession of the land, for we can certainly do it. 7I was forty years old when Moses the servant of the Lord sent me from Kadesh Barnea to explore the land. And I brought him back a report according to my convictions, Joshua 14:7

10 Joshua 14:8-9 8but my brothers who went up with me made the hearts of the people melt with fear. I, however, followed the Lord my God wholeheartedly. 9So on that day Moses swore to me, The land on which your feet have walked will be your inheritance and that of your children forever, because you have followed the Lord my God wholeheartedly. a

11 Joshua 14: Now then, just as the Lord promised, he has kept me alive for forty-fivefive years since the time he said this to Moses, while Israel moved about in the desert. So here I am today, eighty-five years old! 11I am still as strong today as the day Moses sent me out; I m just as vigorous to go out to battle now as I was then. 12Now give me this hill country that the Lord promised me that day.

12 Caleb: An Example of Faith The Reason v And they spread among the Israelites a bad report about the land they had explored. They said, The land we explored devours those living in it. All the people we saw there are of great size. Then they despised the pleasant land; they did not believe his promise. Psalm 106:24

13 Numbers 14: So the men Moses had sent to explore the land, who returned and made the whole community grumble against him by spreading a bad report about it 37these men responsible for spreading the bad report about the land were struck down and died of a plague before the Lord. 38Of the men who went to explore the land, only Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh survived.

14 Caleb: An Example of Faith Conclusion: Thesis: Christian should follow Caleb s example of faith in God over reason.

15 Caleb: An Example of Faith Decisions to make today! Accept Jesus Christ as you Lord and Savoir Be baptized Join Bethlehem Baptist Church Ask for prayer Testify Ministry or Mission

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