Grumbling and Grace
First Baptist Church Canoga Park Podcast
English - June 12, 2022 19:33 - 50 minutes - 46.5 MBChristianity Religion & Spirituality Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
As the Israelites left Egypt and moved to the Promise Land, God tested them, they failed but then received God's grace.
Tests- the Israelites undergo two kinds of tests- 1) tests of need- a. for water b. for food c. for water and 2) tests of command- to obey God’s commands surrounding the gathering of Manna. They were tests of whether they would trust and obey God.
Failures- the Israelites failed the tests- all of them- they did not trust God’s plan and goodness and provision and they did not obey his commands. Instead, they grumbled and put God on trial and questioned his goodness and his presence with them.
Grace- God showed immense grace towards his people- instead of punishing them he provided for them- he healed the water (pointing to Jesus as the healer), he gave them bread (pointing to Jesus as the bread of life) and he gave them water out of the rock (pointing to Jesus as the Rock that was struck for us).
As the Israelites left Egypt and moved to the Promise Land, God tested them, they failed but then received God's grace.
Tests- the Israelites undergo two kinds of tests- 1) tests of need- a. for water b. for food c. for water and 2) tests of command- to obey God’s commands surrounding the gathering of Manna. They were tests of whether they would trust and obey God.
Failures- the Israelites failed the tests- all of them- they did not trust God’s plan and goodness and provision and they did not obey his commands. Instead, they grumbled and put God on trial and questioned his goodness and his presence with them.