Title: If You See It, You Will Live
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If you see it, you will live (Numbers 21:4-9)
Let's take a look at the lessons our God gives to God's people through the text. First, God says, “Do not grumble and complain that your life is difficult.”
Then why do we humans complain? In short, it is because we easily forgot the grace of God, that is, the things we are thankful for. But why do we humans complain? It is because they do not believe in the power of God, and they do not know that grumbling and complaining can lead to terrible punishment. Moreover, it is because we humans are really foolish and foolish when we grumble and complain. Proverbs 19:3 says, "The foolishness of a man perverts his way, and in his heart he grumbles against the LORD."
So, what can we do so that we don't get disciplined by God for grumbling and complaining?
First, you need to change your speaking habits.
If you say “thank you” or “thank you,” you will have things to be thankful for, and if you say “I will die” and “I will die”, you will only die. In Numbers 14:28, God says, “As I live, as you say, As I have been told, I will do to you." What do you mean? It means you do what my lips say. If I give thanks, it becomes what I am thankful for, and if I confess by faith, it becomes according to the confession of that faith.
Second, we must remember and not forget the grace we received. Our problem is that we have forgotten all the grace of God that has been bestowed upon us in the past. They forgot all the great and wonderful grace that God had given them. That is why God commands us countless times. "Don't forget." "Engrave it on your heart" "Remember" "Remember"
Third, we must repent and come to the cross. Satan uses all kinds of methods to make the saints blame God and complain. Satan demands that we blame God and curse Him. So you shouldn't go over there. The people who were bitten by a serpent come to Moses and ask for his life. Look at verse 7. "The people came to Moses and said, "We have sinned by murmuring against the LORD and against you. Pray to the LORD that these serpents will depart from us." Moses prayed, and God told him to make a bronze serpent and hang it. That's right. Today too, if we repent and look to Jesus, who died on the cross for me, He promised to forgive us all our transgressions and sins and to give us eternal life. Not only that, but the Lord says He will carry all the heavy burdens of our lives for us.
Saints! Is your life hard and painful? Don't complain, repent and look to Jesus Christ. Then the problem will be solved. Amen.