Thur - The Tendency to Drift | Numbers 15v37to41

Show Notes: Intro Scripture: “Again the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to the children of Israel: Tell them to make tassels on the corners of their garments throughout their generations, and to put a blue thread in the tassels of the corners. And you shall have the tassel, that you may look upon it and remember all the commandments of the Lord and do them, and that you may not follow the harlotry to which your own heart and your own eyes are inclined, and that you may remember and do all My commandments, and be holy for your God. I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the Lord your God.”” ‭‭Numbers‬ ‭15:37-41‬ ‭NKJV‬ Observations • The Lord speaks again • Moses relays the message • Tassels of blue were to be on the Israelites’ clothing to remind them of the commandments of the Lord, to provoke remembrance that the people not drift into spiritual (and often literal) harlotry. • Our eyes and heart are not to be trusted. Their vision was minuscule and their heart was wayward. • The Lord who freed them from bondage was to be their God. Applications • When the Lord speaks, we are to listen. • We need to be reminded. • Our eyes and heart are not to be trusted. We walk by faith not by sight. We are follow the Lord and His will, not our deceitful hearts which are selfish and prideful. • Building on the previous discussion of willful and unintentional sin, we are reminded that our Lord is Holy. He is separate, perfect, pure. • We have been bought from the world, from bondage to sin and Satan by the power of the Gospel, ushered through the waters of death unto new life in Christ Jesus symbolized by our baptism. We have been given a new life and have an eternal promised land we look forward to. We, though tempted and tried, are to live for our Lord. • God’s people are tempted to compromise and look like the world rather than be separate and a witness to it. Prayer: pray the passage and how the Holy Spirit has convicted you back to the Lord. Ask Him to do in You wha