Sermon Tone Analysis

Intro / Antithesis

A young boy once asked his father , Daddy, how do wars begin?

“Well, take the First World War” said the father.

That got started when Germany invaded Belgium.

Immediately his wife interrupted him, tell the boy the truth, it began because somebody was murdered.

The husband drew himself up with an air of superiority and snapped back, “are you answering the question or am I? Turning her back upon him in a huff, the wife walked out of the room and slammed the door as hard as she could.

When the dishes stopped rattling in the cupboard, an uneasy silence followed, broken at length by the son when he said, Daddy you don’t have to tell me anymore; I know now!

And I wanna suggest that like in this story all of us in here get angry sometimes.

Some more than others.

But I wanna suggest that at the root of Anger lies ......

frustration - which means to be irritated, agitated, annoyed...you become- moody,,short, sarcastic & semantic

And if your not careful how you handle, or how you deal with your frustration ....it can lead to anger that will cause you to say something………

or do something that you will ultimately regret

And I wanna talk to you for a few moment out of this passage about the importance of knowing how to filter your frustrations in a world that has seemingly turned into the okay coral or the wild Wild West … it’s important to know how to filter your frustrations

Because in this text Moses suffers a great loss for not handling properly,, not dealing with and not filtering his frustrations

And we all get frustrated ..

Whether it’s in marriage

In ministry

Raising our children

Our jobs

Some of you get frustrated in traffic

The price of food right now will frustrate you

The cost of health care and copay’s will frustrate you

taxes & inflation

What will really frustrate you is the fact that we got homelessness

Mental health crisis

And our own poverty issues right here in the U.S.

And yet and still we lent Ukrainian 54 Billion Dollars

America can I hold something

But I think one of the most frustrating things still to date is the on going gun violence that plagues not openly our black communities but its becoming prevalent everywhere

Nonetheless there are variations of frustrations

And your frustrations can lead to Anger which can lead to you doing something or saying something you will later regret

As is the case in our text with Moses.

Here in Numbers 20:1-13

And before we delv into the text

I wanna suggest that the big Question in our text today is HOW???

How did Moses get to this point of frustration

Can i suggest …that …

A closer look at Moses’ character will help you better understand why I raise this question.

Look aT Numbers 12 verse number 3 …this kinda blew me away in reference to our discussion

In Numbers 12:3 the Bible gives us major insight into Moses’ character.

In Numbers 12:3 the Bible says that when Merium and Aaron opposed Moses, the Bible paints a distinct picture of Moses, calling him the most humble man on the face of the earth at the time.

and later on we gonna see that Moses blows it which is totally opposite of his character

Can I raise the question: what would people say about you if they were to sum up your character?

Would they say he’s spiritual she’s genuine she’s faithful … or would they say … never mind….

But but but… how ….does Moses get to this point of extreme frustration?

One of the reasons was that he was called to suffer

There’s some stuff you just gonna have to realize that you’ve been called to, it’s assigned to you.

And it ain’t always pretty but Gods trusting you with trouble,….and

it’s tied to where your headed.

Can I give you a glimpse of what GOD told me …

you would really appreciate your here and now ….

if you only knew what your there and then was going to look like

He’s only taking you through….. to get you to

Do me a favor and Tell your neighbor …..

YOU CAN HANDLE IT!!!

disappointment

set back

tragedy

YOU CAN HANDLE IT!

cause if you only knew what tomorrow looked like

You were called to it so you can handle it

but Moses blows it in Numbers 20

Let me prove it too you....Psalms 106:32 summarizes Moses’ failure in Numbers 20

Psalm 106:32 (NIV): 32 By the waters of Meribah they angered the Lord,

and trouble came to Moses because of them;

So they complain … MOSES responds, … BUT HE RESPONDS IN ANGER

HE HAS A MOMENT WHERBY HE LETS HIS FLESH GET THE BEST OF HIM

can i raise the question ...HAVE YOU EVER HAD A MOMENT

AND SEE MOSES GOT HISTRY WITH THE NATION OF ISREAL

You do know Moses gave up the luxury of Pharos palace to be amongst and deliver his slave relatives in Egypt

And Moses BECAME Israel’s deliverer, Pastor, prophet and leader

AND THEY WERE RECENTLY SLAVES IN EGYPT

And God uses MOSES ,….. to bring them out

Whoo GOD...

He blows it in chapter 20 because of Israels Constant Complaining

and he’s the same guy that God used to be a blessing to their life

don’t act like you never had people who God was using you to be a blessing to

turn around…and

YOU REMEMBER IN the book of Exodus that GOD USED MOSES TO ADMINISTER THE GRACE OF DELIVERANCE

AND JUST BEFORE GOD FINALIZED THE DEAL

HE TOLD MOSES IN EXODUS 11 VS. 1 IT’S ABOUT TO GO DOWN God says when i do this next move, that which is holding my people back has gotta let them go

Exodus 11:1 He says when I do this next move..... that which was holding my people back

is gonna have to let them go

YOU REMEMBER GOD RELEASED 9 PLAGUES ,… AND PHAROAH THOUGH IT WAS A JOKE

BUT GOD TOLD MOSES WHEN I Do THIS NEXT MOVE

tell your neighbor watch out for the next move...

HE SAYS ..THAT WHICH WAS HOLDING THEM BACK,.... ITS

GONNA HAVE TO LET THEM GO

AND YOU BETTER SHOUT FOR THE NEXT MOVE OF GOD THAT’S ABOUT TO HIT THIS PLACE

in your life

in your family

in your health

in your finances

God says when i release this next move.... whatever’s holding you back

tell your neighbor whatever’s holding yo back

it’s gonna have to ....

tell somebody i see doors opening that no man can close

i see doors closing that no man can open

WHATEVER WAS HOLDING YOU BACK ITS GONNA HAVE TO LET YOU GO