Grumbling Along The Sea

I. The grumbling at Marah, 15:22-27.

Observation: God has revealed Himself in Exodus 15 as deliverer (v. 3), healer (v. 26) and now as shepherd (v. 27).

II. Provision in the Wilderness of Sin, Chapter 16.

A. The Problem, vs. 1-3.

B. The Promise, vs. 4-12.

C. The Provision, vs. 13-18.

John 6:32-33, 35, 48, 51;

John 6:32–33 NASB95

Jesus then said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, it is not Moses who has given you the bread out of heaven, but it is My Father who gives you the true bread out of heaven. “For the bread of God is that which comes down out of heaven, and gives life to the world.”

John 6:35 NASB95

Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; he who comes to Me will not hunger, and he who believes in Me will never thirst.

John 6:48 NASB95

“I am the bread of life.

John 6:51 NASB95

“I am the living bread that came down out of heaven; if anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever; and the bread also which I will give for the life of the world is My flesh.”

D. The People’s Disobedience, vs. 19-30.

1. Regarding the daily gathering, vs. 19-21.

2. Regarding the gathering on the Sabbath, vs. 22-26.

Deut. 8:3.

Deuteronomy 8:3 NASB95

“He humbled you and let you be hungry, and fed you with manna which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, that He might make you understand that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by everything that proceeds out of the mouth of the Lord.

3. Regarding the Sabbath gathering, vs. 27-30.

Numbers 11:7–9 NASB95

Now the manna was like coriander seed, and its appearance like that of bdellium. The people would go about and gather it and grind it between two millstones or beat it in the mortar, and boil it in the pot and make cakes with it; and its taste was as the taste of cakes baked with oil. When the dew fell on the camp at night, the manna would fall with it.

E. Explanation of omer, v. 31-36.

Observation: What did God demonstrate about Himself?

1. God is able and willing to provide regularly for the daily needs of His children.

2. God desires that His people experience His blessing.

3. God gave His people Sabbath rest to refresh and strengthen their spirits.

4. God gave them ample, palatable food for their bodies.

III. The quarreling at Rephidim, 17:1-7.

Deuteronomy 6:16

Deuteronomy 6:16 NASB95

“You shall not put the Lord your God to the test, as you tested Him at Massah.