Sermon Tone Analysis

God Hanged the Serpent and the Christ

Body

Turn in your Bible to Number 21, Numbers 21 and we will be in verses 4-9 this evening.

Numbers 21:4-9

God was continually using the events within the community of Israel as guide post to lead us to Christ.

To night we read of the bronze serpent that was an icon to to save the people from death by venom.

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May God bless the reading of his Holy and Infallible word

Let’s Pray

Many can many can quote John 3:16 from Memory, but how many would know John 3:14 and 15 off the top of their head?

Jesus points himself in the events we just read about.

Jesus says, “so must the Son of Man be lifted up.”

Why must he be lifted up?

Because there is only one cure for the venom of sin.

The typology is heavy in these events.

We see a impatience sinful people that loath the bread of heaven, Christ comes as the bread from heaven, (John 6:32).

These blessing loathing impatient sinners are beset by the serpents.

No less then fiery serpents, that like the fiery darts of the devil (Ephesians 6:16), had the power to kill.

The bountiful provision of God for them was worthless to them and like Cain sin was waiting at the door.

(Genesis 4:7) The image of the serpent, a image made of the sin that was to be looked upon, just as Christ was made sin, the image of sin itself on a tree so that all that (2 Corinthians 5:21) just looked on the image of of the serpent were saved from physical death for a moment, those that look on Christ have eternal life.

Transition

Point number 1 this even is “The People Became Impatient” on the Way.

Lets look at verse 4 and 5.

The People Became Impatient on the Way (1)

Text

Exposition

They are marching in the wilderness for their sin and they add to it instead of being humble.

“The People Became Impatient on the Way”

Allowing our minds to become accustomed to complaint

Miracles do not change hearts and minds

Remember James Exhortation to Patience?

That Pastor Gabe gave us Sunday.

Patients is so important for holiness.

Impatience lead to malcontent to the point of despising God’s perfect miraculous provision.

“We loathe his worthless food”

Exposition

They say no food and then they say we loath the food.

There was good that God faithfully provided everyday.

Manna.

Manna, is worthless they say

Manna is analogous to Christ

“Truly, truly, I say to you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven.”

(Jn 6:32, ESV).

Application

They say familiarize breads contempt.

For the believer we understand that we battle contempt for the things of God, is not by feeding on God’s provision for us less, but we battle impatiences by practicing patience.

“Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness?”

Exposition

How many times had God already provided for them,

The army of Egypt destroyed (Deuteronomy 20:1)

Pillar of fire and cloud (Nehemiah 9:12)

Water out of rocks (Numbers 20:10)

cloths that did ware out (Deuteronomy 29:5)

Food from heaven (Exodus 16:35)

Application

How wicked the heart of man is?

We are the same, every day, “in him we live and move and have our being but how often do we complain.

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