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Intro; In the movie Draft Day, the plot is about the NFL draft and all the possible pics and trades that will be made by the 32 teams for those eligible players coming out of college.
Teams get their pics based upon their record from the previous season;
Worst record gets first pick
Best record gets last
But each team has the right to trade their pics for veteran players already in the game or to bundle rounds of pics for a player.
Each team has a pic in each of the 7 rounds.
In the movie the Cleveland Browns had the 7th pic in the draft and the Seattle Seahawks had the 1st.
The Browns GM wanted to pic a defensive player while the owner wanted him to make a big splash and trade for the Heisman trophy quarterback that the Seahawks were going to pic first.
So he called and asked about a trade which the Seattle GM said would cost him their first round pic for 2 years and a second round pic for the third year.
He said no.
About an hour later the Cleveland GM called back and said he would do it, but the Seattle GM said that deal was off the table and now it would cost Cleveland 3 first round pics.
He hated to do it but gave in and sold the farm for one player.
There are consequences to presuming things.
The Cleveland GM presumed that first deal would always be on the table and it would not change, but it did and cost him more.
Tonight we are going to look at the Sin of Presumption and see how much it really does cost.
Text; Numbers 14:40-45
Because the children of Israel did not listen to Caleb and Joshua and take the Promised Land as God had told them too, they were told that they were to head back into the wilderness by the Red Sea.
God had pronounced judgment upon all who were over the age of 20 and all who had rejected Him except Caleb and Joshua.
But the children of Israel ‘Presumed” God would give them the land if they would just repent, WRONG!!!
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The Deal was off the Table; 40-42
When the Israelites realized what mistake they had made and Moses told them they must turn back into the wilderness, they realized their sin and wanted to make things right with God and obey by taking the Promised Land.
Admitting sin isn’t the same as confessing sin and turning to the Lord to seek His mercy.
The Jews thought that they could make a new beginning because God had granted them forgiveness, but they were wrong.
[v.
3-9a] Only Moses, Aaron, Joshua and Caleb realized Israel had robbed God of glory by not obeying and entering into His rest in the Promised Land.
They had a broken and contrite heart of sorrow for this sin.
They sought God’s forgiveness through godly sorrow not fleshly admittance of sin.
God is always willing to forgive our sin when we truly repent but that doesn’t mean that God is willing to give us what He previously offered before we sinned.
[v.
40-42] Israel was ready to take the land but God has already changed the deal.
It wasn’t the same as it was the day before.
God had forgiven their sins, but He had also instituted a new plan that would delay Israel’s conquest of the Promised Land for nearly forty years.
[v.41]
If Israel were to try to take the land they would be transgressing [going against] the word of God [new deal] and fail again.
When God calls us to Himself or to act upon His word we had better do it then because the terms may change and we may never get that opportunity again.
Salvation
Felix presumed that God’s grace would be available at his convenience.
Conviction may not come later.
The heart may get harder or colder.
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2. Nevertheless they Presumed; 43-45
Presume- to assume, take for granted
Presumptuous sins are deliberate.
They are committed with the full knowledge that they are sins and in full light of what God has said.
Presumptuous sins are premeditated.
Presumptuous sins can only be committed in suppression of the conscience and in spite of its appeals.
Those who sin presumptuously say, in effect, “I’m going to do this, and nothing is going to stop me.
I know what God says about it, and I don’t care if it’s wrong.
I’m going to do it anyway.”
The Israelites were warned of the consequences of going up [God would not be with them and they would fall by the sword] but they went anyway!
Presumptuous sin leads to diminished power in God
[Presuming that you can flirt with sin and not be affected is a huge mistake.
Many Christians presume that it does not matter what you do and end up hurting their Christian testimony]
Presumptuous sin leads to defeat
[Israel is defeated at Ai. Without praying about the battle, they presumed to defeat little Ai as they defeated mighty Jericho.]
Presumptuous sin leads to discipline
[Impatience and presuming cost Saul the kingdom]
Presumptuous sin can lead to death
[Offering sacrifice/worship in an unworthy manner to God is serious offense]
Mattoon, R. (2004).
Treasures from Numbers (p.
245).
Rod Mattoon.
Close;
The entire experience at Kadesh-Barnea teaches us that there is no substitute for faith in God’s promises and obedience to His commandments.
Faith is simply obeying God in spite of how we feel, what we see, or what we think might happen.
When God’s people trust and obey, like Caleb and Joshua, the Lord delights in doing wonders for them, because they glorify His name.
But when God’s people disobey and give the enemies of God an occasion to blaspheme His name, like the 10 spies and the rest of Israel, and then presume that God will not punish their sin, oh how foolish we are.
Never presume, always know for sure!!
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