585. Notable Commands<\/p>\n
Num_13:1-3, Num_13:17-33<\/p>\n
There are certain words and expressions which we may take as hubs around which the spokes of thought are found. The\u2014<\/p>\n
1. \u201cGet You Up\u201d of Commission (Num_13:17). Moses bids the spies go search the land and see what kind it was, and as to the inhabitants that dwelt in it. It is well to know the strength and character of the enemy we have to conquer. As with Israel, so with us, when the Lord bids us to go in a given direction, it matters not how great the difficulties, or how formidable the foe, we shall have grace to surmount the one and to overcome the other. With every \u201cGo\u201d of command He gives us the \u201cLo\u201d of His presence\u2014Mat_28:19, Mat_28:20.<\/p>\n
2. \u201cBe of Good Courage\u201d of Fortitude (Num_13:20). True courage is the outcome of the fear of God. He who fears God need fear no foe. He who has looked into the face of God can look in the face of any man. True courage has consistency as its forerunner\u2014Jos_1:6, Jos_1:7.<\/p>\n
3. \u201cNevertheless\u201d of Unbelief (Num_13:28). Unbelief always magnifies difficulties and makes them far larger than they are. \u201cThere is always a \u2018nevertheless\u2019 where man is concerned, and when unbelief is at work. The unbelieving spies saw the difficulties\u2014great cities, high walls, tall giants. All these things they saw; but they did not see Jehovah at all. They looked at the things that were seen, rather than at the things which were unseen. Their eye was not fixed upon Him who is invisible. Doubtless the cities were great; but God was greater; the walls were high, but God was higher; the giants were strong, but God was stronger.\u201d<\/p>\n
4. \u201cWell Able\u201d of Faith (Num_13:30). The man of faith who looks to God, and remembers what He is able to do, exclaims, \u201cWe are well able to overcome.\u201d \u201cFaith looks the difficulties straight in the face. It is not ignorant\u2014not indifferent\u2014not reckless; but\u2014what? It brings in the living God. It looks to Him; it leans on Him; it draws from Him. Here lies the grand secret of its power.\u201d<\/p>\n
5. \u201cNot Able\u201d of Despair (Num_13:31). What a contrast this to the \u201cWell able\u201d of Caleb! \u201cStronger than we\u201d is the exclamation of despair as the enemy is compared with the self-occupied ones; but surely the foe is not stronger than He! Ah! it makes all the difference whether it be \u201cHe\u201d or \u201cWe.\u201d If the warfare depends upon us there will be defeat, but since it depends upon the Lord there must be victory, if we trust Him. Despair is born of self-occupation and through viewing self\u2019s resources. There is only one way to get rid of self, and that is to put Him in front of it; then self reads Himself.<\/p>\n
6. \u201cEvil Report\u201d of Half-Heartedness (Num_13:32). Half-heartedness is a worm that will kill any plant of grace. The reason why so many fail is because there is a lack of thoroughness. Half-heartedness is the forerunner of defeat. Half-heartedness magnifies difficulties, hesitates in danger, discourages timid ones, breeds unbelief, lacks backbone, cripples devotion, and thinks much of itself.<\/p>\n
7. \u201cWe Saw\u201d of Short-Sightedness (Num_13:33). The evil-reporters saw the great ones of the earth, but they did not see the Great One of Heaven. If they had looked at the great ones from God\u2019s point of view they would have seen that they were but as \u201cgrasshoppers\u201d in His sight\u2014Isa_40:22. Instead of this, the spies say they are \u201cas grasshoppers.\u201d If we look at difficulties and dangers through the medium of earth\u2019s spectacles we shall be discouraged, and a discouraged man is a defeated one; but if we stand on the mountain-top of fellowship with God, earth\u2019s great ones will be pygmies.<\/p>\n
By: DR. F. E. MARSH<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
585. Notable Commands Num_13:1-3, Num_13:17-33 There are certain words and expressions which we may take as hubs around which the spokes of thought are found. The\u2014 1. \u201cGet You Up\u201d of Commission (Num_13:17). Moses bids the spies go search the land and see what kind it was, and as to the inhabitants that dwelt in … Continue reading “0598. 585. Notable Commands”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26390"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26390\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}