THE OBJECTIVE ASPECT OF LIFE--PART 3

We said that The Book of Numbers records 5 great types of Jesus Christ, as The Son of Man, to supply the needs of His people, in our pilgrimage.

The 1st type was The Manna for Israel's physical sustenance, which portrayed Jesus Christ, as The
Bread of Life, for the sustenance of His people.

NUMBERS 11;7-9-[TURN].
JOHN 6;31-35-[TURN].

The Israelites had many distractions from without , and from within, on Their pilgrimage to
Canaan.
From without, they were pursued by Pharoah, and intercepted by Amalek.
From within, They had a mixed multitude, and many Israelites listened to their murmurings.

Now, get this truth; THE HANGERS ON, ARE USUALLY THE ORIGINATORS OF MOST
PROBLEMS, IN THE LOCAL CHURCH.
Discontented people have no problem, finding The Discontented.
Therefore, they will join in argument with God's Provisions.

Wickedness NEVER PLAYS a negative game.

When people start complaining about God, they will soon show hostility against His Will--
NUMBERS 11;4--''And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red Sea, to compass the land of Edom; and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way.''

There is nothing so damaging to The Spiritual Growth of God's people, as their association with people of mixed principles.
From murmuring to lusting, to the tearful expression of extreme vexation, is a terrible downgrade.

Now, flesh in Christians, IS NO BETTER than flesh in the unregenerate.

Thus, Israel began to crave THE VERY SAME THINGS, as the mixed multitude.

Furthermore, their weeping, WAS NOT over their sins, but, because, THEY COULD NOT HAVE, WHAT THEY DESIRED.
Surely, we haven't forgotten the spirit of discontent, about the order of God's House, in the churches of Jerusalem and Corinth.

Human orders would rob some saints of spiritual joy and privilege, and CONTINUE TO PREVAIL in Christendom.
Complaining is a sign of ingratitude.

Israel could see nothing other than, she had no flesh to eat.
Murmuring is always one-sided;
therefore the Jews only saw the lights, NOT THE SHADOWS OF EGYPT.
Their thoughts turned to the absence of flesh to eat, and they were not thankful for THE MANNA, God's Provision for their need.

THEY DID NOT RELY ON GOD'S PROMISE TO SUPPLY THEIR EVERY NEED-
PHIL. 4;19-[Quote].

Although Israel complained many times, between EXODUS 14, and the completion of God's Law, at the close of LEVITICUS, the kind of judgment we read of, in Numbers 11;1-3, WAS NOT EXECUTED.

The Israelites were new converts at their first complaining. During the time between their first and second complaints, about no water, they had received much instruction, and had received God's Leadership, according to The Truth.

But now, 20 years had separated them, from their first complaint of no water. And there was a two-fold difference between then, and this point, in Israel's Sojourn.
[1] She had promised to obey The Law, which God had spoken through Moses, but, she soon
FORGOT that pledge, WHEN God put her to the test.
[2] She had been given good instructions for her physical and spiritual good, along with the promises, which should have motivated her.

NOW, LISTEN TO THIS;
There were no conditions to what The Sovereign God had done for Israel, as there are no conditions to Our Being Born from Above.

But God requires things of those, who have been from Above.
Every Christian, in every area, is under The Moral Law of God.

New Testament applications of Judgment are made on God's children, who know The Truth, but fail to obey it.
They will be chastened, and some will be killed-
I Corinthians 11;30--''For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.''
I John 5;16-[Turn].

Today's Evangelicals commit the same sin, as the murmuring Jews, when they desire license to sin, over God's Will.
When confronted with Christian Responsibility to obey Christ's commands, they cry, ''Legalism''.

But, in contrast, to their definition of Legalism, The Bible defines it, as the result of people taking
What God has told His people to do for their conditional Spiritual Benefit, and making those commands necessary for One's Salvation, from The Penalty of Sin.

God's Law, given to Israel, WAS NEVER MEANT TO BE A MEANS of Positional Deliverance, but it was given, as a result, of such Deliverance.

Now, I want to say, DOING WHAT ONE LOVES TO DO, IS NOT LEGALISM.
John 14;15-''If ye love me, keep my commandments.''
Psalm 119;97-104-[Turn].

You see, the Biblical teaching of Progressive Sanctification is not ''Rely and Relax,'' but ''Trust and obey.''