Introduction
I: MISPLACED TRUST IN BLESSING (1-5)
A: The blessing of the sacraments
B: The argument: Israel had the same blessings.
Numbers 14:22, 23, 29, 30 “none of the men who have seen my glory and my signs that I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and yet have put me to the test these ten times and have not obeyed my voice, shall see the land that I swore to give to their fathers. …your dead bodies shall fall in this wilderness, … not one shall come into the land where I swore that I would make you dwell, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun.”
II: THE SAME OLD SINS (6-10)
• Idolatry (7) Ex. 32:6
• Sexual Immorality (8) Num. 25
• Testing the Lord (9) Num. 21
• Grumbling (10, Num. 14 and/or 16)
III: A SOBERING WARNING (11-13)
A: The Warning: “Be careful lest you fall.” (Prov. 16:18)
B: A Greater Responsibility (11)
C: Common Temptation and an “exodus” (13)
Conclusion