{"id":3288,"date":"2013-12-02T07:31:07","date_gmt":"2013-12-02T13:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scquest.org\/?p=3288"},"modified":"2013-11-24T07:56:05","modified_gmt":"2013-11-24T13:56:05","slug":"numbers-in-36-thoughts-on-the-fourth-book-of-the-bible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scquest.org\/?p=3288","title":{"rendered":"Numbers in 36: Thoughts on the fourth book of the Bible"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Numbers<\/h1>\n<p>I don\u2019t consider these summaries but focus points.\u00a0The earlier books:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scquest.org\/genesis-in-50-thoughts-on-the-first-book-of-the-bible\/\" target=\"_blank\">Genesis<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scquest.org\/exodus-in-40-thoughts-on-the-second-book-of-the-bible\/\" target=\"_blank\">Exodus<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/p34kFn-R4\" target=\"_blank\">Leviticus<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Num1 Your number will be as stars of heaven and I will bless all nations through you (Num1-2\/Gen22:17\/Gal3:7ff)<\/li>\n<li>Num3 To serve in the house of the Lord is a great privilege (Num3-4,8\/Ps84:10\/1Pet5)<\/li>\n<li>Num5 Confess, repent, and be forgiven (Num5\/Luke19\/1Jn1). All possible because of Jesus.<\/li>\n<li>Num6 Everyone notices the one who is set apart for the Lord (Num6\/Judg13\/Heb10:10)<\/li>\n<li>Num7 No sacrifice is too great in the presence of the LORD (Num7\/Isa6\/Mark14)<\/li>\n<li>Num8 To serve in the house of the Lord is a great privilege (Num3-4,8\/Ps84:10\/1Pet5)<\/li>\n<li>Num9 God\u2019s presence ensures confidence (Num9\/Prov3:5-6\/Jn16:13)<\/li>\n<li>Num10 Enemies scatter before the LORD (Num10\/Ps2\/1Cor15:26)<\/li>\n<li>Num11 Complaining ignores God and his grace (Num11\/Phil2:14)<\/li>\n<li>Num12 Listen to the one who has seen God face to face (Num12\/Mark9:7)<\/li>\n<li>Num13 Failing to act on God\u2019s promises is a sin that diminishes your joy and his reputation (Num13-14\/Lk24:25\/1 Pet2:3)<\/li>\n<li>Num15 I am the God of all the nations, Israelite and sojourner alike (Num15\/Ps86:9\/1Jn2:2\/Rev7:9)<\/li>\n<li>Num16 The high priest stood between the wrath of God and a sinful people (Num16). My High Priest still stands, interceding for me (1Tim2:5\/Heb4)<\/li>\n<li>Num17 \u201cBehold, we perish, we are undone, we are all undone&#8221; is an appropriate response when before the LORD (Num17\/Isa6\/Mark4:41\/Rev1)<\/li>\n<li>Num18 The LORD takes care of those who serve him (Num18\/1Cor9\/1Tim5)<\/li>\n<li>Num19 Sin, and the affects of sin, make me unclean. However, Christ cleanses me from all sin (Num19\/Ps5\/1Jn1)<\/li>\n<li>Num20 Doing things my way to further God\u2019s cause leads to disastrous results (Num20\/1Chr13\/1Cor10)<\/li>\n<li>Num21 Look to the One that is lifted up to be saved (Num21\/John3:14-15)<\/li>\n<li>Num22-24 The blessing of God trumps all man\u2019s cursing (Num22-24\/Rom8\/Eph1)<\/li>\n<li>Num25 Has the love of money or the zeal for the Lord consumed you? (Num25\/John2\/2Pet2:15\/)<\/li>\n<li>Num26 The Lord keeps his promises to bless, and he keeps his promises to punish (Num26\/Gen12\/Matt25:31-46)<\/li>\n<li>Num27 People need a guiding shepherd and fearless conqueror to go before them (Num27\/John10\/Heb12)<\/li>\n<li>Num28 Because of the perfect sacrifice (Titus2:14), the continual offering is myself and not a lamb (Num28-29\/Rom12:1-2)<\/li>\n<li>Num30 Don\u2019t be hasty in making vows or tardy in completing them for the LORD is the great King and he will judge (Num30\/Mal1:14\/Rev19)<\/li>\n<li>Num31 Holiness demanded that those who would lead others to act treacherously against the Lord were to be cut off (Num31\/Rev20:7-10)<\/li>\n<li>Num32 Each one must look to the interests of the others because we are one family united by one Man (Num32\/Gal6\/1Pet2\/Rom5)<\/li>\n<li>Num33 Drive out the impostors, you can only serve one master (Num33\/Matt6:24\/Mark10)<\/li>\n<li>Num34 God keeps his promises (Num34\/Gen13\/Gen28)<\/li>\n<li>Num35 Life is sacred and to be protected because of who gives it (Num35\/Gen1\/John6:27)<\/li>\n<li>Num36 Thinking logically and acting orderly is a reflection of our Creator (Num36\/1Cor14\/Jas3)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Numbers I don\u2019t consider these summaries but focus points.\u00a0The earlier books:\u00a0Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus &nbsp; Num1 Your number will be as stars of heaven and I will bless all nations through you (Num1-2\/Gen22:17\/Gal3:7ff) Num3 To serve in the house of the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scquest.org\/?p=3288\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bible"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34kFn-R2","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scquest.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scquest.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scquest.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scquest.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scquest.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3288"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.scquest.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3288\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3293,"href":"https:\/\/www.scquest.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3288\/revisions\/3293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scquest.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scquest.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scquest.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}