ADULT Sunday School 12/18/2022 – Life & Times of Moses, “In the Wilderness” – Rick Bickel

ADULT Sunday School 12/18/2022 – Life & Times of Moses, “In the Wilderness” – Rick Bickel

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12.18.2022 – ADULT Sunday School – Life & Times of Moses, “Israel falls fast, Who you hang with matters” Numbers 25:1-18, Rick Bickel

REVIEW (12/11/2022) LESSON: Numbers 23 & 24; “If At First You Don’t Succeed, God Still Triumphs”

  1. Verses 23:1-10: The security SECURITY of the people of God.
  2. Verses 23:9: The HERITAGE of the people of God.
  3. Verses 23:9: The distinctive IDENTITY of the people of God. (
  4. Verses 23:10: The DESTINY of the people of God.
  5. Chapter 24: A demonstration of God’s sovereignty for the sake of COMFORTING the people of God.
  6. What motivated Balaam? MONEY, Power.
  7. What did God develop in you today (through this lesson)?
  8. 1. Find your comfort in ___________________________________.
  9. 2. Be warned _____________________________________________.
  10. Also reference: Deuteronomy 23:3-6; Joshua 13:22; 24:9-10; Nehemiah 13:1-3; Micah 6:5.

LESSON : 12-18-2022 – Numbers 26:1-18; ” Israel falls fast. Who your hang with matters.”

  • 1. Verses 4-5: The SENTENCE by God because of their sin.
  • 2. Verses 1-3: The DESCRIPTION of Israel’s sin.
  • 3. Verses 6: The SHOCKING defiance of one man.
  • 4. Verses 7-9: A STUNNING response by another man.
  • 8. Verses 10-13: The SOVEREIGN verdict of God.
  • 8.b. Verses 14-15: SOME THING important.
  • 9. Verses 16-18: The STRIKE-down order from God.
  • Chapter 27: A family with no sons – 5 daughters – asks for land across the Jordan…
  • Chapter 28 & 29: The giving of offerings is spelled out in detail.

Notes on the book of NUMBERS:

  • The Book of Numbers is the 4th book of the Old Testament (OT).
  • Book of Numbers is also the 4th book in OT chronological order.
  • Book of Numbers contains 36 chapters, 1,288 verses.
  • Book of Numbers tells of the events that happened on Israel’s journey between the Exodus and the entry into the Promised Land.
  • The Book of Numbers is all about God’s people “in the wilderness“:
  • How they get there;
  • How God deals with them in the wilderness; and
  • How He brings them out of the wilderness on their way to the Promised Land.