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Doing The Right Thing The Wrong Way Part 5 Series
Contributed by David Diyanni on Nov 28, 2017 (message contributor)
Summary: Today we want to talk about being angry when bad things are being done which is right, but we will look at Moses who did the right thing but did it the wrong way.
The people were complaining 1st time Exodus 17:1-7
A. Moses was told to hit the rock and water was to come out of it. He did as the Lord commanded and water really did come out of the rock. It was a miracle.
B. In I Corinthians 10:4 Paul said that this rock was to be a type of Jesus.
C. “They all drank from the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual ROCK that followed them and that ROCK was Christ.
D. Also Jesus also referred to Himself as the one who was giving people the living waters.
E. He was to be smitten and out of Him was to come rivers of living waters.
The people were complaining 2nd time Numbers 20:1-13
A. A short time later the people started complaining again. They were out of water again. This got Moses upset. He went and talked to God and this time God told Moses JUST SPEAK to the rock. God did not tell Moses to HIT the rock. But Moses was so angry with the people for constantly complaining he started yelling at the people. “Do I have to hit this rock again? You people make me so mad!” Then he hit the rock.
Movie Anger management?
A. Anger management Part 1 8:57 to 9:40 I told you not to go there.
B. Temper is the one thing you cannot get rid of by losing it.
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C. It was right for Moses to be angry with the people. It was right to reprove the people for their constant complaining, but he did it the wrong way. He lost his temper and temper is the one thing that cannot get rid of by losing it.
D. What was the result of Moses losing his temper? He was punished! He was not allowed to actually bring the people into the Promised Land. He had to die in the wilderness. Someone else was going to lead the nation of Israel into their Promised Land. How sad.
What did he do wrong? What is so bad about hitting a rock?
A. 1st he disobeyed God. Instead of speaking to the rock he hit it. But what is the big deal? The big deal is called OBEDIENCE. Doing what God says, how He says it and when He says it. Even if we don’t like it.
B. 2nd there was probably some kind of symbolism that God was trying to show the people regarding the work that Jesus was going to do. He would be smitten, crucified ONCE for all and out of Him would flow rivers of living water. After that all we had to do was call upon Him to bring the living waters. Jesus was to be the final sacrifice, once for all.
C. What he really did wrong was to let his anger get control of him. He lost his temper. Temper is the one thing you cannot get rid of by losing it.
Is all anger sin? Eph 4:26
A. All anger is NOT sin. Paul wrote, “Be angry and sin not, don’t let the sun go down on your wrath.” That's easy enough to say, but how can we do it? How can we be “good and mad?” Jesus showed us how. Unlike most of us, He was never angry at wrong done to Himself. Even while He was hanging on the cross He said, “Father forgive them for they know not what they do.”
