Numbers 11:1-3 (KJV) And when the people complained, it displeased the Lord: and the Lord heard it; and his anger was kindled
; and the fire of the Lord burnt among them, and consumed them that were in the uttermost parts of the camp.
[2] And the people cried unto Moses; and when Moses prayed unto the Lord, the fire was quenched.
[3] And he called the name of the place Taberah: because the fire of the Lord burnt among them.
VERY BRIEFLY I WANT TO REASON WITH YOU ON
(THE DANGER OF COMPLAINING)
MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS
IN THE TEXT BEFORE US
THE NATION OF ISRAEL HAS COMMITTED A GREAT HARM
THEY HAVE ERRED EXCEEDEDLY
THEY HAVE TRANGRESSED AGAINST THE LORD GOD ALMIGHTY
THESE MEMBERS OF THE WILDERNESS MISSIONARY CHURCH WHERE REV DR MOSES IS
PASTOR ARE GUILTY OF COMPLAINING
AND IT`S IMPORTANT THIS MORNING THAT WE LOOK AT THERE SIN
IT`S IMPORTANT THAT WE EXAMINE THERE ACTION AND THERE DEEDS
THEN WE WILL REALLY KNOW HOW DEVASTTING --HOW DESTRUCTIVE THE SIN OF COMPLAINING REALLY IS
THE TEXT SAYS IT DISPLEASE THE LORD THAT THE PEOPLE COMPLAINED
BUT AS WE EXAMINE THE TEXT THE FRIST THING YOU WILL NOTICE IS THE CONDUCT OF THE COMPLAINERS
IF YOU WILL NOTICE
MOSES DOSE`NT TELL US WHAT THE PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT
AND THE REASON HE DOSE`NT TELL US ABOUT WHAT THEY COMPLAIN ABOUT IS BECAUSE THEY
COMPLAINED ABOUT EVERYTHING
THEY COMPLAIN SO MUCH
THEY COMPLAIN SO OFTEN
THEY COMPLAIN ABOUT EVERYTHING
AND WE ARE LIVING IN A DAY AND TIME WHERE MANY OF US WHO PROFESS TO BE BLOOD BOUGHT SONS AND
DAUGHTERS OF GOD
HAVE THIS CONTAGIOUS SPIRIT
BECAUSE WE FIND OURSELVES COMPLAINING ABOUT EVERYTHING
AND IF THE TRUTH BE TOLD SOME OF YOU KNOW WHAT I`M TALKING ABOUT
BECAUSE IF IT`S NOT TO HOT IT`S TO COLD
IF IT`S NOT TO SMALL IT`S TO BIG
IF IT`S NOT TO WET IT`S TO DRY
WE FIND OURSELVES COMPLAINING ABOUT EVERYTHING
AND JUST IN CASE THERE IS A COMPLAINER HERE THIS MORNING UNDER THE SOUND OF MY WEAK
VOICE
I NEED TO TELL YOU THAT YOU NEED TO BE CAREFUL WITH THIS TYPE OF SPIRIT
BECAUSE YOU WANT STOP AT ANYTHING BUT YOU WILL CONTINUE TO COMPLAIN ABOUT EVERYTHING
BUT WHAT BOTHERED ME AS I STUDIED THE TEXT
IS THAT IN CHAPTER 10 THEY HAD JUST LEFT THE MOUNTIAN OF GOD
THE RECORD REVEALS THAT THEY TRAVEL A 3 DAY JOURNEY AND BEGAN TO COMPLAIN
THEY PRAISE GOD AT THE MOUNTIAN
BUT THEY COMPLAIN ON THE WAY TO THE LAND OF MILK AND HONEY
AT THE MOUNTIAN OF THE LORD THEY PRAISE GOD
FOR PUTTING THE WIND IN A FULL NELSON AND MAKING A FREEWAY DOWN THE RED SEA
THEY WAS PRAISING GOD ONE MOMENT AND COMPLAINING THE NEXT
AND WE ARE LIVING IN A DAY AND TIME WHERE IT DON`T TAKE LONG FOR SOME OF US TO GO
FROM PRAISING TO COMPLAINING
AND EVEN WHEN YOU LOOK AT JOB
JOB LOST MORE IN ONE DAY THAN MANY OF US WILL LOSE IN OUR LIFETIME
IN Job 1:20-21 (KJV) Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped,
[21] And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the Lord gave, and the Lord
hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.
IN Job 2:9-10 (KJV) Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die.
[10] But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand
of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.
BUT WHEN YOU GO TO CHAPTER 3
JOB CURSE THE DAY HE WAS BORN
IT DOSE`NT TAKE LONG FOR US TO GO FROM PRAISE TO COMPLAINING
CAN I TELL YOU WHAT I`M TALKING ABOUT
WE COME TO GOD`S HOUSE AND HAVE A HALLELUJAH GOOD TIME
BUT SOON AS THE BENEDICTION IS GIVEN WE START COMPLAINING
NOW NOTICE THAT THE ONE`S THAT DID THE COMPLAINING WAS ON THE OUT SKIRTS OF THE CAMP
THE ONE`S THAT ALWAYS DRAGGING THERE FEET
THE ONE`S THAT ARE SLOUTHFUL -LAZY -IMATURE AND MESSY
THE ONE`S THAT WAS NOT INVOLVED IN WHAT THE LORD WAS TRYING TO DO
AND EVEN WHEN YOU EXAMINE THE CHURCH TODAY
THE ONE`S WHO ARE COMPLAINING ARE THE ONE`S WHO ARE NOT INVOLVED IN WHAT THE LORD IS DOING
HAVE YOU EVER NOTICE THAT THE ONE`S WHO ARE ALWAYS COMPLAINING ABOUT THE CHOIR
ALWAYS SINGING THE SAME OLD SONG NEVER COMES TO CHOIR PRATICE
THE ONE`S THAT’S ALWAYS COMPLAINING ABOUT THE MONEY
IF YOU CHECK THE BOOKS NEVER PAY THERE TITHE`S AND OFFERRING
THE ONE`S WHO ARE ALWAYS COMPLAINING ARE THE ONE`S WHO ARE NOT DOING ANYTHING
THEY SIT BACK AND COMPLAIN ABOUT WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE IS DOING
WANT COME TO PRAYER MEETING BUT WILL SHOW UP AT A MESS MEETING
CALL THEMSELVES LIFTING UP HOLY HANDS BUT WANT LIFT A HAND TO HELP NOBODY
THEY ARE ALWAYS COMPLAINING
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WELL THE NEXT THING I NOTICE IN THE TEXT IS THEY DISREGARDED THE GOODNESS OF THE LORD
THEY FAIL TO REALIZE HOW GOOD THE LORD HAD BEEN TO THEM
YOU KNOW AS WELL AS I THAT THE LORD HAD BEEN MIGHTY GOOD TO THEM
HE BROUGHT THEM OUT OF EGYPTIAN BONDAGE
MADE A FREEWAY DOWN THE RED SEA
LEAD THEM BY A CLOUD BY DAY AND A PILLAR OF FIRE BY NIGHT
GAVE THEM MANNA FROM HEAVEN AND WATER FROM A ROCK
GAVE THEM VICTORY OVER THE AMLEKITES
THEY DID`NT HAVE TO GO TO J C PENNEY`S OR BEALL`S BECAUSE AS THEY GREW THERE SHOE`S
AND CLOTHES GREW
THEY DISREGARDED THE GOODNESS OF THE LORD AND STARTED COMPLAINING
AND MANY OF US TODAY DISREGARD GOD`S GOODNESS
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WELL NOT ONLY DOES MOSES TELLS US ABOUT THE CONDUCT OF THERE COMPLAINING
BUT HE ALSO REVEALS TO US THE CONSEQUENCE OF THERE COMPLAINING
THE RECORD REVEALS THAT THERE COMPLAINING DISPLEASE THE LORD
AND IF THE LORD WAS DISPLEASE WITH THERE COMPLAINING
HE SURELY NOT PLEASE WITH OUR `S
AND I NEED TO TELL YOU -WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT DOING THINGS THAT DISPLEASES THE LORD
THE BIBLE SAYS THAT THERE COMPLAINING DISPLEASE THE LORD
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WELL NOT ONLY DID IT DISPLEASE THE LORD BUT HE HEARD THERE COMPLAINING
IT`S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE SERVE A GOD WHO HEAR ALL THINGS
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SEE ALL THINGS AND KNOW ALL THINGS
YOU KNOW A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE TRYS TALK AND COMPLAIN MUMBLING UNDER THERE BREATH
BUT THERE`S A DIVINE EASEDROPPER WHO HEAR ALL THAT HAS BEEN SAID
HE HEARD MIRIAM COMPLAIN ABOUT MOSES AND THE LORD GOT ANGRY
AND WHEN THE LORD GOT ANGRY
HE SENT FIRE TO DESTROY THEM ON THE OUT SKIRTS OF THE CAMP
