(The Danger Of Complaining)

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