LOOK AT THE BRASS SERPENT!

Team:

Have you ever been bitten by a snake? Have you ever been stung by a bee?

It stings doesn't it? The poison even makes it worse.

Sometimes life can sting us and poison us for years to come.

LOOK AT THE BRASS SERPENT!

The sting may be a relationship that went sour because of unfaithfulness.

LOOK AT THE BRASS SERPENT!

The sting may be a friend that betrays you.

LOOK AT THE BRASS SERPENT!

The sting might be the loss of a job and you were the scapegoat.

LOOK AT THE BRASS SERPENT!

Today in the One Year Bible we see Israel in trouble. They are getting bitten by snakes. Why did this happen?

It says earlier the people were impatient and began to accuse God.

"Why did You bring us out to the wilderness? We were better off in Egypt."

The LORD said to Moses, "Make a snake and put it up on a pole; anyone who is bitten can look at it and live." So Moses made a bronze snake and put it up on a pole. Then when anyone was bitten by a snake and looked at the bronze snake, they lived.
Numbers 21:8-9

God has a plan and purpose for our lives. God even has a purpose for the Wilderness Experiences in our lives.

The Wilderness Experience forces us to totally focus on God to get us through Seasons of our life.

LOOK AT THE BRASS SERPENT!

Sometimes it is hard to be patient during these times. Sometimes we can develop the "Why Syndrome" in our lives.

"If God loves me then Why would....?"

This is the enemy trying to get us to question God. This is the first thing Lucifer did when he spoke to Eve.

God told Moses to put a Brass Serpent on a pole. He said whoever looks at the Brass Serpent will be saved from the snakes venomous poison.

LOOK AT THE BRASS SERPENT!

Friends, we will get bitten at times in our life and if we don't do something about
the Venomous Poison we will die in our wilderness.

The Venomous Poison can be: bitterness, anger, strife, regrets, revenge ect...

When this happens we feel miserable don't we. The Venomous Poison sucks the life out of us.

LOOK AT THE BRASS SERPENT!

It doesn't have to be that way!

The Brass is judgement.

The Serpent is sin.

The Pole is the cross.

This is a picture of sin being judged on the Cross as Jesus took all of the Venomous Poison in the World.

LOOK AT THE BRASS SERPENT!

Has life bitten you recently? Have you grown bitter with resentment? Have you questioned God and His Purpose for your life?

It's OK. All of us have these seasons in our life. When we have these tough situations happen to us we need to look at Jesus Christ on the Cross to save us from the Poison.

LOOK AT THE BRASS SERPENT!

Just Go! Leave Nothing Behind!

Rick

Mar 14 Readings - NUMBERS 21:1-22:20 | LUKE 1:26-56 | PSALM 57:1-11 | PROVERBS 11:9-11

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