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In Numbers16, we come to one of the most difficult times in Moses’ life. In chapter 13, Israel refused to enter the promised land because of their lack of faith. They listened to the discouraging report of the 10 spies rather than the words of Caleb and Joshua who challenged them to take God at His word and possess the land God had promised.

You get a sense of the trouble to come when they hear the discouraging report of the 10 spies and then say, “Would that we had died in the land of Egypt! Or would that we had died in this wilderness! Would it not be better for us to return to Egypt?” So they said to one another, “Let us appoint a leader and return to Egypt.” Little did Moses know that they would actually do it. That brings us to Number 16.

I mentioned last week that the heart is the key. The problem started shortly after they departed Egypt and has steadily been increasing in intensity. Numbers 11:1, “The people became like those who complain of adversity in the hearing of the Lord.” It’s difficult to make good decisions with a bad attitude. It changed them; they became spiritually weakened.

The whole point of leaving Egypt was to come to the land flowing with milk and honey. But there were giants in the land, there were mountains up ahead and the people became discouraged. They were defeated because of fear.

God then instruct Moses to tell the people of Israel that because of their lack of faith, “Just as you have spoken in My hearing, so I will surely do. You asked to die in the wilderness and so you will; everyone 20 years old and older.”

In Numbers 16, however, it comes to open rebellion. Three men, Korah, Dathan and Abiram took action. They rose up before Moses along with 250 leaders and said, “You have gone far enough, for all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the Lord is in their midst; so why do you exalt yourselves above the assembly of the Lord?” When Moses heard this, he fell on his face.

These things were written for our instruction. We can learn a lot from the mistakes of others and there are many lessons to apply from these verses.

I. Natural Man Rebels Against Authority

 There is a vast difference between a natural man and a spiritually mature person. You were born in the nature of the human condition and in order to become spiritually mature, many things have to change, starting with the heart.

Jeremiah 17:9-10, “The heart is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked; who can know it? I, the Lord, search the heart and test the mind.”

 The natural man does not want authority over him because he wants to be his own authority. But the ability to submit to authority is a mark of spiritual maturity; because they understand the importance of being submitted to God.

A. The root of immaturity is the nature of man

 The nature of man is the root of many problems, that’s where immaturity comes from. But God keeps pressing in by His Spirit to move a person from their immaturity to maturity in Christ.
Illus – A group from another church wanted a tour of our building …At one point one of their group said, “I see you have signs that say, please no coffee in the sanctuary. How do you enforce that?” “We don’t,” I responded, “most people will honor that, but I don’t want someone missing out on hearing the gospel over a cup of coffee.” That’s when he got serious, “Why in the world would you make a rule and then not enforce it?” “Because,” I said, “…some people are confrontational by nature. They are the ones who need the word of God most.”

 The problem in Korah’s heart becomes quickly evident. He was not content with what God had given him. He was a son of Kohath of the tribe of Levi.

 The Kohathites were given the responsibility of carrying on their shoulders the things that were most holy in the tabernacle. They could not serve in the tabernacle itself, nor could they see the holy things with their eyes.

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