All the Israelites grumbled against Moses and Aaron, and the whole congregation said to them, “If only we had died in the land of Egypt, or if only we had died in this wilderness!All the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron. The whole congregation said to them, “We wish that we had died in the land of Egypt, or that we had died in this wilderness!And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said unto them, Would God that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would God we had died in this wilderness!And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said unto them, Would that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would that we had died in this wilderness!
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… it says and all the children of Israel complained against Moses and Aaron the whole congregation said to them if only we had died in the land of Egypt or if only we had died in this wilderness you can tell what influences a person alive by their conversation complaining is the land of Egypt you cannot complain and live conscious of a promise it's near impossible to complain when you live in the abiding presence of the Spirit of God. those aren't meant to be moments of just high experience that you're getting some revival meeting somewhere. They're actually designed as a lifestyle. And I've got this conviction that this could be the generation that could enter into what God has had on his promise list for 2,000 years that has never yet been touched. Is that fantasy? Or did God actually promise things that we've not yet seen? people find comfort in bad counsel because it reaffirms their unbelief. Bad counsel will keep you comfortable with unbelief. It won't be offensive. …
… You want to see it? Look at it in Numbers 14.2. They saw the giants came back, and all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron. And the whole congregation said unto them, would that God we had died in the land of Egypt, or would God we had died in this wilderness? And they did, because they murmured. Second generation came along and said, we can skip this. If we murmur, we're going to stay here. If we march, God will make a way. I came to ask you a question. You're going to murmur or march? Last week I taught you that God can turn a mumble into a miracle when you pray, but the Enemy can turn a murmur into misery. You have to bite your tongue. One thing that impressed me about Joshua, he learned from the lessons of Moses. He said, we can skip this. Go over to Joshua 6. That's where they walk around the walls of Jericho. One day I'm going to preach a remix of my favorite sermon from my youth. It was called Don't stop on six. …
… the camp and when you go to numbers 14 it says that night all the members of the community raised their voices and wept aloud. All the Israelites grumbled against Moses and Aaron and the whole assembly said to them, if only we had died in Egypt, exclamation point, or in this wilderness, exclamation point, why is the Lord bringing us to this land, the promised land, only to let us fall by the sword. Our wives and children will be taken as plunder. Wouldn't it be better for us to go back to Egypt? And they said to each other, can you imagine this? They're on the brink of God's promise. They're just a journey away from stepping into what God had promised to Abraham and to Isaac and to Jacob. Here it is, guys. I'm giving you this land, and here is their conclusion. They said to each other, we should choose a leader and go back to Egypt. Fear is why we're here. And God wants to extinguish whatever fear is holding you back today from fully trusting him and obeying him. They thought these people are bigger than us. These cities are stronger than us. …