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We Are Cherished By God
Contributed by William R. Nabaza on Jul 19, 2015 (message contributor)
Summary: To prove that in the Bible we are all Hobab's (cherished by GOD) and Reuel (friend of GOD) for we live in a better covenant than Moses. GOD speaks to us directly and mouth to mouth through His WORDS. Hobab is the name of my pet cat, whenever I call her.
I. EXORDIUM:
Are you cherished by GOD?
Yes. Numbers 10:29
II. AUDIENCE PROFILE:
Believers
III. OBJECTIVES:
To prove that in the Bible we are all Hobab's (cherished by GOD) and Reuel (friend of GOD) for we live in a better covenant than Moses. GOD speaks to us directly and mouth to mouth through His WORDS.
IV. TEXT:
And Moses said to Hobab son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses’ father-in-law, We are journeying to the place of which the Lord said, I will give it to you. Come with us, and we will do you good, for the Lord has promised good concerning Israel.
V. THESIS:
Praise, worship and thank You very much LORD JESUS for I am cherished by GOD and a friend of GOD.
VI. TITLE:
We are cherished by GOD
VII. EXPLICATION:
A. Name : derived from the numberings of Israel
B. Author: Moses (commonly accepted)
C. Date written: 1446 - 1410 B.C.
D. Purpose: To relate the discipline of the wilderness generation, delivered from Egypt, and its purging, in order to prepare its children for a victorious entrance into The Promised Land.—Thompson Chain - Bible Book Outlines
E. To whom written: children of Israel
F. Main Theme: Unbelief bars the entrance to abundant life, Hebrews 3:7-19 — Thompson Chain - Bible Book Outlines
G. Key word: wilderness
H. Key verses: Numbers 14:20-23 (Amplified Bible)
14:20 And the Lord said, I have pardoned according to your word.
14:21 But truly as I live and as all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord,
14:22 Because all those men who have seen My glory and My [miraculous] signs which I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness, yet have tested and proved Me these ten times and have not heeded My voice,
14:23 Surely they shall not see the land which I swore to give to their fathers; nor shall any who provoked (spurned, despised) Me see it.
VIII. MAIN BODY:
A. Hobab means cherished. Reuel means "friend of GOD"
"And Moses said to Hobab son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses’ father-in-law, We are journeying to the place of which the Lord said, I will give it to you."
Cherished means "Treated with tenderness; warmed; comforted; fostered" Reuel means "friend of GOD"
We are both cherished and friend of GOD. That's why we received so much blessing and favor of GOD even we don't deserve it.
Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said, I will give this land to your posterity. So Abram built an altar there to the Lord, Who had appeared to him.
For all the land which you see I will give to you and to your posterity forever.
Yet He gave him no inheritable property in it, [no] not even enough ground to set his foot on; but He promised that He would give it to Him for a permanent possession and to his descendants after him, even though [as yet] he had no child.
B. GOD will do good to us in His Promises
"Come with us, and we will do you good, for the Lord has promised good concerning Israel."
This was so that, by two unchangeable things [His promise and His oath] in which it is impossible for God ever to prove false or deceive us, we who have fled [to Him] for refuge might have mighty indwelling strength and strong encouragement to grasp and hold fast the hope appointed for us and set before [us].
[Resting] in the hope of eternal life, [life] which the ever truthful God Who cannot deceive promised before the world or the ages of time began.
God is not a man, that He should tell or act a lie, neither the son of man, that He should feel repentance or compunction [for what He has promised]. Has He said and shall He not do it? Or has He spoken and shall He not make it good?
GOD will do good to us in His Promises. When He promise, He fulfills all of them, more than we can imagine.
For as many as are the promises of God, they all find their Yes [answer] in Him [Christ]. For this reason we also utter the Amen (so be it) to God through Him [in His Person and by His agency] to the glory of God.
Now to Him Who, by (in consequence of) the [action of His] power that is at work within us, is able to [carry out His purpose and] do superabundantly, far over and above all that we [dare] ask or think [infinitely beyond our highest prayers, desires, thoughts, hopes, or dreams]—
And the grace (unmerited favor and blessing) of our Lord [actually] flowed out superabundantly and beyond measure for me, accompanied by faith and love that are [to be realized] in Christ Jesus.
