~~~~  Lesson: Numbers, Chapter 14

1) In this chapter, the Israelites once again refer to Egypt, and even start to make plans to return there, even knowing that they will surely be slaves again.

Question: Can you name one sin that our society often becomes "slaves" to?

2) The Lord is very wrathful and filled with anger when he hears the Israelites and their ungratefulness and lack of faith. Moses, however, pleads on their behalf that they not be destroyed. God listens and instead of destroying them punishes them by 40 years of wandering in the desert.

Question: Do you think if we pray for someone else to receive forgiveness that God will/might grant them forgiveness, even if they don't ask for it? Why or why not?

3) Some of the Israelites decide, belatedly, to go and try to take the land of Canaan. Moses warns them not to go, that it is no longer "their" land but that the promise will be fulfilled in their children's generation. They ignore him and then are defeated.

Question: If we belatedly do what God wants us to do: do we suffer the same fate as them or different? Why?