Scripture:

Deuteronomy 2:27 ‘Let me pass through your land; I will keep strictly to the road, and I will turn neither to the right nor to the left.  28 ‘You shall sell me food for money, that I may eat, and give me water for money, that I may drink; only let me pass through on foot, 29 ‘just as the descendants of Esau who dwell in Seir and the Moabites who dwell in Ar did for me, until I cross the Jordan to the land which the LORD our God is giving us.’ 30 “But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass through, for the LORD your God hardened his spirit and made his heart obstinate, that He might deliver him into your hand, as it is this day.

Transcript:

And now, Admonition, brought to you by the Collierville Church of Christ.

Deuteronomy chapter two we read in Verse 27, Let me pass through your land, I will keep strictly to the road. I will not turn neither to the right nor to the left. You shall sell me food for money. Verse 28 that I may eat and give me water for money that I may drink, only let me pass through on foot. He says, verse 29 until I crossed the Jordan to the land, which the Lord our God is giving us, but Sihon, King of Heshbon, would not let us pass through. And then he (Moses) tells Israel that God was the reason. Something has changed in 40 years when God told Israel to take the Promised Land, this land wasn’t initially included, but something’s changed. And now God says, these people are falling under condemnation. What’s changing in your life? Is it changing for the better?

Scripture:

Deuteronomy 2:14 And the time we took to come from Kadesh Barnea until we crossed over the Valley of the Zered was thirty-eight years, until all the generation of the men of war was consumed from the midst of the camp, just as the LORD had sworn to them.

Transcript:

And now, Admonition, brought to you by the Collierville Church of Christ.

How long was Israel wandering in the wilderness?

Some might say, well, it was, it was 40 years. It was, but it’s always important as you read Scripture to pay attention to the details of Scripture. Israel did wander in the wilderness 40 years from the time they left Egypt until the time they entered the Promised Land. But there period of, if we were technical, wandering, was 38 years.

Notice Deuteronomy chapter two verse 14 and the time we took to come from Kadesh Barnea until we crossed over the valley of the Zered was thirty-eight years until all the generation of the men of war was consumed from the midst of the camp, just as the Lord had sworn to them. Pay attention to the details of scripture.

Scripture:

Deuteronomy 2:5 Do not meddle with them, for I will not give you any of their land, no, not so much as one footstep, because I have given Mount Seir to Esau as a possession.

Transcript:

And now, Admonition brought to you by the Collierville Church of Christ.

Deuteronomy chapter two verse five, Moses is rehearsing the events of Israel, leaving their wandering in the wilderness and beginning to head towards the promised land, and notice what he says as they’re going through the land of their brethren, Esau. He says, Do not meddle with them. For I will not give you any of their land. No, not so much as one footstep. God is telling them, This doesn’t belong to you. Just because God said you’re my people. Just because God said, I’ve prepared a land for you. Just because God said I have an inheritance for you. Didn’t mean they could do whatever they wanted to. Respect what belongs to others. Respect what doesn’t belong to you. Don’t meddle in other’s affairs.

Scripture:

Deuteronomy 1:43 “So I spoke to you; yet you would not listen, but rebelled against the command of the LORD, and presumptuously went up into the mountain.

Transcript:

And now, Admonition brought to you by the Collierville Church of Christ.

In Deuteronomy chapter one, verse 43 we read this, So I spoke to you, yet you would not listen, but rebelled against the command of the Lord and presumptuously went up into the mountain. There are a number of times in scripture where we read about someone sinning presumptuously we read about it here with Israel. We read about it with the individual who on the Sabbath Day went and picked up sticks. This idea is someone who knows, they’ve been told specifically by God, don’t do something and then they go and do it anyway. But they don’t just do it, they do it as it were, shaking their fist at God, saying, you can’t tell me what to do. Don’t live this way. Don’t sin presumptuously, there’s a severe judgment that comes as a result.

Scripture:

Deuteronomy 1:41 “Then you answered and said to me, ‘We have sinned against the LORD; we will go up and fight, just as the LORD our God commanded us.’ And when everyone of you had girded on his weapons of war, you were ready to go up into the mountain. 42 “And the LORD said to me, ‘Tell them, “Do not go up nor fight, for I am not among you; lest you be defeated before your enemies.”‘ 43 “So I spoke to you; yet you would not listen, but rebelled against the command of the LORD, and presumptuously went up into the mountain.

Transcript:

And now, Admonition brought to you by the Collierville Church of Christ.

Deuteronomy chapter one verse 42, And the Lord said to me, tell them, do not go up nor fight for I am not among you, lest you be defeated before your enemies. Moses tells Israel, Don’t go up. Don’t go into the land. Don’t try and take the land. God’s not with you. And they didn’t listen. They wouldn’t listen when God said, don’t do this. As you and I look at our lives and we look at the commandments of the New Testament, do we see things that the Bible says Don’t do this that we’re doing? Are we heeding the commandments of the Lord?