poisoned speech
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Numbers 11:1-3
Complaining has no place in the life of the
Christian. • Neither murmur ye, as some of them also
murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer” (1
Cor 10:10).
• “Do all things without murmurings and disputings”
(Phil 2:14).
God blesses and blesses. • In context, God had provided “big” blessings for
the Israelites.
• God gives us so very much.
“He maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good,
and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust” (Matt
5:45).
“Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above,
and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is
no variableness, neither shadow of turning” (Js 1:17).
God will forgive when people come back
to Him. • “Let the wicked forsake his way, and the
unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return
unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him;
and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon” (Is
55:7).
I wish the Israelites had learned their
lesson. • “Who shall give us flesh to eat?” (v 4).
• The people complained when the spies brought
back their report (Num 14:1-5).
• Over and over and over, we find the people
complaining.
Sometimes we complain about things we
cannot control. • You can’t change someone else’s behavior, but you
can change how you respond.
“If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if
he be thirsty, give him water to drink: For thou shalt heap
coals of fire upon his head, and the Lord shall reward
thee” (Prov 25:21-22).
“Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good”
(Rom 12:21).
We need to remember that God is ultimately in control: “Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth” (Rev 19:6).
We can pray to Him: “Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you” (1 Pet 5:7).
We can remember the multitude of blessings God gives: • God “left not himself without witness, in that he did good,
and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness” (Acts 14:17).
• “Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come” (1 Cor 16:2).
Put it in a place where you can see it and be
reminded of God’s great blessings.
Sometimes we complain because our
behavior needs to be changed. • Examine your life to see what needs to be changed
and work at changing it!
“Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove
your own selves” (2 Cor 13:5).
We absolutely must get rid of complaining. • “Do not grumble against one another, brethren, lest
you be condemned. Behold, the Judge is standing
at the door!” (Js 5:9, NKJV).
• “These are murmurers, complainers, walking after
their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great
swelling words, having men's persons in
admiration because of advantage” (Jude 16).
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