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Camping Toward Canaan’s Land
Numbers 1-10
Presented by Chris Reeves * Lakeland Hills church of Christ * Gospel Meeting * April 1, 2011
Christians as Pilgrims
• Hebrews 11:13
• 1 Peter 2:11
Christians and the Book of Numbers
• 1 Corinthians 10:5ff
• Hebrews 3-4
• There remains a rest for the people of God: heaven
(Heb. 4:9-11)
• What can we learn from the book of Numbers to help
us in our journey to heaven?
Camping Toward Canaan’s Land
• Camp ready for war (Num. 1; Eph. 6:10ff;
1 Tim. 1:18; 2 Tim. 2:3-4; 4:6-8; 1 Pet. 2:11)
• Camp with order in our lives (Num. 2; 1 Cor. 14:40;
2 Tim. 1:13) and God at the center (Gal. 2:20)
• Camp ready for service (Num. 3-4; 1 Cor. 15:58)
• Camp with sin removed from our lives
(Num. 5; Acts 8:18ff; 1 Cor. 5:1ff)
Camping Toward Canaan’s Land
• Camp dedicated to the Lord (Num. 6; 2 Cor. 6:17)
• Camp assured of God’s blessings upon the faithful
(Num. 6; Acts 3:26; Eph. 1:3)
• Camp with free-will offerings
(Num. 7; 2 Cor. 9:6-7; Phil. 2:17,22; 2 Tim. 4:6)
• Camp in a right relationship with God
(Num. 8; 1 Jn. 1:5-10)
Camping Toward Canaan’s Land
• Camp with the Lord as our guide
(Num. 9; Jn. 16:13; 2 Tim. 1:13; 3:16-17)
• Camp while assembled together for important
occasions (Num. 10; Heb. 10:24-25)
• Camp while inviting others to go with us
(Num. 10; Prov. 11:30; 1 Cor. 9:23-25)
• Camp while praying to God for help
(Num. 10; Heb. 4:16)
Heaven: The Christian’s Rest-Land
• Heaven is a place of rest (Rev. 21)
• Heaven is a place of beauty (Rev. 21-22)
Camping Toward Canaan’s Land
• There are only two journeys in life (Mt. 7:13-14) …
What do you expect at the end of your journey?
• Will you make it to your rest-land, or fall in the
wilderness (1 Cor. 10:5; Heb. 3:17)?
• Like Moses said, “Come go with us…”