Dr. McKellar’s Lesson for January 5, 2020

Endings Are for Beginnings

Numbers 27:12-23

-list of tribal family heads for selective service and land apportionment (Numbers 26)
-Moses: the mediator/leader who does not enter

1. The LORD Addresses Moses (12-14)

• story told four times
• sees land but will die
• rebellion against the word of the LORD (20:1-13)
• lessons of justice, sanctification and pastoral care (1 Cor. 10:1-5)

2. Moses Speaks to the LORD (15-17)

• no excuses
• appoint a shepherd
• foreshadowing of Christ (Matt. 9:35-38)

3. The LORD Responds to the Request of Moses (18-21)

• publicly commission Joshua
• invest Joshua with authority
• contrast between Moses and Joshua

4. Moses Obeys the LORD’S Command (22-23)

• as the LORD directed
• connection to Christ: Matt. 26:31-32, John 10:11 and Hebrews 13:20
• imperfect and perfect mediator (Heb. 3:1-6)

5. So What?

• Because the LORD is holy, follow His instructions and rely on His provision.
• Accentuate the LORD’S holiness in the eyes of His people!
• “Unbelief makes the past look brighter and the future look bleaker.” (B. Dempsey)
• Remember that without grace you are undone.
• “All the way my Savior leads me, cheers each winding path I tread, gives me grace for every trial, feeds me with the living bread, though my weary steps may falter and my soul athirst may be, gushing from the rock before me, lo, a spring of joy I see…” (Crosby)