Numbers 25

Numbers 25

We remember what happened in the last chapter. We are told Balaam could not curse Israel and ended up blessing them. We are told elsewhere, that Balaam counseled Balak into sending the Midianite women down to seduce Israel. Balaam was deceitful, and look at the results. Israel fell right into sin. The men followed the women. The women pointed the men towards false gods. Finally, we read in Numbers 25:6, “ And behold! One of the sons of Israel came and brought to his brothers a woman of Midian, before the eyes of Moses, and before all the congregation of the sons of Israel, who were weeping before the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.”

To be secretly in sin is just as bad, however, this guy was so callused that he brought his sin out before everyone, as if to say, “What are you going to do about it!” Not only that, he brought the sin right up before the representative of the law, Moses. Let me warn you guys now, Satan will do whatever it takes to take over your life. When sin becomes something you are no longer ashamed of, you are at the brink of disaster. Satan will throw relationships, drugs, money, fame, fun, anything to take your mind off of Jesus. When you are no longer ashamed to be seen following after such things, you truly no longer fear God. Read Proverbs to learn about the man who does not fear the Lord.

Remember, sin is subtle. It does not parade itself in. It very quietly takes over different sections of your life. How do you deal with this? You kill it, get rid of it completely. Read on to verses 7-8:

And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw ite rose up from among the congregation and took a spear in his hand. And he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and pierced both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman, through her belly. So the plague was stayed from the sons of Israel.

Do not grant sin one inch. Instead, take the sharpest object you know (the Bible) and thrust it into the gut of your sin. Get rid of it. Do not leave room for it to be with your company. The man of sin paraded his sin before Moses himself! Phinehas, a man following the Lord, a priest, killed the temptation and the sinner. I do not know what your life looks like. I cannot see inside every different facet of your mind. I do pray that there is no room for corruption. Instead, hold on to Jesus.

Remember to pray for each other through out the week as we each battle sin daily.