Numbers 20:2-13 And there was no water for the congregation: and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.… The sin of Moses and Aaron seems to have included — 1. Want of faith. 2. Irritation of spirit. 3. Departure from Divine directions. 4. Assumption of power. 5. The publicity of the whole. I. THE LIABILITY OF THE GOOD TO SIN. II. THE DANGER OF GOOD MEN FAILING IN THOSE EXCELLENCES WHICH MOST DISTINGUISH THEM. III. THE IMPARTIALITY OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE DIVINE GOVERNMENT. IV. THE GREAT GUILT OF THOSE WHO BY THEIR WICKEDNESS OCCASION SIN IN THE GOOD. V. THE MEANS WHICH GOD USES TO DETER MEN FROM SIN. Divine judgments, expostulations with the sinner, encouragements and aids to obedience, are all so employed. By the voice of history, by the law from Sinai, by the gospel of His Son, by the Cross of Jesus Christ, by the influences of His Spirit, God is ever crying to the sinner, "Oh! do not this abominable thing that I hate." Let Christians guard against temptation; let them cultivate a watchful and prayerful spirit. (W. Jones.) Parallel Verses KJV: And there was no water for the congregation: and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron. |
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