Fear, Faith, & False Repentance: Numbers 14 Sermon
I recently preached a sermon on Numbers 14. My Pastor was out of town, and he asked me to cover for him. I have decided to make this sermon available on this blog.
In a previous post, I discussed some of the challenges with preaching narrative. Numbers 14 was a difficult text to preach in one sermon. But it contains a lot of rich theology.
I think in particular, Numbers 14 reveals how sin flows out of unbelief. Unbelief in God’s promises. In His power.
It took me a while to get the sermon written. I would work on the sermon every morning for a couple hours before heading to work.
But in my opinion, take every opportunity you get to preach God’s word. It is an amazing privilege.
I personally love the sermon writing process. You start out digging deep into God’s word on your own. Then you think how you best can present your insight to the congregation.
You write an outline. You check your conclusions with commentaries. Then, you meditate on the text until you develop useful applications.
Finally, after much prayer and wrestling and rewriting, you present it to the congregation.
I think Piper says it best in this excellent book on preaching: “Preaching aids worship and is worship.”
How true that is. I hope this sermon on Numbers 14 is a blessing to you. I have attached the video below, followed by the audio file.
Any comments or thoughts? Feel free to reach out! If you want my thoughts on illustrations in preaching, see this previous post.