Failure & Faith: The Journey to the Promised Land

Green Pastures or God's Promise?

January 3, 2021 • Ben Kimmell • Numbers 32

Numbers 32 relates the rise and the resolution of a crisis of commitment by two of Israel’s tribes at the threshold of the Promised Land. In this message, Pastor Ben confronts the church with the danger of spiritual complacency, especially as it is induced by material prosperity.

Sin: Its Cost & Its Covering

December 13, 2020 • Ben Kimmell • Numbers 31

Numbers 31 portrays Israel’s obedience to God, in being used as instruments of judgment on Midian, as a model for future conquest in Canaan. In this message, Pastor Ben aims to confront the audience with the cost of sin and its covering, by contemplating three main activities of chapter 31.

The Centrality of Sacrifice

December 6, 2020 • Ben Kimmell • Numbers 28—30

Numbers 28-30 summarizes Israel’s story by recounting the regular sacrifices required of Israel. In this message, Pastor Ben challenges God's people to live lives of continual sacrifice by contemplating 7 sacrifices and festivals of Israel and two implications they suggest for God's New Testament church.

Daring Faith

November 29, 2020 • Ben Kimmell • Numbers 27

Numbers 27 continues to mark the transition from failure to the new generation of faith in the story of Zelophehad's daring daughters and in the commissioning of Joshua to national leadership. In this message, Pastor Ben encourages God's church to renewed hope in the Kingdom gospel by contemplating two central themes of this chapter.

Numbering the New Generation

November 15, 2020 • Ben Kimmell • Numbers 26

The census of chapter 26 marks the transition away from the generation of failure and it challenges a new generation of faith in hope of possessing and persisting in the Promised Land. This message aims to equip the church for Kingdom conflict with the world's powers by contemplating three urgent objectives of the census of Israel’s new generation warriors.

Sexual Immorality & Covenant Idolatry

November 8, 2020 • Ben Kimmell • Numbers 25

Numbers 25 describes how sexual immorality led Israel into covenant infidelity. In this message, Pastor Ben warns God's people about the dangers of sexual immorality and summons its leaders to defend the church from its degrading influence by contemplating two vital themes of the passage.

Looking, Living, Marching, & Moab

October 25, 2020 • Ben Kimmell • Numbers 21

Numbers 21 recounts Israel's victory march from Mt. Hor to the doorstep of the Promised Land. Along the way, this new generation will destroy God's enemies as well as experience judgment on their own disobedience. The purpose of this message is to summon the church to courageous faith and consistent obedience by contemplating three major facets of Israel’s victory march to the plain of Moab, the threshold of the Promised Land.

Moses' Tragic Mistake

October 18, 2020 • Ben Kimmell • Numbers 20:1–29

Numbers 20 tells the tragic story of Moses' rebellion against God's instructions at the waters of Meribah in response to Israel's relentless grumbling. This message aims to help believers resist a rebellious and grumbling spirit by identifying the conditions and consequences of it.

Homecoming & Note Burning

October 11, 2020 • Ben Kimmell • Numbers 18—19

These chapters describe God's provision for the Aaronic priesthood through the faithful gifts of His people and also the purification of those very people from pollution resulting from contact with the dead. This message is a homecoming celebration of God's provision for Calvary's ministry, especially the provision for retiring the debt on the new sanctuary building. We look back in celebration and we look forward with anticipation to God's future for Calvary as we joyfully embody the holiness for which Christ died, reject the tokens of corruption and death in our culture, and declare Christ's gospel both locally in Perry and globally to the ends of the earth.

Calvary Baptist Church | Perry, FL

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