From Gary V. Womack...

A Little Leaven - A Little Doubt

1 Cor. 10:1-12 Text - Old Testament examples for our benefit - Learn from it.

Ex. 6:2-9 God told Moses & Israel He would bring them out of Egypt &

give them the promised land.

Ex. 33:1-3 After Israelites bowed down to the golden calf at Mt. Sinai

God told Moses to go & lead the people to Canaan

And He would send His Angel before them - but not His presence.

Rom. 1:16-23 The power of God's word - suppressed by unrighteousness.

The results is idolatry like Israel at Mt. Sinai.

12 Spies sent into Canaan - 10 plant seeds of doubt.

Num. 13:26-ff "We can't" - "They are stronger than we."

Num. 14:6-9 Joshua & caleb said, "We can"

"If the Lord delights in us, He will bring us into the land."

God forbid them to enter due to their unbelief.

Num. 14:26-33 The innocent children were effected by their parent's sin

They would "bear the brunt of your infidelity."

Unbelief & disobedience go hand-in-hand

Heb. 3:16 - 4:2 The word did not profit the Jews, not being mixed with faith.

Rom. 10:13-17 Not all obeyed - because they did not believe (Isa. 53:1)

After being forbidden to enter - Israel decides to go in anyway.

Num. 14:39-45 Moses warned them no to go up. They were defeated.

What made the difference? They could have entered before,

with the same people in the same place against the same enemy

Now they could not. Why? Faith

Jn. 15:4-5 "Abide in Me, and I in you . As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself,

unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me.

(5) I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me and I in

him, bears much fruit; I."

Col. 1:21-23 The condition of our being presented to the Father:

Continue in the faith, grounded, steadfast &

not moved away from the hope of the gospel.

Rev. 21:6-8 He who overcomes shall inherit all things

But not the cowardly or the unbelieving.

INVITATION

(Mt. 14:22-33) Jesus caught Peter from sinking, then asked, "Why did you doubt?"