Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses. The LORD was angry and Miriam became leprous. Moses prayed and after seven days she returned. Moses sent men to spy out the land of Canaan. Caleb said, "Let us go up," but the others said that the inhabitants were too strong. The people grumbled so the LORD said that they would spend forty years in the wilderness. They went up to the land but were defeated. There is one law for you and for strangers. Make an offering if you sin unintentionally. Anyone who sins defiantly shall be cut off. Korah, Dathan and Abiram rose against Moses and Aaron. Moses said, "The LORD will choose." The ground swallowed up those with Korah.

Miriam and Aaron, Leprosy, Offering

Many of us will compromise our standards, beliefs, and convictions just

to be liked and accepted by others because of this. Peer pressure and acceptance are powerful motivators.Yet God calls us to choose Him over the world and even our friends if necessary in order to do what’s right and make a stand for truth.

It has been said that to be 'so heavenly minded is to be of no earthly good.' But the apostle John teaches us something vastly different. It is our recognition that Jesus could return at any moment and we could be in our heavenly state that is not a distraction, but actually a motivation for living a life that is pleasing and pure to the Lord in the here and now. It is to the impact this eternal recognition should make in our lives that John now turns.

peer pressure

rapture, eternal life

Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses. The LORD was angry and Miriam became leprous. Moses prayed and after seven days she returned. Moses sent men to spy out the land of Canaan. Caleb said, "Let us go up," but the others said that the inhabitants were too strong. The people grumbled so the LORD said that they would spend forty years in the wilderness. They went up to the land but were defeated. There is one law for you and for strangers. Make an offering if you sin unintentionally. Anyone who sins defiantly shall be cut off. Korah, Dathan and Abiram rose against Moses and Aaron. Moses said, "The LORD will choose." The ground swallowed up those with Korah.

Leprosy, Offering, Miriam and Aaron

Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses. The LORD was angry and Miriam became leprous. Moses prayed and after seven days she returned. Moses sent men to spy out the land of Canaan. Caleb said, "Let us go up," but the others said that the inhabitants were too strong. The people grumbled so the LORD said that they would spend forty years in the wilderness. They went up to the land but were defeated. There is one law for you and for strangers. Make an offering if you sin unintentionally. Anyone who sins defiantly shall be cut off. Korah, Dathan and Abiram rose against Moses and Aaron. Moses said, "The LORD will choose." The ground swallowed up those with Korah.

Leprosy, offering, Miriam and Aaron