Sermon: The Bronze Snake

Main Passage: Numbers 21:6-9 (NLT)

Main Passage:

So the Lord sent poisonous snakes among the people, and many were bitten and died. Then the people came to Moses and cried out, “We have sinned by speaking against the Lord and against you. Pray that the Lord will take away the snakes.” So Moses prayed for the people. Then the Lord told him, “Make a replica of a poisonous snake and attach it to a pole. All who are bitten will live if they simply look at it!” So Moses made a snake out of bronze and attached it to a pole. Then anyone who was bitten by a snake could look at the bronze snake and be healed! Numbers 21:6-9

There is a lesson that God wants to teach us.

The Lord isn’t really being slow about his promise, as some people think.  No, he  is being patient for your sake. He does not want anyone to be  destroyed, but wants everyone to repent. 2 Peter 3:9 NLT

Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what  we do not see. Hebrews 11:1 NIV

No one has ever gone to heaven and returned. But the Son of Man[a] has come  down from heaven. And as Moses lifted up the bronze snake on a pole in the  wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, so that everyone who  believes in him will have eternal life.  John 3:13-15 NLT