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Redeemed (Part 5) - The Bronze Serpent

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Channel: Christ Community Chapel · 2016 · Nonprofits & Activism

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The Bible is full of evidence of God's irritation with complaining, yet no matter how blessed we are, we soon distrust and doubt God's plan. Though God had just saved the Israelites from 400 years of slavery, allowed them to loot their neighbors, miraculously parted the Red Sea, led the way toward the Promised Land, and fed the people daily with bread from Heaven, the Israelites still complained. Annoyed, God sent deadly serpents among the people, who quickly realized the error of their ways.

When the people repented and Moses interceded on their behalf, the Lord instructed him to craft a bronze serpent, wrapping it around a pole and holding it high. All who saw the serpent, even if bitten, would live. Thousands of years later, Jesus would be lifted high on the cross, showing all who would believe that he had died and, though the deadly venom of sin coursed through their veins, any who believed in him as savior could live eternally. What the Israelites had to learn, and what we must remember, is that relying on God's grace and goodness instead of relying on ourselves may feel unnatural at times, but it isn't cheating the system. As far as eternity is concerned, God's grace IS the system for our eternal happiness.

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