Your Sin Will Find You Out

Numbered Days
Written By Drew Kizer

OPENING THOUGHT

Why do we try to hide our mistakes? Is this tendency good for us? Is it even possible?

THE READING (Num.32:1-32)

Numbers 26-36 shifts the emphasis of the book from the disbelief and doom of the first generation in the wilderness to the faith and hope of their children who would inherit the Promised Land. Under Moses, the people had already won a number of battles beyond the Jordan, east of Canaan. Two of the tribes, Reuben and Gad, found that area to be an attractive location for settlement and requested permission from Moses to make homes there.

EXPLORE

Discuss these questions to get a better understanding of the text.

  • What assumption did Moses make about the tribes who wanted to settle beyond the Jordan? Why do you think he jumped to this conclusion? (see vv. 14-15).

  • How did the two tribes reassure Moses that they intended to fulfill their obligations? (see vv. 16-18).

  • What warning did Moses issue to the tribes? (v. 23).

  • What is the overall message of this passage?

APPLY

Discuss these questions to envision what it would be like to practically live out this passage.

  • Can you think of any biblical examples of people who tried to hide their sins from God? How did it work out for them?

  • What is the law of sowing and reaping? (Gal. 6:7).

  • Can anyone hide from God? (Ps. 90:8; Jer. 23:24; Heb. 4:13).

  • Which deeds will we be held accountable for on Judgment Day? (Ecc. 12:14; 2 Cor. 5:10).

  • Is there an alternative to trying to hide your sins from God? (Ps. 32:3-5; 1 John 1:9).

  • How does the gospel make this alternative possible? (1 Pet. 2:24).

Drew Kizer
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