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2. Camping Toward Canaan’s Land
Numbers 1-10
Presented by Chris Reeves * Lakeland Hills church of Christ * Gospel Meeting * April 1, 2011

3. Christians as Pilgrims
Hebrews 11:13
1 Peter 2:11

4. Christians and the Book of Numbers
1 Corinthians 10:5ff
Hebrews 3-4
There remains a rest for the people of God: heaven (Heb. 4:9-11)
What can we learn from the book of Numbers to help us in our journey to heaven?

5. Camping Toward Canaan’s Land
Camp ready for war (Num. 1; Eph. 6:10ff; Tim. 1:18; 2 Tim. 2:3-4; 4:6-8; 1 Pet. 2:11)
Camp with order in our lives (Num. 2; 1 Cor. 14:40; 2 Tim. 1:13) and God at the center (Gal. 2:20)
Camp ready for service (Num. 3-4; 1 Cor. 15:58)
Camp with sin removed from our lives (Num. 5; Acts 8:18ff; 1 Cor. 5:1ff)

6. Camping Toward Canaan’s Land
Camp dedicated to the Lord (Num. 6; 2 Cor. 6:17)
Camp assured of God’s blessings upon the faithful (Num. 6; Acts 3:26; Eph. 1:3)
Camp with free-will offerings (Num. 7; 2 Cor. 9:6-7; Phil. 2:17,22; 2 Tim. 4:6)
Camp in a right relationship with God (Num. 8; 1 Jn. 1:5-10)

7. Camping Toward Canaan’s Land
Camp with the Lord as our guide (Num. 9; Jn. 16:13; 2 Tim. 1:13; 3:16-17)
Camp while assembled together for important occasions (Num. 10; Heb. 10:24-25)
Camp while inviting others to go with us (Num. 10; Prov. 11:30; 1 Cor. 9:23-25)
Camp while praying to God for help (Num. 10; Heb. 4:16)

8. Heaven: The Christian’s Rest-Land
Heaven is a place of rest (Rev. 21)
Heaven is a place of beauty (Rev )

9. Camping Toward Canaan’s Land
There are only two journeys in life (Mt. 7:13-14) … What do you expect at the end of your journey?
Will you make it to your rest-land, or fall in the wilderness (1 Cor. 10:5; Heb. 3:17)?
Like Moses said, “Come go with us…”