2. DON’T HIT THE ROCK

3. EXODUS 17.3 (MSG) The people were thirsty for water there. They complained to Moses, "Why did you take us from Egypt and drag us out here with our children and animals to die of thirst?”

4. EXODUS 17.5-7 (NLT) The Lord said to Moses, "Walk out in front of the people. Take your staff, the one you used when you struck the water of the Nile, and call some of the elders of Israel to join you. I will stand before you on the rock at Mount Sinai. Strike the rock, and water will come gushing out. Then the people will be able to drink." So Moses struck the rock as he was told, and water gushed out as the elders looked on. Moses named the place Massah (which means "test") and Meribah (which means "arguing”).

6. NUMBERS 14.20-23 (MSG) God said, "I forgive them, honoring your words. But as I live and as the Glory of God fills the whole Earth — not a single person of those who saw my Glory, saw the miracle signs I did in Egypt and the wilderness, and who have tested me over and over and over again, turning a deaf ear to me —

7. NUMBERS 14.20-23 (MSG) not one of them will set eyes on the land I so solemnly promised to their ancestors. No one who has treated me with such repeated contempt will see it.

9. NUMBERS 20:2-3 (NLT) There was no water for the people to drink at that place, so they rebelled against Moses and Aaron.

10. NUMBERS 20:7-12 (NIV) The Lord said to Moses, "Take the staff, and you and your brother Aaron gather the assembly together. Speak to that rock before their eyes and it will pour out its water. You will bring water out of the rock for the community so they and their livestock can drink."

11. NUMBERS 20:7-12 (NIV) So Moses took the staff from the Lord's presence, just as he commanded him. He and Aaron gathered the assembly together in front of the rock and Moses said to them, "Listen, you rebels, must we bring you water out of this rock?" Then Moses raised his arm and struck the rock twice with his staff. Water gushed out, and the community and their livestock drank.

12. NUMBERS 20:7-12 (NIV) But the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, "Because you did not trust in me enough to honor me as holy in the sight of the Israelites, you will not bring this community into the land I give them.”

13. HIT THE ROCK?  Presence  Money  Eldership

14. DON’T HIT THE ROCK