Bible Study

We had a Bible study (with the whole church) about the when Israel was to enter the promised land but the majority of the spies (10/12) chickened out and even though they agreed that the land was good, they said ''we are like grasshoppers to them''.

But the minority, Caleb and Joshua, said "we'll eat 'em for breakfast because god is with us". But the people started crying and screaming and pouting, so god said fine, you won't enter. And after they calmed down a little they decided to go ahead and enter but God was not with them, so they got butchered.

Now the topic of the study was about murmuring and rebelling.
We missed the biggest point. That Israel did not obey God and they did not enter, and only Joshua and Caleb believed in God.

This reflects our situation today. We are afraid of the wicked, we do not fight for God's kingdom, we just say "these are the end times, evil MUST prevail for god to do anything about it..." we just let the devil take his course with the world and he just laughs his head off because he has blinded the only Bearer of Light in the world- the church. I don't mean to say the Church is done for but we as a local church are definitely not doing what God left us on this earth to do.

So again...

2 Chronicles 7:14

¹⁴ If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.