<strong>TEXT:  NUMBERS 20:1-12 DEUTERONOMY 34:1-7</strong>

<strong>                        TITLE: ONE STRIKE AND YOU’RE OUT - MOSES</strong>

<strong>INTRODUCTION</strong>
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	<li>Three strikes in baseball <u> </u></li>
	<li>One strike in softball <u> </u></li>
	<li>Are we taunting God regarding God’s patience and longsuffering? <u> </u></li>
	<li>Moses was faithful to God</li>
	<li>God spoke with Moses face to face -- <strong>Exodus 33:11, <em><sup>11 </sup>So the Lord spoke to </em></strong></li>
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<strong><em>Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend.</em></strong>
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	<li>Moses saw God (God’s backside) – <strong>Exodus 33:22, 23,</strong><em><strong><sup>22 </sup>So it shall be, while My glory passes by, that I will put you in the cleft of the rock, and will cover you with My hand while I pass by. <sup>23 </sup>Then I will take away My hand, and you </strong></em></li>
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<strong><em>shall see My back; but My face shall not be seen.” </em></strong>
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	<li>The significance of Moses’ life</li>
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<strong>SITUATION</strong>
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	<li>The people have no water <u> </u></li>
	<li>The people argue and complain to Moses</li>
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<strong>MOSES AND AARON GO TO GOD</strong>
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	<li>They go from the presence of the people to the presence of God</li>
	<li>They fall on their faces before God</li>
	<li>The glory of the Lord appeared to them</li>
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<strong>WHAT GOD SAID</strong>
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	<li>Take the rod</li>
	<li>You and Aaron gather the people together</li>
	<li>Speak to the rock before their eyes</li>
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<strong>WHAT MOSES DID</strong>
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	<li>Moses took the rod</li>
	<li>Moses and Aaron gathered the people together</li>
	<li>Moses spoke to the people</li>
	<li>Moses hit the rock twice</li>
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<strong>CONSEQUENCE</strong>
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	<li>Moses and Aaron would not bring the people in to the land</li>
	<li>Because Moses did not believe in the Lord</li>
	<li>Because Moses did not honor the Lord as holy before the eyes of the</li>
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Moses would see it with his eyes, but not cross over to enter it