Third Heaven Discourse

Look to Jesus for life, peace and advancement .  Recall in Num 21:8 that, only those who looked to the serpent lived. Those that were bitten prior to the serpent being made died and those who for one reason or the other refused to look to the serpent also died. This clearly establishes that, only those who look to Jesus lives! Jesus is the life (John 14:6, 11:25), look to Him for life. He came that we might have life and have it more abundantly (John 10:10). If you have Him, you have life for " he who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life. " (1 John 5:12).  Furthermore, the Israelites were stuck where they were and were dying UNTIL Moses made the serpent. Those that looked to the serpent lived and eventually " moved on" (Num 21:10). To "move on" means to make progress, to advance. Invariably, only those who look to Jesus "move on" . Moreover, when Peter was looking on Jesus, he could walk on ...

Matt. 14:28-31a (NKJV) And Peter answered Him and said, “Lord, if it is  You, command me to come to You on the water.”  So He said, “Come.” And when Peter had come  down out of the boat, he walked on the water to go  to Jesus. But when he saw that the wind was boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink  he cried out, saying, “Lord, save me!”  And immediately Jesus stretched out His hand  and caught him... The story of Peter walking on water is another beautiful demonstration of the importance of looking unto Jesus. Peter was walking comfortably on water to Jesus because his gaze was on Jesus. Unfortunately, he didn't know that was the secret. He had to learn the hard way that looking unto Jesus is the ONLY way to keep afloat and survive the boisterous storms of life . I mean, it would have been a BIG scare for him that day to be drowning, but I am convinced without a skerrick of doubt that he got the message; it was crystal to him ...

Num 21:8 (NKJV) And the Lord said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live A familiar and recurring theme of the Israelite's long and arduous journey to the promised land was their murmuring about, well, just about everything. Whenever they had a little challenge, they murmured. It was like the norm. On one of the numerous occasions where they resulted to this annoyingly unbearable act (just imagine over a million people murmuring, poor Moses), God sent serpents to bite them and many died. Eventually they realized their mistake, as they always did, and asked Moses to pray for them and Moses obliged them, as he always did. Many times in the past (even in Egypt), when God sent a plague, after Moses prayed, we saw that God removed the plague. Surprisingly, this time, God didn't remove the plague. Instead, He did something better. He told them to change ...