The Weekly No.19

Scripture Reading:  Numbers 25-36 This week starts with men indulging in sexual immorality with Moabite women  - yoking themselves with Baal of Peor. Why did they do this? We have to look ahead, to discover that Balaam told Balak a strategy to lead the men of Israel away. Numbers 31:6 The counsel of Balaam – caused them to commit trespass against the Lord and there was a plague across the people. Balaam tried and tried to curse Israel, but the Lord would not let him. When it comes to schemes of the enemy, there is always a way out from temptation. James tells us that it’s our own sinful desires that lead us astray…. If we do not have a renewed mind, in Christ, we are easily led astray into our fleshly desires… just like the men of Israel Teaching of Balaam is spoken of throughout the scriptures many times, most importantly by Jesus Himself. (Rev. 2:14)