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2026.05.03 Numbers 19; Instant Purification, Just Add Water ;Audio available at: http://www.ephraimbible.org/Sermons/20260503_numbers-19.mp3 Defiling Death and the Wages of Sin We’re in Numbers 19; the Lord brought his people to the border of his promised land, but in Numbers 13 they rejected their Lord, his land, and his leaders. God offered them freedom, relationship, the abundant […]

2026.04.26 Numbers 18; Fear the Lord; The Lord is My Portion; Audio available at: http://www.ephraimbible.org/Sermons/20260426_numbers-18.mp3 Holy Justice Last time we saw 14,700 people experience the wrath of God and die because of their hard rebellious hearts, before Aaron was able to take his stand between the dead and the living and make atonement. They all […]

2026.04.19 Numbers 16:36-17:13; Ministry of Death and The Fruitful Branch; Audio available at: http://www.ephraimbible.org/Sermons/20260419_numbers-17.mp3 We are on the downward side of chapter 14. God faithfully brought his chosen people to the border of his promised land, but they rejected him, his leaders, his land. They disbelieved his promises, were controlled by fear, preferred slavery to […]

2026 04/12 Numbers 16:1-35; Rebels and Wrath Audio available at: http://www.ephraimbible.org/Sermons/20260412_numbers-16.mp3 The Backstory We are in Numbers 16. Thus far God’s people have been rescued from slavery to Egypt, brought to Sinai, where they received God’s instructions, entered into a covenant relationship with God, broke that covenant, Moses prayed, God forgave, and they built the […]

2026 04/05 Resurrection Sunday: Despair Conquered [John 20, 21; Luke 24]; Audio available at: http://www.ephraimbible.org/Sermons/20260405_resurrection-sunday.mp3 On Palm Sunday, Jesus rode in to Jerusalem on a donkey, fulfilling Old Testament prophecies, presenting himself as King of the Jews to the acclaim of the crowds. The next day he drove those who bought and sold out of […]

2026 03/29 Palm Sunday; Jesus Glorified (John 12);Audio available at: http://www.ephraimbible.org/Sermons/20260329_palm-sunday.mp3 Palm Sunday Prophecies This is Palm Sunday. Old Testament prophecies spoke of the promise of the coming King. Psalm 118 says: Psalm 118:19 Open to me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter through them and give thanks to the LORD. 20 This […]

2026 03/22 Numbers 14:39-15:41; Presumption and Promise; Audio available at: http://www.ephraimbible.org/Sermons/20260322_numbers-14_39-15_41.mp3 Rejecting God and His Promises We’re looking at the end of Numbers 14 and chapter 15. In 13, ten of the spies sent out to assess the land returned an evil report; they said: Numbers 13:31 …“We are not able to go up against […]

2026 03/15 Numbers 14:1-38; Intercession, Forgiveness, Consequences; Audio available at: http://www.ephraimbible.org/Sermons/20260315_numbers-14_1-38.mp3 The Lord brought his people out of oppressive slavery, out of Egypt, through the sea, through the wilderness to the mountain where he revealed himself to them, forgave their rebellion, entered into a covenant relationship with them. He came to pitch his tent and […]

2026 03/08 Numbers 13; Faith or Fear?; Audio available at: http://www.ephraimbible.org/Sermons/20260308_numbers-13.mp3 God set his people free from their slavery to Egypt. He brought them through the sea and destroyed their enemies. He met their needs and brought them to Mount Sinai, where he entered into a covenant relationship with them, gave them the covenant contract, […]

2026 03/01 Numbers 12; A Prophet Like Me; Audio available at: http://www.ephraimbible.org/Sermons/20260301_numbers-12.mp3 By Numbers 10, the Lord’s army is numbered, purified, organized, and sets out on march to occupy the promised land. But already in Numbers 11, the people begin to grumble. They complain about their hardships. They complain about the Lord’s provision of food; […]

2026 02/22 Numbers 11; Spirit Without Measure; Audio available at: http://www.ephraimbible.org/Sermons/20260222_numbers-11.mp3 Last week we looked at the people’s grumbling over God’s provision of food, and God’s response of ‘giving them the thing they craved, but sending a leanness into their souls’ (Ps.106:14). Interwoven with that is Moses’ own complaint and God’s gracious gift to him. […]