DCLM Sincere Milk 15 December 2024 — Phinehas’ Example
DCLM Sincere Milk 15 December 2024 Devotional by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi — Phinehas’ Example
Topic: Phinehas’ Example
Text: Numbers 25:6-13
6And, behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought unto his brethren a Midianitish woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, who were weeping before the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
8And he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her belly. So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel.
9And those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand.
10And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
11Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, while he was zealous for my sake among them, that I consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousy.
12Wherefore say, Behold, I give unto him my covenant of peace:
13And he shall have it, and his seed after him, even the covenant of an everlasting priesthood; because he was zealous for his God, and made an atonement for the children of Israel.
Key Verse: “Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, while he was zealous for my sake among them, that I consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousy.” Numbers 25:11
Message
The children of Israel provoked God by joining with idol-worshippers to do evil. God was angry at them therefore, He pronounced judgment of death upon them. While their leader Moses, was still trying to sort out those who should be punished, a man among them tried to prove stubborn by bringing in a strange woman to commit immorality with her. It was a very bad thing to do. Thank God for a man named Phinehas. He rose up to execute Judgment on the immoral man and the woman. God commended his action and pronounced blessings on Phinehas. God is holy and cannot allow or accommodate evil. If you are a real child of God, you must have zeal to preserve holiness in your family, church and community.
Also Read: DCLM Sincere Milk 14 December 2024 — Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin
Do not cover up the wrong doings of your siblings, friends, classmates and neighbours. You should correct them and report them to the appropriate authority. Stand for the truth, defend it and spread it all around you. God will bless you for promoting righteousness in your own time.
Further Reading: Psalm 106:28-31
Prayer for today: Lord, help me to always uphold Your righteous standard.
1. Admit that you are a sinner. "For all [humans] have sinned, and comes short of the glory of God....[and] the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord" (Romans 3:23)
2. Repent now. "Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out ...[for] if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness " (Acts 3:19, 1 John 1:9)
3. Believe that God loves you and Jesus died for you. "God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet Sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8)
4. Invite Jesus into your life through prayer of faith. Jesus says, "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me" (Revelation 3:20)
