TWELVE SPIES

Lessons From

Two Attitudes

Pessimistic - Negative

Numbers 13:32

So they brought to the people of Israel a bad report of the land that they had spied out, saying, "The land, through which we have gone to spy it out, is a land that devours its inhabitants, and all the people that we saw in it are of great height."

Two Attitudes

Optimistic – Positive

Numbers 14:24

But my servant Caleb, because he has a different spirit and has followed me fully, I will bring into the land into which he went, and his descendants shall possess it.

Negativeor

Positive

Ten Spies

Ten SpiesDoubt

Numbers 13:31

Then the men who had gone up with him said, "We are not able to go up against the people, for they are stronger than we are."

Ten SpiesDoubtSelf-Depreciation

Numbers 13:33

And there we saw the Nephilim (the sons of Anak, who come from the Nephilim), and we seemed to ourselves like grasshoppers, and so we seemed to them.

Ten SpiesDoubtSelf-DepreciationFear

Numbers 14:9

Only do not rebel against the Lord. And do not fear the people of the land, for they are bread for us. Their protection is removed from them, and the Lord is with us; do not fear them.

Ten SpiesDoubtSelf-DepreciationFearCritical Spirit

Numbers 14:1-2Then all the congregation raised a loud cry, and the people wept that night.And all the people of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron. The whole congregation said to them, "Would that we had died in the land of Egypt! Or would that we had died in this wilderness!"

Ten SpiesDoubtSelf-DepreciationFearCritical SpiritRebellion

Numbers 14:4

And they said to one another, "Let us choose a leader and go back to Egypt."

Ten SpiesDoubtSelf-DepreciationFearCritical SpiritRebellionIngratitude

Ten SpiesDoubtSelf-DepreciationFearCritical SpiritRebellionIngratitudeUnbelief

Hebrews 3:18-19

And to whom did he swear that they would not enter his rest, but to those who were disobedient?So we see that they were unable to enter because of unbelief.

Negativeor

Positive

There is no place in the Christian's life for negativism, yet this

is the persistent attitude of many. It constantly talks down the

great work of God. It is a prophet of doom, gloom and boom! It

says nothing is useful or beneficial, no, not gospel meetings,

Bible classes, etc., etc. Everything proposed is a waste of

time, effort, and especially money! That's the most important.

Negativism is not realistic, but materialistic. Negativism is an

elephant on the road to progress; a millstone around the neck

of usefulness; a cancer of the mind of its advocate; an ice

pack on the fervor of the faithful. It sees thorns on the rose

bush, never the roses on the thorn bush. Its parent is little

faith, its child is discouragement, its grandchild is

cantankerousness and its first cousin is stubbornness!

James P. Needham

Caleb & Joshua

Caleb & JoshuaFaith

Numbers 13:30

But Caleb quieted the people before Moses and said, "Let us go up at once and occupy it, for we are well able to overcome it."

Caleb & JoshuaFaith

Confidence

Numbers 14:9

Only do not rebel against the Lord. And do not fear the people of the land, for they are bread for us. Their protection is removed from them, and the Lord is with us; do not fear them.

Caleb & JoshuaFaith

ConfidenceCourage

Numbers 14:9

Only do not rebel against the Lord. And do not fear the people of the land, for they are bread for us. Their protection is removed from them, and the Lord is with us; do not fear them.

Caleb & JoshuaFaith

ConfidenceCourageAction

Numbers 13:30

But Caleb quieted the people before Moses and said, "Let us go up at once and occupy it, for we are well able to overcome it."

Caleb & JoshuaFaith

ConfidenceCourageActionThankfulness

Numbers 14:7-8

and said to all the congregation of the people of Israel, "The land, which we passed through to spy it out, is an exceedingly good land.If the Lord delights in us, he will bring us into this land and give it to us, a land that flows with milk and honey."

Negativeor

Positive

The Tenor

The Two?