DISCOURSE: 172 BALAAM’S FIRST ATTEMPT TO CURSE ISRAEL Numbers 23:7. _And he took up his parable, and said, Balak, the king of Moab, hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the East, saying, Come, curse me Jacob; and come, defy Israel. How shall I curse whom God hath not cursed? or how sh... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 173 BALAAM’S SECOND ATTEMPT TO CURSE ISRAEL Numbers 23:18. _And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor: God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or h... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 174 GOD WILL FULFIL HIS WORD Numbers 23:19. _God is not a man, that he should lie._ THERE is scarcely any thing that more strongly manifests the depravity of our nature, than that propensity to lying which we perceive in children, as soon as they begin to speak [Note: Psalms 58:3.]. Even... [ Continue Reading ]