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CONSEQUENCES KING SIHON ENCOUNTERED AS A RESULT OF FAILURE TO SHOW KINDNESS TO PEOPLE .
The Chronological aspect of this teaching brings us to a season of knowing what we should do and what we should not do along our life’s pilgrimage
It’s important to be kind to people most especially when they are in their season of need.
Scriptures relate an incidence when one day the Israelites wanted to pass through the land of sihon king of the AMORITES.
The Israelites sent messengers to the king of the amorites as due to their purpose of request. The man refused. Numbers 21:21-22[21]And Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,
[22]Let me pass through your land. We will not turn aside into field or vineyard; we will not drink the water of the wells. We will go by the king’s highway until we have passed your border.
Probably He may have misinterpreted them thinking that they wanted to attack him yet in actual sense they did not want to attack Him. They only wanted a pass way through His land
But instead He attacked those that had come with their request of due to the extent that He Numbers 21:23-24
[23]But Sihon would not allow Israel to pass through his border. Instead Sihon gathered all his people together and went out against Israel into the wilderness, and came to Jahaz, and he fought against Israel.[24]And Israel smote the king of the Amorites with the edge of the sword and possessed his land from the river Arnon to the river Jabbok, as far as the Ammonites, for the boundary of the Ammonites was strong. As thus,He was defeated through failure of showing kindness to the Israelites when they needed His help.
Reflective questions about the teaching
a) As realised upon to context, For what reason did the Israelites send their messengers to sihon king of the Amorites?
b) Did The king of the Amorites guarantee their request or he didn’t guarantee their request
c) What did he do when he failed to guarantee their request ?
d) Give an exclamation of due as related upon in perspective
e) What would be some of the lessons you learn from our context study
*Confession prayer*
Dear Lord Jesus I come before you today, I pray that you will give me the grace to be kind to people in Jesus name Amen