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a gardener's green thumb doesn't mean it's attached to the incredible hulk
Posted : 12 May, 2021 09:53 AM
Numbers 13:33
Amplified Bible
there we saw the Nephilim (the sons of Anak are part of the Nephilim); and we were like grasshoppers in our own sight, and so we were in their sight
But the men who had gone up with him said: Their unbelieving response was a potent combination of truth, lies, and exaggeration.
i. It was true from a human perspective that they are stronger than we – but to say, “we are not able to go up against the people” was a lie.
ii. It was true that they had gone through the land – but to say, “a land that devours its inhabitants” was a lie.
iii. Each of the statements, “All the men whom we saw in it are men of great stature” or “the giants” and “we were like grasshoppers” were all terrible exaggerations, plain and simple lies.
b. The land through which we have gone as spies: Unbelief often presents itself as being “factual” or “practical” or “down to earth.” Yet, the most factual, practical, and down to earth thing we can to is trust the word of the living God. Their unbelief was not according to the facts, but despite the facts.
i. Significantly, two men could see the exact same sights – the same grapes, the same men, the same land, the same cities – one can come away singing in faith, and the other is filled with a sense of certain doom. Ultimately, faith or unbelief does not spring from circumstances or environment, but from our hearts, which God must change
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