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about Jesus and salvation in him. Some “deny the sovereign Lord who bought them,” as Peter says in the
same verse. 1 John 4:2 gives a similar test: “Every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus is not from
God.” Even if someone can counterfeit a miracle of God (2 Thess. 2:9), we are to turn from them. The
antidote to all false teaching remains the same in all ages. God’s word coupled with a clear
understanding of God’s Savior.

13.4 Let’s Practice…

1. Moses fails to honor God as holy in bringing water from a rock by

2. Balaam was warned by an angel through a

3. Balaam prophecies about the Messiah as a and

4. An Israelite man and a Midianite woman had sex in the and were killed.

5. A man accused of murder could flee to a

6.List five occult methods the nations around Israel tried to manipulate their gods. 1.)

7. A false prophet is known by comparing his message to

8. A false prophet is known when a sign he has given

9. The ultimate prophet is

10. Briefly explain why you agree or disagree with the statement “Prophecy, someone speaking in God’s
name” has ceased.

13.5 Let’s Personalize this Lesson…

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The whole book of Numbers looks forward to Israel’s settlement of the Promised Land. It is
fitting that the book about Israel’s wandering in the wilderness ends with instructions on the

110 Gordon J. Wenham, Numbers (Downers Grove: Inter-Varsity Press, 1981), 230.

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