In this sermon, Jonathan Evans walks through Numbers 21 and shows how a complaining, ungrateful heart can become venom to our own lives.
Israel was tired of the long, hard journey. They were hurt by family, frustrated by delays, and discouraged by the wilderness. Instead of trusting God’s provision, they used their mouths to bite the very God who was sustaining them. God responded by allowing fiery serpents into the camp—giving them a physical picture of the spiritual venom they had already released with their tongues.
In this sermon, you’ll discover:
- Why God “doesn’t do snakes” and what that means for our hearts and our words
- How complaining about God’s provision is actually complaining about God Himself
- The danger of living under the venom of your own speech
- How the bronze serpent in the wilderness points directly to Jesus on the cross
- Why there is only one way to be saved from the sting of death: fixing your eyes on Christ alone
This sermon connects the “first Adam” who bit us with sin to the “second Adam,” Jesus, who was lifted up on the cross—made in the likeness of the one who bit us—so that everyone who looks to Him can live.
If you’ve been:
- Complaining non-stop about your season
- Feeling paralyzed, heavy, and spiritually poisoned
- Hurt by family, abandoned, or made to feel “not enough”
…this message is an invitation to repent, release the venom, and look to the cross.
Scripture References: Numbers 21, John 3, John 4, John 6, Romans 1, Philippians 2, 1 John 1:9 Theme: Gratitude, repentance, spiritual warfare, the power of the tongue, the cross of Christ