The Wages of Unrighteousness

1.How was Balak, king of the Moabites, affected by the success of the Israelites? .
2.To whom did he send messengers? .
3.What did he want Balaam to do? .
4.When the elders of Moab brought the rewards of divination to Balaam, what did he say? .
5.What did the Lord tell Balaam? .
6.Did Balaam plainly understand that the Lord did not want him to go to curse Israel? .
7.When Balak received Balaam's reply, what did he do? .
8.What reply did Balaam give to the messengers? .
9.Nevertheless, how did he show that he greatly desired to go? .
10.How much permission did God give him? .
11.Did Balaam go on this permission? .
12.Was God pleased with Balaam's course? .
13.Relate what followed. .
14.When Balaam's eyes were opened, what did he see? .
15.What did the angel of the Lord say of Balaam's course? .
16.What did he say would have been done to him if the ass had not turned aside? .
17.How much more could the Lord have said and done to show that he did not want Balaam to go to Balak?
18.Notwithstanding this, what did Balaam say? .
19.What did the angel of the Lord reply? .
20.When people show a strong determination to have their own way, regardless of the expressed will of God, how does the Lord deal with them? ; .
21.What will be the final consequence to such? .
22.What was the fate of Balaam? .
23.What was the secret of Balaam's intense desire to comply with Balak's request? .
24.What is said of those who will be rich? .
25.What of the love of money? .
26.What is said of those in the church who, like Balaam, are greedy for gain? -13.
27.What are the real wages of unrighteousness? , first part.
28.And what is the gift of God?—, last part.
29.What is indicated by this? Ans. That while those who die as a punishment for their sins, get only what they lawfully deserve, eternal life cannot be earned, but is something infinitely beyond the power of any human being to earn. God does not pay us for what we do, for we cannot do anything that is worth paying for; at the best we are but unprofitable servants. But he gives us all that we have, and all that we can ever receive, because of his own wondrous love and mercy, and the merit of Jesus Christ in whom we live.

Bible texts in this lesson

Numbers 22:1-4 · Numbers 22:5 · Numbers 22:6 · Numbers 22:7 · Numbers 22:8 · Numbers 22:12 · Numbers 22:13 · Numbers 22:15-17 · Numbers 22:18 · Numbers 22:19 · Numbers 22:20 · Numbers 22:21 · Numbers 22:22 · Numbers 22:23-30 · Numbers 22:31 · Numbers 22:32 · Numbers 22:33 · Numbers 22:34 · Numbers 22:35 · Psalms 81:11 · Psalms 81:12 · Proverbs 1:30 · Proverbs 1:31 · Proverbs 1:32 · Numbers 31:6-8 · 2 Peter 2:15 · 1 Timothy 6:9 · 1 Timothy 6:10 · Jude 1:11 · Romans 6:23

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