TITLE: Try, Try Again
TEXT: Numbers 22 - 24
PROPOSITION: If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.
QUESTION: How?
KEY WORD: Ways
READING: Numbers 22:24-31

INTRODUCTION:

1. Old adage, "If at first you don't succeed, try, try again." Is this true?
2. Depends on meaning of success.
3. A donkey could see what a prophet of God could not.

I. First Try 22:4-12

1. See what God will say
2. God said, "Thou shalt not go with them ; thou shalt not curse the people, for they are blessed."

II. Second Try 22:16-19

1. Offered promotion, great honor
2. See what "MORE" God will say 19
3. Sometimes, we want a "second opinion"

III. Donkey Ride 22:24-31

1. Donkey could see what Baalam could not see
2. Donkey saved his life - Baalam beat him 3 times

IV. Third Try 23:7-11

1. God is everywhere
2. Verse 10 - Die death of righteous, end be like his.

V. Fourth Try 23:13-24

1. Try another place
2. I will meet the Lord yonder 15
3. God is not a man; that he should lie. 19
4. God blessed. I cannot reverse it. 20

VI. Fifth Try 23:27- 24:1

1. Try another place
2. Same results
3. Stopped chasing after personal reward 24:1

VII. Success At Last 24:14

1. Num. 25:1 fornication and idolatry
2. Num. 31:16 through the counsel of Balaam
3. Rev. 2:14 Those who hold the doctrine of Balaam
4. Num. 25:9 24,000 died as a result

Conclusion:

1. What could not be done by cursing God
2. WAS DONE by counsel, fornication