A Family Protected It's Baby

Intro:

Who loves their family? I know I do! God has a special plan for us and our families. This entire month of February, we are going to look at different people and families in the Bible that God had a plan for!

Today we are going to look at a guy named Moses. Who’s ever heard of Moses before? That’s right, a lot of you probably have! God used Moses to do many great works and to lead God’s chosen people, the Israelites. We are going to read and see how God used Moses’ family to protect him from death.

Text:

Remember Joseph and how he found much favor with Pharaoh? Our story takes place after that Pharaoh had passed away

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Exodus 1:8–10 (NLT)

8 Eventually, a new king came to power in Egypt who knew nothing about Joseph or what he had done.

9 He said to his people, “Look, the people of Israel now outnumber us and are stronger than we are.

10 We must make a plan to keep them from growing even more. If we don’t, and if war breaks out, they will join our enemies and fight against us. Then they will escape from the country.”

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Because this new Pharaoh was afraid of the Israelites outnumbering the Egyptians, he sent out an evil order to have all the newborn baby Hebrew boys thrown into the Nile River to die! Only the girls would be allowed to live.

Who’s the main character in our story today? That’s right… Moses. He was a newborn Hebrew boy. We are going to see how Moses’ family helped preserve his life.

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Exodus 2:1–10 (NLT)

1 About this time, a man and woman from the tribe of Levi got married.

2 The woman became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She saw that he was a special baby and kept him hidden for three months.

3 But when she could no longer hide him, she got a basket made of papyrus reeds and waterproofed it with tar and pitch. She put the baby in the basket and laid it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile River.

4 The baby’s sister then stood at a distance, watching to see what would happen to him.

5 Soon Pharaoh’s daughter came down to bathe in the river, and her attendants walked along the riverbank. When the princess saw the basket among the reeds, she sent her maid to get it for her.

6 When the princess opened it, she saw the baby. The little boy was crying, and she felt sorry for him. “This must be one of the Hebrew children,” she said.

7 Then the baby’s sister approached the princess. “Should I go and find one of the Hebrew women to nurse the baby for you?” she asked.

8 “Yes, do!” the princess replied. So the girl went and called the baby’s mother.

9 “Take this baby and nurse him for me,” the princess told the baby’s mother. “I will pay you for your help.” So the woman took her baby home and nursed him.

10 Later, when the boy was older, his mother brought him back to Pharaoh’s daughter, who adopted him as her own son. The princess named him Moses, for she explained, “I lifted him out of the water.”

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Now, think about how God used to Moses’ family to save his life, and what would have happened if they didn’t do what they did!

Moses was the leader that God used to lead the Israelites out of Egypt when they were slaves. God used Moses in mighty ways.

God puts us in families to love one another and help one another out.

Main Point:

God wants family members to love and help one another.

Gospel:

Romans 3:23 (CSB): 23 For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God;

Isaiah 53:6 (CSB): 6 We all went astray like sheep;

we all have turned to our own way;

and the Lord has punished him

for the iniquity of us all.

John 1:12 (CSB): 12 But to all who did receive him, he gave them the right to be children of God, to those who believe in his name,

1 John 4:19–21 (CSB): We love because he first loved us. 20 If anyone says, “I love God,” and yet hates his brother or sister, he is a liar. For the person who does not love his brother or sister whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen. 21 And we have this command from him: The one who loves God must also love his brother and sister.