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THE TENDER COMMANDMENTS – SERIES
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*AUGUST 24TH 2003*
*PART 1 – “ON EAGLES WINGS”*
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STORY:
DURING COLLEGE…….SUSANS LOVE LETTERS TO ME…..
- WANTED TO GET PAST ALL THE GENERAL NEWSY STUFF AND GET RIGHT TO THE BEST PART…THE GOOD STUFF….
- Wanted TO READ THE PARTS THAT SAID HOW WONDERFUL AND CHARMING I WAS…..AND WHAT A GODLY, DEDICATED YOUNG MAN I WAS……AND HOW SHE COULDN’T LIVE WITHOUT ME!!!
BUT I WAS ALWAYS WANTING MORE…….ALWAYS TRYING TO READ BETWEEN THE LINES
LOOKING BACK….I REALIZE NOW THAT I WOULD HAVE ENJOYED LIFE A LOT MORE IF I’D JUST RELAXED AND TREASURED HER LETTERS FOR WHAT THEY WERE - - INSTEAD OF TRYING TO BEND THEM INTO WHAT I WANTED THEM TO BE.
I REALLY DIDN’T NEED TO READ BETWEEN THE LINES - - THE LOVE SHE HAD FOR ME WAS RIGHT THERE IN FRONT OF ME!!!
HAVE YOU EVER HEARD THE TEN COMMANDMENTS DESCRIBED AS A LOVE LETTER…………
A TENDER HEARTFELT MESSAGE FROM THE VERY HAND OF GOD?
PERHAPS NOT…
BUT I AM CONVINCED IT IS ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL EXPRESSIONS OF GOD’S LOVE IN ALL SCRIPTURE!!!
AND YOU DON’T NEED TO READ BETWEEN THE LINES!!!
IT’S ALL THERE
HE DOESN’T LEAVE ANYTHING OUT!!!
THESE TEN STATEMENTS ARE ALL-ENCOMPASSING, TOUCHING VIRTUALLY EVERY PART OF OUR LIVES!!!
THEY ARE PARAMETERS TO LIVE BY…..
THE TRUTHS HE KNOWS ARE GOING TO PROVIDE BLESSING AND STREGNTH………A FUTURE AND A HOPE!!!!
IN FACT…
IF I MISS THE REAL MESSAGE OF THESE TEN COMMANDMENTS ….I’VE MISSED A GREAT DEAL!!!
I’VE MISSED THE VERY HEART OF GOD!!!
SOME PEOPLE ….OF COURSE……IMAGINE IT TO BE THE EXACT OPPOSITE!!!
THEY DON’T HEAR LOVE IN THESE STATEMENTS!!!
WHAT DO THEY HEAR???
THEY HEAR THE CLANK OF CHAINS AND THE RATTLE OF PADLOCKS!!!
THEY HEAR GOD SAYING….
“YOU MESS WITH ME……YOU STEP OUT OF BOUNDS…….AND I’LL FRY YOU LIKE A BUG LANDING ON A TRANSFORMER”!!!
ALL OF THIS OF COURSE ….PLAYS RIGHT INTO SATAN’S MASTER PLAN - - THE ONE’S HE’S HAD FROM THE BEGINNING !!!
“GOD IS A PRUDE”…..GOD IS A KILLJOY……GOD IS A HARSH OLD GRANDFATHER WITH A LONG GREY BEARD AND BUSHY EYEBROWS WHO DOESN’T WANT ANYONE TO HAVE ANY FUN………*EVER!!!!*
SAME LIE HE TOLD EVE IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN!!!
“MY MY MY..GOD HAS FORBIDDEN YOU TO EAT THE FRUIT OF THIS TREEE…………WHAT A PITY AND SHAME………
HE KNOWS IF YOU EVER TASTED FROM THIS TREE …..YOU’D BE LIKE A GOD!!!
NOTHING COULD HOLD YOU BACK……..YOU THINK THE GARDEN IS NICE NOW…..YOU AIN’T SEEN NOTHIN!!!
GOD WANTS TO KEEP YOU FROM THE TANG AND SWEETNESS OF LIFE!!!
TRUE FREEDOM MEANS FREEDOM FROM CONFINING RESTRICTIONS SUCH AS THESE!!!!”
WELL I DON’T THINK SATAN IS RIGHT AT ALL!!!
I THINK EVEN WITH THE TEN COMMANDMENTS THERE IS A BRIGHTER…WARMER….AND MORE PASSIONATE SIDE TO THIS FAMILIAR PORTION OF SCRIPTURE THAT WE MAY HAVE MISSED THROUGH THE YEARS!!!
DID YOU KNOW THAT BEFORE GOD GAVE MOSES THE 10 COMMANDMENTS THERE WAS A PRIOR CONVERSTAION BETWEEN GOD AND MOSES!!!
GOD SET THE CONTEXT HIMSELF OF THE 10 COMMANDMENTS BEFORE HE GAVE THEM!~~!!!
IT’S ALL RIGHT HERE IN THE BOOK OF EXODUS…..
SO TURN THERE WITH ME WOULD YOU?
NOW REMEMBER….
SATAN WOULD RATHER WE NEVER LEARNED THESE PRIOR INSTRUCTIONS!!!
WHY?
BEC IT SUITS HIS PURPOSE TO QUOTE GOD’S WORDS OUT OF CONTEXT!!!
IT ALWAYS HAS!!!
IF HE CAN’T PERSUADE YOU TO STAY AWAY FROM THE BIBLE…..HE’LL TRY TO WRENCH GOD’S WORDS OUT OF THEIR RIGHTFUL SETTING!!!
AND THE RIGHTFUL SETTING OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS IS THE BOUNDLESS….FAITHFUL…..FATHER-LOVE OF THE LIVING GOD!!!!
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*LISTEN TO HIS WORDS!!!*
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(READ EXODUS 19:3-6)
THE LORD IS SAYING HERE….”MOSES…BEFORE
YOU GIVE THE PEOPLE THESE COMMANDMENTS…..BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE….
WILL YOU PLEASE REMIND THEM THAT I BORE THEM ON EAGLE’S WINGS???
THE LORD WAS SAYING TO THEM…AND REMINDING THEM OF SOMETHING!!
“DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN YOU WERE TRAPPED IN EGYPT…AND THERE WAS NOT PLACE FOR YOU TO GO…..AND YOU WERE IN BONDAGE AND IN TROUBLE?
DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN YOU GROANED IN YOUR CAPTIVITY BEC OF THE OPPRESSION AND TERRIBLE CRUELTY OF YOUR TASKMASTERS?
DO YOU REMEMBER LOOKING AT YOUR PRECIOUS CHILDREN AND REALIZING THERE WAS NO HOPE OR FUTURE AT ALL FOR THEM BEYOND CHAINS…A LASH….AND EARLY DEATH?
I HEARD YOU CRIED….I SAW YOUR TEARS….. AND I CAME DOWN TO BUY YOU BACK OUT OF YOUR SLAVERY……DO YOU REMEMBER???
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“DO YOU REMEMBER STANDING ON THE SHORE WITH THE RED SEA LAPPING AT YOUR FEET AND PHARAOH’S TROOPS MASSING AT YOUR BACK??
DO YOU REMBMER THE DESPAIR YOU FELT BEC YOU COULDN’T GO FORWARD OR BACK….
AND DEATH WAS RIDING TOWARD YOU LIKE A STORM OUT OF THE WEST???
/I MADE A WAY FOR YOU WHERE THERE WAS NO WAY!!!!/
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“DO YOU REMBMER THOSE DAYS IN THE WILDERNESS WHERE THERE WAS NOTHING TO DRINK….AND YOURO THROATS WERE DRY….AND YOUR LITTLE ONES CRIED FOR WATER???
I OPENED UP A SPRING FOR YOU…..A STREAM OF FRESH ….SWEET WATER….CAME GUSHING OVER THE PARCHED DESERT FLOOR……
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“DO YOU REMBMER BEING HUNGRY IN THAT BARREN PLACE….WITH NO PROVISIONS…..AND NO SUPPLIES??
I FED YOU EVERY DAY WITH MANNA……THE BREAD OF ANGELS…
YOU FACED FOREIGN ARMIES…..ENEMIES GREATER AND STRONGER THAN YOU….BUT I FOUGHT FOR YOU!!!
IN THE TIMES YOU THOUGHT YOU’D NEVER MAKE IT…..THAT YOU WOULD NEVER SURVIVE….THAT THERE WAS NO WAY IN THE WORLD YOU COULD ENDURE……..BUT I WAS WATCHING ALL THE TIME!!!
I STEPPED INTO YOUR LIVES TO SAVE YOU!!!
*/LISTEN…..I SWOOPED DOWN AND BORE YOU ON EAGLE’S WINGS!!!!/*
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*/DO YOU REMEMBER!????/*
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THAT IS THE CONTEXT OF THE TEN STATEMENTS IN EXODUS 20:1-17
THAT’S WHAT THE LORD IS SAYING….
“MOSES…PLEASE TELL THEM……MAKE SURE YOU REMIND THEM…….BEFORE YOU GIVE THEM THESE COMMANDS……..
HOW MUCH I LOVOED THEM IN THE PAST…..
REMIND THEM HOW I’VE WATCHED OVER THEIR LIVES EVERY DAY AND HAVE CONCERNED MYSELF WITH THEIR FUTURE!!!!
(RANGER RICK….AND THE MAMA EAGLE AND THE BABY EAGLET)
AND HERE’S THE NEAT THING…
WE CAN LOOK BACK ON THE SAME THING IN OUR OWN LIVES…….CANT WE?
EVERYTHING WE HAVE AND EVERYTHING WE ENJOY ARE BEC OF HIM AND ARE BLESSINGS FROM HIS HAND!!!
WE ….TOO…..WERE HEADED SOUTH ONE DAY….
THERE WAS NOTHING BETWEEN US AND AN ETERNAL ABYSS BUT EMPTY SPACE AND A LONG…LONG WAY TO FALL!!!
AS THE APOSTLE PAUL PUT IT ONE DAY…….”WE
WERE WITHOUT HOPE AND WITHOUT GOD IN THE WORLD!!!!
BUT WHAT HAPPENED??
IN CHRIST …….THE LORD SWOOPED DOWN AND PICKED US UP AND GAVE US EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE!!!
AND NOW HE SUSTAINS US AND KEEPS US EVERY DAY OF OUR LIVES!!!
IF WE LOSE SIGHT OF THAT…..WE CAN’T SEE ANYTHING AT ALL!!!
AND YES….
THERE MAY BE TIMES WHEN YOU FEEL ABANDONED LIKE AN EAGLET IN THE WIDE EMPTY SKY…….BUT THE LORD WILL ALWAYS COME!!!
IF YOU WILL TRUST HIM AND PUT YOUR FAITH IN HIM….THEN HE’S GUARANTEED THAT HE WILL ALWAYS SHOW UP….AND IT WILL ALWAYS BE AT THE RIGHT TIME!!!
IF HE SEEMS ‘LATE’ FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE….IT’S BEC HE’S LETTING YOU SEE SOMETHING AND LEARN SOMETHING THAT YOU NEED TO SEE AND LEARN!!!
IN THEIR FISHING BOAT OUT ON THE STORMY SEA ONE NIGHT….THE DISCIPLES OF CHRIST ALL THOUGHT THEY WERE GOING TO DIE….AND THAT THERE WAS NO HOPE!!!
BUT JESUS CAME AT JUST THE RIGHT TIME…..WALKING ACROSS THE WAVES!!!
HE WOULDN’T HAVE WAITED ANY LONGER…..AND HE WOULDN’T HAVE COME ANY SOONER!!!!
WOULD THE DISCIPLES HAVE APPRECIATED HIM COMING EARLIER……AFTER THEY WERE STRAINING AT THE OARS FOR ALL THOSE HOURS AND THEIR BOAT WAS BEING SWAMPED AND THEY WERE AT THE POINT OF EXHAUSTION AND DESPAIR???
WOULD THEY HAVE PREFERRED THAT HE COME EARLIER…..BEFORE HE MET THEM AT MID-LAKE???
*YOU BETTER BELIEVE IT!!!!….*
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