Exodus 2:1-10 CSB " Not my Child "

Exodus 2:1–10 CSB

1 Now a man from the family of Levi married a Levite woman. 2 The woman became pregnant and gave birth to a son; when she saw that he was beautiful, she hid him for three months. 3 But when she could no longer hide him, she got a papyrus basket for him and coated it with asphalt and pitch. She placed the child in it and set it among the reeds by the bank of the Nile. 4 Then his sister stood at a distance in order to see what would happen to him. 5 Pharaoh’s daughter went down to bathe at the Nile while her servant girls walked along the riverbank. She saw the basket among the reeds, sent her slave girl, took it, 6 opened it, and saw him, the child—and there he was, a little boy, crying. She felt sorry for him and said, “This is one of the Hebrew boys.” 7 Then his sister said to Pharaoh’s daughter, “Should I go and call a Hebrew woman who is nursing to nurse the boy for you?” 8 “Go,” Pharaoh’s daughter told her. So the girl went and called the boy’s mother. 9 Then Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Take this child and nurse him for me, and I will pay your wages.” So the woman took the boy and nursed him. 10 When the child grew older, she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses, “Because,” she said, “I drew him out of the water.”

“ Not My Child “

Jochebed

Moses mother makes up in her mind that her child is not going to end up like the other Israelite male boys

Moses was a great leader

Moses was a wonderful man

Moses lived to be 120 years old

He spent his life in 3 sections of 40 years

The first 40 years of his live

He spent them in the Palace

Thinking he was a somebody

The second 40 years of his life

He spent them in the desert

Feeling like a nobody

But the last 40 years of his life

He spent them as a prophet

Realizing that God can use anybody

Moses was the litigated for Israel

Moses was the legislator for Israel

Moses was the liberator for Israel

When God needed a liberator

He sent Moses to Pharaoh

To tell Pharaoh to let my people go

When the people needed the law

Moses was the legislator

He was the one that came down from Mount Sinai

With the ten commandments

When the people need a litigator

Somebody to talk to God on their behalf

And to talk to the people on God’s behalf

Moses was the middle man

Moses had a blessed beginning

Moses was no ordinary child

There was something

Different about him

Even from his existence

There was something

Purposeful about his existence

There was something

Ordained about his birth

And when you study

The birth of Moses

You will discover

Two things about his birth

1st Moses was born in Due Time

It was due time because

God says to Abram in

Genesis 15:13 KJV 1900

13 And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;

Note: God tells Abram, that I’m going to deal with my people by allowing them to go into 400 years of captivity but God has a LEADER that’s going to lead my people out of 400 years of captivity by the name of Moses.

But God let him know

That I was going

To turn their captivity

That they would not

Be in captivity always

They would be there

Base on their Sins

Base on their Idolatry

Base on their decisions

Not to serve God

Whole hearty

But God

would not turn it around

until after 400 years

And what’s significant

About the birth of Moses

was that his birth

Signified & Signal that

That time was sure to come

His birth meant

That God was

A promise keeper

And God knows the right time to bless you

[ Moses Birth/Arrived in Due Time ]

Statement: Saints of God, God has not forgotten you [ Somebody Today ]

Statement: Saints of God, God has 5 seasons [Summer, Winter, Spring, Fall, & Due Season ]

His birth

not only signified & signal

It was Due Time

But his birth

Also signal that he was born in

1st: Moses was born in Due Time

2nd: Moses was born in Dangerous Times

He was born

In a time where in

Boys were being killed

Ex. 1:22

Exodus 1:22 CSB

22 Pharaoh then commanded all his people, “You must throw every son born to the Hebrews into the Nile, but let every daughter live.”

That was a dangerous

Time that Moses

Is born in

But Moses mother Jochebed’s

Makes up in her mind

That what is happening

To other male children

Won’t happen to my child

And whether you

Recognize this or not

Our children

Are still being thrown

Into the Nile [ The Nile River ]

I’m not talking

About a body of water

But there’s a Nile

Out there

There are Diseases—Distractions—Pedophiles — Gangs — Drugs — Homosexuality

Things that are designed to destroy our children [The Nile]

Make up your mind

As a parent

That I’m going to keep

my child from going

Into the Nile of this world

I know Times are different Now

When I was growing up

Punishment for us you couldn’t go outside

Punishment today is they go outside and the reward is stay in the house on your phone

Back then our parents just had to worry about us skipping school or getting in a fight

Now today the big problem is our kids gravitating to technology [ The Internet ]

Check your child phone they don’t have NO BUSINESS

Moses mother Jochebed’s

makes a conscious decision

To safe guard her child

“ Not My Child “

1st: She Carried & keep her child (v.2)

Exodus 2:2 CSB

2 The woman became pregnant and gave birth to a son; when she saw that he was beautiful, she hid him for three months.

She has an option

Because she recognizes

The decree of Pharaoh

She knows what the

Law says [Every male child]

The decision is

Do I follow the Law

Or do I trust the Lord

Do I follow the System

Or do I follow the Sovereign

“ Not My Child “

1st: She made a difficult decision [Husband is working ]

2nd: She made a defiant decision [She puts her family in danger]

Somebody needs to

Thank God for their mother

Who decided to

Carry & keep you

And all your siblings

[ Difficult Times & Abortion uprise ]

“ Not My Child “

1st: She Carried & keep her child (v.2)

2nd: She Covered her child ( V.3 )

Exodus 2:3–4 CSB

3 But when she could no longer hide him, she got a papyrus basket for him and coated it with asphalt and pitch. She placed the child in it and set it among the reeds by the bank of the Nile. 4 Then his sister stood at a distance in order to see what would happen to him.

This mother covered

Her child

This mother

Took it upon herself

To hide her child

Look at the context

of the text

Pharaoh is searching

For Israelite male boys

He’s trying to kill

Every Israelite male boy

That’s born during

Moses time

But this mother said

you can’t have this one

I’m going to cover

my child

Look at the symbolism in this

She covered her child

For 3 months

Suggesting that she don’t

want her child to be exposed

To, to much too soon

One of the problems

we have today is

we expose our kids

to too much too soon

where they bypass

Being children

Because we got children

Acting like adults

And playing in adult roles

And got adults

Acting like children

[ Look at our school system today ]

Is there any old school mothers

That will stand up

And say

You will stay in a child’s place

Exposing Children to

Too much too soon

And seeing to much

Is not the children fault — It’s the Parent

Exposing daughters to dress like grown women

The Mothers dressing like young girls

The daughter wears it to tight

The sons wear it to big

There’s an appropriate age for

Makeup—Nails—Hair—Clothes

Note: This is what you’re saying (times) have change and you’re right but your morals shouldn’t change.

Note: you got to cover your child

Note: you are advertising your child for pedophiles

COVER YOUR CHILDREN

Statement: Times have change parents don’t send their children out the room no more when adults are talking.

Statement: Times have change the grown folks talking like children & the children talking like grown folks.

Moses didn’t see everything

Because

His mother had him covered

Statement: Single mother’s there’s some stuff you should hide from your child. Stop bringing all these Uncles around your child every other month.

1st: She Carried & keep her child ( V. 2 )

2nd: She Covered her child ( V. 3-4 )

3rd: She Committed her child ( V. 3 )

Exodus 2:5–10 CSB

5 Pharaoh’s daughter went down to bathe at the Nile while her servant girls walked along the riverbank. She saw the basket among the reeds, sent her slave girl, took it, 6 opened it, and saw him, the child—and there he was, a little boy, crying. She felt sorry for him and said, “This is one of the Hebrew boys.” 7 Then his sister said to Pharaoh’s daughter, “Should I go and call a Hebrew woman who is nursing to nurse the boy for you?” 8 “Go,” Pharaoh’s daughter told her. So the girl went and called the boy’s mother. 9 Then Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Take this child and nurse him for me, and I will pay your wages.” So the woman took the boy and nursed him. 10 When the child grew older, she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses, “Because,” she said, “I drew him out of the water.”

Moses mother said

As if

This situation is too much

For her

And I have to turn

This child over to the Lord

Note: Imagine this scene: Moses floats down the dangerous Nile! God sovereignly cares for this little boy. God keeps Moses from crocodiles, starvation, and drowning.

she makes the basket

water proof

to where she is giving

the child

the best possibility to survive

Note: Once you do your part trust God to do His part

Verses 4-9

1st: Moses survived thru what was design to kill him [The Nile]

2nd: Moses was crying

We don’t have enough children crying for their mother