Believe For It - Rescue

Through 9 sermons in the book of Hebrews, we have covered different characters who were referenced from the book of Genesis.

The writer is speaking to a burdened and oppressed people who were struggling to maintain their faith.

These historical figures lived by faith.

Abraham Lincoln - Struggled and suffered to unite our country.

We come to Moses who was born roughly 300 years after Joseph’s time. Like the Jews written in Hebrews, the men, women, and children of Israel were oppressed by slavery in Egypt. The people were so destitute, they were unable to realize that their nation was much larger than that of the Egyptians.

God has a plan to rescue his people.

Hebrews 11:23-29

23 By faith Moses, after he was born, was hidden by his parents for three months, because they saw that the child was beautiful, and they didn’t fear the king’s edict.

24 By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter

25 and chose to suffer with the people of God rather than to enjoy the fleeting pleasure of sin.

26 For he considered reproach for the sake of Christ to be greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, since he was looking ahead to the reward.

27 By faith he left Egypt behind, not being afraid of the king’s anger, for Moses persevered as one who sees him who is invisible.

28 By faith he instituted the Passover and the sprinkling of the blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn might not touch the Israelites.

29 By faith they crossed the Red Sea as though they were on dry land. When the Egyptians attempted to do this, they were drowned.

Moses

Led God’s people from oppression to prominenc.

Wrote the Jewish law.

Three section so of life that lasted 40 years.

Prince of Egypt

Wilderness as a shepherd.

Leader of God’s people.

Moses was crucial to the history, worship life, and societal structure of Israel.

And he was a mess just like you and me.

1. Faith in God’s Plan.

While Moses grew up in Egyptian royalty, he never forgot who he was and where he came from. His parents knew that God’s blessings were upon him as an infant.

Moses felt the oppression that Israel was experiencing.

Moses chose to endure suffering with God’s people over the comfort of royalty.

Faith and sinful pleasure do not belong together.

Moses murdered an Egyptian ruler.

Tried to take God’s plan into his own hands.

While the temptation to sin is high, the enjoyment is becoming more temporary each day.

We know the world is broken. Everyone knows.

The difference is what we do with this knowledge.

Psalm 32:9

8 I will instruct you and show you the way to go;with my eye on you, I will give counsel.

God’s plan of redemption is written upon your heart. The next step is to walk in his plan by faith.

2. Unite in Faith with One Another.

Wilderness living and Moses’ calling.

Moses didn’t know it, but we know that God was His church to united together under his mighty hand.

Moses left Egypt and united with Israel.

He struggled to belong.

“Passover”

Sprinkling of blood offered protection.

No one would have understood.

“Red Sea”

Walked on dry land.

The “only God” moments…

- Farming - “God brings the harvest”

- Danger - “God protected”

- Finances - “God provided”

- Salvation - “God saved me”

Moses didn’t rescue Israel, God did.

Israel didn’t defeat Egypt, God did.

We didn’t write the Bible, God did.

We couldn’t save ourselves, Jesus did.

We couldn’t hear God, the Holy Spirit drew us.

We can’t resist temptation, Jesus did.

We can’t minister to the Texoma area, but the church comprised of faithful Christians under the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit can.

We can’t rescue ourselves, but God can.

You are not hidden There's never been a moment You were forgotten You are not hopeless Though you have been broken Your innocence stolen

I hear you whisper underneath your breath I hear your SOS, your SOS

I will send out an army to find you In the middle of the darkest night It's true, I will rescue you

There is no distance That cannot be covered Over and over You're not defenseless I'll be your shelter I'll be your armor

I hear you whisper underneath your breath I hear your SOS, your SOS

Wake up church. God is our rescuer. Believe for it!