TEN TOES DOWN

SCRIPTURE

EXODUS 14:13 And Moses said to the people, “Fear not, stand firm, and see the salvation of the Lord, which he will work for you today. For the Egyptians whom you see today, you shall never see again. 14 The Lord will fight for you, and you have only to be silent.”

15 The Lord said to Moses, “Why do you cry to me? Tell the people of Israel to go forward.

The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2016), Ex 14:13–15.

BY WAY OF DEFINITION THE TERM OR COLLOQUIALISM OR RELETIVELY SPEAKING THIS SLANG PHRASE.... “ TEN TOES DOWN” MEANS...

TO BE… ALL IN .... IT MEANS

TO BE... DEDICATED ....IT MEANS

TO BE COMMITTED TO SOMETHING, A CAUSE OR , SOMEONE AND FOR THE SAKE OF THE SERMON … IT MEANS TO BE COMMITTED TO GOD

AND CONSEQUENTLY THIS PHRASE WAS COINED BY GEN - Z’S AS YOU HEARD PASTOR HERNDON BREAK IT DOWN LAST WEEK

(AND BECAUSE WE HAVE MULTI GENERATIONS IN THE ROOM)

THERE’S SOME GENERATIONAL TENSION , BECAUSE I’M GEN-X BORN IN THE 70’S

IF YOU WERE BORN IN THE 60’S MAKE SOME NOISE

‘ 50’S

‘ 40’S

‘ 30’S

ANYBODY BORN IN THE 20’S

BUT GENERATION Z WHO WAS BORN BETWEEN 1997 - 2012 COINED THIS PHRASE

AND UMM.. I’M WITH THE SLANG

YALL AIN’T LOOSE ME WITH THIS ( AIN’T NOTHING SLOW ABOUT ME BUT THE WAY I WALK) ..... I UMM.... GET THE PREMISE OF TEN TOES DOWN

BUT CAN I SUGGEST … THAT EVERY GENERATION USED SLANG

MATTER FACT WATCH THIS ..MALENIALS AND GEN - Z YALL SIT TIGHT FOR A MINUTE GROWN FOLK TALKING

FOR THE REST DON’T LEAVE ME OUT THERE ......... YALL FINISH THIS THE GENERATION WHO’S FAMILIAR… WATCH THIS

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA… YOOOOOOO

AIIIIIGHT....

SEE WHAT I’M SAYING ..... SLANG

YALL AIN’T THE ORIGINATORS DOG-ON-IT

SEE AIN’T NOTHING NEW UNDER THE SUN … SLANG BEEN AROUND

WAIT A MINUTE … WATCH THIS YALL FINISH THIS ..

CAN’T GET ALONG ....GET A FARE ONE GOING

THAT’S HOW WE SOLVED CONFLICT WE HAD A FARE FIGHT ONE ON ONE

EITHER YOU WAS GOING TO BEAT ME OR I WAS GOING TO BEAT YOU BUT WE LIVED TO TELL ABOUT IT

WE USED OUR HANDS NOT HAMMERS ..... SOMEBODY SAY ...MAKE FARE ONES GREAT AGAIN

BUT THE SLANG FOR COMMITMENT OR TO AFFIRM THAT YOU WAS ALL IN, IS DIFFERENT ACROSS GENERATIONS

GEN -Z SAYS TEN TOES DOWN

BUT...

BABY BOOMERS (1946-1964) WOULD SAY SOLID

GEN - X WOULD SAY (1965-1980) WORD IS BOND … STRAIGHT UP

MILLENIALS W (1981-1996 WOULD HIT YOU OFF WITH ..... YOU ALREADY KNOW

BUT GEN Z ‘S CAME UP WITH TEN TOES DOWN ...

AND UMM.. IF YOU GO TO PASTOR PAGENT SAYING I’M TEN TOES DOWN ABOUT SOMETHING

HE MIGHT RESPOND AND SAY SOMETHING LIKE

I’M FROM THE SOW ME STATE AND THAT MIGHT FLY RIGHT OVER YOUR HEAD

BUT WHAT THAT MEANS IS … DON’T TALK ABOUT.... BE ABOUT IT ....

SO WHETHER YOU SAY STRAIGHT UP

WORD IS BOND

OR TEN TOES DOWN

THE CHALLENGE IS ..

DON’T TELL ME YOU GOT MY BACK .....SHOW ME

DON’T SAY YOU GONNA BE THERE FOR ME .... JUST SHOW UP

AND MATTER FACT CAN YOU GIVE ME A VISUAL .. BECAUSE I WANNA SEE WHAT YOU SAID NOT JUST HEAR IT ...

AND HERE’S THE CHALLENGE WITH TEN TOES DOWN AS I GO TO THE TEXT

GOD SAY’S DON’T JUST GIVE ME LIP SERVICE

I WANNA KNOW YOUR LEVEL OF COMMITMENT

I WANT TO KNOW IF YOU REALLY SOLD OUT LIKE YOU SAY

I WANNA KNOW CAN YOU TRUST ME WHEN IT GET’S DARK (TEN TOES DOWN ...

DON’T TAP OUT ON ME NOW

I AIN’T YOUR FAVORITE PREACHER BUT I’M TALKING BOUT YOUR FAVORITE GOD

HE SAY’S I WANNA KNOW IF YOU ALL IN

SOMEBODY GIVE HIM PRAISE IN THIS PLACE

IT’S IN THE TEXT

WE LAND AT EXODUS 14 ) BECAUSE OF WHAT HAPENS IN EXODUS 3:7-9)

EXODUS 3:7 Then the Lord said, “I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters. I know their sufferings, 8 and I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and broad land, a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. 9 And now, behold, (the cry of the people of Israel has come to me,) and I have also seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them

The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2016), Ex 3:7–9.

IN EXODUS 3:7-9) GOD HEARD THE CRY OF HIS PEOPLE

1. THEY FINALLY GOT TIRED AND CRIED OUT TO THE LORD

AND I’VE COME TO RAISE THE QUESTION THIS MORNING ( WHO’S TIRED)

IT WASN’T UNTIL THEY GOT TIRED AND MATTER FACT THEY WERE SICK AND TIRED OF BEING SICK AND TIRED

AND I WANNA SUGGEST THAT FOR SOME OF YOU GOD’S WAITING FOR YOU TO GET TIRED

BECAUSE WHEN ISRAEL GOT TIRED IT MOVED THEM TO DO SOMETHING THAT

THEY HADN’T DONE BEFORE

THE TEXT SAYS THEY CRIED OUT TO GOD

WHERE THE PEOPLE THAT’S FED UP

I MEAN YOU SHORE NUFF TIRED

I MEAN YOU STOOD ALL YOU CAN STAND AND YOU CAN’T STAND NO MORE

DON’T PLAY WITH ME..

BECAUSE CAN I SUGGEST THAT WHEN ISRAEL CRIED OUT THIS WASN’T NO CUTE PRAYER

THE TEXT SAYS THIS WAS A CRY

AND CAN I RAISE THE RELEVANT QUESTION THIS MORNING.......WHERE THE TIRED PEOPLE AT

TIRED OF HOW YOU CHILDREN BEING FOUGHT

TIRED OF HOW YOUR MARRIAGE FOUGHT

TIRED OF BEING MISHANDLED

TIRED OF LIVING PAY CHECK TO PAY CHECK

TIRED OF PEOPLE TAKING MY KINDNESS FOR WEAKNESS

WHERE THE TIRED FOLK AT THAT AIN’T AFRAID TO CRY OUT TO GOD??

THIS AIN’T THE TIME TO BE CUTE

BUT IF YOU REALLY TIRED MAKE SOME NOISE IN THIS PLACE AND CRY OUT TO GOD

HE CAN INTERPRET YOUR CRY

HE CAN INTERPRET YOUR MOAN

BUT IF YOU REALLY NEED SOMETHING FROM GOD I WOULDN’T KEEP SILENT

I WOULD CRY OUT …

IF MY PEOPLE WHO ARE CALLED BY MY NAME WOULD HUMBLE THEMSELF AND PRAY ...

SOMEBODY CRY OUT IN THIS PLACE...

THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD IS PRESENT TO HEAL

BUT YOU GOTTA CRY OUT .....

I WOULD CALL OUT MY CHILDREN’S NAME

I WOULD CALL OUT MY SPOUSE’S NAME

I WOULD CALL OUT THE SICKNESS

I WOULD CALL OUT THE RAISE YOU WANT

I WOULD CALL OUT THE ZIP CODE YOU WANNA LIVE IN

BUT WHATEVER YOU DO DON’T BE SILENT..

HOW BAD DO YOU WANT IT CRY OUT TO GOD....

SOMETIMES YOU GOTTA CRY OUT TO GOD

THEY CRY OUT TO GOD AND UMMM....GOD MAKES THIS PROMISE

AND THIS IS WHERE PASTOR LEFT OFF LAST WEEK DEALING WITH THE PROMISE AND THE PROCESS

THEY GET GOD’S ATTENTION

AND UMM… GOD SAYS I GOT YOU

WILL YOU DO ME A FAVOR AND ENCOURAGE YOUR NEIGHBOR AND SAY GOD GOT YOU IN THIS SEASON

GOD GOT YOU!

ALLOW ME TO DEAL WITH THE PROCESS FIRST BECAUSE RELATIVELY SPEAKING YOU CAN’T GET TO PROMISE WITHOUT GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS

AND CAN I SUGGEST THAT THOUGH THE PROCESS IS PAINFUL, IT’S EFFECTIVE

WHICH BRINGS ME TO MY SECOND POINT

TRUST THE PROCESS

DON’T BE MAD AT ME …

ISRAEL IS TIRED BUT THEY HAVE TO TRUST THE PROCESS (TEN TOES DOWN)

ISRAEL CRIES OUT

THEY GET GOD’S ATTENTION

GOD SAY’S I GOT YOU........ BECAUSE HE’S ABOUT TO POINT THEM TO PROMISE (BUT WATCH THIS )

BECAUSE...IN THE PROCESS OF GOD WORKING OUT HIS PLAN FOR ISRAEL, ISRAEL HAS TO ENDURE EXTREME HARDSHIP

THE REASON WHY IS TWOFOLD

GOD WANT’S TO REVEAL SOMETHING TO PHARAOH AND HE WANTS TO REVEAL SOMETHING TO ISRAEL

SO ON ONE HAND WHILE GOD’S WORKING ON YOUR ENEMY... HE’S ALSO WORKING ON YOU

CAN WE BE HONEST ??/

HE WANT’S TO REVEAL SOMETHING TO PHARAOH BECAUSE YOU REMEMBER IN CHAPTER 5 VS 1-2

WHEN GOD SENT MOSES AND AARON TO PHARAOH WITH THE DECREE “LET MY PEOPLE GO”

PHARAOH RESPONDED IN ARROGANCE

“Who is the Lord, that I should obey his voice and let Israel go?

I do not know the Lord,

and moreover, I will not let Israel go

AND GOD HAD ALREADY PREPARED MOSES FOR THIS IN CHAPTER 3 VS 14

IN CH. 3 VS 14 MOSES SAID IF ANYBODY ASK ME, WHO SENT ME WHAT SHOULD I TELL THEM

AND GOD SAID .......TELL THEM..... I AM ....WHO I AM

NOW BARE WITH ME BECAUSE IMMA TRY TO PUT A NEW SHINE ON SOME OLD SHOES

THE REASON WHY GOD IDENTIFIES HIMSELF BY THIS PHRASE “ I AM” IS BECAUSE #1 HUMAN LANGUAGE LACKS THE CAPACITY TO DESCRIBE THE FULLNESS OF GOD

BUT THEN #2 THE MYSTIQUE IN THE PHRASE “ I AM “ WAS BECAUSE GOD WAS SAYING

I CAN SHOW... YOU BETTER THAN I CAN TELL YOU

OHHHHH.... SOMEBODY BETTER GET READY

BECAUSE I BELIEVE GOD,... IS ABOUT TO BLOW ........SOMEBODY’S MIND

SOMEBODY SHOUT IN THE ATMOSPHERE AND HELP ME PREACH THIS THING , SOMEBODY SHOUT IT’S COMING IT’S COMING ....

SHOUT LIKE YOU BELIEVE IT,.. IT’S COMING

SHOUT IT THREE TIMES IT’S COMING , IT’S COMING , IT’S COMING

SHOUT IT TILL YOUR NEIGHBOR GET’S IT IT’S COMEING

EYEYS HAVEN’T SEEN, EARS HAVN’T HEARD, NEITHER HAS IT ENTERED INT TO THE HEART OF MAN

SOMEBODY SHOUT IT’S COMING

AND YOU BEEN WONDERING WHY GOD’S BEEN SILENT

IT’S BECAUSE HE WANTS TO SHOW YOU BETTER THAN HE CAN TELL YOU

TRUST THE PROCESS .. IT’S COMING

I WISH I HAD SOMEBODY...

ROMANS 13:11  And that, knowing the time,

that now it is high time

to awake out of sleep:

for now.......... is our salvation nearer than when we believed

TOUCH 3 PEOPLE AND SAY IT’S COMING

HE SAY’S TO PHARAOH IMMA SHOW YOU

AND UHH… THIS APPLIES TO ISRAEL TOO BECAUSE REMEMBER WE GOTTA GET TO CHAPTER 14 WHERE GOD SAY’S TO ISRAEL IN VS 13-15 ...

WHERE GOD SAY’S TO ISRAEL .....STAND FIRM .......AND SEE THE SALVATION OF THE LORD

AND BY NOW ISRAEL HAS MADE THERE WAY OUT

AND PHARAOH IS HOT ON THERE TAIL

AND THEY REMEMBER WHAT PHARAOH DID WHEN MOSES FIRST REQUESTED THEIR DEPARTURE

PHARAOH DELT HARSHLY WITH ISRAEL THROUGH THE TASK MASTERS

THEY INFLICTED PUNISHMENT , PAIN, AND HARD LABOR

AND GOD SAY’S TO ISRAEL IT’S GONNA GET GREATER LATER , MIGHT GET WORST FIRST , BUT GREATER IS COMING

HE SAYS TO ISRAEL IF YOU CAN JUST STAND FIRM (HERE IT IS)... TEN TOES DOWN

GREATER IS COMING

I KNOW THIS BECAUSE ALL THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS GOD’S BEEN POINTING THEM TO PROMISE

WHICH LEADS ME TO MY LAST AND FINAL POINT WHICH IS ...

THE TIMING OF GOD

THEY GOT TIRED AND CRIED OUT TO GOD

GOD SAY’S I GOT YOU BUT YOU GOTTA TRUST THE PROCESS

AND THROUGH THE PROCESS OF ENDURING HE KEEPS POINTING THEM TO PROMISE

AND YOU GOTTA KNOW THIS ABOUT GOD’S TIMING

MATTER FACT GO TO EXODUS CH 6

IN EXODUS CH 6 V 1-13 GOD REVEALS SOMETHING TO US ABOUT TIMING

GOD IS ENGROSSED IN THIS CONVERSATION WITH MOSES

AND GOD TELLS MOSES HE SAY’S TELL ISRAEL I KNOW ALL ABOUT WHAT THEY GOING THROUGH

AND I’M ABOUT TO DELIVER THEM WITH AN OUTSTRETCHED HAND AND WITH MIGHTY ACTS OF JUDGMENT AGAINST PHARAOH

THEN HE TELL MOSES … HE SAY’S TELL ISRAEL THAT THEY CAN STAND ON MY PROMISE (TEN TOES DOWN) WATCH THIS ..BECAUSE MY PROMISE PRE DATES THEIR EXISTENCE

GOD SAY’S I PROMISED ABRAHAM, ISAAC AND JACOB THAT I WOULD GIVE THEM THE LAND OF CANNAN WHERE THEY WERE SOJOURNERS WHICH WOUOLD NOW BELONG TO ISRAEL

BUT THEN HE SAID I REVEALED MYSELF TO ABRAHAM ISAAC AND JACOB AS El-Shaddai WHICH MEANS..(GOD ALMIGHTY ) but by my name the (Lord ) I did not make myself known to them.

THE NAME LORD CAN ALSO BE TRANSLATED AS JEHOVAH

AND JEHOVAH TAKES ON A FEW DIFFERENT VARIATIONS

JEHOVAH JIREH - MY PROVIDER

JEHOVAH NISI - MY BANNER

JEHOVAH SHALOM - MY PEACE

JEHOVAH ROPHE - MY HEALER

JEHOVAH TSIDKENU - MY RIGHTEOUSNESS

LET ME REMIX FOR THIS GENERATION

WAY MAKER PROMISE KEEPER MIRACLE WORKER LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS YOUR GOD THAT’S WHO HE IS !

THATS WHY WHEN WE GET TO CHAPTER 14 WHEN ISRAEL WAS IN FRONT OF THE RED SEA WITH PHARAOH BEHIND THEM

MOSES TOLD ISRAEL .... FEAR NOT .... BUT STAND ON THE PROMISE OF GOD

I’M GONE BUT YOU BETTER STAND ON THE PROMISE OF GOD

FOR I NEVER SEEN THE RIGHTEOUS FORSAKEN OR HIS SEED BEGGING BREAD

AND HE’S NOT A MAN THAT HE SHOULD LIE

NOR THE SON OF MAN THAT HE SHOULD REPENT

HATH HE SAID WILL HE NOT DO IT

HATH HE PROMISED AND WILL HE NOT MAKE GOOD

TELL YOU NEIGHBOR .... KEEP STANDING ( 4 X’S

HE MAY NOT COME WHEN YOU WANT HIM TO BE HE’S ALWAYS … ON TIME