Moses - Part 10
Notes
Transcript
Recap
Recap
I. The Birth of Moses
a. He was born in adversity
b. He was saved by his mother
c. He was found by the princess
II. The Time in Egypt
a. Moses spent 40 years in Egypt
b. Moses watched his people suffer wrongfully
c. Moses killed the Egyptian
d. Moses fled in fear (to Midian)
III. The Time in Midian
a. Moses was in Midian for 40 years
b. There was an identity crisis (vs. 9 “…an Egyptian delivered us…”
c. God Sees (God heard their cry, remembered his covenant, looked upon them and had respect unto them)
d. The communication to Moses (the place: Mount Horeb - The mountain of God - Mt. Sinai, the person was the angel of the Lord)
IV. The Time on Sinai
a. Moses inquired at the sight
b. Moses approached and listened (God didn’t speak until Moses approached closer)
c. We need to reverence God’s voice
V. The molding to God’s sight, plan and mission
a. Sharing God’s Sight (“I have seen their affliction” Do you? “I have seen their sorrows” - Do you?)
b. Sharing God’s Plan (God’s plan is from something to something, but remember, “When you leave something wrong for something right, there will always be an ite to fight”)
VI. The call to Moses
a. Sharing God’s Mission
b. The Question of the Call
VII. The confirmation from God
a. The Qualification of the Call to Moses
b. The Quickening (making alive) of the call
VIII. The proclamation, provision and promise from God
a. The Proclamation from God (Pharaoh will not let the people go)
b. The Provision from God (But God…)
c. The Promise from God “…when ye go, ye shall not go empty…”
IX. The signs from God
1 - something I hold - my stuff… an insignificant rod that God transforms into the miraculous (From a rod to a snake and from a snake to a rod again)
2 - something I am - myself… (hand from clean to leprous and from leprous to clean again)
3 - something I see - my surroundings… (water to blood)
Now to Part 10:
Quick - nuggets from the end of chapter 9:
Lessons earlier we spoke about the fact that Moses asked God, “Who should I say sent me?” And that God needed Moses to KNOW who God was before Moses could go and tell others who God was…
Well here we see that God needed Moses to believe in God’s use of him for this task…
10 And Moses said unto the Lord, O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.
Just believing in God is not enough…
You need to believe that God can use EVEN YOU for what He wants to accomplish…
God proves this to Moses by explaining:
11 And the Lord said unto him, Who hath made man’s mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the Lord? 12 Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say.
Moses’ response to God is to send someone else…
God’s anger is kindled against Moses…
Now the 3rd wheel is introduced… Aaron
God sends Moses and Moses goes…
29 And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel: 30 And Aaron spake all the words which the Lord had spoken unto Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people. 31 And the people believed: and when they heard that the Lord had visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped.
1. The Courage to Go
1. The Courage to Go
1 And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness.
That’s a good order:
Prayer
Worship
Obedience
This is a substantial moment in the life of Moses and Aaron…
No more 40 years on the backside of the desert tending to a flock
No more talking about obeying God, but doing it
No more telling God why you can’t do it, but trusting Him
“…Moses and Aaron went in…”
You can only prepare, study and pray for so long, but eventually you have to have the courage to go…
2. The Conflict with the godless
2. The Conflict with the godless
2 And Pharaoh said, Who is the Lord, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the Lord, neither will I let Israel go.
Pharaoh’s first response to Moses and Aaron:
“Who is the Lord?”
“I know not the Lord…”
“Why should I obey him?”
Obeying God, sacrificing for God, submitting to His Word, makes NO sense to the world because they know not God…
That’s why we’re here!
18 For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.
14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
32 And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked: and others said, We will hear thee again of this matter.
There will always be rejectors and mockers to the truth of the Gospel…
But we’re after the believers… and even the hear again of these matters groups of people…
3. The Cost before the Crown
3. The Cost before the Crown
Moses and Aaron’s 2nd attempt:
3 And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, we pray thee, three days’ journey into the desert, and sacrifice unto the Lord our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword.
Pharaoh’s response:
4 And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, let the people from their works? get you unto your burdens. 5 And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now are many, and ye make them rest from their burdens. 6 And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying, 7 Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves. 8 And the tale of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall lay upon them; ye shall not diminish ought thereof: for they be idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God. 9 Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein; and let them not regard vain words. 10 And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spake to the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not give you straw. 11 Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it: yet not ought of your work shall be diminished. 12 So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw. 13 And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfil your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw. 14 And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and to day, as heretofore? 15 Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants? 16 There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us, Make brick: and, behold, thy servants are beaten; but the fault is in thine own people. 17 But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let us go and do sacrifice to the Lord. 18 Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks. 19 And the officers of the children of Israel did see that they were in evil case, after it was said, Ye shall not minish ought from your bricks of your daily task.
Moses obeys like God asks…
But Pharaoh says “no”…
Not just “no”, but then he makes things much HARDER for the people that Moses intended to help…
Question: Have you ever obeyed God, but instead of immediate victory, you had a harder time?
Moses obeyed God, but it only led to more “problems” for the people he went to help…
But God knew this all along…
Sometimes we forget what God says…
Many refrain from obedience to God or will not fully obey God with the “I only make things worse” mentality…
Joke: This is a tactical reason to try and get out of certain house chores you don’t want to do...
run over the sprinklers enough and you don’t have to mow anymore
Spill enough cleaner and you won’t have to do that anymore
Think about it:
Elijah obeyed God and proclaimed a drought
But then he had to sneak away and sit by a brook only to be fed by a raven!
Then he eventually conquered the priests of Baal on top of Mount Carmel with only a 63 word prayer
And then he’s running for his life!
But eventually finds an Elisha to impart his spirit on and gets take to Heaven in a whirlwind…
Or like Daniel who refused to obey the order of the king and not pray
He prayed 3 times a day with his window open and
Was cast into the den of lions for it
He was unharmed and King Darius had Daniel’s conspirers killed and the Bible says, “Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius”
Darius would go on to decree that all would worship and serve Daniel’s God because of this…
It was Jesus who had to be betrayed, pour out in grief in the garden and go through the crucifixion
But then He arose from the grave and sits at the right hand of the Father
One day He will return to rule and reign from His throne
We have multitudes of examples in scripture that show us obeying God does not result in immediate material victory…
Obedience to God is a spiritual victory, but not always a material victory…
This was a win in the eyes of God, but we don’t always view things from the eyes of God…
4. The Complaint of the Called
4. The Complaint of the Called
20 And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt: and Moses took the rod of God in his hand. 21 And the Lord said unto Moses, When thou goest to return into Egypt, see that thou do all those wonders before Pharaoh, which I have put in thine hand: but I will harden his heart, that he shall not let the people go. 22 And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the Lord, Israel is my son, even my firstborn: 23 And I say unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me: and if thou refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay thy son, even thy firstborn.
“Why aren’t you helping this people?”
“Why are you allowing this to happen?”
“Since doing what you told me to do, things have only gotten worse…”
“You didn’t deliver your people…”
But if Moses would’ve remembered EVERYTHING God said when He sent him…
He would’ve remembered God say:
3:19 “I am sure that the king of Egypt will not let you go, no, not by a mighty hand.”
3:20 “And I will stretch out my hand, and smite Egypt with all my wonders which I will do in the midst thereof: and after that he will let you go.”
3:21 “…when ye go, ye shall not go empty…”
Pharaoh said “No”, but does that change what God wanted to do with Moses? NO
After obeying God and going it only made thing worse but does that change God’s wisdom and understanding of what needed to be done? NO
The people are not just complaining but accusing Moses and Aaron now saying they, “put a sword in their hand to slay us”, but does that change the orders given by God and the need to obey to what God says? NO
Do you have the courage to Go?
Will you remember there is a conflict with the godless?
Are you willing to endure the conflict before the crown?
Are you the one who is complaining as the called?
