Fearing God the invisible over men
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Seeing the Unseen: The Fear of God Over Man
Seeing the Unseen: The Fear of God Over Man
Bible Passage: Hebrews 11:27–29
Bible Passage: Hebrews 11:27–29
Pharoah was the most powerful man in Egypt. He was treated as a god by his own subjects. The power of life and death was in his hands. Yet Moses feared God more. We need to overcome the fear of man also. By focusing on Him who is invisible we will do his will.
By faith he left Egypt, not being afraid of the anger of the king, for he endured as seeing him who is invisible.
When we know we are doing the Lord’s will , we are comforted and assured , though we may be encountering the anger of man. We endure by standing firm in Gods will. We can’t be man pleasers and God pleasers at the same time. We must fix our eyes on Him who is invisible.
Our faith is demonstrated in choosing to fear God over earthly powers and desires, leading to eternal rewards and a life that honors Him.
Moses left Egypt in the face of visible threats from Pharoah. To think that they left Egypt untouched was an act of Gods protection in and of itself
By faith he kept the Passover and sprinkled the blood, so that the Destroyer of the firstborn might not touch them.
The Passover was the first and foundational feast that was given to the Hebrews. It was the very feast that brought their deliverance. It is deeply rooted in their History. The Jews have celebrated the passover for over 3000 years. It symbolizes the birth of their nation and their true identity as Gods people.
For the believing Gentile and believing Jew it points to something even greater. The Passover points to a greater deliverer than Moses, Jesus Christ.
Therefore purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new lump, since you truly are unleavened. For indeed Christ, our Passover, was sacrificed for us. Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
Not a bone of his shall be broken.
He keeps all his bones; not one of them is broken.
Since it was the day of Preparation, and so that the bodies would not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a high day), the Jews asked Pilate that their legs might be broken and that they might be taken away. So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first, and of the other who had been crucified with him. But when they came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead, they did not break his legs. But one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and at once there came out blood and water. He who saw it has borne witness—his testimony is true, and he knows that he is telling the truth—that you also may believe. For these things took place that the Scripture might be fulfilled: “Not one of his bones will be broken.”
It shall be eaten in one house; you shall not take any of the flesh outside the house, and you shall not break any of its bones.
We have been delivered from a worse tyrant than Pharoah. We have been set free from a deeper bondage than Egypt . Our redemption price was far greater than the death of the firstborn, when God gave us His one and only Son. A greater blood was shed than the Passover Lamb for our refuge and protection. the blood of Christ.
Christ has fulfilled the feast. though there still remains a future fulfillment, as Christ used it to point ahead to the marriage supper of the Lamb
And he took a cup, and when he had given thanks he gave it to them, saying, “Drink of it, all of you, for this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. I tell you I will not drink again of this fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom.”
Every time the Jews celebrate the Passover , they remember their deliverance out of Egypt. Every time we partake of the Lords Supper we remember our deliverance from sin and death and satan.
3. Crossing Courageously Together, but with knees knocking
3. Crossing Courageously Together, but with knees knocking
By faith the people crossed the Red Sea as on dry land, but the Egyptians, when they attempted to do the same, were drowned.
The red sea crossing was a symbol of their baptism. They left Egypt and were freed from its bondage. Their Exodus and rescue occurred before the red sea crossing . But it was the red sea crossing that confirmed and sealed their faith. We could say the red sea crossing was the outward evidence of their salvation. In the same way our baptism is an outward expression of our faith to others.
For I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea, and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea, and all ate the same spiritual food, and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank from the spiritual Rock that followed them, and the Rock was Christ. Nevertheless, with most of them God was not pleased, for they were overthrown in the wilderness.
