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Today we are in Chapter 4 of Exodus.
In just a few hundred words, we have learned much about the hero of the faith, Moses.
We know Moses was:
S.H.A.P.E.d to Deliver
Called to Deliver
IF you missed the Ash Wednesday service, we talked about he first half of chapter 4, and how God assured Moses that while he may not be powerful enough to free the Israelites, God had more than enough power to deliver.
Moses was SHAPED, he was Called, and now he was Assured of God's power to Deliver the Israelites.
It looks like he is ready to go…he even thinks he’s ready.
But he’s not.
It doesn’t take long to learn something about people does it.
At least we think we know them.
But often times it takes quite a while to learn about ourselves.
It doesn’t take long to learn something about people does it.
But often times it takes quite a while to learn about ourselves.
It doesn’t take long to learn something about people does it.
But often times it takes quite a while to learn about ourselves.
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Today I pray as we look at the life of Moses we will be able to take away some powerful truths for our own lives.
THE PASSAGE
Moses was working in concert with God’s covenant with Abraham.
Moses was working in concert with God’s covenant with Abraham.
God had declared that the Israelites were his people.
Back in Genesis, God had made a covenant with Abraham that they would be his people and he would be their God.
They are in bondage in Egypt for 400 years, then along comes Moses - SHAPEd and Called to deliver God’s covenant people.
But there is a problem.
Moses hasn’t been faithful to the covenant himself.
The problem is, Moses hasn’t been faithful to the covenant himself.
Genesis 7:9-
Now you are probably thinking…wow…God is taking this whole circumcision thing pretty seriously…Yes he is.
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Now you are probably thinking…wow…God is taking this whole circumcision thing pretty seriously…Yes he is.
As Isaiah the prophet taught us....My thoughts are not your thoughts and your ways are not my ways.
The covenant may not make sense to us, because we don’ t see things as God sees.
But what God wants us to see, he makes very plain.
It’s not a puzzle.
So what are we to do with this?
Do we just assume that God can want us dead for any little misstep?
Does God want to strike us down as he did Moses because of our mistakes?
We may not fully understand what God was doing, but what we do know is that what happened to Moses was so that he might be equipped for God’s good work.
There is something here for us today as well.
God wants to use this account in Moses life to teach us.
Look at what happened after Moses met the covenant:
God blessed him in his obedience
God began to answer the promises that he had made to Moses....Moses began to see the future that God had revealed to him.
God began to answer the promises that he had made to Moses....Moses began to see the future that God had revealed to him.
Pretty amazing thing that has happened here.
And we get a ring side seat.
We can learn some amazing things from God’s word.
But even better, I thing God’s word can teach us amazing things about us.
From the text today I have discovered 3 lessons that combined form one essential truth for us as disciples.
Are you ready for that?
Are you sure you are ready for this?
The JUDGMENT of God always begins with the FAMILY of God
Lesson #1
Lesson #1: The JUDGMENT of God always begins with the FAMILY of God
Moses was sent to bring about judgement on Pharaoh.
But before he could do that, he had to have his own come to Jesus moment.
The writer of Hebrews said it this way:
Hebrews 12:
We start with our own family, don’t we expect God to?
God wants to use us, we are made for his use.
TO be instruments of his love, holiness, and peace.
We don’t know how to do that with out being trained for it.
Because we aren’t perfect.
We miss the mark.
Sometimes we miss the mark a lot.
In fact that’s exactly what it means to sin.
Sin is “missing the mark.”
That’s Lesson #2.
I’ve been watching the Olympics.
I love that ski and shoot thing they do.
I can’t imagine how hard it is to ski cross country then take a rifle and aim it at a target the size of a golf ball some 100 yards away.
They get a penalty if they miss the target instead of losing points, they lose time.
They have to take a penalty lap for each target they miss.
It doesn’t matter by how much or whether it was high or low.
A miss is a miss.
That’s what sin is.
It’s a miss.
Lesson #2: Sin isn’t just DOING BAD THINGS.
It’s also FAILING TO DO THE RIGHT THINGS.
Moses was a Jew.
While he didn’t grow up in a Jewish home, he knew the Jewish customs.
He knew his sons were to be circumcised.
He knew what made them covenant people.
He just hadn’t done it.
vs 24-26 are some of the most difficult in the OT to interpret because of all the pronouns used - no proper nouns.
it’s had to understand, but given the context, to me it sounds pretty clear that God was mad at Moses because he had not done what he was supposed to do.
So mad in fact that he was about to kill Moses son.
Is that right?
James the brother of Jesus thinks so.
He explained it this way:
Sins of commission vs. Sins of Omission.
Missing the mark is missing the mark.
High, Low, just outside, or missing the whole wall.
The bulls-eye is still empty.
Failing to do good is the same as doing wrong…because the good is still undone.
SO is an assaulter just as guilty as the one who fails to help the abused...
Is the addict just as wrong as the one who fails to help the one orphaned by addiction?
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