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Introduction
This morning we continue in our series entitled the “Hall of Faith”
We move from Moses to The Children of Israel
In a message entitled the “By faith they crossed to Victory”
There faith moved them to:
That obeyed God against insurmountable forces
That delivered them to victory
To the reader of the first century
What lesson could the early Hebrew Christians derive from this?
The obvious lesson, surely, was that they, too, must “go forward,” scorning the difficulties before them and the dangers behind them.
But, to go forward, they must be truly saved, for each step along this way is by faith.
Unbelief may try to imitate the example of the believer, but brazen confidence in the flesh, efforts to do by natural energy what can only be done by spiritual power, can only end in disaster.
Exposition
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That obeyed God against insurmountable forces
Let’s get the backstory: Read
Israel’s faith was a faith that obeyed God against insurmountable forces.
The forces confronting Israel were threefold:
⇒ the pursuing army of the Egyptians.
⇒ the Red Sea in front and the mountain ranges on both sides.
⇒ their own murmuring and unbelief.
Their unbelief came into play because of the situation that they believed that God brought them into.
The people were ever so frightened.
They were hemmed in with no way to escape, and an enraged king and people were in hot pursuit.
There was no chance that the Egyptian army would have taken any live prisoners because Egypt had lost all their firstborn sons to the death-angel.
Israel was doomed and the people knew it.
The odds were insurmountable unless God stepped in and delivered them.
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That delivered them to victory
When everything was stacked against them God showed them the way.
There are many things for us to learn:
There
Fear Not- The fear he speaks of will cause you all kinds of problems.
Mental-Worry, anxiety, panic, doubt
Physical- Weakness, pluralized
Spiritual- Concluded the character of God.
This first then the next-
Stand Firm- Be of courage
To turn and face the fear in the Light of all who God is and can do.
See
It can also have the following derived meanings, all of which require the individual to see physically outside of himself or herself: to see so that one can learn to know, whether it be another person (Deut.
33:9) or God (Deut.
1:31; 11:2)
Compare Exodus 14:29 and Nehemiah 9:11.
Exodus reports the completion of Israel’s faith after the miracle (Ex 14:31), but Moses and his people had to act in some faith to enter the basin (cf.
Ex 14:10–22).
Jewish teachers debated the immediate cause of the exodus, some affirming Israel’s faith but many attributing the miracle to the faith or merit of their ancestors.
Conclusion
God brings you to a place
This requires that each and everyday you submit your life to the Lord
Cultivating by reading each day and prayer a deep relationship with the Lord
No that God has a plan and purpose for you.
Some may never find themselves in this place.
What about when you find yourself in this place.
Repent and do what is needed to make it right.
Everything seems against you.
Remember at this point what Moses said
Fear not
Stand firm
God will bring you through
See
God will bring you through
Faith to obey and Faith to be lead through.
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