Go Forward
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16. GO FORWARD
16. GO FORWARD
TEXT: “The Lord said to Moses, “Why do you cry to me? Tell the people of Israel to go forward” ().
INTRODUCTION: Prayer for the moment was complete. Now it was time to move. For some months God’s plan had unfolded as Moses served as God’s man in Pharaoh’s court. Next was God’s final act against Pharaoh—his destruction but Israel’s deliverance. Let us look at the command, “Go forward.”
I. God is its source.
I. God is its source.
A. He draws up the plan of action ().
A. He draws up the plan of action ().
B. He removes the obstacles ().
B. He removes the obstacles ().
C. He never fails to keep His promise ().
C. He never fails to keep His promise ().
D. He completes what He begins ().
D. He completes what He begins ().
II. God has repeated it through the centuries.
II. God has repeated it through the centuries.
A. To King Saul—“Now go and smite Amalek (.) He went, but disobeyed God to his sorrow.
A. To King Saul—“Now go and smite Amalek (.) He went, but disobeyed God to his sorrow.
B. To Isaiah—“Go and tell this people” ().
B. To Isaiah—“Go and tell this people” ().
C. To Jeremiah—“Go … whatever I command you, you shall speak” ().
C. To Jeremiah—“Go … whatever I command you, you shall speak” ().
D. To Amos—“Jehovah took me … and Jehovah said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel” ( ASV).
D. To Amos—“Jehovah took me … and Jehovah said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel” ( ASV).
III. God has given it to us ().
III. God has given it to us ().
Jesus said, “Go”—and this is our business—into all the world; speak the gospel; baptize believers in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit!
CONCLUSION: And go we must; only the disobedient and faithless retreat. To retreat when God commands, “Advance!” is disastrous.
Hallock, E. F. (1974). Bible-Centered Sermon Starters (pp. 35–36). Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House.