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Once again, let’s begin by reading our theme verse together.
So far in our message series, we have looked at some of the “El” names for God.
Elohim - He is the Mighty Creator God.
El Roi - He is the God who sees me.
El Shaddai - He is the Almighty God.
El Elyon - He is God Most High.
Next, we began to look at names which are compound words with God’s proper name, Yahweh.
Yahweh Jireh - God will see to it.
God will provide.
This morning, we are going to look at another name given to Yahweh.
This name of God is meant to inspire us, to rally us, give us hope, and courage.
Open you Bibles to .
The people of Israel had been freed from slavery in the land of Egypt.
Then had witnessed the parting of the Red Sea and the destruction of Pharaoh’s armies.
They have had manna, quail, and water provided for them by divine intervention.
Now, they face a new challenge.
Exodus 17:8-
It is amazing to me how many times people have tried to exterminate the Jewish people.
It is literally a miracle that the Jewish people have survived as a people group.
So many times the Jews have been targeted and yet, every time, God had protected them from their oppressors.
They are still his people.
This is why it is so important that we, as a nation, love and support Israel.
God promised to bless those that bless his people and curse those that curse his people.
Antisemitism has no place in Christianity.
When you hear people denouncing and targeting Israel and the Jewish people, mark those people.
They do not love God and they are pawns of Satan.
In our text for this morning, it is Amalek who has targeted the Jewish people for destruction.
The Israelites had only been free from slavery for a little while.
They did not pose a significant military challenge for a trained fighting force.
What were they going to do?
Moses did the only thing he knew to do.
He went to the top of the hill overlooking the battle field and he lifted his hands in prayer.
He appealed to God to fight for them.
He asked God to intervene on their behalf.
He interceded for the nation of Israel.
But there was a problem.
Moses couldn’t hold up his hands in prayer for the entire day.
Whenever he would drop his hands, Amalek would start winning.
Then, Joshua and Hur stepped in.
They had Moses sit on a rock and they held up his hands until the sun went down.
Then, for the first time, God tells man to write something down.
He told Moses to write down that he would completely blot out the memory of Amalek under heaven.
Do you think God deals seriously with people who lift their hands against the Jewish people?
I think so.
After this Moses built and altar.
He called God, Yahweh Nissi.
Yahweh Nissi - God is my Banner.
There are so many applications we could pull out of the text this morning.
We could talk about the importance of lifting your hands in prayer and worship.
We could talk about finding others who can support us in prayer.
We could talk about remembering what God has done for us; however, this morning, I want to focus on the name of God, Yahweh Nissi.
God is my Banner.
It is not very often that we use the word “banner” today like it was historically used.
Banner means to be high, raised, and conspicuous.
A raised banner is a symbol of victory.
The banner is symbolic of power and authority.
The banner is what we rally around.
As long as the banner is up, we fight.
As Americans, we rally around the Star Spangled Banner.
It is our symbol as a nation.
This is why is it so offensive, or at least it should be, when someone or some group tears down our banner and desecrates it.
We feel personally assaulted because the banner represents the power and spirit of our nation.
Now take this concept and apply it to what Moses is saying in .
God is Yahweh Nissi.
God is our Banner.
He is high and lifted up.
He is our victory.
He is our power and authority.
It is God who we rally around.
As long as God is lifted up, we fight, not against flesh and blood.
Our battle is spiritual.
We fight in the spiritual realm armed with the Word of God and prayer.
We call on God in prayer to fight for us and win the victory.
The banner leads the way.
The banner is in front of us inspiring us to move forward in victory.
God always goes before us.
He makes our paths straight and he fights our battles.
Remember this.
Victory is won when we rally around Yahweh Nissi.
We rally around Yahweh Nissi when we lift our hands in prayer asking him to do for us what we can’t do for ourselves.
We rally around Yahweh Nissi when we follow his will to do justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with him.
We rally around Yahweh Nissi when we go and make disciples by baptizing them and teaching them what Jesus taught his disciples.
We rally around Yahweh Nissi when we move from where we are to where he wants us to be.
Yahweh Nissi gives us the victory!
I don’t know much about warfare.
I do read Sun Tzu’s The Art of War yearly.
In his book, he talks about win conditions.
He talks about how nations can be victorious in battle.
It got me thinking.
Individuals don’t win wars.
Sure, one solider or a squad can change the course of a battle, but they can’t win the war by themselves.
It is the nation that wins or loses a war.
In order to win a war, the whole nation must come together to mobilize against the enemy.
History tells us that this is how World War II was won.
Everyone, whether on the front lines of battle or at home, contributed to the war effort.
The victory was won because every American came together to rally around the banner.
We saw, tragically, in subsequent wars what happens when a nation is divided against itself.
Now, let’s take this idea into the spiritual realm.
Over and over God’s Word records the necessity of believers to be unified.
It was Jesus’ prayer for us before he was crucified.
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