OUR GREATEST BOAST - THE JOY OF KNOWING THE LORD 5
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Now Moses was keeping the flock of his father-in-law, Jethro, the priest of Midian, and he led his flock to the west side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.
And the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush. He looked, and behold, the bush was burning, yet it was not consumed.
And Moses said, “I will turn aside to see this great sight, why the bush is not burned.”
When the Lord saw that he turned aside to see, God called to him out of the bush, “Moses, Moses!” And he said, “Here I am.”
Then he said, “Do not come near; take your sandals off your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.”
And he said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.
Then the Lord said, “I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters. I know their sufferings,
and I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and broad land, a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
And now, behold, the cry of the people of Israel has come to me, and I have also seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them.
Come, I will send you to Pharaoh that you may bring my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt.”
But Moses said to God, “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the children of Israel out of Egypt?”
He said, “But I will be with you, and this shall be the sign for you, that I have sent you: when you have brought the people out of Egypt, you shall serve God on this mountain.”
HE IS THE GOD WHO DELIVERS
HE IS THE GOD WHO DELIVERS
INTRODUCTION
Deliverance is needed only when one is held hostage. When we say that God is our deliverer we means that God is intent on rescuing us
Redeemer: Focus on the doctrine of the Lord as our redeemer. Consider Joe’s words I know my Redeemer lives
I. WE NEED TO KNOW THAT GOD IS ABLE TO DELIVER (v1-6)
I. WE NEED TO KNOW THAT GOD IS ABLE TO DELIVER (v1-6)
God’s Deliverance Is Rooted In His Ability to Deliver Us (v1-6)
God’s Deliverance Is Rooted In His Ability to Deliver Us (v1-6)
The burning Bush is God’s display of power before Moses to show His is able to do the unthinkable so that when he tells Moses to do the unthinkable Moses would remember.
The Burning bush was a miraculous demonstration of God’s holiness and God’s power and ability.
This great and grande deliverance of the people of God from Egypt needed
not another book
not another song
BUT A REAL, TANGIBLE, DEMONSTRATION OF THE ABILITY OF GOD TO DELIVER HIS PEOPLE FROPM THE BONDAGE AND TYRANY OF THE EGYPTIANS AND SLAVERY.
II. WE NEED TO REMEMBER HIS ATTENTIVE LOVE FOR US
II. WE NEED TO REMEMBER HIS ATTENTIVE LOVE FOR US
God’s Deliverance Is Rooted In His Attentive Love for Us (V7-8)
God’s Deliverance Is Rooted In His Attentive Love for Us (V7-8)
A. God SAW their affliction
A. God SAW their affliction
Principle: Love never takes its eyes of its Beloved
Principle: Love never takes its eyes of its Beloved
B. God HEARD their cry
B. God HEARD their cry
Principle: Love never closes its ears to the cry of its beloved
Principle: Love never closes its ears to the cry of its beloved
C. God KNOWS their suffering
C. God KNOWS their suffering
Principle: Love never forgets the suffering of its beloved
Principle: Love never forgets the suffering of its beloved
D. God Came DOWN
D. God Came DOWN
Principle: Love always identifies with the plight of its beloved
Principle: Love always identifies with the plight of its beloved
THIS OUR OUR BOAST - THAT THIS GREAT AND AWESOME GOD HAS MOVED TO DELIVER US FROM THE BONDAGES OF SIN AND SATAN.
BUT TO BOAST IN GOD LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING. WE TRUL;Y AND GENUIONELY BOAST IN THIS GOD WHO DELIVERS ONLY WHEN WE DO THIS LAST THING
III. WE MUST WALK IN OUR DELIVERANCE
III. WE MUST WALK IN OUR DELIVERANCE
AFTER SAYING WALK IN DELIVERANCE:
TRANSITION
People always speak about being delivered by the grace of God. But here is the truth: DELIVERANCE LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING:
Paul said in Corinthians 15:10
But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me.
Then in Titus 2:11-12
For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people,
training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age,
THE MAIN POINT OF 1 Corinthians 15:10 and Titus 2:11-12:
THE MAIN POINT OF 1 Corinthians 15:10 and Titus 2:11-12:
TO BE DELIVERED BY GRACE FROM SIN LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING BECAUSE:
Grace does not EXCUSE sin
Grace ENABLES and EMPOWERS righteousness
It enables our ability to Walk in our deliverance
IT IS NOT ENOUGH TO SIMPLY SAY OR CLAIM THAT GOD HAS DELIVERED ME. I MUST WALK IN MY DELIVERANCE.
HOW DO WE WALK IN DELIVERANCE?
HOW DO WE WALK IN DELIVERANCE?
1. WE MUST BE WITH THE DELIVERER
1. WE MUST BE WITH THE DELIVERER
There is no way that we can walk in the deliverance that the deliverer has given if we are not spending time with the Deliverer.
i. On the campus of Tuskegee University founded by Booker T Washington, at the center of the Campus is a monument known as “Lifting the Veil.”
ii. Slaves had been freed and now, missions faced an uncertain future. They were delivered but they did not know, specifically, how to walk in it.
iii. The monument represents the belief of Booker T that in order to have a prosperous future – in order to walk in their deliverance – blacks needed to be educated so that the veil of ignorance could be lifted.
Therefore, if we are to walk in our deliverance we must learn the habit of spending time with the deliverer. We cannot life the veil of ignorance in remaining in bondage until we go to school with the deliverer.
In the school of deliverance you have two classes: Prayer and Word. This means you have to establish the habit of time in the word time in prayer.
THE SCHOOL OF PRAYER
THE SCHOOL OF PRAYER
By Prayer the Lord EMPOWERS my spirit to persevere
By Prayer the Lord EMPOWERS my spirit to persevere
THE SCHOOL OF THE WORD
THE SCHOOL OF THE WORD
By the Word the Lord DIRECTS my path
By the Word the Lord DIRECTS my path
PSALM 119:11
I have stored up your word in my heart,
that I might not sin against you.
PSALM 119:105
Your word is a lamp to my feet
and a light to my path.
WHEN WE SPEND TIME WITH THE DELIVERER WE GAIN HIS PERSPECTIVE ON OUR SITUATIONS:
MOSES ASKS
But Moses said to God, “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the children of Israel out of Egypt?”
THE LORD RESPONDS IN VERSE 12
He said, “But I will be with you, and this shall be the sign for you, that I have sent you: when you have brought the people out of Egypt, you shall serve God on this mountain.”
2 CHRON 15 1-2:
The Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded,
and he went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: The Lord is with you while you are with him. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will forsake you.
2. BE WITH THE DELIVERED
2. BE WITH THE DELIVERED
WHEN MOSES WAS TOLD TO SPEAK TO PHARAOH TO LET HIS PEOPLE GO GOD TOLD HIM ONE THING TWO TIMES IN TWO VERSES BACK TO BACK (VERSES 15-16)
God also said to Moses, “Say this to the people of Israel: ‘The Lord, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.’ This is my name forever, and thus I am to be remembered throughout all generations.
Go and gather the elders of Israel together and say to them, ‘The Lord, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, has appeared to me, saying, “I have observed you and what has been done to you in Egypt,
God answered Moses’ questions and ANXIETIES with the biographies of the DELIVERED
God answered Moses’ questions and ANXIETIES with the biographies of the DELIVERED
THIS IS TO REMIND MOSES OF TWO REALITIES:
THIS IS TO REMIND MOSES OF TWO REALITIES:
i. That the Lord has delivered many others before him because He is faithful to His promises
i. That the Lord has delivered many others before him because He is faithful to His promises
and I promise that I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt to the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, a land flowing with milk and honey.” ’
ii. That those who we DELIVERED before him are testimonies of His DELIVERING power
ii. That those who we DELIVERED before him are testimonies of His DELIVERING power
THE IMPLICATION: THERE IS A LINEAGE OF PEOPLE WHO KNOW AND HAVE EXPERIENCED THE DELIVERING POWER OF GOD. SO DEVELOP THE HABIT OF HANGING OUT WITH THE DELIVERED SO THAT WHEN THE STRUGGLES COME I CAN WALK IN YOUR DELIVERANCE BECAUSE MY MIND IS PREPARED
THE IMPLICATION: THERE IS A LINEAGE OF PEOPLE WHO KNOW AND HAVE EXPERIENCED THE DELIVERING POWER OF GOD. SO DEVELOP THE HABIT OF HANGING OUT WITH THE DELIVERED SO THAT WHEN THE STRUGGLES COME I CAN WALK IN YOUR DELIVERANCE BECAUSE MY MIND IS PREPARED
Hang out with people who know what it means to be delivered and who are walking in deliverance
If you’re going to walk in your deliverance you have to be with delivered people. It’s hard to live in the victory of the promised land when you keep hanging out in Egypt.
If you’re going to walk in your deliverance you have to be with delivered people. It’s hard to live in the victory of the promised land when you keep hanging out in Egypt.
Deliverance is mental as much as it is a spiritual.
Deliverance is mental as much as it is a spiritual.
If you hang out with people in Egypt you don’t have Egypt thinking.
If you hang out with people in Egypt you don’t have Egypt thinking.
When you hang with the delivered and you see their walk and you hear their stories you are reminded of the Faithful God who has already delivered you too in Christ Jesus.
When you hang with the delivered and you see their walk and you hear their stories you are reminded of the Faithful God who has already delivered you too in Christ Jesus.
3. BE READY TO FIGHT TO WALK
3. BE READY TO FIGHT TO WALK
GOD SAYS TO MOSES
and I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and broad land, a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
GOD IS GOING TO BRING THEM OUT OF THE LAND CHARACTERIZED BY SUFFERING INTO A LAND THAT IS CHARACTERIZED AS GOOD AND BROAD – FLOWING WITH MILK AND HONEY (DESCRIBE THIS)
BUT GOD IS GOING TO BRING THAM OUT OF A LAND OF SUFFERING TO THIS GOOD LAND BUT WHE THEY GET TO THE GOOD LAND, THEY WILL HAVE TO TAKE OVER (8B).
KNOW AND WRAP YOUR MIND AROUND THIS TRUTH: YOUR WALKING IN DELIVERANCE WILL ALWAYS BE CONTESTED
KNOW AND WRAP YOUR MIND AROUND THIS TRUTH: YOUR WALKING IN DELIVERANCE WILL ALWAYS BE CONTESTED
IT IS A LAND
· FLOWING WITH PHYSICAL AND SPIRITUAL BLESSING
· FILLED WITH PHYSICAL AND SPIRITUAL BOOGERS
GOD DESCRIBED THE LAND BEFORE THEY SAW IT SO THAT WHEN THEY SAW IT THEY WOULD SEE IT THE WAY HE SHOWED IT TO THEM.
GOD DESCRIBED THE LAND BEFORE THEY SAW IT SO THAT WHEN THEY SAW IT THEY WOULD SEE IT THE WAY HE SHOWED IT TO THEM.
HERE IS WHAT THIS MEANS TO SHOW US:
HERE IS WHAT THIS MEANS TO SHOW US:
DELIVERANCE IS NEITHER CHEAP OR EASY– IT WILL AWAYS DEMAND THAT WE FIGHT TO WALK IN IT
DELIVERANCE IS NEITHER CHEAP OR EASY– IT WILL AWAYS DEMAND THAT WE FIGHT TO WALK IN IT
Paul tells us this life is a fight
Paul tells us this life is a fight
Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable.
So I do not run aimlessly; I do not box as one beating the air.
But I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified.
I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
BUT HERE IS THE REALITY: IT IS A FIXED FIGHT
BUT HERE IS THE REALITY: IT IS A FIXED FIGHT
LOOK AT THE EXHANGE BETWEEN GOD AND MOSES IN V11, 12
But Moses said to God, “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the children of Israel out of Egypt?”
He said, “But I will be with you, and this shall be the sign for you, that I have sent you: when you have brought the people out of Egypt, you shall serve God on this mountain.”
God said. Note the language: “when you have brought people out
Moses’ perspective was I CANT WIN THIS BATTLE!!!
God’s perspective: It’s already done Mo’
WE NEED TO REMEMBER THIS REALITY: THOUGH WE MUST FIGHT IN THIS LIFE, THE ETERNAL FIGHT HAS BEEN COMPLETED!!!
WE NEED TO REMEMBER THIS REALITY: THOUGH WE MUST FIGHT IN THIS LIFE, THE ETERNAL FIGHT HAS BEEN COMPLETED!!!
GET THIS:
WE ARE NOT FIGHTING FOR FAVOR, WE ARE FIGHTING FROM FAVOR
WE DO NOT FIGHT FOR DELIVERANCE; WE ARE FIGHTING FROM DELIVERANCE
In Christ, sin is defeated
In Christ, victory is yours
In Christ you are already delivered.
§ There will be devils who will contest your deliverance, but they are defeated
§ There will be challenges, set ups and set backs: BUT IT’S ALREADY DONE!!!