FREEDOM - HEBREWS 11:28-29
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HEBREWS 11: 28 By faith he instituted the Passover and the sprinkling of the blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn might not touch the Israelites. 29 By faith they crossed the Red Sea as though they were on dry land. When the Egyptians attempted to do this, they were drowned.
HEBREWS 11: 28 By faith he instituted the Passover and the sprinkling of the blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn might not touch the Israelites. 29 By faith they crossed the Red Sea as though they were on dry land. When the Egyptians attempted to do this, they were drowned.
BIG IDEA: GOD USES HIS POWER THROUGH ORDINARY PEOPLE TO FACILITATE FREEDOM
BIG IDEA: GOD USES HIS POWER THROUGH ORDINARY PEOPLE TO FACILITATE FREEDOM
OUR HISTORICAL & BIBLICAL HERO: MOSES, WAS DISTURBED BY THE THE MISTREATMENT OF HIS PEOPLE. HE RESPONDED OUT OF ANGER, WHICH ULTIMATELY CAUSED HIM TO FLEE. WHILE IN FLIGHT, HE MET HIS WIFE, FOUND HIS PROFESSION, AND HAD AN ENCOUNTER WITH HIS GOD!
WHEN ONE HAS AN ENCOUNTER WITH GOD, HIS PURPOSE AND PASSIONS SHIFT!
MOSES IS GIVEN AN ASSIGNMENT TO BE THE VOICE FOR THE VOICELESS - AN ADVOCATE FOR THE OPPRESSED - A REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE WILL OF GOD ON EARTH…MOSES IS GOD’S MOUTHPIECE.
HE COMES TO PHARAOH (ON BEHALF OF GOD), WITH ONE SIMPLE REQUEST: LET MY PEOPLE GO! ((IT’S BOTH A REQUEST AND A COMMAND)).
AS MOSES AND PHARAOH NEGOTIATE BETWEEN PLAGUES, SPEECHES, SIGNS AND WONDERS, THE RELEASE OCCURS IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE PASSOVER: EXODUS 12: 1-13 & 29-32.
GOD’S WRATH FREES GOD’S PEOPLE!
AS THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL FLEE WITH THEIR POUCHES FULL OF SPOILS, THEY MAKE THEIR WAY TO FREEDOM. IN EXODUS 14, WE LEARN OF THE MIRACULOUS INTERVENTION OF A FAITHFUL GOD! REMEMBER, GOD USES HIS POWER THROUGH ORDINARY PEOPLE TO FACILITATE FREEDOM
WITH A CHANGE OF MIND, PHARAOH AND HIS OFFICIALS PURSUE! HOW QUICKLY THEY FORGET THAT IT WAS GOD WHO FORCED HIS HAND…BUT STILL THEY PURSUE (EX. 14).
PHARAOH PURSUES WITH SIX HUNDRED OF HIS BEST CHARIOTS…AS THEY REACH THE ISRAELITES, FEAR AND TREMBLING OVERCOMES THE CAMP...
FEAR WILL TEMPT US TO GO BACK!
FEAR WILL TEMPT US TO NEVER CHANGE!
FEAR WILL TEMPT US TO BELIEVE THAT GOD CANNOT HANDLE OUR ENEMIES...
MOSES EXHORTS THE PEOPLE TO NOT FEAR! TO STAND FIRM. TO SEE THE SALVATION OF THE LORD TODAY!
IN FACT, MOSES TELLS THEM TO SEE SALVATION AND BELIEVE THAT THEY’LL NEVER SEE EGYPTIANS AGAIN!
(((LOOK AT YOUR NEIGHBOR AND SAY, “SEE”)))
GOD SPEAKS TO MOSES, AND TELLS HIM WHAT TO DO: GET MOVING - AND USE WHAT I ALREADY GAVE YOU!
LIFT UP YOUR STAFF!
GOD’S WRATH FREES GOD’S PEOPLE!
GOD’S POWER FREES GOD’S PEOPLE!
THEY’VE GOT PHARAOH BEHIND THEM - THE RED SEA BEFORE THEM…AND YET THEY’RE PRESSING FORWARD.
MOSES IS STRETCHED. THE PEOPLE ARE STRESSED. AND PHARAOH IS OBSESSED!
IT’S TIME FOR ANOTHER MIRACLE!
