Sometimes you have to Stand Still

Exodus 14:10–14 NKJV

And when Pharaoh drew near, the children of Israel lifted their eyes, and behold, the Egyptians marched after them. So they were very afraid, and the children of Israel cried out to the Lord. Then they said to Moses, “Because there were no graves in Egypt, have you taken us away to die in the wilderness? Why have you so dealt with us, to bring us up out of Egypt? Is this not the word that we told you in Egypt, saying, ‘Let us alone that we may serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than that we should die in the wilderness.” And Moses said to the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which He will accomplish for you today. For the Egyptians whom you see today, you shall see again no more forever. The Lord will fight for you, and you shall hold your peace.”

Sometimes you have to Stand Still

TURN TO YOUR NEIGHBOR AND SAY... NEIGHBOR, STAND STILL

INTRODUCTION

WE ARE ALL, IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, FAMILIAR WITH THIS MORNING’S TEXT.

PARTLY BECAUSE MANY OF US HAVE BEEN RAISED IN CHURCH AND ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE STORIES FROM THE BIBLE, OR MAYBE BECAUSE MOST OF US HAVE SEEN THE MOVIE THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, WHICH STARED CHARLTON HESTON AS MOSES AND YUL BRYNNER AS RAMESES.

HOWEVER, THE HISTORICAL NARRATIVE BEFORE US THIS MORNING IS MORE THAN JUST THE STUFF OF HOLLYWOOD.

... OUR BACKGROUND OPENS WITH MOSES AND THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, PROBABLY ABOUT TWO MILLION IN STRENGTH, HEADING OUT OF EGYPT ON THEIR WAY TO THE PROMISED LAND.

AND OUR TEXT PICKS UP WITH MOSES AND THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, FREE FROM SLAVERY BUT SURROUNDED.

SURROUNDED

- ON THE NORTH BY DESERT;

- ON THE SOUTH BY DESERT;

- ON THE WEST BY PHARAOH’S FAST APPROACHING ARMY;

- AND ON THE EAST BY THE RED SEA

THIS PICTURE ALONE IS ENOUGH TO FILL THE HEART OF THE STRONGEST IN FAITH WITH DESPAIR

YET…..IN OUR TEXT THIS MORNING…..

MOSES GIVES US TWO COMMANDS AND TWO PROMISES OF DELIVERANCE

AND HELPS US TO KNOW WHAT TO DO

- WHEN IT SEEMS LIKE THERE IS NOWHERE TO RUN; IN OTHER WORDS

- WHEN IT SEEMS LIKE THERE IS NOWHERE TO RUN ….AND YOU’RE SURROUNDED BY THE DESERT OF DESPAIR ON THE NORTH

- SURROUNDED BY THE DESOLATION AND DISMAY ON SOUTH

- ANXIETY AND APPREHENSION ON THE EAST

- AND THE ENEMY OF YOUR SITUATION IS FAST APPROACHING ON THE WEST

WELL, THE FIRST COMMAND MOSES TELLS US IS...

#1. (V.13) DO NOT BE AFRAID

MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS…. WE ALL KNOW THAT IN THE BIBLE …..WORDS HAVE DIFFERENT MEANINGS.

IN FACT THIS WORD FEAR HAS FIVE GENERAL MEANINGS.

NOW, I WON’T GO INTO DETAIL BUT...

(1) THE EMOTION OF FEAR

(2) THE INTELLECTUAL ANTICIPATION OF EVIL

A. WE SEE THAT IN (1 SAMUEL 21:13) DAVID RECOGNIZES WHILE IN ACHISH’S COURT THAT HIS REPUTATION WAS A THREAT TO HIM

THE THIRD MEANING OF FEAR

(3) REVERENCE OR AWE

A.SUCH REVERENCE IS DUE TO ONE’S PARENTS (LEVITICUS 19:3) AND GOD’S NAME (PSALM 86:11).

(4) RIGHTEOUS BEHAVIOR OR PIETY

A. THIS PRACTICAL…..AND AN ACTIVE FEAR IS THE KIND OF FEAR FOR WHICH GOD REWARDED THE EGYPTIAN MIDWIVES (EXODUS 1:17, 21).

(5) FORMAL RELIGIOUS WORSHIP

HOWEVER I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THE COMMAND IN OUR TEXT FEAR DEALS WITH THE FIRST MEANING…….THE EMOTION OF FEAR...

MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS…..

I KNOW THAT THE COMMAND …..DO NOT BE AFRAID…..IS NOT AN EASY COMMAND;

LIKE ISRAEL, MANY OF US ARE GOING THROUGH SOME STUFF

AND OUR SITUATIONS WARRANTS FEAR; OUR SITUATION WARRANTS THE EMOTION OF FEAR.

YET, THE COMMAND HERE IS TO "QUIT FEARING."

IN OTHER WORDS, MOSES GIVES US THE CHARGE TO LET THE PEACE OF GOD RULE OUR HEART.

SO WHEN IT SEEMS LIKE THERE IS NOWHERE TO RUN……

THE FIRST COMMAND THAT MOSES GIVE US IS TO DO NOT BE AFRAID.

MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS…. THIS REQUIRES FAITH.

YOU SEE, MOSES WAS ABLE TO STAND FIRM BECAUSE HE DID NOT FOCUS ON THE SITUATION, NOR DID HE FOCUS ON HIS OWN ABILITY

... HE WAS ABLE TO STAND BECAUSE OF HIS CONFIDENCE IN THE LORD.

HE DID NOT ALLOW HIS EMOTIONS OF FEAR TO OVERSHADOW GOD’S PROMISE OF DELIVERANCE.

ONE OF THE GREAT LESSONS WE LEARN FROM THE BOOK OF EXODUS AS A WHOLE, AND A MESSAGE REITERATED THROUGHOUT THE SCRIPTURE, IS THAT GOD IS EVER PRESENT.

TURN TO EXODUS 13:21-22

21 AND THE LORD WENT BEFORE THEM BY DAY IN A PILLAR OF CLOUD TO LEAD THE WAY, AND BY NIGHT IN A PILLAR OF FIRE TO GIVE THEM LIGHT, SO AS TO GO BY DAY AND NIGHT. 22 HE DID NOT TAKE AWAY THE PILLAR OF CLOUD BY DAY OR THE PILLAR OF FIRE BY NIGHT [FROM] BEFORE THE PEOPLE. [EXO 13:21-22 NKJV]

THIS TELLS US THAT EVER BEFORE THEM WAS THIS PHYSICAL REMINDER THAT GOD WAS PRESENT WITH THEM.

IN FACT (V.22) SAYS THAT GOD DID NOT DEPART FROM THEM.

IN EXODUS 33:14 GOD SAYS, 14"MY PRESENCE WILL GO [WITH YOU], AND I WILL GIVE YOU REST." [EXO 33:14 NKJV]."

YOU SEE ... GOD WAS WITH HIS PEOPLE THEN….. AND HE IS WITH US TODAY.

IN FACT, JESUS PROMISES IN MATTHEW 28:20, “AND LO I AM WITH YOU ALWAYS, EVEN TO THE END OF THE AGE. AMEN”

I NEED TO LET SOMEBODY KNOW THIS MORNING THAT GOD DOES NOT WANT US TO FEAR.

IN FACT, JESUS REPEATEDLY INSTRUCTS US NOT TO FEAR.

JOHN 14:1 HE SAYS, “LET NOT YOUR HEARTS BE TROUBLED, IF YOU BELIEVE IN GOD, BELIEVE ALSO IN ME.”

REVELATION 1:17-18 JESUS SAYS,

"DO NOT BE AFRAID; I AM THE FIRST AND THE LAST. [REV 1:17 NKJV]

"I [AM] HE WHO LIVES, AND WAS DEAD, AND BEHOLD, I AM ALIVE FOREVERMORE. AMEN. AND I HAVE THE KEYS OF HADES AND OF DEATH. [REV 1:18 NKJV]

SO, WHEN IT SEEMS LIKE THERE IS NO WHERE TO RUN

#1 DO NOT BE AFRAID; FEAR NOT……DON’T BE SCARED; DON’T BE AFRAID. QUIT FEARING; QUIT THE EMOTION OF FEAR

WHY, BECAUSE GOD IS ALWAYS WITH US.

#2. THE SECOND COMMAND OF DELIVERANCE... IS FOUND RIGHT HERE IN OUR TEXT (V.13)

STAND STILL ... NOW, IF YOU THOUGHT, "DO NOT BE AFRAID" WAS HARD. HOW HARD IS IT TO STAND STILL WHEN TROUBLE SURROUNDS US?

LETS DEAL WITH THESE WORDS STAND STILL

THE HEBREW TRANSLATION HERE IS YĀṢAB (YAW-TSAB’), WHICH MEANS

(1) TO STAND

(2) SET OR

(3) STATION ONESELF, OR TO

(4) PRESENT ONESELF

WELL ... IN MY RESEARCH, I DISCOVERED THAT THIS HEBREW VERB YĀṢAB (YAW-TSAB’) STAND STILL EXPRESSES IN THE REFLEXIVE VOICE,…IN OTHER WORDS…..IT’S A COMMAND CONCERNING A RESULT OR FACT.

LET’S TRY IT THIS WAY, THE COMMAND STAND STILL OR THE ABILITY TO STAND STILL IS REFLEXIVE (LIKE A SOUND THAT YOU HEAR)

BY THE TIME YOU HEAR THE EVENT THAT CAUSED THE SOUND HAS ALREADY TAKEN PLACE.

LET ME SEE IF I CAN MAKE IT PLAIN….

IF A JET FLEW OVERHEAD FASTER THAN THE SPEED OF SOUND ... BY THE TIME YOU HEARD THE SONIC BOOM; THE JET HAS ALREADY COME AND GONE.

IN OTHER WORDS…. YOUR ABILITY TO STAND STILL HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU ... WE ARE SIMPLY REFLEXIVE OF A RESULT OR FACT OF SOMETHING THAT HAS ALREADY TAKEN PLACE.

OUR ABILITY TO STAND HAS EVERYTHING TO DO WITH GOD AND NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU INDIVIDUALLY...

IN FACT, 1 CORINTHIANS 10:12 SAY "WHEREFORE LET HIM THAT THINKETH HE STANDETH TAKE HEED LEST HE FALL. "

THE IDEA HERE ... DON’T TO THINK THAT YOU ARE ALL THAT.

THE THINKETH IN THE GREEK MEANS DOKEŌ (DOK-EH’-O).

THIS SPEAKS OF THE IDEAS THAT WE FORM IN OUR OWN MIND ABOUT OURSELVES.

THESE THOUGHTS ARE BASED ON OUR

- OWN ACCOUNT

- YOUR REPUTATION OF YOURSELF

- WHAT YOUR SEEM

- WHAT YOU SUPPOSE

- AND WHAT YOU THINK

THIS SCRIPTURE HELPS US TO UNDERSTAND ... YES, WHEN IT SEEMS LIKE THERE IS NO WHERE TO RUN, YES, STAND.

BUT DON’T ALLOW YOUR OWN ACCOUNT; YOUR OWN PLEASURE; OR REPUTATION MAKE YOU THINK THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO STAND

YEAH ... DOKEŌ (DOK-EH’-O) HELPS US TO UNDERSTAND THAT OUR ABILITY TO STAND HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH US.

SO WE ARE TOLD MY MOSES TO ...

STAND STILL, YĀṢAB (YAW-TSAB’)

- STAY RIGHT WHERE YOU ARE;

- GOD DID NOT TELL YOU TO MOVE.

- STAY RIGHT HERE ...

- STAY RIGHT THERE ….GOD DID NOT AUTHORIZE YOU TO QUIT.

- STAND STILL...

YOU TRIED IT YOUR WAY AND FAILED; YOUR WAY GOT YOU IN TROUBLE

I BELIEVE THE GOSPEL ARTIST DONNIE MCCLURKIN SAYS IT WELL…..IN HIS SONG “STAND”

WHAT DO YOU DO

WHEN YOU'VE DONE ALL YOU CAN AND IT SEEMS LIKE ITS NEVER ENOUGH

AND WHAT DO YOU SAY WHEN YOUR FRIENDS TURN AWAY AND YOU'RE ALL ALONE

TELL ME WHAT DO YOU GIVE

WHEN YOU'VE GIVEN YOUR ALL AND IT SEEMS LIKE YOU CAN'T MAKE IT THROUGH

WELL YOU JUST STAND WHEN THERE'S NOTHING LEFT TO DO

YOU JUST STAND WATCH THE LORD SEE YOU THROUGH

YES AFTER YOU'VE DONE ALL YOU CAN, YOU JUST STAND

SO AFTER, YOU DONE ALL YOU CAN; YOU JUST STAND STILL (YAW-TSAB)

- YEAH STAY IN YOUR PLACE;

- DO NOT QUIT;

- DON’T WORRY ABOUT YOUR SITUATION

- WHAT THINGS; MIGHT LOOK LIKE

- YES, THE GRASS MY LOOK GREENER ON THE OTHER SIDE, BUT YOU CAN’T CROSS OVER THE RED SEA OF YOUR SITUATION UNTIL GOD SAYS MOVE

AND IN THIS CASE; HE DIDN’T SAY MOVE HE SAID (YAW-STAB) STAND STILL.

IN OTHER WORDS ….DO WHATEVER YOU NEED TO DO TO STAY RIGHT HERE

CAUSE….. ONE OF THESE DAYS WHEN THE ROLL IS CALLED …..YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO SAY PRESENT, I’M HERE AND ACCOUNTED FOR.

YES, I AM HERE RIGHT WHERE YOU TOLD ME TO BE...

- WAITING UNTIL MY CHANGE COMES;

- HERE AT FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH….. WORKING, DOING WHAT YOU TOLD ME TO DO

- WORKING AS AN USHER

- SERVING AS A DEACON

- WORKING IN THE COMMUNITY

- TEACHING YOUR WORD

- SERVING YOUR PEOPLE

AFTER YOU DONE ALL YOU CAN ... YOU JUST STAND STILL.

SO, WE ADDRESSED THE 2 COMMANDS OF DELIVERANCE (1) DO NOT BE AFRAID (2) STAND STILL.

NOW LET US EXAMINE THE 2 PROMISES OF DELIVERANCE.

NOTICE THAT THE TWO COMMANDS OF DELIVERANCE (DO NOT BE AFRAID AND STAND) CAME BEFORE THE TWO PROMISE OF DELIVERANCE.

IF TRUTH BE TOLD….. I AM SURE WE LIKE THE PROMISES MORE THAN THE COMMANDS.

HOWEVER, WE HAVE TO FOLLOW THE COMMANDS IF WE EVER WANT TO REALIZE THE PROMISES.

WATCH THE PROMISES...

#1. THE FIRST PROMISE IS …..GOD IS OUR DELIVERER

(V.13) STAND STILL AND SEE THE SALVATION OF THE LORD.

AND THIS IS A PROMISE OF SALVATION

WELL, LET DEAL WITH THIS PROMISE OF SALVATION.

IF YOU WERE TO EXAMINE THIS WORD SALVATION HERE IN OUR TEXT…..IT MEANS DELIVERANCE.

GENERALLY SPEAKING THE DELIVERANCE…. USUALLY COMES FROM ……SOMEWHERE OUTSIDE OF THE ONE BEING OPPRESSED.

IN THE OLD TESTAMENT THE DELIVERANCE FROM ALL KINDS OF DISTRESS, BOTH NATIONAL AND INDIVIDUAL, INCLUDE ENEMIES, NATURAL CATASTROPHES, SUCH AS PLAGUE OR FAMINE, AND SICKNESS.

AND THE ONE WHO BRINGS DELIVERANCE IS KNOWN AS THE "SAVIOR."

IN THE OT IT WAS YAHWEH WHO BROUGHT THE DELIVERANCE.

HE IS KNOWN IN PSALM 68:19 AS THE "GOD OF OUR SALVATION."

WHILE IN THE NEW TESTAMENT THE IDEA OF SALVATION PRIMARILY MEANS (1) FORGIVENESS OF SIN, (2) DELIVERANCE FROM ITS POWER AND (3) THE DEFEAT OF SATAN.

ALTHOUGH THE OLD TESTAMENT POINTS IN THIS DIRECTION,

THE MAJORITY OF REFERENCES TO SALVATION SPEAK OF YAHWEH (GOD) GRANTING DELIVERANCE FROM REAL ENEMIES AND OUT OF REAL CATASTROPHES.

... AS SUCH AS IN OUR TEXT

SO NOW……. WITH THAT …….WE SHOULD HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF MOSES WHEN HE SAYS "STAND STILL AND SEE THE SALVATION (THE DELIVERANCE) OF THE LORD."

HERE, HE IS NOT TALKING ABOUT SALVATION FROM YOUR SIN ... HE IS TALKING ABOUT THE DELIVERANCE FROM YOUR ENEMIES.

HE IS TALKING ABOUT GOD DELIVERING YOU FROM THE RED SEA OF YOUR SITUATION.

STAND STILL AND SEE ... WHAT A WONDERFUL PROMISE.

HOWEVER, IT IS A PROMISE THAT COMES TO THE OBEDIENT

IT IS GOOD TO KNOW THAT GOD NEVER FORSAKE HIS OWN.

WHEN WE FOLLOW HIS LEADING, HE WILL DELIVER US FROM OUR PROBLEMS AND OUR SITUATIONS.

AND HOW DO WE TAP INTO THIS PROMISE OF DELIVERANCE...

I BELIEVE

#1. WE NEED TO OPEN YOUR EYES.

MOSES HAS ALREADY TOLD US NOT TO FEAR. OPEN YOUR EYES.

MANY OF US ARE RIDING THE ROLLER COASTER OF LIFE WITH OUR EYES CLOSED.

YES, YOUR SITUATION MAY SEEMS HOPELESS. WHEN WE OPEN OUR EYES,

WE REALIZE THAT UNLESS GOD MOVES ON OUR BEHALF, WE ARE DOOMED TO FAIL.

I NEED TO LET SOMEBODY KNOW THAT IS GOOD NEWS.

AS BELIEVERS TODAY, WE NEED TO PUT OUR CONFIDENCE IN GOD AND REALIZE THAT GOD POSITIONS US WHERE HE WANTS US, NOT WHERE WE WANT TO BE.

BEING BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA, WAS NOT WHERE THE ISRAELITES WANTED TO BE.

THEY WOULD MUCH RATHER HAVE HAD A CLEAR PATH BEFORE THEM, FREE FROM PURSUING EGYPTIANS AND THE BARRIER OF THE SEA.

BUT THAT WAS NOT WHAT GOD WANTED.

YOU SEE ... GOD POSITIONED THEM TO WHERE HE WAS THEIR ONLY HOPE, TO WHERE IF HE DID NOT DELIVER THEM, THEY WOULD NOT BE DELIVERED.

UNFORTUNATELY OR FORTUNATELY, DEPENDING ON HOW YOU WANT TO LOOK AT IT….

SOMETIMES THE ONLY WAY WE CAN RECOGNIZE OUR OWN INADEQUACY…… IS FOR GOD TO POSITION US …….TO WHERE WE HAVE NO HOPE BUT HIM.

IF WE ARE NOT CAREFUL WE COULD WALK THROUGH LIFE UNAWARE HOW HELPLESS WE REALLY ARE AND HOW DEPENDENT WE REALLY NEED TO BE.

I WANT TO LET SOMEBODY KNOW THIS MORNING THAT ... WE MIGHT AS WELL ACCEPT THE FACT;

IF WE ARE GOING TO FOLLOW GOD’S DIRECTION, HE IS GOING TO POSITION US WHERE WE HAVE TO TRUST IN HIM.

IN FACT ... THROUGHOUT SCRIPTURE, WE SEE THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

LIKE I MENTIONED IN MY SERMON LAST WEEK…..

- SADRACH, MESHACH AND ABEDNIGO WERE IN THE FIERY FURNACE…..BUT THEY TRUSTED IN GOD’S DELIVERANCE.

- DANIEL: HE PURPOSED IN HIS HEART THAT HE WOULD NOT DEFILE HIMSELF WITH THE KING’S MEAT.

WHEN EVERYBODY BOWED DOWN TO THE GOLDEN IDOL, DANIELS SAY EVERYBODY BUT ME.

HE WAS WILLING TO SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE LION’S DEN BECAUSE OF HIS CONVICTIONS.

- DAVID FACING GOLIATH

THESE ARE ALL SITUATIONS IN WHICH GOD’S DELIVERANCE WAS THEIR ONLY HOPE.

- IN THE SAME WAY….. IN YOUR LIFE AND MINE, GOD WILL PUT US IN SITUATIONS WHERE HE IS OUR ONLY HOPE.

EVEN AS GOD DELIVERED ISRAEL, WE ARE REMINDED THAT GOD IS ALSO OUR DELIVERER.

SCRIPTURE TELLS US THAT EACH OF US,

AS SINNERS, WERE IN SLAVERY TO SIN.

WE ARE IN A POSITION WHERE GOD IS OUR ONLY HOPE.

OUR SIN SEPARATES US FROM GOD AND WE CANNOT DO ANYTHING TO SAVE OURSELVES.

JUST LIKE THE ISRAELITES WERE TRAPPED BETWEEN PHARAOH AND THE SEA,

AS SINNERS WE ARE TRAPPED BETWEEN THE PENALTY OF OUR SIN

AND OUR OWN INABILITY TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

WE CAN NO MORE SAVE OURSELVES THAN ISRAEL COULD HAVE CROSSED THE SEA ON ITS OWN.

BUT GOD …..IS A GOD OF DIRECTION.

HE ALLOWS US TO COME TO THAT POINT OF REALIZATION ……TO WHERE WE SEE THE HELPLESSNESS OF OUR SITUATION;

TO WHERE WE UNDERSTAND THAT ONLY HE CAN SAVE US.

AND MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS

ON THE CROSS, JESUS PAID THE PENALTY FOR OUR SINS, AND THROUGH HIS RESURRECTION, JESUS DEFEATED DEATH, THE PENALTY OF SIN, AND HE PROVIDED A WAY FOR US TO BE IN FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD.

AND

IN THE SAME WAY THAT THE ISRAELITES SIMPLY HAD TO FOLLOW THE DRY PATH GOD HAD MADE THROUGH THE SEA,…….SO WE TOO HAVE BUT TO FOLLOW THE WAY GOD HAS MADE FOR US.

AND FINALLY, OUR SECOND PROMISE OF DELIVERANCE (V.14)

#2. ALLOW GOD TO FIGHT YOUR BATTLE

THE IDEA HERE IS VENGEANCE.

SALVATION IS NOT ONLY OFFENSIVE, BUT ALSO DEFENSIVE.

YOU SEE ... WHEN OPPOSITION COMES, WE CAN RETREAT TO A REFUGE FOR SAFETY.

IT IS GOOD TO KNOW THAT GOD IS OUR REFUGE AND STRENGTH ... A VERY PRESENT HELP IN THE TIME TROUBLE.

HE IS VICTORIOUS – THOUGH HIS DEATH ON THE CROSS JESUS FOUGHT FOR YOU AND ME, HE CARRIED OUR SINS ON HIS SHOULDERS AND THROUGH THE RESURRECTION HE WON THE VICTORY.

IN JOHN 16:33 JESUS SAYS,

"THESE THINGS I HAVE SPOKEN TO YOU, THAT IN ME YOU MAY HAVE PEACE. IN THE WORLD YOU WILL HAVE TRIBULATION; BUT BE OF GOOD CHEER, I HAVE OVERCOME THE WORLD." [JHN 16:33 NKJV]

BEFORE I TAKE MY SEAT

THIS MORNING...I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT GOD IS WITH US.

IN FACT, ONE OF OUR LORD’S NAMES, “EMANUEL” MEANS, GOD WITH US. HE WILL BE WITH YOU PERSONALLY IF YOU SURRENDER YOUR LIFE TO HIM

HE CONTINUES TO GIVE DIRECTION.

HE SAYS,

- “COME TO ME, ALL YOU WHO ARE WEARY AND HEAVY LADEN AND I WILL GIVE YOU REST.”

STAND TO YOUR FEET…. THROUGH OUT THE SANCTUARY

THIS MORNING, IF YOU’VE NEVER TRUSTED JESUS CHRIST AS YOUR LORD AND SAVIOR…..

IF YOU’VE NEVER SURRENDERED YOUR LIFE TO HIM……HIS DIRECTION TO YOU IS “COME.”

AND IF YOU COME, HE WILL DELIVER YOU.

JESUS SAYS, “ALL THAT THE FATHER GIVES ME SHALL COME TO ME, AND THE ONE WHO COMES TO ME I WILL CERTAINLY NOT CAST OUT.”

WON’T YOU FOLLOW HIS DIRECTION THIS MORNING; WON’T YOU LET JESUS BE YOUR DELIVERER?

Sometimes you have to Stand Still

BENEDICTION

NOW UNTO HIM THAT IS ABLE

TO KEEP YOU FROM FALLING,

AND TO PRESENT YOU FAULTLESS

BEFORE THE PRESENCE

OF HIS GLORY WITH EXCEEDING JOY,

TO THE ONLY WISE GOD OUR SAVIOUR,

BE GLORY AND MAJESTY,

DOMINION AND POWER,

BOTH NOW AND EVER.

AMEN.