Exodus 4:18-31 | Deciding to Obey
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1. God will help His children obey. (4:18-23)
1. God will help His children obey. (4:18-23)
18 Moses went back to Jethro his father-in-law and said to him, “Please let me go back to my brothers in Egypt to see whether they are still alive.” And Jethro said to Moses, “Go in peace.”
sought permission- took daughter. Quit job.
Talking to father in law haha
Moses still lied. This was not the reason why he was leaving.
Still did not believe?
peace - He was not going to go in peace.
19 And the Lord said to Moses in Midian, “Go back to Egypt, for all the men who were seeking your life are dead.”
Lord said - A second conversation. He was caring for Moses. This certainly was scary.
are dead - its been 40 years. He was largely forgotten.
20 So Moses took his wife and his sons and had them ride on a donkey, and went back to the land of Egypt. And Moses took the staff of God in his hand.
ride of donkey …eygpt. Sound familiar? Jesus.
Staff of God. Picture of God’s power was going with him.
21 And the Lord said to Moses, “When you go back to Egypt, see that you do before Pharaoh all the miracles that I have put in your power. But I will harden his heart, so that he will not let the people go.
Pharaoh - saw it.
I will harden his heart. - hard statement. God caused it.
Shows God was in control. It was never dependent on Pharaoh.
22 Then you shall say to Pharaoh, ‘Thus says the Lord, Israel is my firstborn son,
Following God is hard, but not complicated.
Following God is hard, but not complicated.
23 and I say to you, “Let my son go that he may serve me.” If you refuse to let him go, behold, I will kill your firstborn son.’ ”
Which is what he did.
God is foreshadowing what it will take for Pharoah to believe.
Here is the problem: God said, I will kill your child, if you don’t believe. Then God caused Pharoah to not believe.
2. God will require His children to obey. (4:24-26)
2. God will require His children to obey. (4:24-26)
24 At a lodging place on the way the Lord met him and sought to put him to death.
sought to kill him? Huh? God can put you to death if he wants.
Joke - more than spilling coffee.
25 Then Zipporah took a flint and cut off her son’s foreskin and touched Moses’ feet with it and said, “Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me!”
Our obedience impacts others.
Our obedience impacts others.
26 So he let him alone. It was then that she said, “A bridegroom of blood,” because of the circumcision.
3. God will be faithful to his obedient children. (4:27-31)
3. God will be faithful to his obedient children. (4:27-31)
27 The Lord said to Aaron, “Go into the wilderness to meet Moses.” So he went and met him at the mountain of God and kissed him.
Mountain of God - Mt. Sinai.
Kissed him - normal.
28 And Moses told Aaron all the words of the Lord with which he had sent him to speak, and all the signs that he had commanded him to do.
29 Then Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the people of Israel.
30 Aaron spoke all the words that the Lord had spoken to Moses and did the signs in the sight of the people.
It took some signs.
31 And the people believed; and when they heard that the Lord had visited the people of Israel and that he had seen their affliction, they bowed their heads and worshiped.
Remain faithful, even when we can’t see His faithfulness.
Remain faithful, even when we can’t see His faithfulness.
CONCLUSION: