1 00:00:00,600 --> 00:00:03,680 This is City Post Church. We're about three things. 2 00:00:03,960 --> 00:00:08,160 Build equipped and send. All under the Lordship of Jesus 3 00:00:08,160 --> 00:00:11,000 Christ, a small church plant in Fort Worth, TX. 4 00:00:11,080 --> 00:00:13,320 Who decided to do things a little differently? 5 00:00:14,080 --> 00:00:18,920 Adoramos Ajesu Cristo I love city post because of the people. 6 00:00:19,320 --> 00:00:21,960 It's where I belong. We truly preach the Word. 7 00:00:22,120 --> 00:00:24,680 I love City Post because of the community we've been able to 8 00:00:24,680 --> 00:00:28,720 build to do ministry like Jesus. For light to push back darkness. 9 00:00:30,040 --> 00:00:41,320 This is city post podcast. I have two daughters. 10 00:00:41,640 --> 00:00:45,640 A. 10 year old named Elena and a 7 year old named Livi. 11 00:00:45,640 --> 00:00:49,240 Livi is 7 going on 17. And for you guys that don't know 12 00:00:49,240 --> 00:00:51,040 Elena, Elena. You know she. 13 00:00:51,040 --> 00:00:55,000 Has a very kind soul. She's always encouraging. 14 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:59,280 She loves writing notes and and drawing pictures even like when 15 00:00:59,280 --> 00:01:02,760 we go out to eat and we're not the iPad family, but we are. 16 00:01:02,840 --> 00:01:05,120 Are the family that. Brings crayons and colored 17 00:01:05,120 --> 00:01:07,600 pencils and all that stuff in order for them to. 18 00:01:08,200 --> 00:01:11,320 Allow us to eat our food. But one thing Elena has done is 19 00:01:11,320 --> 00:01:12,400 that she. Started to. 20 00:01:12,400 --> 00:01:16,480 Write notes to the waiters just saying the thank you. 21 00:01:16,680 --> 00:01:18,000 So that way we get free desserts. 22 00:01:18,800 --> 00:01:21,640 It works, trust me parents, just giving you a heads up. 23 00:01:22,720 --> 00:01:26,840 But anyway, a few weeks ago. We, we, you know, Rachel and I 24 00:01:26,840 --> 00:01:30,920 went out and we came back and there was a note, a letter on my 25 00:01:30,920 --> 00:01:33,240 dresser drawer. Because me and Elena write 26 00:01:33,240 --> 00:01:34,560 little notes. To each other. 27 00:01:34,960 --> 00:01:38,520 And I and it was probably one of the most like heartwarming, 28 00:01:38,520 --> 00:01:41,840 encouraging notes that I've. Ever received? 29 00:01:41,840 --> 00:01:43,760 And I I wanted to share it with you. 30 00:01:43,760 --> 00:01:47,280 Guys as a church, so go ahead and put that up, says hey dad, 31 00:01:47,440 --> 00:01:51,200 out of all the pastors, all the pastors are ugly except you 32 00:01:51,200 --> 00:01:54,040 love. You welcome back, Elena. 33 00:01:56,040 --> 00:02:00,200 If that don't melt your heart, I don't know what does. 34 00:02:01,760 --> 00:02:03,560 She's like all the other passes are ugly. 35 00:02:03,560 --> 00:02:05,600 Except you, Dad, I said. Thank you. 36 00:02:06,040 --> 00:02:10,400 I know tears, everything. I'm not making this up like I 37 00:02:10,400 --> 00:02:12,520 came home to this, like this is wonderful. 38 00:02:12,520 --> 00:02:15,240 I'm going to frame it. Save it great. 39 00:02:16,480 --> 00:02:19,080 But you know, the truth is, is like, it feels good. 40 00:02:19,280 --> 00:02:23,520 To get encouragement. Encouragement is a great thing, 41 00:02:24,440 --> 00:02:27,560 and sometimes many of us feed off encouragement. 42 00:02:27,880 --> 00:02:30,520 And when you're seeking the Lord and when you're following the 43 00:02:30,520 --> 00:02:34,160 Lord, encouragement helps. But what I want to? 44 00:02:34,160 --> 00:02:37,360 Look at today is what? Happens when you. 45 00:02:37,360 --> 00:02:41,400 Are saying yes to God. And you are in his will, and you 46 00:02:41,400 --> 00:02:44,560 are following Jesus, and you're following the Lord on what he's. 47 00:02:44,560 --> 00:02:48,240 Asked you to but. You don't get encouragement, you 48 00:02:48,240 --> 00:02:52,160 get blame, you get discouragement. 49 00:02:54,080 --> 00:02:57,320 Moses, what we're going to look at today as we continue the. 50 00:02:57,320 --> 00:02:59,480 Story of the Exodus and. We're going to be in. 51 00:02:59,480 --> 00:03:04,200 Exodus chapter 5 Moses is. Jumping all in last. 52 00:03:04,200 --> 00:03:06,360 Week we saw well, the last couple weeks he. 53 00:03:06,480 --> 00:03:09,040 Had an encounter with the living God in the burning. 54 00:03:09,040 --> 00:03:12,240 Bush, God revealed. Himself to Moses. 55 00:03:12,520 --> 00:03:15,520 He gave Moses his name. He he told Moses everything that 56 00:03:15,520 --> 00:03:18,360 was going to happen. And then last week we saw Moses 57 00:03:18,360 --> 00:03:20,240 had. Excuse after excuse after 58 00:03:20,240 --> 00:03:21,960 excuse. And God gave him like you're 59 00:03:21,960 --> 00:03:23,320 going to do these three miracles. 60 00:03:23,640 --> 00:03:24,960 And the miracles are really not just. 61 00:03:24,960 --> 00:03:29,120 For Pharaoh and his his boys, they're for you as well to build 62 00:03:29,120 --> 00:03:32,320 your belief. And just to catch us up a little 63 00:03:32,320 --> 00:03:38,280 bit after last week, Moses. Goes ahead and obeys the Lord. 64 00:03:38,880 --> 00:03:41,200 He goes to Jethro and he tells them, hey, I'm going to go to. 65 00:03:41,200 --> 00:03:43,880 Egypt, because this is where. God is calling me to do. 66 00:03:44,080 --> 00:03:46,240 I'm going to go with Aaron and we're going to go and we're 67 00:03:46,240 --> 00:03:48,560 going to go free our people. So Moses. 68 00:03:48,560 --> 00:03:52,440 Takes that step of faith and he walks, and then he gets there 69 00:03:52,440 --> 00:03:55,040 and he goes to. Pharaoh, and he gets. 70 00:03:55,040 --> 00:04:00,360 All of the Israel leaders and he says, hey, we need you to allow 71 00:04:00,360 --> 00:04:02,120 us to go to the. Wilderness for three. 72 00:04:02,120 --> 00:04:06,160 Days to give sacrifices and to worship our God. 73 00:04:06,760 --> 00:04:09,400 And Pharaoh says, OK, no he doesn't. 74 00:04:09,800 --> 00:04:13,560 Pharaoh is like, absolutely not. Actually, since you're not busy 75 00:04:13,560 --> 00:04:15,920 enough, since you're you're, you're not that busy, you have 76 00:04:15,920 --> 00:04:19,360 time to go to the wilderness. This is what I need y'all to. 77 00:04:19,360 --> 00:04:22,040 Do you're going to start? Making bricks and we're not 78 00:04:22,040 --> 00:04:26,440 going to give you straw, so you have to go find your own straw. 79 00:04:27,160 --> 00:04:29,920 But the quota of the bricks stays the. 80 00:04:29,920 --> 00:04:33,480 Same now if you study. The whole brick. 81 00:04:33,480 --> 00:04:35,680 Making process. I know some of us are like Home 82 00:04:35,680 --> 00:04:38,880 Depot and buy them. No, like in those days you 83 00:04:38,880 --> 00:04:40,200 needed straw. Straw. 84 00:04:40,200 --> 00:04:42,200 Was like the rebar without straw. 85 00:04:42,440 --> 00:04:45,120 The bricks actually. Collapsed, they fall apart, they 86 00:04:45,120 --> 00:04:47,560 become mush. And even if you look. 87 00:04:47,560 --> 00:04:52,080 Into like Egyptian history, they actually have proof of bricks 88 00:04:52,080 --> 00:04:53,600 that. Didn't have straw in them. 89 00:04:54,520 --> 00:04:57,760 So the Israelites. Had to go and find what they 90 00:04:57,760 --> 00:05:00,680 call. Stubble, which is like without 91 00:05:00,680 --> 00:05:02,600 hay, you just. Go to the fields and when they 92 00:05:02,600 --> 00:05:04,840 plant corn, whatever's left on the floor. 93 00:05:04,840 --> 00:05:07,520 That's what they would use. To put into the mud to make the 94 00:05:07,520 --> 00:05:10,880 bricks. So brick making is already 95 00:05:10,880 --> 00:05:14,680 difficult. Pharaoh is like, you know what, 96 00:05:15,840 --> 00:05:17,480 let's take what already is difficult and. 97 00:05:17,480 --> 00:05:20,600 Let's make it more difficult. And you know what happens when 98 00:05:20,600 --> 00:05:23,840 you don't meet your quota and you have an? 99 00:05:23,840 --> 00:05:27,000 Oppressor. The leaders get beat. 100 00:05:27,800 --> 00:05:30,320 You didn't make your quota. You're going to get beat down. 101 00:05:31,800 --> 00:05:35,640 So Moses and Aaron are doing. Exactly what God? 102 00:05:35,640 --> 00:05:39,200 Asked them to do. They did it in a way exactly the 103 00:05:39,200 --> 00:05:42,560 way that God. Said and instead. 104 00:05:42,560 --> 00:05:45,920 Of Pharaoh just. Bowing their knee, his knee. 105 00:05:45,920 --> 00:05:49,640 Like what happens? It gets worse. 106 00:05:52,120 --> 00:05:56,240 I think it's interesting that many of us jump into this whole 107 00:05:56,240 --> 00:05:58,800 like following Jesus thing. I love that verse one read 108 00:05:59,720 --> 00:06:02,360 because sometimes you're like man, if I follow Jesus my life 109 00:06:02,360 --> 00:06:03,600 is going to be a. Piece of cake, it's. 110 00:06:03,960 --> 00:06:05,360 Going to be rainbows and unicorns. 111 00:06:05,360 --> 00:06:06,880 Everything's going to work out. It's going to be great. 112 00:06:06,880 --> 00:06:08,120 Going to be. Rich, all that stuff. 113 00:06:08,440 --> 00:06:11,880 She's a lie. It actually could get difficult, 114 00:06:13,240 --> 00:06:16,120 but our God is sovereign. And there's a meaning. 115 00:06:16,120 --> 00:06:18,320 There's a purpose. For all of. 116 00:06:18,320 --> 00:06:22,440 This and this is where I want us to start in verse 22. 117 00:06:23,280 --> 00:06:27,720 Because the leaders of Israel. Are now running to Moses and 118 00:06:27,720 --> 00:06:30,600 Aaron and they're pretty much saying listen, I know what 119 00:06:30,600 --> 00:06:32,280 y'all. Are trying to do is helpful, but 120 00:06:32,280 --> 00:06:34,320 it's actually. Making it worse. 121 00:06:35,480 --> 00:06:37,000 So actually, let's go back a little. 122 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:38,680 Bit more. Look at verse 19. 123 00:06:40,040 --> 00:06:44,120 It says the Israelite overseers realize that they were in. 124 00:06:44,120 --> 00:06:47,920 Trouble when they were told you are not to reduce the number of 125 00:06:47,920 --> 00:06:51,120 bricks. Required of you for each day 126 00:06:51,640 --> 00:06:53,120 when they. Found when they left. 127 00:06:53,120 --> 00:06:55,120 Pharaoh. They found Moses and Aaron 128 00:06:55,120 --> 00:06:58,960 waiting to meet them and they said, May the Lord look on you 129 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:03,240 and judge you. You have made us obnoxious to 130 00:07:03,240 --> 00:07:07,560 Pharaoh and his officials and have put a sword in their hand 131 00:07:07,800 --> 00:07:08,800 to kill. US. 132 00:07:09,600 --> 00:07:12,040 You know what I thought was interesting when you read? 133 00:07:12,040 --> 00:07:15,080 Chapter 5. When all this goes down. 134 00:07:15,280 --> 00:07:17,760 The Israelites. You know who they ran to? 135 00:07:18,640 --> 00:07:21,240 They ran to Pharaoh. They didn't run to God. 136 00:07:23,080 --> 00:07:25,200 Funny how sometimes when we're. Oppressed. 137 00:07:25,600 --> 00:07:27,720 We. Run to the oppressor instead of 138 00:07:27,720 --> 00:07:28,800 the one that could. Free us? 139 00:07:30,080 --> 00:07:32,760 Why is that? They. 140 00:07:32,760 --> 00:07:34,840 Went to Pharaoh. They pleaded with Pharaoh. 141 00:07:35,200 --> 00:07:36,520 They were. Like man, like how you going to 142 00:07:36,520 --> 00:07:38,080 do this? To us and and and. 143 00:07:38,280 --> 00:07:39,920 Instead of just like going to Moses. 144 00:07:39,920 --> 00:07:42,240 Can we pray? Let's seek the Lord to help. 145 00:07:42,240 --> 00:07:44,760 Us. They didn't, and they're upset 146 00:07:44,760 --> 00:07:47,280 with Moses and Aaron. Now they're telling them, 147 00:07:47,280 --> 00:07:50,480 listen, it's y'all's. Fault that life is harder. 148 00:07:50,640 --> 00:07:52,200 And it. Moses like I'm just doing what 149 00:07:52,200 --> 00:07:53,200 God? Told me to do. 150 00:07:54,880 --> 00:07:56,640 So why is all this? Going on. 151 00:07:58,360 --> 00:07:59,760 So sign of. Trouble. 152 00:07:59,760 --> 00:08:03,520 They cry out to Pharaoh. But they don't go to the one 153 00:08:03,520 --> 00:08:07,760 that could truly save them. I think that we're going to 154 00:08:07,760 --> 00:08:11,080 identify a lot. With this passage because. 155 00:08:11,080 --> 00:08:15,040 Many of us in our lives, the last person we seek whenever we 156 00:08:15,040 --> 00:08:17,400 are in trouble is the only person that could truly. 157 00:08:17,400 --> 00:08:21,080 Free us. So what is it about us that 158 00:08:21,080 --> 00:08:24,080 keeps us? Running back to the one that 159 00:08:24,080 --> 00:08:28,040 does not free us. Was look at the story of Moses. 160 00:08:28,440 --> 00:08:30,040 Look at let's. Start in verse 22. 161 00:08:30,040 --> 00:08:32,159 We're going to walk through this thing and then we'll be done. 162 00:08:32,480 --> 00:08:36,960 Moses returned to the Lord and said, Why Lord? 163 00:08:38,200 --> 00:08:42,960 Why have you brought trouble? On this people, is this why you 164 00:08:42,960 --> 00:08:47,960 sent me Moses is like man, I'm doing what you asked me to do 165 00:08:47,960 --> 00:08:52,000 and instead of freeing them, you're making it worse for them. 166 00:08:52,720 --> 00:08:56,760 Now this was a good question that Moses had, because Moses he 167 00:08:56,760 --> 00:08:59,800 he boldly. Spoke his worries and his his 168 00:08:59,800 --> 00:09:01,960 troubles to the Lord, which is what we should. 169 00:09:01,960 --> 00:09:06,320 All do, but the problem is that Moses like I. 170 00:09:06,320 --> 00:09:08,640 Called last year. It has really easily. 171 00:09:08,760 --> 00:09:10,880 He has what? We call like spiritual amnesia. 172 00:09:13,440 --> 00:09:15,600 Y'all don't remember what God did last year and all of a 173 00:09:15,600 --> 00:09:17,880 sudden you run into the same thing and now you're freaking 174 00:09:17,880 --> 00:09:20,440 out again? You don't think he could provide 175 00:09:20,440 --> 00:09:22,720 like he did? Last time you don't think he'll. 176 00:09:22,720 --> 00:09:25,920 Keep you safe. Like he did last time all. 177 00:09:25,920 --> 00:09:29,360 Of us deal with this. One thing happens and now it's 178 00:09:29,360 --> 00:09:31,720 like panic mode. You don't. 179 00:09:31,720 --> 00:09:34,640 You don't think God knows? Here's the problem. 180 00:09:34,640 --> 00:09:37,320 Moses is saying God like you're bringing all this. 181 00:09:37,320 --> 00:09:38,680 Trouble to your people? What? 182 00:09:38,880 --> 00:09:43,960 And then but but remember in. Exodus chapter 3 verses. 19 and 183 00:09:43,960 --> 00:09:47,720 20 God told them this was not going to be easy. 184 00:09:48,440 --> 00:09:50,600 God said. The Lord told him, this is 185 00:09:50,600 --> 00:09:54,920 Exodus 319 and 20. I am sure that the king of Egypt 186 00:09:55,120 --> 00:09:58,320 will not let you go. He's saying that to Moses. 187 00:09:58,400 --> 00:10:00,720 He said listen, he's not going to let your people. 188 00:10:00,720 --> 00:10:07,000 Go. Not even by a mighty hand. 189 00:10:07,560 --> 00:10:09,840 So I will stretch out my hand and strike. 190 00:10:09,840 --> 00:10:12,360 Egypt with. All my wonders. 191 00:10:12,360 --> 00:10:14,600 Which I will do. In its myth. 192 00:10:15,200 --> 00:10:20,400 And after that he will let them go, God told Moses. 193 00:10:20,680 --> 00:10:23,480 He told them he he gave him the game plan. 194 00:10:23,800 --> 00:10:26,000 Listen, he's not going to let them go. 195 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:28,320 It's going to be difficult for them. 196 00:10:29,080 --> 00:10:32,400 But Moses? So easily forgets. 197 00:10:33,760 --> 00:10:36,640 And Moses says something really interesting in in verse 20. 198 00:10:36,640 --> 00:10:41,160 Two, look what he says. Why did you even send me? 199 00:10:42,120 --> 00:10:46,360 Listen, if it wasn't going to work, why am I even here? 200 00:10:46,360 --> 00:10:49,080 Some of us have experienced. This where your. 201 00:10:49,080 --> 00:10:52,440 Boss calls you into work. So you show up. 202 00:10:53,120 --> 00:10:56,320 And instead of it being busy, it's actually that's real super 203 00:10:56,320 --> 00:10:59,280 slow. And then we start, why? 204 00:10:59,280 --> 00:11:01,160 Why am I here? You y'all. 205 00:11:01,440 --> 00:11:05,080 Burning money, I could be doing something else, but now that 206 00:11:05,080 --> 00:11:07,320 I've grown up I realized, hey, that's more money on my check, 207 00:11:07,320 --> 00:11:10,520 chill out. But many of those have. 208 00:11:10,520 --> 00:11:15,040 Felt that way. Why am I here when I'm not doing 209 00:11:15,040 --> 00:11:16,960 what I thought? I was supposed to be. 210 00:11:16,960 --> 00:11:21,800 Doing, but God has a reason. And listen, in this season of 211 00:11:21,800 --> 00:11:27,320 testing for Moses, what's happening is when. 212 00:11:27,320 --> 00:11:30,200 Pharaoh rejected his request. It was like. 213 00:11:30,200 --> 00:11:33,960 All of those insecurities, all that stuff that Moses has been 214 00:11:33,960 --> 00:11:35,360 struggling with. Just. 215 00:11:35,400 --> 00:11:37,800 Stormed. Right up to his life. 216 00:11:37,800 --> 00:11:41,800 And it just came back and I can see Moses like I'm not the man 217 00:11:41,920 --> 00:11:45,000 that God should have sent, like God won't use me. 218 00:11:45,000 --> 00:11:46,600 Pharaoh and the Egyptians are. Way too. 219 00:11:46,600 --> 00:11:49,760 Strong. And the problem is even now, 220 00:11:49,760 --> 00:11:53,440 even as Moses. Took a step of faith he's still. 221 00:11:53,440 --> 00:11:55,880 Wrestling with unbelief and a lack of. 222 00:11:55,880 --> 00:11:59,600 Focus that God had. Put in him. 223 00:12:00,440 --> 00:12:05,240 There's still some unbelief that Moses has in his life, and God 224 00:12:05,240 --> 00:12:09,160 is trying to work that thing out of Moses. 225 00:12:10,400 --> 00:12:13,520 So even to this day, listen. God will use. 226 00:12:13,520 --> 00:12:18,040 Adversity to train us in order to trust Him and He's going to 227 00:12:18,040 --> 00:12:23,880 use methods and and means and ways to form us and shape us and 228 00:12:23,880 --> 00:12:25,480 to help. Our belief. 229 00:12:25,760 --> 00:12:29,840 In adversity is one of those things that God continues to 230 00:12:29,840 --> 00:12:32,120 use. Well, Ricky, how long is this 231 00:12:32,120 --> 00:12:34,800 going to go on until you're in glory? 232 00:12:34,800 --> 00:12:37,000 That's how long. God is. 233 00:12:37,040 --> 00:12:39,000 Always going to be working. For the. 234 00:12:39,000 --> 00:12:42,400 Betterment of His glory, and not yours, and not. 235 00:12:42,400 --> 00:12:45,400 Ours so adversity. Might become one of those. 236 00:12:45,400 --> 00:12:49,360 Ways and Moses. Right now, as they're coming at 237 00:12:49,360 --> 00:12:52,120 him, he's starting to have this unbelief, this doubt like. 238 00:12:52,120 --> 00:12:53,600 Lord, why do you? Even have me here. 239 00:12:53,680 --> 00:12:56,480 Your people are in trouble. Aren't you supposed to send like 240 00:12:56,480 --> 00:12:59,040 save them and free them. Why am I even here? 241 00:13:00,560 --> 00:13:02,080 And I love. What God does here? 242 00:13:03,440 --> 00:13:05,640 Well, actually, let's. Let's keep going because it gets 243 00:13:05,640 --> 00:13:10,320 worse for Moses, because then Moses is like verse 23 ever 244 00:13:10,320 --> 00:13:12,000 since I went to Pharaoh to speak. 245 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:15,320 Your name he has brought. Trouble on his people and you 246 00:13:15,320 --> 00:13:20,040 have not rescued them at all. So God, I'm saying what you told 247 00:13:20,040 --> 00:13:21,880 me to say. I gave him your name. 248 00:13:22,440 --> 00:13:25,040 Remember in the Bush you told me say I am sent you. 249 00:13:25,560 --> 00:13:27,800 I did that. None of it's working. 250 00:13:28,520 --> 00:13:30,360 You have not rescued your. People at all. 251 00:13:31,320 --> 00:13:33,120 And right now if I were. God, I would just lay. 252 00:13:33,120 --> 00:13:37,080 The heavenly smackdown on Moses evaporate them. 253 00:13:37,160 --> 00:13:41,840 But God doesn't do that because point #1 So when we're dealing 254 00:13:41,840 --> 00:13:45,200 with our doubts and we're, we're dealing with like those hard 255 00:13:45,200 --> 00:13:48,040 times and we're trying to serve. The Lord, what I love, what God 256 00:13:48,040 --> 00:13:51,920 does here is that God. Does not come after Moses. 257 00:13:52,240 --> 00:13:55,840 God actually meets Moses in the middle of the mess. 258 00:13:57,040 --> 00:13:59,680 Listen, when we're going, when we're serving the Lord and 259 00:13:59,680 --> 00:14:02,880 things are getting difficult and we're confused and our life just 260 00:14:02,880 --> 00:14:05,440 seems like like, man, I don't know what I'm do what's. 261 00:14:05,560 --> 00:14:07,800 God, you. Called me to this and it's not 262 00:14:07,800 --> 00:14:09,560 working. What's happening instead? 263 00:14:09,560 --> 00:14:12,360 Of God. Wagging his finger at Moses. 264 00:14:12,880 --> 00:14:15,040 Or. God eliminating Moses? 265 00:14:15,520 --> 00:14:18,440 What God? Does because our God is. 266 00:14:18,960 --> 00:14:24,200 Slow to anger, great compassion and kind God comes to the middle 267 00:14:24,200 --> 00:14:26,600 of the mess that Moses is in right now. 268 00:14:26,600 --> 00:14:28,600 Or that Moses. Feels that he's. 269 00:14:28,600 --> 00:14:33,840 In and God is going to explain to Moses. 270 00:14:34,200 --> 00:14:38,160 Why? He's going to remind Moses. 271 00:14:38,520 --> 00:14:41,000 That I believe that the. Same thing that he does to 272 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:43,760 remind. Us, because that's the God that 273 00:14:43,760 --> 00:14:46,680 we serve. Now listen the confrontation 274 00:14:46,800 --> 00:14:50,320 that Moses had with Pharaoh. Moses probably thought this was 275 00:14:50,320 --> 00:14:52,920 a one and done thing. I saw. 276 00:14:52,920 --> 00:14:55,000 God and he told me it was going to happen. 277 00:14:55,240 --> 00:14:59,440 So it should have just. Already happened, but now he 278 00:14:59,440 --> 00:15:03,440 provoked this angry sentiment. Of Israel by the. 279 00:15:03,440 --> 00:15:05,920 Egyptians and of Moses by Israel. 280 00:15:06,600 --> 00:15:10,840 So now everybody's mad. Everybody's mad at everybody. 281 00:15:12,560 --> 00:15:14,760 Pharaohs mad. Because this dude tried to. 282 00:15:14,760 --> 00:15:17,200 Come and tell me to free my people now works not getting 283 00:15:17,200 --> 00:15:19,120 done. So I'm going to push on on the 284 00:15:19,440 --> 00:15:21,560 Israelites. Now the Israelite leaders are 285 00:15:21,560 --> 00:15:23,240 mad because. They got to meet this. 286 00:15:23,240 --> 00:15:25,080 Quota and they got to do even more work. 287 00:15:25,240 --> 00:15:27,880 So they got to go all. Over Egypt to find some stubble 288 00:15:28,080 --> 00:15:32,200 and then another met at Moses and Aaron now Moses is mad 289 00:15:32,320 --> 00:15:35,840 because they're coming at him and now Moses is mad at God and 290 00:15:35,840 --> 00:15:38,200 shaking his. 1st and what God does is. 291 00:15:38,200 --> 00:15:40,800 God does not just wipe. Everybody out. 292 00:15:40,960 --> 00:15:43,920 God comes down and says I'm going to meet you where you're 293 00:15:43,920 --> 00:15:45,880 at. And listen guys. 294 00:15:45,880 --> 00:15:49,680 That is the God that we serve. That's exactly what God. 295 00:15:49,680 --> 00:15:52,280 Does he meets us? Where we at 'cause he's. 296 00:15:52,280 --> 00:15:56,360 Loving and he's kind, but he's also holy and righteous. 297 00:15:56,640 --> 00:16:01,160 Don't get it twisted, there is an expectation with our Lord. 298 00:16:02,680 --> 00:16:06,440 So let's see what happens. Look at verse one in chapter 6. 299 00:16:07,160 --> 00:16:09,880 Then the Lord said to Moses, Now you. 300 00:16:09,880 --> 00:16:12,680 Will see what I will do to Pharaoh. 301 00:16:12,960 --> 00:16:15,960 Because of my mighty hand, He will let them go. 302 00:16:16,080 --> 00:16:19,680 Because of my mighty hand, He will drive them out of this 303 00:16:19,680 --> 00:16:21,600 country. What did God tell Moses? 304 00:16:21,600 --> 00:16:25,360 Is God's sake because of you? No, he's like, no, because of my 305 00:16:25,360 --> 00:16:27,760 hand, all those people are going to leave. 306 00:16:28,760 --> 00:16:30,560 And no, they're not just going to leave. 307 00:16:30,880 --> 00:16:36,040 Pharaoh is going to force them out because something else that 308 00:16:36,040 --> 00:16:38,840 I'm. Starting to realize too that 309 00:16:38,840 --> 00:16:40,640 even if. Pharaoh were to open the door 310 00:16:40,640 --> 00:16:42,720 and said y'all could leave. They wouldn't leave. 311 00:16:45,080 --> 00:16:49,120 Because when you are oppressed and when you're in slavery, 312 00:16:49,120 --> 00:16:51,120 sometimes it's not you leaving slavery. 313 00:16:51,240 --> 00:16:52,800 Sometimes it's slavery leaving you. 314 00:16:54,360 --> 00:16:56,520 And if it does not leave you, no matter. 315 00:16:56,520 --> 00:16:59,000 Where you go, you. Will never be free. 316 00:16:59,680 --> 00:17:01,240 You're always going to be oppressed. 317 00:17:01,400 --> 00:17:04,119 And you're always going to be in slavery because you have not 318 00:17:04,119 --> 00:17:06,079 accepted the freedom that comes through a. 319 00:17:06,079 --> 00:17:10,720 Relationship with Christ. And our faith is taking a hit 320 00:17:11,000 --> 00:17:13,720 and God is saying, listen, my mighty hand is going to do this. 321 00:17:13,920 --> 00:17:16,960 My mighty hand is going to get Pharaoh to drive them all out. 322 00:17:18,480 --> 00:17:20,560 I feel like I. Read this somewhere man. 323 00:17:20,839 --> 00:17:25,920 Mark chapter 3 verse 27 when we see it's in the New Testament. 324 00:17:25,920 --> 00:17:29,760 In fact, this is what 27 says. In fact, no one can enter a 325 00:17:29,760 --> 00:17:32,080 strong man's. House without first tying. 326 00:17:32,080 --> 00:17:35,000 Him up then he could plunder the strong man's house. 327 00:17:35,000 --> 00:17:36,680 Would you say is like man the the oppressor? 328 00:17:36,680 --> 00:17:40,000 Needs to be oppressed first. In order for them to leave, the 329 00:17:40,000 --> 00:17:45,600 strong has to be overtaken and then they could go and right 330 00:17:45,600 --> 00:17:47,200 now. Pharaoh is pretty. 331 00:17:47,200 --> 00:17:49,120 Confident because of the strategy. 332 00:17:49,280 --> 00:17:52,280 That he put in place to oppress the Israelites. 333 00:17:53,440 --> 00:17:55,400 Because even when he presses hard, you know who the 334 00:17:55,400 --> 00:18:00,520 Israelites are running to him. Even with all his abuse. 335 00:18:00,520 --> 00:18:02,400 And all his, all the. Stuff he's doing to the. 336 00:18:02,400 --> 00:18:05,960 Israelites, for some reason they come running to Pharaoh and not 337 00:18:05,960 --> 00:18:10,880 to Moses or not pleading to God. So the oppressed. 338 00:18:11,720 --> 00:18:14,360 Is the ones that are pushing back. 339 00:18:15,280 --> 00:18:18,360 And Moses was discouraged because. 340 00:18:19,360 --> 00:18:21,480 He was too. Impressed by Pharaoh? 341 00:18:21,600 --> 00:18:25,000 And not impressed enough by God. He's. 342 00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:29,840 Looking at everything that's happening and he and he's so 343 00:18:29,840 --> 00:18:34,400 impressed by how Pharaoh is handling everybody and how 344 00:18:34,400 --> 00:18:40,560 everybody's running to Pharaoh. That he forgets and. 345 00:18:40,560 --> 00:18:44,240 He's not impressed enough by God and I think that's. 346 00:18:44,240 --> 00:18:49,160 A word for all of us. How sometimes we focus so much 347 00:18:49,560 --> 00:18:54,080 on what is oppressing us. That we forget to talk about. 348 00:18:54,080 --> 00:19:01,280 What is freeing us? Don't focus so much on what has 349 00:19:01,520 --> 00:19:05,320 pushed you down, but focus more on what has. 350 00:19:05,320 --> 00:19:11,760 Freed you and maybe just. Maybe that might be the reason. 351 00:19:12,320 --> 00:19:15,600 Why you're Why all of us are. Discouraged or why Moses? 352 00:19:15,600 --> 00:19:18,400 Is discouraged because the focus. 353 00:19:18,400 --> 00:19:22,600 Is not on the freedom the focus is on the oppression even in our 354 00:19:22,600 --> 00:19:26,960 freedom we tend to focus more on the oppressor instead of the 355 00:19:26,960 --> 00:19:35,800 Liberator and God wants to free us of everything so God right 356 00:19:35,800 --> 00:19:38,760 now is in control of it all. He's saying, listen, I'm going 357 00:19:38,760 --> 00:19:42,440 to free everybody. I'm going to go ahead and and 358 00:19:42,440 --> 00:19:44,400 Pharaoh's going to be the one that's going to push everybody 359 00:19:44,400 --> 00:19:45,680 out. My hand's going to make this 360 00:19:45,680 --> 00:19:48,720 happen. Now look what God does in verse 361 00:19:48,720 --> 00:19:52,080 2, because he tells Moses how he's going to do it. 362 00:19:52,560 --> 00:19:56,600 But then he reminds Moses he almost like he checks Moses a 363 00:19:56,600 --> 00:19:57,600 little bit. What? 364 00:19:57,600 --> 00:19:58,600 Look at verse 2. Easy. 365 00:19:58,600 --> 00:20:02,160 Verse to memorize God also said to Moses. 366 00:20:02,520 --> 00:20:04,640 I. Am the Lord. 367 00:20:06,320 --> 00:20:09,520 What does God do here? I am Yahweh. 368 00:20:11,120 --> 00:20:12,880 That would doubt he God. Is giving him the name. 369 00:20:12,960 --> 00:20:16,720 Understand who I am before you come and talk to me like that. 370 00:20:18,640 --> 00:20:20,440 So point #2. How do we fire? 371 00:20:20,440 --> 00:20:22,560 Discouragement. God doesn't just meet us in our 372 00:20:22,560 --> 00:20:25,200 mess. God gives us his name. 373 00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:31,640 God reminds. Us that he is Yahweh, He is the 374 00:20:31,640 --> 00:20:34,480 God. Who controls? 375 00:20:34,480 --> 00:20:37,400 He's the He gives us his name. Like you said, draw. 376 00:20:37,560 --> 00:20:41,040 God draws us. Out to draw us near, and the way 377 00:20:41,040 --> 00:20:43,360 he draws us near is he meets. With us. 378 00:20:43,440 --> 00:20:46,800 But then he's like, remember, I'm not just like any other God. 379 00:20:47,120 --> 00:20:50,040 I'm not in the tomb still, I'm a living God. 380 00:20:50,240 --> 00:20:54,720 I am Yahweh. And he tells them, because he's 381 00:20:54,720 --> 00:20:57,560 going to talk about those who became before Moses. 382 00:20:57,560 --> 00:20:58,800 Look at verse three. He goes. 383 00:20:58,800 --> 00:21:00,800 Listen, I. Appeared to Abraham, and to 384 00:21:00,800 --> 00:21:03,960 Isaac and to Jacob as God Almighty. 385 00:21:04,200 --> 00:21:09,480 El Shaddai, but by my name the Lord did not make myself fully 386 00:21:09,480 --> 00:21:13,400 known to them. I and I also established my 387 00:21:13,400 --> 00:21:17,680 covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, where they 388 00:21:17,680 --> 00:21:22,240 resided as foreigners. What is God telling them here? 389 00:21:23,160 --> 00:21:25,960 Listen to. Your your patriarchs, I. 390 00:21:25,960 --> 00:21:30,640 Revealed my name to them and I showed them I am God Almighty. 391 00:21:30,960 --> 00:21:35,560 They experienced El Shaddai. But you, Moses, are going to 392 00:21:35,560 --> 00:21:39,240 experience Yahweh They. Saw El Shaddai, they saw. 393 00:21:39,240 --> 00:21:40,840 God Almighty. But you're going to. 394 00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:43,160 You're going to see my. Character you're going to 395 00:21:43,160 --> 00:21:44,520 experience. Miracles. 396 00:21:44,680 --> 00:21:46,920 There's some things that you're going to experience, Moses. 397 00:21:47,040 --> 00:21:48,280 That they. Didn't get a chance to. 398 00:21:48,280 --> 00:21:51,600 See that they planted but. You're going to reap from what 399 00:21:51,600 --> 00:21:54,400 they saw. I am the Lord, even though I 400 00:21:54,400 --> 00:21:55,920 didn't make myself fully known to them. 401 00:21:55,920 --> 00:21:59,280 Listen, I'm going to make myself fully known to you. 402 00:21:59,720 --> 00:22:01,360 And he goes on. And why does he say? 403 00:22:01,360 --> 00:22:05,040 Yahweh, because listen God. Doesn't just make covenants, He 404 00:22:05,040 --> 00:22:09,680 also keeps covenants. God keeps every single covenant 405 00:22:09,840 --> 00:22:12,400 that he makes. Why is that such a big deal to 406 00:22:12,400 --> 00:22:13,720 us? Because. 407 00:22:13,720 --> 00:22:17,560 Many of us live our lives with people promising us stuff and 408 00:22:17,560 --> 00:22:21,000 they don't keep it. So whenever we hear somebody 409 00:22:21,160 --> 00:22:25,360 like that makes a promise or somebody that makes a condition, 410 00:22:25,840 --> 00:22:28,880 immediately we think it must be conditional. 411 00:22:29,920 --> 00:22:31,400 He might be making this covenant. 412 00:22:31,400 --> 00:22:34,360 But man, if the weather is not good or if I mess it up, or you 413 00:22:34,360 --> 00:22:36,080 know what, maybe my kids Jack it up. 414 00:22:36,280 --> 00:22:38,080 Like, no, that's not what God is saying. 415 00:22:38,200 --> 00:22:41,480 God saying I'm Yahweh, that means that the covenant I make 416 00:22:41,600 --> 00:22:42,960 is the covenant I'm going to keep. 417 00:22:43,520 --> 00:22:47,640 So, Sir, some of us. Because we've been lied to so 418 00:22:47,640 --> 00:22:50,400 much or hurt so much, whenever we read something in the 419 00:22:50,400 --> 00:22:53,800 scripture that God promises us, we think condition. 420 00:22:54,560 --> 00:22:56,240 And what God saying no, it's covenant. 421 00:22:57,200 --> 00:22:59,520 It's not condition. Regardless of what happens, I'm 422 00:22:59,520 --> 00:23:01,520 going to keep my promises to you. 423 00:23:01,520 --> 00:23:04,480 Why? Because I am the Lord. 424 00:23:04,840 --> 00:23:09,760 I am the I am, I am Yahweh. Many of us need to start 425 00:23:09,760 --> 00:23:14,560 changing the way that we think and start believing in the. 426 00:23:14,600 --> 00:23:18,800 Scriptures and what God is. Calling us to now look at verse. 427 00:23:18,800 --> 00:23:22,000 5. Moreover, I have heard the 428 00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:24,200 groaning. Of the Israel as God. 429 00:23:24,200 --> 00:23:26,920 Is continually explaining to Moses. 430 00:23:27,560 --> 00:23:32,360 He hears what's. Going on from the Egyptians are 431 00:23:32,360 --> 00:23:35,360 enslaving and I have remembered what did he say? 432 00:23:35,360 --> 00:23:39,680 My what? My covenant, my promise, the 433 00:23:39,680 --> 00:23:42,320 land of Canaan. I I, I remember like I'm going 434 00:23:42,320 --> 00:23:46,440 to. Do this God. 435 00:23:46,440 --> 00:23:51,440 Cannot go back on his word. Do you understand that when God 436 00:23:51,440 --> 00:23:54,080 speaks and says something, it's going to happen? 437 00:23:54,760 --> 00:23:57,120 The 2 words that you will never hear from God? 438 00:23:58,000 --> 00:24:06,600 My bad, sorry. Not this time, no. 439 00:24:07,360 --> 00:24:10,760 Because of God, who he is, He will always keep his. 440 00:24:10,760 --> 00:24:14,600 Promises y'all remember. He will always keep his promises 441 00:24:15,440 --> 00:24:19,240 because he's Yahweh. Now what he does here? 442 00:24:19,240 --> 00:24:24,560 Is crazy because now God. Is going to give seven I will 443 00:24:24,560 --> 00:24:27,680 statements he's about to tell Moses. 444 00:24:27,680 --> 00:24:31,040 What he's going to do? Just to let Moses give. 445 00:24:31,040 --> 00:24:34,240 Moses a heads up. So look at verse 6. 446 00:24:34,320 --> 00:24:35,800 We're going to read verse 6 through 8. 447 00:24:36,680 --> 00:24:38,720 Pay attention. It's really important for us to 448 00:24:38,720 --> 00:24:40,440 really. Focus on We have your Bible. 449 00:24:40,440 --> 00:24:44,240 We should just underline every. Time it says I will, I will, I 450 00:24:44,240 --> 00:24:45,720 will. This is so so. 451 00:24:45,720 --> 00:24:48,240 Encouraging this is so. Good look at verse 6. 452 00:24:48,640 --> 00:24:51,160 Therefore, say to the Israelites, this is what? 453 00:24:51,160 --> 00:24:53,160 You can tell them because they're the ones that are coming 454 00:24:53,160 --> 00:24:54,680 at y'all. I am the Lord. 455 00:24:55,080 --> 00:24:59,400 I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians. 456 00:24:59,800 --> 00:25:03,280 I will free. You from being slaves to them. 457 00:25:03,640 --> 00:25:07,080 I will. Redeem you with an outstretched 458 00:25:07,080 --> 00:25:10,360 arm and with acts of judgment I will. 459 00:25:10,360 --> 00:25:13,400 Take you. As my own people and I. 460 00:25:13,400 --> 00:25:17,480 Will be your God. Then you will know that I am the 461 00:25:17,480 --> 00:25:20,040 Lord. Your God, who brought you? 462 00:25:20,120 --> 00:25:21,840 Out from under the. Yoke of the. 463 00:25:21,840 --> 00:25:26,960 Egyptians, because I am the Lord, and I will bring you to 464 00:25:26,960 --> 00:25:30,840 the land I swore. With uplifted hand to give to. 465 00:25:31,640 --> 00:25:36,240 To Isaac and to Jacob. I will give you give it to you. 466 00:25:36,640 --> 00:25:39,160 As a possession. And then look how he ends it. 467 00:25:39,360 --> 00:25:43,040 Because I am the Lord, because I am Yahweh. 468 00:25:45,080 --> 00:25:48,000 What is God doing here? God is. 469 00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:51,040 Reassuring to Moses, listen this. 470 00:25:51,040 --> 00:25:53,960 Repetitive, I will. He does that seven times. 471 00:25:54,200 --> 00:25:58,840 That means that God is marking this as a personal, direct 472 00:25:58,840 --> 00:26:03,720 involvement. To Israel's affairs, he's like. 473 00:26:04,160 --> 00:26:07,320 I'm personally seeing to. This I will. 474 00:26:07,360 --> 00:26:10,960 Do these things that. Means that this is a. 475 00:26:11,000 --> 00:26:14,400 Certain fulfillment. Of what God is. 476 00:26:14,400 --> 00:26:17,320 Telling Israel he does it 7 times. 477 00:26:18,640 --> 00:26:24,200 I will, I will I? Will as I was looking at this. 478 00:26:24,200 --> 00:26:27,480 There was a text that I feel like the Holy Spirit showed me. 479 00:26:29,120 --> 00:26:30,200 And I was. Reading I was. 480 00:26:30,200 --> 00:26:31,720 Like I will like think about this. 481 00:26:31,800 --> 00:26:34,000 I'm I'm going to read the seven things just real quickly. 482 00:26:34,920 --> 00:26:37,000 I will bring you out. I will. 483 00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:39,160 Rescue you from bondage. I will redeem you. 484 00:26:39,520 --> 00:26:43,040 I will take you as my people. I will be your God. 485 00:26:43,040 --> 00:26:45,200 I will. Bring you into the land, I will. 486 00:26:45,440 --> 00:26:49,160 Give it to you as heritage. Why? 487 00:26:50,920 --> 00:26:56,240 Guys, when God promises something, it doesn't just stay 488 00:26:57,720 --> 00:27:03,760 in an area of time. These promises are for the Lord 489 00:27:03,760 --> 00:27:08,160 for all of eternity. And as I was studying this, I 490 00:27:08,160 --> 00:27:09,000 was. Really like Lord? 491 00:27:09,000 --> 00:27:11,600 Like what? Everybody go to Ephesians 492 00:27:11,600 --> 00:27:14,440 chapter 1. Ephesians 1. 493 00:27:15,960 --> 00:27:22,440 I want to read this Ephesians one. 494 00:27:24,200 --> 00:27:25,880 Because I feel like we. We just need to go a little bit. 495 00:27:25,880 --> 00:27:31,160 Deeper here. God is not just making promises. 496 00:27:31,600 --> 00:27:36,480 To the Israelites, God is. Declaring and proclaiming that 497 00:27:36,480 --> 00:27:38,880 he. Is Yahweh, He is God. 498 00:27:38,880 --> 00:27:41,480 He's not just El Shaddai. That means that you're going to 499 00:27:41,480 --> 00:27:46,600 experience some things in his life and his character Ephesians 500 00:27:46,600 --> 00:27:49,600 chapter 1. Think of remember those I will 501 00:27:49,600 --> 00:27:51,720 statements. I'm just going to read through 502 00:27:51,720 --> 00:27:55,400 this beginning in verse. Three, praise be to God the 503 00:27:55,400 --> 00:27:59,200 Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, whom. 504 00:27:59,480 --> 00:28:03,720 Has blessed us in all the heavenly realms for every 505 00:28:03,720 --> 00:28:07,520 spiritual blessing in Christ. For He chose us. 506 00:28:07,720 --> 00:28:11,080 In Him, before the creation of the world, to be holy and 507 00:28:11,080 --> 00:28:14,600 blameless in His sight, in love, He predestined us. 508 00:28:14,600 --> 00:28:16,920 Don't be scared of that word. That just means chosen before 509 00:28:16,920 --> 00:28:20,440 time, right? He predestined us for adoption 510 00:28:20,440 --> 00:28:22,600 to sonship through Jesus. Christ. 511 00:28:23,040 --> 00:28:26,440 In accordance with all the pleasure and will to the. 512 00:28:26,440 --> 00:28:30,360 Praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely. 513 00:28:30,360 --> 00:28:32,720 Given us in the one who? He. 514 00:28:32,720 --> 00:28:36,200 Loves. In Him we have redemption, and 515 00:28:36,200 --> 00:28:38,920 through His blood, the forgiveness of sins in 516 00:28:38,920 --> 00:28:41,800 accordance. With the riches of God's grace. 517 00:28:42,080 --> 00:28:45,440 That he lavished on us. With all wisdom. 518 00:28:45,440 --> 00:28:50,280 And understanding, He made known to us the mystery of his will 519 00:28:50,280 --> 00:28:53,360 according to his good. Pleasure, which he proposed. 520 00:28:53,520 --> 00:28:56,960 Which he purposed in. Christ to be put into. 521 00:28:56,960 --> 00:29:02,360 Effect when the times reach their full fulfillment to bring 522 00:29:02,360 --> 00:29:06,720 unity, but all things in heaven and on earth and under Christ 523 00:29:06,880 --> 00:29:10,320 and Him we were also chosen, haven't been predestined 524 00:29:10,440 --> 00:29:13,720 according to the plan of Him who works out everything in 525 00:29:13,960 --> 00:29:16,320 conformity. With the purpose of his will. 526 00:29:16,640 --> 00:29:19,520 In order that we who were in the. 527 00:29:19,880 --> 00:29:21,840 Who were the first to put our hope? 528 00:29:21,840 --> 00:29:25,560 In Christ might be. For the praise of His glory. 529 00:29:26,240 --> 00:29:30,880 And you also were included in Christ when you heard the 530 00:29:30,880 --> 00:29:34,280 message of truth, the gospel of your salvation, when you 531 00:29:34,280 --> 00:29:39,040 believed that you were marked in Him with a seal and a promised 532 00:29:39,040 --> 00:29:42,720 holy. Spirit, who is a deposit A. 533 00:29:42,720 --> 00:29:46,920 Deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption 534 00:29:46,920 --> 00:29:47,960 of. Those who are. 535 00:29:47,960 --> 00:29:51,920 God in God's possession. To the praise of His glory. 536 00:29:52,240 --> 00:29:55,880 Why is that so important? Listen, Ephesians, one matches 537 00:29:55,880 --> 00:29:58,080 every single promise, and I will. 538 00:29:58,200 --> 00:30:02,840 That God gave the Israelites. And those promises are not just 539 00:30:02,840 --> 00:30:04,200 for them. Our promises are for. 540 00:30:04,200 --> 00:30:05,320 Us. They're for you. 541 00:30:05,320 --> 00:30:10,720 Who believe in Christ 2nd Corinthians 120 for no matter 542 00:30:10,720 --> 00:30:13,920 how many promises God has made. They are, yes. 543 00:30:13,920 --> 00:30:19,280 In Christ, and so through him, the Amen is spoken by us to the 544 00:30:19,280 --> 00:30:21,040 glory of. God every. 545 00:30:21,040 --> 00:30:23,920 Promise that God has given us from the beginning to the. 546 00:30:23,920 --> 00:30:28,240 End are yes, because of Christ. Listen, we receive it. 547 00:30:28,240 --> 00:30:32,560 I will bring them out of bondage when Jesus. 548 00:30:32,560 --> 00:30:35,240 Shows up, he says I. Will bring them out of bondage 549 00:30:35,240 --> 00:30:38,080 from their sin. I will bring. 550 00:30:38,080 --> 00:30:40,880 I will. Rescue them from bondage. 551 00:30:41,960 --> 00:30:44,560 I will free them from the bondage of their sin. 552 00:30:44,760 --> 00:30:47,000 I will redeem you. I will. 553 00:30:47,000 --> 00:30:50,480 Redeem you because of sin. There is a chasm with the holy 554 00:30:50,480 --> 00:30:53,200 and righteous God, and Jesus says I'm going to redeem us. 555 00:30:53,200 --> 00:30:57,320 Back to God I will. Take you as my people, Jesus 556 00:30:57,320 --> 00:31:00,040 says. Because of me and the sacrifice, 557 00:31:00,200 --> 00:31:04,520 you are now going to be sons and daughters of God through the 558 00:31:04,520 --> 00:31:08,080 principle of adoption. I will be your God. 559 00:31:08,760 --> 00:31:10,280 Jesus says I'm going to reconcile. 560 00:31:10,280 --> 00:31:15,240 You. Through a new birth, so that way 561 00:31:15,240 --> 00:31:19,080 you are a new creation. I will bring you into the land. 562 00:31:19,360 --> 00:31:21,600 Listen, we're not going to Canaan, but listen, we're going 563 00:31:21,600 --> 00:31:23,040 somewhere better called eternity. 564 00:31:24,400 --> 00:31:25,600 I'm going to bring you to the land. 565 00:31:25,600 --> 00:31:28,920 I'm going to bring you to the presence of God and then I. 566 00:31:28,920 --> 00:31:31,000 Will give it to you. As an inherit. 567 00:31:31,240 --> 00:31:34,600 As a heritage. Jesus says listen, your future 568 00:31:34,600 --> 00:31:39,000 is taken care of because of me, all the promises. 569 00:31:39,000 --> 00:31:41,160 All the I. Will statements that God has 570 00:31:41,160 --> 00:31:44,360 given Israelites don't just stay? 571 00:31:44,360 --> 00:31:47,080 There, because of Christ, we're able to say. 572 00:31:47,080 --> 00:31:49,200 Yes and Amen to the promises of God. 573 00:31:51,280 --> 00:31:52,760 Do you all believe that? This morning. 574 00:31:54,680 --> 00:32:00,160 Now here's what's crazy. Even after all of this in verse 575 00:32:00,160 --> 00:32:04,120 9, Moses. Moses goes to the Israelites. 576 00:32:04,160 --> 00:32:07,920 And he tells them everything. He tells them everything. 577 00:32:09,200 --> 00:32:10,440 So before. I read that. 578 00:32:11,640 --> 00:32:14,640 That look at .3. Number one, God meets us in the 579 00:32:14,640 --> 00:32:18,280 middle of the mess #2 He gives us the name Yahweh and #3 He 580 00:32:18,280 --> 00:32:22,760 gives us His promises. That means that His covenant 581 00:32:22,760 --> 00:32:26,760 always comes true. His promises are always yes and 582 00:32:26,760 --> 00:32:28,240 Amen because of Jesus. Christ. 583 00:32:29,120 --> 00:32:31,920 We get his promises as well. And listen, if that don't 584 00:32:31,920 --> 00:32:33,320 encourage you, I don't know what will. 585 00:32:35,400 --> 00:32:37,160 That's one of the greatest encouragements. 586 00:32:37,520 --> 00:32:40,640 As I read his word, I'm like, Lord, I've seen you do this. 587 00:32:41,120 --> 00:32:42,960 I've seen it. That means that it's going to. 588 00:32:43,200 --> 00:32:47,240 Yes, because of Christ we get His. 589 00:32:47,600 --> 00:32:52,200 Promises as well. Now Moses runs to the people. 590 00:32:53,280 --> 00:32:54,240 He's. Probably all like. 591 00:32:54,840 --> 00:32:56,240 I don't know how Moses was feeling. 592 00:32:56,240 --> 00:32:57,880 I don't know if he was lit up. I don't know if he was like. 593 00:32:57,880 --> 00:32:59,360 Yeah, like. I know I. 594 00:32:59,360 --> 00:33:03,760 Was, but look what. Happens in verse 9, Moses. 595 00:33:03,760 --> 00:33:08,160 Reported this to the Israelites. But they did not listen to him. 596 00:33:08,400 --> 00:33:11,080 Why? Because of their discouragement 597 00:33:11,280 --> 00:33:15,320 and harsh labor. Another term is an anguished 598 00:33:15,320 --> 00:33:19,760 spirit. See, the bondage was so. 599 00:33:19,760 --> 00:33:22,320 Hard on the Israelites that it actually blocked. 600 00:33:22,880 --> 00:33:25,280 Out even the stirring words of Moses. 601 00:33:26,200 --> 00:33:29,320 That Moses was going to deliver them, that God was going to do 602 00:33:29,320 --> 00:33:33,200 it, but their broken. Spirit and their harsh slavery. 603 00:33:33,800 --> 00:33:35,680 Caused them to go like this to Moses. 604 00:33:38,000 --> 00:33:39,880 I'm out. Ain't true. 605 00:33:41,360 --> 00:33:42,960 We're trying to make bricks. Without. 606 00:33:42,960 --> 00:33:46,240 Straw, Moses. And you're saying God's going to 607 00:33:46,240 --> 00:33:50,480 free us? That's what oppression does. 608 00:33:51,560 --> 00:33:54,360 And when people are oppressed so strongly by their sin, even the 609 00:33:54,360 --> 00:33:58,360 promises of God sounds like storytelling. 610 00:33:59,640 --> 00:34:01,640 But they're not stories. They're. 611 00:34:01,640 --> 00:34:06,760 Real because of Christ, so. They don't. 612 00:34:07,840 --> 00:34:09,000 They don't respond. But you know what? 613 00:34:09,000 --> 00:34:12,400 God does God. Does not turn his back on the 614 00:34:12,400 --> 00:34:18,760 Israelites because they respond. God actually chases them because 615 00:34:18,760 --> 00:34:22,000 they understands that they have a broken spirit. 616 00:34:22,000 --> 00:34:27,320 And in verse 10 And then the Lord said to Moses, go tell 617 00:34:27,320 --> 00:34:30,719 Pharaoh, king of. Egypt to let the Israelites. 618 00:34:30,719 --> 00:34:33,840 Out of his country. And look what Moses says. 619 00:34:33,840 --> 00:34:36,960 Here we go again. If the. 620 00:34:36,960 --> 00:34:38,679 Israelites will not listen to me. 621 00:34:39,560 --> 00:34:44,040 Why would Pharaoh listen to me since I speak with faltering? 622 00:34:44,040 --> 00:34:48,880 Lips back to square. One with Moses, it's funny, it's 623 00:34:48,880 --> 00:34:54,800 just this constant this constant insecurity with Moses and God 624 00:34:54,800 --> 00:34:57,160 tells him everything he's going to do He's like man, they're not 625 00:34:57,160 --> 00:35:02,320 going to listen to me how how's Pharaoh now? 626 00:35:02,320 --> 00:35:05,560 I found this interesting this we just kind of wrap. 627 00:35:05,560 --> 00:35:09,240 Up today. You know it's when you read 628 00:35:09,240 --> 00:35:13,120 chapter 5. Pharaoh tells the Israelites to 629 00:35:13,120 --> 00:35:15,560 go. Get their own straw collector. 630 00:35:15,840 --> 00:35:20,560 It is called stubble. Like I said and a question came 631 00:35:20,560 --> 00:35:24,280 to mind. If the Bible says that the 632 00:35:24,720 --> 00:35:31,160 Israelites were scattered all over Egypt, why didn't they just 633 00:35:31,160 --> 00:35:35,360 leave? Why didn't they just bounce? 634 00:35:36,640 --> 00:35:40,720 Moses left. There are no police chasing him. 635 00:35:41,640 --> 00:35:45,120 Aaron left. Moses went all the way to 636 00:35:45,120 --> 00:35:47,240 Midian. Why didn't the? 637 00:35:47,240 --> 00:35:50,280 Israelites, Hey, go get some. Stubble. 638 00:35:50,280 --> 00:35:53,120 All right, at 12:00 and they just bounced. 639 00:35:53,120 --> 00:35:55,720 Ladies, leave. What is it? 640 00:35:56,480 --> 00:36:00,760 Why that's? What I'm going to end .4 because 641 00:36:00,760 --> 00:36:03,160 I think sometimes a predictable slavery. 642 00:36:04,280 --> 00:36:07,720 Feels a little bit safer. Than an unpredictable freedom. 643 00:36:09,480 --> 00:36:13,600 For some of us, we've been. So used to. 644 00:36:13,600 --> 00:36:16,760 Being oppressed. We've been so used to being in 645 00:36:16,760 --> 00:36:22,720 our sin that the human condition craves safety and control. 646 00:36:24,120 --> 00:36:27,520 We like to know. That what we're going to do. 647 00:36:27,520 --> 00:36:29,160 We we could. Control like we know what's 648 00:36:29,160 --> 00:36:34,280 going to happen. And for the Israelites, for. 649 00:36:34,280 --> 00:36:36,320 Many of them. It was like I feel. 650 00:36:36,320 --> 00:36:42,240 Safer being under Pharaoh's oppression than being in 651 00:36:42,240 --> 00:36:44,920 freedom, not knowing what's going to happen. 652 00:36:47,480 --> 00:36:52,040 It's easier. For me to be predicting even if 653 00:36:52,080 --> 00:36:55,480 I'm I'm I'm my slavery. And then we see this later on as 654 00:36:55,480 --> 00:36:58,120 they're roaming the. Desert for 40 years. 655 00:36:58,440 --> 00:37:01,360 And Moses, like they see everything going and they're 656 00:37:01,360 --> 00:37:03,640 like, well, at least under. Pharaoh, we had food. 657 00:37:06,960 --> 00:37:09,520 Safety and control. Are what we crave. 658 00:37:10,800 --> 00:37:13,120 You don't believe me? That's why many of. 659 00:37:13,120 --> 00:37:17,080 Us we rather rather. Stay in a toxic relationship 660 00:37:17,080 --> 00:37:22,960 because that feels safer than loneliness, many of us. 661 00:37:22,960 --> 00:37:26,680 Wait, like we refuse? To let go of victimhood. 662 00:37:26,680 --> 00:37:31,520 Status because that feels. Safer than actually forgiving 663 00:37:31,520 --> 00:37:33,600 someone and moving on and letting. 664 00:37:33,600 --> 00:37:36,480 Go because it's way harder to live. 665 00:37:36,480 --> 00:37:38,720 Free instead of me just saying well it's because. 666 00:37:38,720 --> 00:37:44,280 Of their fault. Many of us rather get played and 667 00:37:44,280 --> 00:37:46,960 taken. Advantage of because that's at 668 00:37:46,960 --> 00:37:49,240 least I get a hug if I get to do. 669 00:37:49,240 --> 00:37:54,600 That I know everybody's laughing at me, but I get attention. 670 00:37:55,760 --> 00:37:59,880 Listen, we stay in our safety Nets. 671 00:38:00,680 --> 00:38:05,480 We we stay in our conformity. You know, we could even think 672 00:38:05,480 --> 00:38:06,960 about this. I was thinking about like even 673 00:38:06,960 --> 00:38:10,560 in ministry or or even in the. Whole religious space. 674 00:38:11,400 --> 00:38:14,920 We get so comfortable in our routines because if anything 675 00:38:14,920 --> 00:38:16,760 else, we're going to be uncomfortable. 676 00:38:16,960 --> 00:38:20,000 It's going to be unpredictable. It threatens our control. 677 00:38:20,400 --> 00:38:22,320 So listen, let's just play it safe. 678 00:38:22,760 --> 00:38:24,200 Let's. Just be comfortable and preach 679 00:38:24,200 --> 00:38:26,120 the same. We're going to sing the same 680 00:38:26,120 --> 00:38:27,160 thing. We're going to. 681 00:38:27,160 --> 00:38:29,600 Do the same exact thing. So that way. 682 00:38:29,600 --> 00:38:33,240 I know the response that I'm going to receive and God is 683 00:38:33,240 --> 00:38:38,200 saying no. You can't be comfortable. 684 00:38:38,200 --> 00:38:42,840 In the supernatural, he's like, I'm trying to take you out of 685 00:38:42,840 --> 00:38:46,320 the natural and I'm trying to show you something supernatural, 686 00:38:46,320 --> 00:38:48,920 but that's going to cause. You to do this. 687 00:38:48,960 --> 00:38:52,280 And let go of control. It is going to cause you to not 688 00:38:52,280 --> 00:38:55,080 just let go of control, but it's going to cause you. 689 00:38:55,280 --> 00:38:59,200 To do this. I don't know what's going to 690 00:38:59,200 --> 00:39:01,240 happen. But I trust you, safety. 691 00:39:01,240 --> 00:39:06,000 Gone, control, gone. It's all letting go of familiar 692 00:39:06,000 --> 00:39:09,040 pain feel safer than an unfamiliar freedom. 693 00:39:09,080 --> 00:39:11,040 And listen, I want to encourage you this morning. 694 00:39:11,040 --> 00:39:14,800 God wants to free you. But you have got to let go. 695 00:39:15,480 --> 00:39:20,720 Of familiarity and being comfortable on what's oppressing 696 00:39:20,720 --> 00:39:22,160 you. You've got to let that go, 697 00:39:23,840 --> 00:39:24,880 Ricky. How do I do that? 698 00:39:26,720 --> 00:39:32,240 Jesus. Jesus is God in the flesh. 699 00:39:32,240 --> 00:39:35,680 He came to free us. Sometimes we want to avoid the 700 00:39:35,680 --> 00:39:37,640 right. Decision because it risks. 701 00:39:37,640 --> 00:39:40,040 Us losing approval from other people. 702 00:39:42,320 --> 00:39:43,800 I don't know if I want to follow Jesus. 703 00:39:43,800 --> 00:39:47,840 I might lose some friends, actually, You know what, you're 704 00:39:47,840 --> 00:39:50,880 not wrong, but I'll. Take you a step further. 705 00:39:51,520 --> 00:39:54,840 You don't just you lose friends, you're going to lose everything. 706 00:39:57,160 --> 00:40:00,640 But God doesn't save you. From something God saves you to 707 00:40:00,640 --> 00:40:04,680 something God is not saving the. Israelites. 708 00:40:04,880 --> 00:40:07,040 To get him out of bondage, God is saving the. 709 00:40:07,040 --> 00:40:09,520 Israelites to. Get him to the Promised Land 710 00:40:09,640 --> 00:40:13,000 because that was covenant that he made before Moses even showed 711 00:40:13,000 --> 00:40:15,080 up. And all of this stuff points to 712 00:40:15,160 --> 00:40:17,760 Jesus Christ. The promise is Jesus. 713 00:40:17,760 --> 00:40:21,280 Oh, and by the way, Moses never even got to see the Promised 714 00:40:21,280 --> 00:40:26,560 Land because he sinned against God and God said you ain't going 715 00:40:26,560 --> 00:40:29,240 in. But God had something so much 716 00:40:29,240 --> 00:40:34,120 better for Moses because as Jesus is standing there on the 717 00:40:34,120 --> 00:40:38,240 mountain, Elijah, and you know who else shows up? 718 00:40:38,840 --> 00:40:41,760 Moses. God says you know what? 719 00:40:41,760 --> 00:40:43,160 You didn't get to see the promised land. 720 00:40:43,240 --> 00:40:45,040 You got to experience the. Promise. 721 00:40:45,040 --> 00:40:47,840 Because I'm Yahweh, I am the Lord. 722 00:40:49,160 --> 00:40:50,520 You didn't just see El Shaddai, you're going. 723 00:40:50,520 --> 00:40:52,640 To get to experience. I am. 724 00:40:54,880 --> 00:40:57,240 So I'm going to pray for us as we worship together.