Great man in the Old Testament Birth Burning bush / Plagues Crossing Red Sea Receiving Ten Commandments Leading Israel in Wilderness
Dec 30, 2015
Great man in the Old Testament Birth Burning bush / Plagues Crossing Red Sea Receiving Ten Commandments Leading Israel in Wilderness
Great man in the Old Testament Birth Burning bush / Plagues Crossing Red Sea Receiving Ten Commandments Leading Israel in Wilderness
Mentioned in the New TestamentHeb. 11:23-27 “By Faith Moses”
There were some valley’s in his life
Born in a disadvantaged condition Parents were slaves A death Sentence
Ex. 1:221st Time
Try to Kill Him
We may have been born at a disadvantage Some use this as an excuse No Excuse for not obeying God
Raised in a corrupt environment House of Pharoah Trained as an Egyptian – Acts 7:22 System of idolatry
Our children have it rough today Many false ideas - evolution - situation ethics Enticements to sin Not an excuse to sin / we have a choice
Misunderstood and criticized Acts 7:23-27 His attempt to help his people was a disaster He fled to Midian
This sometimes happens to us Preaching the truth – people get angry Gal. 4:16 “Have I therefore become your enemy because I tell you the truth?”
He Was a Financial Failure Raised in house of Pharoah Fled Egypt without a penny - age of 40 He took the loss gladly
Heb. 11:26. Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward.
We must learn to value the right things !
If we lost all material blessings what would we do ??Blame GodQuit attending church services
Do we measure success with dollar $ign$ ?
Heb. 11:27 (ESV) He considered the reproach of Christ greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking to the reward.
Suffered from Low self-esteem Made excuses 80 years old - felt inadequate for the job Exodus 3:11 “Who am I?” Exodus 4:1 “But suppose they will not believe me”
We make excuses for not working Send someone else They won’t believe me
With God’s Help we will succeed !
He had Family Problems Zipporah – Gershom and Eliezer Exodus 4:24-26 Aaron made Golden Calf Miriam rebelled
We often have family problems Use it as excuse not to work and worship Moses did not use this excuse
2nd TimeTry to Kill Him
He had Problems with Israel Murmured many times About ready to stone himLost temper - Num. 20:10
We often have church problems Devil often gets people to quit No excuse
3nd TimeTry to Kill Him
Learn some valuable lessons from Moses:
Don’t give up when it seems we are failing
Don’t feel inadequate when God is with us
Don’t value things of this world too highly
Family problems are no excuse to disobey
Temper does not justify sinful behavior
Sermon by Arthur Pigman
Evans Church of Christ
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Evans, Ga. 30809
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Sunday Morning September 4, 2011