1 00:00:14,079 --> 00:00:17,359 Welcome to the Lansdale Life Church podcast. 2 00:00:18,420 --> 00:00:24,100 If you're seeking a closer relationship with Jesus Christ, this podcast is for you. 3 00:00:24,900 --> 00:00:26,580 Thank you for joining us today. 4 00:00:35,300 --> 00:00:42,700 So we are looking, continuing in Hebrews chapter 11, the Hall of Faith. 5 00:00:42,820 --> 00:00:45,460 This is the Hall of Faith part six. 6 00:00:46,420 --> 00:00:48,880 Faith is greater than fear. 7 00:00:49,439 --> 00:00:56,439 And, you know, there's so many things that we can get fearful of, aren't they? 8 00:00:59,280 --> 00:01:02,880 And one thing is starting this message without praying. 9 00:01:03,460 --> 00:01:04,859 I should be very afraid of that. 10 00:01:05,060 --> 00:01:06,680 So let's pray now. 11 00:01:06,859 --> 00:01:10,060 Father God, we thank you that you are here. 12 00:01:10,560 --> 00:01:13,299 You're in our presence, in our midst, Lord God. 13 00:01:14,079 --> 00:01:18,939 And Lord, we know that your Holy Spirit wants to do something that no man can do. 14 00:01:19,719 --> 00:01:25,640 Lord God, that you want to reach into our mind and our heart and transform it to be like yours. 15 00:01:26,459 --> 00:01:27,920 Lord, thank you for your word. 16 00:01:28,060 --> 00:01:30,299 It's so precious, like we were singing. 17 00:01:30,700 --> 00:01:33,040 Your word is a lamp unto my feet. 18 00:01:33,260 --> 00:01:36,519 Like we can't even walk without knowing what your word says. 19 00:01:36,819 --> 00:01:37,840 So Lord, thank you for that. 20 00:01:38,659 --> 00:01:43,879 And Lord, we just look forward with eagerness on what you're going to do in us today. 21 00:01:44,920 --> 00:01:46,120 And so thank you, Lord. 22 00:01:46,319 --> 00:01:47,840 Thank you for that wonderful worship. 23 00:01:47,840 --> 00:01:49,799 Thank you for our beloved saints here. 24 00:01:50,540 --> 00:01:52,140 And we just rejoice in you. 25 00:01:52,260 --> 00:01:53,700 In Jesus' name, amen. 26 00:01:54,980 --> 00:01:58,359 So as I was saying, there's a lot of things we can be fearful of. 27 00:01:59,159 --> 00:02:00,640 One thing is health. 28 00:02:00,900 --> 00:02:02,719 We can get fearful about our health. 29 00:02:02,859 --> 00:02:05,799 I remember, what was it now, like four months ago, 30 00:02:06,760 --> 00:02:10,080 I was in the, about to be sent up to the ICU, 31 00:02:11,099 --> 00:02:14,840 but I was like gasping for my life, you know. 32 00:02:15,400 --> 00:02:17,699 It was a combination of things with my lungs, 33 00:02:17,800 --> 00:02:21,400 and then a combination of medicines that didn't agree with each other. 34 00:02:21,439 --> 00:02:23,419 And I just remember thinking, is this it? 35 00:02:25,060 --> 00:02:27,840 And thinking, I don't even know if my heart can stand this. 36 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:32,400 You know, I remember just thinking, I just can't endure much longer of this. 37 00:02:32,479 --> 00:02:33,680 It was really bizarre. 38 00:02:33,919 --> 00:02:36,539 I never had asthma that bad in my life. 39 00:02:37,300 --> 00:02:38,520 And so praise the Lord. 40 00:02:38,979 --> 00:02:41,180 In fact, I'm so thankful for a great medicine. 41 00:02:41,300 --> 00:02:42,979 If you have breathing problems, come and see me. 42 00:02:43,460 --> 00:02:44,400 I'm taking it. 43 00:02:44,560 --> 00:02:48,340 It's amazing now, and I could do away with a lot of other things. 44 00:02:48,479 --> 00:02:53,080 But that fear, you know, that you think like, what if this is that, you know. 45 00:02:54,119 --> 00:02:59,180 And, but, you know, that fear of health and also fear of our loved ones, 46 00:02:59,280 --> 00:03:00,340 you know, being sick. 47 00:03:00,580 --> 00:03:01,960 As you know, maybe you might not know, 48 00:03:02,039 --> 00:03:05,759 but our son Jesse, who was playing the drums back in the back here, 49 00:03:07,340 --> 00:03:08,719 you know, he had some knee surgery. 50 00:03:08,719 --> 00:03:11,319 They removed something and, oh, you're right there. 51 00:03:14,219 --> 00:03:17,580 And, but, you know, I, when something happens to your kid, 52 00:03:17,699 --> 00:03:21,439 those of you who have kids, it's like it's happening to you, isn't it? 53 00:03:21,680 --> 00:03:24,000 It's like worse because it's like you're, 54 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:27,759 you're bearing what's happening to them on yourself, you know. 55 00:03:28,240 --> 00:03:34,419 And our little grandson coast down in Florida had these random like bumps 56 00:03:34,419 --> 00:03:37,159 and then suddenly it spread into like hives. 57 00:03:37,280 --> 00:03:39,740 And we're like, what is going on here out of nowhere, you know. 58 00:03:39,979 --> 00:03:41,680 So we're praying for him and everything. 59 00:03:41,680 --> 00:03:45,099 And just thinking, and of course Morgan is, you know, fearful. 60 00:03:45,439 --> 00:03:48,520 And it's hard not to drift into some fear every now and then, isn't it? 61 00:03:48,860 --> 00:03:50,379 And she's afraid like, what happened? 62 00:03:50,560 --> 00:03:51,639 Did he get bit by something? 63 00:03:51,939 --> 00:03:52,879 So praise the Lord. 64 00:03:52,960 --> 00:03:54,840 We don't know what, why or what it was, 65 00:03:54,879 --> 00:03:58,560 but it's dissipating now almost gone from his body. 66 00:03:58,659 --> 00:03:59,780 You know, that's prayer, right? 67 00:04:00,580 --> 00:04:02,879 And, but it's, it's easy to fall into fear. 68 00:04:03,039 --> 00:04:06,199 I know I've spoken to so many people afraid about their jobs 69 00:04:06,199 --> 00:04:13,259 with transitioning and AI and various things with the economy. 70 00:04:13,400 --> 00:04:16,199 Wondering like, I wonder if my job is still going to be here, 71 00:04:16,259 --> 00:04:21,639 you know, being fearful about that, fearful about relationships, you know. 72 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:26,980 You know, fearful about offending someone or stepping on their toes or, 73 00:04:26,980 --> 00:04:33,279 or, you know, saying something or doing something that they won't forgive you of. 74 00:04:33,379 --> 00:04:35,459 You know, there's just fear all around, right? 75 00:04:35,459 --> 00:04:40,939 But praise the Lord that like faith, we can, we can look to Jesus 76 00:04:41,539 --> 00:04:46,500 and just have faith in him that he can resolve whatever the issues are, 77 00:04:46,600 --> 00:04:50,259 even when we're part of the problem, he can fix us first. 78 00:04:50,600 --> 00:04:53,399 So we can help fix the whole situation, you know, 79 00:04:53,920 --> 00:04:57,420 because you know, fear really brings darkness into our lives, isn't it? 80 00:04:57,500 --> 00:04:59,459 It's like, we suddenly don't know where we're going. 81 00:04:59,759 --> 00:05:02,839 Like that, like we were singing about, you know, a lamper to our feet. 82 00:05:02,839 --> 00:05:08,860 We don't even know where to go because everything is so dark in our fear. 83 00:05:09,139 --> 00:05:11,279 We make panicked decisions. 84 00:05:12,399 --> 00:05:16,500 We get paralyzed, right, by fear that we can't even make a decision. 85 00:05:16,620 --> 00:05:19,399 And then when we do, we make the wrong decision, right? 86 00:05:21,180 --> 00:05:27,000 As a little analogy, my wonderful wife bought me something recently. 87 00:05:27,199 --> 00:05:29,899 I've been jogging outside again a lot, you know, 88 00:05:29,899 --> 00:05:34,540 and I've been jogging earlier and earlier and it stays dark so late, right? 89 00:05:35,180 --> 00:05:38,180 So I'm like, I got to get out there, you know, it's like 6 a.m. 90 00:05:38,180 --> 00:05:40,240 I got other things I got to do and so forth. 91 00:05:40,339 --> 00:05:41,339 It's still pitch black. 92 00:05:41,639 --> 00:05:45,379 So she got me this little light, you strap on your chest, right? 93 00:05:45,500 --> 00:05:47,720 I won't bother to put it on though, right? 94 00:05:48,700 --> 00:05:49,980 Turn it down, right? 95 00:05:50,259 --> 00:05:52,040 Hey, we got some other stuff going on here too. 96 00:05:52,860 --> 00:05:53,980 How's that? You like that? 97 00:05:54,699 --> 00:05:55,639 That'll wake you up. 98 00:05:56,019 --> 00:05:58,579 I'm going to do that whenever I see someone dozing off to this one. 99 00:06:00,100 --> 00:06:01,819 Luke, will you be the blinker guy? 100 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:03,300 If I hand this to you, you go up. 101 00:06:03,879 --> 00:06:06,180 But it doesn't have a siren, that's the problem. 102 00:06:06,819 --> 00:06:11,240 But like, you know, but as I put this thing on and I go outside, 103 00:06:11,420 --> 00:06:14,959 it's pitch black and we live kind of in a rural area with woods 104 00:06:14,959 --> 00:06:16,680 and the roads aren't the best. 105 00:06:16,939 --> 00:06:20,300 So it's great when you could put this on, it's pitch black 106 00:06:20,300 --> 00:06:23,699 and you're jogging suddenly you could see everything in front. 107 00:06:23,819 --> 00:06:25,779 You see the road, you see if there's potholes, 108 00:06:26,100 --> 00:06:28,420 see if there's stick stones you're going to step on. 109 00:06:28,420 --> 00:06:30,839 And more than that, even the woods, I'm thinking, 110 00:06:31,060 --> 00:06:34,300 what if like a coyote's in the woods waiting to jump on me? 111 00:06:34,319 --> 00:06:36,079 I don't know if it would, but you know, 112 00:06:36,240 --> 00:06:38,439 or some random bear that's lost. 113 00:06:38,839 --> 00:06:40,819 Hey, there's some lunch or breakfast, right? 114 00:06:41,579 --> 00:06:43,420 And so as you're, you know, but it's like, 115 00:06:43,519 --> 00:06:48,100 it just gives brings more safety to my, to my job, you know, 116 00:06:48,560 --> 00:06:51,120 and a little mace in the other pocket doesn't hurt either, 117 00:06:51,120 --> 00:06:53,439 just in case a stray dog comes after me. 118 00:06:53,800 --> 00:06:55,879 But, you know, the idea is like that, you know, 119 00:06:55,879 --> 00:06:58,259 when we're in fear, we're blind. 120 00:06:58,420 --> 00:07:00,360 It's so dark, isn't it, in this world? 121 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:01,959 And it's like, we don't know where we're going, 122 00:07:02,040 --> 00:07:04,040 but the Lord, when we have faith in him, 123 00:07:04,060 --> 00:07:06,060 he just brings light, he sheds light 124 00:07:06,060 --> 00:07:07,699 on everything we're doing. 125 00:07:08,100 --> 00:07:10,300 He sheds light on our path 126 00:07:10,300 --> 00:07:12,740 and helps us to see where we're going. 127 00:07:13,579 --> 00:07:16,420 And so today we're gonna look at fear 128 00:07:16,420 --> 00:07:18,839 and especially fear of man, you know, 129 00:07:19,180 --> 00:07:21,920 and fear of the situation and circumstances 130 00:07:22,560 --> 00:07:26,279 that we're involved with with Moses and Israel, 131 00:07:26,839 --> 00:07:28,519 because like we see that the Lord, 132 00:07:28,639 --> 00:07:29,680 when they had faith in him, 133 00:07:29,759 --> 00:07:33,779 they no longer had fear of man or their circumstances. 134 00:07:34,740 --> 00:07:36,519 And that's a great thing, isn't it? 135 00:07:36,639 --> 00:07:39,860 So I wanna just kind of tiny rewind 136 00:07:39,860 --> 00:07:42,279 and we mentioned Joseph last week, 137 00:07:42,680 --> 00:07:44,639 but Joseph was sold into slavery. 138 00:07:45,220 --> 00:07:48,800 He was falsely accused of trying to rape Potiphar's wife. 139 00:07:49,040 --> 00:07:51,180 He was sent into prison, was there for a few years. 140 00:07:51,180 --> 00:07:54,160 Finally, because of an interpretation of a dream, 141 00:07:54,540 --> 00:07:56,560 two years after that, he was released. 142 00:07:56,759 --> 00:07:59,000 Now he's second in command with Pharaoh. 143 00:07:59,540 --> 00:08:01,259 So he's large and in charge. 144 00:08:01,860 --> 00:08:05,079 And then when Israel, I won't go through this story, 145 00:08:05,180 --> 00:08:07,300 but ends up in Egypt with him 146 00:08:07,939 --> 00:08:11,680 and a total of 70 Israelites, it's a tribe, really, 147 00:08:11,819 --> 00:08:14,939 of Israel in the land of Goshen. 148 00:08:15,079 --> 00:08:17,319 In fact, we have a little map, I think, 149 00:08:17,439 --> 00:08:20,339 up there of Goshen or Goshen, 150 00:08:20,339 --> 00:08:21,600 however you wanna pronounce it. 151 00:08:21,879 --> 00:08:23,620 I usually pronounce things incorrectly, 152 00:08:23,860 --> 00:08:26,060 but it was up here, it was a lush land. 153 00:08:26,259 --> 00:08:28,040 Like somehow out of all of Egypt, 154 00:08:28,839 --> 00:08:31,839 the Lord placed them in the best of the land 155 00:08:31,839 --> 00:08:35,320 because they said, we are shepherds, okay? 156 00:08:35,679 --> 00:08:37,620 And shepherds were considered kind of nasty 157 00:08:37,620 --> 00:08:39,600 to the Egyptians, put them away, 158 00:08:39,600 --> 00:08:41,320 but actually they had the best of the land. 159 00:08:41,799 --> 00:08:44,320 And so they stayed there for a long time, 160 00:08:44,659 --> 00:08:46,259 thriving in the land. 161 00:08:47,179 --> 00:08:48,600 And then after about, you know, 162 00:08:48,940 --> 00:08:52,700 between 150, 200 plus years of doing well, 163 00:08:52,919 --> 00:08:55,639 suddenly Pharaoh started to realize, 164 00:08:55,759 --> 00:08:58,899 you know, these people, they're growing in number, 165 00:08:59,059 --> 00:09:01,639 why are we like letting them have this wonderful land 166 00:09:01,639 --> 00:09:02,860 without working for it? 167 00:09:03,059 --> 00:09:05,960 Well, they work, but, and without serving us, 168 00:09:06,399 --> 00:09:09,019 you know, we are in charge of this area. 169 00:09:09,139 --> 00:09:11,379 So they became slaves over time. 170 00:09:11,539 --> 00:09:13,580 They say the slavery lasted either 171 00:09:13,580 --> 00:09:16,460 between 200 to 150 years 172 00:09:16,460 --> 00:09:19,620 before what we're gonna talk about today 173 00:09:19,620 --> 00:09:21,860 when Moses is born. 174 00:09:22,360 --> 00:09:28,860 So this was a time where they were really serving as slaves. 175 00:09:29,919 --> 00:09:32,820 And so what we're gonna read about now 176 00:09:32,820 --> 00:09:36,039 is how Moses was born into this 177 00:09:36,039 --> 00:09:41,139 and how through faith overcame their circumstances 178 00:09:41,819 --> 00:09:44,139 and a great deliverance happened, right? 179 00:09:44,779 --> 00:09:48,419 And so let's take a look at Hebrews chapter 11. 180 00:09:50,019 --> 00:09:51,879 And up to this point, 181 00:09:53,620 --> 00:09:58,279 there were, as Pharaoh saw these Israelites 182 00:09:58,279 --> 00:10:01,480 were multiplying like crazy, okay? 183 00:10:02,080 --> 00:10:04,159 As they're being suppressed, they're multiplying. 184 00:10:04,340 --> 00:10:07,620 And what was once 70 people who entered the land 185 00:10:08,259 --> 00:10:10,799 is now with most estimates between two 186 00:10:10,799 --> 00:10:13,100 to two and a half million people. 187 00:10:13,480 --> 00:10:15,299 Because we read in Exodus 14 188 00:10:15,299 --> 00:10:19,779 that there were actually 600,000 men of fighting age. 189 00:10:20,120 --> 00:10:22,940 So you figure now they have wives, that's 1.2. 190 00:10:23,340 --> 00:10:25,559 And then a couple of kids, I mean, it was easily 191 00:10:25,559 --> 00:10:28,820 at least two to two and a half million people. 192 00:10:28,940 --> 00:10:32,379 A nation grew in Egypt from 70 people. 193 00:10:32,659 --> 00:10:33,940 So that's phenomenal, right? 194 00:10:34,519 --> 00:10:36,879 And so as Pharaoh saw this, he says, 195 00:10:36,879 --> 00:10:39,379 they are spreading, we just can't keep them down. 196 00:10:39,879 --> 00:10:43,759 And so he said to the Israelite Shifra and Pua, 197 00:10:44,139 --> 00:10:46,500 hey, listen, whenever you get there 198 00:10:46,500 --> 00:10:49,259 and these Israelite women are about to give birth, 199 00:10:49,399 --> 00:10:51,100 I want you to kill the male child. 200 00:10:51,220 --> 00:10:52,879 We wanna get rid of the men, okay? 201 00:10:53,340 --> 00:10:54,419 It's okay to have women, 202 00:10:54,779 --> 00:10:57,820 but we gotta get rid of the fighting men of Israel 203 00:10:57,820 --> 00:10:59,759 because they'll join forces with our enemies. 204 00:11:01,659 --> 00:11:04,899 So he said, whenever you get there to give birth, 205 00:11:04,899 --> 00:11:07,960 the midwives kill the male child. 206 00:11:08,519 --> 00:11:14,539 So apparently these were vigorous birth women in labor 207 00:11:15,059 --> 00:11:20,080 and they had babies quickly and Shifra and Pua 208 00:11:20,080 --> 00:11:23,419 and whoever else they employed to go and be these midwives 209 00:11:23,939 --> 00:11:25,279 didn't get there in time, 210 00:11:25,379 --> 00:11:27,559 or at least that's what they told Pharaoh, right? 211 00:11:28,259 --> 00:11:31,039 And so these children weren't getting killed. 212 00:11:31,220 --> 00:11:32,399 So finally Pharaoh said, all right, 213 00:11:32,440 --> 00:11:33,080 here's what we're gonna do. 214 00:11:33,080 --> 00:11:36,960 Any Egyptian, if you hear about an Israelite woman 215 00:11:36,960 --> 00:11:40,899 giving birth, you go in that tent or wherever they are 216 00:11:40,899 --> 00:11:42,740 and if it's a male child, 217 00:11:43,080 --> 00:11:46,320 grab it and throw it in the Nile River to its death. 218 00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:48,080 So that's what was happening. 219 00:11:48,200 --> 00:11:51,139 It was real genocide that was going on here, right? 220 00:11:51,580 --> 00:11:55,159 And so this is where we pick it up in Hebrews 11. 221 00:11:56,740 --> 00:12:01,460 And this is verse 23. 222 00:12:02,460 --> 00:12:04,679 And we're only looking at a few verses here today. 223 00:12:05,639 --> 00:12:08,700 So by faith, Moses when he was born 224 00:12:09,259 --> 00:12:11,740 was hidden three months by his parents 225 00:12:12,259 --> 00:12:14,580 because they saw he was a beautiful child 226 00:12:15,259 --> 00:12:18,360 and they were not afraid of the King's command. 227 00:12:19,340 --> 00:12:22,299 And I would hope that every parent 228 00:12:22,299 --> 00:12:23,740 that looks at their baby child 229 00:12:23,740 --> 00:12:26,960 sees that baby as beautiful, okay? 230 00:12:28,139 --> 00:12:30,059 I would imagine like the word beautiful, 231 00:12:30,059 --> 00:12:32,600 actually the word beautiful in here in Greek 232 00:12:32,600 --> 00:12:35,980 is only used twice and both times it's about Moses. 233 00:12:36,580 --> 00:12:40,139 But in the Old Testament, it's a word that's used, it's tov 234 00:12:40,139 --> 00:12:42,840 and it's used about like 565 times. 235 00:12:42,940 --> 00:12:46,620 So it's not a special word, but it was a special baby. 236 00:12:47,440 --> 00:12:49,299 And those parents looked at Moses and said, 237 00:12:49,720 --> 00:12:56,039 this is a baby that's gonna transform our nation, our world. 238 00:12:56,200 --> 00:12:58,159 I believe that everyone who has a baby 239 00:12:58,159 --> 00:13:00,500 should look at their child and say right here, 240 00:13:01,320 --> 00:13:03,539 we have a catalyst to their generation. 241 00:13:03,799 --> 00:13:05,919 We often say that we're dedicating children. 242 00:13:06,600 --> 00:13:09,279 We even say, may this child be a catalyst, 243 00:13:09,899 --> 00:13:13,899 a real mover and shaker for their generation. 244 00:13:14,360 --> 00:13:16,840 Because you know, if you have high expectations, 245 00:13:17,039 --> 00:13:19,220 remember we talked about high hopes a couple of weeks ago, 246 00:13:19,639 --> 00:13:22,480 but high expectations for your child 247 00:13:22,480 --> 00:13:25,519 and you pour into them and invest in them 248 00:13:25,559 --> 00:13:28,159 and edify them with words of encouragement 249 00:13:28,159 --> 00:13:30,179 and positive reinforcement. 250 00:13:30,539 --> 00:13:34,080 I believe they become that, I believe they do. 251 00:13:34,940 --> 00:13:37,580 And so, we need to see our babies as like, 252 00:13:37,659 --> 00:13:42,460 this is a precious child who is going to slay giants 253 00:13:43,560 --> 00:13:47,259 and move and shake nations and mountains, amen. 254 00:13:48,039 --> 00:13:50,600 And so they really cherish and so what they did was they, 255 00:13:50,740 --> 00:13:53,379 they put him in this little arc, okay. 256 00:13:53,939 --> 00:13:55,500 And you know the story you probably saw, 257 00:13:55,879 --> 00:13:58,039 Prince of Egypt and Disney or whatever, 258 00:13:58,500 --> 00:13:59,639 but they, you know, push, 259 00:13:59,980 --> 00:14:02,480 so they pushed him down the river a bit 260 00:14:03,480 --> 00:14:06,220 and Miriam was kind of following along looking 261 00:14:06,779 --> 00:14:10,360 and he was in this little arc about 0.2% 262 00:14:10,879 --> 00:14:14,240 the size of the big arc that Noah and his family 263 00:14:14,240 --> 00:14:16,659 survived the big flood in, right. 264 00:14:16,759 --> 00:14:18,340 So it was a little arc, right. 265 00:14:18,700 --> 00:14:20,639 Whereas the other arc's a gigantic arc. 266 00:14:21,159 --> 00:14:23,039 And so he's drifting down the stream 267 00:14:23,039 --> 00:14:26,059 and apparently, you know, the daughter of Pharaoh comes down 268 00:14:26,059 --> 00:14:27,100 and says, what's this, you know, 269 00:14:27,419 --> 00:14:29,299 they uncover it and they say, 270 00:14:29,399 --> 00:14:31,039 it's one of the Hebrew babies. 271 00:14:31,600 --> 00:14:34,360 You know, thank God there was compassion in her, right. 272 00:14:34,980 --> 00:14:37,259 And so she took him and it's funny 273 00:14:37,259 --> 00:14:38,960 because Miriam is following along and saying, 274 00:14:39,279 --> 00:14:42,639 hey, do you want me to find an Israelite woman 275 00:14:42,639 --> 00:14:44,519 to nurse this child, okay. 276 00:14:44,919 --> 00:14:46,059 And she said, yeah, sure. 277 00:14:46,179 --> 00:14:47,940 And I'll pay her whatever her wages are. 278 00:14:47,940 --> 00:14:50,139 So she went and guess who? 279 00:14:50,960 --> 00:14:52,360 Moses' mom, okay. 280 00:14:52,799 --> 00:14:54,200 All right, you're in, right. 281 00:14:54,320 --> 00:14:56,860 So she goes up and she takes in Moses 282 00:14:57,460 --> 00:15:01,559 and weans him for whatever number of months or years 283 00:15:01,559 --> 00:15:04,600 they weaned back then and she nursed him 284 00:15:04,600 --> 00:15:08,980 until he was returned to the daughter of Pharaoh. 285 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:13,019 Imagine that, you're getting paid to nurse your own child. 286 00:15:13,220 --> 00:15:16,220 But anyway, that's, so, 287 00:15:16,220 --> 00:15:20,559 but so here he was protected and that's the idea. 288 00:15:20,940 --> 00:15:22,940 You know, they realize that like, you know what? 289 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:27,279 I know that Moses belongs to be thrown in the river. 290 00:15:27,840 --> 00:15:29,259 Well, we'll put him in the river, 291 00:15:30,060 --> 00:15:31,360 but not the way we're told to. 292 00:15:31,440 --> 00:15:33,440 We're gonna put him in the river so he gets delivered. 293 00:15:33,940 --> 00:15:36,879 And then by the way, Pharaoh's daughter names him Moses, 294 00:15:36,980 --> 00:15:39,779 which means he who draws out. 295 00:15:40,059 --> 00:15:40,659 Isn't that amazing? 296 00:15:41,240 --> 00:15:43,240 Like the daughter of Pharaoh didn't realize 297 00:15:43,240 --> 00:15:46,379 she was being prophetic in calling Moses 298 00:15:46,379 --> 00:15:49,220 the one who draws out because he would draw 299 00:15:49,220 --> 00:15:51,919 the nation of Israel out of Egypt. 300 00:15:52,159 --> 00:15:52,879 Isn't that amazing? 301 00:15:53,419 --> 00:15:56,259 Of course, 80 years later, but still, you know. 302 00:15:56,779 --> 00:15:59,120 So anyway, so that's the first segment 303 00:15:59,120 --> 00:16:00,299 of faith that we see. 304 00:16:00,440 --> 00:16:04,019 And now verse 24, by faith, Moses, 305 00:16:04,240 --> 00:16:07,580 when he became of age, refused to be called 306 00:16:08,360 --> 00:16:10,440 the son of Pharaoh's daughter, 307 00:16:11,240 --> 00:16:13,899 choosing rather to suffer affliction 308 00:16:14,480 --> 00:16:17,379 with the people of God than to enjoy 309 00:16:17,379 --> 00:16:20,559 the passing pleasures of sin, 310 00:16:21,620 --> 00:16:24,220 esteeming the reproach of Christ, 311 00:16:25,279 --> 00:16:29,120 greater riches than treasures in Egypt. 312 00:16:30,080 --> 00:16:32,240 For he looked to the reward. 313 00:16:33,580 --> 00:16:37,779 Verse 27, by faith he forsook Egypt, 314 00:16:38,779 --> 00:16:42,259 not fearing the wrath of the king, 315 00:16:43,120 --> 00:16:47,320 for he endured as seeing him who is invisible. 316 00:16:48,899 --> 00:16:50,480 Think about this, like Moses, 317 00:16:51,500 --> 00:16:56,159 Moses was actually dialed in somehow 318 00:16:56,159 --> 00:16:57,799 to the spirit of Christ. 319 00:16:58,200 --> 00:17:00,440 Now Christ would not come to the earth 320 00:17:00,440 --> 00:17:02,879 for another 1400 and some years 321 00:17:02,879 --> 00:17:05,799 and die for everyone's sins, right? 322 00:17:06,359 --> 00:17:08,680 And yet, Christ has always been, right? 323 00:17:08,940 --> 00:17:12,519 He is the word of God, he was with God, 324 00:17:12,640 --> 00:17:14,400 he was before, he made all things, 325 00:17:14,619 --> 00:17:15,759 he holds all things together. 326 00:17:16,220 --> 00:17:18,099 He is the word of God, he is God, 327 00:17:18,180 --> 00:17:20,799 he has always been Jesus Christ. 328 00:17:21,519 --> 00:17:23,880 But before he actually came in the flesh, 329 00:17:24,799 --> 00:17:26,839 1400 plus years earlier, 330 00:17:27,440 --> 00:17:29,559 there was still the spirit of Christ, 331 00:17:29,839 --> 00:17:33,559 the word of God that Moses was connected to, 332 00:17:33,559 --> 00:17:36,440 was tethered to Christ himself. 333 00:17:36,660 --> 00:17:38,180 Isn't that, doesn't that amaze you? 334 00:17:39,019 --> 00:17:40,420 Like just think about that. 335 00:17:41,140 --> 00:17:42,839 We hear about how the Old Testament 336 00:17:42,839 --> 00:17:44,200 always points to Christ, 337 00:17:44,519 --> 00:17:47,720 but he was in the Old Testament all the time. 338 00:17:47,799 --> 00:17:50,299 He was the rock they drank from, right? 339 00:17:50,640 --> 00:17:51,980 He has always been. 340 00:17:52,440 --> 00:17:56,700 So here, Moses was connected in some way 341 00:17:56,700 --> 00:17:59,559 to the spirit of Christ 342 00:17:59,559 --> 00:18:02,140 on behalf of the people of Israel. 343 00:18:02,140 --> 00:18:04,880 You know, I just wanna make a little mention of this. 344 00:18:05,019 --> 00:18:06,700 You know, there's this trend 345 00:18:06,700 --> 00:18:08,819 and I'm sure you're hearing about it 346 00:18:08,819 --> 00:18:11,319 in conservative circles 347 00:18:12,140 --> 00:18:14,859 that are becoming a bit anti-Israel. 348 00:18:15,160 --> 00:18:16,519 Now, I don't know where you stand on it, 349 00:18:16,579 --> 00:18:18,259 and I don't wanna offend you, 350 00:18:18,660 --> 00:18:21,440 but I think we need to be very careful, okay? 351 00:18:22,059 --> 00:18:26,980 Because God still cares deeply about the nation of Israel. 352 00:18:27,720 --> 00:18:29,680 He still has plans for them. 353 00:18:30,059 --> 00:18:31,500 They're not the heavenly people, 354 00:18:31,500 --> 00:18:33,059 but there will be heavenly people 355 00:18:33,059 --> 00:18:36,500 that come out of the earthly chosen people of Israel. 356 00:18:36,880 --> 00:18:39,460 Now some say, yeah, but the people who live in Israel now 357 00:18:39,460 --> 00:18:41,920 who call themselves Israel 358 00:18:42,419 --> 00:18:44,859 weren't the same kind of Israelites back then. 359 00:18:45,039 --> 00:18:46,380 Well, is anybody the same kind? 360 00:18:46,460 --> 00:18:48,420 I think we're all kind of mutts at this point, aren't we? 361 00:18:48,880 --> 00:18:50,160 I mean, we're all a big blend. 362 00:18:50,640 --> 00:18:51,859 I'm a lot of Irish, 363 00:18:51,940 --> 00:18:54,039 but I'm sure I have a little of something else in there 364 00:18:54,039 --> 00:18:55,640 somewhere along the line, right? 365 00:18:55,960 --> 00:18:57,000 We all are, right? 366 00:18:57,519 --> 00:19:01,079 So, but there is a nation called Israel 367 00:19:01,759 --> 00:19:05,380 that wasn't before 1948, it was gone. 368 00:19:05,720 --> 00:19:07,839 The language of Hebrew was gone, 369 00:19:08,319 --> 00:19:10,279 and the Lord brought it all back. 370 00:19:10,640 --> 00:19:13,559 You know, there is no other language or nation 371 00:19:13,559 --> 00:19:15,559 that has ever happened to, do you realize that? 372 00:19:16,180 --> 00:19:18,480 The Lord put them back together. 373 00:19:18,960 --> 00:19:22,259 So we really need to be careful of what we say 374 00:19:22,259 --> 00:19:25,859 about the Lord's chosen people on earth. 375 00:19:26,700 --> 00:19:26,819 Amen. 376 00:19:28,099 --> 00:19:30,019 Do they do everything we love or accept 377 00:19:30,019 --> 00:19:31,099 or think they should? 378 00:19:31,460 --> 00:19:33,140 Of course, does anyone, right? 379 00:19:33,400 --> 00:19:35,920 Especially a secular nation, of course not, 380 00:19:36,200 --> 00:19:39,759 but there's still a people that God has his eye on 381 00:19:40,540 --> 00:19:42,079 and he cares deeply about them 382 00:19:42,079 --> 00:19:44,920 and they live in the Holy Land, amen. 383 00:19:46,180 --> 00:19:47,980 So anyway, I just wanted to mention that 384 00:19:47,980 --> 00:19:53,020 because it's important to keep that into focus, 385 00:19:54,119 --> 00:19:57,339 you know, because there is a lot of thoughts that, 386 00:19:57,420 --> 00:20:00,779 you know, replacement theology that we replaced Israel 387 00:20:00,779 --> 00:20:03,880 and Israel has no care for Israel ever anymore. 388 00:20:04,579 --> 00:20:06,940 And that was a thought that was prominent 389 00:20:08,559 --> 00:20:12,619 before Israel came back into existence in 1948. 390 00:20:13,640 --> 00:20:15,000 But, so anyway, I think I said enough. 391 00:20:15,180 --> 00:20:16,640 Did we talk enough about that for now? 392 00:20:17,259 --> 00:20:18,460 But we could talk, if you have any, 393 00:20:19,259 --> 00:20:21,400 you want to debate me a little bit about that, 394 00:20:21,460 --> 00:20:22,859 we could talk later after church. 395 00:20:23,820 --> 00:20:28,820 And so Moses would rather have connected 396 00:20:29,819 --> 00:20:33,859 with Christ's concerns for his earthly people, Israel, 397 00:20:34,339 --> 00:20:35,960 than to live in luxury. 398 00:20:36,400 --> 00:20:40,000 I mean, he was a prince, he could have had anything. 399 00:20:40,220 --> 00:20:42,900 I mean, that's a lot to leave, isn't it? 400 00:20:43,279 --> 00:20:45,880 I mean, you know, I've never had that kind of 401 00:20:45,880 --> 00:20:50,539 plush, luxurious royalty, you know, I don't have that. 402 00:20:51,059 --> 00:20:52,619 I can't imagine just being like, 403 00:20:52,819 --> 00:20:56,359 but like when Christ is calling you, it's not worth it. 404 00:20:56,839 --> 00:21:00,180 Nothing is worth more than following Christ. 405 00:21:01,119 --> 00:21:03,259 So Moses just put that aside and say, 406 00:21:03,420 --> 00:21:06,880 no, I'm connecting with my people, my people, 407 00:21:06,940 --> 00:21:09,079 because he knew he was an Israelite, right? 408 00:21:09,720 --> 00:21:11,200 You know, I was thinking about how, 409 00:21:13,099 --> 00:21:15,519 you know, what state are we living in? 410 00:21:16,660 --> 00:21:18,799 You could say it, it's not a trick question. 411 00:21:18,799 --> 00:21:20,599 Pennsylvania, right? 412 00:21:22,059 --> 00:21:23,599 And who was it founded by? 413 00:21:24,440 --> 00:21:25,519 William Penn, okay. 414 00:21:26,319 --> 00:21:29,880 And we have, Jerry Dover runs a ministry 415 00:21:29,880 --> 00:21:31,720 that meets its city hall, in fact, 416 00:21:31,720 --> 00:21:33,980 he's gonna give us an update soon this month. 417 00:21:35,240 --> 00:21:39,859 But at the top of the city hall is who? 418 00:21:40,180 --> 00:21:41,920 William Penn, that nice statue there, 419 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:45,640 because he founded Pennsylvania, right? 420 00:21:46,160 --> 00:21:50,599 Now, William Penn, when he was in the UK, okay, 421 00:21:50,700 --> 00:21:55,019 like everyone who came, the colon, colonists, 422 00:21:56,240 --> 00:21:57,740 colonizers, whatever you wanna call them, 423 00:21:57,980 --> 00:21:59,019 before they came here, all right? 424 00:21:59,400 --> 00:22:03,259 But William Penn, you know, had a very well-to-do father 425 00:22:03,779 --> 00:22:06,200 who was very wealthy, okay? 426 00:22:06,319 --> 00:22:09,680 And he was an emerald, I can't speak today, 427 00:22:10,379 --> 00:22:11,519 admiral, that's right. 428 00:22:11,859 --> 00:22:13,779 He was an emerald, admiral. 429 00:22:14,339 --> 00:22:17,160 But anyway, and he was in charge 430 00:22:17,160 --> 00:22:18,740 of a lot of ships, I guess, right? 431 00:22:19,240 --> 00:22:23,480 But anyway, William Penn was his son, 432 00:22:24,200 --> 00:22:27,859 and yet he was burdened about his faith, 433 00:22:27,960 --> 00:22:31,160 and he saw so much hypocrisy and lies 434 00:22:31,160 --> 00:22:32,400 spreading through England, 435 00:22:32,420 --> 00:22:34,920 like a lot of the colonizers of America, 436 00:22:35,539 --> 00:22:38,339 and he just was extremely burdened. 437 00:22:38,559 --> 00:22:41,500 So he spoke out against many things he saw 438 00:22:41,500 --> 00:22:43,079 that were anti-biblical, 439 00:22:43,079 --> 00:22:45,099 and he was thrown in prison, 440 00:22:45,420 --> 00:22:47,920 actually in the Tower of London. 441 00:22:48,099 --> 00:22:49,819 If you have a picture of that, Christine, 442 00:22:51,859 --> 00:22:54,779 and there it is, and there it is today, of course, 443 00:22:55,119 --> 00:22:58,880 but so it's a very expansive complex, right? 444 00:22:59,460 --> 00:23:01,579 And he was thrown in there for a couple years 445 00:23:01,579 --> 00:23:04,339 for his faith, and as he was in there 446 00:23:04,339 --> 00:23:09,420 and just willing to like, to not live 447 00:23:09,420 --> 00:23:12,900 in, in essence, wealth in England, 448 00:23:12,980 --> 00:23:18,279 instead sacrifice himself to stand for his cause in Christ. 449 00:23:19,299 --> 00:23:21,180 And he had this, he shared this, 450 00:23:21,240 --> 00:23:23,220 there's a quote of him, if you have that next slide, 451 00:23:23,700 --> 00:23:29,059 of him speaking to his cell guards and other inmates, 452 00:23:29,500 --> 00:23:30,660 and one of his quotes were, 453 00:23:31,299 --> 00:23:35,519 my prison shall be my grave before I will budge a jot, 454 00:23:35,700 --> 00:23:36,480 that means a little bit, 455 00:23:36,480 --> 00:23:40,900 for I owe my conscience to no mortal man. 456 00:23:41,119 --> 00:23:42,319 I mean, that's conviction. 457 00:23:42,619 --> 00:23:45,380 He's like, I'm not gonna surrender 458 00:23:45,960 --> 00:23:50,140 to what the kingdom wants or the king of England, 459 00:23:50,480 --> 00:23:53,460 no, I'm gonna stand by my faith, 460 00:23:53,500 --> 00:23:55,339 and that's how America was formed, right? 461 00:23:55,740 --> 00:23:58,240 From people, especially the Quakers as he was, 462 00:23:58,519 --> 00:24:01,200 saying, no, I'm not going to submit like this, 463 00:24:01,440 --> 00:24:04,480 I am actually going to go to America 464 00:24:04,480 --> 00:24:06,779 and have freedom of religion. 465 00:24:07,460 --> 00:24:10,140 And he wrote while he was in this prison, 466 00:24:10,759 --> 00:24:13,380 the Tower of London, no cross, no crown. 467 00:24:13,460 --> 00:24:17,579 I remember Justin McRoberts shared that book with me, 468 00:24:17,700 --> 00:24:20,059 told me about it, I never heard of it before, 469 00:24:20,579 --> 00:24:22,099 but it's this book that says, 470 00:24:22,759 --> 00:24:26,559 it's actually worth carrying your cross 471 00:24:27,319 --> 00:24:31,359 and surrendering any benefits or royalty 472 00:24:31,359 --> 00:24:35,319 or wealth of this world to carry your cross for Christ, 473 00:24:35,680 --> 00:24:39,680 because there's a crown of life waiting someday in heaven, 474 00:24:39,799 --> 00:24:42,160 amen, and we're gonna get that crown. 475 00:24:42,319 --> 00:24:46,000 Think about this, Christ wore a crown of thorns, 476 00:24:46,099 --> 00:24:51,019 which is a picture of misery, of barrenness of life, 477 00:24:51,759 --> 00:24:55,059 of hopelessness, that's what thorns stand for in the Bible. 478 00:24:55,539 --> 00:24:58,900 He wore that crown embedded in his scalp, 479 00:24:58,900 --> 00:25:02,000 and they didn't just stick it right on plop on his head, 480 00:25:02,359 --> 00:25:05,440 they hammered it into his head with clubs, 481 00:25:05,759 --> 00:25:08,779 so that it would pierce real deep into that scalp. 482 00:25:10,079 --> 00:25:12,039 So that blood would just pour down, 483 00:25:12,480 --> 00:25:16,019 and Christ realized, this is a crown for my beloved 484 00:25:16,019 --> 00:25:20,339 because someday they will get my crown of life in heaven, 485 00:25:20,720 --> 00:25:22,640 amen, and so that was the idea. 486 00:25:23,019 --> 00:25:26,319 William Penn was willing to just put that all aside 487 00:25:26,319 --> 00:25:29,480 and surrender it all for a crown of life. 488 00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:32,099 And so, and then when he came to America, 489 00:25:33,059 --> 00:25:35,640 he met the Indians and he actually gave them the gospel, 490 00:25:35,779 --> 00:25:36,960 we have a picture of that too. 491 00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:41,539 And one of his quotes were, 492 00:25:41,660 --> 00:25:43,359 we let them know our principles 493 00:25:44,240 --> 00:25:46,880 and that the gospel was a message of peace, 494 00:25:47,259 --> 00:25:50,779 and so he shared Christ to the Indians of America 495 00:25:50,779 --> 00:25:55,180 to let them know how much the Lord cares for them. 496 00:25:55,180 --> 00:26:00,259 So this is what Moses did, he wasn't afraid of Pharaoh, 497 00:26:01,220 --> 00:26:05,700 he wasn't missing out on what he was leaving behind, 498 00:26:06,059 --> 00:26:08,960 he was burdened, have you ever been burdened like that? 499 00:26:09,900 --> 00:26:13,619 You just had to just commit to the cause of Christ 500 00:26:14,259 --> 00:26:16,460 and just lay aside everything else, 501 00:26:16,619 --> 00:26:18,319 just relinquish any other concerns 502 00:26:18,319 --> 00:26:20,200 and just lay hold of Christ 503 00:26:20,200 --> 00:26:22,799 for that which he has laid hold of you for. 504 00:26:23,599 --> 00:26:26,839 So let's read on in verse 28, 505 00:26:27,440 --> 00:26:31,819 by faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, 506 00:26:32,359 --> 00:26:36,259 lest he who destroyed the firstborn should touch them. 507 00:26:37,099 --> 00:26:41,480 Now, I realize many people these days, 508 00:26:41,779 --> 00:26:43,279 especially if you're a younger generation, 509 00:26:43,500 --> 00:26:47,140 don't know much about, didn't read much of the word, 510 00:26:47,240 --> 00:26:48,259 and this is not a slight, 511 00:26:48,400 --> 00:26:50,420 it's just the generation we're in, 512 00:26:50,420 --> 00:26:52,960 and perhaps you didn't learn a lot of Bible, 513 00:26:53,440 --> 00:26:54,599 but I also need to be careful 514 00:26:54,599 --> 00:26:56,740 not to get too much in the weeds with stories, 515 00:26:56,920 --> 00:26:59,880 but the Passover's all picture of Christ 516 00:26:59,880 --> 00:27:02,519 because they killed the Passover lamb 517 00:27:02,519 --> 00:27:07,519 and they spread the blood of the Passover lamb 518 00:27:07,519 --> 00:27:11,940 over the doorposts and lentil of the doorway 519 00:27:12,700 --> 00:27:15,579 so that when the destroyer came over the Israelites' 520 00:27:16,419 --> 00:27:20,099 houses, he did not destroy the firstborn in their home. 521 00:27:21,039 --> 00:27:23,920 And so he destroyed the firstborn of the Egyptians 522 00:27:23,920 --> 00:27:26,359 as the final plague, the 10th plague. 523 00:27:26,940 --> 00:27:29,859 So finally, Farrow had said, get outta here, get out! 524 00:27:30,279 --> 00:27:32,099 And actually, he actually paid them to leave, 525 00:27:32,279 --> 00:27:33,500 which was pretty amazing, right? 526 00:27:33,880 --> 00:27:34,859 So that's the idea. 527 00:27:35,240 --> 00:27:37,900 But Moses obeyed and instructed Israel, 528 00:27:38,039 --> 00:27:38,960 you have to do this. 529 00:27:39,019 --> 00:27:40,759 And it was all a picture, of course, of Christ 530 00:27:40,759 --> 00:27:44,000 on the wooden cross, just like the wooden lentils, 531 00:27:44,000 --> 00:27:45,779 and they spread it with hyssop 532 00:27:45,779 --> 00:27:49,140 and what was reached up to Christ's mouth on the cross 533 00:27:49,140 --> 00:27:51,660 was a staff of hyssop, right? 534 00:27:51,940 --> 00:27:54,920 With that sponge of sour wine. 535 00:27:55,839 --> 00:27:57,380 And then he said, it is finished. 536 00:27:57,920 --> 00:27:59,660 So these are all symbolic things. 537 00:27:59,839 --> 00:28:01,420 So when you get a chance, read these things 538 00:28:01,420 --> 00:28:03,019 because it's just amazing. 539 00:28:03,660 --> 00:28:06,180 And so then finally, the last verse we're looking at today, 540 00:28:06,980 --> 00:28:09,900 and by faith they pass through the Red Sea 541 00:28:10,559 --> 00:28:12,039 as by dry land. 542 00:28:12,680 --> 00:28:16,839 Whereas the Egyptians attempting to do so were drowned. 543 00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:24,519 This is such an epic picture of what, as they pass through. 544 00:28:24,599 --> 00:28:32,160 Now this is interesting because when Farrow let them go, okay, 545 00:28:34,700 --> 00:28:37,839 the path which would be of least resistance 546 00:28:38,599 --> 00:28:40,039 would have been the most dangerous. 547 00:28:40,980 --> 00:28:43,440 Because if they took the, in fact we should show 548 00:28:43,440 --> 00:28:47,220 a picture there of, if you could show that next slide, 549 00:28:47,299 --> 00:28:48,720 that map I think we have there. 550 00:28:51,160 --> 00:28:53,220 So they're in Goshen, okay? 551 00:28:54,299 --> 00:28:56,599 And as they came through the Red Sea, 552 00:28:56,920 --> 00:28:59,599 now this is now the Suez Canal right here. 553 00:29:00,140 --> 00:29:03,359 And this finger here, they call these two fingers of, 554 00:29:03,460 --> 00:29:04,900 this is the Red Sea down here. 555 00:29:05,680 --> 00:29:09,440 And this finger is the Suez, the Gulf of Suez, right? 556 00:29:09,440 --> 00:29:12,299 So it's probably somewhere around here, 557 00:29:13,280 --> 00:29:15,200 Israel crossed the Red Sea. 558 00:29:15,400 --> 00:29:18,519 It wasn't the expanse of probably hundreds of miles, 559 00:29:18,940 --> 00:29:20,859 but it was a distance, okay? 560 00:29:20,920 --> 00:29:21,940 And it was a deep distance. 561 00:29:22,099 --> 00:29:25,140 Even the shallowest part of where they think 562 00:29:25,140 --> 00:29:27,559 Israel probably crossed over is about 20, 563 00:29:27,700 --> 00:29:29,819 it goes down to about 2,500 feet. 564 00:29:30,160 --> 00:29:33,839 So it's an impressive thing that God did leading Israel 565 00:29:33,839 --> 00:29:35,119 through the Red Sea. 566 00:29:35,720 --> 00:29:40,019 And so he passed through, they passed through here, 567 00:29:40,380 --> 00:29:41,740 through the Red Sea. 568 00:29:43,319 --> 00:29:46,319 And as they were approaching the Red Sea, 569 00:29:50,459 --> 00:29:53,200 because if they went the other direction, 570 00:29:53,220 --> 00:29:59,039 which would have been further down like this way, 571 00:29:59,460 --> 00:30:01,619 or further up like this way as they came down, 572 00:30:02,099 --> 00:30:04,880 there's another path that if they went that way, 573 00:30:04,880 --> 00:30:09,380 they probably would have been attacked by pirates, 574 00:30:09,779 --> 00:30:11,779 land pirates, people would have attacked them. 575 00:30:11,900 --> 00:30:13,279 And they would have been so scared 576 00:30:13,279 --> 00:30:15,059 that they would have just ran right back to Egypt, 577 00:30:15,140 --> 00:30:16,700 saying, get us out of here, we're afraid. 578 00:30:17,200 --> 00:30:19,019 So the Lord purposely said, no, 579 00:30:19,319 --> 00:30:22,819 I don't wanna bring them into dangerous terrain 580 00:30:23,440 --> 00:30:25,240 where they will freak out and get afraid 581 00:30:25,240 --> 00:30:26,319 and run back to Pharaoh. 582 00:30:26,900 --> 00:30:29,480 So I'm gonna bring them right up to the edge 583 00:30:29,480 --> 00:30:30,819 of the Red Sea. 584 00:30:31,799 --> 00:30:33,180 And then you know what I'm also gonna do? 585 00:30:34,880 --> 00:30:38,559 I'm going to inspire Pharaoh to change his mind. 586 00:30:39,799 --> 00:30:40,099 What? 587 00:30:41,420 --> 00:30:43,660 Yes, all of a sudden the Egyptians are looking around, 588 00:30:43,720 --> 00:30:45,019 wait a minute, what just happened here? 589 00:30:45,740 --> 00:30:46,519 What just happened? 590 00:30:47,259 --> 00:30:49,480 You know, we paid them to leave. 591 00:30:49,819 --> 00:30:52,299 We just lost our whole free labor force. 592 00:30:53,440 --> 00:30:55,480 And they're gone, like, what are we, crazy? 593 00:30:55,880 --> 00:30:57,440 Like, why did we do this again? 594 00:30:57,599 --> 00:30:59,940 You know, they're already forgetting the wrath of God, 595 00:31:00,039 --> 00:31:00,240 right? 596 00:31:00,759 --> 00:31:04,500 And so Pharaoh hardened his heart 597 00:31:04,500 --> 00:31:05,900 it's a combination thing. 598 00:31:06,539 --> 00:31:08,319 And so Pharaoh said, let's go get them. 599 00:31:08,579 --> 00:31:11,019 So imagine this, you're the Israelites, okay? 600 00:31:11,380 --> 00:31:13,700 And you're like, I wonder what this is gonna be like, 601 00:31:13,880 --> 00:31:16,980 you know, and they're just wandering along, okay? 602 00:31:17,460 --> 00:31:19,779 Probably complaining a little bit, they typically did. 603 00:31:20,160 --> 00:31:22,539 And they get to the edge, okay? 604 00:31:22,980 --> 00:31:26,880 And they look back, what do they see behind them? 605 00:31:27,720 --> 00:31:32,079 An army of chariots and soldiers from Egypt 606 00:31:32,759 --> 00:31:33,980 charging at them. 607 00:31:33,980 --> 00:31:36,779 I don't know how far off, maybe mile, two miles, 608 00:31:37,059 --> 00:31:39,799 but you can hear that kind of crowd, can't you? 609 00:31:40,299 --> 00:31:41,640 I mean, like, you know, I mean, 610 00:31:41,700 --> 00:31:44,980 you can feel it jolting the ground. 611 00:31:45,099 --> 00:31:46,119 They're probably saying, what do you feel? 612 00:31:46,279 --> 00:31:47,720 What do you, and they're looking and they're like, 613 00:31:48,299 --> 00:31:49,119 what are you doing? 614 00:31:49,200 --> 00:31:50,859 Of course, they start freaking out at Moses. 615 00:31:51,099 --> 00:31:52,339 We should have died in Egypt. 616 00:31:52,559 --> 00:31:53,599 You know, they always said that, right? 617 00:31:54,200 --> 00:31:56,259 And they're saying, why did you bring us out here? 618 00:31:56,440 --> 00:31:58,720 And they're looking at an ocean on one end. 619 00:31:59,519 --> 00:32:01,880 And they're looking at an army on the other side. 620 00:32:01,880 --> 00:32:05,680 And we're like, this isn't gonna work out too well, okay? 621 00:32:06,079 --> 00:32:08,779 And then do you remember what Moses said? 622 00:32:08,920 --> 00:32:13,940 We have in Exodus 14, 13 to 14. 623 00:32:14,779 --> 00:32:18,039 And Moses said to the people, fear not. 624 00:32:19,660 --> 00:32:23,700 You see, faith is like the opposite of fear, isn't it? 625 00:32:24,559 --> 00:32:29,000 Because fear gives us no reliance on God. 626 00:32:29,000 --> 00:32:32,000 It's reliance on what's gonna happen to us 627 00:32:32,000 --> 00:32:35,660 rather than a God who's going to happen for us, right? 628 00:32:36,660 --> 00:32:39,599 Fear not, stand firm and see the salvation of the Lord, 629 00:32:39,900 --> 00:32:41,920 which He will work for you today. 630 00:32:42,240 --> 00:32:44,819 For the Egyptians who you see today, 631 00:32:45,319 --> 00:32:47,359 you shall never see again. 632 00:32:48,380 --> 00:32:52,779 The Lord will fight for you and you have only to be silent. 633 00:32:52,940 --> 00:32:56,480 That's my problem sometimes, is being quiet, okay? 634 00:32:56,480 --> 00:33:00,079 I just talk way too much when I'm excited, okay? 635 00:33:00,339 --> 00:33:04,220 And so do the Israelites, but just keep silent. 636 00:33:06,500 --> 00:33:12,359 He said, the Lord said to Moses, why do you cry out to me? 637 00:33:12,700 --> 00:33:17,099 Tell the people of Israel to go forward. 638 00:33:17,779 --> 00:33:20,079 Like, just trust me on this. 639 00:33:20,200 --> 00:33:20,960 And you know what happened? 640 00:33:21,220 --> 00:33:24,140 The wind came and separated the sea 641 00:33:24,140 --> 00:33:27,420 and they passed through on dry land. 642 00:33:28,119 --> 00:33:29,299 Now I'm thinking, you know, 643 00:33:30,039 --> 00:33:32,339 how can I compare this to my own life? 644 00:33:33,880 --> 00:33:36,779 Like, when has the Lord ever put me in a situation 645 00:33:36,779 --> 00:33:39,960 where I was between a rock in a hard place 646 00:33:39,960 --> 00:33:43,079 or an Egyptian army and a Red Sea, you know? 647 00:33:43,619 --> 00:33:45,799 What is your Red Sea moment? 648 00:33:45,920 --> 00:33:50,400 Have you ever experienced a Red Sea moment 649 00:33:51,019 --> 00:33:53,839 where you were just pressed in between two things? 650 00:33:53,839 --> 00:33:56,700 You're like, God, I don't know how to get out of this. 651 00:33:57,960 --> 00:34:02,039 You know, I'm convinced we experience these things 652 00:34:02,039 --> 00:34:02,740 all the time. 653 00:34:02,819 --> 00:34:06,799 I remember way back when I was a loan officer 654 00:34:06,799 --> 00:34:12,360 at Cardinal Financial and I was pretty productive, you know? 655 00:34:12,679 --> 00:34:15,460 I was considered a pretty good loan officer back then. 656 00:34:15,800 --> 00:34:19,519 And they loved me when the business was slower 657 00:34:20,039 --> 00:34:23,480 because I did business in like the city. 658 00:34:23,880 --> 00:34:27,699 I did the business in the lower priced mortgages 659 00:34:27,699 --> 00:34:31,980 and I was busy, I did really well 660 00:34:31,980 --> 00:34:34,159 and they really loved me. 661 00:34:34,599 --> 00:34:35,800 But when it was busier, 662 00:34:36,039 --> 00:34:37,719 they didn't want those small loans anymore. 663 00:34:38,480 --> 00:34:41,159 They didn't want those rough loans with rough credit, 664 00:34:41,440 --> 00:34:44,019 you know, and difficult challenges, 665 00:34:44,219 --> 00:34:46,340 no down payments, all those kinds of things. 666 00:34:46,599 --> 00:34:48,539 And I was a specialist in those, 667 00:34:48,539 --> 00:34:50,219 unfortunately, right? 668 00:34:50,820 --> 00:34:54,219 But my buddies that worked for the same company, 669 00:34:54,480 --> 00:34:57,159 they would write one loan and it would equal four of mine. 670 00:34:57,900 --> 00:35:01,900 Well, when things are busy, they want those kinds of loans. 671 00:35:02,360 --> 00:35:06,400 They're less work, they're more money and less risk. 672 00:35:07,400 --> 00:35:09,219 So suddenly I was disdained. 673 00:35:09,539 --> 00:35:11,719 Like, do you have to keep bringing these junky loans in? 674 00:35:11,820 --> 00:35:13,179 Well, that's what I got, right? 675 00:35:13,519 --> 00:35:16,340 And I would bring in like literally 10 loans in a week. 676 00:35:16,579 --> 00:35:18,059 I mean, I was booming back then, right? 677 00:35:18,059 --> 00:35:21,780 And I would bring them all in and hand them to Jackie, 678 00:35:21,980 --> 00:35:23,699 who was my assistant. 679 00:35:24,659 --> 00:35:27,039 And I would go out and back then we either had beepers 680 00:35:27,039 --> 00:35:28,559 or bag phones or something, right? 681 00:35:28,579 --> 00:35:29,920 And I'd go out and I'd be hustling. 682 00:35:30,340 --> 00:35:31,440 And suddenly Jackie would said, 683 00:35:31,500 --> 00:35:35,119 you know, eight of those 10 loans are back on your desk. 684 00:35:35,940 --> 00:35:38,139 They don't want to work on about four of them. 685 00:35:38,579 --> 00:35:41,159 The other ones are missing a few documents 686 00:35:41,699 --> 00:35:43,320 and this, that and the other thing I'm like, 687 00:35:43,539 --> 00:35:44,059 like what? 688 00:35:44,280 --> 00:35:46,659 Like I'm killing myself out here 689 00:35:46,659 --> 00:35:49,800 trying to bring in business and they don't want it. 690 00:35:50,239 --> 00:35:53,280 They just, and then one, this credit's too banged up. 691 00:35:53,420 --> 00:35:54,739 We're going to turn that down anyway. 692 00:35:54,960 --> 00:35:56,579 Just get rid of it, you know? 693 00:35:57,059 --> 00:35:59,420 So meanwhile, I'm like, you know, this is not fair. 694 00:35:59,699 --> 00:36:01,780 Like all these people walking around, 695 00:36:01,900 --> 00:36:03,780 all these salaries being paid 696 00:36:03,780 --> 00:36:05,820 and they don't benefit me at all. 697 00:36:06,659 --> 00:36:08,380 I got to start my own business. 698 00:36:09,260 --> 00:36:10,880 I got to get out of here, right? 699 00:36:11,179 --> 00:36:12,920 And I feel like in a sense that was like, 700 00:36:13,059 --> 00:36:16,219 now it's a very nothing compared to the Israelites, 701 00:36:16,219 --> 00:36:17,940 but for me, that was a Red Sea 702 00:36:17,940 --> 00:36:22,619 because when I went back and saw this huge pile of loans 703 00:36:22,619 --> 00:36:24,039 that they weren't even going to start, 704 00:36:24,460 --> 00:36:26,440 I'm like, I got to get out of here. 705 00:36:27,099 --> 00:36:28,500 And that's when I finally said, 706 00:36:28,920 --> 00:36:32,460 these few loans here are my first loans in my own company. 707 00:36:32,820 --> 00:36:33,679 And that's what I did. 708 00:36:33,900 --> 00:36:35,900 And they closed and they did phenomenal. 709 00:36:36,199 --> 00:36:37,699 And I'm like, wow, like this is awesome. 710 00:36:37,860 --> 00:36:38,360 Like finally, 711 00:36:38,760 --> 00:36:40,840 but sometimes you have to be pushed into it. 712 00:36:41,099 --> 00:36:43,119 You have to get angry enough to say, you know what? 713 00:36:43,119 --> 00:36:46,760 The only way out of this is to go all in. 714 00:36:47,739 --> 00:36:49,019 I mean, that's what the Israelites were. 715 00:36:49,260 --> 00:36:51,840 They're at the Red Sea border and they're like, 716 00:36:51,860 --> 00:36:53,639 you know, we can't get out of here. 717 00:36:54,260 --> 00:36:55,900 We have to go in. 718 00:36:56,539 --> 00:36:57,780 Have you ever been in that position? 719 00:36:58,039 --> 00:36:59,980 Like the only way out is in. 720 00:37:00,920 --> 00:37:02,900 You have to go diving in. 721 00:37:03,119 --> 00:37:04,360 And that's what they did. 722 00:37:04,579 --> 00:37:05,860 And that's what I did back then. 723 00:37:05,940 --> 00:37:07,679 I just said, you know, I have to go all in. 724 00:37:07,820 --> 00:37:10,000 There's so many times that you, you know, 725 00:37:10,000 --> 00:37:12,460 it's easy to run relationships. 726 00:37:13,780 --> 00:37:15,519 You know, you're having a falling out 727 00:37:16,259 --> 00:37:17,380 and you're thinking, you know, 728 00:37:17,420 --> 00:37:19,460 I don't even want to talk about this stuff anymore. 729 00:37:20,420 --> 00:37:24,119 But you know, if you don't, it's only going to get worse. 730 00:37:25,000 --> 00:37:28,880 The devil loves filling in between the lines. 731 00:37:29,860 --> 00:37:32,000 Whenever there's a void of communication, 732 00:37:32,320 --> 00:37:33,280 guess what the enemy does? 733 00:37:34,440 --> 00:37:36,300 Here's what they mean by that. 734 00:37:36,300 --> 00:37:36,780 Yeah. 735 00:37:38,820 --> 00:37:41,340 Here's how to read that text correctly. 736 00:37:43,460 --> 00:37:45,860 All of a sudden, what's a mild little thing, 737 00:37:45,980 --> 00:37:48,519 you have all these concocted ideas about this person. 738 00:37:48,760 --> 00:37:49,960 You hate them, right? 739 00:37:50,460 --> 00:37:51,880 And like, what is going on here? 740 00:37:52,320 --> 00:37:55,780 It's so much easier to just run away. 741 00:37:56,880 --> 00:37:59,360 But sometimes you have to go deeper in. 742 00:37:59,460 --> 00:38:00,559 This isn't going to be pretty. 743 00:38:01,000 --> 00:38:02,280 It's not going to be fun. 744 00:38:02,860 --> 00:38:04,519 It's going to be a lot of anxiety. 745 00:38:05,079 --> 00:38:09,460 But the only way to fix this is to go all in. 746 00:38:09,739 --> 00:38:11,400 It's like surgery, you know what I mean? 747 00:38:11,739 --> 00:38:14,139 Surgery, the only way to fix something is to cut it open 748 00:38:14,880 --> 00:38:17,699 and go all in and fix it, right? 749 00:38:18,480 --> 00:38:21,460 You know, this idea reminded me of this, 750 00:38:21,559 --> 00:38:24,260 like going all in when it defies logic, 751 00:38:24,420 --> 00:38:25,920 when you just want to run somewhere. 752 00:38:26,159 --> 00:38:27,320 I mean, they couldn't really run anywhere, 753 00:38:27,719 --> 00:38:30,599 but you just want to go somewhere or hide, right? 754 00:38:30,599 --> 00:38:32,679 You're not going to hide a nation of Israel, right? 755 00:38:32,679 --> 00:38:36,039 But a lot of times individually we might want to go 756 00:38:36,039 --> 00:38:38,019 and hide somehow, you know? 757 00:38:38,340 --> 00:38:40,219 But as I was thinking about this, it reminded me of, 758 00:38:40,519 --> 00:38:43,719 there was a huge earthquake around New Zealand 759 00:38:43,719 --> 00:38:48,460 back in like 2009, Sonoma, you know, earthquake. 760 00:38:48,940 --> 00:38:52,000 And anyway, these surfers, I'm fascinated with surfers. 761 00:38:52,139 --> 00:38:54,239 And I surf, but I'm not a good surfer, right? 762 00:38:54,539 --> 00:38:57,440 But I love surfing, but I love watching surf. 763 00:38:57,619 --> 00:39:01,820 I mean, it just defies logic and gravity and everything, 764 00:39:01,820 --> 00:39:04,019 what they do on these humongous waves, right? 765 00:39:04,579 --> 00:39:08,260 But anyway, I heard about these surfers that were out 766 00:39:08,840 --> 00:39:10,940 and they were surfing and they noticed 767 00:39:12,679 --> 00:39:16,099 that the currents of the ocean started getting weird 768 00:39:16,820 --> 00:39:18,139 and it started pulling out. 769 00:39:18,800 --> 00:39:22,179 And after a while, the very coral reef they were surfing 770 00:39:22,179 --> 00:39:26,219 over is suddenly getting closer to the surface of the water 771 00:39:26,219 --> 00:39:28,139 because the ocean's going out. 772 00:39:28,219 --> 00:39:29,639 Now, you know what happens, right? 773 00:39:30,420 --> 00:39:34,219 So as they were there, they realized, they turn around. 774 00:39:36,440 --> 00:39:41,199 Can you, that fear I can't imagine, what would you do? 775 00:39:42,539 --> 00:39:44,320 They paddled out into it. 776 00:39:45,000 --> 00:39:46,659 That's the only way to go, right? 777 00:39:47,039 --> 00:39:48,559 Is to go into it. 778 00:39:48,619 --> 00:39:50,260 They actually paddled and can you imagine? 779 00:39:50,619 --> 00:39:55,860 The waves, boom, over the wave, you know? 780 00:39:56,199 --> 00:39:58,679 They had to, they were out there hours trying to just, 781 00:39:58,679 --> 00:40:01,679 and then finally when they got back, they saw devastation, 782 00:40:01,860 --> 00:40:04,619 but they escaped it because they went deeper in. 783 00:40:04,760 --> 00:40:06,820 Sometimes we just have to say, you know what? 784 00:40:06,920 --> 00:40:09,980 We can't run, because it's worse if we run. 785 00:40:10,239 --> 00:40:12,039 We have to go all into God. 786 00:40:12,179 --> 00:40:14,559 Lord, I'm gonna trust you in this. 787 00:40:14,719 --> 00:40:16,920 I have faith that you have the answer. 788 00:40:17,699 --> 00:40:21,539 You have the provision, you have the solutions, 789 00:40:21,760 --> 00:40:24,139 you have the love, you have the wisdom, the knowledge, 790 00:40:24,300 --> 00:40:25,139 you have everything, Lord. 791 00:40:25,599 --> 00:40:27,739 I can't figure this out on my own. 792 00:40:27,739 --> 00:40:29,500 I can't fight the Egyptians. 793 00:40:30,340 --> 00:40:31,739 I can't swim this good. 794 00:40:31,880 --> 00:40:33,539 Lord, what are you gonna do? 795 00:40:34,280 --> 00:40:36,420 Amen, and you know what he did. 796 00:40:37,199 --> 00:40:40,860 So I have just for fun, this old clip 797 00:40:41,519 --> 00:40:43,099 of the 10 commandments. 798 00:40:44,059 --> 00:40:45,900 You youngsters probably never watched it. 799 00:40:45,980 --> 00:40:48,860 Maybe you did, but back in 1956, 800 00:40:49,199 --> 00:40:51,579 I'm amazed at the graphics of this video 801 00:40:52,260 --> 00:40:55,099 because it's phenomenal, I think. 802 00:40:55,099 --> 00:40:58,199 From 1956, I think they barely had color 803 00:40:58,199 --> 00:40:59,239 at that point, right? 804 00:40:59,800 --> 00:41:02,300 And so Charleston, Heston, you know, 805 00:41:02,360 --> 00:41:04,199 he's leading them out to the Red Sea. 806 00:41:04,820 --> 00:41:06,659 And we're gonna watch, we're gonna cut it in the middle 807 00:41:06,659 --> 00:41:09,420 because it's very long, but we're gonna see 808 00:41:09,420 --> 00:41:13,900 as Moses, Charlton Heston is leading them into the Red Sea 809 00:41:13,900 --> 00:41:18,280 and as they're coming out and the swallowing up 810 00:41:18,280 --> 00:41:19,719 of the Egyptian soldiers. 811 00:41:20,079 --> 00:41:20,900 So let's watch this. 812 00:41:21,079 --> 00:41:21,679 Thanks, Christine. 813 00:41:23,019 --> 00:41:24,579 We're gonna have communion now 814 00:41:24,579 --> 00:41:30,159 and but are you in a Red Sea moment right now? 815 00:41:30,860 --> 00:41:34,619 I know it sounds like a cliche kind of sermon question, 816 00:41:34,619 --> 00:41:41,579 but really, like are you in a difficult situation right now 817 00:41:43,500 --> 00:41:46,239 where perhaps your past, you know, 818 00:41:46,400 --> 00:41:47,579 Egypt is always a picture. 819 00:41:48,320 --> 00:41:50,099 Yeah, you could bring it up, thank you. 820 00:41:51,220 --> 00:41:59,400 Egypt is always a picture of the land of bondage and sin, 821 00:42:02,679 --> 00:42:06,800 a place of where it's not your best life, 822 00:42:07,239 --> 00:42:08,280 it's not where you belong, 823 00:42:10,199 --> 00:42:11,659 but it's where you're trapped. 824 00:42:13,940 --> 00:42:18,480 And then the Red Sea is often a picture really of conversion 825 00:42:19,199 --> 00:42:23,579 when you come to Christ, you know, baptism in the Red Sea, 826 00:42:24,260 --> 00:42:26,079 that type of thing, but you know, 827 00:42:26,239 --> 00:42:31,980 when suddenly you are escaping your past life of Egypt 828 00:42:32,960 --> 00:42:36,619 and stepping towards the promised life of Canaan. 829 00:42:37,559 --> 00:42:42,840 And so this is all symbolic, but ask yourself like right now 830 00:42:42,840 --> 00:42:46,239 if you're an unbeliever, I'm telling you, 831 00:42:46,239 --> 00:42:51,119 you're still in Egypt, you haven't escaped yet. 832 00:42:54,920 --> 00:42:56,820 And before we have communion, I would love you 833 00:42:56,820 --> 00:42:59,260 to just ponder this and say, you know, 834 00:42:59,380 --> 00:43:00,619 I wanna know I'm saved, 835 00:43:02,119 --> 00:43:07,360 I wanna know that I'm truly no longer a slave to sin, 836 00:43:08,440 --> 00:43:13,260 I'm no longer under the control of Pharaoh, 837 00:43:13,260 --> 00:43:14,960 which is really Satan. 838 00:43:18,280 --> 00:43:21,099 If you don't know that, why not know it today? 839 00:43:22,940 --> 00:43:25,800 You know, when I received Jesus Christ 840 00:43:25,800 --> 00:43:28,679 and was Lord and Savior, I've never been the same, 841 00:43:28,739 --> 00:43:30,440 we're talking 30 some years ago, 842 00:43:30,619 --> 00:43:32,860 and I'm sure all of you can say the same thing, 843 00:43:33,159 --> 00:43:38,059 when you got born again, you knew I am a new creation, 844 00:43:39,579 --> 00:43:43,079 I have new desires, I have new purpose. 845 00:43:45,320 --> 00:43:48,420 And if you've never received Jesus Christ before, 846 00:43:49,460 --> 00:43:51,780 two things, I would love you to do it now, 847 00:43:52,559 --> 00:43:55,219 but if you haven't, you know, this cup of communion, 848 00:43:56,119 --> 00:43:59,300 this time of communion, the breading and cup 849 00:43:59,300 --> 00:44:02,000 is really for believers. 850 00:44:03,400 --> 00:44:05,340 In fact, the word even says don't take it 851 00:44:05,340 --> 00:44:07,099 in an unworthy manner, now really, 852 00:44:07,099 --> 00:44:09,599 we're never gonna be worthy, but Christ is worthy. 853 00:44:10,500 --> 00:44:13,000 I would like you to consider before I take this, 854 00:44:13,059 --> 00:44:15,340 if I don't know it, why not know for sure 855 00:44:16,099 --> 00:44:17,260 that you are saved? 856 00:44:19,380 --> 00:44:21,400 It's the greatest thing to be born again, 857 00:44:21,519 --> 00:44:22,159 can I get an amen? 858 00:44:22,500 --> 00:44:22,960 Amen. 859 00:44:23,400 --> 00:44:25,679 I mean, that's the only way to live 860 00:44:25,679 --> 00:44:28,920 is born again, a new creation. 861 00:44:31,480 --> 00:44:35,760 I'm just so glad I escaped, I was let out of Egypt, 862 00:44:35,760 --> 00:44:40,820 man, I'm no longer part of that world any longer 863 00:44:40,820 --> 00:44:41,900 and I've been delivered. 864 00:44:43,159 --> 00:44:45,760 So if you'd like to receive Jesus, it's so easy. 865 00:44:46,900 --> 00:44:48,300 You know, Romans 10, nine, 10, 866 00:44:48,780 --> 00:44:50,860 if you confess with your mouth that Jesus and the Lord 867 00:44:50,860 --> 00:44:53,280 and believe in your heart that God raised him 868 00:44:53,280 --> 00:44:54,440 from the dead, you will be saved. 869 00:44:54,519 --> 00:44:56,639 You can receive Jesus Christ right now 870 00:44:56,639 --> 00:44:59,659 as your Lord and Savior and just say something like this, 871 00:45:00,139 --> 00:45:01,760 God, I need to be saved. 872 00:45:03,420 --> 00:45:06,619 I know I'm a sinner and I am lost 873 00:45:09,139 --> 00:45:11,460 and I don't know how to fix myself, 874 00:45:13,480 --> 00:45:14,679 but I know one thing, 875 00:45:14,760 --> 00:45:17,480 I believe that you died on the cross for my sins 876 00:45:19,159 --> 00:45:22,559 and I believe if I die with you on that cross, 877 00:45:23,559 --> 00:45:27,300 that I can rise again with you in glory. 878 00:45:27,539 --> 00:45:28,659 I can have a new life. 879 00:45:28,659 --> 00:45:31,079 I can rise from the dead. 880 00:45:33,059 --> 00:45:35,840 So today, Lord, I wanna give you my life. 881 00:45:35,940 --> 00:45:38,500 I surrender it right here, right now. 882 00:45:38,940 --> 00:45:41,940 I'm dying with you on that cross right now 883 00:45:43,599 --> 00:45:46,300 so that you would give me your life. 884 00:45:47,820 --> 00:45:50,059 I believe you are the son of God. 885 00:45:50,320 --> 00:45:53,139 I believe that you died on the cross for my sins 886 00:45:53,760 --> 00:45:57,119 and today I wanna receive that gift of salvation 887 00:45:58,079 --> 00:46:01,380 and be born again, a new creation, 888 00:46:01,559 --> 00:46:03,320 walking in the newness of life. 889 00:46:03,639 --> 00:46:06,579 Today, I give you my life to receive yours. 890 00:46:07,320 --> 00:46:09,900 Father God, fill me with your Holy Spirit 891 00:46:09,900 --> 00:46:13,000 so I can live your life down here. 892 00:46:14,139 --> 00:46:17,300 I ask this in Jesus' name, amen. 893 00:46:21,420 --> 00:46:24,340 Thanks for joining us at Lansdale Life Church 894 00:46:24,340 --> 00:46:26,860 as we praise God and discuss His word. 895 00:46:27,539 --> 00:46:30,599 Don't forget to join us for Worship Lives Sunday mornings 896 00:46:30,599 --> 00:46:33,000 at 10 a.m. Eastern on YouTube. 897 00:46:34,019 --> 00:46:36,099 Be blessed and have a great day.