Last night I lay a sleeping.
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There came a dream so fair.
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I stood in Old Jerusalem
beside the temple there.
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I heard the children
singing, and ever as they sang,
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me thought the voice of angels
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from heaven in answer rang.
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Me thought the voice of angels
from heaven in answer rang.
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Jerusalem! Jerusalem!
Lift up your gates and sing.
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Hosanna in the highest!
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Hosanna to your king!
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the streets no longer rang.
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Hushed were the glad Hosannas
the little children sang.
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The sun grew dark with mystery,
the morn was cold and chill,
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as the shadow of a cross
arose upon a lonely hill,
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as the shadow of the
cross arose upon a lonely hill.
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Jerusalem! Jerusalem!
Hark how the angels sing.
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Hosanna in the highest!
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Hosanna to your king!
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And once again
the scene was changed,
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new earth there seemed to be.
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I saw the Holy City
beside the tideless sea.
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The light of God
was on it's streets,
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the gates were open wide.
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And all who would might
enter, and no one was denied.
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No need of moon
or stars by night,
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or sun to shine by day.
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It was the new Jerusalem
that would not pass away.
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Jerusalem! Jerusalem!
Sing for the night is o'er!
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Hosanna in the highest!
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Hosanna forever more!
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Hosanna in the highest!
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Hosanna forever
more! Amen! Amen!
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I'd like to invite Eva to
come forward at this time.
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This is a radiant,
glorious day. Amen!
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I can tell by Ted Jeske's smile.
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Actually, Ted and Julie
have been working with Eva
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for a long time now.
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And she's joined Joe
as a member of our church,
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and I know that this is
a glorious and wonderful
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day for Joe as well.
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And, Eva, as we have as our
custom here at Fresno Central
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Church, we want to give
you a copy of your baptismal
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certificate, as well as the book
Seventh-day Adventists' Believe.
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Thank you.
Welcome to our family.
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God bless you. Amen, Amen.
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Praise to the Lord, the
Almighty, the King of Creation.
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O my soul, praise Him for
He is our health and salvation.
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All ye who hear, now
to His temple draw near.
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Join Him in glad adoration.
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Praise to the Lord who o're all
things so wondrously reigneth.
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Shelters thee under His wings,
Yea, so gently sustaineth.
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Hast thou not seen how
thy desires e'er have been
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granted in what He ordaineth.
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Praise to the Lord
who doth prosper thy
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Surely His goodness and
mercy here daily attend thee.
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Ponder anew what
the Almighty can do,
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if with His love
He befriend thee.
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Praise to the Lord, O let
all that is in me adore Him.
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All that hath life and
breath come now with before Him.
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Let the 'amen' sound
from His people again.
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Gladly for aye we adore Him!
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We adore Him! We adore Him!
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Praise to the Lord!
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Praise the
Lord! Praise the Lord!
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Praise the Lord!
Praise the Lord! Amen! Amen!
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Shall we bow our
heads for prayer?
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Our Father in heaven, what
a wonderful privilege it is
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to come to Your house of worship
on Your Holy Sabbath day,
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to render You honor, glory,
and praise such as you deserve,
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because You are our
Creator, and our Redeemer.
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We ask that as we open
Your Holy Word, that Your Spirit
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will hover over this place.
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Give us clear
minds and tender hearts.
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And give us the willingness to
live in harmony with Your will.
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We thank You for
hearing our prayer for we ask it
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in Jesus' name, Amen.
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In 1 Corinthians 10 the apostle
Paul tells several experiences
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of the children of
Israel as they left Egypt
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on their journey to Canaan.
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And at the conclusion of
this passage, the apostle Paul
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tells us that these experiences
were actually written for us
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who are living in the
last days of human history.
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I'd like to begin by reading
from 1 Corinthians 10:11.
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Here the apostle Paul says this:
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That is to Israel.
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The Greek word is types.
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So the apostle Paul tells us
that all of the experiences of
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Israel, from Egypt to
Canaan, were types, or they were
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illustrations, or examples for
us who are living in the last
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days of human history.
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Now what I would like us to do
in our study today is to examine
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the journey of
Israel from Egypt to Canaan.
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And as we examine this
story we're going to notice
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that their experience actually
parallels our own personal
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journey from this
world to the heavenly Canaan.
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I would like to begin at Exodus
1:13, 14, Exodus 1:13, 14.
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You see, the children
of Israel were in bondage.
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They were slaves. In fact
it tells us here that they were
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in hard bondage.
They served with rigor.
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Let's read verses 13 and 14.
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In other words, the children
of Israel were slaves in Egypt.
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In fact they
were born as slaves.
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They had no
choice in the matter.
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Imagine them day after day,
week after week, year after year
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serving, building
perhaps the pyramids of Egypt.
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Now they had no merit to offer
God for God to deliver them.
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In fact they had fallen into the
idolatry of Egypt, and therefore
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they deserved exactly
what they were involved in.
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And as they were there serving
day after day, many times they
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must have thought that
their case was hopeless.
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There was no way that
they could deliver themselves.
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You know their plight
is similar to our plight
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before we accepted Jesus.
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The Bible tells us that
we are born into slavery.
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The flesh cannot perform good.
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We are just as much spiritual
slaves as Israel were slaves
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literally in the land of Egypt.
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Born in to slavery, bitterly
serving sin, not able to deliver
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ourselves, no merit to
offer God; it appeared like
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our life was hopeless.
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But the Bible tells us that
in the midst of their bondage,
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and their pain, and
their sorrow, without any merit
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to offer to God,
they cried out to God.
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We find this in Exodus
2:23, 24. It says here:
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Notice the terminology.
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So God heard their groaning,
and God remembered His covenant
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with Abraham, with
Isaac, and with Jacob.
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Notice the terminology:
groaning, crying out to God
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in their helplessness, in their
desperation, because they knew
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that in themselves,
they had no hope of being
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delivered from bondage.
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How similar this is to
our own personal experience.
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In our bondage to sin,
in our bondage to the world,
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when our case appeared hopeless,
born into slavery, we cried out
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to God, and God heard
our plea, God heard our cry.
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Now who were
Israel in bondage to?
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You know, in the book of
Ezekiel 29:3 we find a reference
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to Pharaoh who
was the king of Egypt.
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Ezekiel 29:3. And, by
the way, I'm reading from the
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New King James Version.
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I prefer the way that it
reads in the King James Version.
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And so I'm going to
make a slight change from
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the New King James.
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It says there in
verse 3 of Ezekiel 29:
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The New King James says monster.
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So Israel was in bondage
to the great dragon, Pharaoh,
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according to Ezekiel 29:3.
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And as we read the story in
the book of Exodus we discover
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that this great dragon
had no intention of allowing
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Israel to go free.
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They were his slaves.
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They were his servants.
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And he was not going to allow
them to escape from his hands.
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In fact, we find in Exodus
5:2 the attitude of this despot,
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of this great
dragon. It says there:
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You see Israel served
the interests of Pharaoh.
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Pharaoh could not carry
on his program without them.
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And so he hung onto them for
dear life, not wishing to lose
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them for his service.
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But the Bible tells us, and we
just read it from Exodus 2:24,
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and verse 25, that God
remembered His covenant.
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Let's read again Exodus 2:24.
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I want you to notice the reason
why God acknowledged Israel.
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He did not acknowledge
Israel because they were good,
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because they were
obeying God's law,
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because they were holy.
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God decided to
intervene in their case
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because of His covenant.
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Not because they
earned His favor,
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but because of His pure
grace, and His pure mercy.
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His love for them expressed
in the covenant which He gave to
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Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
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And which, by the way, was the
covenant that Jesus made with
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His Father in the ceaseless ages
of eternity; that He was going
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to intervene to save.
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Not because Israel was
good, but because God was good.
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How similar to us who
are born into bondage,
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who are born into sin, whose
case appears to be hopeless.
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We cry out in our
desperation to God.
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We're slaves to
Satan who, by the way,
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in the Bible is
called also the great dragon.
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We appear to not
be able to be freed.
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And yet God, because of His
mercy, and because of His grace,
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not because we're good, not
because we've earned His favor,
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He delivered us from
bondage to sin and to the world.
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Now it's interesting to
notice, as the story develops,
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that a deliverer
was born in Egypt.
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His name, of course, was Moses.
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We find this in
Exodus 1:22, Exodus 1:22.
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Pharaoh knew that a deliverer
was perhaps going to be born.
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And so Pharaoh decided
that he was going to nip this
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in the bud, so to speak.
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And so we find in Exodus 1:22:
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Notice that this
great dragon, Pharaoh,
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aware of the possibility that a
deliverer was going to be born,
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killed all of the male
children in the hopes of
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killing the deliverer.
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We find in Exodus 2:10
that this deliverer was born.
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It says there in verse
10: And the child grew,
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and she brought him
to Pharaoh's daughter,
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and he became her son.
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How similar this story is
to the story of Revelation 12.
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There you have a great dragon
standing next to the woman
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to devour her child as
soon as the child is born.
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Interestingly enough, it was
a king called Herod who had all
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of the male children,
two years and under, killed.
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In other words, the story of
the deliverer in Egypt is being
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reenacted on a larger scale with
the deliverer of the human race.
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Because Satan, the great
dragon, stood next to the woman
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who was about to
bring Jesus into the world.
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And the devil wanted to
do everything to destroy Him.
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But as Moses was preserved in
Egypt, and protected in Egypt,
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so Jesus was protected as
He was born into this world
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to bring salvation and
liberation to the human race.
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Now it's interesting to notice,
as I've mentioned previously
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in our study, that God did
not deliver Israel from bondage
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because they
were obedient to Him.
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In fact as we read the
story, God did not give Israel
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the ten commandments while
they were in bondage in Egypt.
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We're going to
notice that He gave them the
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commandments later.
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Now why did God not give Israel
the ten commandments and say,
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Folks, I'm giving
you these commandments.
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When you obey them, then
I'm going to deliver you.
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When you measure up
I'm going to deliver you.
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The fact is that they could
not obey the commandments of God
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in Egypt, because they
were slaves of Pharaoh.
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And no one can
serve two masters.
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God could not ask Israel to obey
Him until He had delivered them
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from their first master.
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In fact, do you know
that Israel tried to keep
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the Sabbath in Egypt?
even before Exodus 16,
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the manna episode.
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We find that Israel
attempted to keep the Sabbath.
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You say, How do we know that?
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Well, in Exodus 5 we
have Moses going into Pharaoh,
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Moses and Aaron, and they
say, We want to take Israel
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out into the wilderness for
three days to worship the Lord.
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Do you know what Moses
and Aaron were actually
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asking Pharaoh to do?
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They actually were going to
go out, and they were going to
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celebrate the Holy Sabbath.
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You say, How do we know that?
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Well, in Exodus 5
we find the answer.
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Exodus 5:5. When Moses
and Aaron go in and they say:
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Let Israel go to celebrate
this feast in the desert,
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or this religious
celebration in the desert.
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Notice in verse 5:
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Shabbat
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The word there is Shabbat, which
is consistently used in the
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Old Testament to
describe the Holy Sabbath.
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In other words, Moses and Aaron
were saying, We want to take
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Israel out into the desert
to celebrate God's Holy Sabbath.
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Could they do it? Not
while they were slaves.
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Because we're told in the
story that Pharaoh made their
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bondage even worse.
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You see, they couldn't
keep the Sabbath while they were
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in bondage in Egypt.
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They had to be delivered
from their first slave master,
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so that now they
could render service to
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their new master, God.
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And, of course, the night that
they were delivered there was a
00:29:03.98\00:29:08.60
very special ceremony that
indicated their deliverance.
00:29:08.64\00:29:13.79
We all know what it is.
00:29:13.83\00:29:16.42
It is the Passover.
00:29:16.45\00:29:19.14
Go with me to Exodus
12:26, 27, Exodus 12:26, 27.
00:29:19.17\00:29:30.98
So the people bowed
their heads and worshipped.
00:29:53.89\00:29:58.17
What was the sign of
their deliverance from bondage
00:29:58.20\00:30:01.99
to their first
master? the Passover.
00:30:02.02\00:30:04.73
By the way, a lamb was chosen.
00:30:04.76\00:30:08.23
The lamb had no defect.
00:30:08.27\00:30:10.66
It was to be
sacrificed at evening.
00:30:10.69\00:30:13.93
No bones were to be broken.
00:30:13.97\00:30:16.91
And the blood was to be
applied to the doorposts.
00:30:16.95\00:30:20.67
Have you ever read what
the apostle Paul says in
00:30:20.70\00:30:24.90
1 Corinthians 5:7 where
he explains that Christ,
00:30:24.94\00:30:29.10
our Passover, has been what?
00:30:29.14\00:30:31.92
Christ, our Passover,
has been sacrificed for us.
00:30:31.95\00:30:36.80
So the sign of our deliverance
is the death of Jesus.
00:30:36.84\00:30:41.69
You see, Jesus was
also a lamb without defect.
00:30:41.72\00:30:45.66
Jesus also died at evening.
00:30:45.69\00:30:48.43
No bones of His body were
broken, and His blood was to
00:30:48.46\00:30:53.60
be applied to our
own personal lives.
00:30:53.64\00:30:56.52
So as the sign of deliverance
for Israel from Egypt was
00:30:56.55\00:31:01.84
the blood of the lamb, so
the sign of our deliverance also
00:31:01.88\00:31:06.45
is the blood of the lamb that
takes away the sin of the world.
00:31:06.49\00:31:11.03
You see, we can't serve
God anymore than Israel could,
00:31:11.07\00:31:16.12
as long as we are in bondage to
sin, to Satan, and to the world.
00:31:16.15\00:31:20.70
We had to be
delivered from bondage so that
00:31:20.73\00:31:23.98
now we can serve God.
00:31:24.02\00:31:25.27
And, of course, the deliverance
came as a result of the blood
00:31:25.30\00:31:29.54
of the lamb which was shed.
00:31:29.58\00:31:31.52
But folks, Pharaoh was
not about to let Israel go
00:31:31.56\00:31:39.34
without a fight;
without a fight to the death.
00:31:39.37\00:31:42.98
And so we find in
Exodus 14 that Pharaoh got 600
00:31:43.01\00:31:48.65
of his choice chariots.
00:31:48.68\00:31:50.24
He got his armies together.
00:31:50.27\00:31:51.76
And now he decided he was
not going to let these people,
00:31:51.79\00:31:55.17
delivered by the
blood of the lamb go.
00:31:55.20\00:31:58.47
And so he gets his 600 chariots,
and he goes after Israel,
00:31:58.51\00:32:03.01
which has escaped his power.
00:32:03.04\00:32:05.28
He's not going to
give up these people
00:32:05.32\00:32:07.32
without a fierce conflict.
00:32:07.35\00:32:09.04
How similar it is
to our experience.
00:32:09.08\00:32:12.23
When we choose to
receive Jesus as our Savior,
00:32:12.26\00:32:16.32
when we accept
the blood of Christ,
00:32:16.36\00:32:19.09
the devil doesn't give up!
00:32:19.12\00:32:20.52
The devil comes after us with
a vengeance because he wants
00:32:20.55\00:32:24.99
to take us back as his servants.
00:32:25.02\00:32:27.00
He doesn't want us to be free.
00:32:27.03\00:32:28.93
And so Pharaoh
comes after Israel.
00:32:28.97\00:32:31.76
And now Israel is at
the edge of the Red Sea.
00:32:31.80\00:32:35.50
There's no escape.
00:32:35.53\00:32:37.68
The Egyptians are behind them.
00:32:37.71\00:32:39.84
There are mountains on one side,
a desert on the other side,
00:32:39.87\00:32:43.75
the sea in front of them.
00:32:43.79\00:32:45.82
It appears like
their case is hopeless.
00:32:45.85\00:32:48.69
But then something
spectacular happens.
00:32:48.72\00:32:51.49
Notice 1 Corinthians
10:1, 2, 1 Corinthians 10:1, 2.
00:32:51.53\00:32:59.89
There's a very
important expression that I want
00:32:59.93\00:33:01.85
us to notice here. It says:
00:33:01.88\00:33:03.73
And now notice verse 2.
00:33:13.76\00:33:15.49
Question: Was Israel
baptized? Yes, they were.
00:33:24.31\00:33:27.90
Who were they baptized into?
00:33:27.94\00:33:29.51
They were baptized into
Moses, interestingly enough.
00:33:29.54\00:33:34.97
They were baptized in the sea!
00:33:35.00\00:33:37.18
In other words, after
they were delivered by the
00:33:37.22\00:33:39.57
blood of the lamb, they come to
the baptismal font, so to speak.
00:33:39.60\00:33:44.27
And now they're going
to go through the waters.
00:33:44.31\00:33:46.91
They are going to be baptized.
00:33:46.95\00:33:48.75
And have you ever noticed
what happened at their baptism?
00:33:48.79\00:33:52.32
All of their old life
was buried in the waters.
00:33:52.36\00:33:57.31
All of their old
taskmasters, their old man
00:33:57.34\00:34:02.26
is buried in the waters.
00:34:02.29\00:34:04.30
And when they come out on
the other side of the sea,
00:34:04.33\00:34:08.89
they come out to newness of
life, a fully and completely
00:34:08.93\00:34:13.45
delivered people. Amen, Amen.
00:34:13.49\00:34:15.62
How similar to our experience.
00:34:15.65\00:34:17.72
We were born into bondage;
slaves of the great dragon,
00:34:17.75\00:34:22.26
not being able to escape,
our case appearing hopeless.
00:34:22.29\00:34:26.86
And yet we cried out to
God, and God by His mercy,
00:34:26.89\00:34:30.50
not because we're good,
but because of his mercy,
00:34:30.53\00:34:34.57
He delivered us from
bondage to Satan, and to sin.
00:34:34.61\00:34:38.29
And He delivered us
through the blood of the lamb
00:34:38.32\00:34:41.97
that takes away
the sin of the world.
00:34:42.00\00:34:43.48
And then, of course, He
led us to the baptismal waters.
00:34:43.52\00:34:48.49
And in the baptismal
waters our old life was
00:34:48.53\00:34:51.98
buried in the waters, and we
were born to newness of life.
00:34:52.02\00:34:58.14
Do you know, folks, that in
Galatians 3:26 we are told that
00:34:58.18\00:35:04.26
when we are baptized, we
are baptized into Christ.
00:35:04.30\00:35:09.61
Do you remember the
expression, into Moses?
00:35:09.65\00:35:13.16
Israel was baptized into Moses.
00:35:13.19\00:35:15.80
We are baptized into Christ.
00:35:15.84\00:35:18.38
And when we're baptized
into Christ all of our old life
00:35:18.42\00:35:23.19
is buried, and forgotten
by God, and we come forth from
00:35:23.23\00:35:27.97
the waters to newness
of life; delivered from our
00:35:28.01\00:35:31.96
old life of bondage.
00:35:31.99\00:35:33.59
And then, of course, in
Exodus 15 the people now sing.
00:35:33.62\00:35:38.41
Notice Exodus
15:1. It says here:
00:35:38.44\00:35:43.44
And we're not going
to read the whole song.
00:35:50.23\00:35:52.74
It's all of Exodus 15.
00:35:52.78\00:35:54.34
Now let me ask you, Do you
believe that Israel sang that
00:35:54.38\00:35:57.49
song with enthusiasm?
00:35:57.53\00:35:58.95
Or do you think they just stood
around? didn't open the hymnal?
00:35:58.98\00:36:03.06
Because it was written
by Moses for them to sing.
00:36:03.09\00:36:05.05
It wasn't spontaneous.
00:36:05.08\00:36:06.35
Do you suppose they sang with
enthusiasm, and with meaning?
00:36:06.38\00:36:10.37
Absolutely! And the reason
why is because they were singing
00:36:10.40\00:36:14.36
about their experience.
00:36:14.39\00:36:15.71
You see, when we come
forth from the baptismal waters,
00:36:15.74\00:36:19.34
we come forth
to newness of life.
00:36:19.38\00:36:21.32
And now we can sing
praises to the Lord.
00:36:21.35\00:36:24.10
We can sing Redeemed,
How I Love to Proclaim It!
00:36:24.14\00:36:27.75
You know, it's interesting
to see what happens when I
00:36:27.78\00:36:30.26
baptize some people.
00:36:30.29\00:36:31.39
I remember one woman that I
baptized in Torrington, Wyoming,
00:36:31.42\00:36:35.34
many years ago
when I pastored there.
00:36:35.37\00:36:37.29
She had been involved
in drugs, and in alcohol.
00:36:37.33\00:36:43.32
Her life was a mess!
00:36:43.36\00:36:45.22
And I studied with her.
00:36:45.25\00:36:47.04
She made her decision for Jesus.
00:36:47.08\00:36:49.43
The day of her baptism,
I buried her in the waters.
00:36:49.46\00:36:52.25
When she came out of
the waters, she came out...
00:36:52.29\00:36:54.89
I didn't know what
had happened to her.
00:36:54.92\00:36:56.67
She raised her arms and she
started going shew, shew, shew.
00:36:56.70\00:37:00.81
And, you know, I didn't think
that she'd swallowed water.
00:37:00.85\00:37:04.93
It didn't look like it.
00:37:04.96\00:37:06.06
And so I said,
What happened to you?
00:37:06.09\00:37:07.94
She says, I'm so excited
that this is the only way
00:37:07.97\00:37:11.07
that I could express it. Ha ha.
00:37:11.16\00:37:14.28
Talk about enthusiasm
when we're born into Jesus;
00:37:14.32\00:37:17.82
when our life is buried,
when we've accepted deliverance
00:37:17.86\00:37:22.05
through the blood
of the lamb. Amen!
00:37:22.09\00:37:23.79
But now listen up.
00:37:23.82\00:37:24.85
The pilgrimage of
Israel did not end there.
00:37:24.88\00:37:27.99
You see, they had to
go all the way to Canaan.
00:37:28.02\00:37:32.95
You see, for most Christians
when you receive Jesus
00:37:32.98\00:37:37.37
as Savior, and you're
baptized, that's it. Not so!
00:37:37.40\00:37:42.22
You see, Israel still
had to cross a desert,
00:37:42.25\00:37:45.95
and they had to
finally arrive in Canaan.
00:37:45.98\00:37:49.61
Now let me ask you, If you
were going to cross a desert,
00:37:49.64\00:37:52.83
which two things
would you make provision for
00:37:52.86\00:37:55.72
before you started your journey?
00:37:55.75\00:37:57.98
Food and what? and water.
00:37:58.01\00:38:02.71
Now remember that
the pilgrimage of Israel
00:38:02.74\00:38:04.97
is a sign of our pilgrimage.
00:38:05.00\00:38:07.20
See, as they left
Egypt, we've left the world.
00:38:07.23\00:38:10.19
As they cried out, we cried out.
00:38:10.22\00:38:13.13
As they were in
bondage we are in bondage.
00:38:13.16\00:38:15.69
As God intervened without merit,
He intervenes without merit.
00:38:15.72\00:38:19.68
As they received
the blood of the lamb,
00:38:19.71\00:38:21.71
we've received
the blood of the lamb.
00:38:21.74\00:38:23.26
As they buried their old
life, we buried our old life.
00:38:23.29\00:38:27.11
As they
resurrected to newness of life,
00:38:27.14\00:38:29.34
we resurrected
to newness of life.
00:38:29.37\00:38:31.42
As they sang, we
are to sing. Amen!
00:38:31.45\00:38:35.67
But it doesn't end there.
00:38:35.71\00:38:37.79
We still have a desert to cross.
00:38:37.82\00:38:40.74
We still have to
make it to Canaan.
00:38:40.77\00:38:46.50
We cannot believe
that once you're saved,
00:38:46.53\00:38:48.93
you're always saved.
00:38:48.96\00:38:49.99
Jesus said, He who endures
unto the end shall be saved.
00:38:50.02\00:38:55.01
And do you know
what's interesting?
00:38:55.04\00:38:56.25
It's no coincidence
that immediately after Israel
00:38:56.28\00:38:59.51
sang that song of their
redemption in Exodus 15,
00:38:59.54\00:39:04.56
in Exodus 16 God
rains bread from heaven.
00:39:04.59\00:39:08.37
And in Exodus 17 He
gives water from the rock.
00:39:08.40\00:39:12.00
Because He knew that they
were going to cross the desert.
00:39:12.03\00:39:15.66
and that even after
their baptism they needed food,
00:39:15.69\00:39:18.97
and they needed water
to conserve their strength
00:39:19.00\00:39:22.25
in order to make it to Canaan.
00:39:22.28\00:39:24.98
Notice Exodus 16:4.
00:39:25.01\00:39:29.44
It speaks about the bread
that God rained from heaven.
00:39:29.47\00:39:32.56
God had some bakery in heaven!
00:39:32.59\00:39:34.09
He did this for forty years.
00:39:34.13\00:39:35.55
It's amazing! And it
wasn't any old kind of bread,
00:39:35.59\00:39:39.49
and it tasted like wafers
of honey the Bible says. Wow!
00:39:39.52\00:39:41.77
You know when God
makes food, He makes it good.
00:39:41.80\00:39:45.37
Notice Exodus 16:4.
00:39:45.41\00:39:49.39
And the people shall go out
and gather a certain quota every
00:39:54.93\00:39:58.57
day, that I may test
them whether they will
00:39:58.61\00:40:01.20
walk in My law or not.
00:40:01.24\00:40:03.34
So God rains bread because
He knows that they need to eat
00:40:03.37\00:40:07.27
in order to make it
to the land of Canaan.
00:40:07.30\00:40:09.50
But in Exodus 17 God
also gave water from the rock.
00:40:09.54\00:40:13.48
Notice Exodus 17:6, Exodus 17:6.
00:40:13.51\00:40:20.18
And Moses did so in the
sight of the elders of Israel.
00:40:32.23\00:40:37.63
So in Exodus 16 God gives bread.
00:40:37.66\00:40:40.29
In Exodus 17 God gives water.
00:40:40.33\00:40:42.89
Now folks, this bread and this
water was not only literal bread
00:40:42.92\00:40:48.55
and literal water.
00:40:48.58\00:40:49.61
Once again God is trying to
teach us a lesson on our trek
00:40:49.64\00:40:54.44
from the world to
Canaan, to the heavenly Canaan.
00:40:54.47\00:40:58.06
Go with me to 1 Corinthians 10:
3, 4, and you're going to see
00:40:58.10\00:41:02.68
this spiritual dimension.
00:41:02.71\00:41:06.30
1 Corinthians 10:3, 4.
00:41:06.34\00:41:09.89
Actually, let's begin reading at
verse 1 so we catch the context.
00:41:09.93\00:41:14.54
It says, moreover brethren,
I do not want you to be unaware
00:41:14.57\00:41:17.83
that all our fathers
were under the cloud.
00:41:17.86\00:41:20.01
All passed through the sea.
00:41:20.04\00:41:22.09
All were baptized into
Moses, in the cloud and the sea.
00:41:22.12\00:41:26.23
And now notice: All
ate the same physical food.
00:41:26.26\00:41:30.81
Thank you, thank you very much.
00:41:30.85\00:41:33.16
You're reading out there. Good!
00:41:33.19\00:41:34.37
For they drank of that spiritual
Rock that followed them,
00:41:44.57\00:41:49.40
and that Rock was Christ.
00:41:49.43\00:41:51.42
Did the manna
represent something beyond
00:41:51.46\00:41:54.35
the literal manna?
00:41:54.38\00:41:55.41
Did the water
represent something beyond
00:41:55.44\00:41:58.18
the literal water? Absolutely!
00:41:58.22\00:42:00.30
Now the question is,
what did the manna represent,
00:42:00.33\00:42:03.24
and what did the water
from the rock represent?
00:42:03.27\00:42:06.51
The fact is the Bible tells us.
00:42:06.54\00:42:09.08
Notice Deuteronomy
8:3, Deuteronomy 8:3.
00:42:09.11\00:42:15.10
What do we need to
partake of in order to be strong
00:42:15.14\00:42:18.39
to make it to Canaan,
to the heavenly Canaan?
00:42:18.42\00:42:20.45
What do we need to drink
in order to make it sound
00:42:20.49\00:42:24.20
and safe to the land of Canaan?
00:42:24.24\00:42:26.62
Notice Deuteronomy 8:3.
00:42:26.66\00:42:29.82
Here God explains
why He gave manna.
00:42:29.85\00:42:31.64
And now notice:
00:42:43.26\00:42:44.37
What did the manna represent?
00:42:57.95\00:42:59.45
The manna
represents the word of God.
00:42:59.48\00:43:02.18
What must we assimilate in
order to be strong to enter
00:43:02.21\00:43:06.55
the heavenly
Canaan? the word of God.
00:43:06.58\00:43:09.31
And, by the way, Israel
preferred junk food. Ha ha!
00:43:09.35\00:43:15.24
Does that have
something to say to us?
00:43:15.27\00:43:17.52
Are there many Christians
that prefer spiritual junk food?
00:43:17.55\00:43:21.91
And they died in the wilderness.
00:43:21.95\00:43:24.18
Now I want you to
notice also what is meant by
00:43:24.22\00:43:29.42
the water from the rock.
00:43:29.45\00:43:31.65
Go with me to Deuteronomy
32:4, Deuteronomy 32:4.
00:43:31.68\00:43:38.79
You see, Israel should
have understood that the manna
00:43:38.82\00:43:42.21
represented something spiritual.
00:43:42.25\00:43:44.68
They should have understood
that the water represented
00:43:44.71\00:43:47.57
something spiritual.
00:43:47.61\00:43:48.64
You say, How do we know that?
00:43:48.67\00:43:49.80
Because it says so
in Deuteronomy 8:3.
00:43:49.84\00:43:52.72
God gave them manna to
teach them that they're to live
00:43:52.76\00:43:55.15
by the word of God.
00:43:55.19\00:43:56.22
Now what about the rock?
00:43:56.25\00:43:57.50
Should they have understood
that the rock was not merely
00:43:57.53\00:44:00.28
a literal rock? Sure!
00:44:00.31\00:44:02.14
Notice Deuteronomy
32:4, speaking about the Lord,
00:44:02.17\00:44:07.21
about God:
00:44:07.24\00:44:08.27
Should they have understood
that whatever came from the rock
00:44:12.09\00:44:15.89
came from God,
who is the Rock? Yes.
00:44:15.93\00:44:18.40
And so you notice
that God is the Rock.
00:44:31.49\00:44:34.28
The manna
represents the Word of God.
00:44:34.32\00:44:37.04
Now allow me to say a
few things about the rock.
00:44:37.07\00:44:39.60
There are three symbols related
to this episode of the rock.
00:44:39.63\00:44:43.69
And, by the way, there
are two episodes of the rock.
00:44:43.73\00:44:46.25
There's this one in Exodus
17, and there's another one
00:44:46.29\00:44:48.78
in Numbers 20:8-11.
00:44:48.82\00:44:51.59
I'm going to synthesize what is
contained in those two episodes.
00:44:51.63\00:44:55.01
God told Moses to go and
stand by the rock at Horeb.
00:44:55.04\00:44:59.74
This is in Exodus 17.
00:44:59.78\00:45:01.16
And He said, Raise your rod
and you will strike the rock
00:45:01.20\00:45:07.02
with your rod, and the
rock will give its waters.
00:45:07.05\00:45:11.24
Now we have three symbols here:
the rock, which represents whom?
00:45:11.27\00:45:18.13
We read in Deuteronomy
32 that it's the Lord,
00:45:18.16\00:45:21.79
but in 1 Corinthians 10
it says the rock was whom?
00:45:21.83\00:45:24.73
The Rock was Christ.
00:45:24.76\00:45:26.10
So we know that any blessing
that comes comes from whom?
00:45:26.13\00:45:29.25
from Christ. But now notice.
00:45:29.28\00:45:31.42
What does the rod represent?
00:45:31.45\00:45:32.96
Every time that Moses
raises his rod a judgment falls
00:45:32.99\00:45:37.77
upon the Egyptians.
00:45:37.81\00:45:39.17
In other words,
the rod represents
00:45:39.20\00:45:41.90
punishment or judgment.
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Notice that the
rod falls on the rock.
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What does that mean?
00:45:46.18\00:45:47.21
That the
judgment, or the punishment
00:45:47.24\00:45:50.01
of God, fell
upon who? upon Christ.
00:45:50.05\00:45:52.80
It says in Isaiah 53
that we esteemed Him smitten,
00:45:52.83\00:46:00.41
stricken by God, and afflicted.
00:46:00.44\00:46:03.31
In other words, the rod of
God's judgment fell upon Jesus.
00:46:03.35\00:46:06.75
And as a result, what is
Jesus able to pour out upon us?
00:46:06.79\00:46:10.87
Jesus says, Whoever thirsts,
let him come to Me, and what?
00:46:10.90\00:46:14.94
and drink. And do you
know what the drink represents?
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1 Corinthians 12:13
says, We have all been made
00:46:18.28\00:46:22.85
to drink of one spirit.
00:46:22.89\00:46:25.45
Now what do we have
in all of this symbolism?
00:46:25.48\00:46:29.37
The rod
represents God's judgment.
00:46:29.40\00:46:31.57
The rod of God's judgment falls
upon the Rock, Jesus Christ.
00:46:31.61\00:46:35.58
And as a result, Jesus Christ
is able to pour out His what?
00:46:35.61\00:46:39.55
to pour out His Holy
Spirit on the day of Pentecost
00:46:39.59\00:46:42.91
to bless our lives.
00:46:42.95\00:46:44.49
Now there's a
second rock episode.
00:46:44.53\00:46:46.88
And in this rock episode
God tells Moses to take his rod,
00:46:46.91\00:46:51.20
to go to the rock, and to
do what? to speak to the rock.
00:46:51.23\00:46:57.62
And the rock would
give it's what? it's waters.
00:46:57.66\00:47:01.40
Of course Moses
struck the rock twice.
00:47:01.43\00:47:04.81
Why did Moses only
need to speak to the rock
00:47:04.85\00:47:08.96
in this second episode?
00:47:08.99\00:47:10.47
Because Jesus was only
going to fall under the
00:47:10.50\00:47:13.57
judgment of God once; under
the rod of God's punishment once
00:47:13.60\00:47:18.11
for our sins, as
it says in Hebrews.
00:47:18.14\00:47:20.75
And if we want to benefit by
what He did, all we have to do
00:47:20.79\00:47:24.77
today is speak
to the Rock. Amen!
00:47:24.81\00:47:28.34
All we have to do is pray
to Jesus for His Holy Spirit.
00:47:28.37\00:47:31.85
And so what we have here is
if we want to make it to the
00:47:31.89\00:47:35.33
heavenly Canaan, we need
two very important elements
00:47:35.36\00:47:38.63
in our life: we need to
assimilate the Word daily.
00:47:38.66\00:47:43.09
And in the second place, we need
to pray to Jesus, talk to Him,
00:47:43.12\00:47:48.46
and speak to Him, so that we can
receive, each day, a new portion
00:47:48.49\00:47:53.79
of the Holy Spirit. Amen!
00:47:53.83\00:47:56.73
Now let's talk a little bit
about their journey to Sinai.
00:47:56.77\00:48:00.09
Do you know that when
God took Israel out of Egypt,
00:48:00.13\00:48:03.68
instead of taking them
north to Canaan, He took them
00:48:03.71\00:48:06.21
south to Mount Sinai?
00:48:06.24\00:48:08.38
And the reason why is
because He wanted to reveal
00:48:08.41\00:48:11.86
to them His holy law.
00:48:11.89\00:48:13.76
Do you notice that God gave
them the law after He delivered
00:48:13.79\00:48:18.21
them from bondage?
00:48:18.24\00:48:19.27
God didn't say, Here's My law.
00:48:19.30\00:48:20.98
Keep it, and I'll deliver you.
00:48:21.01\00:48:22.72
God delivers them
because they cry out.
00:48:22.76\00:48:25.65
That's God's
grace, unmerited favor.
00:48:25.68\00:48:28.07
And then He takes them to Sinai.
00:48:28.11\00:48:30.43
And He's saying, If you love
Me, because of what I've done,
00:48:30.46\00:48:33.68
keep My commandments.
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Notice Exodus 20, Exodus 20,
and let's read verses 2 and 3.
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Notice how the ten
commandments begin.
00:48:42.24\00:48:44.00
You know some
people, I'll ask them,
00:48:44.04\00:48:45.71
How do the ten
commandments begin?
00:48:45.74\00:48:47.34
They say, Thou shall
have no other God's before Me.
00:48:47.38\00:48:49.64
But the ten
commandments have a prologue.
00:48:49.67\00:48:51.68
They have an introduction.
00:48:51.71\00:48:52.85
Notice Exodus 20:1, And God
spoke all these words saying:
00:48:52.89\00:48:58.60
You shall have no
other gods before Me.
00:49:04.90\00:49:08.97
What is the
motivation for Israel keeping
00:49:09.00\00:49:13.04
God's commandments?
00:49:13.07\00:49:14.10
It is because God has
what? God has delivered them
00:49:14.13\00:49:19.05
from bondage in Egypt.
00:49:19.09\00:49:20.89
Should that be our
motivation for serving the Lord?
00:49:20.92\00:49:25.04
Because He has poured out
His grace, and His mercy upon us
00:49:25.08\00:49:28.56
without us deserving it? simply
because we cried out to God?
00:49:28.59\00:49:32.04
Now we say, O Lord Jesus,
Thank You for delivering me
00:49:32.07\00:49:35.37
through Your blood.
00:49:35.40\00:49:36.43
Thank You for burying that old
past in the waters of baptism.
00:49:36.46\00:49:39.45
Now I've been born
into newness of life.
00:49:39.48\00:49:41.77
Oh Lord, I want to serve
You, because I love You so much.
00:49:41.81\00:49:45.50
You see, we keep the
law because we love Jesus,
00:49:45.54\00:49:48.84
because of what Jesus has done.
00:49:48.88\00:49:51.10
But listen up,
Israel was buried alive.
00:49:51.13\00:49:56.65
Their old selves did
not die in the waters.
00:49:59.53\00:50:04.63
You know, the problem with
Israel is that they constantly
00:50:04.67\00:50:09.39
wanted to return to Egypt.
00:50:09.42\00:50:11.07
Have you noticed that?
00:50:11.10\00:50:12.67
By the way, are there
Christians that constantly
00:50:12.71\00:50:15.06
want to return to Egypt?
00:50:15.09\00:50:18.82
Their past has been
buried in the waters.
00:50:18.86\00:50:22.48
They've been delivered
by the blood of the Lamb.
00:50:22.52\00:50:25.03
But they're always looking back.
00:50:25.06\00:50:26.26
They say, Oh what life
was when I was in the world.
00:50:26.29\00:50:28.98
You see Israel
wanted the diet of Egypt.
00:50:29.01\00:50:33.54
They wanted the
lifestyle of Egypt.
00:50:33.57\00:50:37.13
They wanted the music of Egypt.
00:50:37.17\00:50:40.27
They wanted the
entertainment of Egypt.
00:50:40.31\00:50:43.28
They wanted to
worship the gods of Egypt.
00:50:43.32\00:50:46.22
And the amazing thing is,
that because they had one foot
00:50:46.25\00:50:53.06
in the world, and they
wanted one foot with the Lord,
00:50:53.09\00:50:55.48
none of that generation,
except for those twenty years
00:50:55.52\00:51:00.14
and under, entered
the land of Canaan.
00:51:00.17\00:51:03.48
Listen up folks! These were
people who had been delivered
00:51:03.51\00:51:07.82
by the blood of the Lamb.
00:51:07.85\00:51:08.98
These were people who
had been baptized in the
00:51:09.02\00:51:13.21
waters of the Red Sea.
00:51:13.24\00:51:14.45
These were people who began
their pilgrimage correctly.
00:51:14.49\00:51:19.14
But they failed
in the wilderness.
00:51:19.17\00:51:22.38
You see, they had the title to
Canaan when they were delivered.
00:51:22.42\00:51:26.43
But God expected them also
to have the fitness for Canaan.
00:51:26.46\00:51:32.17
But they were
always complaining,
00:51:32.21\00:51:34.73
and they were always murmuring.
00:51:34.76\00:51:37.22
And therefore they
fell in the wilderness.
00:51:37.25\00:51:39.72
Notice what we find in
the book of Hebrews 3:16-19,
00:51:39.75\00:51:45.63
Hebrews 3:16-19. Here
we find the apostle Paul,
00:51:45.67\00:51:51.59
whom I believe to be
author of the book of Hebrews,
00:51:51.62\00:51:54.06
well not the author, the writer.
00:51:54.09\00:51:55.33
The author is God.
00:51:55.37\00:51:56.40
But in Hebrews 3:16-19, we have
an explanation of what happened
00:51:56.43\00:52:02.58
to Israel in the
wilderness. It says here:
00:52:02.61\00:52:05.45
What's our situation?
00:52:45.18\00:52:47.72
Are we murmuring?
Are we complaining?
00:52:47.76\00:52:50.96
Are we looking
back at the world,
00:52:51.00\00:52:54.13
the dress of the world,
the entertainment of the world,
00:52:54.17\00:52:56.54
the food of the world,
the music of the world,
00:52:56.57\00:52:58.87
the lifestyle that we had
in the world; and as a result
00:52:58.90\00:53:03.40
fall in the wilderness
because of our unbelief?
00:53:03.43\00:53:06.35
Because of our
disobedience, as it says here?
00:53:06.38\00:53:09.26
Because of our rebellion?
00:53:09.30\00:53:10.60
You know, the Spirit of Prophecy
says that God is not to blame
00:53:10.63\00:53:14.88
for us not having
entered the land of Canaan yet.
00:53:14.91\00:53:18.09
She says it is because of
the sin of insubordination.
00:53:18.13\00:53:21.27
It's because we have
not met the conditions.
00:53:21.31\00:53:24.70
It is because we
have not appreciated what
00:53:24.73\00:53:28.09
God has done for us.
00:53:28.12\00:53:29.70
A good beginning does
not guarantee entrance
00:53:29.74\00:53:34.79
into the heavenly Canaan.
00:53:34.83\00:53:36.86
We must have both the
title and the fitness.
00:53:36.89\00:53:41.34
I'd like to read a statement
that we find in the book,
00:53:41.38\00:53:44.48
The Faith I Live By, page 116.
00:53:44.51\00:53:48.05
This is a classical
statement by Ellen White.
00:53:48.08\00:53:50.87
And it's a wonderful statement
because succinctly she explains
00:53:50.90\00:53:54.49
the relationship
between sanctification
00:53:54.53\00:53:56.26
and justification.
00:53:56.30\00:53:57.33
She says this: The
righteousness by which we are
00:53:57.36\00:54:00.96
justified is imputed.
00:54:00.99\00:54:02.84
The righteousness by we
are sanctified is imparted.
00:54:02.87\00:54:09.42
The first is
our title to heaven,
00:54:09.46\00:54:14.34
the second is our
fitness for heaven.
00:54:14.38\00:54:19.20
Folks, God is not going to take
anyone to heaven who does not
00:54:19.23\00:54:23.17
have the title and the fitness.
00:54:23.20\00:54:26.08
There's a lot of
debate about what happened at
00:54:26.11\00:54:28.33
Minneapolis in 1888.
00:54:28.37\00:54:30.01
I'll tell you, Ellen White
has a statement where it's very
00:54:30.04\00:54:32.94
succinct, and very simple.
00:54:32.98\00:54:34.40
She says that Jones and Waggoner
taught the righteousness
00:54:34.43\00:54:37.97
of Christ, which is manifested
in obedience to all of
00:54:38.00\00:54:41.50
the commandments of God.
00:54:41.53\00:54:42.56
There it is! You know you
can debate, and you can argue,
00:54:42.59\00:54:46.04
but that is the essence of
the message that Ellen White,
00:54:46.08\00:54:49.58
and Jones, and
Waggoner, gave in 1888;
00:54:49.61\00:54:52.33
was that the righteousness
of Christ, received in the life,
00:54:52.36\00:54:56.64
imputed to us, is manifested
by obedience to all of the
00:54:56.67\00:55:00.91
commandments of God.
00:55:00.94\00:55:02.27
I'd like to end our study
today by going to the book of
00:55:02.31\00:55:06.98
Romans 6, Romans
6:22, 23, Romans 6:22, 23.
00:55:07.01\00:55:15.91
And I want you to
notice the stages here.
00:55:15.94\00:55:17.89
There are four key
ideas, particularly in verse 22.
00:55:17.93\00:55:22.66
It says here in verse 22:
00:55:22.69\00:55:25.35
Is that what happened
to Israel when they were
00:55:30.50\00:55:34.01
redeemed from Egypt?
00:55:34.04\00:55:35.07
Were they set free
from bondage? Yes, notice:
00:55:35.10\00:55:37.43
Did Israel now become
slaves of God, servants of God?
00:55:43.61\00:55:46.17
Yes, they did. Absolutely!
00:55:46.21\00:55:48.29
Now notice what
it continues saying.
00:55:48.33\00:55:50.65
What is the fruit when you've
been freed from your first
00:55:54.88\00:55:57.79
slave master, from the
slave master, and you become
00:55:57.82\00:56:00.83
a slave of God,
voluntary slave of God?
00:56:00.86\00:56:03.34
What comes as a
result? holiness.
00:56:03.38\00:56:06.82
And then notice: at the
end what? everlasting life.
00:56:11.98\00:56:17.05
And, by the way, that's Canaan.
00:56:17.08\00:56:18.78
In this verse you have
everything that we've talked
00:56:18.81\00:56:22.54
about this morning:
deliverance from bondage,
00:56:22.57\00:56:26.09
becoming slaves of God,
producing fruit unto holiness,
00:56:26.12\00:56:32.67
and eventually entering
the heavenly land of Canaan.
00:56:32.70\00:56:38.29
Folks, by what's happening
in the world, I have no doubts
00:56:38.32\00:56:42.28
that we are at the
very doors of Canaan.
00:56:42.31\00:56:45.80
It's amazing what we've
been seeing in the news.
00:56:45.84\00:56:49.11
But what we need to do is
realize that we who have been
00:56:49.15\00:56:53.17
baptized, we who have
accepted the blood of Jesus,
00:56:53.20\00:56:56.93
we need to feed on the word.
00:56:56.96\00:56:59.36
We need to learn to
pray fervently to Jesus.
00:56:59.39\00:57:03.77
We need to hang in there.
00:57:03.81\00:57:05.63
We need to obey God's
commandments, not because
00:57:05.67\00:57:08.44
we have to, but
because we love God.
00:57:08.48\00:57:10.29
Because of what
God has done for us.
00:57:10.32\00:57:12.06
And in this way,
not only have the title,
00:57:12.10\00:57:15.22
but the fitness for heaven.
00:57:15.25\00:57:17.87
And may it happen very soon.
00:57:17.90\00:57:20.45
Let us pray. Father in heaven,
we thank You for the marvelous
00:57:20.49\00:57:24.97
way in which You have revealed
Your plan of salvation in the
00:57:25.01\00:57:29.46
journey of Israel
from Egypt to Canaan.
00:57:29.49\00:57:32.42
Father we thank You because
You delivered us from bondage.
00:57:32.46\00:57:36.13
We thank you because
now we can be Your slaves,
00:57:36.17\00:57:39.35
and You're a loving Master.
00:57:39.39\00:57:41.17
Father we ask that You
will help us to appreciate
00:57:41.21\00:57:44.35
what You have done for us.
00:57:44.38\00:57:45.56
Reveal Your love to us each
day so that our hearts might be
00:57:45.59\00:57:49.88
filled with love for
You, and we might obey you;
00:57:49.92\00:57:53.13
not because we have
to, not as an obligation,
00:57:53.16\00:57:56.27
but because we love You.
00:57:56.30\00:57:57.66
Father, we want to
spend eternity with You
00:57:57.69\00:58:01.57
in the heavenly Canaan.
00:58:01.61\00:58:03.03
And so we ask that You
will prepare a place for us.
00:58:03.07\00:58:06.41
We thank You Lord for
hearing our prayer for we ask it
00:58:06.45\00:58:09.75
in Jesus' name, Amen.
00:58:09.79\00:58:12.43