WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.820 For many things that come about, there's usually a defining moment. 00:00:05.219 --> 00:00:10.759 Some event between when something is in its infancy stage and when it is established. 00:00:11.000 --> 00:00:12.620 Take a company, for example. 00:00:13.080 --> 00:00:16.300 It slowly grows and people are added in. 00:00:16.399 --> 00:00:18.960 And then at some point, maybe it's when it goes public. 00:00:19.100 --> 00:00:20.960 Maybe it's when the product is first produced. 00:00:21.100 --> 00:00:23.059 But it becomes defined. 00:00:24.440 --> 00:00:28.420 And that could be the same for a lot of things. 00:00:28.420 --> 00:00:30.100 Let's take a house as an example. 00:00:30.440 --> 00:00:33.380 A house is really defined when it's finished and sold. 00:00:33.880 --> 00:00:37.260 A marriage is defined when two people come together. 00:00:37.579 --> 00:00:42.300 Or two people, their life together is defined when that marriage takes place. 00:00:43.140 --> 00:00:49.640 And our passage this morning in Exodus 14 describes a defining moment for the Israelites. 00:00:50.340 --> 00:00:52.020 We know they were there before. 00:00:52.600 --> 00:00:57.420 God's covenant with Abraham and the blessings and the growth that happened. 00:00:57.420 --> 00:00:59.740 And Joseph bringing his family into Egypt. 00:00:59.940 --> 00:01:01.579 We know those things. 00:01:02.020 --> 00:01:02.820 They were there before. 00:01:02.920 --> 00:01:11.760 But here in this chapter, Exodus 14, God wants to define them and himself in a bigger way. 00:01:11.760 --> 00:01:15.320 And so we're going to read this passage this morning. 00:01:15.440 --> 00:01:17.359 If you would turn to Exodus 14. 00:01:21.760 --> 00:01:26.460 And we're going to stand, if you would, if you're able to, as we read this together, the whole chapter. 00:01:26.459 --> 00:01:29.619 Then the Lord said to Moses, 00:01:29.619 --> 00:01:35.500 Tell the people of Israel to turn back and encamp in front of Pi-Hahareth between Migdal and the sea. 00:01:35.879 --> 00:01:39.899 In front of Baal-Zephon, you shall encamp facing it by the sea. 00:01:40.539 --> 00:01:42.560 For Pharaoh will save the people of Israel. 00:01:43.060 --> 00:01:44.560 They are wandering in the land. 00:01:44.879 --> 00:01:46.699 The wilderness has shut them in. 00:01:47.399 --> 00:01:50.199 And I will harden Pharaoh's heart and he will pursue them. 00:01:50.259 --> 00:01:53.159 And I will get glory over Pharaoh and all his hosts. 00:01:53.159 --> 00:01:56.319 And the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord. 00:01:56.899 --> 00:01:57.719 And they did so. 00:01:58.560 --> 00:02:01.959 Then the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled. 00:02:02.539 --> 00:02:02.920 I'm sorry. 00:02:03.039 --> 00:02:06.099 When the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, 00:02:06.579 --> 00:02:09.780 the mind of Pharaoh and his servants was changed toward the people. 00:02:10.000 --> 00:02:10.560 And they said, 00:02:11.319 --> 00:02:15.359 What is this we have done that we have let Israel go from serving us? 00:02:15.360 --> 00:02:19.080 So he made ready his chariot and took his army with him 00:02:19.080 --> 00:02:25.440 and took 600 choice chariots and all the other chariots of Egypt with officers over them all. 00:02:26.580 --> 00:02:29.240 And the Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh, king of Egypt. 00:02:29.540 --> 00:02:34.220 And he pursued the people of Israel while the people of Israel were going out defiantly. 00:02:35.420 --> 00:02:40.100 The Egyptians pursued them, all Pharaoh's horses and chariots and his horsemen and his army, 00:02:40.099 --> 00:02:45.479 and overtook them and camped by the sea by Pi-he-harath in front of Baal-zeephan. 00:02:46.519 --> 00:02:49.519 When Pharaoh drew near, the people of Israel lifted up their eyes. 00:02:49.579 --> 00:02:53.699 And behold, the Egyptians were marching after them, and they feared greatly. 00:02:54.500 --> 00:02:57.740 And the people of Israel cried out to the Lord. 00:02:57.900 --> 00:02:58.840 They said to Moses, 00:02:59.939 --> 00:03:04.280 Is it because there are no graves in Egypt that you have taken us away to die in the wilderness? 00:03:05.180 --> 00:03:09.579 What have you done to us in bringing us out of Egypt? 00:03:10.099 --> 00:03:13.159 Is not this what we said to you in Egypt? 00:03:13.359 --> 00:03:15.620 Leave us alone that we may serve the Egyptians. 00:03:16.359 --> 00:03:20.680 For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness. 00:03:22.019 --> 00:03:23.319 And Moses said to the people, 00:03:23.840 --> 00:03:29.099 Fear not, stand firm and see the salvation of the Lord, which he will work for you today. 00:03:29.919 --> 00:03:33.579 For the Egyptians whom you see today, you shall never see again. 00:03:34.199 --> 00:03:37.979 The Lord will fight for you, and you have only to be silent. 00:03:37.979 --> 00:03:40.099 The Lord said to Moses, 00:03:40.239 --> 00:03:42.159 Why do you cry to me? 00:03:42.560 --> 00:03:44.539 Tell the people of Israel to go forward. 00:03:45.060 --> 00:03:48.439 Lift up your staff and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it, 00:03:48.719 --> 00:03:52.039 that the people of Israel may go through the sea on dry ground. 00:03:52.539 --> 00:03:57.280 And I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians so that they shall go in after them, 00:03:57.319 --> 00:04:02.099 and I will get glory over Pharaoh and all his hosts, his chariots, and his horsemen. 00:04:02.099 --> 00:04:05.340 And the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, 00:04:05.579 --> 00:04:09.460 when I have gotten glory over Pharaoh, his chariots, and his horsemen. 00:04:10.219 --> 00:04:14.219 Then the angel of the Lord, who was going before the host of Israel, 00:04:14.539 --> 00:04:16.040 moved and went behind them. 00:04:16.219 --> 00:04:20.300 And the pillar of cloud moved from before them and stood behind them, 00:04:20.699 --> 00:04:23.620 coming between the host of Egypt and the host of Israel. 00:04:23.920 --> 00:04:25.980 And there was a cloud and the darkness, 00:04:26.259 --> 00:04:30.480 and it lit up the night without one coming near the other all night. 00:04:30.480 --> 00:04:34.180 Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, 00:04:34.300 --> 00:04:38.200 and the Lord drove the sea back by a strong east wind all night 00:04:38.200 --> 00:04:40.080 and made the sea dry land. 00:04:40.280 --> 00:04:41.900 And the waters were divided. 00:04:42.920 --> 00:04:46.400 And the people of Israel went into the midst of the sea on dry ground, 00:04:46.879 --> 00:04:50.680 the waters being a wall to them on their right hand and on their left. 00:04:51.300 --> 00:04:54.540 The Egyptians pursued and went in after them into the midst of the sea, 00:04:54.939 --> 00:04:58.100 all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots, and all his horsemen. 00:04:58.100 --> 00:05:02.920 And in the morning watch, the Lord and the pillar of fire and of cloud 00:05:02.920 --> 00:05:07.260 looked down on the Egyptian forces and threw the Egyptian forces into a panic, 00:05:07.900 --> 00:05:10.660 clogging their chariot wheels so that they drove heavily. 00:05:11.660 --> 00:05:12.720 And the Egyptians said, 00:05:13.100 --> 00:05:14.500 Let us flee from before Israel, 00:05:14.640 --> 00:05:17.140 for the Lord fights for them against the Egyptians. 00:05:18.160 --> 00:05:19.320 Then the Lord said to Moses, 00:05:19.520 --> 00:05:20.960 Stretch out your hand over the sea, 00:05:21.280 --> 00:05:23.740 that the water may come back over the Egyptians, 00:05:24.000 --> 00:05:26.160 upon their chariots and upon their horsemen. 00:05:26.160 --> 00:05:29.360 So Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, 00:05:29.660 --> 00:05:33.280 and the sea returned to its normal course when the morning appeared. 00:05:34.540 --> 00:05:36.380 And as the Egyptians fled into it, 00:05:36.420 --> 00:05:39.800 the Lord threw the Egyptians into the midst of the sea. 00:05:40.280 --> 00:05:43.379 The waters returned and covered the chariots and the horsemen. 00:05:43.800 --> 00:05:46.860 Of all the host of Pharaoh that had followed them into the sea, 00:05:46.980 --> 00:05:48.240 not one of them remained. 00:05:49.120 --> 00:05:53.740 But the people of Israel walked on dry ground through the sea, 00:05:53.740 --> 00:05:57.860 the waters being a wall to them on their right hand and on their left. 00:05:58.819 --> 00:06:01.960 Thus the Lord saved Israel that day from the hand of the Egyptians, 00:06:02.460 --> 00:06:05.180 and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore. 00:06:06.139 --> 00:06:09.400 Israel saw the great power that the Lord used against the Egyptians, 00:06:09.900 --> 00:06:11.620 so the people feared the Lord, 00:06:11.740 --> 00:06:15.160 and they believed in the Lord and in his servant Moses. 00:06:15.720 --> 00:06:16.460 You may be seated. 00:06:16.459 --> 00:06:22.779 Lord, we ask that you would work this morning. 00:06:23.000 --> 00:06:24.699 We know that you are here with us, 00:06:24.719 --> 00:06:29.659 and we ask that your spirit would be at work as we look deeper into this passage, 00:06:30.199 --> 00:06:34.039 that you would comfort those who are struggling with their trust and their faith in you, 00:06:34.379 --> 00:06:36.039 that you would encourage us 00:06:36.040 --> 00:06:38.800 and open our eyes 00:06:38.800 --> 00:06:42.520 to how you desire us to live 00:06:42.520 --> 00:06:44.600 and how we should see our salvation 00:06:44.600 --> 00:06:48.060 in light of what's going on around us. 00:06:48.340 --> 00:06:51.400 Lord, be lifted up and magnified in your word today, 00:06:51.480 --> 00:06:52.520 and we ask amen. 00:06:55.800 --> 00:06:57.160 This is an awesome passage. 00:06:57.540 --> 00:06:58.920 There's a lot stuck in here. 00:07:00.460 --> 00:07:01.939 Tomorrow's a holiday, right? 00:07:02.000 --> 00:07:03.220 So we have a lot of time. 00:07:03.220 --> 00:07:03.379 Amen. 00:07:06.040 --> 00:07:12.500 The crossing of the Red Sea is arguably one of the most significant events in the Old Testament. 00:07:13.100 --> 00:07:18.780 It's mentioned numerous times for the purpose of emphasizing God's amazing act of salvation, 00:07:18.780 --> 00:07:20.420 which he brought to his people. 00:07:21.100 --> 00:07:24.360 And in the history of the Israelites, it's their pinnacle event, 00:07:24.920 --> 00:07:26.480 their defining moment. 00:07:27.480 --> 00:07:30.300 Not their defining moment because they defined it. 00:07:30.360 --> 00:07:32.980 Their defining moment because God defined it. 00:07:33.560 --> 00:07:34.379 He defined it. 00:07:34.379 --> 00:07:36.980 He put his seal and his name on them. 00:07:37.399 --> 00:07:42.060 And the crossing of the Red Sea is the final act of their rescue from slavery 00:07:42.060 --> 00:07:43.899 that we've read about up until this point. 00:07:46.139 --> 00:07:49.699 The crossing of the Red Sea is not just key to the Israelites in the Old Testament. 00:07:50.060 --> 00:07:53.879 It also plays an important role in the New Testament as well. 00:07:53.939 --> 00:07:55.600 And we're going to talk about that in a couple minutes. 00:07:55.600 --> 00:08:00.480 If you're like me, you like knowing where things happen. 00:08:00.660 --> 00:08:06.240 And as we start out this chapter, the first couple verses kind of help us out a little bit. 00:08:06.280 --> 00:08:07.680 At least we think from the beginning. 00:08:08.060 --> 00:08:11.340 I think we have a map up here if it's visible. 00:08:11.339 --> 00:08:17.239 As we look at verse 2, we seem to get a lot of locations, right? 00:08:17.299 --> 00:08:20.579 Tell the people of Israel to turn back in a camp in front of Piharath, 00:08:20.919 --> 00:08:26.019 between Migdal and the sea, in front of Beelzefin, camp there facing the sea. 00:08:26.199 --> 00:08:28.259 Sounds like we can almost know where that is. 00:08:28.319 --> 00:08:32.439 So just to get a quick idea, that's what the area is that they're looking at. 00:08:32.899 --> 00:08:35.839 The Red Sea, portions of the Red Sea that go up. 00:08:35.840 --> 00:08:41.139 Egypt in the top left, there in the gray area, would kind of be the area of Goshen 00:08:41.139 --> 00:08:42.740 where the Israelites are coming out of. 00:08:44.620 --> 00:08:49.379 The problem is all these locations, when you dig into them, are pretty vague. 00:08:49.940 --> 00:08:52.120 So Piharath means mouth of water. 00:08:53.060 --> 00:08:55.259 I think there's a couple mouths of water there. 00:08:55.560 --> 00:08:56.139 We're not sure. 00:08:56.240 --> 00:08:59.399 There's two here, but also there's smaller tributaries up at the top 00:08:59.399 --> 00:09:04.060 that people could look at that and say, well, that's the mouth of water, mouth of the canal. 00:09:04.059 --> 00:09:06.659 Now, there's also Migdal, which is mentioned here. 00:09:06.899 --> 00:09:12.579 That just means watchtower, which actually related to these military outposts 00:09:12.579 --> 00:09:14.719 that Egyptians set up throughout Egypt. 00:09:14.879 --> 00:09:18.419 So now we have something that could be located in various areas. 00:09:19.299 --> 00:09:20.819 And then we have Beelzefin. 00:09:21.159 --> 00:09:24.799 So they were told to camp on one side, 00:09:24.879 --> 00:09:27.479 and they could look over and see Beelzefin on the other side. 00:09:27.479 --> 00:09:30.479 The problem is no one really knows where Beelzefin is either. 00:09:31.379 --> 00:09:32.979 So nothing helpful there. 00:09:32.980 --> 00:09:36.460 But what we do know is that they were told to come up to the Red Sea. 00:09:36.600 --> 00:09:41.539 And what we do know is God provided a way of salvation across the Red Sea. 00:09:42.060 --> 00:09:46.980 And what's interesting is back in the beginning of Exodus, if you remember, 00:09:47.360 --> 00:09:54.379 it's Pharaoh who tells his people to throw the Israelite boys into the sea 00:09:54.379 --> 00:09:56.500 to get rid of the Israelites. 00:09:56.500 --> 00:10:02.480 And now we find that the Egyptians are getting rid of by that same very sea. 00:10:02.600 --> 00:10:06.379 So there's this ironic twist here taking place. 00:10:09.120 --> 00:10:12.039 The Lord will fight for his people. 00:10:12.620 --> 00:10:13.779 It's our title this morning. 00:10:14.340 --> 00:10:17.960 And by his people, we're talking about the Israelites here, 00:10:17.960 --> 00:10:22.800 but we also know that as that continues on and God's people becomes the church that he died for, 00:10:23.519 --> 00:10:27.019 the Israelites that he fought for becomes you and I, 00:10:27.240 --> 00:10:30.740 believers in Jesus Christ, who he also fights for. 00:10:31.120 --> 00:10:34.620 And so under that theme, there's three areas we want to look at. 00:10:34.660 --> 00:10:36.759 And the first one is that God directs. 00:10:36.759 --> 00:10:45.720 Moses is given these directions here in the beginning and told the people of Israel where to go and what to do. 00:10:46.019 --> 00:10:49.139 We see God's plan if you look at verses three and four. 00:10:51.559 --> 00:10:53.240 For Pharaoh will say to the people of Israel, 00:10:53.379 --> 00:10:59.620 they're wandering in the wilderness or in the land and the wilderness has shut them in. 00:11:01.620 --> 00:11:06.480 From a military perspective, it really seems like God has a really bad idea. 00:11:06.480 --> 00:11:07.360 Going on. 00:11:09.139 --> 00:11:12.720 Take a big group of previously released slaves, 00:11:13.279 --> 00:11:16.899 take them out into the wilderness with their children and their grandparents, 00:11:17.279 --> 00:11:18.379 with all their belongings. 00:11:18.860 --> 00:11:21.860 Oh, and also they have valuables taken from their former owners. 00:11:22.340 --> 00:11:25.159 Now, take them in the wilderness, spin them around a little bit, 00:11:25.220 --> 00:11:28.259 make them look like confused ducks and then sit them out there by the sea. 00:11:28.860 --> 00:11:30.860 Like, that's what it looks like. 00:11:30.860 --> 00:11:37.659 Like, it's funny though, but because how often does God's plan and timing to us 00:11:37.659 --> 00:11:43.620 not look the most efficient, the most timeliest, the most obvious? 00:11:44.460 --> 00:11:46.240 I think we can all attest to that. 00:11:47.019 --> 00:11:48.779 But God's thoughts are not our thoughts. 00:11:49.180 --> 00:11:51.320 His plans, his ways are not our ways. 00:11:51.320 --> 00:11:55.240 In verse 4, he gives us his plan. 00:11:55.360 --> 00:11:55.620 He says, 00:11:55.740 --> 00:11:58.680 I will harden Pharaoh's heart and he will pursue them 00:11:58.680 --> 00:12:01.500 and I will get glory over Pharaoh and his hosts 00:12:01.500 --> 00:12:04.440 and the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord. 00:12:05.560 --> 00:12:07.920 So we see here that God is using the Egyptians 00:12:07.920 --> 00:12:10.240 and how they are going into the wilderness 00:12:10.240 --> 00:12:12.960 in a way to taunt the Egyptians. 00:12:14.060 --> 00:12:16.120 He also hardened Pharaoh's heart again 00:12:16.120 --> 00:12:20.379 and it makes them question why they let the Israelites go in the first place. 00:12:21.179 --> 00:12:22.620 In the end of verse 5, it says, 00:12:23.500 --> 00:12:24.960 the Egyptians say, 00:12:25.279 --> 00:12:29.279 what have we done that we have let Israel go from serving us? 00:12:30.259 --> 00:12:31.320 The NIV says, 00:12:31.879 --> 00:12:33.320 we have lost our services. 00:12:35.419 --> 00:12:38.980 I think it's kind of comical that they think that they let them go. 00:12:39.740 --> 00:12:42.240 It's kind of like the loser of a battle 00:12:42.240 --> 00:12:44.220 wondering why he gave up his possessions. 00:12:44.220 --> 00:12:46.180 You got beat, right? 00:12:46.399 --> 00:12:48.820 That's why they left. 00:12:48.920 --> 00:12:50.120 You had no choice. 00:12:51.100 --> 00:12:52.840 But they didn't see that. 00:12:53.540 --> 00:12:56.519 They saw their loss of a slavery force. 00:12:57.000 --> 00:12:59.080 They saw them defenseless in the wilderness 00:12:59.080 --> 00:13:01.800 and God hardened their heart. 00:13:01.920 --> 00:13:03.200 That was a big thing too. 00:13:03.360 --> 00:13:04.360 All that came together 00:13:04.360 --> 00:13:06.560 and you have this irresistible situation 00:13:06.560 --> 00:13:08.660 that is too much for Pharaoh 00:13:08.660 --> 00:13:11.440 and we see in verse 6 his response. 00:13:11.680 --> 00:13:12.759 He readies his chariot. 00:13:12.759 --> 00:13:15.360 He readies 600 choice chariots 00:13:15.360 --> 00:13:18.139 and all the chariots of the land and his army. 00:13:19.259 --> 00:13:21.779 And he says that he places officers over them. 00:13:22.439 --> 00:13:25.319 Meaning that they're not just some massive force 00:13:25.319 --> 00:13:27.340 going out into the wilderness 00:13:27.340 --> 00:13:29.879 but they're a massive force with logic, 00:13:30.139 --> 00:13:32.159 with tactical groups 00:13:32.159 --> 00:13:33.919 so that in the middle of battle 00:13:33.919 --> 00:13:36.200 they can adjust and attack from different sides. 00:13:36.559 --> 00:13:38.480 That's what's going out to meet the Egyptians. 00:13:38.480 --> 00:13:42.519 The Egyptians are going out to war 00:13:42.519 --> 00:13:44.480 and in verse 8 it says the Israelites, 00:13:46.080 --> 00:13:47.720 not knowing that they were being pursued, 00:13:48.159 --> 00:13:49.480 are going out defiantly. 00:13:50.899 --> 00:13:52.720 That description seems odd at first 00:13:52.720 --> 00:13:54.200 but it lines up if you look back 00:13:54.200 --> 00:13:56.779 at the previous chapter in verse 18 00:13:56.779 --> 00:13:58.440 where it says the people of Israel 00:13:58.440 --> 00:14:00.920 went up out of the land of Egypt 00:14:00.920 --> 00:14:02.279 equipped for battle. 00:14:02.279 --> 00:14:04.220 So they're defiant, 00:14:04.399 --> 00:14:05.279 not against God 00:14:05.279 --> 00:14:06.860 but against the Egyptians. 00:14:07.259 --> 00:14:08.480 They're ready for battle. 00:14:08.579 --> 00:14:10.299 They feel strong and obedient 00:14:10.299 --> 00:14:12.839 because there it says that they do 00:14:12.839 --> 00:14:14.980 what God tells them to do 00:14:14.980 --> 00:14:16.240 and where he directs them. 00:14:16.659 --> 00:14:17.919 Everything seems good, right? 00:14:19.059 --> 00:14:20.059 Seems that way. 00:14:21.039 --> 00:14:22.919 That is until the enemy gets close. 00:14:24.839 --> 00:14:26.959 Isn't that when we struggle? 00:14:26.960 --> 00:14:31.420 When the circumstances stop being easy 00:14:31.420 --> 00:14:33.019 and the problems get bigger, 00:14:33.680 --> 00:14:35.320 we follow God 00:14:35.320 --> 00:14:36.820 and have a great relationship 00:14:36.820 --> 00:14:39.300 until our plans get changed 00:14:39.300 --> 00:14:41.519 and our comforts get squeezed. 00:14:42.460 --> 00:14:44.259 We don't see a way out 00:14:44.259 --> 00:14:45.759 and there's something too big 00:14:45.759 --> 00:14:47.840 standing right in front of us. 00:14:48.300 --> 00:14:50.000 That's what's happened to the Israelites. 00:14:50.700 --> 00:14:52.620 The Egyptians have caught up to them. 00:14:53.720 --> 00:14:54.600 Verse 10 says, 00:14:54.600 --> 00:14:55.659 When Pharaoh drew near, 00:14:56.379 --> 00:14:57.200 the people of Israel 00:14:57.200 --> 00:14:58.759 lifted up their eyes 00:14:58.759 --> 00:15:00.720 and behold, 00:15:01.259 --> 00:15:03.200 the Egyptians were marching after them 00:15:03.200 --> 00:15:05.220 and they feared greatly 00:15:05.220 --> 00:15:07.879 and the people cried out to the Lord. 00:15:09.220 --> 00:15:10.420 Sounds good at first. 00:15:11.659 --> 00:15:12.700 People of God, 00:15:13.899 --> 00:15:14.899 we need to keep our, 00:15:15.320 --> 00:15:17.200 or people, children of God 00:15:17.200 --> 00:15:17.879 like the Israelites, 00:15:18.060 --> 00:15:19.399 we need to keep our eyes on him. 00:15:20.920 --> 00:15:23.399 Their view changed 00:15:23.399 --> 00:15:25.840 and at first it seemed like 00:15:25.840 --> 00:15:28.840 they are doing a good thing 00:15:28.840 --> 00:15:30.439 by crying out to the Lord. 00:15:32.259 --> 00:15:34.199 But as we look further, 00:15:35.659 --> 00:15:36.220 verse 10, 00:15:36.319 --> 00:15:37.279 we see that actually 00:15:37.279 --> 00:15:38.659 their heart attitude 00:15:38.659 --> 00:15:42.199 and where they're actually thinking 00:15:42.199 --> 00:15:44.159 was self-focused 00:15:44.159 --> 00:15:45.419 and lacking in faith. 00:15:45.539 --> 00:15:45.899 Actually, 00:15:46.799 --> 00:15:47.799 I think you could say 00:15:47.799 --> 00:15:49.039 that their cries for help 00:15:49.039 --> 00:15:50.399 were almost godless. 00:15:50.399 --> 00:15:52.939 See, 00:15:52.980 --> 00:15:54.240 in verse 11 and 12, 00:15:54.399 --> 00:15:56.139 their cries were filled 00:15:56.139 --> 00:15:57.480 with sarcasm 00:15:57.480 --> 00:15:59.139 and unbelief 00:15:59.139 --> 00:16:00.759 and lies. 00:16:01.399 --> 00:16:02.179 They say to Moses, 00:16:02.439 --> 00:16:03.519 Is it because 00:16:03.519 --> 00:16:05.019 there are no graves in Egypt 00:16:05.019 --> 00:16:06.139 that you have taken us 00:16:06.139 --> 00:16:08.399 to die in the wilderness? 00:16:09.679 --> 00:16:10.240 Really? 00:16:11.459 --> 00:16:12.019 Like, 00:16:12.139 --> 00:16:13.340 there's not enough land 00:16:13.340 --> 00:16:13.899 in Egypt 00:16:13.899 --> 00:16:15.720 that they could be buried in? 00:16:15.779 --> 00:16:15.960 Or, 00:16:16.220 --> 00:16:16.980 that the Egyptians 00:16:16.980 --> 00:16:18.120 were not professionals 00:16:18.120 --> 00:16:19.579 at dealing with dead people 00:16:19.580 --> 00:16:20.840 and knowing how to bury them? 00:16:22.040 --> 00:16:23.440 That's their sarcasm. 00:16:24.240 --> 00:16:25.080 And then next they say, 00:16:25.160 --> 00:16:26.759 What have you done to us 00:16:26.759 --> 00:16:28.040 in bringing us out of Egypt? 00:16:30.180 --> 00:16:30.620 Really, 00:16:30.700 --> 00:16:31.520 you have to ask that too. 00:16:31.600 --> 00:16:32.720 You know why you were brought 00:16:32.720 --> 00:16:33.320 out of Egypt. 00:16:34.440 --> 00:16:35.820 You know that God 00:16:35.820 --> 00:16:36.759 was the one leading you. 00:16:36.800 --> 00:16:38.000 He was just leading you. 00:16:38.000 --> 00:16:41.539 But did they yet 00:16:41.539 --> 00:16:43.139 have real belief 00:16:43.139 --> 00:16:44.720 in what God was doing? 00:16:45.759 --> 00:16:47.399 Did they have any trust 00:16:47.399 --> 00:16:50.299 he had a plan for them? 00:16:50.840 --> 00:16:51.679 Not a plan 00:16:51.679 --> 00:16:52.539 that was going to fail. 00:16:54.720 --> 00:16:56.340 And then they just start lying. 00:16:57.379 --> 00:16:57.539 Right? 00:16:57.620 --> 00:16:58.240 In verse 12, 00:16:58.379 --> 00:16:58.840 they say, 00:16:59.360 --> 00:17:00.220 Is not this 00:17:00.220 --> 00:17:01.220 what we said to you 00:17:01.220 --> 00:17:01.720 in Egypt? 00:17:02.059 --> 00:17:03.080 Leave us alone 00:17:03.080 --> 00:17:04.119 that we may serve 00:17:04.119 --> 00:17:04.759 the Egyptians. 00:17:05.099 --> 00:17:05.440 No, 00:17:05.539 --> 00:17:06.400 they didn't. 00:17:06.400 --> 00:17:08.320 That's a lie. 00:17:08.540 --> 00:17:10.160 They never said that. 00:17:11.480 --> 00:17:12.340 If anything, 00:17:12.440 --> 00:17:13.280 when Moses came 00:17:13.280 --> 00:17:13.960 to the leaders 00:17:13.960 --> 00:17:14.460 and told them 00:17:14.460 --> 00:17:15.160 why he was there 00:17:15.160 --> 00:17:15.720 and told them 00:17:15.720 --> 00:17:17.420 that God heard their cries, 00:17:17.800 --> 00:17:18.920 they were encouraged 00:17:18.920 --> 00:17:20.220 and ready to go. 00:17:21.720 --> 00:17:22.720 They didn't say, 00:17:22.860 --> 00:17:23.560 Leave me alone. 00:17:23.640 --> 00:17:24.940 Anybody else start lying 00:17:24.940 --> 00:17:25.940 when bad things happen? 00:17:27.800 --> 00:17:28.080 Now, 00:17:28.120 --> 00:17:28.759 we might not say 00:17:28.759 --> 00:17:29.460 it's lying, right? 00:17:29.860 --> 00:17:31.140 We'll call it complaining. 00:17:31.140 --> 00:17:33.240 It's kind of our way 00:17:33.240 --> 00:17:35.420 of exaggerating 00:17:35.420 --> 00:17:36.280 about things 00:17:36.280 --> 00:17:37.420 when we are fearful 00:17:37.420 --> 00:17:38.220 and frustrated. 00:17:39.780 --> 00:17:40.940 We don't understand 00:17:40.940 --> 00:17:42.000 why things are 00:17:42.000 --> 00:17:43.120 the way they are. 00:17:44.480 --> 00:17:45.880 It's too hard for me. 00:17:46.680 --> 00:17:47.880 God must be confused. 00:17:48.940 --> 00:17:50.100 He doesn't understand 00:17:50.100 --> 00:17:50.920 how I feel. 00:17:52.600 --> 00:17:53.800 Or I can't live 00:17:53.800 --> 00:17:54.780 without that job. 00:17:55.520 --> 00:17:56.880 I can't go another year 00:17:56.880 --> 00:17:57.940 without that thing. 00:17:57.940 --> 00:18:02.279 God's forgotten about me. 00:18:03.059 --> 00:18:04.019 I don't even think 00:18:04.019 --> 00:18:05.059 he has a purpose for me. 00:18:07.000 --> 00:18:08.539 If I wasn't a Christian, 00:18:09.620 --> 00:18:11.059 maybe I wouldn't have to deal 00:18:11.059 --> 00:18:12.019 with these trials 00:18:12.019 --> 00:18:12.900 and temptations 00:18:12.900 --> 00:18:13.840 that I'm going through. 00:18:16.480 --> 00:18:18.960 These are all lies, 00:18:19.140 --> 00:18:20.000 brothers and sisters. 00:18:20.220 --> 00:18:20.900 These are lies 00:18:20.900 --> 00:18:21.920 that we tell ourselves. 00:18:22.640 --> 00:18:23.360 These are lies 00:18:23.360 --> 00:18:24.940 that the enemy feeds us 00:18:24.940 --> 00:18:26.920 when we're struggling 00:18:26.920 --> 00:18:28.279 and we don't understand 00:18:28.279 --> 00:18:29.920 the difficult situation 00:18:29.920 --> 00:18:30.840 that we're in. 00:18:32.259 --> 00:18:33.240 They're lies 00:18:33.240 --> 00:18:34.360 and they're godless. 00:18:35.779 --> 00:18:37.039 And they pull us 00:18:37.039 --> 00:18:37.860 away from him. 00:18:40.860 --> 00:18:42.240 They admit to that 00:18:42.240 --> 00:18:44.340 practically in verse 12 00:18:44.340 --> 00:18:45.519 because they say 00:18:45.519 --> 00:18:46.820 they have two options. 00:18:46.960 --> 00:18:47.279 One, 00:18:48.120 --> 00:18:48.920 serve the Egyptians 00:18:48.920 --> 00:18:51.080 or die in the wilderness. 00:18:51.299 --> 00:18:52.380 Those are the two options 00:18:52.380 --> 00:18:52.900 that they say 00:18:52.900 --> 00:18:53.420 that they have 00:18:53.420 --> 00:18:54.259 before Moses. 00:18:54.940 --> 00:18:56.120 God's presence, 00:18:56.500 --> 00:18:58.100 his plan of deliverance 00:18:58.100 --> 00:19:00.320 were not even options 00:19:00.320 --> 00:19:01.480 in their mind. 00:19:02.420 --> 00:19:02.980 Why? 00:19:03.840 --> 00:19:04.779 Because they stopped 00:19:04.779 --> 00:19:05.799 looking to God 00:19:05.799 --> 00:19:07.740 and they instead focused 00:19:07.740 --> 00:19:08.519 on Pharaoh 00:19:08.519 --> 00:19:09.580 and his army. 00:19:10.779 --> 00:19:11.759 They're still living 00:19:11.759 --> 00:19:12.640 in the past 00:19:12.640 --> 00:19:14.240 and not yet embracing 00:19:14.240 --> 00:19:14.960 the freedom 00:19:14.960 --> 00:19:16.600 that God was providing 00:19:16.600 --> 00:19:17.420 for them. 00:19:17.420 --> 00:19:20.980 thankfully, 00:19:21.300 --> 00:19:23.480 God knows their struggle. 00:19:23.740 --> 00:19:24.600 Knew their struggle, 00:19:24.720 --> 00:19:25.759 he knows our struggle. 00:19:27.000 --> 00:19:28.039 And he graciously 00:19:28.039 --> 00:19:29.100 stays with them 00:19:29.100 --> 00:19:29.960 like he graciously 00:19:29.960 --> 00:19:30.980 stays with us. 00:19:32.580 --> 00:19:33.560 Directing them 00:19:33.560 --> 00:19:34.759 as they go. 00:19:36.460 --> 00:19:37.560 As they're fearful, 00:19:37.800 --> 00:19:38.500 they're anxious, 00:19:38.740 --> 00:19:39.620 they're melting down 00:19:39.620 --> 00:19:40.340 from the stress 00:19:40.340 --> 00:19:41.340 of not trusting God, 00:19:41.779 --> 00:19:43.120 Moses steps in 00:19:43.119 --> 00:19:44.879 and he gives them 00:19:44.879 --> 00:19:45.639 this pep talk 00:19:45.639 --> 00:19:47.479 in verses 13 and 14. 00:19:48.159 --> 00:19:48.559 He says, 00:19:48.939 --> 00:19:49.459 fear not, 00:19:49.779 --> 00:19:50.379 stand firm 00:19:50.379 --> 00:19:51.459 and see the salvation 00:19:51.459 --> 00:19:52.279 of the Lord. 00:19:52.979 --> 00:19:53.619 The Egyptians 00:19:53.619 --> 00:19:55.000 that you see 00:19:55.000 --> 00:19:56.579 and are fearful of today, 00:19:56.739 --> 00:19:58.219 you will never see again. 00:19:59.379 --> 00:20:00.679 The Lord will fight for you 00:20:00.679 --> 00:20:01.859 and you have only 00:20:01.859 --> 00:20:02.879 to be silent. 00:20:05.079 --> 00:20:06.339 As I thought 00:20:06.339 --> 00:20:07.319 about these two verses, 00:20:07.500 --> 00:20:08.179 it reminded me 00:20:08.179 --> 00:20:09.139 of an old slogan 00:20:09.139 --> 00:20:10.139 that was used 00:20:10.140 --> 00:20:11.400 as a warning 00:20:11.400 --> 00:20:13.240 at railroad crossings. 00:20:13.980 --> 00:20:15.180 And the warning was, 00:20:15.400 --> 00:20:15.740 stop, 00:20:16.280 --> 00:20:16.580 look, 00:20:16.759 --> 00:20:17.540 and listen. 00:20:18.480 --> 00:20:19.540 And this is what we have 00:20:19.540 --> 00:20:20.340 Moses saying 00:20:20.340 --> 00:20:21.080 to the people. 00:20:22.180 --> 00:20:23.100 Fear not 00:20:23.100 --> 00:20:24.200 and stand still. 00:20:24.520 --> 00:20:25.140 Just stop. 00:20:26.900 --> 00:20:28.340 Stop your anxiety. 00:20:28.800 --> 00:20:29.940 Stop your running around. 00:20:31.060 --> 00:20:31.860 Stand firm. 00:20:32.259 --> 00:20:33.720 You have no reason 00:20:33.720 --> 00:20:34.440 to fear. 00:20:36.240 --> 00:20:37.040 And next is, 00:20:37.180 --> 00:20:37.400 look. 00:20:38.580 --> 00:20:39.240 Moses said, 00:20:39.240 --> 00:20:40.480 see the salvation 00:20:40.480 --> 00:20:41.339 of the Lord. 00:20:41.859 --> 00:20:42.259 Look 00:20:42.259 --> 00:20:44.980 at what he does. 00:20:46.200 --> 00:20:47.160 And then lastly, 00:20:47.380 --> 00:20:47.759 listen. 00:20:48.680 --> 00:20:49.620 The Lord will fight 00:20:49.620 --> 00:20:50.120 for you 00:20:50.120 --> 00:20:51.099 and you only, 00:20:52.099 --> 00:20:53.160 you have only 00:20:53.160 --> 00:20:54.440 to be silent. 00:20:56.359 --> 00:20:56.960 Listen 00:20:56.960 --> 00:20:58.420 to what 00:20:58.420 --> 00:20:59.220 God 00:20:59.220 --> 00:20:59.900 is doing. 00:21:02.259 --> 00:21:03.700 This is for us now. 00:21:04.319 --> 00:21:04.700 Listen 00:21:04.700 --> 00:21:06.279 to what 00:21:06.279 --> 00:21:07.579 he is doing. 00:21:09.240 --> 00:21:10.240 Listen 00:21:10.240 --> 00:21:10.799 to how 00:21:10.799 --> 00:21:11.359 he has 00:21:11.359 --> 00:21:12.279 fought 00:21:12.279 --> 00:21:13.579 and is 00:21:13.579 --> 00:21:14.079 fighting 00:21:14.079 --> 00:21:15.180 for you. 00:21:17.200 --> 00:21:18.059 We can all 00:21:18.059 --> 00:21:18.839 benefit from 00:21:18.839 --> 00:21:19.980 a pep talk 00:21:19.980 --> 00:21:20.539 like that. 00:21:20.660 --> 00:21:21.400 Stand firm, 00:21:21.759 --> 00:21:22.700 see his salvation, 00:21:23.240 --> 00:21:24.200 and be silent. 00:21:27.079 --> 00:21:27.859 As we get 00:21:27.859 --> 00:21:28.579 to verse 15, 00:21:28.660 --> 00:21:29.180 it can seem 00:21:29.180 --> 00:21:30.000 a little strange 00:21:30.000 --> 00:21:30.519 at first 00:21:30.519 --> 00:21:31.640 because it was 00:21:31.640 --> 00:21:32.380 the people 00:21:32.380 --> 00:21:33.059 who were crying 00:21:33.059 --> 00:21:33.599 to Moses, 00:21:33.799 --> 00:21:34.400 but it says, 00:21:34.940 --> 00:21:35.559 the Lord says 00:21:35.559 --> 00:21:36.019 to Moses, 00:21:36.019 --> 00:21:36.980 why do you 00:21:36.980 --> 00:21:37.639 cry to me? 00:21:38.619 --> 00:21:39.259 But it makes 00:21:39.259 --> 00:21:39.500 sense. 00:21:39.639 --> 00:21:40.460 If we remember 00:21:40.460 --> 00:21:43.779 that Moses 00:21:43.779 --> 00:21:45.240 is the mediator, 00:21:46.119 --> 00:21:46.359 right? 00:21:46.539 --> 00:21:47.680 He is God's 00:21:47.680 --> 00:21:48.400 spokesman 00:21:48.400 --> 00:21:49.480 to the Israelites. 00:21:50.319 --> 00:21:51.119 He is like 00:21:51.119 --> 00:21:52.160 God to them. 00:21:53.119 --> 00:21:53.779 But at the same 00:21:53.779 --> 00:21:54.019 time, 00:21:54.139 --> 00:21:54.839 he represents 00:21:54.839 --> 00:21:55.460 the people. 00:21:56.000 --> 00:21:56.579 He is like 00:21:56.579 --> 00:21:57.200 the Israelites 00:21:57.200 --> 00:21:58.440 before God. 00:21:58.859 --> 00:21:59.099 So, 00:21:59.440 --> 00:22:01.059 as the Israelites 00:22:01.059 --> 00:22:01.539 are crying 00:22:01.539 --> 00:22:02.420 before God 00:22:02.420 --> 00:22:03.220 and addressing 00:22:03.220 --> 00:22:03.680 them, 00:22:03.680 --> 00:22:04.339 God says, 00:22:04.519 --> 00:22:05.119 why do you 00:22:05.119 --> 00:22:05.839 cry to me? 00:22:06.019 --> 00:22:08.180 Now is not 00:22:08.180 --> 00:22:08.619 the time 00:22:08.619 --> 00:22:09.339 to complain. 00:22:09.740 --> 00:22:10.400 Now is the 00:22:10.400 --> 00:22:11.579 time not 00:22:11.579 --> 00:22:12.420 to cry out, 00:22:12.619 --> 00:22:13.079 not even 00:22:13.079 --> 00:22:14.039 to pray to me. 00:22:15.559 --> 00:22:16.420 God says, 00:22:16.599 --> 00:22:17.119 tell the people 00:22:17.119 --> 00:22:18.059 to go forward. 00:22:20.359 --> 00:22:21.220 I have brought 00:22:21.220 --> 00:22:21.519 you out 00:22:21.519 --> 00:22:22.039 for a purpose. 00:22:22.299 --> 00:22:23.000 I am leading 00:22:23.000 --> 00:22:23.359 you. 00:22:23.539 --> 00:22:24.480 Now go. 00:22:25.440 --> 00:22:26.039 He instructs 00:22:26.039 --> 00:22:26.819 Moses to lift 00:22:26.819 --> 00:22:27.660 up his staff, 00:22:28.059 --> 00:22:28.839 stretch his 00:22:28.839 --> 00:22:29.460 hand out 00:22:29.460 --> 00:22:30.099 over the sea 00:22:30.099 --> 00:22:30.819 and divide it 00:22:30.819 --> 00:22:31.299 so that the 00:22:31.299 --> 00:22:32.000 people may go 00:22:32.000 --> 00:22:32.680 through the sea 00:22:32.680 --> 00:22:33.859 on dry ground. 00:22:34.680 --> 00:22:35.440 Don't we 00:22:35.440 --> 00:22:35.960 need a kick 00:22:35.960 --> 00:22:36.440 in the pants 00:22:36.440 --> 00:22:36.840 like that 00:22:36.840 --> 00:22:37.259 sometimes? 00:22:38.779 --> 00:22:39.460 We know 00:22:39.460 --> 00:22:40.279 what to do 00:22:40.279 --> 00:22:42.480 and maybe 00:22:42.480 --> 00:22:43.220 we fall back 00:22:43.220 --> 00:22:43.380 on, 00:22:43.500 --> 00:22:44.039 I just have 00:22:44.039 --> 00:22:44.360 to pray 00:22:44.360 --> 00:22:44.820 about it. 00:22:46.539 --> 00:22:47.120 I don't 00:22:47.120 --> 00:22:47.420 know. 00:22:48.500 --> 00:22:49.019 There are 00:22:49.019 --> 00:22:49.559 times when 00:22:49.559 --> 00:22:50.000 we face 00:22:50.000 --> 00:22:50.720 a situation 00:22:50.720 --> 00:22:52.380 where nothing 00:22:52.380 --> 00:22:52.860 wrong with 00:22:52.860 --> 00:22:53.480 prayer but we 00:22:53.480 --> 00:22:54.039 just need 00:22:54.039 --> 00:22:54.680 to go and 00:22:54.680 --> 00:22:55.100 do it. 00:22:55.180 --> 00:22:55.680 We know 00:22:55.680 --> 00:22:55.960 what the 00:22:55.960 --> 00:22:56.360 right thing 00:22:56.360 --> 00:22:56.500 is. 00:22:56.559 --> 00:22:56.820 We don't 00:22:56.820 --> 00:22:57.420 need to sit 00:22:57.420 --> 00:22:57.980 longer and 00:22:57.980 --> 00:22:58.519 pray about 00:22:58.519 --> 00:22:58.740 it. 00:22:59.039 --> 00:22:59.480 You know 00:22:59.480 --> 00:22:59.860 what God 00:22:59.860 --> 00:23:00.240 has called 00:23:00.240 --> 00:23:00.600 you to do. 00:23:00.680 --> 00:23:00.980 You know 00:23:00.980 --> 00:23:01.220 what he 00:23:01.220 --> 00:23:01.539 says in 00:23:01.539 --> 00:23:01.820 your word. 00:23:01.880 --> 00:23:02.180 Now just 00:23:02.180 --> 00:23:02.940 go and do 00:23:02.940 --> 00:23:03.220 it. 00:23:07.279 --> 00:23:07.940 Up until 00:23:07.940 --> 00:23:08.400 this point 00:23:08.400 --> 00:23:09.700 we see the 00:23:09.700 --> 00:23:10.420 Egyptian army 00:23:10.420 --> 00:23:11.000 getting ready 00:23:11.000 --> 00:23:11.559 to attack. 00:23:12.220 --> 00:23:13.140 The Israelite 00:23:13.140 --> 00:23:13.980 people are 00:23:13.980 --> 00:23:14.720 told to 00:23:14.720 --> 00:23:15.400 stand firm. 00:23:15.940 --> 00:23:16.400 Their backs 00:23:16.400 --> 00:23:16.900 are to the 00:23:16.900 --> 00:23:17.200 water. 00:23:18.500 --> 00:23:19.039 And we get 00:23:19.039 --> 00:23:19.880 to verse 19 00:23:19.880 --> 00:23:20.340 and 20. 00:23:20.980 --> 00:23:22.000 We find a 00:23:22.000 --> 00:23:22.920 pause in the 00:23:22.920 --> 00:23:23.220 battle. 00:23:24.480 --> 00:23:25.360 Like a pause 00:23:25.360 --> 00:23:26.019 in a movie 00:23:26.019 --> 00:23:26.660 right where you 00:23:26.660 --> 00:23:27.360 have two sides 00:23:27.360 --> 00:23:27.740 that are getting 00:23:27.740 --> 00:23:28.360 ready to have 00:23:28.360 --> 00:23:29.039 this battle 00:23:29.039 --> 00:23:30.100 and all of a 00:23:30.100 --> 00:23:31.299 sudden the 00:23:31.299 --> 00:23:31.940 movie writers 00:23:31.940 --> 00:23:32.440 decide to 00:23:32.440 --> 00:23:32.720 kind of 00:23:32.720 --> 00:23:33.399 pause that 00:23:33.399 --> 00:23:33.940 scene and 00:23:33.940 --> 00:23:34.299 they take 00:23:34.299 --> 00:23:34.639 you over 00:23:34.639 --> 00:23:34.919 and they 00:23:34.919 --> 00:23:35.220 show you 00:23:35.220 --> 00:23:35.839 something else. 00:23:36.339 --> 00:23:36.899 The reason 00:23:36.899 --> 00:23:37.480 for that is 00:23:37.480 --> 00:23:37.779 because that 00:23:37.779 --> 00:23:38.359 something else 00:23:38.359 --> 00:23:38.879 is important 00:23:38.879 --> 00:23:39.500 to look at. 00:23:39.819 --> 00:23:40.339 The battle 00:23:40.339 --> 00:23:40.599 is still 00:23:40.599 --> 00:23:40.819 going to 00:23:40.819 --> 00:23:41.139 go but 00:23:41.139 --> 00:23:41.440 it's kind 00:23:41.440 --> 00:23:41.919 of paused 00:23:41.919 --> 00:23:42.339 for a 00:23:42.339 --> 00:23:43.019 moment and 00:23:43.019 --> 00:23:43.399 we see 00:23:43.399 --> 00:23:43.919 that here. 00:23:46.680 --> 00:23:47.460 The author 00:23:47.460 --> 00:23:47.859 wants to 00:23:47.859 --> 00:23:48.240 make sure 00:23:48.240 --> 00:23:49.180 we see 00:23:49.180 --> 00:23:50.379 God and 00:23:50.379 --> 00:23:51.159 his presence 00:23:51.159 --> 00:23:51.740 with the 00:23:51.740 --> 00:23:53.039 people before 00:23:53.039 --> 00:23:53.799 this battle 00:23:53.799 --> 00:23:54.500 begins. 00:23:55.619 --> 00:23:56.519 To see how 00:23:56.519 --> 00:23:57.579 he moves from 00:23:57.579 --> 00:23:58.639 directing his 00:23:58.639 --> 00:23:59.659 people to 00:23:59.659 --> 00:24:00.759 protecting his 00:24:00.759 --> 00:24:01.079 people. 00:24:01.079 --> 00:24:01.460 And that's 00:24:01.460 --> 00:24:01.919 our second 00:24:01.919 --> 00:24:02.379 point. 00:24:03.740 --> 00:24:04.480 The God 00:24:04.480 --> 00:24:05.159 that directs 00:24:05.159 --> 00:24:05.639 his people 00:24:05.639 --> 00:24:06.099 is also 00:24:06.099 --> 00:24:06.579 the God 00:24:06.579 --> 00:24:07.179 that protects 00:24:07.179 --> 00:24:07.759 his people. 00:24:08.960 --> 00:24:09.699 The angel 00:24:09.699 --> 00:24:10.220 of God 00:24:10.220 --> 00:24:10.899 that Sean 00:24:10.899 --> 00:24:11.359 talked about 00:24:11.359 --> 00:24:11.879 last week 00:24:11.879 --> 00:24:12.299 was going 00:24:12.299 --> 00:24:12.960 before them. 00:24:13.119 --> 00:24:13.859 He's leading 00:24:13.859 --> 00:24:14.279 them. 00:24:15.159 --> 00:24:16.019 He's moving 00:24:16.019 --> 00:24:17.159 now and 00:24:17.159 --> 00:24:17.619 is going 00:24:17.619 --> 00:24:18.659 behind them. 00:24:19.740 --> 00:24:20.579 Not because 00:24:20.579 --> 00:24:21.119 he's left 00:24:21.119 --> 00:24:21.720 them or he's 00:24:21.720 --> 00:24:22.379 giving up his 00:24:22.379 --> 00:24:22.859 post. 00:24:23.319 --> 00:24:24.099 No, he is 00:24:24.099 --> 00:24:24.699 moving into 00:24:24.699 --> 00:24:25.259 a position 00:24:25.259 --> 00:24:26.059 of protection. 00:24:28.019 --> 00:24:28.519 Pharaoh and 00:24:28.519 --> 00:24:29.159 his army have 00:24:29.159 --> 00:24:29.659 called up to 00:24:29.659 --> 00:24:30.220 the Israelites 00:24:30.220 --> 00:24:31.460 and peer to 00:24:31.460 --> 00:24:31.860 have them 00:24:31.860 --> 00:24:32.600 trapped by 00:24:32.600 --> 00:24:33.240 the sea. 00:24:33.980 --> 00:24:34.220 And yet 00:24:34.220 --> 00:24:34.660 they can 00:24:34.660 --> 00:24:35.740 move no 00:24:35.740 --> 00:24:36.720 closer than 00:24:36.720 --> 00:24:37.519 what God 00:24:37.519 --> 00:24:38.319 allows them 00:24:38.319 --> 00:24:39.339 to move. 00:24:40.980 --> 00:24:41.799 Just when it 00:24:41.799 --> 00:24:42.279 seems there's 00:24:42.279 --> 00:24:42.819 no time, 00:24:43.120 --> 00:24:43.460 there's no 00:24:43.460 --> 00:24:43.900 escape, 00:24:44.200 --> 00:24:44.620 the people 00:24:44.620 --> 00:24:45.240 are fearful, 00:24:45.700 --> 00:24:46.279 the anxiety 00:24:46.279 --> 00:24:46.740 and stress 00:24:46.740 --> 00:24:47.259 is building, 00:24:47.460 --> 00:24:47.940 God moves 00:24:47.940 --> 00:24:48.720 in and 00:24:48.720 --> 00:24:49.660 creates this 00:24:49.660 --> 00:24:51.160 wall that 00:24:51.160 --> 00:24:51.980 creates all 00:24:51.980 --> 00:24:52.779 the time that 00:24:52.779 --> 00:24:53.519 God needs. 00:24:53.519 --> 00:24:56.379 really the 00:24:56.379 --> 00:24:56.759 time that 00:24:56.759 --> 00:24:57.279 we need 00:24:57.279 --> 00:24:57.599 to get 00:24:57.599 --> 00:24:58.099 ready for 00:24:58.099 --> 00:24:58.359 what's 00:24:58.359 --> 00:24:58.740 about to 00:24:58.740 --> 00:24:59.359 take place. 00:25:01.440 --> 00:25:01.700 And as 00:25:01.700 --> 00:25:02.299 God holds 00:25:02.299 --> 00:25:02.819 back the 00:25:02.819 --> 00:25:03.160 Egyptian 00:25:03.160 --> 00:25:03.539 army, 00:25:03.660 --> 00:25:03.879 Moses 00:25:03.879 --> 00:25:04.339 stretches 00:25:04.339 --> 00:25:04.779 out his 00:25:04.779 --> 00:25:05.279 hand and 00:25:05.279 --> 00:25:06.000 God causes 00:25:06.000 --> 00:25:06.740 the waters 00:25:06.740 --> 00:25:07.259 to become 00:25:07.259 --> 00:25:08.759 divided such 00:25:08.759 --> 00:25:09.160 that the 00:25:09.160 --> 00:25:09.900 Israelites would 00:25:09.900 --> 00:25:10.420 be able to 00:25:10.420 --> 00:25:10.960 cross on 00:25:10.960 --> 00:25:11.539 dry land. 00:25:13.339 --> 00:25:14.000 That would 00:25:14.000 --> 00:25:14.440 be an 00:25:14.440 --> 00:25:14.700 awesome 00:25:14.700 --> 00:25:16.539 sight to 00:25:16.539 --> 00:25:16.859 see. 00:25:18.379 --> 00:25:19.099 I'm thinking 00:25:19.099 --> 00:25:19.700 the Charles 00:25:19.700 --> 00:25:20.079 River is 00:25:20.079 --> 00:25:20.720 probably not a 00:25:20.720 --> 00:25:21.279 good example. 00:25:21.480 --> 00:25:21.779 It's a little 00:25:21.779 --> 00:25:22.259 small. 00:25:22.619 --> 00:25:23.200 I don't know 00:25:23.200 --> 00:25:23.720 how deep it 00:25:23.720 --> 00:25:24.180 is, but if 00:25:24.180 --> 00:25:24.519 you were to 00:25:24.519 --> 00:25:24.859 go to 00:25:24.859 --> 00:25:25.639 Revere Beach, 00:25:26.139 --> 00:25:27.319 now stand on 00:25:27.319 --> 00:25:28.700 the shore and 00:25:28.700 --> 00:25:29.359 you see the 00:25:29.359 --> 00:25:30.599 waters divide, 00:25:31.480 --> 00:25:32.539 that would be 00:25:32.539 --> 00:25:33.200 pretty awesome. 00:25:34.160 --> 00:25:34.839 I think it 00:25:34.839 --> 00:25:35.379 would also be a 00:25:35.379 --> 00:25:35.940 little frightening. 00:25:36.299 --> 00:25:36.960 Like at first 00:25:36.960 --> 00:25:37.599 it's not very 00:25:37.599 --> 00:25:37.899 deep. 00:25:38.299 --> 00:25:38.779 It's not a 00:25:38.779 --> 00:25:39.420 scary thing, 00:25:39.480 --> 00:25:39.639 right? 00:25:39.680 --> 00:25:40.639 But as you 00:25:40.639 --> 00:25:41.180 look further 00:25:41.180 --> 00:25:41.559 down the 00:25:41.559 --> 00:25:42.099 path, 00:25:43.180 --> 00:25:43.839 the sea is 00:25:43.839 --> 00:25:44.200 deep. 00:25:44.700 --> 00:25:45.420 The waters 00:25:45.420 --> 00:25:46.279 on the side 00:25:46.279 --> 00:25:46.599 are, 00:25:46.859 --> 00:25:47.920 they're huge. 00:25:51.779 --> 00:25:52.899 The sea used 00:25:52.899 --> 00:25:53.399 to be right 00:25:53.399 --> 00:25:53.759 there and 00:25:53.759 --> 00:25:54.099 you want me 00:25:54.099 --> 00:25:54.740 to go across 00:25:54.740 --> 00:25:55.019 it? 00:25:57.519 --> 00:25:58.139 Sounds a 00:25:58.139 --> 00:25:58.639 little scary. 00:25:58.759 --> 00:25:59.160 Anyone 00:25:59.160 --> 00:26:00.299 claustrophobic 00:26:00.299 --> 00:26:00.720 out there? 00:26:01.680 --> 00:26:02.259 I don't 00:26:02.259 --> 00:26:02.440 know. 00:26:03.920 --> 00:26:04.660 It did 00:26:04.660 --> 00:26:05.500 take some 00:26:05.500 --> 00:26:06.799 faith for 00:26:06.799 --> 00:26:07.279 the people 00:26:07.279 --> 00:26:07.799 of Israel 00:26:07.799 --> 00:26:08.539 to cross 00:26:08.539 --> 00:26:09.019 the Red 00:26:09.019 --> 00:26:09.319 Sea. 00:26:10.519 --> 00:26:11.180 But to 00:26:11.180 --> 00:26:12.039 be saved, 00:26:12.200 --> 00:26:12.759 they needed 00:26:12.759 --> 00:26:13.460 to go through 00:26:13.460 --> 00:26:14.019 the sea. 00:26:15.039 --> 00:26:15.660 They needed 00:26:15.660 --> 00:26:16.139 to follow 00:26:16.139 --> 00:26:16.639 the way 00:26:16.639 --> 00:26:17.200 that God 00:26:17.200 --> 00:26:18.059 was providing 00:26:18.059 --> 00:26:18.899 for them 00:26:18.899 --> 00:26:20.039 and trust 00:26:20.039 --> 00:26:20.379 what he 00:26:20.379 --> 00:26:21.000 was doing. 00:26:22.779 --> 00:26:23.619 A connection 00:26:23.619 --> 00:26:24.240 back to the 00:26:24.240 --> 00:26:24.839 New Testament. 00:26:25.460 --> 00:26:26.180 Hebrews 11 00:26:26.180 --> 00:26:27.399 29 says 00:26:27.399 --> 00:26:27.960 this, 00:26:28.420 --> 00:26:29.200 by faith 00:26:29.200 --> 00:26:29.960 the people 00:26:29.960 --> 00:26:30.559 crossed the 00:26:30.559 --> 00:26:31.099 Red Sea 00:26:31.099 --> 00:26:31.839 as on dry 00:26:31.839 --> 00:26:32.220 land, 00:26:32.559 --> 00:26:32.920 but the 00:26:32.920 --> 00:26:33.299 Egyptians 00:26:33.299 --> 00:26:33.879 when they 00:26:33.879 --> 00:26:34.399 attempted to 00:26:34.399 --> 00:26:34.720 do the 00:26:34.720 --> 00:26:35.119 same 00:26:35.119 --> 00:26:36.200 were drowned. 00:26:37.759 --> 00:26:38.240 Some 00:26:38.240 --> 00:26:38.599 might have 00:26:38.599 --> 00:26:39.500 run across 00:26:39.500 --> 00:26:39.839 to the 00:26:39.839 --> 00:26:40.440 other side 00:26:40.440 --> 00:26:41.139 full of 00:26:41.139 --> 00:26:41.480 faith, 00:26:41.839 --> 00:26:42.519 loving the 00:26:42.519 --> 00:26:43.059 opportunity 00:26:43.059 --> 00:26:43.619 just to 00:26:43.619 --> 00:26:44.079 run through 00:26:44.079 --> 00:26:44.700 the water 00:26:44.700 --> 00:26:45.420 or just 00:26:45.420 --> 00:26:46.099 escape. 00:26:46.480 --> 00:26:46.960 Their fear 00:26:46.960 --> 00:26:47.899 was more 00:26:47.899 --> 00:26:48.359 for the 00:26:48.359 --> 00:26:48.779 Egyptians. 00:26:48.779 --> 00:26:49.059 Christians, 00:26:49.579 --> 00:26:52.019 but some 00:26:52.019 --> 00:26:52.420 people, 00:26:53.119 --> 00:26:54.000 maybe not 00:26:54.000 --> 00:26:54.740 so ambitious, 00:26:54.960 --> 00:26:55.240 a little 00:26:55.240 --> 00:26:56.579 slower to 00:26:56.579 --> 00:26:57.339 run across, 00:26:58.279 --> 00:26:58.899 checking the 00:26:58.899 --> 00:26:59.539 walls of 00:26:59.539 --> 00:27:00.200 water out 00:27:00.200 --> 00:27:00.680 first, 00:27:00.799 --> 00:27:01.440 maybe testing 00:27:01.440 --> 00:27:02.079 the land 00:27:02.079 --> 00:27:02.639 that they 00:27:02.639 --> 00:27:03.039 were walking 00:27:03.039 --> 00:27:03.480 on to see 00:27:03.480 --> 00:27:03.819 if it was 00:27:03.819 --> 00:27:04.559 really steady. 00:27:05.299 --> 00:27:05.740 It took 00:27:05.740 --> 00:27:06.279 them longer 00:27:06.279 --> 00:27:06.639 to go 00:27:06.639 --> 00:27:06.980 across. 00:27:07.099 --> 00:27:07.539 Their faith 00:27:07.539 --> 00:27:08.000 was a little 00:27:08.000 --> 00:27:08.599 smaller. 00:27:10.299 --> 00:27:11.039 Isn't that 00:27:11.039 --> 00:27:11.740 generous of 00:27:11.740 --> 00:27:12.160 God, 00:27:12.240 --> 00:27:12.720 even for 00:27:12.720 --> 00:27:13.379 those with 00:27:13.379 --> 00:27:14.420 small faith? 00:27:14.420 --> 00:27:16.640 God takes 00:27:16.640 --> 00:27:17.279 that small 00:27:17.279 --> 00:27:17.820 faith and 00:27:17.820 --> 00:27:18.340 he protects 00:27:18.340 --> 00:27:19.220 it and 00:27:19.220 --> 00:27:20.039 he walks 00:27:20.039 --> 00:27:21.140 them through. 00:27:21.940 --> 00:27:22.539 He holds 00:27:22.539 --> 00:27:23.019 the walls 00:27:23.019 --> 00:27:23.360 back, 00:27:23.420 --> 00:27:23.779 he holds 00:27:23.779 --> 00:27:24.200 the Egyptian 00:27:24.200 --> 00:27:24.740 army back 00:27:24.740 --> 00:27:25.220 long enough 00:27:25.220 --> 00:27:25.700 for even 00:27:25.700 --> 00:27:26.759 the small, 00:27:27.860 --> 00:27:30.000 slower, 00:27:30.340 --> 00:27:30.880 struggling 00:27:30.880 --> 00:27:31.440 in faith, 00:27:31.560 --> 00:27:31.779 but I'm 00:27:31.779 --> 00:27:32.360 giving God 00:27:32.360 --> 00:27:32.980 everything I've 00:27:32.980 --> 00:27:33.380 got. 00:27:34.340 --> 00:27:34.740 Their faith 00:27:34.740 --> 00:27:35.300 still had to 00:27:35.300 --> 00:27:36.300 be placed 00:27:36.300 --> 00:27:37.420 on him, 00:27:37.860 --> 00:27:38.620 maybe not as 00:27:38.620 --> 00:27:39.300 strong as a 00:27:39.300 --> 00:27:39.759 lot of other 00:27:39.759 --> 00:27:40.180 guys. 00:27:42.140 --> 00:27:42.800 And God 00:27:42.800 --> 00:27:43.360 takes that 00:27:43.360 --> 00:27:43.900 and blesses 00:27:43.900 --> 00:27:44.160 it and 00:27:44.160 --> 00:27:44.600 protects 00:27:44.600 --> 00:27:44.940 them. 00:27:46.200 --> 00:27:46.779 Now here's 00:27:46.779 --> 00:27:47.160 a question. 00:27:47.700 --> 00:27:48.060 If you 00:27:48.060 --> 00:27:48.400 were an 00:27:48.400 --> 00:27:48.740 Egyptian 00:27:48.740 --> 00:27:50.420 soldier riding 00:27:50.420 --> 00:27:51.120 a chariot, 00:27:51.779 --> 00:27:52.380 would you 00:27:52.380 --> 00:27:53.960 chase them 00:27:53.960 --> 00:27:55.140 into the 00:27:55.140 --> 00:27:55.540 Red Sea? 00:27:56.700 --> 00:27:57.060 Remember, 00:27:57.519 --> 00:27:57.720 they're 00:27:57.720 --> 00:27:58.220 first-hand 00:27:58.220 --> 00:27:59.120 witnesses to 00:27:59.120 --> 00:28:00.340 the ten 00:28:00.340 --> 00:28:02.200 plagues that 00:28:02.200 --> 00:28:02.660 led to 00:28:02.660 --> 00:28:03.519 Israelites being 00:28:03.519 --> 00:28:04.480 pushed out 00:28:04.480 --> 00:28:04.940 of Egypt. 00:28:05.460 --> 00:28:05.900 They were 00:28:05.900 --> 00:28:06.360 just held 00:28:06.360 --> 00:28:07.040 back by a 00:28:07.040 --> 00:28:07.380 supernatural 00:28:07.380 --> 00:28:08.380 wall of 00:28:08.380 --> 00:28:08.920 light and 00:28:08.920 --> 00:28:09.480 darkness. 00:28:10.900 --> 00:28:11.300 And then 00:28:11.300 --> 00:28:11.720 once that 00:28:11.720 --> 00:28:12.100 wall is 00:28:12.100 --> 00:28:12.680 taken away, 00:28:12.940 --> 00:28:13.460 they see 00:28:13.460 --> 00:28:14.140 this path 00:28:14.140 --> 00:28:14.759 that's now 00:28:14.759 --> 00:28:15.920 where the 00:28:15.920 --> 00:28:16.320 sea used 00:28:16.320 --> 00:28:16.660 to be. 00:28:20.160 --> 00:28:20.600 I'm 00:28:20.600 --> 00:28:21.040 thinking I've 00:28:21.040 --> 00:28:21.460 seen a lot 00:28:21.460 --> 00:28:21.860 of movies 00:28:21.860 --> 00:28:22.640 with ambushes 00:28:22.640 --> 00:28:22.980 in it, 00:28:23.120 --> 00:28:23.680 and I'm 00:28:23.680 --> 00:28:24.040 not going 00:28:24.040 --> 00:28:24.300 there. 00:28:24.900 --> 00:28:25.380 I'm going 00:28:25.380 --> 00:28:25.780 to stay on 00:28:25.780 --> 00:28:26.240 this side, 00:28:26.300 --> 00:28:26.600 I'll just 00:28:26.600 --> 00:28:27.020 keep guard, 00:28:27.080 --> 00:28:27.400 you guys 00:28:27.400 --> 00:28:27.800 go ahead. 00:28:29.380 --> 00:28:29.820 But that's 00:28:29.820 --> 00:28:30.120 not what 00:28:30.120 --> 00:28:30.440 happened. 00:28:30.520 --> 00:28:30.740 If we 00:28:30.740 --> 00:28:31.220 look at 00:28:31.220 --> 00:28:32.259 verse 17, 00:28:32.800 --> 00:28:33.480 we see that 00:28:33.480 --> 00:28:34.480 not only was 00:28:34.480 --> 00:28:35.240 Pharaoh's heart 00:28:35.240 --> 00:28:35.600 hardened, 00:28:35.759 --> 00:28:36.780 but God 00:28:36.780 --> 00:28:37.680 also hardened 00:28:37.680 --> 00:28:38.140 the hearts 00:28:38.140 --> 00:28:38.420 of the 00:28:38.420 --> 00:28:39.259 Egyptians so 00:28:39.259 --> 00:28:39.680 that they 00:28:39.680 --> 00:28:40.600 would follow 00:28:40.599 --> 00:28:41.659 the Israelites 00:28:41.659 --> 00:28:42.279 into the 00:28:42.279 --> 00:28:42.519 sea. 00:28:43.659 --> 00:28:44.299 All those 00:28:44.299 --> 00:28:44.579 things that 00:28:44.579 --> 00:28:45.000 might cause 00:28:45.000 --> 00:28:45.379 us to 00:28:45.379 --> 00:28:45.819 pause were 00:28:45.819 --> 00:28:47.500 quickly ignored 00:28:47.500 --> 00:28:48.679 as their 00:28:48.679 --> 00:28:49.779 stubbornness, 00:28:49.919 --> 00:28:50.319 the hardness 00:28:50.319 --> 00:28:50.759 that God 00:28:50.759 --> 00:28:51.359 put on them 00:28:51.359 --> 00:28:52.159 drove them 00:28:52.159 --> 00:28:52.679 into the 00:28:52.679 --> 00:28:52.919 sea. 00:28:53.480 --> 00:28:54.099 And they 00:28:54.099 --> 00:28:54.500 thought it 00:28:54.500 --> 00:28:54.879 would be an 00:28:54.879 --> 00:28:55.539 easy victory. 00:28:56.959 --> 00:28:57.679 As we get 00:28:57.679 --> 00:28:58.419 to verse 24, 00:28:58.699 --> 00:29:00.000 we see God 00:29:00.000 --> 00:29:00.759 begin to do 00:29:00.759 --> 00:29:01.799 battle with 00:29:01.799 --> 00:29:02.419 the Egyptians. 00:29:03.899 --> 00:29:04.599 And it really 00:29:04.599 --> 00:29:05.199 isn't a battle 00:29:05.199 --> 00:29:05.639 of all, 00:29:05.879 --> 00:29:06.599 a battle at 00:29:06.599 --> 00:29:06.899 all. 00:29:06.900 --> 00:29:07.800 The Lord 00:29:07.800 --> 00:29:08.519 looks down 00:29:08.519 --> 00:29:09.860 and first 00:29:09.860 --> 00:29:10.300 he throws 00:29:10.300 --> 00:29:10.740 them into 00:29:10.740 --> 00:29:11.259 a panic. 00:29:12.780 --> 00:29:13.960 The chariots 00:29:13.960 --> 00:29:14.480 that once 00:29:14.480 --> 00:29:15.040 gave the 00:29:15.040 --> 00:29:15.880 soldiers speed 00:29:15.880 --> 00:29:16.480 and protection 00:29:16.480 --> 00:29:17.720 now begins 00:29:17.720 --> 00:29:18.280 to slow 00:29:18.280 --> 00:29:18.940 them down. 00:29:20.440 --> 00:29:21.300 Their wheels 00:29:21.300 --> 00:29:22.100 become heavy 00:29:22.100 --> 00:29:22.900 and clogged 00:29:22.900 --> 00:29:23.400 and some 00:29:23.400 --> 00:29:23.900 begin to 00:29:23.900 --> 00:29:24.200 break. 00:29:24.500 --> 00:29:24.940 The horses 00:29:24.940 --> 00:29:25.360 are now 00:29:25.360 --> 00:29:25.900 struggling 00:29:25.900 --> 00:29:26.880 to continue. 00:29:27.880 --> 00:29:28.320 Panic 00:29:28.320 --> 00:29:29.060 sets in 00:29:29.060 --> 00:29:29.380 as the 00:29:29.380 --> 00:29:30.040 ground around 00:29:30.040 --> 00:29:30.700 them becomes 00:29:30.700 --> 00:29:31.280 thick and 00:29:31.280 --> 00:29:32.440 the walls 00:29:32.440 --> 00:29:33.080 of water 00:29:33.080 --> 00:29:33.620 that in the 00:29:33.620 --> 00:29:33.980 beginning 00:29:33.980 --> 00:29:34.640 offered this 00:29:34.640 --> 00:29:35.560 great path 00:29:35.560 --> 00:29:36.800 to victory 00:29:36.799 --> 00:29:38.139 become these 00:29:38.139 --> 00:29:39.440 mountains of 00:29:39.440 --> 00:29:40.919 imminent death. 00:29:42.279 --> 00:29:43.079 It quickly 00:29:43.079 --> 00:29:43.720 becomes evident 00:29:43.720 --> 00:29:44.399 to the Egyptians 00:29:44.399 --> 00:29:45.139 that they are 00:29:45.139 --> 00:29:45.899 fighting against 00:29:45.899 --> 00:29:46.559 a force that 00:29:46.559 --> 00:29:46.980 is much 00:29:46.980 --> 00:29:47.579 stronger than 00:29:47.579 --> 00:29:47.859 them. 00:29:48.639 --> 00:29:49.200 And it's a 00:29:49.200 --> 00:29:49.619 force they 00:29:49.619 --> 00:29:50.399 cannot even 00:29:50.399 --> 00:29:50.919 see. 00:29:52.359 --> 00:29:53.240 It's probably 00:29:53.240 --> 00:29:53.919 at this point 00:29:53.919 --> 00:29:54.240 where they 00:29:54.240 --> 00:29:54.879 remember the 00:29:54.879 --> 00:29:55.559 tin plagues 00:29:55.559 --> 00:29:57.099 and how God 00:29:57.099 --> 00:29:57.960 protected the 00:29:57.960 --> 00:29:58.440 Israelites 00:29:58.440 --> 00:29:59.659 through all 00:29:59.659 --> 00:30:00.119 of them 00:30:00.119 --> 00:30:01.960 and none 00:30:01.960 --> 00:30:02.700 for the 00:30:02.700 --> 00:30:03.180 Egyptians. 00:30:04.899 --> 00:30:05.599 In the 00:30:05.599 --> 00:30:06.000 second half 00:30:06.000 --> 00:30:06.779 of verse 25 00:30:06.779 --> 00:30:07.180 it says 00:30:07.180 --> 00:30:08.299 let us flee 00:30:08.299 --> 00:30:08.839 from before 00:30:08.839 --> 00:30:09.259 Israel 00:30:09.259 --> 00:30:09.779 for the 00:30:09.779 --> 00:30:10.240 Lord 00:30:10.240 --> 00:30:11.019 fights for 00:30:11.019 --> 00:30:11.339 them 00:30:11.339 --> 00:30:11.720 against 00:30:11.720 --> 00:30:11.940 the 00:30:11.940 --> 00:30:12.399 Egyptians. 00:30:13.119 --> 00:30:13.720 We must 00:30:13.720 --> 00:30:14.220 retreat 00:30:14.220 --> 00:30:14.839 because we 00:30:14.839 --> 00:30:15.779 can't win 00:30:15.779 --> 00:30:16.619 against the 00:30:16.619 --> 00:30:16.960 Lord. 00:30:19.420 --> 00:30:20.119 And then 00:30:20.119 --> 00:30:20.599 we get to 00:30:20.599 --> 00:30:21.180 this last 00:30:21.180 --> 00:30:22.079 horrific scene 00:30:22.079 --> 00:30:22.740 in the battle 00:30:22.740 --> 00:30:23.480 as the Lord 00:30:23.480 --> 00:30:24.180 tells Moses 00:30:24.180 --> 00:30:25.059 to once again 00:30:25.059 --> 00:30:26.220 stretch out 00:30:26.220 --> 00:30:26.720 his hand 00:30:26.720 --> 00:30:27.200 but this 00:30:27.200 --> 00:30:27.759 time it's 00:30:27.759 --> 00:30:28.139 to cause 00:30:28.139 --> 00:30:28.740 the waters 00:30:28.740 --> 00:30:29.180 to come 00:30:29.180 --> 00:30:29.579 back. 00:30:30.859 --> 00:30:31.319 First 00:30:31.319 --> 00:30:31.680 they're thrown 00:30:31.680 --> 00:30:32.079 into a 00:30:32.079 --> 00:30:32.359 panic 00:30:32.359 --> 00:30:33.579 and now 00:30:33.579 --> 00:30:34.240 they're thrown 00:30:34.240 --> 00:30:34.759 into the 00:30:34.759 --> 00:30:35.480 sea as 00:30:35.480 --> 00:30:36.160 two walls 00:30:36.160 --> 00:30:36.779 of water 00:30:36.779 --> 00:30:38.019 come crashing 00:30:38.019 --> 00:30:38.680 down 00:30:38.680 --> 00:30:40.440 fighting to 00:30:40.440 --> 00:30:41.160 return to 00:30:41.160 --> 00:30:41.960 their normal 00:30:41.960 --> 00:30:42.880 flow in 00:30:42.880 --> 00:30:43.480 the sea 00:30:43.480 --> 00:30:45.319 and as a 00:30:45.319 --> 00:30:45.759 result 00:30:45.759 --> 00:30:46.599 verse 28 00:30:46.599 --> 00:30:47.180 says that 00:30:47.180 --> 00:30:47.920 not one 00:30:47.920 --> 00:30:48.400 of them 00:30:48.400 --> 00:30:49.099 remained. 00:30:51.240 --> 00:30:51.539 There stood 00:30:51.539 --> 00:30:51.980 the Israelites 00:30:51.980 --> 00:30:52.720 safely on 00:30:52.720 --> 00:30:53.359 one side 00:30:53.359 --> 00:30:54.880 looking down 00:30:54.880 --> 00:30:56.299 on their 00:30:56.299 --> 00:30:56.720 previous 00:30:56.720 --> 00:30:57.299 captors 00:30:57.299 --> 00:30:57.839 that lay 00:30:57.839 --> 00:30:58.299 on the 00:30:58.299 --> 00:30:58.660 beach. 00:30:58.660 --> 00:31:00.740 the once 00:31:00.740 --> 00:31:01.220 massive 00:31:01.220 --> 00:31:01.640 Egyptian 00:31:01.640 --> 00:31:02.120 army 00:31:02.120 --> 00:31:03.340 was just 00:31:03.340 --> 00:31:04.120 obliterated 00:31:04.120 --> 00:31:04.840 right in 00:31:04.840 --> 00:31:05.460 front of 00:31:05.460 --> 00:31:05.759 them 00:31:05.759 --> 00:31:07.420 and they 00:31:07.420 --> 00:31:08.019 never had 00:31:08.019 --> 00:31:08.540 to mount 00:31:08.540 --> 00:31:09.320 a chariot 00:31:09.320 --> 00:31:11.100 they never 00:31:11.100 --> 00:31:11.779 had to 00:31:11.779 --> 00:31:12.340 raise a 00:31:12.340 --> 00:31:12.759 spear 00:31:12.759 --> 00:31:14.220 they only 00:31:14.220 --> 00:31:14.740 had to 00:31:14.740 --> 00:31:15.460 be silent 00:31:15.460 --> 00:31:17.759 move 00:31:17.759 --> 00:31:18.900 when they 00:31:18.900 --> 00:31:19.240 were told 00:31:19.240 --> 00:31:19.900 to move 00:31:19.900 --> 00:31:21.519 because God 00:31:21.519 --> 00:31:22.140 fought for 00:31:22.140 --> 00:31:22.519 them. 00:31:26.519 --> 00:31:27.460 That brings 00:31:27.460 --> 00:31:27.880 us to our 00:31:27.880 --> 00:31:28.560 last point 00:31:28.559 --> 00:31:30.220 God 00:31:30.220 --> 00:31:31.099 saves. 00:31:32.220 --> 00:31:32.740 The God 00:31:32.740 --> 00:31:33.599 who directs 00:31:33.599 --> 00:31:34.419 and protects 00:31:34.419 --> 00:31:35.119 his people 00:31:35.119 --> 00:31:36.220 is also 00:31:36.220 --> 00:31:36.740 the God 00:31:36.740 --> 00:31:37.819 who saves 00:31:37.819 --> 00:31:38.460 his people. 00:31:39.759 --> 00:31:40.419 Earlier I 00:31:40.419 --> 00:31:41.059 mentioned how 00:31:41.059 --> 00:31:41.759 this passage 00:31:41.759 --> 00:31:42.319 played an 00:31:42.319 --> 00:31:43.279 important role 00:31:43.279 --> 00:31:44.200 not only in 00:31:44.200 --> 00:31:44.440 the Old 00:31:44.440 --> 00:31:44.960 Testament but 00:31:44.960 --> 00:31:45.419 also the 00:31:45.419 --> 00:31:46.000 New Testament. 00:31:47.279 --> 00:31:47.859 The salvation 00:31:47.859 --> 00:31:48.619 given to the 00:31:48.619 --> 00:31:49.139 Israelites 00:31:49.139 --> 00:31:50.879 was a 00:31:50.879 --> 00:31:51.579 precursor 00:31:51.579 --> 00:31:52.919 a pointer 00:31:52.919 --> 00:31:53.539 towards the 00:31:53.539 --> 00:31:54.139 salvation 00:31:54.139 --> 00:31:55.359 that was 00:31:55.359 --> 00:31:56.099 available through 00:31:56.099 --> 00:31:56.879 Jesus Christ 00:31:56.879 --> 00:31:57.720 on the cross. 00:31:57.720 --> 00:31:58.559 Jesus Christ 00:31:58.559 --> 00:31:59.079 the better 00:31:59.079 --> 00:31:59.740 Moses. 00:32:01.740 --> 00:32:02.860 1 Corinthians 00:32:02.860 --> 00:32:03.500 10 00:32:03.500 --> 00:32:04.940 verses 1 00:32:04.940 --> 00:32:05.279 and 2 00:32:05.279 --> 00:32:06.000 says this 00:32:06.000 --> 00:32:07.299 for I do 00:32:07.299 --> 00:32:07.860 not want you 00:32:07.860 --> 00:32:08.460 to be unaware 00:32:08.460 --> 00:32:08.880 brothers 00:32:08.880 --> 00:32:09.600 that our 00:32:09.600 --> 00:32:10.380 fathers were 00:32:10.380 --> 00:32:10.839 all under 00:32:10.839 --> 00:32:11.360 the cloud 00:32:11.360 --> 00:32:11.839 and all 00:32:11.839 --> 00:32:12.420 passed through 00:32:12.420 --> 00:32:12.940 the sea 00:32:12.940 --> 00:32:13.839 and all 00:32:13.839 --> 00:32:14.460 were baptized 00:32:14.460 --> 00:32:15.720 into Moses 00:32:15.720 --> 00:32:16.819 in the cloud 00:32:16.819 --> 00:32:17.960 and in the sea. 00:32:17.960 --> 00:32:19.539 the crossing 00:32:19.539 --> 00:32:20.019 of the red 00:32:20.019 --> 00:32:20.480 sea was a 00:32:20.480 --> 00:32:20.900 kind of 00:32:20.900 --> 00:32:21.799 baptism 00:32:21.799 --> 00:32:23.200 into Moses. 00:32:23.579 --> 00:32:23.940 That's what 00:32:23.940 --> 00:32:24.660 Paul is saying 00:32:24.660 --> 00:32:24.960 here. 00:32:25.340 --> 00:32:25.700 It's the 00:32:25.700 --> 00:32:26.380 event where 00:32:26.380 --> 00:32:26.960 Israel 00:32:26.960 --> 00:32:28.460 in verse 31 00:32:28.460 --> 00:32:29.600 believed the 00:32:29.600 --> 00:32:30.000 Lord. 00:32:30.160 --> 00:32:30.880 They believed 00:32:30.880 --> 00:32:31.380 the Lord 00:32:31.380 --> 00:32:32.079 and his 00:32:32.079 --> 00:32:32.400 servant 00:32:32.400 --> 00:32:33.059 Moses. 00:32:34.579 --> 00:32:35.240 Similarly 00:32:35.240 --> 00:32:36.160 in Christian 00:32:36.160 --> 00:32:36.579 baptism 00:32:36.579 --> 00:32:37.079 we are 00:32:37.079 --> 00:32:37.480 baptized 00:32:37.480 --> 00:32:38.640 into Christ 00:32:38.640 --> 00:32:39.700 united 00:32:39.700 --> 00:32:40.640 with him 00:32:40.640 --> 00:32:41.240 in his 00:32:41.240 --> 00:32:41.559 death 00:32:41.559 --> 00:32:41.860 and his 00:32:41.860 --> 00:32:42.440 resurrection. 00:32:44.440 --> 00:32:44.819 For the 00:32:44.819 --> 00:32:45.120 Israelites 00:32:45.120 --> 00:32:45.779 the crossing 00:32:45.779 --> 00:32:46.879 of the sea 00:32:46.879 --> 00:32:47.420 was a 00:32:47.420 --> 00:32:47.740 journey 00:32:47.740 --> 00:32:48.339 from their 00:32:48.339 --> 00:32:49.059 old life 00:32:49.059 --> 00:32:49.680 of death 00:32:49.680 --> 00:32:50.379 and slavery 00:32:50.379 --> 00:32:51.720 into a 00:32:51.720 --> 00:32:52.339 new life 00:32:52.339 --> 00:32:53.279 with the 00:32:53.279 --> 00:32:53.839 Lord as 00:32:53.839 --> 00:32:54.500 their director 00:32:54.500 --> 00:32:54.899 and their 00:32:54.899 --> 00:32:55.460 protector 00:32:55.460 --> 00:32:55.980 and their 00:32:55.980 --> 00:32:56.519 savior. 00:32:58.399 --> 00:32:58.980 So also 00:32:58.980 --> 00:32:59.359 for the 00:32:59.359 --> 00:32:59.740 Christian 00:32:59.740 --> 00:33:00.799 baptism 00:33:00.799 --> 00:33:01.680 represents 00:33:01.680 --> 00:33:02.500 a death 00:33:02.500 --> 00:33:02.879 to our 00:33:02.879 --> 00:33:03.599 old self. 00:33:04.460 --> 00:33:04.859 Our 00:33:04.859 --> 00:33:05.700 former life 00:33:05.700 --> 00:33:06.420 of slavery 00:33:06.420 --> 00:33:07.319 to sin 00:33:07.319 --> 00:33:09.079 and into 00:33:09.079 --> 00:33:09.759 a new 00:33:09.759 --> 00:33:10.819 life of 00:33:10.819 --> 00:33:11.319 freedom 00:33:11.319 --> 00:33:11.940 in Jesus 00:33:11.940 --> 00:33:12.539 Christ. 00:33:14.660 --> 00:33:15.379 The 00:33:15.380 --> 00:33:15.740 Israelites 00:33:15.740 --> 00:33:16.580 were 00:33:16.580 --> 00:33:17.260 slaves 00:33:17.260 --> 00:33:17.660 and their 00:33:17.660 --> 00:33:17.980 only 00:33:17.980 --> 00:33:18.500 escape 00:33:18.500 --> 00:33:19.060 that they 00:33:19.060 --> 00:33:19.560 saw 00:33:19.560 --> 00:33:20.140 was 00:33:20.140 --> 00:33:20.580 death. 00:33:22.400 --> 00:33:22.960 We're 00:33:22.960 --> 00:33:23.240 born 00:33:23.240 --> 00:33:23.940 slaves 00:33:23.940 --> 00:33:25.320 to sin 00:33:25.320 --> 00:33:26.380 and death 00:33:26.380 --> 00:33:26.940 and separation 00:33:26.940 --> 00:33:27.560 from God 00:33:27.560 --> 00:33:28.280 is the 00:33:28.280 --> 00:33:28.900 only future 00:33:28.900 --> 00:33:29.340 that we 00:33:29.340 --> 00:33:29.800 see 00:33:29.800 --> 00:33:31.540 apart from 00:33:31.540 --> 00:33:31.820 Jesus 00:33:31.820 --> 00:33:32.400 Christ. 00:33:33.220 --> 00:33:33.620 God 00:33:33.620 --> 00:33:33.840 through 00:33:33.840 --> 00:33:34.340 Moses 00:33:34.340 --> 00:33:35.440 provided a 00:33:35.440 --> 00:33:35.680 way of 00:33:35.680 --> 00:33:36.200 salvation 00:33:36.200 --> 00:33:36.900 the 00:33:36.900 --> 00:33:37.220 Israelites 00:33:37.220 --> 00:33:37.880 could never 00:33:37.880 --> 00:33:38.360 provide. 00:33:39.400 --> 00:33:39.940 God 00:33:39.940 --> 00:33:40.180 through 00:33:40.180 --> 00:33:40.540 Jesus 00:33:40.540 --> 00:33:41.080 Christ 00:33:41.080 --> 00:33:41.540 provides 00:33:41.540 --> 00:33:41.780 a way 00:33:41.780 --> 00:33:41.900 of 00:33:41.900 --> 00:33:42.260 salvation 00:33:42.260 --> 00:33:42.540 that 00:33:42.540 --> 00:33:43.120 we 00:33:43.120 --> 00:33:43.540 could 00:33:43.540 --> 00:33:43.820 never 00:33:43.820 --> 00:33:44.420 provide. 00:33:45.380 --> 00:33:47.260 If you 00:33:47.260 --> 00:33:47.680 are 00:33:47.680 --> 00:33:48.640 not 00:33:48.640 --> 00:33:48.880 a 00:33:48.880 --> 00:33:49.160 believer 00:33:49.160 --> 00:33:49.420 in 00:33:49.420 --> 00:33:49.680 Jesus 00:33:49.680 --> 00:33:50.080 Christ 00:33:50.080 --> 00:33:50.360 this 00:33:50.360 --> 00:33:50.700 morning 00:33:50.700 --> 00:33:51.420 then I 00:33:51.420 --> 00:33:51.680 want to 00:33:51.680 --> 00:33:52.440 ask you 00:33:52.440 --> 00:33:53.780 just to 00:33:53.780 --> 00:33:54.420 think about 00:33:54.420 --> 00:33:55.240 the salvation 00:33:55.240 --> 00:33:55.900 that Jesus 00:33:55.900 --> 00:33:56.520 Christ 00:33:56.520 --> 00:33:57.220 offers. 00:34:03.220 --> 00:34:03.960 Talk to 00:34:03.960 --> 00:34:04.700 someone today 00:34:04.700 --> 00:34:05.180 before you 00:34:05.180 --> 00:34:05.380 leave. 00:34:05.440 --> 00:34:05.660 There will be 00:34:05.660 --> 00:34:06.200 people up here 00:34:06.200 --> 00:34:06.740 praying at the 00:34:06.740 --> 00:34:06.940 end. 00:34:07.420 --> 00:34:08.280 I'll be up 00:34:08.280 --> 00:34:08.800 here as 00:34:08.800 --> 00:34:09.119 well. 00:34:09.119 --> 00:34:11.259 if you 00:34:11.259 --> 00:34:11.819 struggle 00:34:11.819 --> 00:34:14.219 with that. 00:34:14.380 --> 00:34:14.619 If you 00:34:14.619 --> 00:34:14.980 struggle 00:34:14.980 --> 00:34:15.480 with your 00:34:15.480 --> 00:34:15.960 belief 00:34:15.960 --> 00:34:16.599 in God 00:34:16.599 --> 00:34:16.880 and your 00:34:16.880 --> 00:34:17.339 trust in 00:34:17.339 --> 00:34:17.579 him 00:34:17.579 --> 00:34:18.599 then I 00:34:18.599 --> 00:34:19.000 would 00:34:19.000 --> 00:34:19.799 ask you 00:34:19.799 --> 00:34:20.599 to don't 00:34:20.599 --> 00:34:21.139 just push 00:34:21.139 --> 00:34:21.599 that off 00:34:21.599 --> 00:34:22.079 but take 00:34:22.079 --> 00:34:24.139 time to 00:34:24.139 --> 00:34:24.699 seek the 00:34:24.699 --> 00:34:25.199 Lord and 00:34:25.199 --> 00:34:25.900 allow him 00:34:25.900 --> 00:34:26.799 to give you 00:34:26.799 --> 00:34:27.579 that strength 00:34:27.579 --> 00:34:28.039 and help 00:34:28.039 --> 00:34:28.579 you with 00:34:28.579 --> 00:34:29.599 that faith 00:34:29.599 --> 00:34:30.000 that might 00:34:30.000 --> 00:34:30.639 be struggling 00:34:30.639 --> 00:34:31.699 to protect 00:34:31.699 --> 00:34:32.159 and grow 00:34:32.159 --> 00:34:32.500 that. 00:34:32.859 --> 00:34:33.159 Jesus 00:34:33.159 --> 00:34:34.420 alone provides 00:34:34.420 --> 00:34:35.039 a way to 00:34:35.039 --> 00:34:35.420 the other 00:34:35.420 --> 00:34:36.539 side and 00:34:36.539 --> 00:34:37.199 like Moses 00:34:37.199 --> 00:34:38.199 he stands 00:34:38.199 --> 00:34:38.759 with his 00:34:38.759 --> 00:34:39.799 arms open 00:34:39.799 --> 00:34:40.980 holding back 00:34:40.980 --> 00:34:41.679 the walls 00:34:41.679 --> 00:34:42.379 of judgment 00:34:42.379 --> 00:34:44.259 allowing any 00:34:44.259 --> 00:34:45.419 who believe 00:34:45.419 --> 00:34:45.919 to freely 00:34:45.919 --> 00:34:46.319 come to 00:34:46.319 --> 00:34:46.739 him for 00:34:46.739 --> 00:34:47.279 salvation. 00:34:48.639 --> 00:34:49.359 Freedom 00:34:49.359 --> 00:34:49.899 from our 00:34:49.899 --> 00:34:50.579 slavery to 00:34:50.579 --> 00:34:50.879 sin. 00:34:52.059 --> 00:34:52.759 Freedom 00:34:52.759 --> 00:34:53.299 from the 00:34:53.299 --> 00:34:53.719 ultimate 00:34:53.719 --> 00:34:54.379 death. 00:34:55.439 --> 00:34:55.719 Freedom 00:34:55.719 --> 00:34:56.279 from being 00:34:56.279 --> 00:34:56.839 separated 00:34:56.839 --> 00:34:57.559 from God 00:34:57.559 --> 00:34:58.259 for eternity 00:34:58.259 --> 00:34:58.879 and becoming 00:34:58.879 --> 00:34:59.679 part of his 00:34:59.679 --> 00:35:00.099 family. 00:35:00.619 --> 00:35:00.939 Freedom 00:35:00.939 --> 00:35:02.519 from weight 00:35:02.519 --> 00:35:04.480 pain and 00:35:04.480 --> 00:35:05.199 brokenness 00:35:05.199 --> 00:35:05.779 that is all 00:35:05.779 --> 00:35:06.679 around us. 00:35:07.199 --> 00:35:08.159 freedom 00:35:08.159 --> 00:35:08.719 from the 00:35:08.719 --> 00:35:09.059 gods 00:35:09.059 --> 00:35:09.579 that we 00:35:09.579 --> 00:35:10.039 build 00:35:10.039 --> 00:35:10.399 and the 00:35:10.399 --> 00:35:10.679 gold 00:35:10.679 --> 00:35:11.099 that we 00:35:11.099 --> 00:35:11.699 protect 00:35:11.699 --> 00:35:12.480 that in 00:35:12.480 --> 00:35:12.799 the end 00:35:12.799 --> 00:35:13.259 weigh us 00:35:13.259 --> 00:35:13.739 down and 00:35:13.739 --> 00:35:14.439 keep us 00:35:14.439 --> 00:35:15.159 from the 00:35:15.159 --> 00:35:15.699 joy and 00:35:15.699 --> 00:35:16.339 the happiness 00:35:16.339 --> 00:35:17.500 that God 00:35:17.500 --> 00:35:18.179 wants for 00:35:18.179 --> 00:35:18.699 us his 00:35:18.699 --> 00:35:19.079 people. 00:35:20.039 --> 00:35:20.879 That's the 00:35:20.879 --> 00:35:21.599 freedom that 00:35:21.599 --> 00:35:22.359 we have in 00:35:22.359 --> 00:35:23.239 Jesus Christ 00:35:23.239 --> 00:35:24.279 when we rest 00:35:24.279 --> 00:35:25.000 on the 00:35:25.000 --> 00:35:25.639 salvation 00:35:25.639 --> 00:35:26.960 made available 00:35:26.960 --> 00:35:28.039 to us. 00:35:28.519 --> 00:35:29.079 So let us 00:35:29.079 --> 00:35:29.619 trust the 00:35:29.619 --> 00:35:30.199 one who has 00:35:30.199 --> 00:35:31.019 fought and 00:35:31.019 --> 00:35:31.759 continues to 00:35:31.759 --> 00:35:32.619 fight for 00:35:32.619 --> 00:35:33.039 us. 00:35:33.759 --> 00:35:34.480 Let's trust 00:35:34.480 --> 00:35:35.279 the one who 00:35:35.279 --> 00:35:35.879 provides 00:35:35.879 --> 00:35:36.659 salvation. 00:35:37.199 --> 00:35:40.079 Jesus Christ 00:35:40.079 --> 00:35:41.299 has provided 00:35:41.299 --> 00:35:42.059 the victory. 00:35:42.579 --> 00:35:43.319 Now let us 00:35:43.319 --> 00:35:44.500 go and 00:35:44.500 --> 00:35:45.039 walk in 00:35:45.039 --> 00:35:45.219 it. 00:35:46.480 --> 00:35:47.339 Let's pray 00:35:47.339 --> 00:35:47.719 together. 00:35:47.719 --> 00:35:47.879 Let's 00:35:47.879 --> 00:35:47.899 pray together. 00:35:52.939 --> 00:35:53.919 This is a 00:35:53.919 --> 00:35:54.980 great chapter 00:35:54.980 --> 00:35:55.819 Lord that you 00:35:55.819 --> 00:35:56.179 have given 00:35:56.179 --> 00:35:56.799 us in your 00:35:56.799 --> 00:35:57.299 word. 00:35:59.299 --> 00:36:00.199 It's also 00:36:00.199 --> 00:36:01.500 graphic and 00:36:01.500 --> 00:36:02.279 strong. 00:36:02.280 --> 00:36:05.000 Lord help 00:36:05.000 --> 00:36:06.040 us to see 00:36:06.040 --> 00:36:07.600 that you 00:36:07.600 --> 00:36:08.100 are not a 00:36:08.100 --> 00:36:08.600 God that 00:36:08.600 --> 00:36:09.280 plays around. 00:36:09.400 --> 00:36:09.920 You are a 00:36:09.920 --> 00:36:10.660 God who 00:36:10.660 --> 00:36:12.540 directs and 00:36:12.540 --> 00:36:13.460 controls and 00:36:13.460 --> 00:36:14.180 saves and 00:36:14.180 --> 00:36:14.700 you have a 00:36:14.700 --> 00:36:14.980 purpose. 00:36:15.160 --> 00:36:15.620 You've had a 00:36:15.620 --> 00:36:16.120 purpose from 00:36:16.120 --> 00:36:16.560 the beginning 00:36:16.560 --> 00:36:16.920 and you 00:36:16.920 --> 00:36:17.460 continue to 00:36:17.460 --> 00:36:17.800 have a 00:36:17.800 --> 00:36:18.060 purpose. 00:36:20.060 --> 00:36:20.720 Thank you 00:36:20.720 --> 00:36:21.340 for showing 00:36:21.340 --> 00:36:22.240 us these 00:36:22.240 --> 00:36:22.840 things. 00:36:24.740 --> 00:36:25.420 Lord we 00:36:25.420 --> 00:36:25.760 ask that 00:36:25.760 --> 00:36:26.360 your spirit 00:36:26.360 --> 00:36:26.880 would work 00:36:26.880 --> 00:36:27.180 in our 00:36:27.180 --> 00:36:29.060 hearts and 00:36:29.060 --> 00:36:29.400 give us 00:36:29.400 --> 00:36:30.040 faith to 00:36:30.040 --> 00:36:30.980 move past 00:36:30.980 --> 00:36:32.119 those times 00:36:32.119 --> 00:36:32.519 where we 00:36:32.519 --> 00:36:33.059 forget to 00:36:33.059 --> 00:36:33.420 look to 00:36:33.420 --> 00:36:33.920 you and 00:36:33.920 --> 00:36:34.199 we get 00:36:34.199 --> 00:36:34.659 caught up 00:36:34.659 --> 00:36:34.880 in the 00:36:34.880 --> 00:36:35.280 things of 00:36:35.280 --> 00:36:35.800 the world. 00:36:37.559 --> 00:36:38.360 Help us 00:36:38.360 --> 00:36:39.099 to stop 00:36:39.099 --> 00:36:40.980 what we're 00:36:40.980 --> 00:36:41.380 doing. 00:36:42.559 --> 00:36:43.179 Stop being 00:36:43.179 --> 00:36:43.639 fearful. 00:36:44.099 --> 00:36:44.800 Help us to 00:36:44.800 --> 00:36:45.920 look and see 00:36:45.920 --> 00:36:46.579 what you have 00:36:46.579 --> 00:36:47.179 done and are 00:36:47.179 --> 00:36:47.840 continuing to 00:36:47.840 --> 00:36:48.360 do and help 00:36:48.360 --> 00:36:49.039 us to listen 00:36:49.039 --> 00:36:50.599 to you and 00:36:50.599 --> 00:36:51.320 go forth in 00:36:51.320 --> 00:36:51.940 the salvation 00:36:51.940 --> 00:36:52.260 that you 00:36:52.260 --> 00:36:53.880 provide so 00:36:53.880 --> 00:36:55.079 that you 00:36:55.079 --> 00:36:55.900 are great 00:36:55.900 --> 00:36:56.579 God and 00:36:56.579 --> 00:36:57.280 Savior would 00:36:57.280 --> 00:36:58.519 get glorified 00:36:58.519 --> 00:36:59.760 in the lives 00:36:59.760 --> 00:37:00.119 that we 00:37:00.119 --> 00:37:00.480 lead. 00:37:01.280 --> 00:37:01.980 We ask 00:37:01.980 --> 00:37:02.440 these things 00:37:02.440 --> 00:37:02.740 in your 00:37:02.740 --> 00:37:03.300 great name. 00:37:04.039 --> 00:37:04.260 Amen.