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 We're going to be finishing up the lesson from a couple of weeks ago.

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 They're talking about Moses and his family there.

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 We're going to be here this morning at that.

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 Exodus chapter 2 this morning.

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 Exodus chapter 2.

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 Because as we're going to see here, we're going to look at the life of Moses and his family.

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 And continue looking here.

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 But let's read our text here today.

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 Exodus chapter 2.

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 Let's pick up in verse 1.

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 And it says this,

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 And there went a man of the house of Levi, who took to wife a daughter of Levi.

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 And the woman conceived and bare a son.

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 And she saw him, that he was a goodly child.

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 And she hid him three months.

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 And when she could no longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes.

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 And daubed it with slime and with pitch.

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 And put the child therein.

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 And she laid it on the flags by the river's brink.

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 And his sister stood afar off to wit that would be done to him.

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 And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river.

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 And her maidens walked along the riverside.

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 And when she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it.

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 And when she had opened it, she saw the child.

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 And behold, the babe wept.

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 And she had compassion on him and said, This is one of the Hebrew's children.

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 Then said his sister to Pharaoh's daughter,

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 Shall I go and call to thee a nurse of the Hebrew women,

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 that she may nurse the child for thee?

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 And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, Go.

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 And the maid went and called the child's mother.

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 And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, Take this child away and nurse it for me.

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 And I will give thee thy wage.

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 And the woman took the child and nursed it.

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 Let's pray.

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 Heavenly Fathers, we just take a few moments here this morning as we look into your word here today.

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 Lord, help us to understand the reality that even in the midst of what we see as unfair

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 or not the way we would want things to be, Lord,

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 or even outright cruelty towards us as an individual.

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 Lord, help us to be mindful that you are the one that is there.

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 You're the one that's above those things.

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 You're the one that provided the means to walk through those things in this life.

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 And Lord, we just ask your hand upon each one today, Lord,

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 that we might realize that our strength, even in these moments,

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 is to trust you as we walk through.

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 And Lord, we just give you all the praise in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 You know, as we understand, you know, anybody can experience discrimination.

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 You know, there's a lot about discrimination today,

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 and people put a lot of emphasis upon it.

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 But I don't think anybody could doubt that Jochebed and her family faced discrimination to the extreme.

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 When you consider what Pharaoh wanted to do,

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 if you remember, they wanted to kill all the male children.

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 You know, why?

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 Only because they were Jewish.

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 They wanted to throw all the male children into the river.

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 You know, but we understand as we see this picture of how Jochebed overcame that discrimination,

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 overcame that injustice.

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 And we understand that picture of what's taking place.

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 And we understand the nation that was once had saved Egypt through Joseph is now under oppression.

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 And there's people that are condemning them,

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 and the Pharaoh wants to keep them oppressed.

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 But, you know, even in the midst of this oppressive culture,

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 we find a young couple by the name of Amron and Jochebed.

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 They still said, I'm not going to let culture determine what I do.

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 And they went ahead and got married and started a family, even in light of it.

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 You know?

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 Today, most people look, man, that'd be tough.

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 Yes, it was.

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 But you know what?

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 Even when times are tough, when we trust God, God blesses.

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 God blesses in the good times.

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 God blesses in the rough times.

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 God blesses even in the devastating times of life.

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 She understood what was needed there.

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 But we find here that when they got married,

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 but not only did Pharaoh enslave the entire nation

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 and force them to work to an extreme, just tiresome to exhaustion,

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 and to keep them subject unto him.

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 And then to bring their own son, I mean, and to kill their own children, you know.

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 Think about Exodus 114 in our passage here.

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 Take a look again what it says here.

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 And he said,

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 That's 2.14.

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 Get back to 1.14.

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 Get back a page.

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 There we go.

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 And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage and mortar and in brick

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 and all manner of service in the field.

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 All their service wherein they made them serve was with rigor.

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 I mean, in the spite of oppressive work hours,

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 in spite of the fact that their male children were going to end up killed,

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 these young couples said,

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 We're going to take a stand.

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 We're going to trust God and continue to do what we ought to do.

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 And it was a culture of oppression, a culture of hatred,

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 and deep discrimination in which Moses was born.

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 You know, people have faced these things throughout history.

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 You know, discrimination isn't something that's a 21st century American problem.

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 You know, injustice isn't a 21st century American problem.

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 I want you to understand from the very beginning of time,

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 people have faced oppression.

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 They've faced injustices.

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 And they understand the reality, and oftentimes it is,

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 Well, why isn't it fair?

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 Well, you know, understand you've got to learn very quickly in life one thing.

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 It's not going to be fair.

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 But we do have a Savior.

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 We have a God that rises above the injustice and above those things.

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 And so sometimes we can identify with those things because, you know,

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 discrimination happens through all sorts of things.

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 You know?

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 Today we have class discrimination.

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 I mean, where were you born as far as in the social status?

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 I mean, you say, Well, America doesn't.

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 Yeah, we still do.

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 People naturally do that.

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 You know, a few weeks ago, you know, when Brother Anathakumar was here,

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 and they're talking about the oppression of India with their caste system.

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 You know?

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 You know what?

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 The same thing happens every place, but sometimes it's just not as pronounced.

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 You know?

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 Discrimination is not something you're going to do away with,

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 but it's something that we can face, and we can trust God,

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 and know God is going to hold to account to understand that dynamic.

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 And we ought to do our part not to be prejudiced,

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 not to prefer one above another, the Bible tells us.

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 And we're going to see that play out,

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 and we need to understand the picture that sometimes, as a believer,

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 you're going to face discrimination.

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 Think about what it tells us in 2 Timothy 3, in verse 12.

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 It says,

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 And all, yea, all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall what?

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 Suffer persecution.

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 You know?

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 I want you to understand, as a believer,

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 sometimes you take a stand for Christ,

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 you're going to find people just don't like you sometimes.

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 You know?

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 That's a reality that you need to understand from the very beginning.

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 Sometimes you don't have to do anything but just take a stand as a believer,

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 and they're going to have people that don't like you.

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 But don't let that hinder you from doing what you ought to do.

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 You know?

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 We need to understand that as a person of faith,

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 and one that's trusted in Christ,

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 to understand that we ought not to fall for Satan's tricks.

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 Because you know what often happens?

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 Even to believers, sometimes we get bitter.

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 You can get angry about what happened.

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 You know, you can allow those things,

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 or you can get sidetracked in that.

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 And so we're going to look and finish up here today, hopefully.

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 But we're going to look here at the first,

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 review the first section we covered here,

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 and we learn about those questions.

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 But think about the ministry of a mom.

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 You know, the mom's influence in the life of kids is important.

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 You know, we saw how Jochebed,

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 how she lovingly protected Moses.

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 You know?

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 That baby boy was a gift.

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 It was worth pausing to note that children are indeed gifts from God.

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 You know?

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 We live in a culture that puts children second oftentimes.

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 Now let me explain.

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 They put them second because it's like,

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 well, when I get my, I get enough money,

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 I get enough of this, I get enough of that,

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 when I'm in the right position, then we'll have kids.

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 You know what that's saying?

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 That's saying that kids are a secondary.

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 They're like a benefit that you get after you reach a certain level.

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 But think about what the scripture says in Psalm 127.

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 It says,

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 Lo, children are a heritage of the Lord,

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 and the fruit of the womb is his what?

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 Reward.

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 You know?

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 As a believer, you can miss out on the reward that God has for you.

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 You know?

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 Having gone through the sequence,

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 and now we're in the grandkid stage,

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 you know what?

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 Your reward is to see your children grow up

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 to become adults.

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 To see them take responsibility,

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 take their own faith in Christ,

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 to move forward in the things that you've taught them.

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 That's a reward.

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 To understand the effort and the energy

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 and all that it took emotionally and physically

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 was well worth the investment.

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 But we see here that Moses' mom

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 saw and recognized that blessing of a child,

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 even in the midst of great discrimination,

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 of great injustice.

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 I don't know how much more unjust you could be

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 than to say,

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 we're going to take your newly born son

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 and let him drown in the river.

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 But I want you to understand that

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 God gives parents children,

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 and I want you to understand

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 because we're going to see here

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 how God uses this,

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 not only in their life,

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 but in the life of the entire nation.

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 Their faith changed the entire nation.

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 God had a plan

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 and a purpose.

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 You know,

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 as they hid baby Moses,

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 it must have been a challenging situation

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 and to understand

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 that they hide a baby three months,

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 you know,

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 and pretty soon it becomes impossible.

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 You know,

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 they start wiggling

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 and they make a lot of noise.

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 And sometimes they smell,

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 you know,

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 sometimes you know,

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 yeah,

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 there's a baby around.

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 But they hid him as long as they could,

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 but she formed a plan

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 and she trusted in the providence of God.

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 Not only did her mom protect,

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 but she trusted in the providence of God.

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 Now I want you to understand here,

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 providence just means

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 I'm going to trust God's plan.

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 That God is going to work those things

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 to his good,

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 to what he wants.

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 You know,

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 look there at verse three in our text

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 in Exodus chapter two,

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 where it says,

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 and when she could no longer hide him,

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 she took it for him

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 an ark of bulrushes

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 and dabbed it with slime

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 and with pitch

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 and put the child there in

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 and she laid him in the flags

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 by the river's brink.

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 And,

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 and you know,

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 we see here this picture

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 and dynamic

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 is the same picture you see

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 talking about

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 Noah building the ark.

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 It's the same terminology.

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 That is used.

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 It was a little ark

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 to preserve

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 Moses.

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 And we see that God

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 used that

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 in a mighty way

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 and how she trusted

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 her child to God

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 in the midst

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 of devastating things.

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 You know,

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 as I keep reading

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 through this story,

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 you know,

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 it fascinates me

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 because today we would say

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 that's in jest.

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 I'm going to do something.

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 I'm going to do this.

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 I'm going to do that.

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 But she was willing

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 to say,

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 I'm going to trust God first

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 and to do what she needed

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 to do even in light

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 of all those things.

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 She trusted in God's providence

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 to understand

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 this is under God's control

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 because what she did

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 is against every grain

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 of our nature.

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 You know,

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 sometimes to honor God

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 rubs against what we want.

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 Sometimes it rubs

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 against what we think.

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 You know,

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 to understand that

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 the way God thinks

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 is not the way we think.

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 And we also need

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 to understand

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 that the way God thinks

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 and what God does,

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 His ways,

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 are higher than our ways.

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 We look at situations

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 and say,

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 that's not fair.

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 And God says,

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 trust me,

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 I've got it under control.

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 You know,

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 we can trust God

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 and not respond

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 with hostility

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 towards it,

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 but to respond

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 properly.

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 To trust God,

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 even when

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 a refusal

00:13:33.699 --> 00:13:34.959
 to react

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 out of spite

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 or desire

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 to get even.

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 I mean,

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 we need to trust God

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 and not say,

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 I'm going to get back at Him.

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 You know,

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 that's a hard place

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 because we need to understand

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 the mercy of God.

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 Because in this account,

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 you'll see God's mercy

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 play through.

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 You'll see God's mercy

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 throughout Exodus here

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 and the power

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 of injustice

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 is dissolved

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 in our lives

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 by the mercy

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 of God.

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 You know,

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 think about the mercy

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 shown to Jochebed

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 when she trusted God.

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 Now,

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 think about this

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 for a moment.

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 She goes down

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 to the river

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 after she'd made

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 an ark of bulrushes

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 and sealed it in

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 so it wouldn't sink

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 and puts him

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 in the river.

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 She had to have

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 a lot of faith.

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 Her faith wasn't,

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 she didn't know

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 whether Moses

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 was going to survive

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 or not.

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 She had said,

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 I've done everything

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 I can do

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 and I'm going to trust God.

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 I'm going to trust

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 His providence

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 that God is going to do

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 and has a plan

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 for Moses.

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 But think about

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 the mercy

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 shown to Jochebed.

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 She does this,

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 she steps out

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 in faith

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 and the story

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 takes a surprising turn

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 because who comes

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 down by the river?

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 Pharaoh's daughter.

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 Now,

00:14:44.000 --> 00:14:44.740
 Pharaoh's daughter,

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 you say,

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 well,

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 she had compassion.

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 You know what?

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 She didn't have to have

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 compassion on Moses.

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 I want you to understand

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 she recognized

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 who he was.

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 Now,

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 I'm not talking about

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 specifically family

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 but she recognized

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 he was a Hebrew.

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 She knew what her father

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 had said to do.

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 What did her father

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 command him to do?

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 Toss him into the river.

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 You know what she could have done

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 when her maids

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 brought her Moses?

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 She could have just

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 turned the basket

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 upside down.

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 But God says

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 that she had compassion.

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 I think God touched

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 the heart

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 of Pharaoh's daughter.

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 Touched a note

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 in a young lady

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 when she saw

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 a little baby cry.

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 You know what?

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 The one thing I've learned

00:15:24.980 --> 00:15:25.620
 over the years

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 if you get a baby

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 to cry,

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 every grandma,

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 mom,

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 little girl come,

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 everybody,

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 you know,

00:15:30.320 --> 00:15:31.399
 it becomes like a magnet.

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 You know,

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 especially a little one.

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 Everybody's like,

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 why are they crying?

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 You know what?

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 God used that

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 natural love

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 in his providence

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 to preserve Moses.

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 But how did God

00:15:44.960 --> 00:15:45.580
 have mercy?

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 Think about that

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 for a moment.

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 God's mercy is

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 Jochebed trusted

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 God

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 and God said,

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 hey,

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 here's your child back

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 and I'll even

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 give you a benefit.

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 Somebody's going to

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 pay you to raise him.

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 Let me know

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 the expenses.

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 You know,

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 I hear all the parents now,

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 amen,

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 that sounds good.

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 You know,

00:16:06.820 --> 00:16:07.720
 kids aren't cheap.

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 They're beneficial,

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 but it's not that

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 they don't have a cost.

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 But think about it,

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 God's mercy allowed her

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 not only to have her child back,

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 but to get paid

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 to raise him.

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 God's mercy

00:16:19.279 --> 00:16:21.320
 was there

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 and we understand

00:16:22.320 --> 00:16:23.899
 the picture here

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 it's really

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 an incredible

00:16:26.319 --> 00:16:28.039
 miracle of God

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 to see the daughter

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 of the most powerful

00:16:32.100 --> 00:16:33.179
 man in the world

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 discovered a hidden baby

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 that was forbidden

00:16:36.939 --> 00:16:39.220
 and she had compassion.

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 I want you to understand

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 it wasn't coincidence,

00:16:42.899 --> 00:16:44.419
 it was God's providence.

00:16:44.779 --> 00:16:46.039
 God saw Jochebed,

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 heard her prayers,

00:16:47.159 --> 00:16:48.039
 knew her tears,

00:16:49.039 --> 00:16:50.039
 felt her burden

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 and miraculously

00:16:51.240 --> 00:16:52.860
 intervened.

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 You know,

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 look at verse 9 there

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 in our text.

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 Notice what it tells us here

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 and it says,

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 And Pharaoh's daughter

00:16:59.980 --> 00:17:00.720
 said unto her,

00:17:00.820 --> 00:17:01.879
 Take this child away

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 and nurse it for me

00:17:02.820 --> 00:17:03.539
 and I will give thee

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 thy wages.

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 And the woman

00:17:05.200 --> 00:17:06.059
 took the child

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 and nursed it.

00:17:08.160 --> 00:17:08.460
 You know,

00:17:08.700 --> 00:17:09.819
 I think when Jochebed

00:17:09.819 --> 00:17:11.400
 put Moses in the river

00:17:11.400 --> 00:17:11.920
 that morning

00:17:11.920 --> 00:17:13.019
 she had no idea

00:17:13.019 --> 00:17:15.559
 what was going to play out.

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 But I guarantee you

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 she was happy

00:17:17.160 --> 00:17:17.920
 at the end of the day.

00:17:19.680 --> 00:17:20.180
 You know,

00:17:20.220 --> 00:17:21.519
 what mom would not rejoice

00:17:21.519 --> 00:17:22.519
 that her child

00:17:22.519 --> 00:17:24.240
 was safe with her.

00:17:24.500 --> 00:17:25.299
 God's mercy

00:17:25.299 --> 00:17:26.079
 was amazing.

00:17:27.019 --> 00:17:28.160
 This baby boy

00:17:28.160 --> 00:17:29.599
 that she was hiding

00:17:29.599 --> 00:17:30.299
 is now,

00:17:30.740 --> 00:17:32.639
 she can carry him openly.

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 She can be in the presence

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 of even other Egyptians.

00:17:38.720 --> 00:17:39.619
 Moses became,

00:17:39.740 --> 00:17:40.240
 you might say,

00:17:40.259 --> 00:17:41.039
 an untouchable

00:17:41.039 --> 00:17:42.139
 Hebrew child.

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 Nobody could do anything

00:17:43.220 --> 00:17:43.559
 to him

00:17:43.559 --> 00:17:44.059
 because why?

00:17:44.119 --> 00:17:44.900
 He had the protection

00:17:44.900 --> 00:17:46.360
 of Pharaoh.

00:17:48.500 --> 00:17:48.820
 You know,

00:17:49.640 --> 00:17:50.360
 you think about

00:17:50.360 --> 00:17:52.040
 what God did there.

00:17:52.140 --> 00:17:53.140
 He moved Pharaoh,

00:17:53.540 --> 00:17:54.480
 or he moved Moses

00:17:54.480 --> 00:17:55.460
 into a position

00:17:55.460 --> 00:17:56.540
 that he could be protected.

00:17:57.000 --> 00:17:57.140
 You know,

00:17:57.220 --> 00:17:58.080
 Jochebed probably

00:17:58.080 --> 00:17:59.080
 cared for Moses

00:17:59.080 --> 00:17:59.759
 until he was

00:17:59.759 --> 00:18:01.000
 five or six years old,

00:18:01.040 --> 00:18:02.040
 his early development.

00:18:03.519 --> 00:18:04.380
 Her influence

00:18:04.380 --> 00:18:05.480
 was so formative

00:18:05.480 --> 00:18:06.600
 on his life though

00:18:06.600 --> 00:18:07.600
 that he grew up

00:18:07.600 --> 00:18:09.680
 in an Egyptian palace.

00:18:10.380 --> 00:18:11.380
 Forty years later

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 he still knew

00:18:12.280 --> 00:18:13.120
 that he was a Hebrew.

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 I mean,

00:18:15.559 --> 00:18:16.419
 stop and think about that.

00:18:16.879 --> 00:18:18.339
 His mother's influence

00:18:18.339 --> 00:18:19.939
 in the early years

00:18:19.939 --> 00:18:21.079
 influenced him

00:18:21.079 --> 00:18:22.239
 for the rest of his life.

00:18:22.419 --> 00:18:23.479
 Never underestimate

00:18:23.479 --> 00:18:24.939
 the influence of mom

00:18:24.939 --> 00:18:27.699
 in the life of a kid,

00:18:28.319 --> 00:18:29.539
 in the life of a child.

00:18:29.819 --> 00:18:30.219
 It was through

00:18:30.219 --> 00:18:31.279
 these early things

00:18:31.279 --> 00:18:32.479
 of nurturing Moses

00:18:32.479 --> 00:18:33.519
 that he had a firmly

00:18:33.519 --> 00:18:34.979
 rooted identity

00:18:34.979 --> 00:18:37.099
 as one of the people of God

00:18:37.099 --> 00:18:38.679
 because even in discrimination,

00:18:39.359 --> 00:18:40.779
 God's mercy is present.

00:18:41.579 --> 00:18:41.719
 You know,

00:18:41.739 --> 00:18:42.899
 we should always be looking

00:18:42.900 --> 00:18:44.200
 where is God working?

00:18:44.320 --> 00:18:45.320
 What is God doing

00:18:45.320 --> 00:18:46.500
 through this?

00:18:46.560 --> 00:18:47.940
 Because after many years,

00:18:48.440 --> 00:18:49.820
 another Hebrew prophet,

00:18:50.300 --> 00:18:50.860
 Jeremiah,

00:18:51.140 --> 00:18:52.280
 was watching the people

00:18:52.280 --> 00:18:54.240
 that was cruelly treated

00:18:54.240 --> 00:18:56.580
 and invading the Babylonians.

00:18:56.840 --> 00:18:58.860
 And Jerusalem was under siege

00:18:58.860 --> 00:18:59.440
 and the people

00:18:59.440 --> 00:19:00.560
 were starving to death

00:19:00.560 --> 00:19:01.200
 in the streets

00:19:01.200 --> 00:19:01.759
 and in the midst

00:19:01.759 --> 00:19:02.380
 of oppression,

00:19:02.960 --> 00:19:04.040
 Jeremiah called

00:19:04.040 --> 00:19:06.200
 to God's mercies to mind.

00:19:06.300 --> 00:19:06.440
 You know,

00:19:06.440 --> 00:19:08.300
 look over to Lamentations chapter 3.

00:19:09.300 --> 00:19:10.540
 Lamentations chapter 3.

00:19:10.539 --> 00:19:12.139
 In the midst of that discrimination

00:19:12.139 --> 00:19:13.799
 against Jerusalem

00:19:13.799 --> 00:19:15.139
 and the prophet

00:19:15.139 --> 00:19:17.379
 was there suffering with them.

00:19:17.539 --> 00:19:19.339
 And he says this in verse 21.

00:19:19.539 --> 00:19:19.879
 He says,

00:19:20.279 --> 00:19:21.819
 And this I recall

00:19:21.819 --> 00:19:24.279
 to my mind.

00:19:24.519 --> 00:19:24.759
 You know,

00:19:24.779 --> 00:19:25.559
 when things happen,

00:19:25.639 --> 00:19:26.460
 we need to remember.

00:19:26.920 --> 00:19:28.220
 We need to stop and consider.

00:19:28.940 --> 00:19:30.240
 Therefore have I hope.

00:19:30.500 --> 00:19:32.799
 It is of the Lord's mercies

00:19:32.799 --> 00:19:34.119
 that we are not consumed

00:19:34.119 --> 00:19:36.420
 because His compassions fail not.

00:19:37.019 --> 00:19:38.279
 They renew every morning.

00:19:38.279 --> 00:19:41.399
 And great is thy faithfulness.

00:19:42.139 --> 00:19:42.940
 I want you to understand,

00:19:43.079 --> 00:19:44.240
 Jeremiah wrote that

00:19:44.240 --> 00:19:47.879
 in the face of great injustice

00:19:47.879 --> 00:19:49.460
 and great struggle.

00:19:49.779 --> 00:19:50.079
 He said,

00:19:50.160 --> 00:19:52.720
 I'm tempted one direction,

00:19:52.839 --> 00:19:53.200
 but he says,

00:19:53.259 --> 00:19:54.519
 I recall to my mind

00:19:54.519 --> 00:19:56.899
 of who God is

00:19:56.899 --> 00:19:58.019
 and what God can do

00:19:58.019 --> 00:20:00.200
 and therefore I have hope.

00:20:01.759 --> 00:20:02.700
 I have hope.

00:20:04.019 --> 00:20:05.359
 We can understand,

00:20:05.519 --> 00:20:07.000
 we can respond to things

00:20:07.000 --> 00:20:08.200
 when they're against us

00:20:08.200 --> 00:20:09.980
 with faith in God

00:20:09.980 --> 00:20:11.279
 and we'll see His mercy

00:20:11.279 --> 00:20:13.099
 work through that.

00:20:13.180 --> 00:20:13.880
 But think about even

00:20:13.880 --> 00:20:15.500
 not only showing to Jochebed,

00:20:15.599 --> 00:20:16.480
 but showing to Moses.

00:20:17.400 --> 00:20:17.599
 You know,

00:20:17.859 --> 00:20:19.359
 God not only showed mercy

00:20:19.359 --> 00:20:20.299
 to Jochebed,

00:20:20.539 --> 00:20:22.180
 He also did to Moses

00:20:22.180 --> 00:20:23.819
 through the compassion

00:20:23.819 --> 00:20:25.440
 Pharaoh's daughter had on him.

00:20:26.400 --> 00:20:26.740
 You know,

00:20:27.740 --> 00:20:30.119
 a young Hebrew boy

00:20:30.119 --> 00:20:31.859
 that was spared from genocide

00:20:31.859 --> 00:20:33.019
 in which he was supposed

00:20:33.019 --> 00:20:33.920
 to have been killed,

00:20:33.920 --> 00:20:36.539
 but instead he gets a place

00:20:36.539 --> 00:20:38.340
 and a room in the palace.

00:20:38.580 --> 00:20:40.000
 Not only is he alive

00:20:40.000 --> 00:20:41.000
 and in the palace,

00:20:41.720 --> 00:20:42.759
 there's something else

00:20:42.759 --> 00:20:43.580
 that took place,

00:20:43.660 --> 00:20:44.740
 the Bible tells us,

00:20:44.860 --> 00:20:46.300
 that prepared Moses

00:20:46.300 --> 00:20:47.720
 for what God had for him.

00:20:48.060 --> 00:20:49.820
 Moses got the premium

00:20:49.820 --> 00:20:51.259
 education of the day.

00:20:51.580 --> 00:20:51.779
 I mean,

00:20:51.840 --> 00:20:53.680
 he got all the best stuff.

00:20:53.740 --> 00:20:53.860
 You know,

00:20:53.860 --> 00:20:55.300
 look over to Acts chapter 7.

00:20:56.240 --> 00:20:57.380
 Acts chapter 7

00:20:57.380 --> 00:20:59.240
 gives us a little insight

00:20:59.240 --> 00:21:00.519
 into this.

00:21:00.519 --> 00:21:01.619
 Now notice here

00:21:01.619 --> 00:21:02.859
 what happens.

00:21:02.960 --> 00:21:04.799
 It says here in Acts 7, 21,

00:21:05.339 --> 00:21:05.720
 it says,

00:21:05.879 --> 00:21:07.000
 And when he was cast out,

00:21:07.099 --> 00:21:07.720
 Pharaoh's daughter

00:21:07.720 --> 00:21:08.339
 took him up

00:21:08.339 --> 00:21:09.139
 and nourished him

00:21:09.139 --> 00:21:10.420
 for her own son.

00:21:10.500 --> 00:21:11.900
 And Moses was learned

00:21:11.900 --> 00:21:12.859
 in all the wisdom

00:21:12.859 --> 00:21:13.720
 of the Egyptian

00:21:13.720 --> 00:21:15.119
 and was mighty

00:21:15.119 --> 00:21:16.099
 in words

00:21:16.099 --> 00:21:17.980
 and in deeds.

00:21:19.480 --> 00:21:19.920
 Now,

00:21:20.019 --> 00:21:20.859
 we'll look a little later

00:21:20.859 --> 00:21:22.139
 as we get into Moses' life.

00:21:22.220 --> 00:21:22.839
 It's interesting.

00:21:22.960 --> 00:21:23.539
 At one time,

00:21:23.599 --> 00:21:24.400
 he was bold.

00:21:24.900 --> 00:21:25.240
 He was,

00:21:25.519 --> 00:21:26.339
 I want everybody

00:21:26.339 --> 00:21:27.879
 to know how smart he was.

00:21:28.139 --> 00:21:29.139
 He wanted to understand

00:21:29.140 --> 00:21:30.380
 that he was well-educated.

00:21:30.460 --> 00:21:31.400
 He was well-spoken.

00:21:31.780 --> 00:21:32.940
 He had all the right

00:21:32.940 --> 00:21:33.720
 to credentials.

00:21:35.060 --> 00:21:35.380
 I mean,

00:21:35.400 --> 00:21:36.320
 there was no credentials

00:21:36.320 --> 00:21:37.840
 that Moses missed out on.

00:21:38.040 --> 00:21:39.040
 As being the son

00:21:39.040 --> 00:21:40.060
 of Pharaoh's daughter,

00:21:40.180 --> 00:21:40.940
 being recognized,

00:21:41.060 --> 00:21:42.620
 that he had no restrictions

00:21:42.620 --> 00:21:43.660
 of what he could learn.

00:21:44.100 --> 00:21:45.160
 He had private tutors,

00:21:45.280 --> 00:21:45.780
 most likely,

00:21:45.900 --> 00:21:46.380
 coming in

00:21:46.380 --> 00:21:47.060
 and just giving him

00:21:47.060 --> 00:21:47.560
 all the stuff,

00:21:47.620 --> 00:21:48.440
 making sure he understood.

00:21:49.720 --> 00:21:50.980
 He had the best schooling,

00:21:51.080 --> 00:21:51.900
 the best classes,

00:21:52.320 --> 00:21:52.620
 you know.

00:21:53.060 --> 00:21:53.780
 But it's important

00:21:53.780 --> 00:21:55.259
 that even in the times

00:21:55.259 --> 00:21:57.540
 when things don't seem right,

00:21:57.539 --> 00:21:58.920
 we can give pause

00:21:58.920 --> 00:21:59.799
 to thank God

00:21:59.799 --> 00:22:00.659
 for the blessings

00:22:00.659 --> 00:22:01.359
 he gives

00:22:01.359 --> 00:22:03.500
 in spite of what happens.

00:22:04.579 --> 00:22:04.819
 You know,

00:22:05.220 --> 00:22:06.940
 we need to understand

00:22:06.940 --> 00:22:07.940
 the way to overcome

00:22:07.940 --> 00:22:09.659
 the hurt of discrimination

00:22:09.659 --> 00:22:10.980
 is to give thanks.

00:22:12.700 --> 00:22:13.220
 You know,

00:22:13.240 --> 00:22:15.059
 when something is unjust to you,

00:22:15.159 --> 00:22:15.940
 the best thing you can do

00:22:15.940 --> 00:22:16.659
 is call to mind

00:22:16.659 --> 00:22:17.460
 who God is.

00:22:17.980 --> 00:22:19.139
 You don't have to thank God

00:22:19.139 --> 00:22:19.839
 for what happened,

00:22:19.920 --> 00:22:20.460
 but you can thank

00:22:20.460 --> 00:22:21.659
 that he's a merciful God.

00:22:23.259 --> 00:22:24.339
 Because you know what it does?

00:22:24.399 --> 00:22:26.019
 It changes your perspective

00:22:26.019 --> 00:22:28.559
 about what's happening.

00:22:30.139 --> 00:22:31.359
 Because if you wather

00:22:31.359 --> 00:22:32.619
 in a situation,

00:22:32.799 --> 00:22:34.599
 when you wather around,

00:22:35.039 --> 00:22:36.319
 and get yourself

00:22:36.319 --> 00:22:37.279
 all messed up

00:22:37.279 --> 00:22:38.099
 and tied up

00:22:38.099 --> 00:22:40.039
 in the event

00:22:40.039 --> 00:22:41.039
 or the dynamic

00:22:41.039 --> 00:22:42.180
 of what somebody said

00:22:42.180 --> 00:22:42.579
 or did,

00:22:42.639 --> 00:22:43.200
 you know what happens?

00:22:43.279 --> 00:22:43.879
 You become bitter.

00:22:45.960 --> 00:22:47.220
 You become angry.

00:22:48.660 --> 00:22:49.680
 You get an attitude

00:22:49.680 --> 00:22:51.240
 of why is this happening to me?

00:22:51.319 --> 00:22:52.319
 This isn't fair.

00:22:52.660 --> 00:22:53.079
 But you know what?

00:22:53.079 --> 00:22:54.299
 When we stop and think

00:22:54.299 --> 00:22:56.399
 that the Bible tells us

00:22:56.399 --> 00:22:57.259
 into all things

00:22:57.259 --> 00:22:58.039
 give thanks.

00:22:58.339 --> 00:22:59.259
 We can thank God

00:22:59.259 --> 00:23:00.079
 he's still there

00:23:00.079 --> 00:23:00.819
 even in the midst

00:23:00.819 --> 00:23:01.879
 when things are not right.

00:23:03.419 --> 00:23:04.659
 That God is there

00:23:04.659 --> 00:23:05.460
 in a mighty way.

00:23:09.839 --> 00:23:10.319
 Yep.

00:23:10.319 --> 00:23:10.399
 Yep.

00:23:10.400 --> 00:23:21.400
 Moses was cultivated

00:23:21.400 --> 00:23:23.160
 in all the elements there,

00:23:23.240 --> 00:23:24.700
 but he had overcome

00:23:24.700 --> 00:23:25.660
 those things.

00:23:25.860 --> 00:23:26.920
 And the right attitude

00:23:26.920 --> 00:23:28.160
 is important for us.

00:23:28.200 --> 00:23:28.280
 You know,

00:23:28.300 --> 00:23:28.680
 take a look over

00:23:28.680 --> 00:23:29.720
 to Psalm 106.

00:23:30.519 --> 00:23:32.519
 Psalm 106 in verse 1

00:23:32.519 --> 00:23:32.820
 says,

00:23:33.000 --> 00:23:34.240
 Praise ye the Lord.

00:23:35.180 --> 00:23:36.320
 O give thanks

00:23:36.320 --> 00:23:37.280
 unto the Lord,

00:23:37.279 --> 00:23:39.240
 for he is good.

00:23:40.019 --> 00:23:41.240
 For his mercy

00:23:41.240 --> 00:23:41.920
 does what?

00:23:43.539 --> 00:23:44.359
 Endureth forever.

00:23:46.039 --> 00:23:46.879
 You know what?

00:23:46.940 --> 00:23:48.039
 We can rest assured

00:23:48.039 --> 00:23:48.819
 when things aren't

00:23:48.819 --> 00:23:49.299
 going the way

00:23:49.299 --> 00:23:50.480
 we think they ought to do

00:23:50.480 --> 00:23:51.639
 that God's mercies

00:23:51.639 --> 00:23:53.200
 are still there.

00:23:54.319 --> 00:23:56.299
 God's still merciful to us.

00:23:57.379 --> 00:23:57.599
 You know,

00:23:57.619 --> 00:23:58.200
 the mercies

00:23:58.200 --> 00:23:59.119
 that God gives

00:23:59.119 --> 00:23:59.639
 in the midst

00:23:59.639 --> 00:24:00.399
 of discrimination

00:24:00.399 --> 00:24:03.019
 is but a precursor

00:24:03.019 --> 00:24:03.819
 to his commitment

00:24:03.819 --> 00:24:04.619
 to vindicate

00:24:04.619 --> 00:24:05.539
 those who suffer.

00:24:05.539 --> 00:24:06.680
 You know,

00:24:06.700 --> 00:24:07.539
 I want you to understand

00:24:07.539 --> 00:24:08.460
 that God makes it

00:24:08.460 --> 00:24:08.940
 very clear.

00:24:09.079 --> 00:24:10.039
 Oftentimes we forget this.

00:24:10.099 --> 00:24:10.319
 He says,

00:24:10.420 --> 00:24:11.399
 Vengeance is mine,

00:24:11.539 --> 00:24:12.180
 saith the Lord.

00:24:13.579 --> 00:24:14.019
 You know,

00:24:14.039 --> 00:24:14.440
 the one thing

00:24:14.440 --> 00:24:15.180
 that will help you

00:24:15.180 --> 00:24:15.639
 through that

00:24:15.639 --> 00:24:16.259
 is to realize

00:24:16.259 --> 00:24:17.019
 you're not the one

00:24:17.019 --> 00:24:17.779
 that needs to solve

00:24:17.779 --> 00:24:18.319
 the problem,

00:24:19.319 --> 00:24:20.740
 but to realize

00:24:20.740 --> 00:24:21.539
 God says,

00:24:21.779 --> 00:24:22.299
 I'm going to hold

00:24:22.299 --> 00:24:22.940
 to account

00:24:22.940 --> 00:24:24.480
 those things.

00:24:25.339 --> 00:24:26.779
 We can praise God

00:24:26.779 --> 00:24:27.440
 because God's

00:24:27.440 --> 00:24:28.519
 keeping a perfect record.

00:24:28.839 --> 00:24:29.019
 You know,

00:24:29.039 --> 00:24:30.180
 oftentimes in the Psalms

00:24:30.180 --> 00:24:30.899
 you'll see David

00:24:30.899 --> 00:24:31.440
 talk about,

00:24:31.599 --> 00:24:32.319
 why do the wicked

00:24:32.319 --> 00:24:32.960
 prosper?

00:24:33.259 --> 00:24:33.960
 And if you read

00:24:33.960 --> 00:24:34.720
 through those Psalms

00:24:34.720 --> 00:24:35.319
 where he says that

00:24:35.319 --> 00:24:36.240
 he always comes back

00:24:36.240 --> 00:24:37.120
 to the fact that

00:24:37.120 --> 00:24:38.900
 they're but for a season

00:24:38.900 --> 00:24:41.460
 and they're going

00:24:41.460 --> 00:24:41.860
 to be held

00:24:41.860 --> 00:24:42.480
 to account.

00:24:45.460 --> 00:24:46.259
 God's timing

00:24:46.259 --> 00:24:47.120
 will be perfect.

00:24:48.579 --> 00:24:50.100
 We need to trust God.

00:24:50.240 --> 00:24:50.360
 You know,

00:24:50.400 --> 00:24:51.019
 you think about

00:24:51.019 --> 00:24:53.000
 Romans chapter 8,

00:24:53.100 --> 00:24:53.339
 I mean,

00:24:53.680 --> 00:24:54.680
 verse 28

00:24:54.680 --> 00:24:56.319
 is really the reality

00:24:56.319 --> 00:24:58.120
 of what's happened

00:24:58.120 --> 00:24:58.940
 here with Moses

00:24:58.940 --> 00:25:00.299
 where it says,

00:25:00.380 --> 00:25:00.740
 and we know

00:25:00.740 --> 00:25:02.079
 all things work together

00:25:02.079 --> 00:25:03.119
 for good

00:25:03.119 --> 00:25:03.799
 to them that

00:25:03.799 --> 00:25:04.879
 love God

00:25:04.879 --> 00:25:05.539
 to them that are

00:25:05.539 --> 00:25:05.740
 what?

00:25:05.819 --> 00:25:06.639
 Called according

00:25:06.639 --> 00:25:08.519
 to his purpose.

00:25:08.859 --> 00:25:09.720
 All things work

00:25:09.720 --> 00:25:11.500
 together for good.

00:25:12.419 --> 00:25:12.599
 Now,

00:25:12.659 --> 00:25:13.259
 I want you to understand

00:25:13.259 --> 00:25:13.819
 it doesn't say

00:25:13.819 --> 00:25:14.619
 everything is going

00:25:14.619 --> 00:25:15.059
 to be good.

00:25:15.339 --> 00:25:15.759
 I think sometimes

00:25:15.759 --> 00:25:16.460
 we read that

00:25:16.460 --> 00:25:17.059
 and we catch on

00:25:17.059 --> 00:25:17.639
 that phrase

00:25:17.639 --> 00:25:17.980
 and it's like,

00:25:18.039 --> 00:25:18.059
 well,

00:25:18.059 --> 00:25:18.599
 that means everything's

00:25:18.599 --> 00:25:19.259
 going to be grand.

00:25:19.480 --> 00:25:19.819
 No.

00:25:21.279 --> 00:25:21.799
 It just says

00:25:21.799 --> 00:25:22.599
 God's going to take

00:25:22.599 --> 00:25:23.720
 everything that's

00:25:23.720 --> 00:25:25.019
 happening in your life

00:25:25.019 --> 00:25:27.339
 and if you trust him,

00:25:27.400 --> 00:25:28.339
 he says he can turn

00:25:28.339 --> 00:25:30.960
 that for your benefit

00:25:30.960 --> 00:25:32.599
 and for his.

00:25:32.779 --> 00:25:33.700
 To understand

00:25:33.700 --> 00:25:35.500
 we can see

00:25:35.500 --> 00:25:36.519
 God's mercy

00:25:36.519 --> 00:25:37.779
 in that

00:25:37.779 --> 00:25:39.000
 and understand

00:25:39.000 --> 00:25:39.980
 the dynamic

00:25:39.980 --> 00:25:41.839
 of Moses

00:25:41.839 --> 00:25:43.240
 and God's mercy

00:25:43.240 --> 00:25:44.440
 towards us.

00:25:44.519 --> 00:25:44.879
 So we see

00:25:44.879 --> 00:25:46.079
 the ministry of a mom,

00:25:46.160 --> 00:25:47.160
 the mercy of God

00:25:47.160 --> 00:25:48.220
 and then we see

00:25:48.220 --> 00:25:48.859
 in this also

00:25:48.859 --> 00:25:50.220
 the making of Moses.

00:25:51.559 --> 00:25:51.799
 You know,

00:25:51.839 --> 00:25:52.480
 as we survey

00:25:52.480 --> 00:25:53.759
 Moses' life

00:25:53.759 --> 00:25:55.759
 shows us how God

00:25:55.759 --> 00:25:57.440
 in preserving

00:25:57.440 --> 00:25:58.519
 this individual

00:25:58.519 --> 00:26:00.420
 would one day

00:26:00.420 --> 00:26:01.140
 enable him

00:26:01.140 --> 00:26:02.059
 to be the deliverer

00:26:02.059 --> 00:26:02.980
 of an entire nation.

00:26:05.059 --> 00:26:05.339
 You know,

00:26:05.379 --> 00:26:06.079
 Moses had

00:26:06.079 --> 00:26:07.160
 a unique

00:26:07.160 --> 00:26:08.779
 future

00:26:08.779 --> 00:26:09.500
 ahead of him

00:26:09.500 --> 00:26:10.220
 at this point.

00:26:10.599 --> 00:26:11.579
 God developed

00:26:11.579 --> 00:26:12.180
 Moses

00:26:12.180 --> 00:26:12.900
 so that he would

00:26:12.900 --> 00:26:13.859
 eventually lead

00:26:13.859 --> 00:26:14.579
 God's people

00:26:14.579 --> 00:26:15.700
 out of the oppression

00:26:15.700 --> 00:26:16.519
 and bondage

00:26:16.519 --> 00:26:17.319
 they had experienced.

00:26:18.400 --> 00:26:19.259
 What Pharaoh

00:26:19.259 --> 00:26:20.779
 intended for evil

00:26:20.779 --> 00:26:22.220
 against God's people

00:26:22.220 --> 00:26:23.960
 by killing

00:26:23.960 --> 00:26:24.880
 all the children

00:26:24.880 --> 00:26:26.380
 all the male children

00:26:26.380 --> 00:26:27.500
 God took that

00:26:27.500 --> 00:26:29.180
 very element

00:26:29.180 --> 00:26:30.160
 and put Moses

00:26:30.160 --> 00:26:31.140
 in the palace

00:26:31.140 --> 00:26:31.980
 trained him up

00:26:31.980 --> 00:26:32.660
 equipped him

00:26:32.660 --> 00:26:33.620
 with everything

00:26:33.620 --> 00:26:34.480
 he is going to need

00:26:34.480 --> 00:26:34.880
 to know

00:26:34.880 --> 00:26:35.799
 for a future thing

00:26:35.799 --> 00:26:36.640
 God had for him.

00:26:36.920 --> 00:26:37.799
 God was working

00:26:37.799 --> 00:26:38.220
 there

00:26:38.220 --> 00:26:39.660
 in his identity.

00:26:39.960 --> 00:26:40.339
 Imagine

00:26:40.339 --> 00:26:41.440
 Jochebed's influence

00:26:41.440 --> 00:26:42.539
 on Moses' life

00:26:42.539 --> 00:26:44.039
 was the strongest

00:26:44.039 --> 00:26:44.880
 during his most

00:26:44.880 --> 00:26:45.940
 formative years

00:26:45.940 --> 00:26:47.680
 and though he grew up

00:26:47.680 --> 00:26:48.319
 in the palace

00:26:48.319 --> 00:26:48.720
 in Egypt

00:26:48.720 --> 00:26:49.460
 he identified

00:26:49.460 --> 00:26:50.180
 as a child

00:26:50.180 --> 00:26:50.640
 of God.

00:26:51.920 --> 00:26:52.400
 Now I want you

00:26:52.400 --> 00:26:52.920
 to understand

00:26:52.920 --> 00:26:54.180
 I'm going to

00:26:54.180 --> 00:26:54.779
 sidetrack

00:26:54.779 --> 00:26:55.320
 just for a moment

00:26:55.320 --> 00:26:55.580
 here.

00:26:57.400 --> 00:26:58.400
 As a parent

00:26:58.400 --> 00:26:58.900
 I want you

00:26:58.900 --> 00:26:59.420
 to understand

00:26:59.420 --> 00:27:00.019
 your young

00:27:00.019 --> 00:27:00.460
 children

00:27:00.460 --> 00:27:01.799
 are formative.

00:27:03.660 --> 00:27:04.400
 That's the reason

00:27:04.400 --> 00:27:05.200
 we have a culture

00:27:05.200 --> 00:27:05.900
 that wants to

00:27:05.900 --> 00:27:06.880
 take your kids

00:27:06.880 --> 00:27:07.480
 from you

00:27:07.480 --> 00:27:09.500
 especially

00:27:09.500 --> 00:27:10.380
 in their early

00:27:10.380 --> 00:27:10.940
 years

00:27:10.940 --> 00:27:11.640
 and form

00:27:11.640 --> 00:27:12.240
 their thinking

00:27:12.240 --> 00:27:13.240
 because you can

00:27:13.240 --> 00:27:14.600
 direct a child

00:27:14.600 --> 00:27:15.560
 of how they think

00:27:15.560 --> 00:27:16.380
 how they perceive

00:27:16.380 --> 00:27:17.460
 how they understand

00:27:17.460 --> 00:27:19.100
 that's going

00:27:19.100 --> 00:27:19.840
 to stay with

00:27:19.840 --> 00:27:20.299
 them the rest

00:27:20.299 --> 00:27:20.900
 of their life.

00:27:21.100 --> 00:27:21.420
 It's either

00:27:21.420 --> 00:27:21.779
 going to be

00:27:21.779 --> 00:27:22.360
 for good

00:27:22.360 --> 00:27:23.420
 or for bad.

00:27:23.500 --> 00:27:23.900
 You know what?

00:27:24.519 --> 00:27:25.200
 Let me just

00:27:25.200 --> 00:27:26.680
 give an illustration

00:27:26.680 --> 00:27:26.920
 here.

00:27:27.000 --> 00:27:27.640
 Children that are

00:27:27.640 --> 00:27:28.240
 abused

00:27:28.240 --> 00:27:30.440
 it impacts

00:27:30.440 --> 00:27:31.160
 them the rest

00:27:31.160 --> 00:27:31.740
 of their life.

00:27:32.039 --> 00:27:32.539
 I'm not saying

00:27:32.539 --> 00:27:33.460
 they can overcome

00:27:33.460 --> 00:27:33.799
 it.

00:27:34.620 --> 00:27:35.100
 God says

00:27:35.100 --> 00:27:35.860
 his mercy

00:27:35.860 --> 00:27:37.400
 is able

00:27:37.400 --> 00:27:37.960
 to overcome

00:27:37.960 --> 00:27:38.519
 those things

00:27:38.519 --> 00:27:38.960
 but you know

00:27:38.960 --> 00:27:39.200
 what?

00:27:39.259 --> 00:27:39.700
 The things

00:27:39.700 --> 00:27:40.420
 that they taught

00:27:40.420 --> 00:27:41.400
 that they were

00:27:41.400 --> 00:27:42.340
 experienced

00:27:42.340 --> 00:27:43.380
 in younger years

00:27:43.380 --> 00:27:44.460
 impacts them.

00:27:44.799 --> 00:27:45.279
 It impacts

00:27:45.279 --> 00:27:45.920
 their decision

00:27:45.920 --> 00:27:46.340
 making.

00:27:46.339 --> 00:27:46.959
 It impacts

00:27:46.959 --> 00:27:47.259
 the way

00:27:47.259 --> 00:27:47.740
 they perceive

00:27:47.740 --> 00:27:48.279
 the world.

00:27:48.559 --> 00:27:49.319
 It's important

00:27:49.319 --> 00:27:50.319
 and I'll just

00:27:50.319 --> 00:27:51.179
 encourage parents

00:27:51.179 --> 00:27:51.659
 to take your

00:27:51.659 --> 00:27:52.199
 responsibility

00:27:52.199 --> 00:27:53.079
 for your children.

00:27:53.419 --> 00:27:53.779
 It's your

00:27:53.779 --> 00:27:54.419
 responsibility.

00:27:54.679 --> 00:27:55.139
 God's given

00:27:55.139 --> 00:27:55.639
 them to you

00:27:55.639 --> 00:27:56.240
 to prepare

00:27:56.240 --> 00:27:56.679
 them

00:27:56.679 --> 00:27:58.699
 especially

00:27:58.699 --> 00:27:59.220
 in those

00:27:59.220 --> 00:27:59.740
 formative

00:27:59.740 --> 00:28:00.199
 years

00:28:00.199 --> 00:28:00.720
 because there's

00:28:00.720 --> 00:28:01.439
 coming a day

00:28:01.439 --> 00:28:02.119
 they're going

00:28:02.119 --> 00:28:02.740
 to get older

00:28:02.740 --> 00:28:03.159
 and if you

00:28:03.159 --> 00:28:03.799
 haven't formed

00:28:03.799 --> 00:28:04.480
 things upright

00:28:04.480 --> 00:28:04.899
 you're going

00:28:04.899 --> 00:28:05.319
 to see it.

00:28:05.559 --> 00:28:06.019
 It starts

00:28:06.019 --> 00:28:06.359
 when they're

00:28:06.359 --> 00:28:06.679
 young.

00:28:07.419 --> 00:28:08.039
 It's not

00:28:08.039 --> 00:28:08.439
 easy

00:28:08.439 --> 00:28:09.039
 but it's

00:28:09.039 --> 00:28:09.480
 beneficial

00:28:09.480 --> 00:28:10.179
 to do

00:28:10.179 --> 00:28:10.839
 those things

00:28:10.839 --> 00:28:11.259
 and so

00:28:11.259 --> 00:28:13.240
 you know

00:28:13.240 --> 00:28:13.619
 the Bible

00:28:13.619 --> 00:28:14.139
 tells us

00:28:14.139 --> 00:28:14.579
 in Hebrews

00:28:14.579 --> 00:28:15.480
 chapter 11

00:28:15.480 --> 00:28:15.839
 when it

00:28:15.839 --> 00:28:16.319
 talks about

00:28:16.319 --> 00:28:16.859
 the faith

00:28:16.859 --> 00:28:17.439
 of Moses

00:28:17.439 --> 00:28:18.419
 in verse 24

00:28:18.419 --> 00:28:18.899
 it says

00:28:18.899 --> 00:28:19.319
 when he was

00:28:19.319 --> 00:28:19.759
 come to

00:28:19.759 --> 00:28:20.200
 years

00:28:20.200 --> 00:28:21.339
 refused to

00:28:21.339 --> 00:28:21.740
 be called

00:28:21.740 --> 00:28:22.159
 the son

00:28:22.159 --> 00:28:22.759
 of Pharaoh's

00:28:22.759 --> 00:28:23.059
 daughter

00:28:23.059 --> 00:28:23.779
 choosing rather

00:28:23.779 --> 00:28:24.240
 to suffer

00:28:24.240 --> 00:28:24.679
 affliction

00:28:24.679 --> 00:28:25.259
 with the people

00:28:25.259 --> 00:28:25.740
 of God

00:28:25.740 --> 00:28:26.460
 and that

00:28:26.460 --> 00:28:26.980
 to enjoy

00:28:26.980 --> 00:28:27.639
 pleasure of

00:28:27.639 --> 00:28:27.960
 sin

00:28:27.960 --> 00:28:28.740
 for a season

00:28:28.740 --> 00:28:29.720
 esteeming

00:28:29.720 --> 00:28:30.460
 the reproach

00:28:30.460 --> 00:28:31.119
 of Christ's

00:28:31.119 --> 00:28:31.839
 greater riches

00:28:31.839 --> 00:28:32.559
 than the treasures

00:28:32.559 --> 00:28:33.119
 in Egypt

00:28:33.119 --> 00:28:34.159
 for he had

00:28:34.159 --> 00:28:34.759
 respect

00:28:34.759 --> 00:28:35.220
 under the

00:28:35.220 --> 00:28:35.819
 recompense

00:28:35.819 --> 00:28:36.359
 of reward.

00:28:36.480 --> 00:28:36.720
 In other words

00:28:36.720 --> 00:28:37.519
 what did

00:28:37.519 --> 00:28:37.879
 Moses'

00:28:38.099 --> 00:28:38.720
 mom teach

00:28:38.720 --> 00:28:38.919
 him?

00:28:40.299 --> 00:28:41.159
 That to be

00:28:41.159 --> 00:28:41.799
 honored by

00:28:41.799 --> 00:28:42.599
 God is more

00:28:42.599 --> 00:28:43.179
 important than

00:28:43.179 --> 00:28:43.779
 to be honored

00:28:43.779 --> 00:28:44.379
 by the world.

00:28:44.380 --> 00:28:46.820
 that's the

00:28:46.820 --> 00:28:47.540
 base principle

00:28:47.540 --> 00:28:48.200
 that Moses'

00:28:48.440 --> 00:28:49.200
 mom taught

00:28:49.200 --> 00:28:49.700
 him that's

00:28:49.700 --> 00:28:50.240
 mentioned here.

00:28:51.520 --> 00:28:52.100
 If stuck

00:28:52.100 --> 00:28:52.700
 with Moses

00:28:52.700 --> 00:28:53.200
 you better

00:28:53.200 --> 00:28:53.960
 understand where

00:28:53.960 --> 00:28:54.480
 you are with

00:28:54.480 --> 00:28:55.060
 God because

00:28:55.060 --> 00:28:55.460
 that's more

00:28:55.460 --> 00:28:55.960
 important than

00:28:55.960 --> 00:28:56.180
 where you

00:28:56.180 --> 00:28:56.580
 stand with

00:28:56.580 --> 00:28:56.940
 the world.

00:28:58.440 --> 00:28:59.640
 It impacted

00:28:59.640 --> 00:29:00.320
 his life.

00:29:00.880 --> 00:29:01.300
 He was a

00:29:01.300 --> 00:29:01.700
 man who

00:29:01.700 --> 00:29:02.460
 grew up and

00:29:02.460 --> 00:29:03.340
 purposely

00:29:03.340 --> 00:29:04.620
 identified with

00:29:04.620 --> 00:29:05.600
 God and

00:29:05.600 --> 00:29:06.220
 his people.

00:29:06.580 --> 00:29:07.020
 He was in

00:29:07.020 --> 00:29:07.620
 an Egyptian

00:29:07.620 --> 00:29:08.420
 world but

00:29:08.420 --> 00:29:09.400
 identified as

00:29:09.400 --> 00:29:09.980
 a child of

00:29:09.980 --> 00:29:10.260
 God.

00:29:10.259 --> 00:29:10.879
 I want you

00:29:10.879 --> 00:29:11.460
 to understand

00:29:11.460 --> 00:29:12.379
 that when

00:29:12.379 --> 00:29:12.660
 we talk

00:29:12.660 --> 00:29:13.400
 about identifying

00:29:13.400 --> 00:29:14.079
 it's not a

00:29:14.079 --> 00:29:15.140
 cultural identity.

00:29:16.980 --> 00:29:17.599
 Moses was

00:29:17.599 --> 00:29:18.460
 identifying with

00:29:18.460 --> 00:29:19.400
 a spiritual

00:29:19.400 --> 00:29:20.440
 heritage,

00:29:20.619 --> 00:29:21.299
 a spiritual

00:29:21.299 --> 00:29:21.940
 identity

00:29:21.940 --> 00:29:24.579
 of who

00:29:24.579 --> 00:29:25.279
 God is,

00:29:25.359 --> 00:29:25.779
 the one

00:29:25.779 --> 00:29:26.660
 that made

00:29:26.660 --> 00:29:27.920
 promises to

00:29:27.920 --> 00:29:28.799
 his forefathers

00:29:28.799 --> 00:29:29.319
 Abraham,

00:29:29.619 --> 00:29:30.019
 Isaac,

00:29:30.160 --> 00:29:30.700
 and Jacob.

00:29:31.079 --> 00:29:31.279
 You know

00:29:31.279 --> 00:29:31.559
 there's a

00:29:31.559 --> 00:29:32.220
 great pressure

00:29:32.220 --> 00:29:32.900
 today,

00:29:33.900 --> 00:29:35.000
 particularly on

00:29:35.000 --> 00:29:35.799
 our teens and

00:29:35.799 --> 00:29:36.420
 young adults

00:29:36.420 --> 00:29:36.799
 and even

00:29:36.799 --> 00:29:37.759
 adults today,

00:29:38.220 --> 00:29:39.059
 to conform

00:29:39.059 --> 00:29:39.819
 their identity

00:29:39.819 --> 00:29:40.619
 to a culture

00:29:40.619 --> 00:29:41.619
 that's anti-God,

00:29:41.799 --> 00:29:42.480
 anti-Christian,

00:29:42.619 --> 00:29:43.480
 and anti-Scripture.

00:29:43.700 --> 00:29:44.440
 Just do this

00:29:44.440 --> 00:29:45.059
 and be quiet

00:29:45.059 --> 00:29:45.519
 and it'll be

00:29:45.519 --> 00:29:45.940
 fine.

00:29:46.200 --> 00:29:46.419
 You know

00:29:46.419 --> 00:29:46.539
 what?

00:29:46.579 --> 00:29:46.940
 We need to

00:29:46.940 --> 00:29:48.819
 identify with

00:29:48.819 --> 00:29:49.159
 Christ.

00:29:49.240 --> 00:29:49.539
 We talked

00:29:49.539 --> 00:29:49.919
 about that

00:29:49.919 --> 00:29:50.339
 this morning,

00:29:50.460 --> 00:29:50.720
 didn't we?

00:29:51.659 --> 00:29:52.039
 And not

00:29:52.039 --> 00:29:52.700
 just in

00:29:52.700 --> 00:29:53.700
 salvation but

00:29:53.700 --> 00:29:54.019
 in our

00:29:54.019 --> 00:29:54.500
 life,

00:29:54.599 --> 00:29:55.379
 the things

00:29:55.379 --> 00:29:55.619
 that we

00:29:55.619 --> 00:29:55.859
 do,

00:29:55.980 --> 00:29:56.419
 the choices

00:29:56.419 --> 00:29:57.079
 we make.

00:29:57.919 --> 00:29:58.940
 To identify

00:29:58.940 --> 00:29:59.639
 with him,

00:29:59.700 --> 00:30:00.539
 just as Moses

00:30:00.539 --> 00:30:01.480
 made an

00:30:01.480 --> 00:30:02.679
 intentional thing

00:30:02.679 --> 00:30:03.079
 to say,

00:30:03.319 --> 00:30:03.799
 I'm going to

00:30:03.799 --> 00:30:05.000
 follow what

00:30:05.000 --> 00:30:05.559
 God would

00:30:05.559 --> 00:30:05.879
 have.

00:30:05.940 --> 00:30:06.319
 Just as we

00:30:06.319 --> 00:30:06.639
 have to

00:30:06.639 --> 00:30:07.599
 follow Christ,

00:30:08.079 --> 00:30:08.539
 must be

00:30:08.539 --> 00:30:08.980
 ready to

00:30:08.980 --> 00:30:09.960
 identify with

00:30:09.960 --> 00:30:11.220
 Christ no

00:30:11.220 --> 00:30:12.360
 matter the

00:30:12.360 --> 00:30:12.920
 cost.

00:30:13.259 --> 00:30:14.240
 Sometimes you're

00:30:14.240 --> 00:30:14.680
 going to find

00:30:14.680 --> 00:30:15.220
 out there's a

00:30:15.220 --> 00:30:15.799
 cost to

00:30:15.799 --> 00:30:16.319
 standing for

00:30:16.319 --> 00:30:16.680
 Christ.

00:30:16.960 --> 00:30:17.180
 Are you

00:30:17.180 --> 00:30:17.700
 willing to

00:30:17.700 --> 00:30:18.460
 pay the

00:30:18.460 --> 00:30:19.180
 price or

00:30:19.180 --> 00:30:19.400
 is it

00:30:19.400 --> 00:30:19.940
 easier just

00:30:19.940 --> 00:30:20.240
 to go

00:30:20.240 --> 00:30:20.500
 with the

00:30:20.500 --> 00:30:20.819
 flow?

00:30:21.120 --> 00:30:21.500
 You think

00:30:21.500 --> 00:30:21.980
 about today

00:30:21.980 --> 00:30:22.259
 when you

00:30:22.259 --> 00:30:22.700
 think about

00:30:22.700 --> 00:30:23.220
 the Bible.

00:30:23.779 --> 00:30:24.120
 We live

00:30:24.120 --> 00:30:24.299
 in a

00:30:24.299 --> 00:30:24.880
 generation.

00:30:25.160 --> 00:30:26.059
 If you

00:30:26.059 --> 00:30:27.400
 teach things

00:30:27.400 --> 00:30:27.759
 to your

00:30:27.759 --> 00:30:28.420
 children or

00:30:28.420 --> 00:30:29.420
 make public

00:30:29.420 --> 00:30:30.400
 statements about

00:30:30.400 --> 00:30:31.559
 marriage or

00:30:31.559 --> 00:30:32.819
 about identity

00:30:32.819 --> 00:30:33.620
 of male and

00:30:33.620 --> 00:30:34.299
 female, they

00:30:34.299 --> 00:30:34.940
 say, oh

00:30:34.940 --> 00:30:35.360
 you're a

00:30:35.360 --> 00:30:35.680
 bigot,

00:30:35.740 --> 00:30:36.200
 you're this,

00:30:36.279 --> 00:30:36.620
 they're that.

00:30:36.700 --> 00:30:37.039
 They call

00:30:37.039 --> 00:30:37.599
 you all sorts

00:30:37.599 --> 00:30:38.099
 of names.

00:30:38.099 --> 00:30:38.559
 You know

00:30:38.559 --> 00:30:38.819
 what that

00:30:38.819 --> 00:30:39.019
 is?

00:30:39.079 --> 00:30:39.279
 That's

00:30:39.279 --> 00:30:39.939
 pressure to

00:30:39.939 --> 00:30:41.500
 conform, to

00:30:41.500 --> 00:30:42.419
 identify with

00:30:42.419 --> 00:30:42.899
 the world

00:30:42.899 --> 00:30:43.359
 instead of

00:30:43.359 --> 00:30:45.480
 identifying with

00:30:45.480 --> 00:30:45.899
 Christ.

00:30:46.859 --> 00:30:47.799
 God says

00:30:47.799 --> 00:30:48.519
 something totally

00:30:48.519 --> 00:30:49.480
 contrary.

00:30:50.779 --> 00:30:51.679
 What God

00:30:51.679 --> 00:30:52.379
 says is there's

00:30:52.379 --> 00:30:53.019
 men and women

00:30:53.019 --> 00:30:53.839
 and there ought

00:30:53.839 --> 00:30:54.500
 to be a

00:30:54.500 --> 00:30:55.199
 marriage between

00:30:55.199 --> 00:30:56.039
 a man and a

00:30:56.039 --> 00:30:56.319
 woman.

00:30:56.759 --> 00:30:57.699
 We ought not

00:30:57.699 --> 00:30:58.379
 to kill our

00:30:58.379 --> 00:30:58.899
 offspring.

00:31:02.199 --> 00:31:02.480
 You know,

00:31:03.599 --> 00:31:04.099
 it's one of

00:31:04.099 --> 00:31:04.439
 those things,

00:31:04.519 --> 00:31:04.879
 the choice

00:31:04.879 --> 00:31:05.439
 happened way

00:31:05.439 --> 00:31:06.059
 before that

00:31:06.059 --> 00:31:06.379
 moment.

00:31:06.380 --> 00:31:06.900
 But you

00:31:06.900 --> 00:31:07.060
 know what,

00:31:07.060 --> 00:31:07.380
 the world

00:31:07.380 --> 00:31:07.860
 loves to

00:31:07.860 --> 00:31:08.400
 twist to

00:31:08.400 --> 00:31:09.060
 say, just

00:31:09.060 --> 00:31:09.500
 go along

00:31:09.500 --> 00:31:09.840
 with this,

00:31:09.880 --> 00:31:10.140
 it'll be

00:31:10.140 --> 00:31:10.540
 fine.

00:31:10.760 --> 00:31:10.960
 It's

00:31:10.960 --> 00:31:11.540
 amazing how

00:31:11.540 --> 00:31:12.020
 many people

00:31:12.020 --> 00:31:12.300
 that say

00:31:12.300 --> 00:31:12.920
 they follow

00:31:12.920 --> 00:31:13.340
 the word

00:31:13.340 --> 00:31:13.760
 of God

00:31:13.760 --> 00:31:15.100
 suddenly deviate

00:31:15.100 --> 00:31:15.420
 when the

00:31:15.420 --> 00:31:15.860
 world puts

00:31:15.860 --> 00:31:16.220
 pressure.

00:31:18.440 --> 00:31:19.040
 And sometimes

00:31:19.040 --> 00:31:19.640
 it's as simple

00:31:19.640 --> 00:31:20.200
 just sit down

00:31:20.200 --> 00:31:20.780
 and be quiet.

00:31:21.060 --> 00:31:21.220
 The thing

00:31:21.220 --> 00:31:21.540
 about the

00:31:21.540 --> 00:31:21.880
 world's

00:31:21.880 --> 00:31:22.480
 dynamic is

00:31:22.480 --> 00:31:22.700
 you can

00:31:22.700 --> 00:31:23.000
 have that

00:31:23.000 --> 00:31:23.240
 opinion,

00:31:23.340 --> 00:31:23.600
 just be

00:31:23.600 --> 00:31:24.080
 quiet about

00:31:24.080 --> 00:31:24.260
 it.

00:31:24.520 --> 00:31:24.760
 Sometimes

00:31:24.760 --> 00:31:25.120
 you're not

00:31:25.120 --> 00:31:25.260
 going to

00:31:25.260 --> 00:31:25.900
 be accepted.

00:31:26.280 --> 00:31:26.420
 You know,

00:31:26.440 --> 00:31:26.860
 think about

00:31:26.860 --> 00:31:27.540
 creation.

00:31:28.600 --> 00:31:28.840
 If you

00:31:28.840 --> 00:31:30.140
 take what

00:31:30.140 --> 00:31:30.900
 God says

00:31:30.900 --> 00:31:31.400
 in Genesis

00:31:31.400 --> 00:31:32.080
 1 and 2

00:31:32.080 --> 00:31:32.560
 literally,

00:31:33.100 --> 00:31:33.400
 you're going

00:31:33.400 --> 00:31:33.600
 to have

00:31:33.600 --> 00:31:34.060
 people in

00:31:34.060 --> 00:31:34.980
 academia say

00:31:36.380 --> 00:31:36.600
 well, I

00:31:36.600 --> 00:31:36.980
 got news

00:31:36.980 --> 00:31:37.360
 for them.

00:31:38.140 --> 00:31:38.760
 When you

00:31:38.760 --> 00:31:39.720
 actually do

00:31:39.720 --> 00:31:40.520
 do science,

00:31:41.000 --> 00:31:41.420
 when you

00:31:41.420 --> 00:31:41.880
 actually do

00:31:41.880 --> 00:31:42.520
 understand what

00:31:42.520 --> 00:31:43.260
 science is,

00:31:43.300 --> 00:31:43.940
 it lines up

00:31:43.940 --> 00:31:44.200
 with the

00:31:44.200 --> 00:31:44.460
 word of

00:31:44.460 --> 00:31:44.760
 God.

00:31:46.760 --> 00:31:47.300
 That's a

00:31:47.300 --> 00:31:47.580
 whole other

00:31:47.580 --> 00:31:48.040
 lesson.

00:31:48.420 --> 00:31:48.940
 But Moses

00:31:48.940 --> 00:31:49.700
 chose to

00:31:49.700 --> 00:31:51.460
 identify as

00:31:51.460 --> 00:31:51.900
 a Hebrew.

00:31:52.040 --> 00:31:52.380
 I want you

00:31:52.380 --> 00:31:52.840
 to understand

00:31:52.840 --> 00:31:53.360
 it wasn't

00:31:53.360 --> 00:31:54.080
 easy because

00:31:54.080 --> 00:31:54.480
 remember,

00:31:54.900 --> 00:31:55.620
 he grew up

00:31:55.620 --> 00:31:55.880
 in the

00:31:55.880 --> 00:31:56.680
 palace most

00:31:56.680 --> 00:31:56.980
 of his

00:31:56.980 --> 00:31:57.860
 teenage years

00:31:57.860 --> 00:31:59.160
 through his

00:31:59.160 --> 00:31:59.860
 early teens.

00:31:59.940 --> 00:32:00.060
 But at

00:32:00.060 --> 00:32:00.560
 this point

00:32:00.560 --> 00:32:02.180
 when Moses

00:32:02.180 --> 00:32:03.560
 tries to

00:32:03.560 --> 00:32:04.580
 get ahead

00:32:04.580 --> 00:32:05.420
 of God,

00:32:05.420 --> 00:32:06.900
 we find

00:32:06.900 --> 00:32:07.420
 he's 40

00:32:07.420 --> 00:32:07.960
 years old.

00:32:08.019 --> 00:32:08.259
 That's a

00:32:08.259 --> 00:32:08.660
 good span

00:32:08.660 --> 00:32:09.100
 of time.

00:32:10.480 --> 00:32:11.060
 As I

00:32:11.060 --> 00:32:11.160
 say,

00:32:11.220 --> 00:32:11.480
 there's a

00:32:11.480 --> 00:32:11.820
 lot of

00:32:11.820 --> 00:32:12.279
 water under

00:32:12.279 --> 00:32:12.720
 the bridge

00:32:12.720 --> 00:32:13.240
 between the

00:32:13.240 --> 00:32:14.039
 time he

00:32:14.039 --> 00:32:14.539
 was in

00:32:14.539 --> 00:32:15.080
 the palace

00:32:15.080 --> 00:32:15.420
 up to

00:32:15.420 --> 00:32:15.960
 that point.

00:32:16.840 --> 00:32:17.279
 He's

00:32:17.279 --> 00:32:17.519
 probably

00:32:17.519 --> 00:32:17.980
 living in

00:32:17.980 --> 00:32:18.460
 the palace

00:32:18.460 --> 00:32:19.060
 for 35

00:32:19.060 --> 00:32:19.620
 years.

00:32:19.860 --> 00:32:20.160
 But he

00:32:20.160 --> 00:32:21.140
 identified as

00:32:21.140 --> 00:32:21.680
 a Hebrew.

00:32:22.440 --> 00:32:22.900
 But even

00:32:22.900 --> 00:32:23.580
 in, not

00:32:23.580 --> 00:32:24.200
 only in his

00:32:24.200 --> 00:32:25.500
 identity, but

00:32:25.500 --> 00:32:25.860
 in his

00:32:25.860 --> 00:32:26.340
 failure.

00:32:27.200 --> 00:32:27.380
 You know,

00:32:27.720 --> 00:32:28.539
 although Moses

00:32:28.539 --> 00:32:29.080
 showed a

00:32:29.080 --> 00:32:30.019
 strong faith

00:32:30.019 --> 00:32:30.600
 in his choice

00:32:30.600 --> 00:32:31.220
 to identify

00:32:31.220 --> 00:32:31.860
 with the people

00:32:31.860 --> 00:32:32.620
 of God rather

00:32:32.620 --> 00:32:33.019
 than being

00:32:33.019 --> 00:32:33.660
 called an

00:32:33.660 --> 00:32:34.140
 Egyptian,

00:32:34.140 --> 00:32:35.320
 when he

00:32:35.320 --> 00:32:35.720
 witnessed

00:32:35.720 --> 00:32:36.360
 discrimination,

00:32:36.360 --> 00:32:37.340
 he reacted

00:32:37.340 --> 00:32:38.259
 in the flesh

00:32:38.259 --> 00:32:38.840
 rather than

00:32:38.840 --> 00:32:39.360
 in faith.

00:32:40.540 --> 00:32:41.180
 Now, this

00:32:41.180 --> 00:32:41.820
 is important

00:32:41.820 --> 00:32:42.680
 because Moses

00:32:42.680 --> 00:32:43.780
 failed because

00:32:43.780 --> 00:32:44.340
 he got ahead

00:32:44.340 --> 00:32:44.759
 of God.

00:32:46.540 --> 00:32:47.240
 He said,

00:32:47.400 --> 00:32:48.300
 I'm going to

00:32:48.300 --> 00:32:48.820
 take care of

00:32:48.820 --> 00:32:49.320
 the problem.

00:32:49.640 --> 00:32:50.100
 Look here in

00:32:50.100 --> 00:32:50.920
 Exodus chapter 2.

00:32:50.980 --> 00:32:51.400
 Look down at

00:32:51.400 --> 00:32:51.940
 verse 11.

00:32:52.259 --> 00:32:52.560
 It says,

00:32:52.680 --> 00:32:53.120
 It came to

00:32:53.120 --> 00:32:53.880
 pass in those

00:32:53.880 --> 00:32:54.360
 days when

00:32:54.360 --> 00:32:54.940
 Moses was

00:32:54.940 --> 00:32:55.440
 growing that

00:32:55.440 --> 00:32:55.960
 he went out

00:32:55.960 --> 00:32:56.360
 unto his

00:32:56.360 --> 00:32:56.860
 brethren and

00:32:56.860 --> 00:32:57.759
 looked on

00:32:57.759 --> 00:32:58.380
 their burdens

00:32:58.380 --> 00:32:59.140
 and he spied

00:32:59.140 --> 00:32:59.700
 an Egyptian

00:32:59.700 --> 00:33:00.480
 smiting a

00:33:00.480 --> 00:33:01.540
 Hebrew, one

00:33:01.540 --> 00:33:02.120
 of the brethren,

00:33:02.200 --> 00:33:02.700
 and he looked

00:33:02.700 --> 00:33:03.799
 this way and

00:33:03.799 --> 00:33:04.380
 that way,

00:33:04.500 --> 00:33:05.519
 and when he

00:33:05.519 --> 00:33:06.220
 saw that there

00:33:06.220 --> 00:33:06.940
 was no man,

00:33:07.039 --> 00:33:07.620
 he slew the

00:33:07.620 --> 00:33:08.319
 Egyptian and

00:33:08.319 --> 00:33:08.740
 hid him in

00:33:08.740 --> 00:33:09.220
 the sand.

00:33:09.500 --> 00:33:09.720
 You know,

00:33:09.740 --> 00:33:10.120
 think about

00:33:10.120 --> 00:33:10.680
 what happened

00:33:10.680 --> 00:33:10.960
 here.

00:33:11.319 --> 00:33:11.980
 Moses has

00:33:11.980 --> 00:33:12.880
 taken the

00:33:12.880 --> 00:33:13.680
 oppression of

00:33:13.680 --> 00:33:14.299
 his people

00:33:14.299 --> 00:33:15.759
 into his

00:33:15.759 --> 00:33:16.299
 own hands.

00:33:18.019 --> 00:33:18.660
 I'm going to

00:33:18.660 --> 00:33:19.240
 fix it my

00:33:19.240 --> 00:33:19.539
 way.

00:33:19.799 --> 00:33:20.220
 Look over to

00:33:20.220 --> 00:33:21.180
 Acts chapter 7

00:33:21.180 --> 00:33:21.600
 in the New

00:33:21.600 --> 00:33:22.420
 Testament because

00:33:22.420 --> 00:33:23.759
 another insight

00:33:23.759 --> 00:33:24.420
 you have into

00:33:24.420 --> 00:33:24.960
 this, Acts

00:33:24.960 --> 00:33:25.720
 chapter 7,

00:33:25.980 --> 00:33:26.680
 down in verse

00:33:26.680 --> 00:33:27.819
 24, it tells

00:33:27.819 --> 00:33:28.279
 us this,

00:33:28.380 --> 00:33:28.559
 it says,

00:33:28.840 --> 00:33:29.100
 Seeing one

00:33:29.100 --> 00:33:29.680
 of them suffer

00:33:29.680 --> 00:33:30.640
 wrong, he

00:33:30.640 --> 00:33:31.460
 defending him,

00:33:31.559 --> 00:33:32.200
 avenged him,

00:33:32.200 --> 00:33:32.500
 that was

00:33:32.500 --> 00:33:33.559
 oppressed, and

00:33:33.559 --> 00:33:34.160
 smote the

00:33:34.160 --> 00:33:34.840
 Egyptian, for

00:33:34.840 --> 00:33:35.420
 he supposed

00:33:35.420 --> 00:33:36.019
 his brethren

00:33:36.019 --> 00:33:36.400
 would have

00:33:36.400 --> 00:33:37.559
 understood how

00:33:37.559 --> 00:33:38.380
 that God by

00:33:38.380 --> 00:33:39.140
 his hand would

00:33:39.140 --> 00:33:40.380
 deliver them, but

00:33:40.380 --> 00:33:41.100
 they understood

00:33:41.100 --> 00:33:41.580
 not.

00:33:42.380 --> 00:33:42.980
 That's a lot of

00:33:42.980 --> 00:33:43.700
 insight into

00:33:43.700 --> 00:33:44.759
 Moses' mindset.

00:33:46.700 --> 00:33:47.380
 What was

00:33:47.380 --> 00:33:48.200
 Moses thinking?

00:33:48.299 --> 00:33:48.940
 He says, God

00:33:48.940 --> 00:33:49.940
 raised me up and

00:33:49.940 --> 00:33:50.240
 I'm going to

00:33:50.240 --> 00:33:51.080
 take my authority

00:33:51.080 --> 00:33:51.840
 God's given to

00:33:51.840 --> 00:33:52.000
 me.

00:33:52.259 --> 00:33:52.580
 You know what,

00:33:52.620 --> 00:33:53.340
 oftentimes people

00:33:53.340 --> 00:33:53.960
 try to take

00:33:53.960 --> 00:33:55.700
 authority that

00:33:55.700 --> 00:33:56.580
 God's given, but

00:33:56.580 --> 00:33:56.900
 I want you

00:33:56.900 --> 00:33:57.860
 understand, authority

00:33:57.860 --> 00:33:58.799
 isn't power,

00:33:59.039 --> 00:33:59.559
 authority is

00:33:59.559 --> 00:34:00.200
 responsibility.

00:34:00.200 --> 00:34:00.940
 What did

00:34:00.940 --> 00:34:01.740
 Jesus say?

00:34:02.059 --> 00:34:02.539
 If you're a

00:34:02.539 --> 00:34:03.200
 leader, you're

00:34:03.200 --> 00:34:03.460
 what?

00:34:03.580 --> 00:34:05.279
 A servant.

00:34:06.019 --> 00:34:06.500
 Responsibility.

00:34:06.980 --> 00:34:07.860
 Moses said, I

00:34:07.860 --> 00:34:08.900
 have power, and

00:34:08.900 --> 00:34:09.760
 God says, no, you

00:34:09.760 --> 00:34:10.720
 have a responsibility.

00:34:11.420 --> 00:34:11.980
 You know, Moses

00:34:11.980 --> 00:34:12.519
 had good

00:34:12.519 --> 00:34:13.039
 intentions.

00:34:14.840 --> 00:34:15.300
 You know,

00:34:15.320 --> 00:34:15.880
 oftentimes we

00:34:15.880 --> 00:34:16.740
 justify things, but

00:34:16.740 --> 00:34:17.639
 my intentions were

00:34:17.639 --> 00:34:18.059
 good.

00:34:18.300 --> 00:34:18.880
 You know, I want

00:34:18.880 --> 00:34:19.519
 you to understand

00:34:19.519 --> 00:34:21.500
 that good

00:34:21.500 --> 00:34:22.880
 intentions don't

00:34:22.880 --> 00:34:23.780
 always produce the

00:34:23.780 --> 00:34:24.579
 right outcomes.

00:34:24.579 --> 00:34:26.940
 when we take

00:34:26.940 --> 00:34:27.860
 those intentions

00:34:27.860 --> 00:34:28.900
 out of and go

00:34:28.900 --> 00:34:29.860
 against what God

00:34:29.860 --> 00:34:30.659
 has told us to

00:34:30.659 --> 00:34:30.880
 do.

00:34:31.159 --> 00:34:31.679
 You know, usually

00:34:31.679 --> 00:34:32.299
 when we think

00:34:32.299 --> 00:34:33.139
 we're ready to do

00:34:33.139 --> 00:34:34.099
 something great and

00:34:34.099 --> 00:34:35.460
 noble and know

00:34:35.460 --> 00:34:36.539
 just the way to do

00:34:36.539 --> 00:34:37.880
 to go about it,

00:34:38.099 --> 00:34:39.039
 that's a good

00:34:39.039 --> 00:34:40.699
 intention, but we

00:34:40.699 --> 00:34:41.440
 need to understand

00:34:41.440 --> 00:34:43.039
 that we're not

00:34:43.039 --> 00:34:44.059
 ready.

00:34:44.559 --> 00:34:45.639
 Because until we

00:34:45.639 --> 00:34:46.559
 have faith in

00:34:46.559 --> 00:34:48.219
 God should lead

00:34:48.219 --> 00:34:48.860
 us to bold

00:34:48.860 --> 00:34:49.759
 actions, but we

00:34:49.759 --> 00:34:50.900
 need to trust God

00:34:50.900 --> 00:34:52.000
 in that.

00:34:52.360 --> 00:34:52.579
 To understand

00:34:52.579 --> 00:34:54.699
 that Moses

00:34:54.699 --> 00:34:56.199
 had to trust

00:34:56.199 --> 00:34:58.579
 God in

00:34:58.579 --> 00:34:59.480
 God's timing.

00:34:59.860 --> 00:35:00.299
 Instead of

00:35:00.299 --> 00:35:01.039
 waiting on

00:35:01.039 --> 00:35:02.980
 God's instruction,

00:35:03.179 --> 00:35:03.920
 he got impatient.

00:35:04.259 --> 00:35:04.619
 You know, you

00:35:04.619 --> 00:35:05.139
 can read through

00:35:05.139 --> 00:35:05.940
 scripture, there's a

00:35:05.940 --> 00:35:06.460
 whole lot of

00:35:06.460 --> 00:35:07.420
 people you find

00:35:07.420 --> 00:35:08.779
 that believed

00:35:08.779 --> 00:35:09.699
 in God but got

00:35:09.699 --> 00:35:10.440
 impatient with

00:35:10.440 --> 00:35:10.759
 God.

00:35:12.639 --> 00:35:13.460
 Got ahead of

00:35:13.460 --> 00:35:13.699
 God.

00:35:14.000 --> 00:35:14.319
 And you think

00:35:14.319 --> 00:35:15.099
 back, Abraham

00:35:15.099 --> 00:35:15.759
 was a prime

00:35:15.759 --> 00:35:16.579
 example, him and

00:35:16.579 --> 00:35:16.840
 Sarah.

00:35:18.139 --> 00:35:19.039
 God promised

00:35:19.039 --> 00:35:19.659
 them a son.

00:35:20.779 --> 00:35:21.440
 They couldn't

00:35:21.440 --> 00:35:21.900
 have a son,

00:35:21.960 --> 00:35:22.239
 they couldn't

00:35:22.239 --> 00:35:22.559
 have a son,

00:35:22.559 --> 00:35:23.659
 said, we're

00:35:23.659 --> 00:35:24.079
 going to solve

00:35:24.079 --> 00:35:24.539
 the problem

00:35:24.539 --> 00:35:25.079
 for God.

00:35:25.659 --> 00:35:26.119
 What did they

00:35:26.119 --> 00:35:26.340
 have?

00:35:26.380 --> 00:35:26.699
 They had a

00:35:26.699 --> 00:35:27.279
 good intention.

00:35:28.799 --> 00:35:29.480
 I needed

00:35:29.480 --> 00:35:29.840
 air.

00:35:30.199 --> 00:35:30.719
 They got ahead

00:35:30.719 --> 00:35:31.360
 of God and

00:35:31.360 --> 00:35:32.099
 caused a lot

00:35:32.099 --> 00:35:32.519
 of grief.

00:35:32.719 --> 00:35:33.279
 If you study

00:35:33.279 --> 00:35:33.860
 history, you'll

00:35:33.860 --> 00:35:34.559
 find out his

00:35:34.559 --> 00:35:35.139
 choice still

00:35:35.139 --> 00:35:35.699
 impacts the

00:35:35.699 --> 00:35:36.259
 world today.

00:35:37.519 --> 00:35:38.159
 If you want

00:35:38.159 --> 00:35:38.480
 to see the

00:35:38.480 --> 00:35:39.219
 ripple effect

00:35:39.219 --> 00:35:40.059
 of the world

00:35:40.059 --> 00:35:40.739
 around us.

00:35:41.019 --> 00:35:41.659
 But also in

00:35:41.659 --> 00:35:42.500
 his solitude,

00:35:43.239 --> 00:35:43.739
 you know, God

00:35:43.739 --> 00:35:44.579
 knew that Moses

00:35:44.579 --> 00:35:45.239
 would never

00:35:45.239 --> 00:35:47.380
 lead Israel out

00:35:47.380 --> 00:35:48.500
 of Egypt with

00:35:48.500 --> 00:35:49.219
 an impatient

00:35:49.219 --> 00:35:49.860
 anger.

00:35:50.360 --> 00:35:50.980
 So God

00:35:50.980 --> 00:35:51.779
 brought Moses

00:35:51.780 --> 00:35:52.180
 to the

00:35:52.180 --> 00:35:52.860
 backside of

00:35:52.860 --> 00:35:53.260
 the desert

00:35:53.260 --> 00:35:53.640
 where he

00:35:53.640 --> 00:35:54.040
 would spend

00:35:54.040 --> 00:35:54.480
 the next

00:35:54.480 --> 00:35:55.320
 40 years

00:35:55.320 --> 00:35:55.960
 herding sheep.

00:35:57.280 --> 00:35:57.640
 You know,

00:35:59.000 --> 00:35:59.960
 I've never

00:35:59.960 --> 00:36:00.380
 been around

00:36:00.380 --> 00:36:00.980
 sheep much,

00:36:00.980 --> 00:36:01.300
 but I've

00:36:01.300 --> 00:36:01.620
 talked to

00:36:01.620 --> 00:36:01.960
 some people

00:36:01.960 --> 00:36:02.320
 who raise

00:36:02.320 --> 00:36:02.640
 sheep.

00:36:02.780 --> 00:36:03.120
 They're not

00:36:03.120 --> 00:36:03.600
 the brightest

00:36:03.600 --> 00:36:04.120
 critters.

00:36:04.119 --> 00:36:06.619
 one thing

00:36:06.619 --> 00:36:06.980
 about it.

00:36:07.019 --> 00:36:07.400
 To raise

00:36:07.400 --> 00:36:07.920
 sheep, you

00:36:07.920 --> 00:36:08.239
 have to

00:36:08.239 --> 00:36:08.920
 learn patience.

00:36:09.219 --> 00:36:09.480
 You have

00:36:09.480 --> 00:36:09.759
 to learn

00:36:09.759 --> 00:36:10.159
 to wait.

00:36:10.420 --> 00:36:10.559
 You know,

00:36:10.599 --> 00:36:11.039
 it tells us

00:36:11.039 --> 00:36:11.460
 in Exodus

00:36:11.460 --> 00:36:12.239
 3 that

00:36:12.239 --> 00:36:13.380
 Moses kept

00:36:13.380 --> 00:36:14.019
 the flock

00:36:14.019 --> 00:36:14.639
 of Jethro,

00:36:14.719 --> 00:36:15.559
 his father-in-law,

00:36:15.639 --> 00:36:16.239
 the priest of

00:36:16.239 --> 00:36:17.099
 Midian, and

00:36:17.099 --> 00:36:17.619
 he led the

00:36:17.619 --> 00:36:18.199
 flock to the

00:36:18.199 --> 00:36:18.739
 backside of

00:36:18.739 --> 00:36:19.099
 the desert

00:36:19.099 --> 00:36:19.759
 and came to

00:36:19.759 --> 00:36:20.159
 the mount

00:36:20.159 --> 00:36:20.779
 of God

00:36:20.779 --> 00:36:21.920
 to Horeb.

00:36:22.880 --> 00:36:23.219
 You know,

00:36:24.099 --> 00:36:24.900
 I'm imagining

00:36:24.900 --> 00:36:25.779
 here that Moses

00:36:25.779 --> 00:36:26.299
 must have

00:36:26.299 --> 00:36:26.699
 thought he

00:36:26.699 --> 00:36:27.339
 lost his

00:36:27.339 --> 00:36:28.279
 only opportunity

00:36:28.279 --> 00:36:28.900
 to deliver

00:36:28.900 --> 00:36:29.279
 Israel.

00:36:29.400 --> 00:36:29.980
 Now he's out

00:36:29.980 --> 00:36:31.159
 here cast out

00:36:31.159 --> 00:36:31.880
 into the desert.

00:36:31.880 --> 00:36:32.599
 But you know

00:36:32.599 --> 00:36:32.840
 what?

00:36:32.920 --> 00:36:33.579
 Even in this,

00:36:33.720 --> 00:36:34.559
 God used it

00:36:34.559 --> 00:36:35.059
 to prepare

00:36:35.059 --> 00:36:36.660
 Moses for

00:36:36.660 --> 00:36:36.960
 what he

00:36:36.960 --> 00:36:37.340
 needed to

00:36:37.340 --> 00:36:37.640
 do.

00:36:39.200 --> 00:36:39.700
 Because you

00:36:39.700 --> 00:36:40.019
 stop and

00:36:40.019 --> 00:36:40.340
 think about

00:36:40.340 --> 00:36:40.780
 for a moment,

00:36:40.940 --> 00:36:41.760
 was the

00:36:41.760 --> 00:36:44.140
 anger-filled,

00:36:44.740 --> 00:36:45.300
 I want to

00:36:45.300 --> 00:36:45.820
 do it my

00:36:45.820 --> 00:36:46.579
 way, going

00:36:46.579 --> 00:36:46.960
 to be a

00:36:46.960 --> 00:36:47.680
 good fit

00:36:47.680 --> 00:36:48.000
 for the

00:36:48.000 --> 00:36:48.380
 children of

00:36:48.380 --> 00:36:48.900
 Israel coming

00:36:48.900 --> 00:36:49.200
 out of

00:36:49.200 --> 00:36:49.420
 Egypt?

00:36:49.740 --> 00:36:50.119
 Did they

00:36:50.119 --> 00:36:50.860
 test patience

00:36:50.860 --> 00:36:51.160
 a little

00:36:51.160 --> 00:36:51.380
 bit?

00:36:51.680 --> 00:36:51.880
 You know,

00:36:52.059 --> 00:36:52.420
 the children

00:36:52.420 --> 00:36:52.840
 of Israel

00:36:52.840 --> 00:36:53.840
 tested God,

00:36:53.920 --> 00:36:54.440
 they tested

00:36:54.440 --> 00:36:54.960
 Moses.

00:36:56.579 --> 00:36:56.940
 I mean,

00:36:58.380 --> 00:36:59.059
 Moses would

00:36:59.059 --> 00:36:59.599
 have reacted

00:36:59.599 --> 00:37:00.400
 totally different

00:37:00.400 --> 00:37:00.820
 when God

00:37:00.820 --> 00:37:01.019
 said,

00:37:01.099 --> 00:37:01.180
 well,

00:37:01.220 --> 00:37:01.579
 I'll wipe

00:37:01.579 --> 00:37:01.920
 them out,

00:37:02.000 --> 00:37:02.420
 we'll start

00:37:02.420 --> 00:37:02.940
 again with

00:37:02.940 --> 00:37:03.259
 you.

00:37:03.500 --> 00:37:04.119
 And Moses

00:37:04.119 --> 00:37:04.860
 pleaded for

00:37:04.860 --> 00:37:05.279
 the people.

00:37:05.380 --> 00:37:05.579
 You know

00:37:05.579 --> 00:37:05.860
 what the

00:37:05.860 --> 00:37:06.400
 Moses in

00:37:06.400 --> 00:37:06.920
 Egypt would

00:37:06.920 --> 00:37:07.299
 have done?

00:37:07.779 --> 00:37:08.199
 Yeah,

00:37:08.279 --> 00:37:08.519
 God,

00:37:08.599 --> 00:37:08.900
 go ahead

00:37:08.900 --> 00:37:09.159
 and do

00:37:09.159 --> 00:37:09.279
 it,

00:37:09.299 --> 00:37:09.759
 they deserve

00:37:09.759 --> 00:37:10.000
 it.

00:37:10.119 --> 00:37:10.440
 But you

00:37:10.440 --> 00:37:10.699
 know what

00:37:10.699 --> 00:37:11.219
 the Moses

00:37:11.219 --> 00:37:12.139
 that learned

00:37:12.139 --> 00:37:14.539
 to really

00:37:14.539 --> 00:37:15.259
 trust God

00:37:15.259 --> 00:37:15.759
 and God's

00:37:15.759 --> 00:37:16.440
 timing said,

00:37:16.539 --> 00:37:16.779
 Lord,

00:37:17.900 --> 00:37:19.099
 have mercy

00:37:19.099 --> 00:37:19.480
 on him.

00:37:19.679 --> 00:37:20.119
 He was a

00:37:20.119 --> 00:37:20.779
 meek man,

00:37:20.880 --> 00:37:21.219
 the Bible

00:37:21.219 --> 00:37:21.880
 tells us.

00:37:22.139 --> 00:37:22.579
 He was a

00:37:22.579 --> 00:37:23.079
 proud,

00:37:23.719 --> 00:37:24.079
 arrogant,

00:37:24.599 --> 00:37:26.079
 young man

00:37:26.079 --> 00:37:26.619
 that left

00:37:26.619 --> 00:37:27.079
 Egypt,

00:37:27.719 --> 00:37:28.319
 and he

00:37:28.319 --> 00:37:29.159
 returned a

00:37:29.159 --> 00:37:29.579
 humble,

00:37:29.960 --> 00:37:30.380
 willing to

00:37:30.380 --> 00:37:31.119
 follow God.

00:37:31.579 --> 00:37:32.179
 Man.

00:37:33.599 --> 00:37:34.360
 Willing to

00:37:34.360 --> 00:37:35.059
 trust God.

00:37:35.059 --> 00:37:35.799
 When God

00:37:35.799 --> 00:37:36.779
 allows trials

00:37:36.779 --> 00:37:37.279
 into your

00:37:37.279 --> 00:37:37.659
 life,

00:37:37.739 --> 00:37:38.360
 he desires

00:37:38.360 --> 00:37:39.099
 to mature

00:37:39.099 --> 00:37:40.000
 and strengthen

00:37:40.000 --> 00:37:40.719
 your faith.

00:37:42.579 --> 00:37:43.119
 Moses'

00:37:43.400 --> 00:37:44.119
 trials in

00:37:44.119 --> 00:37:44.779
 his life

00:37:44.779 --> 00:37:45.639
 matured his

00:37:45.639 --> 00:37:46.219
 faith to

00:37:46.219 --> 00:37:46.880
 another level.

00:37:48.279 --> 00:37:49.059
 He was

00:37:49.059 --> 00:37:49.659
 bold,

00:37:50.000 --> 00:37:50.539
 but he

00:37:50.539 --> 00:37:51.159
 wasn't mature.

00:37:51.480 --> 00:37:51.779
 If we're

00:37:51.779 --> 00:37:52.079
 going to be

00:37:52.079 --> 00:37:52.639
 bold for

00:37:52.639 --> 00:37:52.980
 Christ,

00:37:53.059 --> 00:37:54.059
 we also need

00:37:54.059 --> 00:37:54.299
 to be

00:37:54.299 --> 00:37:54.679
 mature.

00:37:56.719 --> 00:37:57.380
 Because in

00:37:57.380 --> 00:37:57.579
 other words,

00:37:57.619 --> 00:37:58.039
 you get ahead

00:37:58.039 --> 00:37:58.519
 of God.

00:37:58.519 --> 00:37:59.519
 God

00:37:59.519 --> 00:38:00.519
 will

00:38:00.519 --> 00:38:01.940
 do

00:38:01.940 --> 00:38:02.259
 things

00:38:02.259 --> 00:38:02.619
 our

00:38:02.619 --> 00:38:03.039
 ways.

00:38:03.759 --> 00:38:04.239
 Moses'

00:38:04.480 --> 00:38:04.820
 early,

00:38:05.000 --> 00:38:05.739
 undisciplined,

00:38:05.880 --> 00:38:06.300
 immature

00:38:06.300 --> 00:38:07.199
 faith led

00:38:07.199 --> 00:38:07.480
 him to

00:38:07.480 --> 00:38:08.159
 taking things

00:38:08.159 --> 00:38:08.579
 into his

00:38:08.579 --> 00:38:09.079
 own hand.

00:38:09.559 --> 00:38:09.940
 He had

00:38:09.940 --> 00:38:10.320
 to learn

00:38:10.320 --> 00:38:10.900
 that God

00:38:10.900 --> 00:38:11.380
 was not

00:38:11.380 --> 00:38:12.139
 interested in

00:38:12.139 --> 00:38:12.500
 what we

00:38:12.500 --> 00:38:12.960
 can offer

00:38:12.960 --> 00:38:13.239
 in the

00:38:13.239 --> 00:38:13.579
 way of

00:38:13.579 --> 00:38:13.780
 our

00:38:13.780 --> 00:38:14.659
 energetic

00:38:14.659 --> 00:38:15.280
 anger.

00:38:15.440 --> 00:38:15.639
 He was

00:38:15.639 --> 00:38:16.000
 simply

00:38:16.000 --> 00:38:17.119
 looking for

00:38:17.119 --> 00:38:17.360
 our

00:38:17.360 --> 00:38:18.039
 faith-filled

00:38:18.039 --> 00:38:18.059
!

00:38:18.320 --> 00:38:18.800
 obedience.

00:38:20.079 --> 00:38:20.900
 That leads

00:38:20.900 --> 00:38:21.259
 us to the

00:38:21.259 --> 00:38:21.739
 last thing

00:38:21.739 --> 00:38:22.099
 in his

00:38:22.099 --> 00:38:22.579
 surrender.

00:38:24.440 --> 00:38:25.059
 Forty

00:38:25.059 --> 00:38:25.599
 years later,

00:38:25.679 --> 00:38:26.039
 we meet

00:38:26.039 --> 00:38:26.480
 Moses.

00:38:26.659 --> 00:38:26.960
 He's a

00:38:26.960 --> 00:38:27.199
 humble

00:38:27.199 --> 00:38:27.619
 man.

00:38:28.460 --> 00:38:29.000
 After a

00:38:29.000 --> 00:38:29.319
 direct

00:38:29.319 --> 00:38:29.819
 encounter

00:38:29.819 --> 00:38:30.500
 with God,

00:38:30.599 --> 00:38:30.899
 he's a

00:38:30.899 --> 00:38:31.539
 transformed

00:38:31.539 --> 00:38:32.000
 man.

00:38:33.739 --> 00:38:34.439
 At the

00:38:34.439 --> 00:38:34.739
 burning

00:38:34.739 --> 00:38:35.339
 bush,

00:38:36.279 --> 00:38:37.639
 he met

00:38:37.639 --> 00:38:38.299
 God and

00:38:38.299 --> 00:38:38.599
 he was

00:38:38.599 --> 00:38:39.759
 changed

00:38:39.759 --> 00:38:40.599
 once again.

00:38:41.079 --> 00:38:41.339
 God

00:38:41.339 --> 00:38:41.739
 called

00:38:41.739 --> 00:38:42.460
 Moses to

00:38:42.460 --> 00:38:42.859
 the very

00:38:42.859 --> 00:38:43.519
 job he

00:38:43.519 --> 00:38:44.099
 had earlier

00:38:44.099 --> 00:38:44.879
 tried to

00:38:44.879 --> 00:38:45.299
 assume.

00:38:45.619 --> 00:38:45.779
 You know,

00:38:45.799 --> 00:38:45.899
 it's

00:38:45.899 --> 00:38:46.399
 interesting

00:38:46.399 --> 00:38:47.739
 that the

00:38:47.739 --> 00:38:48.159
 bold,

00:38:48.299 --> 00:38:49.179
 well-spoken,

00:38:50.119 --> 00:38:50.500
 kind of

00:38:50.500 --> 00:38:51.119
 outgoing,

00:38:51.799 --> 00:38:52.279
 and even

00:38:52.279 --> 00:38:53.399
 you might

00:38:53.399 --> 00:38:53.659
 say,

00:38:53.799 --> 00:38:54.339
 I imagine

00:38:54.339 --> 00:38:55.619
 Moses

00:38:55.619 --> 00:38:56.099
 was even

00:38:56.099 --> 00:38:56.419
 might have

00:38:56.419 --> 00:38:56.899
 been considered

00:38:56.900 --> 00:38:57.300
 a little

00:38:57.300 --> 00:38:58.780
 arrogant in

00:38:58.780 --> 00:38:59.360
 his attitude

00:38:59.360 --> 00:38:59.840
 when he

00:38:59.840 --> 00:39:00.519
 left Egypt.

00:39:00.800 --> 00:39:01.160
 Think about

00:39:01.160 --> 00:39:01.619
 when God

00:39:01.619 --> 00:39:02.079
 talks to

00:39:02.079 --> 00:39:02.300
 him at

00:39:02.300 --> 00:39:02.680
 the burning

00:39:02.680 --> 00:39:03.099
 bush,

00:39:03.139 --> 00:39:03.320
 and he

00:39:03.320 --> 00:39:03.480
 says,

00:39:03.559 --> 00:39:03.860
 Moses,

00:39:03.960 --> 00:39:04.260
 this is what

00:39:04.260 --> 00:39:04.599
 I want

00:39:04.599 --> 00:39:04.840
 you to

00:39:04.840 --> 00:39:05.039
 do,

00:39:05.099 --> 00:39:05.380
 what does

00:39:05.380 --> 00:39:05.700
 Moses

00:39:05.700 --> 00:39:06.039
 say?

00:39:06.380 --> 00:39:06.660
 Lord,

00:39:06.740 --> 00:39:07.119
 I can't

00:39:07.119 --> 00:39:07.480
 talk,

00:39:07.519 --> 00:39:07.900
 I can't

00:39:07.900 --> 00:39:08.119
 do,

00:39:08.420 --> 00:39:08.660
 and we

00:39:08.660 --> 00:39:08.980
 know that

00:39:08.980 --> 00:39:09.200
 he was

00:39:09.200 --> 00:39:09.800
 trained in

00:39:09.800 --> 00:39:10.039
 all the

00:39:10.039 --> 00:39:10.519
 right things,

00:39:10.579 --> 00:39:10.920
 he knew

00:39:10.920 --> 00:39:11.280
 all the

00:39:11.280 --> 00:39:11.680
 things.

00:39:11.960 --> 00:39:12.079
 His

00:39:12.079 --> 00:39:12.519
 past

00:39:12.519 --> 00:39:13.420
 failures

00:39:13.420 --> 00:39:13.980
 thought it

00:39:13.980 --> 00:39:14.519
 made him

00:39:14.519 --> 00:39:16.280
 unable to

00:39:16.280 --> 00:39:16.760
 do it,

00:39:16.920 --> 00:39:17.559
 and we

00:39:17.559 --> 00:39:18.280
 understood that

00:39:18.280 --> 00:39:18.840
 he says

00:39:18.840 --> 00:39:19.500
 that Israelites

00:39:19.500 --> 00:39:20.099
 would not

00:39:20.099 --> 00:39:20.800
 believe that

00:39:20.800 --> 00:39:21.360
 God had

00:39:21.360 --> 00:39:21.980
 sent him,

00:39:22.360 --> 00:39:22.680
 and they

00:39:22.680 --> 00:39:23.059
 would want

00:39:23.059 --> 00:39:23.639
 evidence,

00:39:23.760 --> 00:39:23.900
 you know,

00:39:23.900 --> 00:39:24.420
 Israelites

00:39:24.420 --> 00:39:25.300
 would not

00:39:25.300 --> 00:39:25.940
 believe him

00:39:25.940 --> 00:39:26.440
 or obey

00:39:26.440 --> 00:39:27.079
 his voice,

00:39:27.200 --> 00:39:27.480
 he could

00:39:27.480 --> 00:39:28.160
 not speak

00:39:28.160 --> 00:39:29.019
 with elegance,

00:39:29.360 --> 00:39:29.680
 but was

00:39:29.680 --> 00:39:30.940
 now slow

00:39:30.940 --> 00:39:31.720
 of speech,

00:39:32.119 --> 00:39:32.880
 but finally

00:39:32.880 --> 00:39:34.160
 Moses surrenders

00:39:34.160 --> 00:39:34.860
 to God's

00:39:34.860 --> 00:39:35.180
 will,

00:39:35.420 --> 00:39:35.900
 it brought

00:39:35.900 --> 00:39:36.160
 him to

00:39:36.160 --> 00:39:36.619
 the place

00:39:36.619 --> 00:39:37.260
 of humility

00:39:37.260 --> 00:39:37.980
 that God

00:39:37.980 --> 00:39:38.519
 could use

00:39:38.519 --> 00:39:38.680
 him.

00:39:38.940 --> 00:39:39.119
 You know,

00:39:39.139 --> 00:39:39.880
 sometimes God

00:39:39.880 --> 00:39:40.460
 has to bring

00:39:40.460 --> 00:39:40.860
 us to a

00:39:40.860 --> 00:39:42.360
 place where

00:39:42.360 --> 00:39:42.940
 he can use

00:39:42.940 --> 00:39:43.180
 us,

00:39:43.760 --> 00:39:45.519
 because there's

00:39:45.519 --> 00:39:46.099
 things in our

00:39:46.099 --> 00:39:46.820
 life that need

00:39:46.820 --> 00:39:47.980
 to mature for

00:39:47.980 --> 00:39:48.700
 what God has

00:39:48.700 --> 00:39:49.240
 for us,

00:39:49.400 --> 00:39:50.019
 because God

00:39:50.019 --> 00:39:50.579
 wants us to

00:39:50.579 --> 00:39:51.680
 mature in

00:39:51.680 --> 00:39:52.160
 our faith.

00:39:52.159 --> 00:39:54.799
 Because ultimately

00:39:54.799 --> 00:39:55.599
 we see God's

00:39:55.599 --> 00:39:56.859
 triumph through

00:39:56.859 --> 00:39:57.079
 it.

00:39:58.440 --> 00:39:58.960
 You know,

00:39:59.000 --> 00:39:59.960
 we see as God

00:39:59.960 --> 00:40:01.259
 uses Moses to

00:40:01.259 --> 00:40:01.879
 lead the children

00:40:01.879 --> 00:40:03.299
 of Israel out

00:40:03.299 --> 00:40:03.759
 of Egypt.

00:40:04.019 --> 00:40:04.799
 What started

00:40:04.799 --> 00:40:05.639
 in oppression,

00:40:06.719 --> 00:40:08.259
 God made a

00:40:08.259 --> 00:40:08.539
 way of

00:40:08.539 --> 00:40:09.079
 deliverance.

00:40:09.399 --> 00:40:09.839
 When things

00:40:09.839 --> 00:40:10.539
 are unfair,

00:40:11.319 --> 00:40:12.299
 don't get

00:40:12.299 --> 00:40:12.859
 bitter and

00:40:12.859 --> 00:40:13.299
 angry,

00:40:14.219 --> 00:40:14.899
 and try to

00:40:14.899 --> 00:40:15.299
 do it your

00:40:15.299 --> 00:40:15.899
 own way,

00:40:16.719 --> 00:40:17.679
 but look for

00:40:17.679 --> 00:40:18.679
 God's instruction

00:40:18.679 --> 00:40:19.359
 on how God

00:40:19.359 --> 00:40:19.899
 wants you to

00:40:19.899 --> 00:40:21.319
 handle the

00:40:21.319 --> 00:40:21.899
 situation.

00:40:22.159 --> 00:40:22.719
 Because what's

00:40:22.719 --> 00:40:23.299
 God doing?

00:40:23.579 --> 00:40:24.440
 He's maturing

00:40:24.440 --> 00:40:26.159
 you for

00:40:26.159 --> 00:40:27.759
 service.

00:40:29.299 --> 00:40:29.879
 Let's pray.

00:40:29.980 --> 00:40:30.119
 Heavenly

00:40:30.119 --> 00:40:30.679
 Fathers, we

00:40:30.679 --> 00:40:31.159
 come before

00:40:31.159 --> 00:40:31.440
 you this

00:40:31.440 --> 00:40:31.719
 morning.

00:40:31.779 --> 00:40:32.079
 Lord, we

00:40:32.079 --> 00:40:32.599
 just thank

00:40:32.599 --> 00:40:32.859
 you and

00:40:32.859 --> 00:40:33.259
 praise you

00:40:33.259 --> 00:40:33.639
 for your

00:40:33.639 --> 00:40:33.899
 word.

00:40:33.900 --> 00:41:03.880
 Thank you.