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Sermon Outline - Lessons Along the Way, Exodus ch.17 vv.1-16
Date | 06/06/2004 |
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Time | 10:00 |
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Preacher | Rev. Maurice Roberts, Inverness |
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Sermon Title | Lessons Along the Way |
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Text | Exodus ch.17 vv.1-16
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Sermon ID | 861 |
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Introduction
- This relates the Israel's starting out.
- There is a new phase starting. (Explain).
- God had made it easy at first...but...
OBSERVE: God has lessons for us to learn along the way from grace to Glory.
NO WATER TO DRINK
- Serious situation - c.2 million persons in a desert! Water is essential. There was none.
- God had been teaching them: (i) their experience at Marah (chap. 15). (ii) no food - manna (chap. 16).
- Now - a desert without water!
- Why did God do this? (i) Life appears to go wrong (ii) See their bad mood - v.2-3-4.
LESSON: To live by faith in God always.
TEMPTING THE LORD
- v.2 : "tempt". Also v.7. It is referred to in Psalm 95.
- Tempt = to distrust God: Illustration: Christ's temptation.
- See the bad mood: "chide"/"murmur"/"stone".
- They always want to go back to Egypt!
LESSON: When God tests our faith we so often sink and fall into fears, doubts and ill-moods.
DOCTRINE: It is hard to live BY FAITH.
GOD HOLDS THE KEY TO ALL SITUATIONS
- Even Moses cries: "What shall I do?" (v.4).
OBSERVE: We are at our wit's end at times.
- But God has the answer (v.5-6).
OBSERVE: God holds all the keys.
Illustration: "Master-Key".
- "Smite the rock": Lesson = Believe God.
- So Christ taught: mountain/fig-tree/Peter on the water.
APPLICATION: Go to God with your problem.
THE SPIRITUAL LIFE IS A FIGHT TO THE FINISH
- Hardly has one problem ended when - another!
- Amalek = deadly enemies of God's people (v.16).
OBSERVE: You must have enemies - see even Christ.
- God will teach us to fight - no rest on earth.
- See what trouble they now have (v.9-10).
LESSON: The Christian must fight all his life. These are but shadows of our enemies: the world, the flesh and the devil.
THE CHURCH'S PROGRESS IS ALWAYS CLOSELY RELATED TO HER PRAYERFULNESS
- A great picture, full of instruction here.
- See Moses' part - the clear lesson of v.11.
- "It is a praying people that will get through".
- But Moses too needed help.
LESSON: There is work, effort, steadfastness required in prayer.APPLICATION: Are you doing this?
ALL OUR ENEMIES WILL BE SUBDUED AT LAST
- v.13 shows how Israel prevailed at last.
- "More than conquerors" - See Romans 16:20.
- Let this calm all our fears:
- Satan will be crushed at last
- indwelling sin will be removed
- the world will be renewed in glory
CONCLUSION
- How like Israel we are!
- God was teaching them lessons on the way.
- Have we seen the answer? - God has the key!
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