Sermon Title: Our reasons to go forward.
Text: Exodus 14:13-16
Purpose: Four Reasons of our urgency to go forward.
Introduction.
J.F
Kennedy one of the presidents of United States said on his inauguration date. It is not what our country can do for
you, it is what you can do for your country.
On
the same token. It is not what our church can do for you; it is what you can for
your church. God wants to use your whole life and get out take the challenges
that God is asking you.
When
you look the history of the world to achieve great things require a lot, lot,
lot of efforts. When you try to achieve the highest thing on your life, it will
require that you have paid big high price. You have to take out the best of
you.
When,
Jesus came to the world. He came with the task to conquer our life. He paid the
high price at the cross, and that high price was Jesus’ life.
God
called Moses to accomplish one the biggest challenges of the world. He said to
Moses I want to take my people out of bondage.
He putted a lot excuses like you, but God replied to him I want to use
you. Moses replied to him how the Israelites will know I am the man, and God
said I will you always.
For
430 years God’s people had been in bondage in Egypt. After the death of the
first born throughout Egypt, God’s people were thrown out Ex. 12:33 “The
Egyptians urged the people ; to send them out….” “y los egipcios apremiaban al
pueblo, dandose prisa de echarlos de la tierra.” It is estimated that 1.5 to 2 million
marched out of Egypt. What incredible picture. The day of deliverance had
arrived God’s people had been set free.
God
let his people through the wilderness by the red sea. During the day God went
before them in a pillar of cloud, and at night God went before them in a pillar
of fire. God revealed to Moses you are the man to go in front of Pharaoh and
tell him the consequences if you don’t let my people to be free or let my
people go. One of ordinary man God chose him to do one the greatest miracles
have been recorded in the Bible. God took Moses under His wind and God was
Moses’ greatest mentor, and greatest tool.
And
then Moses told his people “do not fear! Stand by and see the salvation of the
Lord which He will accomplish for you today, for the Egyptians whom you have
seen today. you will never see them again forever. The Lord will fight for you
while you keep silent. Then the Lord said to Moses, why are crying out to Me?
Tell the sons of Israel to go forward. As for you lift up your staff and
stretch out your hand over the sea divide it, and the sons of Israel shall go
through the midst of the sea on dry
land. Y Moisés dijo al
pueblo: No temáis; estad firmes, y ved la salvación que Jehová hará hoy con
vosotros, porque los egipcios que hoy habéis visto, nunca mas para siempre los
veréis. Jehová peleara por vosotros, y vosotros estaréis tranquilos. Entonces Jehová
dijo a Moisés Por que clamas a mi? Di a los hijos de Israel que marchen y tu
alza tu vara, y extiende tu mano sobre el mar y divídelo, y entren los hijos de
Israel por en medio del mar, en seco.”
My
purpose today is to obey God and take with us His challenges. When you and I
take God’s challenges you will see the reasons and the urgency why you and I should
go forward. It is urgent to go forward, get out of your comfort zone and take
God’s blessings and standards with us.
1. First
Reason: Why should I go forward?.
A. Because
God wants.
God wants you and I to do
our job. It is mandatory, when our boss talks you have to do it. God is urging
to go into the city and take His message outside of these four walls. You have
to do the best of your life.
Moses has to obey Him and
trust Him.
Illustration when your wife was pregnant, and asking you Honey I want
from you to go to walmart and bring me a delicious cake. And you replied to her
but it is midnight. Honey but I want it, please go.
B. Because
we must not remain immobile.
Many of you are immobile,
and sometimes you ask why this church is not growing, and dear brother you have
the answer because you are immobile. We must go out as a team, not matter what
is your position and what position you are playing. God gifted you and empower
us to do your God’s Job.
Let’s review where we are.
Many of you still immobile you don’t that we need you. No matter whom you are.
The Lord wants to use you. Many of us complain this man made a lot mistake, but
my dear brother the person who made mistake is the person who is in the field.
2. Second
reason. We have God’s promises.
He will fight for us. God is
great in His mercy. God will open the doors that are
necessary to enter. The bible says clear to us If the Lord is with us, who is
against us. The battle is Lord’s battle. He will not abandon you on the midst
of the fight.
Look inside the
Bible and I count how many promises God is given us. He promises to be with you
always. Do not be afraid! stand firm. This is my role to stay firm.
His presence is
permanent.
God is the
commander in chief.
When we are
surrounded by difficulties and don’t know what to do, we should do not fear and
stand firm. Sometimes our human heart often causes to rush ahead without God.
If we do that it is to lead to disaster. God promises to Moses my people are
going to walk on dry land. It is sufficient for us God’s promises. We must move
with Him. It was the proper time to cross the red sea. We have the commander in
chief. What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who is against
us? Que pues diremos a
esto? Si Dios esta por nosotros quien esta contra nosotros?
God does not
bless paper, God bless human like you and I, and through whole Bible you will
see men have been blessed by our dear God.
We have to obey and to obey His promises. God will provide direction, on
how we conquer many lives for Him.
When the people
of Israel were ready to cross the red sea behind them was pharaoh’s army. God
told Moses do not be afraid I will take care.
On difficulties
on when see how big is our God. He created the whole universe, and He created
us.
Illustration about the post-grade traumatology is 3 years
and you know how long to learn to fix hands. 3 years.
God knows how to
fight and how to win the battle. Mine is the battle says the Lord. He can send
hail from Heaven remember Joshua 10:11 we are to talk about Joshua next time.
The earth can open and swallow up the people Numbers 16:31-35. The angel of
death can destroy all night 2 Kings 19:35.
God planned to
destroy the Egyptians in the Red Sea. I think when God’s people were crossing
the Red Sea, I think they were speechless. God’s people had done something but
obey God’s command.
Through the
history the people of Israel have been on jeopardy, but God always protect
them.
3. Third reason. God will provide
our sources.
A, First source. Prayer
When Moses came to the Red Sea, he prayed about the problem that
God’s people faced with the Red Sea in front and Pharaoh’s army close behind.
His prayer was answered quickly; He was to lift up his staff and stretch his
hand over the Red Sea, and Israel was to go forward on dry ground through the
midst of the Sea.
Let’s go to Acts 12: 5 So Peter was kept in the prison, but prayer
for him was being made fervently by the church to God.” Asi
que Pedro estaba custiodado en la carcel; pero la iglesia hacia sin cesar
oracion a Dios por el el.
When he knocked at the door of the gate, a servant girl named
Rhoda came to answer. When she recognized Peter’s voice, because of her joy she did not open
the gate, but ran in and announced that Peter was standing in front of the
gate. They said to her you are out of your mind, but she kept insisting that it
was so they kept saying it is his angel but Peter continued knocking and when
they opened the door, they saw him and were amazed.
Cuando
llamo Pedro a la puerta del patio, salio escuchar una muchacha llamada Rode la
cual reconocio la voz de Pedro, de gozo no abrio la puerta sino que corriendo
adentro dio la nueva de que Pedro estaba a la puerta, y ellos dijeron. Estas loca,
pero ella aseguraba que asi era. Entonces ellos decían es su angel!. Mas Pedro
persistía en llamar, y cuando abrieron y le vieron se quedaron atonitos.
Why do we pray?
C. Second source: God will use what we have in our hands
On Moses’ hand
was Moses’ staff or rod
Exodus 4. Then
Moses said what if they will not believe me or listen to what I say? For they
may say the Lord has not appeared to you. The Lord said to him what is that in
your hand? And he said a staff. Then he said throw it on ground. So he threw it
on the ground so he threw it on the ground and it became a serpent and Moses
fled from it. But the Lord said to Moses
Stretch out your hand and grasp it by its tail so he stretched out his
hand and caught it and it became staff in his hand. That they may believe that
the Lord, the God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and
the God of Jacob has appeared to you.
The Lord
furthermore said to him now put your hand into your bosom so he put his hand
into his bosom, his hand was leprous, like snow then he said put your hand into
your bosom again, and when he took it out his bosom, behold it was restored
like the rest of his flesh.
Entonces Moisés
respondió diciendo he aquí que ellos no me creerán, ni oirán mi voz porque dirán.
No te ha aparecido Jehová y Jehová dijo que es eso que tienes en tu mano? Y el
respondió una vara. El dijo échala en tierra. Y el la echo en tierra, y se hizo
una culebra, y Moisés huía de ella. Entonces dijo Jehová a Moisés extiende tu
mano, y tómala por la cola. Y el
extendió su mano, y la tomo, y se volvió vara en su mano. Por esto
creerán que se te ha aparecido Jehová , el Dios de tus padres, el dios de
Abraham, Dios de Isaac y Dios de Jacob.
Le dijo además
Jehová. Meta ahora tu mano en tu seno. Y el metió la mano en su seno, y cuando
la saco, he aquí que su mano estaba leprosa como la nieve. Y dijo vuelve a
meter tu mano en tu seno. Y el volvió a meter su mano en su seno, y al sacarla
de nuevo del señor, he aquí que se había vuelto como la otra carne.
What means is?
The most
important and critical source is your own life. But your life must holy before
take God’s businesses.
Raise your hand what do you have in your hand?
D. Third
source: God will use my faith.
Do we have faith like Moses,
The devil will oppose to our job to our
task. Our faith can move mountains.
Probably I am not eloquent
of my speech. Probably I am slow with my tongue.
But Acting by faith we can
do great and mighty things. I am not talking about super faith and I am talking
to believe than God can open the Red Sea, and He will do wherever is necessary
to accomplish His will. But He want from to have faith. No bigger than a seed
of mustard.
Illustration moving mountains.
4. Fourth
reason: The victory belongs to us.
God
will take us victory through victory. But we must together as a team. Football.
Team. God opens
way for his people. But when we give us the
victory my role will be to give the whole glory to God. I am not going to touch
it.
He will defeat our enemies.
He wants to be on his side.
He will give you everything that you need to accomplish God’s victory.
5. Conclusion.
Thomas
Monaghan is founder, president and chief executive offices of Domino’s Pizza
Inc. from 1970 to 1985, Dominos’ grew from a small debt ridden chain to the
second largest pizza company in America, with the sales over one billion
dollars in 1985.
When
asked to account the phenomenal growth of the company. The president explained
I programmed everything for growth. And how did the plan for growth? Every day
we develop people- the key to growth is developing people.
Not
special cheese, not a tasty crust, not fat delivery schedules, but people!
People are the key to all effective leadership.
Moses
was not the same after he got the encounter with God. Moses was one the
greatest accomplisher in the Bible. He was a man with a patience, and love for
his people, but the most important he loves God more than everything because
without I can’t the people of Israel out of bondage. He did it.
6. First
Reason: Why should I go forward?.
7. Second
reason. We have God’s promises
8. Third reason. God will provide our sources.
9. Fourth
reason: The victory belongs to us.
