06/26/21 EXODUS FROM EGYPT AND SIN

06/26/21 EXODUS FROM EGYPT AND SIN

THE EXODUS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT IS A PICTURE OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE, FROM BEING A LOST SINNER TO BEING A SPIRIT FILLED VICTOR, MOVING INTO THE PROMISED LAND OF MILK AND HONEY.

Here is a simple overview. I give the Exodus event and then I mention the Christian application. I hope you enjoy, and are blessed.

God called Moses to ministry at the Burning Bush...
A man's call to ministry is a miraculous encounter with God.

God asked Moses what was in his hands...
God empowers us to use our abilities in His service.

Moses confronted Pharaoh and was snubbed...
Ministers of the Gospel are disrespected by the world.

Israel was favorable to Moses until he was snubbed by worldly leaders...
The gospel enjoins the average man, until he sees people of position ridicule or attack it.

Egypt...
Sinful life...
Godless State.

Pharaoh...
Satan...
Evil leader.

Plagues...
God's victory over false gods.

Moses...
Deliverer... Leader.

Pharaoh's vacillating decisions...
State oppression and control of believers.

Passover...
Sacrifice of Christ.

Israelite Passover preparation...
Seeker's response to salvation message.

Pillar of Fire and Cloud...
Holy Spirit leading and protecting.

Red Sea...
Conversion...
Baptism (deliverance from sin or death to sin; and submission to Holy Spirit).

Bitter waters made sweet...
God can change our circumstances from tragedy to triumph.
There were various times that Israel needed water...
Christians need the Water of Life (Jesus)
Holy Spirit and Jesus (both are referred to as water in N.T.).

Manna...
Bread of heaven...
God's provision...
Jesus Is our Bread.

Journey from Egypt to Promise Land was short but God took them the long way to train and equip Israel for victorious living...
God trains and strengthens believers through trials and testing.

When Moses prayed for Israel in battle, Israel was victorious...
When Christians battle the enemy they are supported by prayer, They Are Victorious.

Aaron and Hur supported Moses during time of battle...
Leaders in the Church need support, encouragement, prayer during times of trial.

Moses strikes the Rock...
The Rock is Jesus, Who was stricken for our transgressions.

The stricken Rock gave water...
Jesus gave His Holy Spirit to regenerate us.
The Rock went with the Children of Israel in their Wilderness Journey and they found water when they dug for It...
Christ is our constant Water supply, and,
Christ is found by those who seek Him.

At Mt. Sinai God gave Law...
At Mt. Calvary Jesus gave Grace.

At the giving of the Law the people worshiped an idol...
In the New Testament, believers are warned, if we think we stand, we may actually fall.

God instructed Moses on building the Tabernacle...
In the New Testament, we learn the Christocentric meaning of the Tabernacle and we learn that we are the building of God.

Twelve spy out the land, majority report, blind to reality...
The majority deny the possibility of entering the Promised Land of victory.

Only two spies saw the hand of God and the promise of victory. Disbelief brought disobedience and they did not enter the Promised land...
Christians who fail to walk in the light will lose spiritual ground in this life and may fail to make it through to final victory.

God told Moses to speak to the Rock, in order to get the water the people needed, however, in his anger, Moses struck the Rock and God was displeased. Moses was not allowed to enter the Promised Land...
Jesus is our Rock, our source of Water. Jesus was struck for our transgressions on the cross and He gave His Holy Spirit to regenerate those who believe and repent. As the risen Savior, we can ask Him and He will give us the fullness of the Holy Spirit, as on the Day of Pentecost, when their hearts were purified by the Holy Spirit.

The people rebelled against God and serpents invaded the camp, biting and killing people. God told Moses to raise a brazen serpent in the camp. Those who would turn their eyes to the serpent would be healed...
When we allow sin in our lives, we must look to Jesus and believe on Him. Jesus must be lifted up for all men.

Of the original first generation Israelites who left Egypt, only two were allowed to go into the Promised Land, Caleb and Joshua. The two faithful spies...
Only those who believe God will enter the promised life of the fullness of the Holy Spirit. The Promised Land is the life of victory in a hostile land. It is not heaven.

Crossing the Jordan was a significant second crossing of water. First, the Red Sea, to escape Egypt and second, the Jordan River, to enter the Promised Land...
Christians leave the life of sin and oppression behind when we are converted and follow Jesus, then we enter the land flowing with milk and honey when we are filled with His Spirit and conformed to the image of Jesus. Both transformations take place by faith.

1 Corinthians 10:1-14
1 Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;
2 And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea;
3 And did all eat the same spiritual meat;
4 And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.
5 But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness.
6 Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.
7 Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.
8 Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.
9 Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.
10 Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer.
11 Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.
12 Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.
13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
14 Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry.
God leads us out of sin, into salvation, through the wilderness to the promised land, providing all that we need for life and godliness.

Conversion gives us life and clean hands (washes us from evil deeds and leads us in following Christ). Total surrender gives us the total infilling of the Holy Spirit and purifies our hearts. God requires conversion (clean hands, clean lives) but He also requires pure hearts (loving the Lord with all of our heart, mind, soul and strength and loving our neighbor as ourselves).

Romans chapter 6 shows us God's standard and God's deliverance from all sin and sinning.
Romans chapter 7 is a picture of the carnal or double minded Christian life, when the old man and the new man battle within us.
The end of Romans chapter 7 tells us that there is deliverance from the sin nature.
Romans chapter 8 reveals the Spirit filled life, with the Holy Spirit being mentioned about 15 times in the first 16 verses.