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Moses: Learning Obedience in the Wilderness

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Preacher: Pastor Ray

Text: Exodus 2:15-22

We will be studying Moses in the Midian wilderness where he was a nobody for 40 years. Likewise, Jesus lived for 30 years in obscurity before He began His ministry. Christians, we are in the world, but not of the world. Therefore, like Moses and Jesus, we need to go through our wilderness and learn obedience.

Worship: Catching a Glimpse of Reality (Mark 9)

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Preacher: Pastor Ray

Jesus follows up a difficult teaching regarding losing one’s life in Mark 8 by taking His 3 closest disciples up a mountain to reveal His divinity in Mark 9. We need these moments of worship where we catch a glimpse of glory in order to have a proper perspective regarding this life and its relation to the life to come.

Intro to the Psalms: Seeing Jesus in the OT

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Moses went up the mountain to meet God. He was a real Christian. The rest were BS (Bottom of Sinai) Christians.

The book of Psalm is divided up into 5 smaller books, which were not assembled in chronological order. For example, the first psalm chronologically is Psalm 90 (written by Moses).

Psalm 1-41 – Book 1
Psalm 42-72 – Book 2
Psalm 73-89 – Book 3
Psalm 90-106 – Book 4
Psalm 107-150 – Book 5

Discussion Questions

– Psalms is a real, raw book. Psalm 90 is a psalm written by Moses. Chronologically, it is the first psalm. How does Moses/Israelites’ journey depict the Christian life? [Additional verses: 1 Pet 1:1; 1 Pet 2:11; 1 Pet 1:3-9; Psalm 106; 2 Cor 4:7-15; 2 Cor 5:6-10]
– Of the 1-2 million Israelites who were with Moses in the first generation, how many of them entered the Promised Land? What does this tell you about the journey of faith that we are on?
– Read John 5:37-47. In what context does the name of Moses come up? How is this relevant to our discussion?
– Read Exodus 20:18-19. What was the reaction of the people when they saw the thunder, lightning and the mountain smoking and heard the sound of the trumpet? Why is this such a tragic chapter in Israel’s history? How might we be repeating the same mistake today?
– Read Exodus 34:29-35. What was the reaction of the people when they saw the shining face of Moses reflecting the glory of God? For us as people of the new covenant, where can we experience the glory of God at present while we wait for Habakkuk 2:14 to be fulfilled in the future? [Read 2 Cor 4:1-6]
– How can we define evangelism?
– What is the main takeaway from this sermon?

Happy New Year (2015)

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Happy New Year! I shared briefly last night from Exodus 33. Moses had such an intimate relationship with God. He met God on the mountaintop, in the tent of meeting outside the camp, he had a “face to face” relationship and even saw the unveiled glory of God from the back…

Moses was not primarily interested in doing something for the Lord or even reaching the promised land. Moses wanted his Presence.

In contrast, to the people who are described as stiff-necked, God doesn’t reveal Himself because if He did, He would wipe them out in anger. I thought, even though I ask God to speak, it could be mercy that He doesn’t speak to me clearly because perhaps I’m not ready to listen what He wants to tell me.

Also, it’s so obvious that Joshua was already being groomed to be the next leader because he stayed in the tent of meeting even after Moses left either because he loved His presence, or because he longed to experience the type of intimacy that Moses had with God.

May we all long for His Presence in 2015!