Great man in the Old Testament Birth Burning bush / Plagues Crossing Red Sea Receiving Ten Commandments Leading Israel in Wilderness

Great man in the Old Testament Birth Burning bush / Plagues Crossing Red Sea Receiving Ten Commandments Leading Israel in Wilderness

Mentioned in the New TestamentHeb. 11:23-27 “By Faith Moses”

There were some valley’s in his life

Born in a disadvantaged condition Parents were slaves A death Sentence

Ex. 1:221st Time

Try to Kill Him

We may have been born at a disadvantage Some use this as an excuse No Excuse for not obeying God

Raised in a corrupt environment House of Pharoah Trained as an Egyptian – Acts 7:22 System of idolatry

Our children have it rough today Many false ideas - evolution - situation ethics Enticements to sin Not an excuse to sin / we have a choice

Misunderstood and criticized Acts 7:23-27 His attempt to help his people was a disaster He fled to Midian

This sometimes happens to us Preaching the truth – people get angry Gal. 4:16 “Have I therefore become your enemy because I tell you the truth?”

He Was a Financial Failure Raised in house of Pharoah Fled Egypt without a penny - age of 40 He took the loss gladly

Heb. 11:26. Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward.

We must learn to value the right things !

If we lost all material blessings what would we do ??Blame GodQuit attending church services

Do we measure success with dollar $ign$ ?

Heb. 11:27 (ESV) He considered the reproach of Christ greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking to the reward.

Suffered from Low self-esteem Made excuses 80 years old - felt inadequate for the job Exodus 3:11 “Who am I?” Exodus 4:1 “But suppose they will not believe me”

We make excuses for not working Send someone else They won’t believe me

With God’s Help we will succeed !

He had Family Problems Zipporah – Gershom and Eliezer Exodus 4:24-26 Aaron made Golden Calf Miriam rebelled

We often have family problems Use it as excuse not to work and worship Moses did not use this excuse

2nd TimeTry to Kill Him

He had Problems with Israel Murmured many times About ready to stone himLost temper - Num. 20:10

We often have church problems Devil often gets people to quit No excuse

3nd TimeTry to Kill Him

Learn some valuable lessons from Moses:

Don’t give up when it seems we are failing

Don’t feel inadequate when God is with us

Don’t value things of this world too highly

Family problems are no excuse to disobey

Temper does not justify sinful behavior

Sermon by Arthur Pigman

Evans Church of Christ

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Sunday Morning September 4, 2011