God Delivers His People
Exodus 3:9-11
9)Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of
Israel has come to Me, and I have also seen the oppression with which
the Egyptians oppress them. 10) Come now, therefore, and I will send you to Pharaoh that you may bring My people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt." 11) But Moses said to God, "Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring the children of Israel out of Egypt?"
We have heard the story many times, the Israelites were in bondage in Egypt, God called Moses at the burning bush to go and deliver them, but Moses wanted nothing to do with it and offered excuses.
How many times has God called each of us to do something that we were afraid to do? We must remember when we are born again we have the power of Christ in us.Our tiny excuses are nothing compared to the power available to us through Him.
If we will answer the call God can do mighty works through us. When Moses said "Who am I" God said "I am"...When God calls you, He will equip you for the work at hand.
Still clinging to my God and my guns,
Randy
Showing posts with label Friday Night Light. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Friday Night Light. Show all posts
Friday, June 14, 2013
Friday, June 7, 2013
Friday Night Light 6/7/13
Friday Night light June
7, 2013
Genesis Chapter 12: 1-7
1) Now the Lord had said to Abram: "Get out of your
country, From
your family And from your father's house, To a land that I will show you. 2) I will make you a great nation; I will bless you And make your name
great; And you shall be a blessing. 3) I will bless those who bless
you, And I will curse him who curses you; And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed."
4) So Abram departed as the Lord had spoken to him, and Lot went with him. And Abram was seventy-five years old when
he departed from Haran. 5) Then Abram took Sarai
his wife and Lot his brother's son, and all their possessions that they had
gathered, and the people whom they had acquired in Haran, and they departed to go to
the land of Canaan. So they came to the land of Canaan. 6) Abram passed through
the land to the place of Shechem, as far as the terebinth tree of Moreh. And
the Canaanites were
then in the land. 7) Then
the Lord appeared to Abram and said,
"To your descendants I will give this land." And there he built an
altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him.
Genesis Chapter 15:
5-8, 13-15
5) Then He brought him
outside and said, "Look now toward heaven, and count the stars if you are
able to number them." And He said to him, "So shall your descendants
be." 6) And he believed in
the Lord, and He accounted it to him
for righteousness. 7) Then
He said to him, "I am the Lord, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans, to give
you this land to inherit it." 8) And he said, "Lord God, how shall I know that I
will inherit it?"
13) Then He said to
Abram: "Know certainly that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not theirs, and will serve
them, and they will afflict them four hundred years. 14) And also the nation
whom they serve I will judge; afterward they shall come out with great
possessions. 15) Now
as for you, you shall go to your fathers in peace; you shall be buried at a
good old age.
The calling of Abram gives us an Old Testament glimpse into
the redemption of mankind.
God calls us unto Himself just as He call Abram in 12:1-3.
Abram was call to take a leap of faith and leave everything he knew and follow
God. We likewise are called to take a leap of faith and trust the redemptive power
of Christ’s sacrifice for our eternal salvation.
The response of Abram to God’s call showed the obedience of
Abram.
Abram did just what God called him to do by picking up and
traveling to a land he didn’t know. He followed God without question. Not to
say we are not allowed to question God, especially if His will is unclear. But
once we are certain of what we should do we must do it if we want to be truly
obedient.
Obedience started a relationship with the Father.
In chapter 15 God brings Abram outside and shows him the
stars. God made promises of further blessings to Abram as a result of his obedience.
And Abram believed what the Lord said and it was counted to him as righteousness.
Our righteousness comes from acceptance of the free gift of Christ’s
sacrifice on our behalf. That is our obedience and then we can continue
deepening our relationship with the Father.
Still clinging to my God and my guns,
Randy
Friday, May 31, 2013
Friday Night Light - 5/30/13
Gen. 1:6 Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness;
let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the
air, and over the cattle, over all [1] the earth and over every creeping
thing that creeps on the earth."
Gen 2:15 Then the LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to tend and keep it
Gen 3:6 So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate.
Gen 3:17 Then to Adam He said, "Because you have heeded the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you, saying, "You shall not eat of it': "Cursed is the ground for your sake; In toil you shall eat of it All the days of your life.
The creation and fall of man in four verses...
We are created in the image of God with the inherent capacity to do much good. We were created for fellowship with God. God seeks our company. When man sinned, that fellowship was broken and a gulf was placed between man and God.
You see in 3:17 that God actually cursed the earth because of our sin.
Some will try to placate the earth itself instead of turning to the creator. They think we evolved or were created by the spirits of the earth or some other such belief...they love the earth thinking that by loving it they are coming closer to their creator.
James 4:4 Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
Do not confuse world and earth as being the same...I merely point out this verse to show that if we do not follow His way, we will be considered enemies of God.
When Jesus said "blessed are the peacemakers" he was telling us that the peacemakers are the ones who show others how to reconcile with the Father. And how do you do that?
By realizing there is no way you can earn a place in heaven. Yes we were created in God's image but the gulf of sin separates us. To bridge that gulf God sent Christ to die as a sacrifice for everything we have ever done and will do wrong.
Man cannot reach God, but God can reach man through Christ Jesus.
Still clinging to my God and my guns,
Randy
Gen 2:15 Then the LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to tend and keep it
Gen 3:6 So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate.
Gen 3:17 Then to Adam He said, "Because you have heeded the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you, saying, "You shall not eat of it': "Cursed is the ground for your sake; In toil you shall eat of it All the days of your life.
The creation and fall of man in four verses...
We are created in the image of God with the inherent capacity to do much good. We were created for fellowship with God. God seeks our company. When man sinned, that fellowship was broken and a gulf was placed between man and God.
You see in 3:17 that God actually cursed the earth because of our sin.
Some will try to placate the earth itself instead of turning to the creator. They think we evolved or were created by the spirits of the earth or some other such belief...they love the earth thinking that by loving it they are coming closer to their creator.
James 4:4 Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
Do not confuse world and earth as being the same...I merely point out this verse to show that if we do not follow His way, we will be considered enemies of God.
When Jesus said "blessed are the peacemakers" he was telling us that the peacemakers are the ones who show others how to reconcile with the Father. And how do you do that?
By realizing there is no way you can earn a place in heaven. Yes we were created in God's image but the gulf of sin separates us. To bridge that gulf God sent Christ to die as a sacrifice for everything we have ever done and will do wrong.
Man cannot reach God, but God can reach man through Christ Jesus.
Still clinging to my God and my guns,
Randy
Friday, May 24, 2013
Friday Night Light 5/24/13
Proverbs 27:5-6
5)Open rebuke is better Than love carefully concealed.6) Faithful are the wounds of a friend, But the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
No one can deny the importance of friends in our walk with Christ. They pick us up when we are down and cheer us on when we are up. As much as I would like to be otherwise, no man is an island.
Solomon gave us so much wisdom for living our lives. Here he tells us that even when a friend seems to be tearing us down it may not be the case.
Christ told us in Luke 17:3 "Be on your guard! If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him. " In this case "brother" is friend or fellow believer. It is our duty to watch out for one another.
If someone is always nice to you and agrees with everything you say, that doesn't make you friends...real friends will tell you when they think you are wrong...even if it means wounding you.
Still clinging to my God and my guns,
Randy
5)Open rebuke is better Than love carefully concealed.6) Faithful are the wounds of a friend, But the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
No one can deny the importance of friends in our walk with Christ. They pick us up when we are down and cheer us on when we are up. As much as I would like to be otherwise, no man is an island.
Solomon gave us so much wisdom for living our lives. Here he tells us that even when a friend seems to be tearing us down it may not be the case.
Christ told us in Luke 17:3 "Be on your guard! If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him. " In this case "brother" is friend or fellow believer. It is our duty to watch out for one another.
If someone is always nice to you and agrees with everything you say, that doesn't make you friends...real friends will tell you when they think you are wrong...even if it means wounding you.
Still clinging to my God and my guns,
Randy
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