1 00:00:00,000 –> 00:00:03,740 Well, please open your Bible at Hebrews in chapter 11 2 00:00:03,740 –> 00:00:05,680 as we’re continuing our series, 3 00:00:06,640 –> 00:00:07,540 living by faith. 4 00:00:07,540 –> 00:00:10,980 And, today, we come to the story of Moses. 5 00:00:12,160 –> 00:00:15,780 Now, in the series, we’ve seen that 500 years 6 00:00:15,780 –> 00:00:18,760 before Moses was born, 7 00:00:18,760 –> 00:00:22,000 God gave a remarkable promise to Abraham. 8 00:00:22,000 –> 00:00:23,860 I will surely bless you. 9 00:00:24,799 –> 00:00:28,940 I will multiply your offspring like the stars of the heaven 10 00:00:28,959 –> 00:00:32,880 and the sand on the seashore. 11 00:00:32,880 –> 00:00:34,919 Well, we’ve followed the story. 12 00:00:34,919 –> 00:00:39,919 Abraham fathered Isaac, not much growth in one generation. 13 00:00:40,720 –> 00:00:43,180 Isaac fathered Jacob and Esau, 14 00:00:43,180 –> 00:00:46,320 not a great deal of growth after two generations. 15 00:00:47,459 –> 00:00:50,040 But then Jacob fathered 12 sons, 16 00:00:50,040 –> 00:00:51,720 and that really got things going. 17 00:00:52,860 –> 00:00:54,860 In the generations that followed, 18 00:00:54,860 –> 00:00:57,080 God’s people grew rapidly. 19 00:00:57,080 –> 00:01:00,240 They arrived in Egypt as an extended family 20 00:01:00,240 –> 00:01:01,580 of just 70 people. 21 00:01:01,580 –> 00:01:05,139 By the time they left nearly 400 years later 22 00:01:05,139 –> 00:01:09,599 they were around probably two million people. 23 00:01:09,599 –> 00:01:13,099 Last time we saw that when God’s people arrived in Egypt 24 00:01:13,099 –> 00:01:16,500 the smile of the culture was on them. 25 00:01:16,500 –> 00:01:19,639 Joseph was loved in Egypt. 26 00:01:19,639 –> 00:01:23,480 And so all of God’s people enjoyed the favor 27 00:01:23,480 –> 00:01:25,599 that reflected onto them. 28 00:01:26,300 –> 00:01:29,180 But we read in Exodus chapter one in verse eight 29 00:01:29,180 –> 00:01:32,019 that there arose a new king over Egypt 30 00:01:32,019 –> 00:01:34,300 who did not know Joseph. 31 00:01:34,300 –> 00:01:37,459 He feared the rapid growth of God’s people 32 00:01:37,459 –> 00:01:42,459 and God’s people therefore came under a great oppression. 33 00:01:44,120 –> 00:01:46,180 They endured hard labor. 34 00:01:46,180 –> 00:01:48,879 But as we saw last time, even then 35 00:01:48,879 –> 00:01:50,400 God continued to bless them 36 00:01:50,400 –> 00:01:53,199 and their number continued to grow. 37 00:01:53,720 –> 00:01:56,080 But then in Exodus chapter one in verse 22 38 00:01:56,080 –> 00:01:57,120 we read these words. 39 00:01:57,120 –> 00:02:01,860 That then Pharaoh commanded all his people, 40 00:02:02,760 –> 00:02:06,519 every son that is born to the Hebrews 41 00:02:06,519 –> 00:02:11,500 you shall cast into the Nile. 42 00:02:11,600 –> 00:02:16,179 It was a despicable act of ethnic cleansing. 43 00:02:17,240 –> 00:02:21,119 And notice that Pharaoh gave this order to all the people. 44 00:02:22,119 –> 00:02:26,899 He called on the people to ensure compliance. 45 00:02:26,899 –> 00:02:30,139 In other words, this was a license for mob rule. 46 00:02:31,380 –> 00:02:33,839 Every son that is born to the Hebrews 47 00:02:33,839 –> 00:02:37,380 you shall cast into the Nile. 48 00:02:37,380 –> 00:02:40,160 So, when a Hebrew boy was born, 49 00:02:40,160 –> 00:02:43,100 the parents would be required to report the birth 50 00:02:43,100 –> 00:02:44,779 to the authorities who would then 51 00:02:44,779 –> 00:02:46,199 come and take the child away. 52 00:02:47,779 –> 00:02:51,059 And, if the parents did not do that, 53 00:02:51,199 –> 00:02:53,800 well, it was up to the neighbours 54 00:02:53,800 –> 00:02:56,059 to take action themselves. 55 00:02:57,080 –> 00:03:01,119 So, here a Hebrew baby is born. 56 00:03:02,080 –> 00:03:04,300 Word gets around the neighbourhood. 57 00:03:05,320 –> 00:03:07,880 There’s a baby in that house. 58 00:03:07,880 –> 00:03:09,660 I think it might be a boy. 59 00:03:11,080 –> 00:03:13,580 And, so, one night there’s a knock on the door 60 00:03:14,759 –> 00:03:19,759 and a gang of thugs wants to see the baby. 61 00:03:20,660 –> 00:03:23,559 It was a horrific evil. 62 00:03:24,919 –> 00:03:27,619 Never underestimate the evil 63 00:03:27,619 –> 00:03:31,039 of which the human heart is capable. 64 00:03:31,039 –> 00:03:34,979 The heart, Jeremiah says, is deceitful above all things 65 00:03:34,979 –> 00:03:39,979 and desperately sick, who can understand it? 66 00:03:41,600 –> 00:03:44,399 And you remember that this was not an isolated event. 67 00:03:44,399 –> 00:03:49,399 When Jesus was born, Herod purged all the infants 68 00:03:49,520 –> 00:03:53,759 in Bethlehem and do you remember that in that story, 69 00:03:53,759 –> 00:03:58,759 Mary and Joseph took the baby Jesus where, to Egypt. 70 00:03:59,600 –> 00:04:04,600 It was in Egypt that the life of Jesus was guarded 71 00:04:05,020 –> 00:04:07,479 and we’re going to see today that it was in Egypt 72 00:04:07,479 –> 00:04:11,679 that the life of Moses was saved. 73 00:04:11,679 –> 00:04:13,860 Now, we begin today with a remarkable story 74 00:04:13,860 –> 00:04:16,040 of how Moses life was preserved. 75 00:04:16,059 –> 00:04:21,059 Verse 23, by faith Moses when he was born 76 00:04:21,339 –> 00:04:26,339 was hidden for three months by his parents. 77 00:04:27,059 –> 00:04:29,540 Now, it seems then that Moses parents were able 78 00:04:29,540 –> 00:04:32,679 to hide their little baby boy in their own home 79 00:04:32,679 –> 00:04:36,640 for at least the initial weeks after his birth. 80 00:04:36,640 –> 00:04:39,660 But after three months, it was clearly getting 81 00:04:39,660 –> 00:04:42,779 more difficult and more dangerous. 82 00:04:42,820 –> 00:04:47,160 And the question arose then where could they hide the baby? 83 00:04:48,200 –> 00:04:52,619 And Moses parents came up with an ingenious plan, 84 00:04:53,799 –> 00:04:58,799 if the mob got hold of our baby, 85 00:04:59,339 –> 00:05:01,320 they’d put him in the river. 86 00:05:02,579 –> 00:05:04,640 That’s exactly where we should hide him. 87 00:05:06,179 –> 00:05:09,739 And so they made a basket and they covered it 88 00:05:09,779 –> 00:05:14,359 with pitch and they hid the infant Moses in the reeds 89 00:05:14,359 –> 00:05:16,720 right at the edge of the River Nile, 90 00:05:16,720 –> 00:05:20,440 while Moses’ older sister, whose name was Miriam, 91 00:05:20,440 –> 00:05:25,440 kept watch over the baby in the basket from a distance. 92 00:05:26,480 –> 00:05:28,600 And you know the story well I’m sure, 93 00:05:28,600 –> 00:05:32,019 that one day the crown princess, 94 00:05:32,019 –> 00:05:35,760 the daughter of Pharaoh came down to the river to bathe 95 00:05:35,760 –> 00:05:38,279 and she found the basket. 96 00:05:38,320 –> 00:05:39,880 And when her servant opened it 97 00:05:39,880 –> 00:05:43,040 the scripture says that she saw the child 98 00:05:43,040 –> 00:05:46,040 and behold the baby was crying. 99 00:05:46,880 –> 00:05:48,799 And she took pity on him. 100 00:05:49,720 –> 00:05:53,600 And she said this is one of the Hebrews’ children. 101 00:05:55,119 –> 00:05:59,380 Now Moses’ sister was watching 102 00:05:59,380 –> 00:06:02,459 and in a stroke of genius, 103 00:06:02,459 –> 00:06:06,320 Miriam at that moment came up to the crown princess 104 00:06:06,320 –> 00:06:10,079 and said shall I go and call a nurse 105 00:06:10,079 –> 00:06:13,100 from the Hebrew women to nurse this child for you 106 00:06:13,100 –> 00:06:15,959 and Pharaoh’s daughter said go. 107 00:06:15,959 –> 00:06:17,320 And so the young girl went 108 00:06:17,320 –> 00:06:20,679 and of course she brought Moses mother. 109 00:06:20,679 –> 00:06:23,519 And so you have this wonderful reality 110 00:06:23,519 –> 00:06:27,320 that Moses’ mother was actually paid 111 00:06:27,320 –> 00:06:30,179 by the crown princess of Egypt 112 00:06:30,179 –> 00:06:33,600 to nurse her own child. 113 00:06:33,679 –> 00:06:36,839 And so this story also reminds us 114 00:06:36,839 –> 00:06:41,839 that grace and love and kindness 115 00:06:42,480 –> 00:06:47,220 can sometimes be found in the most unexpected places. 116 00:06:47,220 –> 00:06:49,279 The crown princess of all people 117 00:06:49,279 –> 00:06:53,160 had every reason to implement the deadly policy 118 00:06:53,160 –> 00:06:56,220 of the regime of which she was part. 119 00:06:56,220 –> 00:06:57,600 But she did the opposite 120 00:06:58,519 –> 00:07:00,140 and her heart was opened 121 00:07:01,019 –> 00:07:04,700 and the life of Moses was saved. 122 00:07:05,579 –> 00:07:10,220 Now I want to focus today on the faith of Moses himself 123 00:07:10,220 –> 00:07:12,279 and we’ve seen in this series 124 00:07:12,279 –> 00:07:16,839 that the Holy Spirit draws out one lesson about faith 125 00:07:16,839 –> 00:07:19,579 from each of the heroes or heroines 126 00:07:19,579 –> 00:07:22,899 who are presented to us in this chapter. 127 00:07:22,899 –> 00:07:26,320 But when we come to the case of Moses, 128 00:07:26,320 –> 00:07:28,940 we find as by the way, in the case of Abraham 129 00:07:29,380 –> 00:07:32,940 that there’s not one lesson, but that there are three. 130 00:07:32,940 –> 00:07:36,480 Notice that the word by faith comes three times 131 00:07:36,480 –> 00:07:39,320 in direct relation to Moses himself. 132 00:07:39,320 –> 00:07:44,079 Verse 24, verse 27 and verse 28. 133 00:07:44,079 –> 00:07:48,019 And so today we’re going to look at the costly decision 134 00:07:48,019 –> 00:07:49,679 that faith makes. 135 00:07:49,679 –> 00:07:51,420 We’re going to look at the courage 136 00:07:51,420 –> 00:07:54,040 and the endurance that faith brings 137 00:07:54,040 –> 00:07:55,619 and then very briefly at the end, 138 00:07:55,619 –> 00:07:58,839 the confidence that faith enjoys. 139 00:07:58,859 –> 00:08:01,739 First then, the choice that faith makes. 140 00:08:01,739 –> 00:08:04,779 Hebrews 11 and verse 24. 141 00:08:04,779 –> 00:08:09,779 By faith, Moses, when he was grown up, 142 00:08:10,100 –> 00:08:13,820 refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter, 143 00:08:14,739 –> 00:08:19,600 choosing rather to be mistreated with the people of God 144 00:08:19,600 –> 00:08:24,480 than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin. 145 00:08:25,359 –> 00:08:29,119 Now this was an extraordinary decision. 146 00:08:30,380 –> 00:08:31,339 Think about it. 147 00:08:32,340 –> 00:08:36,099 Moses grew up in the palace. 148 00:08:36,099 –> 00:08:40,059 He was known as the son of the crown princess. 149 00:08:41,140 –> 00:08:44,859 He had all the privileges of being a full member 150 00:08:44,859 –> 00:08:46,559 of the royal household. 151 00:08:47,559 –> 00:08:50,400 Moses could have gone on to be like Joseph, 152 00:08:50,400 –> 00:08:53,880 second only to Pharaoh in the land. 153 00:08:55,219 –> 00:08:58,400 But he made this astonishing decision. 154 00:08:58,400 –> 00:09:03,400 He refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter. 155 00:09:05,080 –> 00:09:05,919 I wonder, by the way, 156 00:09:05,919 –> 00:09:08,880 what the crown princess made of all this. 157 00:09:08,880 –> 00:09:09,700 What do you think? 158 00:09:09,700 –> 00:09:11,320 She knew, of course, from the beginning 159 00:09:11,320 –> 00:09:14,039 that Moses was a Hebrew, 160 00:09:14,039 –> 00:09:15,880 and according to the king’s decree 161 00:09:15,880 –> 00:09:17,700 he shouldn’t even be alive. 162 00:09:18,559 –> 00:09:20,239 But the crown princess had shown him 163 00:09:20,239 –> 00:09:21,960 this extraordinary kindness. 164 00:09:21,960 –> 00:09:25,440 She’d adopted Moses as her own son. 165 00:09:25,440 –> 00:09:28,000 She had prepared him for a royal career, 166 00:09:28,000 –> 00:09:31,859 and now he says this is not what he wants. 167 00:09:34,119 –> 00:09:38,320 He refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter. 168 00:09:38,320 –> 00:09:42,580 Refused, and chose rather, 169 00:09:43,599 –> 00:09:46,179 to be mistreated with the people of God. 170 00:09:46,179 –> 00:09:47,739 I belong with these people. 171 00:09:49,200 –> 00:09:51,700 Who are despised in the world. 172 00:09:52,840 –> 00:09:55,679 I’d rather take my stand with the people of God 173 00:09:55,679 –> 00:10:00,559 than of all the pleasures and all the treasures of Egypt. 174 00:10:02,000 –> 00:10:04,679 Now in making this decision, 175 00:10:04,679 –> 00:10:09,679 Moses points us very obviously to our Lord Jesus Christ. 176 00:10:09,859 –> 00:10:11,900 Do you see that today? 177 00:10:11,900 –> 00:10:16,640 The Son of God enjoyed the most glorious life in heaven, 178 00:10:16,640 –> 00:10:19,419 one with the Father, but he gave it up. 179 00:10:19,419 –> 00:10:21,940 He did not grasp onto what was his by right, 180 00:10:22,039 –> 00:10:26,400 he left the pleasures and the treasures of heaven itself 181 00:10:26,400 –> 00:10:31,119 and he chose to be mistreated with the people of God. 182 00:10:31,119 –> 00:10:33,479 He came from a throne to a manger 183 00:10:34,780 –> 00:10:38,599 and he went from a manger to the cross. 184 00:10:39,919 –> 00:10:44,359 Now Moses, of course, lived 1,500 years 185 00:10:44,359 –> 00:10:47,760 before the time of Jesus, 186 00:10:47,760 –> 00:10:51,760 but Hebrews makes it very clear that, just like Abraham, 187 00:10:51,760 –> 00:10:55,039 Moses saw Jesus from afar. 188 00:10:55,039 –> 00:10:56,919 Do you see that in verse 26? 189 00:10:56,919 –> 00:11:00,780 He considered the reproach of Christ 190 00:11:01,859 –> 00:11:04,359 greater wealth than all the treasures of Egypt. 191 00:11:04,359 –> 00:11:07,599 In other words, 1,500 years before Jesus was born, 192 00:11:07,599 –> 00:11:11,940 Moses had some glimpse of the wonderful truth 193 00:11:11,940 –> 00:11:16,940 that one day God himself would come among his people, 194 00:11:17,799 –> 00:11:20,739 that He would be mistreated, 195 00:11:20,760 –> 00:11:23,460 that He would be reproached, 196 00:11:23,460 –> 00:11:27,299 and that out of this would come a glorious reward 197 00:11:27,299 –> 00:11:30,419 that He would then share with all of his people. 198 00:11:30,419 –> 00:11:34,539 And Moses had some glimpse of what Jesus would do. 199 00:11:34,539 –> 00:11:36,619 And he said, I want to be like Him. 200 00:11:37,719 –> 00:11:40,200 I’m going to take my stand with the people of God 201 00:11:40,200 –> 00:11:42,260 no matter what it costs. 202 00:11:44,539 –> 00:11:48,559 Now the calling of Moses and the calling of Jesus 203 00:11:49,520 –> 00:11:51,520 is our calling too. 204 00:11:53,140 –> 00:11:58,140 Jesus said if anyone would come after me 205 00:12:00,500 –> 00:12:05,500 let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. 206 00:12:09,500 –> 00:12:12,840 Jesus is saying here there is a cross for me 207 00:12:14,119 –> 00:12:18,159 and if you’re going to follow me there’s a cross for you. 208 00:12:19,500 –> 00:12:23,000 And you must take up your cross. 209 00:12:23,000 –> 00:12:28,000 If anyone would come after me he must take up his cross. 210 00:12:31,419 –> 00:12:32,799 Thomas Boston said this, 211 00:12:32,799 –> 00:12:37,679 God has one son without sin 212 00:12:40,659 –> 00:12:43,280 but he has no son without a cross. 213 00:12:44,479 –> 00:12:48,080 Think about that God has one son, 214 00:12:48,080 –> 00:12:50,080 only one son who’s without sin. 215 00:12:51,299 –> 00:12:55,979 He has no sons, no daughters without a cross. 216 00:12:57,239 –> 00:13:00,159 And the cross that you carry may change 217 00:13:00,159 –> 00:13:01,900 in different seasons of your life 218 00:13:01,900 –> 00:13:04,219 but there will always be some cost 219 00:13:04,219 –> 00:13:09,140 for each and everyone of us to bear in following Jesus. 220 00:13:10,479 –> 00:13:12,919 So here’s the obvious question that arises from that, 221 00:13:12,919 –> 00:13:16,619 how are you going to take up your cross? 222 00:13:16,619 –> 00:13:17,979 How are you gonna do that? 223 00:13:18,900 –> 00:13:21,500 How are you going to bear the painful 224 00:13:21,500 –> 00:13:24,059 and costly things that confront you 225 00:13:25,039 –> 00:13:27,960 as a follower of Jesus? 226 00:13:29,419 –> 00:13:33,780 Now Hebrews is telling us that Moses took up his cross 227 00:13:33,780 –> 00:13:37,280 and in his case it was renouncing the royal title 228 00:13:37,280 –> 00:13:39,799 and being mistreated with the people of God 229 00:13:39,799 –> 00:13:42,179 and it tells us how Moses did this 230 00:13:42,179 –> 00:13:44,099 and therefor it tells us how we must do it. 231 00:13:44,099 –> 00:13:47,780 It says Moses did this by faith. 232 00:13:49,940 –> 00:13:54,940 So how is it that faith enables us to take up the cross? 233 00:13:55,299 –> 00:13:59,919 Well, faith takes up the cross because it sees 234 00:13:59,919 –> 00:14:02,659 that this world is fleeting. 235 00:14:02,659 –> 00:14:06,260 Do you see that in verse 24 and 25? 236 00:14:06,260 –> 00:14:09,340 By faith, that’s how he did it. 237 00:14:09,340 –> 00:14:12,479 By faith, Moses, when he was grown up, 238 00:14:12,479 –> 00:14:15,039 refused to be called the Son of Pharaoh’s daughter, 239 00:14:15,039 –> 00:14:16,599 choosing rather to be mistreated 240 00:14:16,599 –> 00:14:17,900 with the people of the world 241 00:14:17,900 –> 00:14:22,900 than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin. 242 00:14:26,760 –> 00:14:29,640 Now, in the Book of Acts, we are told that Moses 243 00:14:29,640 –> 00:14:34,200 was 40 years old when he made his life changing decision. 244 00:14:35,280 –> 00:14:39,159 For 40 years, he had enjoyed the pleasures 245 00:14:39,159 –> 00:14:41,580 and the treasures of a royal lifestyle. 246 00:14:41,599 –> 00:14:45,960 Think about what that was, 40 years of riding around 247 00:14:47,020 –> 00:14:51,340 in Egypt in chariots, sailing boats on the Nile, 248 00:14:51,340 –> 00:14:54,979 building marvelous structures, 40 years, 249 00:14:54,979 –> 00:14:58,219 but throughout these 40 years, there was one word 250 00:14:58,219 –> 00:15:00,739 that kept pressing onto his mind, 251 00:15:00,739 –> 00:15:02,960 and it was this word fleeting, 252 00:15:04,260 –> 00:15:07,099 the fleeting pleasures of sin. 253 00:15:07,979 –> 00:15:12,979 For 40 years, he’s enjoying all these things, 254 00:15:15,099 –> 00:15:18,119 and yet what keeps beating in his mind and in his heart 255 00:15:18,119 –> 00:15:20,940 is that this is all passing away. 256 00:15:21,900 –> 00:15:25,119 Here I am, 40-years-old and I’m living 257 00:15:25,119 –> 00:15:27,859 this very comfortable life, but God has brought me 258 00:15:27,859 –> 00:15:30,580 into this world for a greater purpose than this, 259 00:15:30,580 –> 00:15:33,580 my life must be about more than the pursuit 260 00:15:33,580 –> 00:15:36,659 of pleasure and of treasure, these things are fleeting, 261 00:15:36,659 –> 00:15:38,619 they are all passing away. 262 00:15:41,020 –> 00:15:43,119 Faith enables us to take up the cross 263 00:15:43,119 –> 00:15:45,640 because it sees that the world is fleeting, 264 00:15:48,020 –> 00:15:50,179 and second, Hebrews makes it very clear 265 00:15:50,179 –> 00:15:52,619 that faith enables us to take up the cross 266 00:15:52,619 –> 00:15:56,380 because it looks to the reward, verse 26, 267 00:15:56,380 –> 00:15:59,419 he considered the reproach of Christ 268 00:15:59,419 –> 00:16:01,700 greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt 269 00:16:01,700 –> 00:16:05,640 for, here’s why, he was looking to the reward. 270 00:16:07,140 –> 00:16:09,020 Now, you read the rest of the life of Moses, 271 00:16:09,020 –> 00:16:12,159 it’s very obvious that he didn’t get the reward 272 00:16:12,159 –> 00:16:14,760 in his life in this world. 273 00:16:14,760 –> 00:16:18,020 Think what renouncing his royal title 274 00:16:18,020 –> 00:16:20,419 and taking his stand with the mistreated people of God 275 00:16:20,419 –> 00:16:21,260 meant for him. 276 00:16:21,260 –> 00:16:25,440 It meant he spent the rest of his years in the desert, 277 00:16:26,859 –> 00:16:31,859 leading people who were ungrateful and uncooperative. 278 00:16:32,840 –> 00:16:35,320 That was his reward in this world. 279 00:16:37,140 –> 00:16:39,760 Following Jesus means taking up a cross 280 00:16:39,760 –> 00:16:42,700 and if this world is all that there is, 281 00:16:42,700 –> 00:16:44,880 it simply isn’t worth it. 282 00:16:46,739 –> 00:16:48,739 Now you hear people sometimes say, 283 00:16:50,099 –> 00:16:52,099 oh, you know, even if there’s no heaven, 284 00:16:53,979 –> 00:16:56,380 the Christian life’s still the best way to live. 285 00:16:57,099 –> 00:16:58,539 You say that to the Apostle Paul, 286 00:16:58,539 –> 00:16:59,900 he wouldn’t agree with you. 287 00:17:01,840 –> 00:17:04,420 He says in 1 Corinthians chapter 15 and verse 19, 288 00:17:04,420 –> 00:17:08,420 if in Christ we have hope in this life only, 289 00:17:08,420 –> 00:17:11,420 we are of all people most to be pitied. 290 00:17:14,060 –> 00:17:16,060 Don’t tell me that it’s worth 291 00:17:17,500 –> 00:17:19,800 being beaten with rods five times, 292 00:17:19,800 –> 00:17:23,140 lashed repeatedly, stoned and shipwrecked 293 00:17:23,140 –> 00:17:24,300 if there’s no heaven. 294 00:17:24,500 –> 00:17:26,579 That is it, shipwrecked if there’s no heaven, 295 00:17:26,579 –> 00:17:27,459 Paul would say. 296 00:17:29,660 –> 00:17:32,439 So how does faith take up the cross? 297 00:17:32,439 –> 00:17:37,439 It takes up the cross because it factors in eternity. 298 00:17:40,000 –> 00:17:43,339 Following Jesus, yes, means taking up a cross now 299 00:17:43,339 –> 00:17:44,959 but it doesn’t end there. 300 00:17:46,260 –> 00:17:50,339 The cross for Jesus led to a glorious resurrection 301 00:17:50,339 –> 00:17:52,260 and right now our Lord Jesus enjoys 302 00:17:52,260 –> 00:17:53,699 a glorious reward in heaven 303 00:17:53,819 –> 00:17:56,180 and one day we who follow him will share 304 00:17:56,180 –> 00:17:57,180 in that reward. 305 00:17:57,180 –> 00:18:00,180 And therefore this is how the Apostle Paul reasons. 306 00:18:00,180 –> 00:18:02,260 He says in 2 Corinthians 4, 307 00:18:02,260 –> 00:18:04,979 this light and momentary affliction 308 00:18:04,979 –> 00:18:07,979 is preparing for us an eternal weight 309 00:18:07,979 –> 00:18:10,640 of glory beyond all comparison. 310 00:18:11,839 –> 00:18:14,099 Always staggers me that Paul could describe 311 00:18:14,099 –> 00:18:16,180 what he suffered as light and momentary 312 00:18:16,180 –> 00:18:18,380 but you see as he compares it with eternity, 313 00:18:19,500 –> 00:18:21,079 he says I got a life ahead of me 314 00:18:21,079 –> 00:18:24,140 that will never, never, never, never, never end. 315 00:18:26,079 –> 00:18:29,060 Now I put these two things together. 316 00:18:29,060 –> 00:18:29,979 I say this. 317 00:18:29,979 –> 00:18:31,680 I look not to what is seen 318 00:18:31,680 –> 00:18:33,319 but to the things that are unseen 319 00:18:33,319 –> 00:18:35,400 for the things that are seen are what? 320 00:18:35,400 –> 00:18:37,160 Transient, fleeting, 321 00:18:38,520 –> 00:18:39,959 they’re all passing away, 322 00:18:41,520 –> 00:18:45,780 but the things that are unseen they’re eternal. 323 00:18:47,280 –> 00:18:49,959 So do you see what faith did 324 00:18:50,040 –> 00:18:54,599 in Moses and what faith will do in us? 325 00:18:54,599 –> 00:18:58,560 By faith, he saw through the world, 326 00:18:58,560 –> 00:19:01,640 he saw through its pleasures and its treasures, 327 00:19:01,640 –> 00:19:04,119 he saw how fleeting they really are 328 00:19:05,199 –> 00:19:07,199 and he looked beyond them to the reward 329 00:19:07,199 –> 00:19:08,479 that’s not in this world 330 00:19:08,479 –> 00:19:11,319 but at the right hand of the Father himself 331 00:19:12,920 –> 00:19:15,719 and if we are going to follow the Lord Jesus Christ, 332 00:19:15,719 –> 00:19:17,859 we must do the same! 333 00:19:17,880 –> 00:19:21,619 We have to factor in eternity. 334 00:19:23,060 –> 00:19:24,619 Now, let me try and make this application 335 00:19:24,619 –> 00:19:26,619 before we move on. 336 00:19:26,619 –> 00:19:28,459 Some of you who are younger 337 00:19:29,500 –> 00:19:32,479 are honestly trying to figure out 338 00:19:33,420 –> 00:19:35,520 if you’ll follow Jesus or not 339 00:19:37,380 –> 00:19:40,300 and you know that if you do, 340 00:19:40,300 –> 00:19:42,599 the smile of the culture will not be on you 341 00:19:43,819 –> 00:19:45,280 and your big question is this, 342 00:19:45,280 –> 00:19:46,900 you wonder if it’s worth it 343 00:19:48,540 –> 00:19:50,439 and I’m saying to you today from the Bible 344 00:19:50,439 –> 00:19:52,739 that there’s only one way that you will be able 345 00:19:52,739 –> 00:19:55,800 to make the costly decision to follow Jesus 346 00:19:55,800 –> 00:20:00,439 and that is by faith that factors in eternity. 347 00:20:02,300 –> 00:20:05,780 Faith that sees through the fleeting pleasures 348 00:20:05,780 –> 00:20:07,579 and treasures of this world 349 00:20:07,579 –> 00:20:11,800 and faith that looks beyond it to the reward. 350 00:20:13,160 –> 00:20:15,020 Now, that’s the first thing. 351 00:20:15,020 –> 00:20:20,020 The choice, the radical choice that faith makes. 352 00:20:21,979 –> 00:20:23,079 Now, here’s the second thing 353 00:20:23,079 –> 00:20:26,140 and when we look at the choice and how difficult it is, 354 00:20:26,140 –> 00:20:27,859 we desperately need this second thing 355 00:20:27,859 –> 00:20:31,979 and that is the courage that faith brings. 356 00:20:31,979 –> 00:20:33,459 Notice verse 27. 357 00:20:33,459 –> 00:20:36,640 By faith, He left Egypt, 358 00:20:37,719 –> 00:20:41,380 not being afraid of the anger of the king, 359 00:20:41,380 –> 00:20:46,380 for he endured as seeing him who is invisible. 360 00:20:49,099 –> 00:20:50,599 Now again, you know the story 361 00:20:50,599 –> 00:20:53,760 and let’s call it to mind together again. 362 00:20:54,780 –> 00:20:58,819 When Moses made his decision to leave the palace, 363 00:20:59,760 –> 00:21:04,300 his first venture as an advocate for the people of God 364 00:21:04,300 –> 00:21:07,040 was an absolute disaster. 365 00:21:08,400 –> 00:21:11,300 He decided he’d go out and do some research. 366 00:21:11,680 –> 00:21:12,760 He’d been living in the palace 367 00:21:12,760 –> 00:21:16,239 in this cossetted environment. 368 00:21:16,239 –> 00:21:18,300 Better get out and see what life is like 369 00:21:18,300 –> 00:21:20,280 for my Hebrew brothers and sisters. 370 00:21:20,280 –> 00:21:23,020 And, when he got out, what he saw appalled him. 371 00:21:24,800 –> 00:21:28,880 He came across an Egyptian beating one of the Hebrew slaves 372 00:21:28,880 –> 00:21:31,640 and on an act of impulse, 373 00:21:32,760 –> 00:21:37,479 he struck down the Egyptian and hid him in the sand. 374 00:21:38,920 –> 00:21:41,199 And Moses thought that what he had done 375 00:21:42,040 –> 00:21:45,000 was hidden, but what he did was seen. 376 00:21:45,979 –> 00:21:48,280 And, when Pharaoh heard about it, 377 00:21:48,280 –> 00:21:53,079 the Bible tells us that he sought to kill Moses. 378 00:21:54,119 –> 00:21:55,140 So, think about this. 379 00:21:55,140 –> 00:21:58,439 Moses went from being a favored son 380 00:21:58,439 –> 00:22:02,040 to a hunted fugitive in a single day. 381 00:22:03,239 –> 00:22:06,920 And the scripture tells us that Moses fled from Pharaoh 382 00:22:06,920 –> 00:22:10,060 and stayed in the Land of Midian. 383 00:22:10,939 –> 00:22:15,939 Now, moving to Midian may not sound like an act of faith. 384 00:22:18,339 –> 00:22:21,260 And some scholars suggest that Hebrews 385 00:22:21,260 –> 00:22:25,680 is referring to the second time that Moses left Egypt, 386 00:22:25,680 –> 00:22:27,920 which of course, was when he left 387 00:22:27,920 –> 00:22:31,920 with all of the people of God in the Exodus. 388 00:22:31,920 –> 00:22:34,579 But I’m convinced that Hebrews is referring here 389 00:22:34,579 –> 00:22:38,420 to the first time that Moses left Egypt, 390 00:22:38,420 –> 00:22:39,920 and for several reasons. 391 00:22:40,920 –> 00:22:41,760 Because let me just give them to you very briefly. 392 00:22:41,760 –> 00:22:44,020 First, because of the flow of the story, 393 00:22:44,020 –> 00:22:47,140 if you follow the order of it in Hebrews here, 394 00:22:47,140 –> 00:22:49,459 it tells us that Moses left Egypt 395 00:22:49,459 –> 00:22:52,380 after He had renounced His position in the palace, 396 00:22:52,380 –> 00:22:53,979 but before the Passover. 397 00:22:53,979 –> 00:22:55,699 That indicates it’s the first leaving 398 00:22:55,699 –> 00:22:57,040 that’s being referred to. 399 00:22:57,040 –> 00:23:00,599 The Passover is spoken of in verse 28. 400 00:23:00,599 –> 00:23:03,359 Second, I don’t think this is referring to the Exodus, 401 00:23:03,359 –> 00:23:05,060 because the story of the Exodus 402 00:23:05,060 –> 00:23:07,660 is repeated later in verse 29. 403 00:23:08,599 –> 00:23:12,119 And third, I don’t think this is referring to the Exodus, 404 00:23:12,119 –> 00:23:15,119 because Hebrews here in this verse 405 00:23:15,119 –> 00:23:18,099 describes Moses leaving Egypt alone. 406 00:23:18,099 –> 00:23:20,619 By faith he left Egypt. 407 00:23:20,619 –> 00:23:22,199 There’s no reference to the people of God 408 00:23:22,199 –> 00:23:23,459 leaving Egypt with him. 409 00:23:25,060 –> 00:23:28,420 Now of course, the reason that some scholars suggest 410 00:23:28,420 –> 00:23:30,819 that Moses leaving Egypt by faith 411 00:23:30,819 –> 00:23:32,819 must be a reference to the Exodus 412 00:23:32,819 –> 00:23:35,800 is that the Old Testament tells us 413 00:23:35,819 –> 00:23:40,819 that Moses was afraid when what he did was made known. 414 00:23:42,959 –> 00:23:45,979 But simply the fact that he was afraid 415 00:23:45,979 –> 00:23:48,040 because what he did was made known 416 00:23:48,040 –> 00:23:52,819 does not mean that fear was his motive in leaving Egypt. 417 00:23:53,719 –> 00:23:58,739 Hebrews tells us he left Egypt by faith. 418 00:24:00,560 –> 00:24:03,439 Now there are really three questions here. 419 00:24:03,439 –> 00:24:05,640 Why did he leave Egypt? 420 00:24:05,640 –> 00:24:08,420 Why was that an act of faith? 421 00:24:08,420 –> 00:24:09,780 And then how did he endure 422 00:24:09,780 –> 00:24:11,880 the years that followed in the desert? 423 00:24:13,040 –> 00:24:14,479 Why did he leave Egypt? 424 00:24:15,800 –> 00:24:17,699 Why did he not stay and fight? 425 00:24:19,800 –> 00:24:22,260 Well first, because God’s people were not ready. 426 00:24:23,739 –> 00:24:27,119 Remember that the first response to Moses was to say, 427 00:24:27,119 –> 00:24:29,900 who made you a prince and a judge over us? 428 00:24:31,780 –> 00:24:34,719 And second and probably more important, Moses wasn’t ready. 429 00:24:36,359 –> 00:24:38,540 The man clearly had a violent temper. 430 00:24:40,359 –> 00:24:42,140 What damage might have been done 431 00:24:42,140 –> 00:24:44,079 if he had assumed leadership 432 00:24:44,079 –> 00:24:46,040 of the people of God at the age of 40? 433 00:24:47,959 –> 00:24:50,920 Moses needed to learn to master himself. 434 00:24:52,439 –> 00:24:54,660 He needed to learn self-control 435 00:24:56,680 –> 00:24:59,219 and God taught him these things in the desert. 436 00:25:01,560 –> 00:25:03,359 Moses was not ready for the work 437 00:25:03,359 –> 00:25:04,880 that God would call him to do. 438 00:25:04,959 –> 00:25:09,640 His time had not yet come and so God taught 439 00:25:09,640 –> 00:25:14,359 this passionate, impulsive man to master himself 440 00:25:17,500 –> 00:25:20,439 and over these years his character was formed 441 00:25:20,439 –> 00:25:23,119 so that in Numbers in chapter 12 in verse three, 442 00:25:23,119 –> 00:25:26,540 we’re told that Moses had become the meekest man 443 00:25:26,540 –> 00:25:27,839 on the face of the earth. 444 00:25:30,479 –> 00:25:31,719 Why did he leave Egypt? 445 00:25:31,719 –> 00:25:32,560 That’s why. 446 00:25:32,560 –> 00:25:34,760 God’s people were not ready and nor was he. 447 00:25:35,640 –> 00:25:37,680 Why was it an act of faith? 448 00:25:39,680 –> 00:25:42,439 Well, Moses knew that his time had not yet come 449 00:25:43,619 –> 00:25:46,859 but he also knew and believed that his time would come 450 00:25:47,839 –> 00:25:52,119 and that’s why by faith he left Egypt to prepare himself 451 00:25:52,119 –> 00:25:54,699 for the work that God would call him to do. 452 00:25:56,180 –> 00:26:00,020 I believe that God has a future for me 453 00:26:00,020 –> 00:26:02,439 and I am going to prepare for the work 454 00:26:02,439 –> 00:26:04,459 that he will give me to do. 455 00:26:05,839 –> 00:26:07,219 And if you think about it, 456 00:26:07,219 –> 00:26:11,119 you will see that that is a marvelous act of faith 457 00:26:12,640 –> 00:26:17,020 because after the disaster of his first venture 458 00:26:17,020 –> 00:26:20,520 into ministry, Moses might easily have said 459 00:26:20,520 –> 00:26:22,119 it’s all over for me now. 460 00:26:23,760 –> 00:26:24,920 I messed up. 461 00:26:26,420 –> 00:26:28,099 God’s people don’t want me. 462 00:26:29,160 –> 00:26:34,160 Pharaoh wants to kill me and, done, I’ve blown it. 463 00:26:35,800 –> 00:26:37,380 There’s no future for me. 464 00:26:38,979 –> 00:26:40,880 Moses might, at this point in his life, 465 00:26:40,880 –> 00:26:44,439 at the age of 40, have caved in on himself, 466 00:26:44,439 –> 00:26:48,619 but he didn’t do that by faith. 467 00:26:50,180 –> 00:26:51,380 He left Egypt. 468 00:26:51,380 –> 00:26:52,619 Now here’s the principle. 469 00:26:54,180 –> 00:26:57,760 Focus your attention on becoming the person 470 00:26:57,760 –> 00:27:00,660 that God is calling you to be 471 00:27:00,660 –> 00:27:04,640 and leave into his hands the future work. 472 00:27:05,719 –> 00:27:07,319 That he will call you to do. 473 00:27:08,839 –> 00:27:11,579 Focus your attention on becoming the person 474 00:27:11,579 –> 00:27:13,619 that God is calling you to be 475 00:27:14,579 –> 00:27:19,180 and leave into his hand the future work 476 00:27:19,180 –> 00:27:20,660 that he may call you to do. 477 00:27:21,859 –> 00:27:25,099 Never despise the years of preparation. 478 00:27:25,099 –> 00:27:26,859 Paul spent years in Arabia. 479 00:27:26,859 –> 00:27:29,900 Jesus worked for years in a carpenter’s shop. 480 00:27:29,900 –> 00:27:32,959 Moses spent 40 years in Midian. 481 00:27:33,160 –> 00:27:36,520 And then the great contribution came 482 00:27:37,680 –> 00:27:39,300 in the last third of his life. 483 00:27:41,119 –> 00:27:43,319 Now here’s the question that really presses in 484 00:27:43,319 –> 00:27:44,359 on us at this point. 485 00:27:44,359 –> 00:27:48,859 How then did Moses endure these long years in the desert? 486 00:27:48,859 –> 00:27:50,119 And can you imagine it? 487 00:27:51,280 –> 00:27:55,359 The man’s 40, and he goes out into the desert 488 00:27:55,359 –> 00:27:57,160 and he’s shepherding a few sheep. 489 00:27:58,319 –> 00:28:00,300 My, how did my life change? 490 00:28:01,140 –> 00:28:04,400 And that’s how it is throughout his forties, 491 00:28:04,400 –> 00:28:09,140 throughout his fifties, throughout his sixties, 492 00:28:10,900 –> 00:28:12,699 and throughout his seventies. 493 00:28:13,780 –> 00:28:17,699 And still, he has not entered in on the great work 494 00:28:17,699 –> 00:28:19,500 that God was preparing for him to do. 495 00:28:19,500 –> 00:28:22,640 How did he endure all these years? 496 00:28:24,839 –> 00:28:26,500 And how are you going to endure 497 00:28:27,380 –> 00:28:30,260 when the cross feels heavy on you? 498 00:28:30,380 –> 00:28:32,500 When the cross feels heavy on you? 499 00:28:32,500 –> 00:28:34,900 Notice the answer is in verse 27. 500 00:28:36,140 –> 00:28:39,459 By faith, he left Egypt, 501 00:28:40,420 –> 00:28:43,239 not being afraid of the anger of the king, 502 00:28:43,239 –> 00:28:47,420 for he endured, ah, how? 503 00:28:47,420 –> 00:28:52,420 He endured as seeing Him who is invisible. 504 00:28:53,619 –> 00:28:56,099 He endured as seeing Him who is invisible. 505 00:28:56,099 –> 00:28:57,619 Take this in, friends, it’s wonderful. 506 00:28:57,619 –> 00:29:00,979 Moses endured when everything was against him. 507 00:29:02,579 –> 00:29:05,199 God’s people were against him, Pharaoh was against him, 508 00:29:05,199 –> 00:29:07,900 no doubt his own conscience was against him. 509 00:29:09,780 –> 00:29:14,239 But he dared to believe that God was for him, 510 00:29:14,239 –> 00:29:16,260 and he endured, Hebrews says, 511 00:29:16,260 –> 00:29:18,920 as seeing Him who is invisible. 512 00:29:21,500 –> 00:29:25,339 Some of you are going through very, very, very tough things 513 00:29:25,459 –> 00:29:29,479 and this is precisely the question that you have. 514 00:29:29,479 –> 00:29:30,979 How am I going to endure? 515 00:29:30,979 –> 00:29:35,000 And it’s precisely what the Bible is speaking about today. 516 00:29:36,199 –> 00:29:37,640 How are you going to endure? 517 00:29:39,819 –> 00:29:44,020 As seeing Him who is invisible. 518 00:29:45,939 –> 00:29:50,939 See, if you could see God standing right next to you, 519 00:29:53,319 –> 00:29:55,140 especially when you’re in the situation 520 00:29:55,260 –> 00:29:56,500 that you most dread, 521 00:29:57,479 –> 00:30:01,819 if you could see Him standing right next to you, 522 00:30:01,819 –> 00:30:03,640 you would trust Him completely. 523 00:30:05,300 –> 00:30:07,239 If you could turn around at any moment 524 00:30:07,239 –> 00:30:10,359 and see the Lord himself standing right there 525 00:30:10,359 –> 00:30:13,920 at your right hand side and hear Him say, 526 00:30:13,920 –> 00:30:17,280 I’m with you, I’ve got you. 527 00:30:18,880 –> 00:30:20,780 Well then you would be able to endure. 528 00:30:22,780 –> 00:30:25,119 And that’s exactly how it was with Moses. 529 00:30:25,439 –> 00:30:27,219 He endured 530 00:30:28,420 –> 00:30:30,260 as seeing Him who is invisible. 531 00:30:30,260 –> 00:30:34,579 He endured and trusted God as if he could see Him 532 00:30:34,579 –> 00:30:35,900 right there in the desert. 533 00:30:35,900 –> 00:30:37,339 That is how he endured. 534 00:30:37,339 –> 00:30:39,439 He endured as seeing Him who is invisible. 535 00:30:41,500 –> 00:30:42,900 And one day you will see Him. 536 00:30:44,000 –> 00:30:45,219 What a day that will be. 537 00:30:47,319 –> 00:30:49,079 Your faith will be turned to sight. 538 00:30:49,079 –> 00:30:51,459 You’ll see the Lord of glory. 539 00:30:51,459 –> 00:30:53,660 And when you do, well I know what I’m gonna say. 540 00:30:53,660 –> 00:30:54,500 I’m gonna say, 541 00:30:54,540 –> 00:30:55,900 didn’t I trust you more? 542 00:30:59,060 –> 00:31:00,939 And then just one more thing very briefly 543 00:31:00,939 –> 00:31:02,040 in these last moments. 544 00:31:02,040 –> 00:31:02,880 And it’s just this. 545 00:31:02,880 –> 00:31:05,599 We’ve seen the choice that faith makes. 546 00:31:05,599 –> 00:31:09,400 We’ve seen the courage that faith brings. 547 00:31:09,400 –> 00:31:10,680 And lastly and very briefly, 548 00:31:10,680 –> 00:31:12,479 the confidence that faith enjoys. 549 00:31:12,479 –> 00:31:13,420 Verse 28. 550 00:31:13,420 –> 00:31:16,079 By faith, 551 00:31:16,079 –> 00:31:19,219 Moses kept the pass over 552 00:31:19,219 –> 00:31:20,739 and sprinkled the blood 553 00:31:21,619 –> 00:31:23,660 so that the destroyer of the firstborn 554 00:31:23,660 –> 00:31:24,900 might not touch him. 555 00:31:24,900 –> 00:31:27,500 We’re coming in just a moment to the Lord’s Table. 556 00:31:28,380 –> 00:31:30,920 And this brings us there beautifully. 557 00:31:31,819 –> 00:31:34,219 We read here about the pass over lamb 558 00:31:35,180 –> 00:31:36,780 and the sprinkled blood. 559 00:31:38,000 –> 00:31:40,540 And we usually think of these, of course, 560 00:31:40,540 –> 00:31:43,619 in relation to all of God’s people. 561 00:31:44,819 –> 00:31:49,859 But Hebrews records the personal faith of Moses 562 00:31:49,900 –> 00:31:53,959 in observing the pass over himself. 563 00:31:53,959 –> 00:31:57,719 By faith, he kept the pass over 564 00:31:59,180 –> 00:32:02,140 and sprinkled the blood, Moses himself. 565 00:32:03,739 –> 00:32:05,660 Here’s this great man of God. 566 00:32:06,939 –> 00:32:08,780 Here’s this man who spent 40 years 567 00:32:08,780 –> 00:32:10,839 in the desert preparing for ministry. 568 00:32:12,300 –> 00:32:15,400 Here’s a man who has seen the presence of God 569 00:32:15,400 –> 00:32:18,339 in the burning bush and heard the audible voice 570 00:32:18,479 –> 00:32:20,959 of God announcing his own name. 571 00:32:20,959 –> 00:32:23,099 Here’s a man who would do miracles. 572 00:32:23,099 –> 00:32:26,060 Here’s a man who God would use 573 00:32:26,060 –> 00:32:28,119 to form and lead an entire nation. 574 00:32:28,119 –> 00:32:30,180 And this man says, 575 00:32:31,239 –> 00:32:34,780 I am a sinner who needs a Savior. 576 00:32:36,199 –> 00:32:41,199 I need the blood of the sacrifice sprinkled over me. 577 00:32:44,239 –> 00:32:47,040 And faith says more than I need a Savior. 578 00:32:48,459 –> 00:32:52,280 Faith says, I have a Savior. 579 00:32:53,640 –> 00:32:58,640 The son of God loved me and he gave himself for me 580 00:32:59,739 –> 00:33:04,739 and the blood of Jesus Christ cleanses me from all sin. 581 00:33:06,660 –> 00:33:07,680 Let’s pray together. 582 00:33:10,020 –> 00:33:11,880 Prayer for the person who is facing 583 00:33:11,880 –> 00:33:16,880 a costly choice, Father strengthen my faith. 584 00:33:18,560 –> 00:33:20,239 Help me to see through the world 585 00:33:20,239 –> 00:33:22,699 with its fleeting pleasures and treasures 586 00:33:22,699 –> 00:33:26,060 and look to the eternal reward 587 00:33:27,619 –> 00:33:32,619 that belongs to all who take up the cross and follow Jesus. 588 00:33:35,339 –> 00:33:38,959 The prayer for the person today who needs courage to endure. 589 00:33:41,099 –> 00:33:44,420 Father, help me to endure as if I could see you 590 00:33:44,420 –> 00:33:47,020 standing right next to me. 591 00:33:48,619 –> 00:33:52,140 Help me to say I have set the Lord always before me 592 00:33:52,140 –> 00:33:57,140 and because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken. 593 00:34:00,020 –> 00:34:01,300 And a prayer for all of us 594 00:34:01,300 –> 00:34:03,540 as we prepare for the Lord’s table. 595 00:34:05,300 –> 00:34:10,040 Father, I acknowledge my need of a savior. 596 00:34:11,580 –> 00:34:16,219 Thank you that Jesus is the savior I need. 597 00:34:17,179 –> 00:34:20,260 Give me the peace and confidence of knowing 598 00:34:20,260 –> 00:34:23,820 that the blood of Christ was shed for my sins 599 00:34:25,219 –> 00:34:30,219 that through Him I may walk in peace with you. 600 00:34:31,459 –> 00:34:34,120 Through Jesus Christ my Lord, amen.