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Lansing SDA Church

Garhett Morgan

What’s Under Your Tent

Heavenly Father Lord, I thank you so much for this day that you've given us truly a day of rest Holy rest father as we come today, and we look at what your word has to say Ask that these would not be my words, but that they would be yours Father there may be some here that are convicted, there may be some here that fall upon the rock which is you, but I ask that you would bring us all in a closer unity so that you may come sooner.

You know I told you that I was excited about what this church has been doing, and it's been fantastic, but let me ask you this question.

Do you think we're perfect yet as a church family?

Do you think that we still have room for improvement?

Absolutely, we still have room for improvement.

You know, this morning we've had success, but we can have better success.

And today I'd like to share with you some tips and some reasons how the children of Israel had better success than they had before.

You know, Moses, he was an interesting character, wasn't he?

His mother raised him as a child, which we'll look at a little bit this morning.

But today I'd like to understand and have you understand as well that the reason that this church has been succeeding isn't because of your Bible worker, but it's because of Jesus Christ.

How many of you have grown closer to Jesus through prayer?

You know, the best way that this church can be united together is if you are more united with Jesus Christ.

Because the more that you grow closer to Jesus Christ, the more that you are going to change for the better.

And the more that I grow closer to Jesus Christ, the more that I'm going to change for the better.

We may have different personalities, but we're all going to have the same beliefs and we're going to have the same goals, which is hastening Christ soon coming.

What's been happening in Dallas this past week?

This morning, I'd like you to turn in your Bibles to Exodus.

And forgive me, this isn't my normal Bible.

It's in the rebinding shop, and so I'm not as familiar with this 1.

Exodus chapter 2, we're going to start here in verse 1.

Exodus chapter 2 starting here in verse 1.

I'll be ringing out the King James this morning and it says this, And there went a man of the house of Levi and took to wife a daughter of Levi.

And when she saw that he was a goodly child, she hid him for 3 months.

Pharaoh was going to kill all of the sons and she didn't want her son to be killed, so of course she hid him.

And in verse 3, and when she could no longer hide him, she took for him an arc of bulrushes, daubed it with slime and with pitch and put the child therein.

And she laid it in the flags or the reeds by the river's bank.

And his sister stood afar off to watch what would be done with him." This is a very humble beginning, isn't it?

This child was born and he already had a price on his head.

He would have been killed if the soldiers would have found him.

And so he was hidden away, he was kept down.

His mother loved him so much, but when he got a little bit older, about 3 months old, He started to get more boisterous.

So they put him in his little ark, as you guys know the story, but continuing on here in verse 5.

And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river, and her maidens walked along by the river side.

And when she saw the ark among the flags she sent her maid to fetch it.

There's Miriam she's supposed to be watching over her brother and the Pharaoh's wife is there washing herself and she picks up this little baby boy.

You think Miriam's heart sank a little bit?

She thought for sure that her baby brother was doomed.

Maybe Moses looked cute as I'm sure all babies do.

She scooped up this baby with her maids and notice what she says here in verse 6.

And when she had opened it she saw the child and behold the baby cried and she had compassion on him and said this is 1 of the Hebrew children.

Then said his sister to the Pharaoh's daughter, Shall I go and call to you a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for you?

And the maid went and called the child's mother.

And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, take this child away and nurse it for me and I will give you wages and the woman took the child and nursed it.

Getting paid to take care of her own son.

What do you think that she taught Moses during that time period that she had him?

Now in this church today there are young people, not just teenagers, not just young adults, but there's young people Be careful what you say around these young people Be careful what you tell these young people be careful what you teach these young people Because sooner than later, they're going to be the ones that are up here.

So we have this young person, verse 10, the child grew and she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter and he became her son and she called his name Moses and she said because I drew him up out of the water so here's Moses he's just winged so he's still little and he starts to become indoctrinated in all the ways of Egypt Egypt was the biggest and the best country at that time that kingdom in the world and he started to become educated acts will tell us later on that Moses was educated in the ways of a general he was educated in battle he was educated in science he was educated in the religion of the Egyptians and believe it or not Moses was brilliant he was the prince of Egypt in fact he was heir to the throne you have a high position did you have everything going for him absolutely it seemed like it But God still had a plan for this baby boy, did he not?

You know, this morning you may have children, you may have family members, I know that I have family members, that seem like they're out in the world.

They're outside of this church, They're outside of the walk from God, most importantly.

They're outside of their walk from God and they're being educated by the way of the Egyptians.

Do you believe that there's still hope for them?

Continuing on here, let's turn to Acts chapter 7.

It says this, And which time Moses was born, and was exceedingly fair, and nourished up in his father's house for 3 months.

And when he was cast out, Pharaoh's daughter took him up, and nourished him for her own son.

And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was mighty in words and in deeds.

So Moses, he basically had his PhD in Egyptian everything.

He was a smart man, He had everything going for him.

And then he decided 1 day, these aren't my people.

Now, Moses was used to getting all of the praise.

But notice here, what Councils to Parents and Teachers says on page 406.

The education received by Moses as the king's grandson was very thorough.

Nothing was neglected that would make him a wise man as the Egyptians understood wisdom.

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