SERMONS IN THE WILDERNESS
ACTS 7:38
This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us: (KJV)
The plan of God to offer man eternal life would be through preaching for man to hear and receive. It was not to be imposed on man. Man was to express his will either to accept or reject this life. We said that this plan was a promise. This means eternal life was preached as a promise before it became available. Before the promise was fulfilled by the resurrection of Christ, nobody had eternal life. Those who believed in the promise were given eternal life in a promissory note. We have been going through the preaching notes of Moses. We said that the writings of Moses were about Christ.
John 5:46-47,
“For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for he wrote of me. But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?”.
We have taught that Moses did not write as a scientist, archeologist, historian, or politician. Moses wrote as a preacher of the gospel of Christ. This means, in reading the writings of Moses, you must have the mindset of looking for the gospel being communicated instead of looking for scientific or archeological facts. The historic and archeological facts were narrated to communicate the message of the gospel of Christ.
From our opening text, the Israelites who were called out from Egypt were called the church. Throughout their journey in the wilderness, Moses preached the gospel of the promise of God to them. He used past events, their experiences then and various miraculous acts to preach the gospel of God’s promise of life in Christ. The response expected from the hearing of the gospel is faith or seeing God as faithful in fulfilling His promise. Faithfulness of God is faith. Before the promise was fulfilled, men were required to believe God as faithful to fulfill His promise. Men expressed their belief in God’s faithfulness by what they did.
In Hebrews 11, the phrase “By faith” means that the activities they carried out were done because of the promise of the resurrection of Christ. They did what they did because they saw God as faithful to fulfill His promise of life in Christ. Faith in the promise of God was called faith in the Old Testament. Moses in the wilderness also preached God’s faithfulness to fulfill His promise of life in Christ.
He preached this message through the various miraculous acts. The miraculous provision of water from the rock, the miraculous provision of manna from the sky, the crossing of the Red Sea, the bronze serpent on the tree, and the fall of the wall of Jericho were all the preaching of God’s faithfulness to fulfill His promise.
Their responses all the time were unbelief through the various grumblings and murmurings. Moses used those miraculous provisions and deliverance to teach them God’s faithfulness to take them to the promised land, but they were always expressing unbelief by their acts and confessions. The miraculous acts were Moses’ sermons in demonstration to the church in the wilderness. They were not just a demonstration of power but a mode of preaching the gospel of Christ to them.
CONFESSION: I believe God has fulfilled His promise of life in Christ Jesus.
Additional Studies:
Acts 7:32-46,
1Corinthians 10:1-11,
Hebrews 3:14-18
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ACTS 7:38
This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us: (KJV)
The plan of God to offer man eternal life would be through preaching for man to hear and receive. It was not to be imposed on man. Man was to express his will either to accept or reject this life. We said that this plan was a promise. This means eternal life was preached as a promise before it became available. Before the promise was fulfilled by the resurrection of Christ, nobody had eternal life. Those who believed in the promise were given eternal life in a promissory note. We have been going through the preaching notes of Moses. We said that the writings of Moses were about Christ.
John 5:46-47,
“For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for he wrote of me. But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?”.
We have taught that Moses did not write as a scientist, archeologist, historian, or politician. Moses wrote as a preacher of the gospel of Christ. This means, in reading the writings of Moses, you must have the mindset of looking for the gospel being communicated instead of looking for scientific or archeological facts. The historic and archeological facts were narrated to communicate the message of the gospel of Christ.
From our opening text, the Israelites who were called out from Egypt were called the church. Throughout their journey in the wilderness, Moses preached the gospel of the promise of God to them. He used past events, their experiences then and various miraculous acts to preach the gospel of God’s promise of life in Christ. The response expected from the hearing of the gospel is faith or seeing God as faithful in fulfilling His promise. Faithfulness of God is faith. Before the promise was fulfilled, men were required to believe God as faithful to fulfill His promise. Men expressed their belief in God’s faithfulness by what they did.
In Hebrews 11, the phrase “By faith” means that the activities they carried out were done because of the promise of the resurrection of Christ. They did what they did because they saw God as faithful to fulfill His promise of life in Christ. Faith in the promise of God was called faith in the Old Testament. Moses in the wilderness also preached God’s faithfulness to fulfill His promise of life in Christ.
He preached this message through the various miraculous acts. The miraculous provision of water from the rock, the miraculous provision of manna from the sky, the crossing of the Red Sea, the bronze serpent on the tree, and the fall of the wall of Jericho were all the preaching of God’s faithfulness to fulfill His promise.
Their responses all the time were unbelief through the various grumblings and murmurings. Moses used those miraculous provisions and deliverance to teach them God’s faithfulness to take them to the promised land, but they were always expressing unbelief by their acts and confessions. The miraculous acts were Moses’ sermons in demonstration to the church in the wilderness. They were not just a demonstration of power but a mode of preaching the gospel of Christ to them.
CONFESSION: I believe God has fulfilled His promise of life in Christ Jesus.
Additional Studies:
Acts 7:32-46,
1Corinthians 10:1-11,
Hebrews 3:14-18
epignosisofgrace@gmail.com
Visit and like our page
facebook.com/epignosisofgrace
SERMONS IN THE WILDERNESS
ACTS 7:38
This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us: (KJV)
The plan of God to offer man eternal life would be through preaching for man to hear and receive. It was not to be imposed on man. Man was to express his will either to accept or reject this life. We said that this plan was a promise. This means eternal life was preached as a promise before it became available. Before the promise was fulfilled by the resurrection of Christ, nobody had eternal life. Those who believed in the promise were given eternal life in a promissory note. We have been going through the preaching notes of Moses. We said that the writings of Moses were about Christ.
John 5:46-47,
“For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for he wrote of me. But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?”.
We have taught that Moses did not write as a scientist, archeologist, historian, or politician. Moses wrote as a preacher of the gospel of Christ. This means, in reading the writings of Moses, you must have the mindset of looking for the gospel being communicated instead of looking for scientific or archeological facts. The historic and archeological facts were narrated to communicate the message of the gospel of Christ.
From our opening text, the Israelites who were called out from Egypt were called the church. Throughout their journey in the wilderness, Moses preached the gospel of the promise of God to them. He used past events, their experiences then and various miraculous acts to preach the gospel of God’s promise of life in Christ. The response expected from the hearing of the gospel is faith or seeing God as faithful in fulfilling His promise. Faithfulness of God is faith. Before the promise was fulfilled, men were required to believe God as faithful to fulfill His promise. Men expressed their belief in God’s faithfulness by what they did.
In Hebrews 11, the phrase “By faith” means that the activities they carried out were done because of the promise of the resurrection of Christ. They did what they did because they saw God as faithful to fulfill His promise of life in Christ. Faith in the promise of God was called faith in the Old Testament. Moses in the wilderness also preached God’s faithfulness to fulfill His promise of life in Christ.
He preached this message through the various miraculous acts. The miraculous provision of water from the rock, the miraculous provision of manna from the sky, the crossing of the Red Sea, the bronze serpent on the tree, and the fall of the wall of Jericho were all the preaching of God’s faithfulness to fulfill His promise.
Their responses all the time were unbelief through the various grumblings and murmurings. Moses used those miraculous provisions and deliverance to teach them God’s faithfulness to take them to the promised land, but they were always expressing unbelief by their acts and confessions. The miraculous acts were Moses’ sermons in demonstration to the church in the wilderness. They were not just a demonstration of power but a mode of preaching the gospel of Christ to them.
CONFESSION: I believe God has fulfilled His promise of life in Christ Jesus.
Additional Studies:
Acts 7:32-46,
1Corinthians 10:1-11,
Hebrews 3:14-18
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Visit and like our page
facebook.com/epignosisofgrace
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