Faith Like Moses

Well, good morning, good morning, good morning. Welcome to Coffee and Devotions. This morning we're at Hebrews chapter 11, verses 23 through 29. We're going to talk about Moses. You know who Moses is. Mommy and daddy kept him safe in the basket, or hid him from Pharaoh when he was trying to kill the boys.
And his mommy put him in a basket in the river. He was adopted by the princess, the Pharaoh's daughter. He raised up into a man. He killed a person and murdered him. We went over that in the book of Exodus. And then he went out into Midian and he married his wifey. And he was a shepherd there for a long time until he saw God in the burning bush. And he sent him as a prophet to bring the people out of Egypt. Did he kill somebody?
Mm-hmm. Oh my goodness. Yeah. Yeah. So we're going to talk about Moses, who God used as a prophet to lead his people out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. And he was a prophet who God used to write the first five books of the Bible. So let's have some coffee, we'll pray, and we'll talk about Him. You ready?
Oh, you don't want to press that? That would turn us off. Oh, that would turn us off. Yeah. All right. Let's pray. God, we thank you so much for this day, and we thank you for blessing us with your word. With your word, Lord, we pray that you would please work in our hearts, that we would know you, love you, walk in your ways in Jesus' name. Amen. All right, here we go. Hebrews chapter 11, verses 23 through 29.
By faith Moses, when he was born, was hidden three months by his parents, because they saw he was a beautiful child, and they were not afraid of the king's command. By faith Moses, when he became of age, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter, choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God than to enjoy the passing pleasures of sin. Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt, for he looked to the reward. By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king, for he endured as seeing him who is invisible. By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, lest he who destroyed the firstborn should touch them. By faith, they passed through the Red Sea as by dry land, whereas the Egyptians, attempting to do so, were drowned." How did they drown? The water came back in on them and they died.
All right, so we've got three questions. What are our three questions? A, what is this? About. About. B, what is the... Second. No, what is the best verse to summarize this and see what are we called to do? Let's turn this way so I can see you. Alright, what are we called to do? So, who is this about? Well, it's about Moses.
And were his mommy and daddy afraid of the king when he said that they should kill all the babies? Yeah, they said kill all the babies. Did his mommy and daddy fear the king or did they fear God? The king? No. No, they didn't fear the king. They had trust in God. And so they hid their baby because they had faith in God. And then Moses, when he grew up, What do you think?
Did he like the pleasures that came with being, like all the riches and food and the prestige and the good stuff that came from being the king's daughter? Sorry, the princess's son? Or do you think he wanted to be with God's people? Yeah, he wanted to be with God's people, right? Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater than the treasures in Egypt. Isn't that interesting? When did Jesus come? Five, six, seven years ago. Well, he would come like one thousand three hundred years after Moses. But I've been only born for seven. Yeah, you've only been born for seven years. That's right. But Jesus hadn't been born at all. And yet here it talks about Moses and he says he esteemed the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt. He would rather have his faith in Christ, in the Messiah, than all the riches and all the treasures of Egypt.
Daddy, remember the president that wants to kill babies? Well, we're talking about this right now, yeah, but there have been presidents and there still is a president who is for abortion. Yeah, and we don't, we're not okay with that. If you do that you have to kill yourself because Jesus... Well, okay. And notice here in verse 27.
Why did he leave Egypt? So why did Moses leave Egypt? Because he wanted to be one of God's people. Well, because he had faith in God. And why did he take the Passover? When they killed the lamb and they put the blood on the doorposts and on the sides of their doors. Why would he do all that? Because he believed the Lord. And why did he go through the Red Sea?
Because he believed in the Lord. Because he believed in the Lord. His mommy and daddy believed in the Lord. He believed in the Lord. He believed in the Lord. He believed in the Lord. He believed in the Lord. So what do you think this passage is about? He believed in the Lord. That's right. Moses believed in the Lord. And so what do you think that calls you to do? Believe in the Lord. Believe in the Lord. That's right. Believe in Christ.
Well, that says something very different. It says, check the audio because I've been known to start it with the microphone turned off on accident. So I have a note to myself. Actually, grandma wrote that note to me saying, make sure you check the microphone, check the audio.
So, uh, so the point is we're to believe in Christ, but like Moses, do you think that means it's always going to be good for us? Or do you think we might have to be reproached by men? Like people might look down on you or persecute you or be mean to you for following Christ.
Yeah, people will. People will. Actually, sometimes if maybe when you get older someday, you can look at the comments on some of these videos and people will say all sorts of mean things about daddy. They'll say all sorts of weird and mean things, but you know what? That's okay. They reproached Christ too. I'll still have faith. Okay. Yeah. Can you still have faith? Yeah. Yeah. Hey, you ready to pray? Yeah. Okay, let's pray.
God, we thank you so much for giving us faith in Jesus Christ. We thank you for teaching us, caring for us, and letting us walk in your ways. God, we pray that you would please help us. Lord, that we would... Lord, that we would esteem glories of heaven better than the passing pleasures of this life, and that we would endure even the reproach that comes with following Christ. Please, Lord, give us strength in our faith.
Let us love you in Jesus' name. Amen. All right. Well, may God bless you. May you walk in the joy and peace that comes in Jesus Christ. Oh, we got to do a thumb war. One, two, three, four, five, six. Oh, oh, you beat me. All right. You want to say goodbye? Bye.