Community Baptist Church
October 19 2025
Psalm 121HCSB
- My Life Is In You
2 Timothy 3:14–17HCSB
- O Worship The King (Lyons)
- How Firm a Foundation
Luke 18:1–8HCSB
- Standing on the Promises
- Traveling, whether by car or plane, means there will be bumpy and rough patches. In the air it’s called turbulence. On the ground it’s called a lack of road maintenance.Both are uncomfortable. Both require a level of trust. In the air we trust the pilot to guide the plane steadily to a patch of smoother air. In the car we trust the suspension and shocks to keep the vehicle somewhat safe.There are a myriad of other turbulences seeking to make life uncomfortable. Years ago it was clearly understood one was either a male or a female. Now it appears each individual can make that decision for themselves - regardless of biological gender.Decades ago a single woman giving birth to a child without a husband to assist was rare. Now, it seems to be the norm.In the past schools and community organizations recognized the value of Sunday. Children and youth sports teams honored Sunday by not scheduling practices and/or games. Now, it is rare to find a sports team that does not require mandatory Sunday practices and more frequently games against opponents.Currently the federal government is shut down and many services are on hold. Lawlessness is on the rise.As far as I can see we are going to be going through a rough patch for the near tern future. Short of the return of Jesus turbulence seems to be our future.Just like pilots can’t smooth the air and drivers can’t fix the roads, we have to find ways to navigate the turbulent times in which we live.The Word of God has multiple examples for learning to live in turbulent times. Today let’s examine the life of Moses, the man of God.READ Hebrews 11:23-29
Hebrews 11:23–29 HCSB By faith, after Moses was born, he was hidden by his parents for three months, because they saw that the child was beautiful, and they didn’t fear the king’s edict. By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter and chose to suffer with the people of God rather than to enjoy the short-lived pleasure of sin. For he considered the reproach because of the Messiah to be greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, since his attention was on the reward. By faith he left Egypt behind, not being afraid of the king’s anger, for Moses persevered as one who sees Him who is invisible. By faith he instituted the Passover and the sprinkling of the blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn might not touch the Israelites. By faith they crossed the Red Sea as though they were on dry land. When the Egyptians attempted to do this, they were drowned.Moses’ life is due to parents whose faith enabled them to reject the authority of the Pharaoh who decreed that all male children born were to be drowned in the Nile River (Exodus 1:22 “Pharaoh then commanded all his people: “You must throw every son born to the Hebrews into the Nile, but let every daughter live.””His parent’s resistance to Pharaoh’s demand led to Moses being discovered by the daughter of Pharaoh. For the first few years of his life he was entrusted to his birth mother. As he was weaned she took Moses to the Pharaoh’s palace where he was raised as a child of the Pharaoh (Exodus 2:8-10).The events of Moses’ life are remarkable:Fleeing Egypt at age 40 after killing an Egyptian who was harming an Israelite;Meeting and marrying one of Jethro’s daughters in the wilderness of Midian, and serving him as a mere shepherd;While tending the flock in the wilderness near Mt Horeb/Sinai God makes Himself known in a burning bush that is noit consumed by the fire;Receiving the call of God to be the one through whom God’s people would be delivered from 400 years of slavery to the Egyptians.With Aaron, his brother, and the elders of Israel Moses confronted Pharaoh. God made Himself clearly known in a series of signs and miracles that ultimately led Pharaoh to let the Israelites go.By faith…The writer of Hebrews doesn’t dwell on details, assuming that his audience knew well the story of Moses. What the writer wants to affirm is how Moses’ faith empowered him to stay firmly connected to God’s purposes in the turbulent times.Hebrews 11:24–26 “By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter and chose to suffer with the people of God rather than to enjoy the short-lived pleasure of sin. For he considered the reproach because of the Messiah to be greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, since his attention was on the reward.”Look at the phrase:‘his attention was on the reward’The word translated ‘attention’ literally means to look, observe, pay attention. As one writer explains,Theological Lexicon of the New Testament ἀποβλέπωThe use of the word is extended from simple eyesight3 to a “become aware of” (Epictetus 1.6.37) and especially to “take into consideration, take into account”4 in order to pattern one’s conduct accordingly.5 This is exactly what Moses did in reckoning that there was no comparison between the treasures of Egypt and the divine “recompense.”
Moses’ trust in God - the God he learned of from his mother and father during his preschool years; the God he met in a bush that burned without being consumed (Exodus 3) - enabled him to see beyond the present and into the future.Moses fled because it became known he had killed an Egyptian who was mistreating a Hebrew. Pharaoh, we are told, sought to kill Moses.One commentator writes,Exodus 5. Moses’ Own Exile/Exodus: Midian and Marriage (2:11–22)Now he is sought for murder by a presumably enraged Pharaoh, since testimony during the investigation of the crime must have pointed directly to Moses, and the king could hardly have been unmoved by the implications of a turncoat Hebrew-raised-as-an-Egyptian now killing Egyptian work supervisors!
Moses fled, not really having a destination in mind. However, God had a place for him and a plan - Exodus 3:16-22.As he fled he was strengthened by the memories of stories of his ancestors like Noah - who built an ark having never seen rain or a body of water large enough to sustain such a boat; or considering Abraham who simply at God’s command moved his entire family away from all he had ever known to a place only identified as the place God would show him.Moses fled because he trusted that whatever lay ahead was of more value than anything he might have gained in the presence of Pharaoh.Hebrews 11:27 “By faith he left Egypt behind, not being afraid of the king’s anger, for Moses persevered as one who sees Him who is invisible.”As Moses fled for his life he had yet to meet God in a personal way (that would happen later). But he knew enough of God to trust that God would direct him.Notice the connection with his parents faith - see Hebrews 11:23 “By faith, after Moses was born, he was hidden by his parents for three months, because they saw that the child was beautiful, and they didn’t fear the king’s edict.”Hebrews 11:28 HCSB By faith he instituted the Passover and the sprinkling of the blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn might not touch the Israelites.The decisive event of God’s demonstration of power with Pharaoh was what is now called ‘PASSOVER.’Instructing the people of God who have seen and experienced God’s mighty power to sacrifice a lamb, take the blood and paint over the threshold of the home is a mighty strange thing to do.Yet, by faith Moses and the Israelites did exactly as God instructed. By faith they knew God would keep His word -Exodus 3:16–17 ““Go and assemble the elders of Israel and say to them: Yahweh, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, has appeared to me and said: I have paid close attention to you and to what has been done to you in Egypt. And I have promised you that I will bring you up from the misery of Egypt to the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—a land flowing with milk and honey.”Hebrews 11:29 HCSB By faith they crossed the Red Sea as though they were on dry land. When the Egyptians attempted to do this, they were drowned.(When all this began Moses was 80 years old! And he would continue to lead God’s people for forty more years!)These last two acts recorded by the writer of Hebrews illustrates how the faith of one man can be contagious, how the faith of one family can literally change a nation.REFLECT AND RESPONDWhat about our turbulent times?Exodus 2:23–25 “After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned because of their difficult labor, and they cried out; and their cry for help ascended to God because of the difficult labor. So God heard their groaning, and He remembered His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. God saw the Israelites, and He took notice.”We live in a turbulent world. Most of us have personal circumstances that add another layer of turbulence.The faith we see in Moses is contagious!Just as his mother and father did not fear the edict of the Pharaoh…Just as Moses focused not on the short-lived pleasure of the world in which he had been trained…Just as Moses followed God’s call into a desolate wilderness where nothing would hinder God from making Himself known…Just as all God commanded Moses did…We can choose faith -Hebrews 12:1–3 “Therefore, since we also have such a large cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us lay aside every weight and the sin that so easily ensnares us. Let us run with endurance the race that lies before us, keeping our eyes on Jesus, the source and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that lay before Him endured a cross and despised the shame and has sat down at the right hand of God’s throne. For consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners against Himself, so that you won’t grow weary and lose heart.”Consider Jesus…Trust Him as Savior and LordObey His call -follow in baptismunite with our church familySeek for God’s place for you in this community.... Hebrews 11:23–29HCSB
Hebrews 11:24–26HCSB
Hebrews 11:23HCSB
Hebrews 11:28HCSB
Exodus 3:16–17HCSB
Hebrews 11:29HCSB
Exodus 2:23–25HCSB
Hebrews 12:1–3HCSB
Psalm 27:13–14HCSB
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