Alright, Exodus chapter 2. I
want to read our text one more time. 11 to 15. Exodus chapter 2, 11 to 15. And it came to pass in those
days when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his brethren
and looked on their burdens. And he spied an Egyptian smiting
a Hebrew, one of his brethren. And he looked this way and that
way, and when he saw that there was no man, he slew the Egyptian
and hid him in the sand. And when he went out the second
day, behold, two men of the Hebrews strove together. And he said
unto him that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow? And he said, Who made thee a
prince and a judge over us? Intendest thou to kill me as
thou kilts the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely
this thing is known. Now when Pharaoh heard this thing,
he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face
of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian, and he sat down
by a well. Now, no one person can be a full
picture of the Lord Jesus Christ. It's not possible. We search
the Scriptures looking for Christ and looking for pictures of Him
and everybody here. But no one person can be a full
picture of the Lord Jesus Christ because all men and women are
sinners. That's why. They all fall. They do wrong. They disobey. And it's recorded. They have
a sinful flesh. They have a sinful nature. And
Moses could never perfectly represent the Christ. He's not the Christ.
He's just a man. He's just a man. You know, we
lift these men up. I'm so thankful for Moses and
David and Abraham and the Apostle Paul, but they're just men. That's
all they are. They're just men. But He does
represent you and me. as a man. And the Lord did raise
him up to be a picture of our Deliverer. So what I want to
do is look at Moses two ways. I want to see our representative
and I want to see Moses the man, two ways. We're going to see
what the Lord did for us and we're going to see what we did
to ourselves in 11 to 15. Verse 11 says, And it came to
pass in those days when Moses was grown. When he grew up. Now, representing our Deliverer,
the One who came. When the Lord God entered this
world as an infant. He was just as much God as He
was before the world began. And He was just as much God as
He is right now, as a little infant. And this is a truth that
I believe, but it can be hard to understand. And I had such
a good time looking at this. This is going to be next Sunday
morning's message, Lord willing. But I want you to look at one
verse. Turn to Luke chapter 2. This is, I think, one of the
most amazing verses in the Bible. I really do. Luke chapter 2,
this is the Lord at the age of 12 years old. Look at verse 52. It says, And Jesus increased
in wisdom and stature and in favor with
God and man." Isn't that amazing? Isn't that amazing? He was just as much God as he
is right now. But I believe this because he
wrote it down. Jesus increased in wisdom, in knowledge, in understanding,
and in stature, in age, in height, and in favor with God and man. I think that's so amazing. You
know what that means? That means God became a man. That's what it means. God became a man, a real man. and a real, actual man. Now this illustration doesn't
even come close to describing what God did. And to think of the God growing up. He had birthdays. I mean, I know
that's crazy to think about. Earthly speaking, He's eternal.
But he had birthdays and he played with friends. The God. Can you
imagine that? The condescension. Now what if you could condescend
from a human down to a maggot? I didn't even come close to describing
what he did. A real maggot. Well, God became
a man. He became a man. Our text back
in Exodus 2 says in verse 11, And it came to pass in those
days when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his brethren. He went out. He left his home. He left the palace. He left the king's house and
he went down to the slime pits. That's what he did. Chapter 1
verse 14 says, Mortar and brick. They made their
lives bitter with hard bondage and mortar and brick. And remember
those words translated mire and clay. He left glory and He came
down to this miry clay and that's where He found you and me. Verse 11 says, He went out unto
His brethren and looked on their burdens. How kind is that? Honestly, how
kind is that? Thinking about this God. It doesn't even do us any justice
at all to think about a man becoming a maggot. That's nothing compared
to what God did. But how kind is that? Matthew
says of our Lord, when He saw the multitude, He was moved with
compassion on them, because they fainted and were scattered abroad
as sheep having no shepherd. Our God is a God of compassion.
That's who He is. That's how He is. That's His
personality. He's a God of compassion. Look
at Exodus chapter 3 verse 7. The LORD said, I have surely
seen the affliction of My people which are in Egypt, and have
heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters, for I know
their sorrows. And I am come down to deliver
them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that
land unto a good land, and a large unto a land flowing with milk
and honey. The Lord is good. The Lord is
so good. I love the song. It says, when
my savior reached down for me, you know that song when he reached
way down for me, I was lost and undone without God's precious
Son, but He reached way down for me. He came to where I was,
to the miry clay. Well, chapter 2, verse 11 says,
It came to pass in those days when Moses was grown, that he
went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens, and
he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren.
Now in verse 10, he's an infant. He's an infant in verse 10. He's
in Pharaoh's house. He's the king's son. He's heir
to the throne. And for all everybody knows,
he's an Egyptian. He's the king's son. He lives
in Pharaoh's house. He's an Egyptian. And you would think verse 11
would say, And he spied an Egyptian, one of his brethren, smiting
a Hebrew. But it doesn't say that. Aren't
you so glad it doesn't say that? It says, He spied an Egyptian
smiting a Hebrew, one of his brethren. Behold what manner
of love the Father hath bestowed upon us. that we should be called
the sons of God. The Lord is good. We cannot enter
into how good He's been to us, what all He's done, what all
He's allowed us to be. Romans 8 says, "...conformed
us to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among
many brethren." I've thought about the fact before that in
a family when you have a biological child, and an adopted child. And an adopted child comes in.
It would be very easy for a biological child to be jealous, wouldn't
it? It would be very easy. But the
biological only begotten Son of the Father willingly left
His Father and came to us and bought us and died for us, that
he might call us his brothers." Behold what manner of love. This is great love. Amazing love. The Lord is so good. That's what
the Lord Jesus Christ did for His people. The Son of the Highest
came to His own and He looked upon their burdens and He made
His enemies partaker with Him. That He should be the firstborn
of many brethren. Alright, now look at this. Verse
13. We'll come back to verse 12.
Look at verse 13. And when he went out the second
day, behold, two men of the Hebrews strove together. And he said
to him that did the wrong, Moses said, Wherefore smitest thou
thy fellow? And he said, Who made thee a
prince and a judge over us? Intendest thou to kill me as
thou kilts the Egyptians? He came unto His own, but His
own received Him not. He said, Who made thee a prince
and a judge over us? What a response that is. Can
you believe that? Can you believe somebody would
respond that way? They've been in bondage for 400 years. They've been waiting and praying
for God to send somebody to help them. and free them from this
torture. And when God sends Moses, they
said, who made thee a judge over us? Can you believe they said
that? That's what we said. By nature, that's exactly what
every single one of us said. Were these people worthy to be
helped? Absolutely not. No. They were rebels against God,
just like you and me. Well, who did make Him a prince
and a judge over us? Turn over to Acts 2. Acts 2 and
look at verse 29. Men and brethren, let me freely
speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and
buried, and his sepulcher is with us unto this day. Therefore,
being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath
to him that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh,
he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne, He seeing this
before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was
not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption. This
Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses. Therefore
being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received
of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed
forth this which you now see and hear. For David is not ascended
into the heavens, but he saith himself, The Lord said unto my
Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, until I make thy foes thy footstool. Therefore let all the house of
Israel know assuredly, that God hath made this same Jesus, whom
you have crucified, both Lord and Christ. Who made thee a prince
and a judge over us? Philippians 2 says, God also
hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above
every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow
of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the
earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ
is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. God did it. God did it. Well, back in our
text, Exodus 2, he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge
over us? What they're saying was, We will
not have this man reign over us. We will not have this man
reign over us. And in verse 14, he said, Intendest
thou to kill me as thou kilts the Egyptian? Yes. Yes. All who will not bow the
knee to Christ as being Lord and Savior. Yes. That's exactly what he intends
to do. That's a frightening thought, isn't it? That's the truth. I'm going to I can quote this
or you can turn if you want to. It's second Thessalonians, verse
one. Listen to this. seeing it is
a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them
that trouble you. And to you who are troubled,
rest with us. When the Lord Jesus shall be
revealed from heaven with His mighty angels in flaming fire,
taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not
the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ, who shall be punished
with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord
and from the glory of His power, when He shall come to be glorified
in His saints, and to be admired in all them that believe, because
our testimony among you was believed in that day." He began that by
saying, we're bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren.
Because you bow the knee. You bow the knee. Let's fear
God. Let's fear God. Nobody but God. Let's all bow the knee. Let's
all kiss the Son, lest He be angry. Let's all cry out for
mercy. Lord, save me. Please, save me. Spare me. You're my only hope
of deliverance. The Lord said, whoever humbles
himself will be exalted. And he said, whoever asks from
the heart shall receive. Ask, ask, ask. Now we begin this by saying no
man can be a perfect picture of the Lord Jesus Christ. So
let's see Moses for the sinner he is. Okay. He's just a sinful
man like us. And let's see how God deals with
him. Verse 11 and 12 say, And it came to pass in those days,
when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and
looked on their burdens. And he spied an Egyptian smiting
a Hebrew, one of his brethren. And he looked this way, and that
way. And when he saw there was no
man, He slew the Egyptian and hit him in the sand. He knew
it was wrong. He knew it was wrong. I don't
care whose son he is. He knew it was wrong. He looked
this way, he looked that way, and he killed a man. And like the coward we all are,
he didn't confess to it. He tried to bury him, hide him
in the sand. He did bury him, hid him in the sand. When the
Lord God explained and exposed sin to Moses on Mount Sinai,
on two tables of stone, what did He spell out for him
in plain Hebrew? Thou shalt not kill. He was talking right to Moses. Don't you know that every commandment
God gave as Moses was watching the finger of God right, oh,
it stabbed him in the heart. I've broken every one. He's like,
oh no, I've broken that. I've broken that. I've broken
that. He's a sinner. He sinned against
God. He's thinking maybe those sins
will go away. Maybe time will heal everything. Maybe those things I've done
will remain a secret. Verse 13 in our text says, And
when he went out the second day, behold, two men of the Hebrews
strove together, and he said to him that did the wrong, Wherefore
smitest thou thy fellow? And he said, Who made thee a
prince and a judge over us? Intendest thou to kill me, as
thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely
this thing is known. Everybody thinks they can get
away with it. They always think they can get away with it. Those
things I did 20 years ago, those are in the past now. You know
what will strike fear into a sinner? Realizing this thing is known. God knows. God knows. The first time a person gets
a hold of the fact that God knows, He sees me. I cannot hide. He searches the heart. He searches
the mind. He even knows the intent of the
heart. And verse 15 says, Now when Pharaoh
heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from
the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian, and he
sat down by a well. He fled from the face of Pharaoh." Pharaoh was going to slay Moses,
and that's what Moses deserved. He killed a man. Eye for an eye. That's now his destiny. I'm a
sinner, and I'm destined to die. That's my destiny. He's a dead
man walking. So it says, he fled from the
face of Pharaoh. John the Baptist cried, O generation
of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come? Flee. The guilty sinner says,
where can I go? Where can I flee? The gospel
says, there's a city of refuge. There's a fountain filled with
blood. There's a cleft in the rock. You get inside that cleft right
there. You get in that fountain and
you go all the way down. You get in that city and you
don't come out. Run to Jesus Christ. Run to Jesus Christ. He said,
Come unto Me, all ye that labor, and are heavy laden, and I'll
give you rest. Verse 15 says, When Pharaoh heard
this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the
face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian, and he sat
down by a well. He sat down by a well. Come unto
Me, all ye that labor, and are heavy laden, He sat down by a well of cool,
refreshing water. You know, the Lord met that woman
at the well. He said, I'll give you living
water. Listen to this. Listen to Isaiah
chapter 12. Just turn there. Turn there with
me. Isaiah chapter 12. This is good. I like this. Isaiah chapter 12, look at verse
1. It says, And in that day thou shalt say, O LORD, I will praise
thee. Though thou wast angry with me,
thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortest me. Behold, God
is my salvation. I will trust and not be afraid. For the Lord Jehovah is my strength
and my song. He also is become my salvation. Therefore with joy shall ye draw
water out of the wells of salvation. He ran and He sat down on that
well. Our Lord said, Ho everyone that
thirsteth, come ye to the water. That well is Christ. That well
is deep. That well is full. It's actually
running over. And it's never going to run dry.
Never. All right, now let's close with
something that I think is enjoyably wonderful. If Irene was here
right now, she would say that's delicious. That's what she told
me the other night. That was delicious. I think this
is delicious. Alright, let's look at the way
Moses saw it, and let's look at the way God saw it. This is
really enjoyable. Alright, Exodus chapter 2, go
back to Exodus 2. The way Moses saw it, let's start
with his parents. Exodus 2, look at verses 1 and
2. And there went a man of the house
of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi, And the woman conceived
and bare a son. And when she saw him that he
was a goodly child, she hid him three months." Now why do you
hide anything? Why do you hide anything? Even
a present. If you're going to give somebody
a present, why do you hide anything? Fear. I'm afraid she'll find
it. I'm afraid they'll steal it.
Fear. Why do we hide anything? It's
fear. Now hold your place right here and turn to Hebrews 11. His parents were afraid. Now
look at Hebrews 11 verse 23. It says, By faith Moses, when
he was born, was hid three months of his parents, because they
saw he was a proper child, and they were not afraid of the king's
commandment." That's the way God saw it. Alright, now hold your place
in Hebrews 11 and go back to Exodus 2. Look at verse 14. It says, And he said, Who made
thee a prince and a judge over us? Intendest thou to kill me,
as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared and said, Surely
this thing is known. Now when Pharaoh heard this thing,
he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face
of Pharaoh and dwelt in the land of Midian. And he sat down by
a well. Now go back to Hebrews 11. The way Moses saw it, he was
scared. Verse 14 says Moses feared. Now
look at the way God saw it. Hebrews 11 verse 24. By faith
Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son
of Pharaoh's daughter, choosing rather to suffer affliction with
the people of God than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season.
esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures
in Egypt, for he had respect unto the recompense of the reward. By faith he forsook Egypt, not
fearing the wrath of the king, for he endured as seeing Him
who is invisible." Isn't that amazing? That's how
God saw it. Why does the Lord God see it
that way? Why does He say this of Moses
and his parents? It's because of something called
faith. The just live by it. We're saved by grace through
it. And it's not of ourselves, it's
a gift of God. But Hebrews 11 verse 2, says, all whom God gives this
faith to, obtain a good report. Verse 2, Hebrews 11 verse 2.
Obtain a good report. How? Why? Because Christ took
their report and gave them His report. If you belong to Him, And if
He's given you this faith, you're going to get one too. You're
going to get one too. And when we all get to heaven,
what a day of rejoicing that'll be, and we get to read our report,
you're not going to believe what your report says. Really? Me? My report's gone. It's gone. He said, I will forgive their
iniquity and I'll remember their sin no more. It's gone. You got a new report. The way
Moses saw it. Thank the Lord God for the way
God saw it. Stand together with me.