Exodus 15. Exodus 15. Let's read all 21 verses. It's the Song of Moses. We will not be able to deal fully
with every verse, so let's read all of this first. Exodus 15,
Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the
Lord, and spake, or sang, saying, I will sing unto the Lord, for
he hath triumphed gloriously. The horse and his rider hath
he thrown into the sea. The Lord is my strength and song,
and he is become my salvation. He is my God, and I will prepare
him in habitation, my Father's God, and I will exalt him. The Lord is a man of war. The
Lord is his name. Pharaoh's chariots and his host
hath he cast into the sea. His chosen captains also are
drowned in the Red Sea. The depths have covered them.
They sank into the bottom as a stone. Thy right hand, O Lord,
is become glorious in power. Thy right hand, O Lord, hath
dashed in pieces the enemy. And in the greatness of Thine
excellency Thou hast overthrown them that rose up against Thee.
Thou sentest forth thy wrath, which consumed them as stubble.
And with the blast of thy nostrils, the waters were gathered together.
The floods stood upright as in heat, and the depths were congealed
in the heart of the sea. The enemy said, I will pursue.
I will overtake. I will divide the spoil. My lust
shall be satisfied upon them. I will draw my sword. My hand
shall destroy them. Thou didst blow with Thy wind
the sea covered them. They sank as lead in the mighty
waters. Who is like unto Thee, O Lord,
among the gods or rulers? Who is like Thee? Glorious in
holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders. Thou stretchest
out Thy right hand, the earth swallowed them. Thou in Thy mercy
hast led forth the people which Thou hast redeemed. Thou hast
guided them in thy strength unto thy holy habitation. The people shall hear and be
afraid. Sorrow shall take hold on the
inhabitants of Palestine. And the dukes or rulers of Edom
shall be amazed. The mighty men of Moab trembling
shall take hold upon them. All the inhabitants of Canaan
shall melt away. Fear and dread shall fall upon
them. By the greatness of thine arm
they shall be as still as a stone. Till thy people pass over, O
Lord, till the people pass over which thou hast purchased, thou
shalt bring them in and plant them in the mountain of thine
inheritance, in the place, O Lord, which thou hast made for thee
to dwell in, in the sanctuary, O Lord, which thy hands have
established. The Lord shall reign forever
and ever. For the horse of Pharaoh went
in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and
the Lord brought again the waters of the sea upon them. But the
children of Israel went on dry land in the midst of the sea.
And Miriam the prophetess, sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her
hand, and all the women went out after her with timbrels and
with dances. And Miriam answered them, saying
ye to the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously. The horse and his
rider hath he thrown into the sea. This is the first song recorded
in Scripture. The very first song sung, that
is recorded, that was sung. I'm certain there were other
songs. I'm certain that Abel sang, Adam and Eve sang. You
know they did. Noah. They all sang unto the
Lord, certainly. But this is the first recorded
song. It is referred to by David in
the song. It is referred to by Isaiah.
It is written of and spoken of in the last book of the Bible.
Right now, as we meet, as we look at this song, they are singing
this song in glory. And we will be with them someday,
Lord willing, if we learn this song now. And we will be singing
this song forever. forever, as well as this Song
of the Lamb. So we need to learn this song,
don't we? All right, first of all, who
sang this song? Who sang this song? Verse 1 said,
And Moses, then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song.
Moses and the children. Moses was God's man, sent by
God, God's shepherd, God's Pastor, if you will. God's Redeemer. God's Deliverer. Moses was the
one. The man. The mediator between
God and man. The man Moses. So he represents
who? The Lord Jesus Christ. Who is
all those things. Zephaniah chapter 1. Go over
there. This is Sister Jeanette's. One
of her favorite passages. Zephaniah 3. I'll give you time
to find it. Okay, time's up. I had an hour or two to find
it. Zephaniah 3. Look at this. Zephaniah 3. This speaks of the Lord Jesus
Christ. He sang this song. He sang. Look at Zephaniah 3,
verse 17. The Lord thy God in the midst
of thee is mighty. He will say, who's He speaking
of? The Lord Jesus Christ. He will
say, He will rejoice over thee with joy. You remember when He
said, with desire have I desired to eat this Passover with you.
And they ate it and then they sang a hymn. They sang a hymn
right after that and went out. Read on. He will rejoice over
thee with joy. He will rest in His love. He
will joy over thee with singing. I will gather them that are sorrowful
for the solemn assembly and so forth. So Moses sang this, who
represents the Lord, our Redeemer. He sang. Moses was just a man. No. He was just a man. He was
the leader. He was the one who taught the
people this song. You can't teach people a song
that you don't sing yourself. I'm trying to teach you a song
that I sang, that I love. I'm singing this song. I love
this song. I cannot preach to you a gospel
that I don't believe with all my heart. This is my song. This is my song, praising my
Savior all the day long. This is the message. Who sang
this song? Well, Moses, the leader of the
people. He sang. He was a song leader. And then
the people. Look at verse 1. The children
of Israel. The children sang this song.
Children born of God, born by His Word, begotten of God by
the incorruptible Word. Those who desire the sincere
milk of the Word. These children, humble, little
ones. Little in their own eyes. The
children of Israel. Jacob. Jacob have I heard. The elect sing this song. They're
the only ones that really know it. The only ones that really
know this song. Alright, when did they sing this song? When
did they sing this song? Look at chapter 14. You know,
verse 1 there begins with, then sang. Well, when? Well, look
at verse 30 of chapter 14. Thus the Lord saved Israel that
day out of the hand of the Egyptians. They're captors. They were in
bondage to them. Israel saw the Egyptians dead. They saw what God did to their
enemies, their captors, on the seashore. And Israel saw that
great work which the Lord did upon the Egyptians. Who did the
work? Who delivered them? Who saved them? Who did it? Did
he do part of it? Did he do all of it? Ask all
the children of Israel. And all the children of Israel
will say, the Lord did it all. They'll all tell you Christ is
all. In salvation, in everything.
And deserves all the glory. And the people, what? Feared
the Lord. And believed the Lord. And they
believed His servant. They believed His servant. So
when did they sing this? And they saw the great work that
the Lord did for them. Then they sang. They were delivered.
These were people that were in bondage. Those Pharisees, remember
the Pharisee, you know, they were religious. They seemed to
worship God and they knew the Bible and so forth. And the Lord
one time was speaking of the truth, you know, the truth, the
truth shall make you free. And they said, we'll be Abraham's
seed. We've never been in bondage. Ask Abraham's seed. They'll all
take it. We're all in bondage. And we're
still, to this day, to a certain degree, in bondage, aren't we? Oh, wretched man that I am! Who shall deliver me from this
body of death that has me in bondage? Who? I thank God, through Christ our
Lord, the Redeemer. There's only one Redeemer, only
one Deliverer, and this song's all about Him. And all of them. You know everyone says the children
of Israel doesn't. That's what the Lord called His
disciples. They were grown men. He said
little children. He always called them little
children. Are you little in your eyes? Huh? Little children. I mean little children. Infants,
toddlers. They believe you don't they?
You tell them something. They're going to believe you.
And they're going to listen with enthusiasm like that. Really? You tell them anything, they
say, wow. And just in awe of it. They trust
you implicitly that you're telling them the truth. And they receive
it with enthusiasm, with joy. And they're teachable, aren't
they? Little children, they're teachable. What do you know?
What do we know? What do I know? What do I know?
Paul said, I preach in part. I know in part. And all of it. We're still learning, aren't
we? We need to still be babes in
attitude. Men and discernment. But it says the children of Israel. The children. And you remember
last week we looked at Samuel serving the Lord even before
he knew Him? Remember that? I'm sure you remember every single
point of that message if I asked you. No, you don't. I don't. But we looked at how that Samuel
was just a five or six year old boy at the time. His mother brought
him and turned him over to Eli. And he says he served the Lord.
He didn't know the Lord. She committed him, her son, her
only son whom she loved, to the Lord whom she loved more. And committed that child to him,
to the Lord. And he didn't know the Lord.
It says Samuel did not yet know the Lord, but he served the Lord.
He did, didn't he? And, you know, we bring our children
here before they know the Lord. We're bringing them here so that
they will know the Lord. This is the way they'll know
the Lord. How shall they hear without a preacher? People heard
everything they heard from the Lord through Moses, didn't they?
Right? They believed Moses. That he
was God's man. And they heard him. And they
brought their children. Well, we do the same. So, we teach them to worship
the Lord, we teach them to sing these songs, let everything that
hath breath praise the Lord. But what? Sing. Let those refuse to sing, who
never knew our God, as Scripture said, the children of the heavenly
King will speak their songs abroad. So, children. What a great cause
we have to sing. What great reason. It is our
reasonable service, but it's our great joy. Now, think about
that. They didn't sing when they were
in Egypt under bondage. There's no record of them singing.
This song wasn't written yet. And they weren't singing. You
know what they were doing? Sighing. groaning in bondage. But when
God sent the promise, before He delivered them, you remember
we looked at that? You remember that message, I
know. How they all gathered unto the Lord, and Moses told them
the good news of what was going to happen before it happened.
He told them the end from the beginning, and they all gathered,
and they were all so glad, and they bowed their head, and they
worshipped. You remember that? Well, let everyone sing. Let the Amen sound from His people
again. Even before we reach the heavenly
shore, we need to start singing. Our children need to start singing.
They need to learn these songs, the songs of Zion. Now, how did
they sing? How was this song sung? I'll
tell you. I'll look up these scriptures
for you. And look at our text, Exodus
15. It says, verse 1, Then sang Moses
and the children of Israel this song unto the Lord. How did they sing it? Unto the
Lord. There's only one way you can
sing, unto the Lord, from your heart, from your heart. Unto the Lord. Why do we sing
this song? Why don't we have a choir up
here with all the beautiful robes and everybody, for everybody
to look at, for just that reason? We haven't, get the flesh out
of this, okay? Get the flesh, this is unto the
Lord. Why don't we have the big bands and entertainment? Because
that's just what it is, entertainment. Get the flesh out of them. God
is not worshipped with men's hands, with flesh. He's worshipped
in spirit. The Father seeketh such to worship
Him, in spirit and in truth. Truth. You learn the truth. You
learn who Christ is and what He did. Boy, you'll sing. And
you won't sing to be seen or heard. You'll sing from your
heart unto the Lord. God forbid that we should sing
any other way. But we do, don't we? Sad to say, we sing these
songs by rote. We learn these songs and we keep
singing them. And often we sing them not understanding, not fully
entering into what we sing. And I hate that, don't you? Don't
you wish? Don't you wish, and we ought
to pray before we come here. I do, about preaching. We ought
to pray that we'll enter into the singing and the preaching
from our hearts as unto the Lord. Not be so self-conscious. You
know how we'd sing if we weren't so self-conscious? I have a bad
voice. What's so-and-so going to think
of me? Who cares? This is unto the Lord. He said,
make a joyful what? Noise. Noise. You may not be able to
carry a tune in a bucket, as they say. The only instrument
you may be able to play is the radio, as they say. But you can
make a noise unto the Lord. You can make a joyful noise.
They did. And listen to Psalm 95. Oh, come, let us sing unto
the Lord. Let us make a joyful noise to
the rock of our salvation. Let us come before His presence
with thanksgiving and make a joyful noise unto Him with song. For the Lord is a great God and
a great King above all gods. Shall I continue? Yes, I shall. Psalm 96. Oh, sing unto the Lord
a new song. Sing unto the Lord all the earth.
Sing unto the Lord. Bless His name. Show forth His
salvation from day to day. Every time you meet, every Lord's
day, you show forth His salvation. Nothing else. Nothing else. Psalm 98. Listen to this. Oh,
sing unto the Lord a new song for He hath done marvelous things. His right hand, His holy arm
hath gotten Him the victory, and the Lord hath made known
His salvation. Shall I go on? One more. And
it's not the last, but I've got time for one more. Psalm 101. I will sing. David says, I will
sing of mercy and judgment unto Thee, O Lord, will I sing unto
Thee. Hearts made glad with the heart. How did they sing this song?
It was unto the Lord. It was from the heart. It redeemed,
it delivered. You will sing from the heart
unto the Lord. You will. You know, Janette will tell you
this, she's a vocal teacher, and she'll tell you that good
singing is from the diaphragm. You try to teach people, a lot
of people sing from the head, nasally and all that. There's
no volume, there's no depth, you know what I'm saying? And
that's okay. But really good singing is from the diaphragm. Those opera singers and all that,
you probably don't like them. I don't either, but they're singing
from the depth of their being. That's where singing comes from,
right here. Not the head. You will not sing
unto the Lord if you know just no doctrine in your head. And
boy, if the Lord has really delivered you, Make your heart glad by
the work Christ has done for you. You'll sing from the heart.
You won't care what other people think about it. I don't particularly
like to sing solos or specials. Do you, John? I don't do it.
Before the Lord saved you, you loved to get up in front of people
and show off. That's what it's all about with entertainment.
He's being honest. That's what it's all about. Look
at me. Look at my talent. Look at all this. Anyway, the
Lord shows us His glory, His honor, His work. You become nothing
and nothing at all. I have no talent. I have nothing.
You want to shut your mouth forever. You don't want anybody to look
at you or listen to you ever again. But then when you're called
on, and John began to call on John to sing. And it's a humbling thing isn't
it? It's a fearful thing. He once sang before, probably
thousands. And now it's just a little flock,
you know, and it's a fearful thing, it's a trembling thing
to sing before, but we do it unto the Lord. Not for your entertainment,
but for God's glory. God's glory. That's how they
sang. What were they singing? I'll tell you the key they were
singing in. I am certain of this. The key they were singing in,
somebody tell me. Middle C. Who came up with Middle
C? Christofori, some fella that
was supposed to have invented the piano. He thought, well,
we've got to tune the whole piano to one note. in order to play music in concert,
in tune. So what I'll do is make this
middle note, and what shall I call it? C. See, Christ is all in
it. Everything in the universe is
in tune with Him for His glory and His honor. If you're not
in tune with this message of Christ, you're flat or you're
sharp. Concert. That's what a congregation
does. Sing in concert with the concerted
effort that is a united effort to glorify Christ. It might be
the key of G. Grace. We're all singing grace. Grace. By grace are you saved.
But what were they singing? Look at verse 1. Told you wouldn't
be able to deal with all these verses. We read them. It says in verse 1, I will sing
unto the Lord for he hath triumphed gloriously. The horse and his
rider hath he thrown into the sea. The Lord is my strength. and song. He is whom we sing
of. That's what this song is all
about. Him. It's not about me. Oh, how I
love Jesus. That's not in the Bible. Ain't
nobody singing that song. Oh, I'll meet mama in glory.
Oh, maybe. Maybe not. Maybe not. This is about the Lamb. This
is about our Lord. He's our song. He's our song. They sang unto the Lord and the
Lord was their song. It says in verse 1, He triumphed. It says in verse 3, He's a man
of war. The Lord Jesus Christ. Yes! The
one that men call gentle Jesus, meek and mild, is a man of war.
This is the Christ description. This is the Lord of glory. This
is the true Christ description. He said, I have come to bring
fire on the earth. He said, I have come to bring
a sword. Why? Why? Because the enemy has his
people. The enemy has his people captive. They're in bondage. And a great
and a mighty enemy over them that they have no might or power
over. But one stronger than he must come and bind that strong
man and take him captive and spoil his goods. And that's Christ. He told me, he told every preacher
in Isaiah, you comfort my people. Speak comfortably unto my people.
Tell them, first thing, the warfare is accomplished. The battle for your soul. You
didn't fight in this battle. You don't need to fight. The
battle is not yours, but the Lord's. Just sit. Just stand
still and see and hear the salvation of the Lord. The Lord hath triumphed. Oh, the preacher says he stands
on his own. Jesus has done all he can do.
Now it's up to you. That's a lie. That's anti-Christ. That's another
gospel. Nobody's ever been saved under
that. That means salvation is part Christ and part Jew. The Lord hath triumphs. This
is the only gospel there is. And every man that preaches it
stands up and preaches it. The Lord triumphs. Salvation
is of the Lord. If He didn't, we're not saved. We're not saved. Tell them their
warfare is accomplished. Tell them iniquity is pardoned. It's gone. It's gone. He kept saying that
the enemy is drowned in the sea, dead. They all saw that. And everyone in glory knows why
they're there, because Christ triumphs. Christ put away their
sin by the sacrifice of Himself. He goes on to say, the Lord at
thy right hand, verse 6, thy right hand become glorious in
power. Thy right hand, O Lord. Do you see how many times he
talked about the Lord's hand? The Lord saved Israel that day
with a high hand, with a mighty arm. And I remember he bringing
this up in a message, that Lord it may bear his holy arm. to
his people, to his children. Religion across the board, doesn't
matter what denomination it is, they all say that God has no
hand but your hand. Everyone, Catholic, Methodist,
Southern Baptist, you name it. All false religion says that.
But to His people, He's made bare His holy arm. His people see His mighty hands,
and they see everything that's in His hands. They see that salvation
was in His hands. They see those nail-scarred hands,
and they see their names in those hands. And if those hands didn't
try up, they are not saved. He did it. He's the mighty hand
of God. He's the right arm of God. Christ
is the hand of God. Oh, God has hands, all right,
and they are Jesus Christ. And when He rose from the grave
triumphant over sin, hell, and death, He showed His disciples
what? His hands. His hands. Why do you keep saying that,
preacher? Because we're going to be saying it throughout eternity.
We're going to be singing it. His hands! His hands, he's saying. He made bare His holy arm to
His people, like your father. Did your father ever do that?
When you were a kid, show you his muscle. He thought there
ain't nobody on earth got a muscle as big as my dad. Well, probably. But there ain't nobody on earth
or heaven as mighty and powerful as my God, as my God. And He's
made bare His holy arm unto His people. And they see that it's
all His might and His power. And that's what they sing. That's
the song. Have you learned this song? Great,
he's excellent. The enemy he talks about. Who's
like him? Verse 11. Who's like him among
the gods? What's he like, Moses? Glorious
in holiness. I need to continue this with
two other messages. But I'm not going to. Holy, holy,
holy, the Lord God of hope. His chief, preeminent attribute
in all things. Before His love, before His mercy,
before His grace, God is holy. God's people know that. They
all know that. That's what they say. That's
what they say. That's what they know. He's holy.
He's just. Fearful. Are you with me? Verse 11. I want you to learn
this song. Are you with me? Verse 11. Fearful. Fearful in praises. Is God to be feared? Yes. God
of the Bible is. Doing wonders. Stretch out your
right hand, the earth swallowed up the enemy. Go on down and
I'll close. It says in verse 14, the people
shall hear, everybody shall hear and be afraid. Verse 14. Everyone
will hear and be afraid. Sorrow shall take hold of all
of them, the rulers, the people, everybody. Fear and dread, verse
16, shall fall upon them. Every single human being will
fear the Lord someday. And will confess, will bow the
knee, bend the knee, and confess with their mouth. The whole time
on earth, all they did was blaspheme His name, take His name in vain.
Never called on Him, never thanked Him, never praised Him, never
would not come to His house just to sing His praises. Wouldn't
do it. But now every single one day, every single thing that
hath breath is going to confess His Lord. And they're going to
fear and tremble. Everyone. Wouldn't it be wise
to do that now? Isn't it salvation begun, making
us meet for heaven, to teach us now the fear of the Lord?
Come, my children, I'll teach you what? What's the first thing
that David said he's going to teach them? The fear of the Lord. That's what we teach our children.
That's what we teach. No fun and games. No silly little
things in there. This ain't about fun and games.
It's not about food. Not about games. No, no, no,
no, no. It's about the Lord. It's about
Him. So that's what we teach. The
fear of the Lord. And that's all of God's people do. And all
shall someday. Verse 18, the Lord. Verse 17,
He'll bring His people into His inheritance. And we looked at
that recently. Into His sanctuary. The sanctuary
of the Lord. The Church of God. The Lord shall
reign, verse 18, forever and ever. That's what they're singing
right now. That's what we're singing. Aren't
you glad? Aren't you glad God reigns? Look
at this world. Huh? Look at this world. Aren't
you glad? Doesn't it make you glad? Doesn't
it give you peace? Doesn't it give you peace in
the midst of this present evil world that our God
reigns? Now, down in verse 20, and we
looked at how the people walked over on dry land. Miriam, the
prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a temple in her hand. And
brethren, understand, she never stood up and preached in front
of anybody. She wasn't a preacher. Not in a public place. Prophetess
has always meant someone who's telling future events, but telling
things that people don't know, is witnessing of the Lord. Women could do that. But they
never had preeminence over a man or taught or spoke publicly to
men. Never. They weren't preachers.
Okay? But she taught the women this
song. And oh, that you ladies might teach our young women this
song. Right? What she sang. The exact
same thing that Moses, that God told Moses to sing. No different. Unlike Eve, she didn't change
a word. Okay? She said, the Lord, the
Lord hath triumphed gloriously, the horse and his rider hath
he. This is a song. They were singing
unto the Lord. She sang of the salvation of
the Lord. She sang the Lord did this work. She taught the children, she
taught the women who were Following her and with her, she taught
them this song of Moses. How salvation is up to the Lord. That's our song. Now and forever. Unto the Lord. Unto the Lord.
For he hath done wonders for us. Amen.