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Moses had been called by God to deliver the people of Israel out of the oppressive hand of the Egyptians. And we read the following exchange between God and Moses in Exodus 6:10-13
So the Lord said to Moses, 11 “Go in, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the people of Israel go out of his land.” 12 But Moses said to the Lord, “Behold, the people of Israel have not listened to me. How then shall Pharaoh listen to me, for I am of uncircumcised lips?” 13 But the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron and gave them a charge about the people of Israel and about Pharaoh king of Egypt: to bring the people of Israel out of the land of Egypt”.
The one phrase that caught my attention in the verses above is “gave them a charge”. We’ll see today how important that is in our relationship with God as we look at Moses’ example, see video in its entirety
Scripture References:
Exodus 3 :10-12
Exodus 4:10-16
Matthew 14:25-29
2 Corinthians 12:9-10
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hello good morning and this is tahiba
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thaives.com
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and welcome back on to uh studies this
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morning i know i haven't had uh
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a continuation of the book of exodus i
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started with exodus one
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two and i kind of didn't do anything on
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exodus three four and five
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but it's okay i wanted to start off on
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exodus six this morning
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because there's something important that
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i wanted to share with you
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and i hope you'll be able to see that
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point it is my prayer
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that when i share these things with you
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that the holy spirit himself will
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enlighten you
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uh through the word of god to understand
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on the word of god
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okay so the title of our study is a
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closer look at exodus 6
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verse 10 to 13. and
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um the little phrase that i've kept is
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the charge
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to speak so we'll go into it
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and we'll see exactly what's going on so
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i'm going to give you the background
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and so basically uh moses had been
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called by god
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to deliver on the people of israel out
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of the oppressive hand of the egyptian
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we we looked at it in exodus one and two
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and then we read on the following
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exchange between god and moses in exodus
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6
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verse 10 to 13 i'm gonna read
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and you can follow on my screen so the
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lord
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said to moses go in tell pharaoh king of
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egypt
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to let the people of israel go out of
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his land
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but moses said to the lord behold
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the people of israel have not listened
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to me
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how then shall pharaoh listen to me
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for i am often circumcised lips
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but the lord spoke to moses and aaron
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and gave them a charge
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about the people of israel and about
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pharaoh king of egypt
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to bring the people of israel out of the
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land of egypt
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this is an interesting exchange like you
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go okay what's going on here
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all right so the one phrase that caught
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my attention
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in the verses above is gave them a
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charge that really captured
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my attention okay and on today uh
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we'll see how important that is in our
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relationship with god
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as we look at moses example so moses had
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a habit of telling god
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about his weaknesses when called to
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accomplish a task
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and this statement for i am of
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uncircumcised lips
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was often referenced by moses every time
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the lord sent him on a mission
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so we're going to check out some
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instances in which moses
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used the same uh statement or similar
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statement
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and we we are going to establish um uh
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we're going to look at that and then
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we're going to establish our point and
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what the lord is trying to teach us this
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morning so i'm going to go to the next
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thing
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so we're gonna go to exodus uh 3 verse
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10 to 12 this is the first time
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uh moses speaks with god in uh
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when god gives him um tells him to go do
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something and we'll see what moses says
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so i'm going to read
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in verse 10 to 12 scripture says
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come i will send you to pharaoh that you
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may bring my people the children of
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israel
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out of egypt but moses said to god
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who am i that i should go to pharaoh and
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bring the children of israel out of
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egypt
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he said this is god but i will be with
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you
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and this shall be a sign for you that i
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have sent you
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when you have brought the people of
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egypt
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out of egypt when you have brought the
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people out of egypt
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you shall serve god on this mountain
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this is exodus three
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okay so basically the lord tells moses
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that he's going to send him to pharaoh
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to release the people
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and moses gives a very humble response
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who am i
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and then god gently reassures moses that
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he will be with him that's verse 12
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he says i the lord will be with you okay
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and then we're going to look at the
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second instance that's in exodus 4
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verse 10 to 16. so now
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the scripture says but moses said to the
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lord o my lord i'm not eloquent
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either in the past or since you have
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spoken to your servant
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but i am slow of speech and of tongue
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then the lord
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said to him who has made man's mouth
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who makes him mute or death or seeing or
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blind
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is he not i the lord now therefore go
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and i will be with your mouth and teach
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you what you shall speak
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but he said that is moses oh my lord
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please
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send someone else then the anger of the
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lord was kindled against moses and he
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said
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is there not aaron your brother the
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levite
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i know that he can speak well behold he
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is coming out to meet you
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and when he sees you he will be glad in
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his heart
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you shall speak to him and put the words
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in his mouth and i'll be with your mouth
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and move his mouth and we teach you
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both what to do
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okay again once again moses is still
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like reluctant
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to go and speak to pharaoh and he gives
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another seemingly humble response by
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focus on his inadequacies and weaknesses
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and god gives him another encouraging
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response by saying
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i will be with your mouth and then god
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also adds the sovereignty
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of a man's physical senses he mentions
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to moses in verse 11 who makes him mute
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or death or seeing nor blind is he not i
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the lord so moses reassures moses
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god reassures moses he tells moses look
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i'm sovereign
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over your physical senses i gives you
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those
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abilities but moses doesn't quite
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understand what the lord is conveying
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and he gets to the point where the lord
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the lord gets angry with moses
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and he gives him another alternative
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aaron so and now let's so he tells moses
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aaron your brother is coming so i'm
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gonna be with both of you
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and you guys i'm gonna teach you what to
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do so now moses has like a helper next
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to him
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aaron okay so he has a little bit of
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courage
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now we're gonna look at the final
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instance which is exodus and six which
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we are looking at today
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and then we're gonna make our point
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after that
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so in exodus six same uh thing
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so the lord said to moses go in
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tell pharaoh king of egypt to let the
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people of israel
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go out of his land
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but moses said to the lord behold
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the people of israel have not listened
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to me how then shall pharaoh listen to
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me
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for i am of uncircumcised lips
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but the lord spoke to moses and gave
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moses and aaron and gave them a charge
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about the people of israel
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and about pharaoh king of egypt and this
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is the charge
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to bring the people of israel out of the
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land of egypt
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now this time again moses focuses on his
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inadequacies and weaknesses
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and i believe he did nothing wrong but
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rather give
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another humbling response he said to god
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listen god the people of israel have not
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listened to me
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why would pharaoh listen to me
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and then the scripture says the reason
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why the people didn't listen is because
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they were of a broken spirit
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and they had been harassed to the point
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where they were just weak
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okay they have been oppressed under
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harsh slavery so they had a broken
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spirit so at that point
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when moses was speaking they were like
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listen moses we are just struggling
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right now we don't even want to hear you
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to talk
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okay so moses is like kind of
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discouraged so he goes to god and saying
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to god
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lord if the people of israel your people
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they don't listen to me
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why would someone that hates you listen
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to me
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and i'm off on circumcised lips so he's
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really been humble before the lord
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so uh moses again presents his weakness
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to the lord
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and this time the scripture gives us a
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very very
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interesting answer from the lord in
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verse
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uh 13 we are told what the lord
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spoke to moses and aaron and gave them a
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charge
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about the people of israel about pharaoh
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king of egypt
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to bring the people of israel out of the
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land
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of egypt that is so important guys
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listen god gave them
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a charge he gave aaron and moses a
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charge he gave them a command
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this is very important because all this
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time
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moses kept thinking that he had to work
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for god
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but what the lord was trying to
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communicate to moses is this
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i don't need you to do anything for me
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but i want you to surrender to me
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god gave the command and moses and aaron
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had no other alternative but to respond
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because the word of god will accomplish
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the purpose for which god sent it out
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i'm going to repeat that again god gave
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the command
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and moses and aaron had no other
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alternative
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but to respond because the word of god
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will accomplish the purpose for which
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god sent it out basically
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god wasn't making a simple suggestion he
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wasn't just making a simple request
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he gave a command and things happen
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when god gives a command
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now to better understand what i'm trying
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to convey here we're going to look at
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peter
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and what he said to jesus when he saw
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jesus walking on water
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all right we're going to go there and
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we're going to look at it's in matthew
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14
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verse 5 to 29. so this is what scripture
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says
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in the fourth watch of the night he came
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to them meaning jesus
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walking on the sea but when the
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disciples saw him
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walking on the sea they were terrified
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and they said
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it is a ghost and they cried out in fear
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but immediately jesus spoke to them
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saying
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take heart it is i do not
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be afraid
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and peter answered him lord if it is you
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command me to come to you on the water
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he said come so peter got out of the
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wood and walked on the water and came to
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jesus
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i hope you catch what's going on here
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they see jesus walking on water
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they are afraid thinking this is a ghost
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and jesus tells them it is i do not be
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afraid and peter said
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i don't know if the person speaking to
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me is for really is really god so if it
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is god
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if it is jesus then prove it command
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me to come to you on water basically
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he's telling jesus
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give the charge for me to come to you on
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the water
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okay and what happened jesus said come
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and the scripture says so peter got out
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of the boat and walked on the water and
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came to jesus so the
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jesus um peter was able to walk on water
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because jesus gave
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the command jesus gave the charge okay
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so basically like i said i hope you see
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what is going on in this passage
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peter was only able to walk on the water
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because
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jesus jesus commanded it so the action
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of walking on water
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was only possible because the word of
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god
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because of the word of god through the
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lips of jesus
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jesus by his action was also proving
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that he was god
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incarnate because no one can command
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things into action
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by his word by god the command and
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charges of god are not dependent on
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man's
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inabilities or abilities the commands
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of god produce faith in man
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to believe the word of god and do what
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he says
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i'll repeat that again
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the commands and charges of god are not
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dependent on man's abilities or
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inabilities
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the commands of god produce faith
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in man to believe the word of god and to
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do what he says
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okay that's very critical so what is the
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point what am i trying to make here
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what point am i trying to make what do
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we learn from moses
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that's the key the point i'm trying to
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make is this
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god creates what
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he commands in his children
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god creates what he commands
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in his children he creates
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the desire in us to carry out
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his work it's not up to you or to me
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to do the work of god it is god
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who works in us both to will and act
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according to his purpose so that god
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gets the glory see moses
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finally understood that uh moses
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finally understood that and i believe
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paul
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gives uh the perfect picture basically
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what i'm trying to say is this moses got
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it
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at that point because god gave him a
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charge he said go speak to pharaoh
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now i'm giving you a charge now i'm
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speaking
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god is saying that to moses now i'm
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speaking and because i'm speaking to you
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i'm giving you a charge it's going to
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happen
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so 2nd corinthians 12 verse 9 to 10 it
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gives us a perfect picture of
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what we need to do like in relation to
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god
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okay paul has a thorn in the flesh
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nobody knows what the throne is
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we just he just mentions it a thorn in
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the flesh okay
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and and then he's struggling with
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something obviously and he prays to god
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say god please
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take it away from me but then we see the
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answer in verse 9
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but god said to me he said to me he is
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god or jesus
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my grace is sufficient for you for my
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power is made perfect in weakness
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therefore i will boast all the more
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gladly of my weaknesses
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so that the power of christ may rest
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upon me
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for the sake of christ then i'm content
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with weaknesses
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insults hardships persecutions
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and calamity and calamities for when i'm
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weak
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then i'm strong so moses basically
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is living that out moses is saying to
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god when i'm weak
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that's when you're strong because god
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hates the proud but gives grace
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to the humble okay so you see what's
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going on here
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moses was basically saying i'm a feeble
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man with a very weak speech
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i don't have the ability to carry out
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what you're asking of me
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i just can't do it god so what moses was
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thinking is this god is asking me to do
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something and i don't think i can do it
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and moses you are absolutely right you
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can't
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do it you see that because moses
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there is nothing moses could do in his
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own strength because god said
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god hates the proud but he gives grace
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to the humble
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scripture also says that when we are
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weak that's when god is strong
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so moses initially he failed to realize
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that it was god that was going to carry
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out
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the work of god through moses or through
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moses's body so moses was thinking
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he's asking me to do something that i
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can't do no
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he's asking he's asking you to do
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something that he's gonna do
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through you and in you by speaking the
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word to you
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you see that so what do we do then
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that's the question the question is ask
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sick and knock jesus said it to us
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and the dog will be open ask for more of
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the holy spirit
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because apart from him we can do
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absolutely nothing so what i'm trying to
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share with you this morning is this
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when god speaks his word to us when we
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read the word of god
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our response is to believe those
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promises and god said as we believe
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those promises he will empower us to do
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his work because
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it is god who works in us both to will
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and to act according to his purpose
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because the scripture also says in
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hebrews 11
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somewhere in i think it's verse 5 or 6
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without faith it's impossible to please
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god without faith
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it's impossible to please god and the
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scripture says somewhere in romans 10 17
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faith comes by hearing and hearing by
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the word of god
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so basically to be victorious
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we have to live by the word of god
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jesus said to satan
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man shall not live by bread alone but by
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every word that proceed from the mouth
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of god
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and you know why god does that because
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that glorifies god and takes the focus
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away from
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our our abilities our inabilities
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so when god tells you to do something
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he's going to empower you to do it so
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that god
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gets the glory i hope you understand
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what this means
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and i hope this has helped you guys out
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so i'm looking forward to talking to you
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again and talking with you again next
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time
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alright have a wonderful day i may the
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lord bless you thank you