HAVE A LITTLE TALK WITH JESUS
Exodus 19:1-9
PRIVATE TIME WITH JESUS
V:1. In the third month after the Israelites left Egypt — on the very day — they came to the Desert of Sinai. 2 After they set out from Rephidim, they entered the Desert of Sinai, and Israel camped there in the desert in front of the mountain.
A. The number three is a divine number.
1. There are three in the Holy Trinity
2. On the third day, Jesus rose from the dead.
3. Man has three major parts, body, soul and the spirit.
4. Jesus had three disciples in His inner circle; Peter, James
and John.
B. All of us need some mountain time.
1. We need some me time with the Lord.
2. We need some time when it is just you and the Lord.
3. We need a talk with God.
4. We need some time when we are not asking for anything.
5. Some time to give Him praise.
6. We some time when we can tell Him what’s going on in our lives.
7. We need some time when we ask for God directions
8. We need to know that God knows what we are going through
and wants to hear from us.
9. In the Garden of Eden, God talked with Adam and Eve in the
cool of the day.
10. There are times when God will bring us to the desert, for some
alone communication time.
GOD’S CALL TO PROCLAIM THE WORD
V:3 Then Moses went up to God, and the Lord called to him from the mountain and said, \”This is what you are to say to the house of Jacob and what you are to tell the people of Israel: 4 \’You yourselves have seen what I did to Egypt, and how I carried you on eagles\’ wings and brought you to myself. 5 Now if you obey me fully and keep my covenant, then out of all nations you will be my treasured possession.
A. When we talk to God, we need to be ready to listen.
1. Communication is a two way street.
2. We can’t just rattle off our needs to God, then not listen to
what He has to say.
3. One of the reasons God gives you mountain time is so He can.
give you directions.
4. God’s direction is not just about you, but about others you.
influence.
5. God makes us responsible for the welfare of others.
B. We must listen to God and repeat His Word exactly as He gave it
to us.
1. It is not our responsibility to make God’s Word fit our way of
thinking.
2. We must make His Word as plain as we can under the guidance
of the Holy Spirit.
C. Some times we have to remind ourselves and others of what God has
done to get us where we are.
1. We can take no credit for any success we have in life.
2. To take credit for anything, is to minimize God and elevate
ourselves.
3. The Israelites could say we walked out of Egypt. But they couldn’t
say they open the door.
4. The Israelites could say they survive the desert. But they couldn’t
say, they provided food and water.
5. We can do nothing without God’s help.
6. God reminds us of miracles He has performed for us before
our eyes.
YOU ARE A TREASURED POSSESSION
D. We have the opportunity to be God’s TREASURED POSSESSION .
1. To be God’s TREASURED POSSESSION, we must obey and keep
His commands.
2. God’s commands are a covenant of righteousness with us.
3. This is a conditional covenant.
4. This covenant depends on our complete obedience.
YOU ARE PRIEST FOR GOD
V:6 Although the whole earth is mine,
6 you will be for me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.\’ These are the words you are to speak to the Israelites.\”
A. God don’t need you help for anything. But He wants to showcase you
before the world.
1. God can do anything He wants to do, but He gives you a
choice to be a treasure to Him
2. God has two objectives for us, His Church.
a. We are to be a kingdom of priest.
We are the spiritual leaders of the world.
The world listens because
God opens their ears.
B. God desire us to be a holy nation.
We are the role models of the world.
The world don’t know Church unless we stand up and
Be the Church
The world want know righteousness, unless we are
Righteous before them
FAMILY COVENANT WITH GOD
V:7 So Moses went back and summoned the elders of the people and set before them all the words the Lord had commanded him to speak. 8 The people all responded together, \”We will do everything the Lord has said.\” So Moses brought their answer back to the Lord.
9 The Lord said to Moses, \”I am going to come to you in a dense cloud, so that the people will hear me speaking with you and will always put their trust in you.\” Then Moses told the Lord what the people had said.
A. Moses Had gained approval with elders of the nation
When the elders were chosen as civil leaders to govern.
themselves.
1. He called on the elders to relay God’s Word first.
2. The elders unanimously agreed to follow all Gods
commands.
3. It appears that the elders brought the Word to the nation.
4. The entire nation agreed to follow God’s commands.
5. United we stand, divided we fall.
6. In 2020, the US is a divided nation. We are in a fall to Covid 19.
7. We will recover when all believers come together in one voice
in the Lord.
B. Notice, It was not until the nation agreed by voice to follow God’s
Covenant that He spoke to the people in a cloud.
1. God gives a lesson in the importance of family unity.
2. He called Israel the house of Jacob.
3. God talked to the house of Jacob from a dense cloud so the people could
not see Him, but could hear His voice
4. No man has seen God at anytime. To see God without the grace
of Jesus would be eternal death.
5. As heads of households, it not only important that we teach the
Word of God, but insist that the whole family live by the Word.
THANK GOD FOR SOME MOUNTAIN TIME
Rev. M. Mitchell
Asst Pastor Of Greater Macedonia Baptist Church
5510 West Sam Houston Parkway North
Houston, Texas 77041
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