BLDG. PROGRAM SCRIPTURE READING -- -------------- CLASSIFICATION: CHARACTER, CHRISTIAN --EXPOSITORY - -BIOGRAPHICAL --TEXTUAL --TOPICAL ---DEVOTIONAL DELIVERIES: Date 1-6-84 Hour p.m. Place San Angelo, TX (XXX+++) Results and Comments: BIBLIOGRAPHY
TEXT 4: 8 CLASSIFICATION: C ---EXPOSITORY ---BIOGRAPHICAL SCRIPTURE READING DELIVERIES: Date Hour Baptist 10/13/63 Capitol Hill B. 10/7/63 Union Assoc. 12/2/63 First Baptist Baptist 12/29/69 FBC 4/4/71 a.m. FBC 8-31 - 75 p.m. FBC 1 /6/84 P. M. Place Chickasha, Oklahoma Oklahoma City "M" Night Ponca City, Okla. Ponca City, Okla. San Angelo, Texas Sa n Angelo, Texas San An gelo, TX Results and Comments: 3 letter XXX 1 baptism XXX++ 2 letter; XXX 3 ltr, lred, 1 bapt xxx++ 1 ltr (XXX+++ ) BIBLIOGRAPHY _
THE CALL TO ADVANCE t i on, etc. 2. Who --Vs. 15 ROUSSEA\J A SWISS BORN P!j ILOSOEHER AND WRITER OF THE 18TH CENTURY, CLAIMS THAT " THE FACULTY OF SELF- IMPROVEMENT" IS ONE DISTINCTION BETWEEN MAN AND BEAST. RE STATES THE END OF A FEW ALL HE WILL EVER BE DURING HIS WHOLE LIFE. " BUT MAN IS CAPABLE OF MAKING ENDLESS ADVANCE. THOMAS II IT SEEMS NATURAL TO HUMAN REASON TO ADVANCE. II BECAUSE THIS IS TRUE, OURS IS A WORLD OF PETUAL ADVANCEMENT TWO ALTERNATIVES REST BEFORE US. ONE AS A MEDIEVAL WE MAY WITHDRAW TO OUR ANTIQUITY, REFUSING TO ADMIT THAT THERE ' S A WORLD OUT THERE MARCHING BY. TWO, WE MAY TO ADVANCE, ENTER THE STREAM OF NEEDY HUMANITY, AND GOD' S KINGOOM AT THE FOREFRONT. 0 DECIDE WHICH THESE REST WI TH I N THE BOUNDS OF WILL IS NOT DI FFICULT. THE CALL O ADVANCE, RESOUNDING THROUGHOUT GOD'S WORD, CONFRONTS US WI TH AN AVOIDAB LE CHALLENGE.ll:l;w) : THE I. rs A 15 GQ.12 Not Moses ' imagination, man ' s suggestion, but God. Action 1. Who Expects 15b " speak unto... they go forward." " forward " not t o t he L or to the R or r etreat, but fo r ward! Definite action. (1) Which follows prayer 15a "Wherefore criest. speak.. There is a point when prayer must give way to action. Moses would wind up getting hi s head cut off kneel i ng i n prayer, if he didn 't get up and go forward before the Egyptian got there. (2) comm.its to a distinct line o Kings 18 : 21 "And Elijah came unto all the peop le, and said, How long halt ye between two if the Lord be God, follow him : but if Baa l, then follow him. And the people answered him ot a word.". C.C-... /Soon your church budget of You will be saying, "We ourselves to this d i stinct line operation.,, I Two years in committing / you exerc i sed definite action line of opera - Irrunedi ate Actiop they GO forward " shoul d, will, thi nk it over, but immediate! (1) Because the needs are gr eat Pharaoh and hi s hoards of Egypt i ans were mar ching toward the Israel i tes. If they d i d soon advance, they would be trodden underfoot. Pharaoh wa not going to si t down and wa i t for Israel to decide. and marching : The world out there is onward toward destr uction. We must advance to meet their needs. The cause of Satan wi ll sur ely march over us if we fail to move God's Kingdom out in the forefr ont. Ti me waits on no man! (2) Because s no othe table a l ternative the by the I srael, was hemmed i n sea, on t he and wm iby hi gh moun t ains anc behind t hem by the They had no real cho i ce. I t wa s e i ther advance or d i e. You show me a church that has retreated or stood still and I'll show you a church that is dead. I t may be li ke the church at Sardis and have ia. " name that it lives, " but it is dead. 3. Makes No Promise of an Eas a --Vs. (1) Because the path of progress is always uphill This trying experi ence at Sea was nothin compared to the difficul ties to be encountered i n the wilderness beyond the sea. Any time I srae l was making progress things never came easy. Whether it in the Wi l derness, Jeri cho, or tl hemi re bui l ding the wal l at Jerusalem, there was ever. present difficulties and opposition. (2) Because God Himself did not have an easy way --John 3 : 16 (This was not an easy task for God ) 15 : 20a "Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his l ord. I f they have persecuted me, they wi ll also persecute you." Exodus 14 : 15-18 I I. the Midst of Dif ficul t v
C1'f-- ( 1) 9 Israel was greatly alarmed by the advancing army of the Egyptians for they were neither outwardly armed nor inwardly prepared for a successful battl e. This great obstacle of Egyptian Army was no figment of their imagination i t was a real diffi cul ty which they must face. Their only hope for victory rested in faith in God ' s power. (2) Within --Vss. 10-12 As much of Israel's pr oblem was within as I without. Although they cried unto the Lord, they had no confidence in His help. They gave vent to their despair in complaints again M.oses whom accused of bringing them out of the servitude of _Egypt to them up to di e in the desert. C1., 2. Whi ch is Based the of 14 We to have a blind, baseless fai th. Our faith stands on eternal promises of God. (1) That never fail --Isaiah 40 :8 " The grass withereth, the flower fadeth : but the word of our God shall stand I forever.'' f, The God's fidelity was ample proof that His promises never fail. There was no ::grounds to doubt thi s word. (2) hat assure s uccess 1 --Vs. 14 God had caused this exodus to succeed thus far through working many miracl es, and He was not about to l et it end in failure now. He gives His wo r d that success will be theirs. 3. --vs. Whoever heard of the Red Sea parting asunder, forming a wall of water on either side, simply because a rod had been str etched ever t he waters? Furthermore, if such a f anciful act were possible, how -voul d the path over the sea' s floor be anything but mud and mire into wh i ch Israel would surely sink? The whole thing r eeks with the impossible!
(1) God Led in tbis There was no question in Israel ' s mind bui but that God had led year by and only recently month by month, and event by event. i. e. your life -- church. (2) Because of a total commit al to God --Prov. 3 : 5-6 "Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths." III. IS A CALL TO VICTORY --Vss. 29-31 glorious truth about taxing experienc was that beyond the terror, despair, and diffi culty r ested a triumphant victory! 1. Which Brings --Vs. 14:30 ("and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon Anytime God ' s people experi ence a victory, Satan suffers a defeat. Anytime God ' s peopl e suffer a defeat, Satan experi ences a vi ctory. (1) ho uses every available means to frustrate God' s Cause Here he used the Egyptians. He did not wan to see I srael advance. He wanted to cut this nation off at the Red Sea for he knew that through thi s peopl e wou l d come Chri st the Saviour. i.e. your life, this church. Satan does like advance. (2) never gives up --15:23-24 Israels ' praise to God for her deliverance was hardly cold on her lips until she began to yield herself as Satan's instrument and murmur aga i nst God ' s man and God's way. 2. Whi ch Imparts Joy to God 's People --15: 1-2 Such victory cou l d not but be followed by great rejoicing (1) Because tb 11 of seeing God ' s power in action The rolling back of the waves, drying of the l and, destruction of the evil forces God ' s power in action during Revival, etc. (2) Because of the nowledge of having been used of God Unworthy as they were, these people had bee1 used by God and rejoiced in it.
3. Which stren thens the faith of the edeemed --14: 31 (1) Because of the knowledge that great things still Today ' s Christians are too often like deep-sea divers encased in suits designed for many fathoms deep, marching bravely forth to pull plugs out of Marshall (2) Because of the assurance that God still reigns. - Like a mighty army Moves the church of God; Brothers, we are treading Where the saints have trod; We are not divided; All one body we, One in hope and doctrine, One in charity. Onward, Christian soldiers, Marching as to war, With the cross of Jesus Going on before! j.)
Chickasha, First Baptist, 10/13/63 I FBC San Angelo Texas FBC San Angelo, Texas 8-31-75 FBC San Angelo, Texas 1-6-85 PM I Jerold R. McBride