At Rephidim in the Wilderness
Christopher R. Massey
The Revelation of the True God in Exodus • Sermon • Submitted • Presented • 41:01
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1 All the congregation of the people of Israel moved on from the wilderness of Sin by stages, according to the commandment of the Lord, and camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink.
2 Therefore the people quarreled with Moses and said, “Give us water to drink.” And Moses said to them, “Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test the Lord?”
3 But the people thirsted there for water, and the people grumbled against Moses and said, “Why did you bring us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our livestock with thirst?”
4 So Moses cried to the Lord, “What shall I do with this people? They are almost ready to stone me.”
5 And the Lord said to Moses, “Pass on before the people, taking with you some of the elders of Israel, and take in your hand the staff with which you struck the Nile, and go.
6 Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock at Horeb, and you shall strike the rock, and water shall come out of it, and the people will drink.” And Moses did so, in the sight of the elders of Israel.
7 And he called the name of the place Massah and Meribah, because of the quarreling of the people of Israel, and because they tested the Lord by saying, “Is the Lord among us or not?”
Introduction
Introduction
Israel is Continuing in the Wilderness
God is Molding them
God has Provided throughout
1 All the congregation of the people of Israel moved on from the wilderness of Sin by stages, according to the commandment of the Lord, and camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink.
2 Therefore the people quarreled with Moses and said, “Give us water to drink.” And Moses said to them, “Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test the Lord?”
3 But the people thirsted there for water, and the people grumbled against Moses and said, “Why did you bring us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our livestock with thirst?”
Here We Go Again
Here We Go Again
Should Sound Familiar
Three Primary Areas
Security - Am I safe
Provision - Do I have all that I need
Health - Can I live an active life
Addressing concerns
Lost in the Garden
Can only be Found in Jesus
Requires training by the LORD
Refocus
Doing with Israel in the Wilderness
Doing with Believers now through Discipleship
Bible Study
Prayer
Community
Still Being Tested (LORD Led)
Israel Testing God
5 Then the devil took him to the holy city and set him on the pinnacle of the temple
6 and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written, “ ‘He will command his angels concerning you,’ and “ ‘On their hands they will bear you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone.’ ”
7 Jesus said to him, “Again it is written, ‘You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.’ ”
16 “You shall not put the Lord your God to the test, as you tested him at Massah.
Is the LORD among Us (Ex 17:7)
Are You still on my side?
Do You still care about me?
Are You still willing to Provide for me?
Understand Who God Is
Immutable - Not Moldable by us
Faithful - Chesed (Faithful Love)
Good - Right and Just
Love - Dotes over His Own
4 Pharaoh will not listen to you. Then I will lay my hand on Egypt and bring my hosts, my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great acts of judgment.
Moses Goes to the LORD
Moses Goes to the LORD
Just Like Before Cries to the LORD
Concern about Leading the People
Concern about His Life
5 And the Lord said to Moses, “Pass on before the people, taking with you some of the elders of Israel, and take in your hand the staff with which you struck the Nile, and go.
6 Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock at Horeb, and you shall strike the rock, and water shall come out of it, and the people will drink.” And Moses did so, in the sight of the elders of Israel.
Let’s Show ‘Em Again
Let’s Show ‘Em Again
Instructions to Moses
Callback to the LORD in Egypt
The LORD is There
Is the LORD among Us (Ex 17:7) - Yes
Are You still on my side? - Yes
Do You still care about me? - Yes
Are You still willing to Provide for me? - Yes
7 And he called the name of the place Massah and Meribah, because of the quarreling of the people of Israel, and because they tested the Lord by saying, “Is the Lord among us or not?”
Naming the Place
Naming the Place
Memory
Quarreling and Testing
Called out Through Scripture
7 For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. Today, if you hear his voice,
8 do not harden your hearts, as at Meribah, as on the day at Massah in the wilderness,
9 when your fathers put me to the test and put me to the proof, though they had seen my work.
7 Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says, “Today, if you hear his voice,
8 do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion, on the day of testing in the wilderness,
What we See About God
What we See About God
The LORD is NOT to be Tested
The LORD is NOT to be Tested
What Would be Tested
The LORD's Perfections are Perfect
Shows Our Inadequacy
The LORD is Faithful
Keeps His Promises
With His People
Provides from His Abundance
1 Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions.
22 The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end;
Conclusion
Conclusion
Israel is Becoming ...
The LORD Tests and Moves ...
Move from the Grumbling ...