PRAISE HIM BEFORE THE WORLD And unto Me you shall be a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words that you are to speak to the Israelites.” —Exodus 19:6 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. —I Peter 2:9             Israel was chosen to be a testimony to the world and they failed.  Now the Lord has chosen His church to be a testimony to the world.  We are to represent Him to the world.  How are we doing with…

OUR SOLID ROCK! Behold, I will stand there before you by the rock at Horeb; when you strike the rock, water will come out of it for the people to drink.”  So Moses did this in the sight of the elders of Israel. He named the place Massah (testing) and Meribah (quarreling) because the Israelites quarreled, and because they tested the LORD, saying, “Is the LORD among us or not?” —Exodus 17:6-7 For their rock is not like our Rock, as even our enemies concede. —Deuteronomy32:31  The LORD lives! Praise be to my Rock! Exalted be my God, the Rock, my Savior! —II Samuel 22:47 The LORD is my rock,…

NONE LIKE YOU! Who among the gods is like You, O LORD?  Who is like You—majestic in holiness, revered with praises, performing wonders? —Exodus 15:11 “Who among the gods is like You, O LORD?”  The answer is “there is none like You!”  “Who is like You— majestic in holiness?”  Again, the answer is that there is none like You that are “majestic in holiness.”  Who is like You to be “revered with praises?”  For the third time— there is none like You to be “revered with praises.”  Who is like You “performing wonders?”  Repeat with me— there is none like You “performing wonders!” For Jesus had known from the beginning…

REST IN OUR PASSOVER LAMB Then Moses summoned all the elders of Israel and told them, “Go at once and select for yourselves a lamb for each family, and slaughter the Passover lamb. Take a cluster of hyssop, dip it into the blood in the basin, and brush the top and the two sideposts of the doorframe with some of the blood. None of you shall go out the door of his house until morning.  When the LORD passes through to strike down the Egyptians, He will see the blood on the top and the two sideposts and pass over the door; so He will not allow the destroyer to…

NONE LIKE HIM! As for God, his way is perfect: The Lord’s word is flawless; he shields all who take refuge in him.  For who is God besides the Lord?  And who is the Rock except our God?  It is God who arms me with strength and keeps my way secure.  —Psalm 18:30-32             God’s ways are perfect… all His ways.  All He does is good and righteous.  His speech is flawless.  He never needs to ask for forgiveness or apologize because He never does anything wrong… never!             Brother and sister, take great comfort in knowing that He shields all of us who take refuge in Him.  We are…

GOD IS TO BE LOVINGLY OBEYED God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I AM has sent me to you.’” —Exodus 3:14 Then the Jews said to Him, “You are not yet fifty years old, and You have seen Abraham?”  “Truly, truly, I tell you,” Jesus declared, “before Abraham was born, I am!”  At this, they picked up stones to throw at Him. But Jesus was hidden and went out of the temple area. —John 8:57-59             God is self-existent and does not need anything or anyone.  He was, He is and He will always be.  He is…

GUILT AND FORGIVENESS When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “What if Joseph bears a grudge? Then he will surely repay us for all the evil that we did to him.”  So they sent word to Joseph, saying, “Before he died, your father commanded, ‘This is what you are to say to Joseph: I beg you, please forgive the transgression and sin of your brothers, for they did you wrong.’ So now, Joseph, please forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of your father.”  When their message came to him, Joseph wept. His brothers also came to him, bowed down before him, and said,…

THE WALK OF THE GODLY O LORD, who may abide in Your tent?  Who may dwell on Your holy hill?  He who walks with integrity and practices righteousness, who speaks the truth from his heart, who has no slander on his tongue, who does no harm to his neighbor, who casts no scorn on his friend, who despises the vile but honors those who fear the LORD, who does not revise a costly oath, who lends his money without interest and refuses a bribe against the innocent.  He who does these things will never be shaken. —Psalm 15 And you will again see the distinction between the righteous and the…

TRUST GOD ALWAYS! “I am Joseph, your brother,” he said, “the one you sold into Egypt! And now, do not be distressed or angry with yourselves that you sold me into this place, because it was to save lives that God sent me before you. For the famine has covered the land these two years, and there will be five more years without plowing or harvesting. God sent me before you to preserve you as a remnant on the earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance. Therefore it was not you who sent me here, but God, who has made me Pharaoh’s adviser—lord of all his household…