2024-05-12 Sermon 1

• There are debates about if it was the gulf of Suez or another body of water.
• Some say that this was a shallow body of water, denying this was a miracle. This couldn't have been the case since:
  • there were walls of water when they crossed. Exod-14 > v29
  • Pharaoh and his men were drowned in the waters afterward: Exod-14 > v28

• God made it look like the Israelites were bewildered, lost in the wilderness. Exod-14 > v3
• God sent the pillar of cloud, and divided the sea.
• No man could have done these things.

• This is how the Israelites responded here. Exod-14 > v11
  • They were not walking by faith.
  • It is dangerous to view the world by our own present circumstances, forgetting God's promises.
  • Notice that there is something quite ungodly about what they are saying.
    • Ultimately they are saying that God failed.
      • They blamed Moses, but ultimately their grievance was against God Himself, not just His messenger Moses.
• This is the same way that we often respond, today, with unbelief

• Usually it's not very helpful to simply tell someone don't be afraid. They'll respond something like I can't help it. Instead we need to give someone a reason not to be afraid. And this is what Moses does next.

stand still and see the salvation of God

• 1. stand still
  • be calm. Don't panic.
  • How can we see the salvation of God if we are panicking? We will be distracted. To see God, we must be still.
  • 2 Corinthians 1:9-10 : Paul, also trusted God, even in the midst of death.
    • Paul concludes that if God saved him then, and so many before, then God will surely save us in the future.
• 2. see the salvation of God
  • There is nowhere else to look. Only God can provide salvation.

• One of the reasons is so that he can break us from the addiction of self-trust.
  • He reminds us that self-trust is deadly and useless.
  • God does for us what we could not do for ourselves.

• They walked toward the sea even before it was parted.
• they walked through the walls of water, not knowing how long they would hold.

• Spurgeon: sometimes we use prayer as an excuse for inactivity. It is not.