This quarter (June, July, and August) we are going to be dealing with...God's Call to His People...In the first Unit (June)...our lessons center around being...Called Out of Egypt...In the book of Exodus...we find the story of Moses and the Children of Israel...
This blog will focus on Lesson Three...Recognizing True Authority...the scripture lesson text is found in the Exodus 5:1-9, 22-6:1...check it out...
Verse 1-9 says..."And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness. And Pharaoh said, Who is the Lord, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the Lord, neither will I let Israel go. And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go , we pray thee, three days' journey into the desert, and sacrifice unto the Lord our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword. And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, let the people from their works? get you unto your burdens. And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now are many, and ye make them rest from their burdens. And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying, Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as hertofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves. And the tale of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall lay upon them; ye shall not diminish ought thereof: for they be idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God. Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein; and let them not regard vain words.
Exodus 5:22-6:1 says...And Moses returned unto the Lord, and said, Lord, wherefore hast thou so evil entreated this people? why is it that thou hast sent me? For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in thy name, he hath done evil to this people; neither hast thou delivered they people at all. Exodus 6:1 says...Then the Lord says unto Moses, Now shalt thou see what I will do to Pharaoh: for with a strong hand shall he let them go, and with a strong hand shall he drive them out of his land.
Recognizing True Authority...
What do you think this means? At first glance...it seems like the title of this lesson suggest that we need to not only recognize "true authority", but false authority as well. So what or who has "true authority"? Better yet what does authority mean?
According to several definitions from Webster-Merriam Online Dictionary...The word authority is defined as persons in command or as having power to influence or command thought, opinion or behavior
I can't speak for you, but I have given authority to a lot of the wrong people. I have given authority to my girlfriend, my peers, and even complete strangers at one time or another. At that point, God had never been someone I realized deserved complete authority in my life.
Look at the scripture lesson...what happened under the authority of Pharaoh? We see in the scripture that only bad things came as a result of his authority. God wants to deliver us from our bad situations, but we have to give Him the authority to do whatever it is He wants to do in our life.
Let's pray...Lord, you are so awesome...you know us better than we know ourselves...forgive us Lord of all of our sins...known and unknown...we want to be better Christians...so Lord allow us to submit to your authority...help us to understand that your will for our lives is better than anything we could ever create for ourselves...we need you Lord...we love you...and we ask these things in Jesus' name...Amen
1 comment:
Great comment. Many of us can say that we have given authority to alot of the wrong people. I will be sure to bring this up in class on Sunday.
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