UNDERSTANDING YOUR YEAR—Exodus 12:1-3ff.
OR ’A New Paradigm’
Israel’s God ordained/established a new paradigm for understanding a calendar year.
A new paradigm for understanding the calendar year must be established among God’s people.
How is a new paradigm for understanding the calendar year established?
4 means of establishing a new paradigm for your year.
Rom. 14:7-8—“For not one of us lives for himself, & not one dies for himself; for if we live, we live for the Lord, or if we die, we die for the Lord; therefore whether we live or die, we are the Lord’s.”
1—A new paradigm for understanding your year is established thru...
YOUR GOD(:1)
—Explanation:(:1)
“Now the LORD said to Moses & Aaron in the land of Egypt,”
Ex. 3:13-15—“Then Moses said to God, “Behold, I am going to the sons of Israel, & I shall say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you.’ Now they may say to me, ‘What is His name?’ What shall I say to them?” And God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM”; & He said, “Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel, ‘I AM has sent me to you.’” And God, furthermore, said to Moses, “Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel, ‘The LORD, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, & the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.’ This is My name forever, & this is My memorial-name to all generations.”
Is your God YHWH/Christ/Holy Spirit?—True Israel’s God.
—Argumentation:
Ex. 6:6-7—“Say, therefore, to the sons of Israel, ‘I am the LORD, & I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, & I will deliver you from their bondage. I will also redeem you with an outstretched arm & with great judgments. ‘Then I will take you for My people, & I will be your God; & you shall know that I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.”
Rom. 9:25-26—“As He says also in Hosea: “I will call them My people, who were not My people, And her beloved, who was not beloved. ““And it shall come to pass in the place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ There they shall be called sons of the living God.”
Acts 4:12—““And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men, by which we must be saved.””
—Illustration:
Gang members/Acceptance by others reigns rather than moral truth/YOUR GOD
—Application:
?Which GOD establishes your year’s paradigm?
?You have a new paradigm for understanding the year?
2—A new paradigm for understanding your year is established thru...
YOUR SPOKESMEN(:1)
—Explanation:(:1)
“Now the LORD said to Moses & Aaron in the land of Egypt,”
Moses’ call—
Ex. 3:16-22—“Go & gather the elders of Israel together, & say to them, ‘The LORD, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac & Jacob, has appeared to me, saying, “I am indeed concerned about you & what has been done to you in Egypt. “So I said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt to the land of the Canaanite & the Hittite & the Amorite & the Perizzite & the Hivite & the Jebusite, to a land flowing with milk & honey.”’ “And they will pay heed to what you say; & you with the elders of Israel will come to the king of Egypt, & you will say to him, ‘The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. So now, please, let us go a three days’ journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.’ “But I know that the king of Egypt will not permit you to go, except under compulsion. “So I will stretch out My hand, & strike Egypt with all My miracles which I shall do in the midst of it; & after that he will let you go. “And I will grant this people favor in the sight of the Egyptians; & it shall be that when you go, you will not go empty-handed. “But every woman shall ask of her neighbor & the woman who lives in her house, articles of silver & articles of gold, & clothing; & you will put them on your sons & daughters. Thus you will plunder the Egyptians.”
Aaron’s call—
Ex. 4:10-16—“Then Moses said to the LORD, “Please, Lord, I have never been eloquent, neither recently nor in time past, nor since Thou hast spoken to Thy servant; for I am slow of speech & slow of tongue.” And the LORD said to him, “Who has made man’s mouth? Or who makes him dumb or deaf, or seeing or blind? Is it not I, the LORD? “Now then go, & I, even I, will be with your mouth, & teach you what you are to say.” But he said, “Please, Lord, now send the message by whomever Thou wilt.” Then the anger of the LORD burned against Moses, & He said, “Is there not your brother Aaron the Levite? I know that he speaks fluently. And moreover, behold, he is coming out to meet you; when he sees you, he will be glad in his heart. “And you are to speak to him & put the words in his mouth; & I, even I, will be with your mouth & his mouth, & I will teach you what you are to do. “Moreover, he shall speak for you to the people; & it shall come about that he shall be as a mouth for you, & you shall be as God to him.”
?YOUR Spokesmen...Are they God-called or entertainers?
—Argumentation:
1Pet. 5:1-4—“Therefore, I exhort the elders among you, as your fellow elder & witness of the sufferings of Christ, & a partaker also of the glory that is to be revealed, shepherd the flock of God among you, exercising oversight not under compulsion, but voluntarily, according to the will of God; & not for sordid gain, but with eagerness; nor yet as lording it over those allotted to your charge, but proving to be examples to the flock. And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the unfading crown of glory.”
—Illustration:
Congressmen/President/Eloquent speakers/Determiners & representatives of your ideals/YOUR SPOKESMEN
National Inquirer, Star, Globe/Real reps for news?/
—Application:
?Which SPOKESMEN establishes your year’s paradigm?
?You have a new paradigm for understanding the year?
3—A new paradigm for understanding your year is established thru...
YOUR EGYPT(:1)
—Explanation:(:1)
“Now the LORD said to Moses & Aaron in the land of Egypt,”
?What/Where is your land of slavery?...
Deut. 4:20—“But the LORD has taken you & brought you out of the iron furnace, from Egypt, to be a people for His own possession, as today.”
Rom. 8:14-17—“For all who are being led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again, but you have received a spirit of adoption as sons by which we cry out, “Abba! Father!” The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, & if children, heirs also, heirs of God & fellow heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him in order that we may also be glorified with Him.”
—Argumentation:
Rom. 5:6-8—“For while we were still helpless, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. For one will hardly die for a righteous man; though perhaps for the good man someone would dare even to die. But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.”
—Illustration/Application:
Maybe your Egypt is...Alcohol(beer, wine, liquor), Tobacco(cigar, cigarette, pipe, chewing, snuff), Adulterous relationship, Homosexuality/Lesbianism, Hard-headedness, Laziness at work, Lack of concern for your marital relationship, Harsh w/ Children, etc. OR a Simple Inattention to God...All sins of sinful flesh....All shackle & enslave you to some place away from God.
?Which EGYPT establishes your year’s paradigm?
?You have a new paradigm for understanding the year?
4—A new paradigm for understanding your year is established thru...
YOUR SPIRITUAL PASSION(:3-13)
—Explanation:(:3-13) Faith
:3—“Speak to all the congregation of Israel, saying, ‘On the tenth of this month they are each one to take a lamb for themselves, according to their fathers’ households, a lamb for each household.”
:4—‘Now if the household is too small for a lamb, then he & his neighbor nearest to his house are to take one according to the number of persons in them; according to what each man should eat, you are to divide the lamb.”
:5—‘Your lamb shall be an unblemished male a year old; you may take it from the sheep or from the goats.”
:6—‘And you shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the same month, then the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel is to kill it at twilight.”
:7—‘Moreover, they shall take some of the blood & put it on the two doorposts & on the lintel of the houses in which they eat it.”
:8—‘And they shall eat the flesh that same night, roasted with fire, & they shall eat it with unleavened bread & bitter herbs.”
:9—‘Do not eat any of it raw or boiled at all with water, but rather roasted with fire, both its head & its legs along with its entrails.”
:10—‘And you shall not leave any of it over until morning, but whatever is left of it until morning, you shall burn with fire.”
:11—‘Now you shall eat it in this manner: with your loins girded, your sandals on your feet, & your staff in your hand; & you shall eat it in haste--it is the LORD’S Passover.”
:12—‘For I will go through the land of Egypt on that night, & will strike down all the first-born in the land of Egypt, both man & beast; & against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments--I am the LORD.”
:13—‘And the blood shall be a sign for you on the houses where you live; & when I see the blood I will pass over you, & no plague will befall you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt.”
*?Your SPIRITUAL PASSION your overriding passion?
—Argumentation:
Php. 3:17-21—“Brethren, join in following my example, & observe those who walk according to the pattern you have in us. For many walk, of whom I often told you, & now tell you even weeping, that they are enemies of the cross of Christ, whose end is destruction, whose god is their appetite, & whose glory is in their shame, who set their minds on earthly things. For our citizenship is in heaven, from which also we eagerly wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ; who will transform the body of our humble state into conformity with the body of His glory, by the exertion of the power that He has even to subject all things to Himself.”
—Illustration:
I’m Passionate about my family’s...Morality-Behavior-Future-Citizenship- Education, etc.-because my Real passion is Christ/SPIRITUAL PASSION supplants fleshly ones
Dave is Banker—Roger is a USPS supervisor—Dennis drives for UPS—Sid & Mike work at Torrington—Matt is a surveyor—...BUT Real passion is Jesus!
—Application:
?Which PASSIONs establish your year’s paradigm?
?You have a new paradigm for understanding the year?
—CONCLUSION—
Action:
A new paradigm for understanding your year is established thru...
Your GOD(:1)
Your SPOKESMEN(:1)
Your EGYPT(:1)
Your SPIRITUAL PASSION(:3-13)
CHILDREN’S— ‘Your Diary’
Write the days activities.
Look over the space of a year. Lots of activities.
Next years pages are blank right now.
Some of them could contain...
—Those times you heard from God,
—The times you obeyed your Momma & Daddy
—Those times you listened to your Sunday School teacher
—Those times you taught someone in your SS class.
—Those times you taught someone at day care/pre-school/school about Jesus.
Presented 12/29/02am to:
Providence Baptist Church
975 Providence Road
Whigham, GA 39897
