TODAY ON ANSWERS WITH BAYLESS CONLEY:
THAT TREE IS A SYMBOL OF CALVARY, AND WHEN WE APPLY CALVARY TO THE BITTER WATERS OF LIFE,
THEY ARE MADE SWEET.
AND FRIEND, HEALING IS INCLUDED IN THE REDEMPTION OF CHRIST.
NOW, THEY COME TO THE WILDERNESS.
THERE'S NO WATER.
THE PEOPLE BEGIN TO COMPLAIN, AND MOSES PRAYS A VERY CONCISE SHORT, HOT PRAYER.
WE'RE NOT TOLD WHAT IT WAS JUST AS HE CRIED OUT.
IT'S PROBABLY SOMETHING LIKE, "HELP!"
THERE ARE MANY QUESTIONS YOU ARE FACED WITH EVERY DAY.
WE ARE ALL SEARCHING FOR ANSWERS THAT WILL MAKE A REAL DIFFERENCE IN OUR LIVES.
IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE THAT THESE ANSWERS MIGHT BE RIGHT IN FRONT OF US.
GET READY TO DISCOVER ANSWERS IN THE BIBLE WITH BAYLESS CONLEY.
I WANT TO CHALLENGE YOU TO JUST SPIRIT, SOUL, AND BODY, LEAN OUT TOWARD HEAVEN AND DO YOUR
BEST TO GIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT AND GOD'S WORD YOUR UNDIVIDED ATTENTION.
IT'S AMAZING.
ONE THING THE HOLY SPIRIT WHISPERS TO YOU FROM THE SCRIPTURE, FROM A MESSAGE CAN REALLY
CHANGE YOUR WHOLE LIFE OR SET YOU UP FOR A SEASON OF BLESSING THAT YOU CAN'T COMPREHEND.
AND SOMETIMES IT'S JUST THE SMALLEST THOUGHT THAT COMES, AND IT MIGHT COME AT THE BEGINNING,
IT MIGHT COME IN THE MIDDLE, IT MIGHT COME IN THE END.
BUT WE NEED TO GIVE GOD OUR ATTENTION, SO LET'S JUST DO THAT.
FATHER, YOU'VE GOT US RIGHT NOW.
WE GIVE YOUR WORD FIRST PLACE.
WE WILL KEEP IT BEFORE OUR EYES.
WE'LL LISTEN TO IT WITH OUR EARS; WE WILL INCLINE OUR HEART BECAUSE WE KNOW ITS LIFE
AND HEALTH TO ALL THOSE THAT FIND IT.
HOLY SPIRIT, THANK YOU FOR WORKING TONIGHT.
LORD, MY PRAYER IS JUST THAT AS PEOPLE HAVE PUT THE KINGDOM FIRST AND COME INTO YOUR HOUSE
TONIGHT WHEN THERE'S SO MANY OTHER THINGS GOING ON THAT YOU WOULD TAKE CARE OF THEIR
HOUSES.
YOU WOULD TAKE CARE OF THE ISSUES AND THE CONCERNS OF THEIR LIFE.
WE JUST TRUST YOU TO WORK OUT THERE WHILE WE ARE WITH YOU IN HERE.
WORK IN PEOPLE'S FINANCES, I PRAY, WORK IN THEIR FAMILY SITUATIONS, WORK OUT AREAS OF
CONFLICT ON THE JOB, WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE, LORD, JUST PRAY THAT YOU WORK IN YOUR PEOPLE'S
BEHALF TO THE GLORY OF YOUR SON, JESUS CHRIST.
AMEN.
PLEASE OPEN YOUR BIBLE TO EXODUS CHAPTER 15.
WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT SOME OF THE PRAYERS OF MOSES TONIGHT.
NOW MOSES HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS WITH GOD AND ACTUALLY PRAYED A LOT OF PRAYERS BOTH
BEFORE HE RETURNED TO EGYPT AND WHILE HE WAS IN EGYPT MOSTLY CONNECTED WITH THE DELIVERANCE
OF GOD'S PEOPLE OUT OF BONDAGE.
BUT WHAT WE WANT TO DO TONIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT SOME OF THE PRAYERS THAT MOSES
PRAYED AFTER THEY CROSSED THE RED SEA AND BEGAN TRAVELING THROUGH THE WILDERNESS.
EXODUS 15, AND VERSE 22.
22 SO MOSES BROUGHT ISRAEL FROM THE RED SEA; THEN THEY WENT OUT INTO THE WILDERNESS OF
SHUR.
AND THEY WENT THREE DAYS IN THE WILDERNESS AND FOUND NO WATER.
23 NOW WHEN THEY CAME TO MARAH, THEY COULD NOT DRINK THE WATERS OF MARAH, FOR THEY WERE
BITTER.
THEREFORE THE NAME OF IT WAS CALLED MARAH.
24 AND THE PEOPLE COMPLAINED AGAINST MOSES, SAYING, "WHAT SHALL WE DRINK?"
25 SO HE CRIED OUT TO THE LORD, AND THE LORD SHOWED HIM A TREE.
WHEN HE CAST IT INTO THE WATERS, THE WATERS WERE MADE SWEET.
THERE HE MADE A STATUTE AND AN ORDINANCE FOR THEM, AND THERE HE TESTED THEM, 26 AND SAID,
"IF YOU DILIGENTLY HEED THE VOICE OF THE LORD YOUR GOD AND DO WHAT IS RIGHT IN HIS
SIGHT, GIVE EAR TO HIS COMMANDMENTS AND KEEP ALL HIS STATUTES, I WILL PUT NONE OF THE DISEASES
ON YOU WHICH I HAVE BROUGHT ON THE EGYPTIANS.
FOR I AM THE LORD WHO HEALS YOU."
ONE OF GOD'S COMPOUND NAMES, JEHOVA-RAPHA, THE LORD YOUR PHYSICIAN, THE LORD, YOUR HEALER.
NOW, THEY COME TO THE WILDERNESS.
THERE'S NO WATER.
THE PEOPLE BEGIN TO COMPLAIN, AND MOSES PRAYS A VERY CONCISE SHORT, HOT PRAYER.
WE'RE NOT TOLD WHAT IT WAS JUST AS HE CRIED OUT.
IT'S PROBABLY SOMETHING LIKE, "HELP!" AND GOD ANSWERED HIM IN A MIRACULOUS WAY, SHOWED
HIM A TREE.
HE THREW THE TREE INTO THE BITTER WATERS, AND THEY TURNED SWEET.
AND IT'S WORTH NOTING THAT HERE GOD REVEALS HIMSELF AS ISRAEL'S HEALER BEFORE HE EVEN
GIVES THEM THE TEN COMMANDMENTS OR ANY OF THE LAW.
ALMOST LIKE A MOTHER TENDS TO THE PHYSICAL WELL-BEING OF HER CHILD BEFORE SHE SEES TO
THE CHILD'S EDUCATION.
AND I BELIEVE THAT GOD WANTS THE NEWEST BABE IN CHRIST TO BE INTRODUCED TO HIM AS HEALER.
IT'S ONE OF THE TOP THINGS ON GOD'S AGENDA.
AND FRIEND, THIS HAPPENED BEFORE THE LAW.
IT DOESN'T PASS AWAY WITH THE LAW.
GOD IS A HEALER BY NATURE.
WHAT HE IS BY NATURE IS NOT DISPENSATIONAL.
YOU DON'T RELEGATE IT TO OLD TESTAMENT OR NEW TESTAMENT.
IT'S JUST WHO GOD IS. AND HE SHOWS THE PERMANENCY OF IT BY CALLING IT A STATUTE AND AN ORDINANCE.
AND OF COURSE, IT IS ASSOCIATED WITH REDEMPTION BECAUSE IT'S A TYPE OF CHRIST.
THAT TREE IS A SYMBOL OF CALVARY, AND WHEN WE APPLY CALVARY TO THE BITTER WATERS OF LIFE,
THEY ARE MADE SWEET.
AND FRIEND, HEALING IS INCLUDED IN THE REDEMPTION OF CHRIST.
SO THIS FIRST PRAYER IN THE WILDERNESS WAS BASICALLY MOSES CRIED OUT, "GOD, HELP."
EXODUS 17.
THIS IS A SHORT TIME LATER AND A SHORT JOURNEY LATER.
VERSE 2, EXODUS 17.
THEREFORE THE PEOPLE CONTENDED WITH MOSES, AND SAID, "GIVE US WATER, THAT WE MAY DRINK."
SO MOSES SAID TO THEM, "WHY DO YOU CONTEND WITH ME?
WHY DO YOU TEMPT THE LORD?"
AND THE PEOPLE THIRSTED THERE FOR WATER, AND THE PEOPLE COMPLAINED AGAINST MOSES, AND SAID,
"WHY IS IT YOU HAVE BROUGHT US UP OUT OF EGYPT, TO KILL US AND OUR CHILDREN AND OUR
LIVESTOCK WITH THIRST?"
SO MOSES CRIED OUT TO THE LORD, SAYING, "WHAT SHALL I DO WITH THIS PEOPLE?
THEY ARE ALMOST READY TO STONE ME!" AND THE LORD SAID TO MOSES, "GO ON BEFORE
THE PEOPLE, AND TAKE WITH YOU SOME OF THE ELDERS OF ISRAEL.
ALSO TAKE IN YOUR HAND YOUR ROD WITH WHICH YOU STRUCK THE RIVER, AND GO. 6 BEHOLD, I
WILL STAND BEFORE YOU THERE ON THE ROCK IN HOREB; AND YOU SHALL STRIKE THE ROCK, AND
WATER WILL COME OUT OF IT, THAT THE PEOPLE MAY DRINK."
AND MOSES DID SO IN THE SIGHT OF THE ELDERS OF ISRAEL.
NOW, THIS IS AFTER ALL OF THE MIRACLES IN EGYPT.
THIS IS AFTER THE WATERS OF THE RED SEA HAD PARTED.
THIS IS AFTER THE MIRACLE OF TURNING THE BITTER WATER SWEET ACTUALLY JUST A FEW DAYS LATER,
AND ONCE AGAIN, THE ISRAELITES ARE TEMPTING THE LORD, AND THEY ARE COMPLAINING.
AND THEIR SIN WAS NOT IN THEIR ASKING; THEIR SIN WAS IN THEIR ATTITUDE.
IT WASN'T THAT THEY ASKED FOR WATER, BUT IT WAS HOW THEY ASKED FOR IT. AND AGAIN, MOSES'
PRAYER WAS VERY BRIEF.
"LORD, WHAT DO I DO WITH THE PEOPLE?
THEY WANT TO KILL ME.
THAT WAS IT. AND GOD SHOWED MOSES WHAT TO DO.
NOW I WANT YOU TO NOTICE, MOSES DOES NOT SUGGEST TO GOD HOW HE MIGHT FIX THE PROBLEM.
HE LEFT THAT TO GOD.
YOU SEE THE TROUBLE WITH DICTATING TO GOD HOW HE'S SUPPOSED TO DO THINGS IS THAT ACCORDING
TO EPHESIANS 1:11, THE LORD ONLY WORKS THINGS AFTER THE COUNSEL OF HIS OWN WILL, NOT AFTER
OUR WILL, NOT AFTER OUR STRATEGY AND ALSO IF WE TRY AND DICTATE THE HOW TO GOD, IT LIMITS
OUR ABILITY TO PERCEIVE HIM WORKING.
IF WE SAY, "OKAY, GOD.
THIS IS WHAT'S GOING ON, AND YOU JUST NEED TO BRING ME THIS ANSWER OUT OF THE NORTH,
THAT MAKES SENSE, THAT'S WHAT I'M EXPECTING."
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO IF HE BRINGS THE ANSWER FROM THE SOUTH OR THE EAST, OR THE
WEST OR FROM BELOW OR FROM ABOVE?
I THINK SOMETIMES WE ACTUALLY MISS THE ANSWERS THAT GOD BRINGS BECAUSE WE'VE KIND OF PAINTED
GOD IN A BOX AND WE EXPECT HIM ONLY TO DO THINGS IN A CERTAIN WAY.
I REMEMBER I HAD A FRIEND.
THIS WAS WHEN I WAS IN BIBLE SCHOOL, AND SHE SAID, "BAYLESS, WILL YOU PRAY WITH ME?"
I SAID, "YEAH.
WHAT'S UP?"
SHE SAID, "MAN, I'VE GOT THIS FINANCIAL NEED.
I'VE GOT THESE BILLS THAT ARE DUE, AND I DON'T HAVE THE FUNDS, WOULD YOU AGREE WITH ME IN
PRAYER?"
SO I SAID YEAH.
AND I REMEMBER TAKING HER HANDS AND PRAYING THAT GOD WOULD MEET HER NEED.
PRAYED A FERVENT PRAYER.
I BELIEVE WHAT I PRAYED.
SHE WENT AWAY, AND A FEW MINUTES LATER, I FELT LIKE THE HOLY SPIRIT SAID, "GOOD PRAYER.
YOU KNOW YOU HAVE THE MONEY TO ANSWER THAT PRAYER YOU JUST PRAYED."
I THOUGHT, "WELL, LORD, ACTUALLY, YES, I DO.
WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO DO THAT?"
I FELT IN MY HEART; HE SAID, "YES."
SO I WENT OVER, THIS IS PROBABLY A HALF HOUR AFTER WE PRAYED.
I SAID, "HEY, I GOT SOMETHING FOR YOU."
I HANDED HER AN ENVELOPE.
SHE OPENS IT UP.
THERE'S ALL THE MONEY THAT SHE NEEDS TO COVER HER BILLS.
SHE SAYS, "I CAN'T TAKE THAT."
I SAID, "WHY?"
SHE SAID, "BECAUSE YOU KNEW."
SHE SAID, "I'M TRUSTING GOD.
THIS DOESN'T COUNT."
I SAID, "WAIT, A MINUTE."
IT'S TRUE.
THIS IS THE CONVERSATION.
I SAID, "WAIT, A MINUTE.
YOU'RE TELLING ME THAT GOD IS ONLY ALLOWED TO ANSWER YOUR PRAYER THROUGH SOMEONE THAT
DOESN'T KNOW ABOUT YOUR NEED?"
SHE SAID, "YES."
I SAID, "YOU CAN'T PUT GOD IN A BOX.
TAKE THE MONEY."
I THINK WE DO THAT SO MANY TIMES AND GOD DELIGHTS IN OVERTURNING THE APPLE CART AS IT WERE AND
BRINGING THINGS ABOUT IN A DIFFERENT WAY.
I REMEMBER, I WAS IN A MEETING ONCE AND LISTENING TO A GUY SHARE A STORY AND IT IMPACTED ME,
TALKED ABOUT A MEETING THAT WAS BEING HELD IN ASIA.
AND THEY'D NEVER HAD A GOSPEL MEETING OF THIS SORT THERE.
AND THEY ADVERTISED IT BIG TIME, AND THEY ACTUALLY BROUGHT OVER A NUMBER OF THE MOST
PROMINENT MINISTERS IN THE UNITED STATES OVER.
ONE INDIVIDUAL, IN PARTICULAR, THAT HAD A BIG MIRACLE MINISTRY, SOMEBODY ELSE, IT'S
LIKE A TOPNOTCH BIBLE TEACHER KNOWN IN THE UNITED STATES.
AND SO THIS BIG MEETING IS PACKED.
THEY'VE ADVERTISED IT ALL.
YOU'VE GOT ALL THE FAMOUS PEOPLE SITTING THERE.
AND SO THE PERSON WITH THE MIRACLE MINISTRY, GENUINE MINISTRY GETS OUT THERE, AND IT'S
LIKE EVERY WORD THEY SPOKE JUST FELL OFF THE END OF THE PULPIT.
THEY NEVER MADE IT TO THE FRONT ROW. AND PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE BEGAN TO HECKLE THIS PERSON
AND ACTUALLY THROW THINGS ON THE PLATFORM.
THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE THAT WERE ATTENDING THAT CAME BECAUSE OF THE ADVERTISING WERE
UNSAVED.
AND THEY WERE LAUGHING AND THROWING THINGS, AND THE PERSON ENDED UP LEAVING THE PLATFORM
IN SHAME.
AND IT TURNS OUT THAT WAS THE LAST MESSAGE THEY EVER PREACHED BEFORE THEY DIED.
AND SO ONE OF THE OTHER FAMOUS GUYS, FAMOUS BIBLE TEACHER TRIES TO SALVAGE THE MEETING,
AND HE GETS UP AND ACCORDING TO THE GUY THAT WAS SHARING THIS STORY WITH ME AND SOME OTHERS,
HE SAID HE PULLED SOME OLD CANNED, VERY TIRED SERMON OUT OF THE CLOSET, DUSTED IT OFF AND
PROCEEDED TO PREACH THIS MINI-SERMON.
AND HE SAID IT WAS LIKE A BUNCH OF DRIED BONES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DESERT, SAID JUST NOTHING.
THE PEOPLE JEERED.
THEY WERE MAKING FUN; THEY WERE STILL THROWING STUFF.
IT WAS A DISASTER.
SO THEY SAID THEY'RE GOING TO CLOSE THE MEETING, THEY INVITED A LITTLE AFRICAN COUPLE TO COME
UP AND PRAY AND CLOSE THE MEETING.
HE SAID, "THIS LITTLE STOUT AFRICAN WOMAN GETS UP, LOOKS AT THE CROWD, CROSSES HER ARMS
AND STARTS TO PRAY IN THE SPIRIT."
AND HER HUSBAND IS HANDED THE MICROPHONE, BUT INSTEAD OF PRAYING A CLOSING PRAYER, HE
JUST SAID, "LET GOD ARISE AND LET HIS ENEMIES BE SCATTERED."
AND HERE'S HIS WIFE, GOT HER ARMS CROSSED AND SHE'S PRAYING IN THE SPIRIT, PRAYING IN
THE SPIRIT.
HE SAYS IT AGAIN, "LET GOD ARISE.
LET HIS ENEMIES BE SCATTERED."
SHE'S OVER HERE JUST PRAYING AND PRAYING IN THE SPIRIT, GLARING AT EVERYBODY.
HE SAYS IT A THIRD TIME, "LET GOD ARISE AND LET HIS ENEMIES BE SCATTERED."
SUDDENLY SOMEBODY CRIES OUT FROM THE AUDIENCE, AND THEN A PERSON COMES RUNNING UP THE FRONT,
THROWS A PACK OF CIGARETTES UP ON THE PLATFORM, GETS ON THEIR KNEES AND STARTS TO CRY.
LITTLE WOMAN, STILL PRAYING.
PRAYING IN THE SPIRIT, JUST PRAYING.
HE SAYS IT AGAIN, "LET GOD ARISE.
LET HIS ENEMIES BE SCATTERED."
PEOPLE BEGAN TO STREAM OUT OF THEIR SEATS, COME UP TO THE FRONT, THROW DRUGS UP ON THE
ALTAR, CRY OUT TO GOD UNTIL THE ENTIRE FRONT OF THAT LARGE BUILDING WAS FILLED WITH PEOPLE
CRYING OUT TO GOD FOR MERCY AND GETTING SAVED.
HOW DID GOD DO IT?
THROUGH A LITTLE STOUT AFRICAN WOMAN THAT WAS PRAYING IN THE SPIRIT AND HER HUSBAND.
THE ENTIRETY OF THE SERMON BEGINNING AND END WAS, "LET GOD ARISE.
LET HIS ENEMIES BE SCATTERED."
FRIEND, YOU JUST CAN'T PUT GOD IN A BOX.
IT WASN'T THE SCHOLARLY BIBLE TEACHER; IT WASN'T THE MIRACLE WORKER, IT WAS THE UNKNOWN
COUPLE THAT GOD USED TO BRING THE HOLY SPIRIT INTO THAT MEETING AND BRING REVIVAL.
AND FOR SOME OF YOU, JUST QUIT TELLING GOD HOW TO DO HIS JOB.
MOSES DIDN'T EVEN SUGGEST TO GOD HOW TO FIX THIS PROBLEM.
HE LET GOD WORK THAT OUT.
ALRIGHT, EXODUS CHAPTER 32, LOOK WITH ME IF YOU WOULD AND VERSE 7, EXODUS 32 AND 7, WE
COME TO ANOTHER INSTANCE NOT TOO MUCH LONGER AFTER THAT WHICH WE JUST READ, VERSE 7, EXODUS
32:7.
AND THE LORD SAID TO MOSES, "GO, GET DOWN!
NOW HE'S UP ON THE MOUNTAIN.
HE'S JUST RECEIVED THE TEN COMMANDMENTS OKAY.
THAT'S THE SETTING.
GOD SAYS,
"GO, GET DOWN!
FOR YOUR PEOPLE WHOM YOU BROUGHT OUT OF THE LAND OF EGYPT HAVE CORRUPTED THEMSELVES.
NOW, THAT IS AN INTERESTING THING.
GOD HAS JUST GIVEN THE TEN COMMANDMENTS TO MOSES, "YOU BETTER GET DOWN.
YOUR PEOPLE, YOU BROUGHT OUT OF EGYPT, THEY'VE CORRUPTED THEMSELVES.
MOSES, GET BUSY."
AND SO WE READ ON, VERSE 8.
THEY HAVE TURNED ASIDE QUICKLY OUT OF THE WAY WHICH I COMMANDED THEM.
THEY HAVE MADE THEMSELVES A MOLDED CALF, AND WORSHIPED IT AND SACRIFICED TO IT, AND SAID,
'THIS IS YOUR GOD, O ISRAEL, THAT BROUGHT YOU OUT OF THE LAND OF EGYPT!' " AND THE
LORD SAID TO MOSES, "I HAVE SEEN THIS PEOPLE, AND INDEED IT IS A STIFF-NECKED PEOPLE!
NOW THEREFORE, LET ME ALONE, THAT MY WRATH MAY BURN HOT AGAINST THEM AND I MAY CONSUME
THEM.
AND I WILL MAKE OF YOU A GREAT NATION."
IN OTHER WORDS, MOSES, LET'S START OVER.
I'M GOING TO SCRATCH EVERYONE OUT.
I'M GOING TO BUILD A BRAND NEW NATION JUST OUT OF YOU.
NOW LOOK AT WHAT MOSES SAYS, VERSE 11,
11 THEN MOSES PLEADED WITH THE LORD HIS GOD, AND SAID: "LORD, WHY DOES YOUR WRATH BURN
HOT AGAINST YOUR PEOPLE WHOM YOU HAVE BROUGHT OUT OF THE LAND OF EGYPT WITH GREAT POWER
AND WITH A MIGHTY HAND?
NOW, GOD, YOU'VE GOT THIS THING BACKWARD.
THEY'RE NOT MY PEOPLE.
I DIDN'T BRING THEM OUT OF EGYPT, THEY'RE YOUR PEOPLE, AND YOU BROUGHT THEM OUT OF EGYPT."
MOSES SORT OF FLIPS THE SCRIPT HERE, VERSE 14.
14 SO THE LORD RELENTED FROM THE HARM WHICH HE SAID HE WOULD DO TO HIS PEOPLE.
NOW HERE WE HAVE A PICTURE OF MOSES, THE INTERCESSOR STANDING BETWEEN THE PEOPLE AND DESTRUCTION.
THAT'S WHAT AN INTERCESSOR IS.
THEY STAND BETWEEN AND REALIZE IN THE GRAVITY OF THE PEOPLE'S SIN, MOSES, ACTUALLY ADDRESSES
GOD AGAIN SHORTLY AFTER THIS.
THE SAME CHAPTER IN VERSE 30.
30 NOW IT CAME TO PASS ON THE NEXT DAY THAT MOSES SAID TO THE PEOPLE, "YOU HAVE COMMITTED
A GREAT SIN.
SO NOW I WILL GO UP TO THE LORD; PERHAPS I CAN MAKE ATONEMENT FOR YOUR SIN." 31 THEN
MOSES RETURNED TO THE LORD AND SAID, "OH, THESE PEOPLE HAVE COMMITTED A GREAT SIN, AND
HAVE MADE FOR THEMSELVES A GOD OF GOLD!
32 YET NOW, IF YOU WILL FORGIVE THEIR SIN—BUT IF NOT, I PRAY, BLOT ME OUT OF YOUR BOOK WHICH
YOU HAVE WRITTEN."
33 AND THE LORD SAID TO MOSES, "WHOEVER HAS SINNED AGAINST ME, I WILL BLOT HIM OUT
OF MY BOOK.
NOW JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE HEART OF MOSES IN PRAYER.
HE'S TRYING TO STAND IN A PLACE THAT HE'S NOT QUALIFIED TO STAND, AND HE'S SAYING,
"GOD, I'LL BE THEIR SUBSTITUTE.
DON'T BLOT THEM OUT OF YOUR BOOK, BLOT ME OUT OF YOUR BOOK INSTEAD.
I'LL TAKE THEIR PLACE."
BUT HE HAD SUCH A HEART FOR THE PEOPLE.
YOU KNOW, ACCORDING TO SECOND OR FIRST TIMOTHY 2 AND 1, ONE OF THE TYPES OF PRAYERS THAT
WE'RE TO BE PRAYING AS BELIEVERS ARE PRAYERS OF INTERCESSION.
WHERE WE PRAY FOR OTHERS, WHERE WE STAND IN THE GAP FOR OTHERS.
YOU KNOW, IN LUKE CHAPTER 13, A BUNCH OF PEOPLE CAME TO JESUS, AND THEY SAID, "HEY, DID YOU
HEAR ABOUT ALL OF THE GALILEANS THAT PONTIUS PILATE KILLED THEM DURING WORSHIP.
HE MURDERED THEM AND MIXED THEIR BLOOD WITH THE BLOOD OF THE SACRIFICES?
AND JESUS SAID, "YOU THINK THOSE GALILEANS WERE BIGGER SINNERS THAN ANY OTHER GALILEANS?
LET ME TELL YOU UNLESS YOU REPENT; YOU'LL PERISH LIKEWISE."
JESUS WENT ON.
HE SAYS, "DID YOU HEAR ABOUT HOW THE TOWER OF SILOAM FELL ON 18 PEOPLE AND KILLED THEM?"
HE SAYS, "DO YOU THINK THEY WERE BIGGER SINNERS THAN ANYONE ELSE IN JERUSALEM?"
HE SAID, "NO, BUT I TELL YOU UNLESS YOU REPENT, YOU'LL LIKEWISE PERISH."
AND THEN RIGHT AFTER THAT, JESUS TELLS THIS PARABLE THAT'S VITALLY CONNECTED TO THE TWO
INCIDENTS HE JUST MENTIONED.
HE SAID, "THERE WAS A LITTLE FIG TREE PLANTED IN A VINEYARD."
SO A FIG TREE SURROUNDED BY GRAPEVINES.
HE SAYS, "FOR THREE YEARS, THE MASTER OF THE VINEYARD CAME TO THAT LITTLE FIG TREE, LOOKING
FOR FRUIT DIDN'T FIND ANY.
AFTER THREE YEARS, HE SAID, "CUT THE THING DOWN.
IT'S JUST USING UP THE GROUND."
HE SAID, "BUT SOMEBODY CAME AND SAID, WAIT.
GIVE IT ANOTHER YEAR.
I'LL DIG AROUND IT; I'LL FERTILIZE IT. AND THEN IF IT DOESN'T BEAR FRUIT, THEN YOU CAN
CUT IT DOWN."
WHAT HAPPENED?
DESTRUCTION WAS HEADED TO THAT TREE UNTIL AN INTERCESSOR STEPPED IN.
SOMEONE, BECAUSE THEY STOOD IN BETWEEN AND GAVE IT MORE TIME.
AND JESUS' POINT WAS: YOU KNOW WHY THOSE GALILEANS DIED?
NOT BECAUSE THEY WERE WORSE THAN ANYBODY ELSE, IT WASN'T THE JUDGMENT OF GOD; IT'S BECAUSE
THERE WAS NO INTERCESSOR.
YOU KNOW WHY THE TOWER FELL ON THOSE PEOPLE?
IT'S NOT BECAUSE THEY WERE BIG SINNERS, IT'S BECAUSE THERE WAS NO INTERCESSOR.
THERE WAS NO ONE TO STAND IN THE GAP.
YOU KNOW IN ACTS CHAPTER 12, IT SAID THAT KING HEROD, HE TOOK JAMES THE BROTHER OF JOHN
AND KILLED HIM WITH THE EDGE OF THE SWORD.
AND HE SAW THAT IT PLEASED THE JEWS.
THAT'S ONE OF THE 12 APOSTLES.
HE'S BEEN MURDERED.
HE SAW IT PLEASED THE JEWS.
SO HE SEES PETER AS WELL, INTENDING TO EXECUTE PETER JUST THE SAME.
BUT PETER HAD A MIRACULOUS DELIVERANCE.
JAMES WAS KILLED, PETER WAS DELIVERED.
YOU READ IT IN ACTS CHAPTER 12.
THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO, CONTINUAL PRAYER WAS MADE FOR PETER, AND IF THEY PRAYED
EVEN ONE PRAYER FOR JAMES, WE'RE NOT TOLD ABOUT IT.
THE ONLY DIFFERENCE WAS SOMEBODY STOOD IN THE GAP.
THE ONLY DIFFERENCE WAS INTERCESSION.
I THINK MAYBE THEY THOUGHT, "HEY, JAMES IS LARGER THAN LIFE."
HE'S ONE OF THE 12 APOSTLES OF THE LAND.
CERTAINLY NOTHING COULD HAPPEN TO HIM.
MY FRIEND, WE NEED TO PRAY FOR OUR LEADERS.
EVERYONE NEEDS PRAYER.
MOSES TEACHES US BY BEING AN INTERCESSOR.
IT IS SO, SO IMPORTANT.
NOW, WE COME TO EXODUS CHAPTER 33.
AND BY THIS TIME, GOD IS PRETTY HACKED OFF AT THE PEOPLE.
AND SO AT THE START OF THE CHAPTER, GOD SAYS, "LOOK, YOU'RE GOING TO GO IN, AND YOU'RE GOING
TO INHERIT THE PROMISED LAND, BUT I'M NOT GOING.
I'M GOING TO SEND AN ANGEL INSTEAD.
THE ANGEL WILL GO BEFORE YOU.
YOU WILL DRIVE OUT THE JEBUSITES, THE PERIZZITES, AND THE HIVITES AND ALL THE INHABITANTS OF
THE LAND."
AND WE PICK IT UP IN VERSE 12 OF EXODUS 33.
IT SAYS,
THEN MOSES SAID TO THE LORD, "SEE, YOU SAY TO ME, 'BRING UP THIS PEOPLE.'
BUT YOU HAVE NOT LET ME KNOW WHOM YOU WILL SEND WITH ME.
YET YOU HAVE SAID, 'I KNOW YOU BY NAME, AND YOU HAVE ALSO FOUND GRACE IN MY SIGHT.'
NOW THEREFORE, I PRAY, IF I HAVE FOUND GRACE IN YOUR SIGHT, SHOW ME NOW YOUR WAY, THAT
I MAY KNOW YOU AND THAT I MAY FIND GRACE IN YOUR SIGHT.
AND CONSIDER THAT THIS NATION IS YOUR PEOPLE."
AND HE SAID, "MY PRESENCE WILL GO WITH YOU, AND I WILL GIVE YOU REST."
THEN HE (THAT IS MOSES) SAID TO HIM, "IF YOUR PRESENCE DOES NOT GO WITH US, DO NOT
BRING US UP FROM HERE.
FOR HOW THEN WILL IT BE KNOWN THAT YOUR PEOPLE AND I HAVE FOUND GRACE IN YOUR SIGHT, EXCEPT
YOU GO WITH US?
SO WE SHALL BE SEPARATE, YOUR PEOPLE AND I, FROM ALL THE PEOPLE WHO ARE UPON THE FACE
OF THE EARTH."
SO THE LORD SAID TO MOSES, "I WILL ALSO DO THIS THING THAT YOU HAVE SPOKEN; FOR YOU
HAVE FOUND GRACE IN MY SIGHT, AND I KNOW YOU BY NAME."
NOW, AGAIN, MOSES MAKING INTERCESSION FOR THE PEOPLE.
GOD SAID, "I'M NOT GOING.
I'M SENDING AN ANGEL.
MOSES SAID, "WAIT A MINUTE, IF YOU DON'T GO WITH US, CANCEL MY RESERVATIONS TO THE
PROMISED LAND.
THE ONLY THING THAT MAKES US DIFFERENT THAN ANY OTHER PEOPLE IN THE WHOLE EARTH IS YOUR
PRESENCE."
GOD SAYS, "OKAY.
MY PRESENCE WILL GO WITH YOU.
I'LL DO WHAT YOU ASK."
AND YOU KNOW, THE ONLY THING THAT MAKES YOU DIFFERENT THAN ANYONE ELSE IN THE WORLD IS
THE PRESENCE OF GOD.
THAT'S THE ONE THING THAT SETS US APART AS BELIEVERS FROM THE REST OF THE WORLD.
MY DAD WENT TO HEAVEN IN NOVEMBER.
THE DOCTOR WAS IN THE ROOM; MY SISTER WAS THERE.
DAD'S BREATH WAS PRETTY LABORED.
THE DOCTOR PUT HIS HAND ON MY DAD'S CHEST, AND MY DAD EXPELLED HIS LAST BREATH ON PLANET
EARTH, AND HE WAS GONE.
THE DOCTOR TURNED AROUND TO MY SISTER AND SAID, "HE WAS A BELIEVER, WASN'T HE?"
SHE SAID, "YEAH."
HE SAID, "I FEEL THE PRESENCE OF GOD."
THE DOCTOR WENT OUT IN THE HALLWAY AND BEGAN TO WEEP.
THE ONE THING THAT MAKES US DIFFERENT, MY FRIEND IS THE PRESENCE OF GOD, AND SOME OF
YOU DON'T KNOW IT, YOU DON'T REALIZE IT, BUT PEOPLE AT YOUR WORK, THEY'RE WATCHING YOU.
THEY HAVEN'T PUT THEIR FINGER ON IT, BUT THEY THINK SOMETHING IS DIFFERENT ABOUT HER.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS AND IT'S NOT THE EIGHT-POUND BIBLE THAT YOU BRING TO WORK EITHER.
SOME OF YOU ARE BEING WATCHED, YOU'RE BEING SCRUTINIZED VERY CLOSELY.
AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT PEOPLE ARE THINKING: WHAT IS IT ABOUT HIM?
WHAT IS IT ABOUT HER?
THEY'RE DIFFERENT, AND I DON'T KNOW WHY.
SOMEHOW I'M ATTRACTED TO WHAT THIS PERSON HAS.
MY FRIEND, IT'S THE PRESENCE OF GOD AND MOSES KNEW THAT.
HE SAID, "GOD, ANGEL GREAT, BUT IF YOU JUST SEND AN ANGEL, I'M NOT GOING.
IF YOUR PRESENCE DOESN'T GO WITH US, DON'T SEND US UP THERE."
MOSES WAS A REAL INTERCESSOR.
THEN NEXT WE FIND A VERY PERSONAL PRAYER REQUEST BY MOSES.
NO DOUBT HE WAS THINKING ABOUT HOW GOD'S PRESENCE MAKES US DIFFERENT.
AND HE SAYS THIS IN VERSE 18 IN THE SAME CHAPTER,
AND HE SAID, "PLEASE, SHOW ME YOUR GLORY."
THEN HE (THAT IS THE LORD) SAID, "I WILL MAKE ALL MY GOODNESS PASS BEFORE YOU, AND
I WILL PROCLAIM THE NAME OF THE LORD BEFORE YOU.
I WILL BE GRACIOUS TO WHOM I WILL BE GRACIOUS, AND I WILL HAVE COMPASSION ON WHOM I WILL
HAVE COMPASSION."
NOW, MOSES SAID, "SHOW ME YOUR GLORY."
THE HEBREW WORD TRANSLATED GLORY IN OUR ENGLISH BIBLE LITERALLY MEANS WEIGHT, MASS, OR SUBSTANCE.
WHEN MOSES SAID, "GOD SHOW ME YOUR GLORY," HE WAS SAYING, "GOD, I WANT TO KNOW WHO YOU
ARE.
I DON'T WANT TO JUST KNOW WHAT YOU DO, BUT I WANT TO KNOW WHY YOU DO WHAT YOU DO." AND
IT'S INTERESTING.
THE ONE ATTRIBUTE THAT GOD SAYS WHEN MOSES SAID, "GOD, SHOW ME WHO YOU ARE, YOUR WEIGHT,
YOUR MASS, YOUR SUBSTANCE.
WHO ARE YOU ON THE INSIDE?
WHO IS THIS GOD THAT'S BROUGHT US OUT OF EGYPT?"
GOD SAID, "ALL MY GOODNESS WILL PASS BEFORE YOU, AND I WILL BE GRACIOUS, AND I WILL BE
COMPASSIONATE," BECAUSE THE LORD IS NOTHING SO MUCH AS HE IS GOOD, AND HE IS MERCIFUL,
AND HE IS COMPASSIONATE, AND HE IS LOVE.
GOD SAID, "DO YOU WANT TO SEE?
I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU MY GOODNESS BECAUSE THAT'S WHO AND THAT IS WHAT I AM ON THE INSIDE."
IT WAS A REQUEST FOR PERSONAL, INTIMATE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD.
THANK YOU FOR WATCHING ANSWERS WITH BAYLESS CONLEY.
BAYLESS WILL CONTINUE WITH PART TWO OF HIS MESSAGE NEXT WEEK.
I HOPE YOU'RE ABLE TO JOIN US NEXT TIME FOR THE SECOND PART OF THE REMAINDER OF THIS
MESSAGE.
AND YOU KNOW, I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S A COINCIDENCE YOU ARE LISTENING TO ME RIGHT NOW.
YOU COULD BE DOING ANYTHING, YOU COULD BE ANYWHERE, BUT THROUGH ONE MEANS OR ANOTHER,
YOU ARE HEARING THE SOUND OF MY VOICE.
I'M GOING TO BE A BIT BOLD AND SAY THIS: I BELIEVE GOD IS TRYING TO GET YOUR ATTENTION;
HE LOVES YOU; HE WANTS TO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU.
CALL UPON HIS SON, JESUS TODAY.
AND NOW HERE'S BAYLESS WITH AN INSPIRATIONAL THOUGHT YOU CAN APPLY TODAY.
HAVE YOU EVER NOTICED THAT GOD DOESN'T WORK THINGS OUT ON OUR TIMETABLE?
HE SEEMS TO HAVE HIS OWN TIMETABLE AND HIS OWN WAY OF DOING THINGS.
NOW I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE EXERCISE SPECIFIC FAITH IN SPECIFIC PROMISES.
BUT ALSO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE JUST HAVE THIS UNDERLYING SENSE THAT GOD IS WORKING
THINGS OUT IN OUR LIFE.
THE BIBLE SAYS THAT HE WORKS THINGS ACCORDING TO THE COUNSEL OF HIS OWN WILL.
NOT ACCORDING TO OUR WILL.
AND IN YOUR LIFE, WHATEVER IS GOING ON RIGHT NOW, YOU CAN TRUST GOD.
YOU CAN TRUST IN HIS FAITHFUL NATURE.
YOU CAN TRUST IN HIS GOODNESS.
YOU CAN TRUST IN HIS PROMISES.
TRUST THAT HE WILL WORK THINGS OUT; THAT HE DOES HAVE A HOPE AND A DESIRED END FOR YOU.
IT MAY NOT BE ON YOUR TIMETABLE.
IT MAY NOT WORK OUT THE EXACT WAY THAT YOU THINK IT SHOULD WORK OUT.
BUT TRUST IN YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER.
HE LOVES YOU.
FRIEND, HE TAKES CARE OF THE SPARROW.
HE WILL TAKE CARE OF YOU.
GOD BLESS YOU.
THANK YOU FOR WATCHING ANSWERS WITH BAYLESS CONLEY.
FOR MORE INFORMATION AND INSPIRATION VISIT ANSWERSBC.ORG.
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