SATURDAY, MAY 26, 2O18TOPIC: RAISING GODLY CHILDREN
TEXT: EXODUS 2:1-10
I) THE KEY VERSE:
“And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months” (Exodus 2:2).
2) THE TEXT:
(EXODUS 2: I – IO KJV)
“2:1 And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi.
2:2 And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months.
2:3 And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river’s brink.
2:4 And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him.
2:5 And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river’s side; and when she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it.
2:6 And when she had opened it, she saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews’ children.
2:7 Then said his sister to Pharaoh’s daughter, Shall I go and call to thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee?
2:8 And Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and called the child’s mother.
2:9 And Pharaoh’s daughter said unto her, Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages. And the women took the child, and nursed it.
2:10 And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses: and she said, Because I drew him out of the water.”
3) THE MESSAGE:
i) Many years ago, there lived in London, England, a master musician, who adopted a street urchin. Each day, the musician took the boy to his studio and taught him. Over the years, the boy grew to become a genius in music.
ii) He made his first operatic appearance at the age of twenty-one. Music lovers within the country came to see him play. The master musician said to the young man, “Son, do not pay any attention to the people. Fix your eyes on me.”
iii) Each time he played, the crowd went wild with enthusiasm, women threw bouquets at his feet; but he failed to notice them. His eyes were fixed on the old master who was standing on the top gallery.
iv) Moses was born at a troublous time in the history of the Israelites. His parents found him a goodly child and hid him three months from Pharaoh’s rampaging army.
v) At three months, when they could not hide him any longer, they put him by the river’s brink and set his sister to watch.
vi) Through divine arrangement, he was adopted by Pharaoh’s daughter but trained by his parents to fulfil the purpose of his life as the eventual deliverer of Israel.
vii) It is never the will of God for Christian parents to have ungodly children. From an early age, there is need to teach our children that the Christian life should be lived as though they are in a race which must be won at all cost. Let every conversation endear them to holiness which qualifies for heaven.
viii) The master musician in our introductory story, instructed the young musician to focus on him and not on the public.
ix) Christian parents should point their children to Jesus. “Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith…” (Hebrews 12:2).
4) THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
It is better to have the womb shut than raise ungodly, vagabond children.
5) BIBLE READING IN ONE YEAR:
PSALM 131;
138-139;
143-145
Happy Weekend????????????
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