How to Overcome Life Crises by Faith-Outline

FAITH: THE HEARTBEAT OF AUTHENTIC CHRISTIAN LIVING

How to Overcome Life Crises by Faith

Memory Verse: (Mark 11:22 NIV)  "Have faith in God," Jesus answered. 

Scripture Basis:  Hebrews 11:23-29

Heb 11:23 - 29 (NKJV) ²³By faith Moses, when he was born, was hidden three months by his parents, because they saw he was a beautiful child; and they were not afraid of the king’s command. ²⁴By faith Moses, when he became of age, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter,  ²⁵choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God than to enjoy the passing pleasures of sin,  ²⁶esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures ^£in Egypt; for he looked to the reward. ²⁷By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king; for he endured as seeing Him who is invisible.  ²⁸By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, lest he who destroyed the firstborn should touch them. ²⁹By faith they passed through the Red Sea as by dry land, whereas the Egyptians, attempting to do so, were drowned.

INTRODUCTION:

In this series, we have been studying about the spiritual heroes listed in the Hall of Faith found in Hebrews chapter 11. So far, we have covered two biblical periods:

First, The antediluvian Period:

1. Abel

2. Enoch

3. Noah.

Second, The Patriarchal Period:

1. Abraham

2. Isaac

3. Jacob

4. Joseph.

Third, Now we are looking at the period of the Exodus:

1. Moses

Moses was born in Egypt.

Moses (mo’-zez)= Taken out of the water; saved out of the water; saved from the water; drawn out; drawn forth. A son.--EDBN

1.   We must be Valiant in a volatile circumstance

Hebrews 11:23 (NIV)

Exodus 6:20 (NKJV)

²⁰ Now Amram took for himself Jochebed, his father’s sister, as wife; and she bore him Aaron and Moses. And the years of the life of Amram were one hundred and thirty-seven.

Numbers 26:59 (NKJV)

Exodus 1:15–16 (NIV)

Exodus 1:22 (NIV)

²² Then Pharaoh gave this order to all his people: “Every Hebrew boy that is born you must throw into the Nile, but let every girl live.”

Exodus 2:1–2 (NIV)

Now a man of the tribe of Levi married a Levite woman, ² and she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him for three months.

asteion--beautiful, not ordinary. Used twice in the New Testament Moses.

ἀστεῖος asteios handsome; well-bred; adj. beautiful, not ordinary, (Ac 7:20; Heb 11:23+); chosen for a special mission, formally, beautiful to God (Ac 7:20+), DBL Greek

  

Acts 7:20 (NIV); Hebrews 11:23 (NIV)

2 Timothy 1:5 (LEB)

⁵ remembering the  sincere faith in you, which lived first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am convinced that is in you also,

Proverbs 22:6 (NASB95)

   

Proverbs 22:6 (NLT)

⁶ Direct your children onto the right path,

and when they are older, they will not leave it.

 “examples are better than precepts.”

1 Corinthians 4:16 (NKJV) ¹⁶ Therefore I urge you, imitate me.

1 Corinthians 11:1 (NKJV) Imitate me, just as I also imitate Christ.

Jeremiah 29:11 (HCSB)

1 Samuel 1:24 (GW)

1 Samuel 1:27–28 (GW)

²⁷ I prayed for this child, and the Lord granted my request. ²⁸ In return, I am giving him to the Lord. He will be dedicated to the Lord for his whole life.”

And they worshiped the Lord there.

2.   We Must Deliberately  Choose the Eternal benefits instead of temporal aggrandizement

Hebrews 11:24–26 (NKJV)

²⁴ By faith Moses, when he became of age, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter, ²⁵ choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God than to enjoy the passing pleasures of sin, ²⁶ esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt; for he looked to the reward.

 Greek word translated “refused” means “a deliberate choice.”

ἀρνέομαι arneomai refuse vb.; deny, verbal renounce knowledge or relationship (Mt 10:33; Lk 8:45); 2. deny, disown, repudiate, the focus of possibly non-verbal denial (Lk 12:9), refuse to agree, not consent to (Heb 11:24); disregard, pay no attention to, deny oneself (Lk 9:23); refuse to follow, someone as a leader (Ac 7:35); be false to oneself, behave in a way that untrue to one’s real self (2Ti 2:13)--DBL Greek

Matthew 6:19–21 (ESV)

Hebrews 12:2 (NKJV)

² looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

“True faith causes a believer to hold the right values and make the right decisions.”-- Warren W. Wiersbe

3.   We must be Undeterred by the Anxiety of Crises

Hebrews 11:27 (NKJV)  ²⁷ By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king; for he endured as seeing Him who is invisible.

Exodus 2:11–15 (NCV)

4.   We must take God at His word and Act Accordingly.

Hebrews 11:28 (NRSV)

²⁸ By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch the firstborn of Israel.

John 15:14 (NKJV)

¹⁴ You are My friends if you do whatever I command you.

"The experience of Moses is proof that true biblical faith means obeying God in spite of circumstances and in spite of consequences.^{”—Warren Wiersbe}

5.   We must Defy Insurmountable Obstacles

Hebrews 11:29 (NKJV)

²⁹ By faith they passed through the Red Sea as by dry land, whereas the Egyptians, attempting to do so, were drowned.

Hebrews 1:13–14 (NET)

Exodus 14:16–22 (NKJV)

Exodus 15:12 (NKJV)

¹² You stretched out Your right hand;

    The earth swallowed them.

Isaiah 54:17 (ESV)

¹⁷    no weapon that is fashioned against you shall succeed,

and you shall confute every tongue that rises against you in judgment.

    This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord

and their vindication from me, declares the Lord.”

Conclusion:

Matthew 11:28 (NLT)

²⁸ Then Jesus said, “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.