A Higher Source
To be delivered from our troubles, we must look to a higher source than ourselves and trust in God's power and ability to deliver.
D.L. Moody emphasizes the necessity of relying on God as our higher source for deliverance, using the example of Moses, who initially failed in his own strength to free the Israelites from Egypt. Moody illustrates that true deliverance comes when we allow God to work through us, as seen in Moses' transformation after years of preparation in the wilderness. He stresses that we must recognize our limitations and seek divine assistance to overcome both internal and external challenges. The sermon encourages believers to trust in God's power rather than their own abilities for true liberation.
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"I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him and honour him"
(Ps. 91:15).
First, "I will deliver." When God called Moses to go down into Egypt to deliver the children of Israel from the hand of the Egyptians, in all the world there wasn't a man who, humanly speaking, was less qualified than Moses. He had made the attempt once before to deliver the children of Israel, and he began by delivering one man. He failed in that, and killed an Egyptian, and had to run off into the desert, and stay there forty years. He had tried to deliver the Hebrews in his own way, he was working in his own strength and doing it in the energy of the flesh. He had all the wisdom of the Egyptians, but that didn't help him. He had to be taken back into Horeb, and kept there forty years in the school of God, before God could trust him to deliver the children of Israel in God's way. Then God came to him and said, "I have come down to deliver," and when God worked through Moses three million were delivered as easy as I can turn my hand over. God could do it. It was no trouble when God came on the scene.
Learn the lesson. If we want to be delivered, from every inward and outward foe, we must look to a higher source than ourselves. We cannot do it in our own strength.
Sermon Outline
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A Higher Source
- God's Deliverance
- Moses' Failure
- God's Power
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Human Strength vs. Divine Power
- Moses' Attempt
- God's Intervention
- Deliverance through God
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The Lesson of Moses
- Looking to a Higher Source
- God's Ability to Deliver
- Our Need for Divine Strength
Key Quotes
“I will deliver him and honour him” — D.L. Moody
“When God came on the scene, it was no trouble” — D.L. Moody
“We cannot do it in our own strength” — D.L. Moody
Application Points
- We must learn to look to God and trust in His power, rather than relying on our own strength.
- God's deliverance is available to us, but we must seek it in faith and trust in His ability.
- Our strength is limited, but God's power is limitless, and we must tap into it to overcome our struggles.