Bible Readings:
Exodus 15:22 – 27
Philippians 4:4 – 20
Exodus 16:1 – 36
Sermon Outline:
Exodus 15:22–24 (NKJV)
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?”
I A test of faith
II A further test of faith
Exodus 15:22–24 (NKJV)
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?”
III Daily testing of faith
Exodus 16:23–26 (NKJV)
23 Then he said to them, “This is what the Lord has said: ‘Tomorrow is a Sabbath rest, a holy Sabbath to the Lord. Bake what you will bake today, and boil what you will boil; and lay up for yourselves all that remains, to be kept until morning.’ ” 24 So they laid it up till morning, as Moses commanded; and it did not stink, nor were there any worms in it. 25 Then Moses said, “Eat that today, for today is a Sabbath to the Lord; today you will not find it in the field. 26 Six days you shall gather it, but on the seventh day, the Sabbath, there will be none.”
Sabbath/ Lord’s Day
John Bunyan
Make the Lord’s Day the market for thy soul.
Richard Baxter
See that the Lord’s Day be spent in holy preparation for eternity.
Matthew Henry
Where Sabbaths are neglected all religion sensibly goes to decay.
A. A. Hodge
The essence of the Sabbath could not be changed without changing
the nature of man.