@UTF8 @Begin @Languages: eng @Participants: DANN DANNY Speaker, AUD AUD Speaker, MANY MANY Speaker, ENV ENV Environment @Options: CA, caps, bullets @ID: eng|SBCSAE|DANN|||||Speaker||| @ID: eng|SBCSAE|AUD|||||Speaker||| @ID: eng|SBCSAE|MANY|||||Speaker||| @ID: eng|SBCSAE|ENV|||||Environment||| @Media: 30, audio @Comment: Vision @Comment: A segment from a sermon, recorded at a large Baptist church in Chicago, Illinois. *DANN: (..) &=in 0_1000 (..) This morning we're gonna be looking in the book of Exodus 1810_6310 (..) And we've been talking about uh: &=ex 6310_9787 (..) Vision . 10741_11478 *DANN: (..) And hearing from God . 12415_13701 *DANN: (..) &=in I was trying to come up with a definition 14438_16820 in fact I 16820_17290 I looked it up in the encyclopedia for vision . 17290_19602 *DANN: &=in A:nd &=ex 20220_21137 (..) there is definitely a definition 22132_23891 (.) several 23902_24552 (..) uh: 24935_25283 and I didn't really like any of them 25310_26859 (..) &=tsk &=in uh: 26969_28429 (.) &=tsk (.) so I th:ought I'd (.) try to come up with one of my own . 28600_32157 *DANN: (..) &=tsk (..) Jim Larson was uh sharing a quote 33939_37684 (..) from Yogi Bara 37951_38990 last night 38990_39610 and I wanted to share [% laugh] that [% laugh] this morning . 39610_41024 *DANN: &=in He says you gotta be careful when you don't know where you're going 41007_44349 (.) because you might not get there . 44364_45977 *DANN: (..) &{l=SM Which says so much 48588_49730 that we need to know where we're going &}l=SM . 49730_51231 *DANN: (.) And vision 51269_52115 really has to do with 52115_53413 &=in having an idea of where you're going . 53866_56274 *DANN: (..) Our mission is a goal or task which one is destined to accomplish . 58033_62095 *DANN: &=in (..) Our vision 64825_66139 (..) and here's the +/. 67886_68324 *DANN: here's the definition I came up with 68324_69894 (..) you can write this down 70198_71370 but uh 71370_71864 (.) &=in uh don't use it unless you 71963_73959 (..) uh 73970_74450 (.) agree with it . 74450_75114 *AUD: (.) ⌈ &=laugh &=laugh &=laugh ⌉ . 75468_75903 *DANN: ⌊ &=tsk &=in ⌋ ⌈ It's mentally ⌉ seeing . 75903_77191 *AUD: ⌊ &=laugh &=laugh &=laugh ⌋ . 75877_76637 *DANN: where one hopes to be 77310_78680 (.) in a specific period of time . 78680_80525 *DANN: (.) &=in It's in your imagination 80876_83035 in your (..) hopes &=ex 83040_86714 (..) that you're looking ahead . 86839_88376 *DANN: (..) And h- (..) trying to see where you will be 88698_91922 (.) in a specific period- period of time . 91934_93828 *DANN: (.) So our vision for the next few years . 93831_95975 *DANN: Our vision for 95813_96779 &=in uh 96794_97835 (..) the (..) &=tsk next ten years . 97879_100100 *DANN: Whatever . 100100_100499 *DANN: &=in Uh 101310_101700 what is our vision . 101700_102634 *DANN: (..) As a church planter 105121_106300 Pastor Queen came 106300_107465 (..) &=tsk &=in (..) having grown up here 107918_112385 and having gone off to- (.) to school 112385_114234 (..) to seminary 114620_115671 (.) &=in God brought him back 115798_117310 to start a church . 117310_118305 *DANN: (..) And he began to seek God's (.) uh vision 119268_121430 (.) for (.) the church . 121475_122670 *DANN: &=in And through his own personal experience 122670_124975 and through &=in (..) the Scripture 124975_128255 (..) &=tsk and God gave him a vision 128375_130090 (..) for a church that was committed to being a part of what God was doing 130600_134035 &=in (..) a church that was 134170_137300 (..) invested in building the Kingdom of God . 138075_140750 *DANN: (..) By caring for people where their needs were 143465_146225 (..) and by sharing the truth 146225_149755 (..) of the Gospel of Jesus Christ . 150015_151980 *DANN: (..) &=tsk (.) Our vision is 160720_162965 (.) is a direction of involvement toward a final destination . 162965_166285 *DANN: (..) When I started thinking about missions 172680_174820 I (.) thought immediately of (..) the Blues Brothers . 174820_179445 *DANN: (..) You know 179850_180160 and Dan Ackroyd 180160_180920 (..) comes out 180920_181350 I forget what his character was 181350_182750 but he says 182750_183580 (.) &{l=Q we're on a mission from God &}l=Q . 183705_185385 *DANN: (..) &{l=SM And that's what the church is about 187735_189230 we're on a mission from God &}l=SM . 189230_190850 *DANN: (..) &=in In fact 191250_192550 let me clarify it a little more . 192550_194230 *DANN: (..) The church has been given a mission 196040_198135 (..) but our mission is not for us to go and decide what we're gonna do 198910_202850 (..) &=in our mission is to participate in 202710_205550 an to carry out (..) God's mission . 205550_207975 *DANN: (.) Because you see Go:d 207975_209665 (..) is on a mission . 209685_211190 *DANN: (..) God's mission is to build His Kingdom . 215095_217395 *DANN: &{l=MRC To build the Kingdom of God &}l=MRC . 217395_219695 *DANN: (..) &=in To bring the world of lost people into a real and personal love &=in relationship 219720_225035 (..) with him . 225085_225990 *DANN: (..) Through faith 226705_227450 in His Son 227450_227995 Jesus Christ . 227995_228965 *DANN: (..) You know what 232795_233305 if our vision 233305_234465 (..) does not include reaching lost people 234465_236800 and caring for lost people 236800_238200 &=in then it's not God's vision . 238200_239900 *DANN: Because the Bible is very clear 239900_241600 that Go:d ca:res about lost people . 241600_244200 *AUD: Yes . 244245_244615 *DANN: (..) God loves &=in (.) people who don't have it all together . 245440_249580 *AUD: Yes . 249580_250225 *DANN: (..) God loves people who are hurting . 250225_252580 *AUD: Yes . 252580_253095 *DANN: (..) God loves people who are suffering . 254160_256200 *DANN: Who are seeking . 256200_257050 *DANN: (..) And if our vision 259645_260750 as Uptown Baptist Church 260750_261900 doesn't include . 261900_262815 *DANN: (.) In fact 262815_263500 if our vision as individual (.) Christians 263500_265650 with a relationship with Christ 265650_267000 does not include 267000_268205 &=in (..) reaching out 268205_270450 and touching 270450_271240 (..) the lives of lost hurting (.) dying people 271355_274235 &=in &{l=MRC it's not a vision from God &}l=MRC . 274275_276620 *DANN: (..) &=in Because God's plan 284535_286415 (.) is 286415_287125 (.) and has always been 287125_288250 to use (.) his people 288250_289580 (.) &=in to carry out His mission . 289580_291590 *DANN: (..) And we're gonna see that 292210_293350 as we look at Moses . 293350_294880 *DANN: (..) &=tsk &=in Beginning in the first chapter of Moses . 295130_297850 *DANN: I'm not gonna read +/. 297850_298955 *DANN: (..) I am gonna read some of it 299385_300570 but I'm not gonna read all the way through 300570_302160 (..) because we're gonna try to 302160_303355 (.) breeze through the first four chapters . 303355_305140 *DANN: (..) &=in Let's look how God was involved in Moses . 305690_308495 *DANN: (..) Or how God involved Moses in His mission . 308495_311365 *DANN: (..) Gary 317055_317550 one of the things I want us to do 317550_319085 (..) uh 319325_319880 on building beautiful day 319880_321100 is build a taller (..) podium . 321100_323145 *MANY: (..) &=LAUGHTER ⌈ &=lengthened ⌉ . 324470_325990 *DANN: ⌊ Write that on one of those sheets of paper back there ⌋ . 325990_328300 *DANN: (..) We- +/. 329490_329750 *DANN: we need it about right here . 329750_331350 *MANY: (.) &=LAUGHTER . 331455_333695 *DANN: (..) Oops . 334625_335140 *DANN: (..) &=in Okay . 336990_338230 *DANN: (..) &=tsk &=in First thing we're gonna see 339105_340880 (.) is that &{l=MRC God prepares His servants for mission . 340880_343905 *DANN: (..) &=in God (.) prepares (.) his servants (.) for mission &}l=MRC . 343905_347645 *DANN: (..) As we read in +/. 349430_350665 *DANN: (..) actually as we get to: the second chapter 351465_353700 we'll see that 353700_354485 (..) Uh 354675_355195 Moses was not only preserved 355195_357290 (.) but he was prepared . 357290_358460 *DANN: (..) Uh for his part in (.) God's mission . 359290_361415 *DANN: (.) We have to go to chapter one to get a little background . 361580_364030 *DANN: (..) Read with me in verse six of chapter one . 365285_367645 *DANN: (..) &=in &{l=READ Now Joseph and all his brothers 368635_370770 (.) and a:ll that generation died . 370770_372675 *DANN: (.) &=in But the Israelites were fruitful 372675_374700 and multiplied greatly 374700_375850 and became exceedingly numerous . 375850_377745 *DANN: &=in so that the land was filled with them . 377745_380095 *DANN: (.) &=in Then a new king 380095_381990 (..) who did not know about Joseph 381990_383950 came to power in Egypt . 383950_385305 *DANN: (..) Look 386025_386675 (.) he said to his people . 386675_387795 *DANN: (.) the Israelites have become (.) much too numerous (.) for us . 387795_391900 *DANN: (..) Come 392160_392800 we must deal shrewdly with them 392800_394300 for- +/. 394300_394410 *DANN: (.) or they will become even more numerous 394410_396525 &=in and if war breaks out 396525_398260 (.) will join our enemies . 398260_399530 *DANN: (..) fight against us 399730_400745 and leave the country . 400745_401635 *DANN: (..) &=in So they put the slave masters over them . 402085_404875 *DANN: to oppress them and f- +/. 404875_406010 *DANN: (.) with forced (.) labor . 406010_407575 *DANN: &=in And they built (..) Python 407575_409890 (..) and Ramses . 410385_411420 *DANN: (..) As store cities . 411710_412795 *DANN: (..) For Pharaoh . 412835_413845 *DANN: (..) But the more they were oppressed 415000_416635 the more they multiplied and spread . 416635_418355 *DANN: (.) So the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites . 418355_420805 *DANN: And worked them ruthlessly . 420805_422160 *DANN: (..) &=in They made their lives bitter 422160_424100 with hard labor in brick and mortar . 424100_425880 *DANN: &=in And with a:ll kinds of work in the fields . 425880_428225 *DANN: &=in (.) In all their hard labor 428500_430520 the Egyptians used them 430520_431730 (.) ruthlessly &}l=READ . 431860_432770 *DANN: (..) The king 435230_435955 or the Pharaoh 435955_437030 (..) was a little upset . 438000_439190 *DANN: Because 439190_439850 (..) the Israelites 440065_441100 who were their slaves . 441100_442260 *DANN: (.) who were their servants . 442400_443770 *DANN: (..) As they took a census 445280_447015 (.) they realized 447015_447785 that the Israelites' (..) n:umbers 447785_450035 (..) were: catching up . 450205_451595 *DANN: (..) With their own . 452465_453455 *DANN: (.) Of the Egyptians . 453455_454585 *DANN: (.) And this was upsetting 454810_455860 because he saw this as a (.) national threat . 455860_458250 *DANN: (..) &=in (..) From his perspective 459825_461665 they w- +/. 461665_462060 *DANN: (.) they r- +/. 462060_462565 *DANN: (.) you know 462595_462950 he just &=in knew that they were gonna grow to a number 462950_465640 and they were gonna outnumber the Egyptians 465640_467180 and then they were just gonna take over . 467180_468665 *DANN: (.) You know 468720_469200 if any &=in other countries decided to attack 469200_471770 &=in Uh 471785_472570 and 472570_472800 (..) to: (.) to battle 473195_474650 (.) uh 474650_475260 (.) the Egyptians 475260_476205 that he just knew that the Israelites were gonna join them 476205_478450 and were gonna (.) overthrow from the inside . 478450_480340 *DANN: &=in (..) So the next part of the chapter 482880_484999 he begins to: &=ex 484999_486095 you know 486095_486485 first of all he b- +/. 486485_487490 *DANN: he (.) works the men very hard . 487480_489305 *DANN: He said man if I work these guys ha:rd 489305_490840 there not gonna be going home to their wives 490840_492575 and there not gonna be 492575_493225 &=in uh: 493225_494180 &=in (..) having babies . 494180_496110 *AUD: (.) ⌈ &=laugh &=laugh ⌉ . 496065_496600 *DANN: ⌊ You know 496250_496510 I ⌋ guess that was part of his plan . 496510_497890 *DANN: That's his first ⌈ strategy . 497890_498920 *AUD: ⌊ &=laugh &=laugh ⌋ . 498380_499055 *DANN: so ⌉ let's make it hard for them . 498945_500435 *DANN: Let's really [% laugh] work [% laugh] 500430_501250 &=in work em . 501250_502290 *AUD: &=laugh &=laugh ⌈ &=laugh ⌉ . 502000_502625 *DANN: ⌊ so that ⌋ they're too tired to go home 502570_504210 and 504210_504290 (.) ⌈ and uh ⌉ . 504290_504910 *AUD: ⌊ &=laugh &=laugh ⌋ . 504510_505025 *DANN: procreate . 504970_505765 *MANY: &=LAUGHTER ⌈ &=lengthened ⌉ &=lengthened . 505765_508315 *DANN: ⌊ We'll use that word ⌋ . 507210_508225 *DANN: &=in But that didn't work . 510780_512185 *DANN: Cause they st- +/. 512185_512530 *DANN: They continued ⌈ to +... 512530_513585 *MANY: ⌊ &=LAUGHTER ⌋ . 513285_516775 *DANN: (.) They Continued [% laugh] +/. 514070_514970 *DANN: &=ex &=in They continued to d- +/. 514970_516120 *DANN: to uh ⌉ 516120_516840 (.) have babies . 516840_517695 *DANN: And they ⌈ continued to ⌉ multiply . 517695_519255 *AUD: ⌊ &=laugh &=laugh ⌋ . 517725_518265 *DANN: (..) So he g- devises another plan . 520530_523085 *DANN: (.) He goes to the midwives . 523085_524850 *DANN: (..) You know the Israelites had midwives . 524850_526695 *DANN: They didn't have doctors 526695_527600 but they had 527600_528000 &=in uh 528000_528670 women 528675_529145 (..) who when a 529145_529999 when (..) one of the Israelite women were gonna have a baby 529999_532545 then these midwives just come in 532545_533890 and help (.) in the labor process . 533890_535790 *DANN: (..) &=in (..) Or in the birthing process . 537395_539545 *DANN: (..) And so he goes to the midwives and says 541130_543350 (.) listen . 543350_543820 *DANN: Here's what I want you to do . 543820_544895 *DANN: (..) you go 545015_545835 and you go ahead 545835_546255 and you do your part 546255_547415 (.) and you help these (.) these mothers 547415_548999 &=in but if they have a boy 548999_550415 (..) I want you to make sure that 550415_551645 (.) that boy dies . 551645_552540 *DANN: (..) If it's a girl 553070_553860 you go ahead and let it live . 553860_554860 *DANN: (..) And that was his plan . 556220_557290 *DANN: (..) Well the midwives 558160_559375 (..) you know 560700_561050 what could they say 561050_561695 this is the (.) the Pharaoh 561695_563030 (.) &=in so they agreed to it 563030_564320 but then they didn't do it . 564320_565265 *DANN: (..) Because they feared God 565695_566890 more than they did Pharaoh . 566890_568010 *DANN: &=in And when uh he calls em 568080_570050 he says what's going on . 570050_570895 *DANN: They're still multiplying . 570895_571999 *DANN: &=laugh &=laugh ⌈ There's still boys being born here ⌉ . 571999_574360 *AUD: ⌊ &=laugh &=laugh &=laugh &=laugh &=laugh &=laugh &=laugh &=laugh ⌋ . 572555_574385 *DANN: &=in (..) what is going on . 575320_577220 *DANN: (..) The midwives said 578860_580120 (.) well these 580040_580760 (.) these mothers 580760_581760 (..) they're having the babies without us . 582270_584220 *DANN: (.) You know 584370_584730 they're not telling us . 584730_585750 *DANN: And they're just going ahead and having em . 585750_586850 *DANN: They're s- +/. 586850_587180 *DANN: (.) &=in sturdy women . 587180_588780 *MANY: (..) &=LAUGHTER ⌈ &=lengthened ⌉ &=lengthened . 588780_593075 *DANN: ⌊ It says 590550_590970 (.) they don't need us ⌋ . 590970_592135 *DANN: (.) And so Pharaoh comes up with another plan . 593540_595565 *DANN: It ends up in the (..) final verse of this chapter . 595565_598415 *DANN: (.) &=in (..) Verse twenty-two . 598595_601480 *DANN: &{l=READ Then Pharaoh gave this order 601480_602905 to all his people . 602905_603885 *DANN: Every boy that is born 603885_605435 must be +/. 605435_606010 *DANN: (..) you must throw into the Nile . 606010_608075 *DANN: (.) &=in But let every girl live &}l=READ . 608075_610310 *DANN: (..) So he's ordering his people to go . 611195_613235 *DANN: (.) And every boy that is born to the Israelites 613235_615550 (..) to (.) to kill em . 615550_616535 *DANN: Throw em in the river . 616535_617550 *DANN: (..) Well Moses was born about this time . 622070_624030 *DANN: (..) And this is how God preserved (..) Moses . 630275_632845 *DANN: (..) Now Moses's mother (..) loved her child . 634930_637475 *DANN: (..) And she didn't want to throw him in . 638510_639735 *DANN: I don't think any of the mothers did . 639735_641350 *DANN: (..) And she wasn't gonna do it herself 641350_643145 (.) &=in and she was one of these that had the baby 643145_645575 without telling anybody 645575_646700 except her immediate family . 646700_648005 *DANN: &=in (..) And Moses already 648320_650515 (..) when he was born 650515_651655 (.) had an older sister and an older brother . 651655_653690 *DANN: (..) And the mother 657615_658600 (.) now when I was growing up 658600_659670 and I heard this story 659670_660570 I just assumed that the mother 660570_661999 &=in was hiding the baby in the reeds . 661999_664180 *DANN: And that's where she was hiding him . 664180_665255 *DANN: But it says for three months 665255_666420 she hid the baby 666420_667425 &=in didn't say anything about the ʔuh: (.) the +/. 667425_669835 *DANN: in the river 669835_670540 or in the 670540_670885 in the uh (.) basket . 670885_672240 *DANN: &=in Uh 672240_673080 but then when he was three months old 673080_674590 (.) she j- +/. 674590_674999 *DANN: she (.) was assuming that she was gonna get caught pretty soon 674999_677680 &=in (.) and so she devised a plan . 677680_679950 *DANN: (.) And it doesn't say here that she devised a plan 679950_682050 &=in (.) but 682050_683000 believe me 683000_683765 (..) This mother knew what she was doing . 684570_686285 *DANN: (..) She b- (.) she m- (.) got a basket . 686930_688875 *DANN: (..) She (.) perhaps made the basket . 688875_690625 *DANN: (..) Probably did . 690625_691410 *DANN: &=in and then she put 691410_692660 (..) what they call pitch 693005_694585 or tar 694585_695305 (.) &=in uh 695305_696235 on it 696235_696740 so that it (.) would float . 696740_698410 *DANN: (..) So that water wouldn't come up through it . 698410_700305 *DANN: &=in And she put (.) a blanket 700305_702285 (.) put the baby in it 702285_703065 (..) wrapped the baby in it- 703065_704100 &=in and she told +/. 704100_705290 *DANN: (.) she brought it down to the river . 705750_706999 *DANN: (.) Now she didn't just go anywhere in the river 706999_709075 (.) &=in She brought it to a specific place . 709075_711335 *DANN: (.) Not just because there were reeds there 711335_713635 &=in but because 713635_714990 (.) the Pharaoh's daughter ba:thed (.) there . 714990_717445 *DANN: (..) And this was a selected place . 718960_720750 *DANN: &=in The mother took the baby 720835_722440 &=in put the baby 722440_723710 put Moses (.) &=in in the water . 723710_725640 *DANN: (..) And told her sister to keep an eye on it . 726345_728585 *DANN: (..) To keep an eye on him so that 729370_730775 &=in nothing bad happened 730775_732105 &=in but also 732105_733365 there was an- another motive 733365_734635 that we'll get to in just a second . 734635_736070 *DANN: (..) &=in So the w- +/. 737145_738185 *DANN: so Moses was floating along in the water . 738185_740360 *DANN: (..) The Pharaoh's daughter came down to +/. 741930_743805 *DANN: to take her bath &=ex ? 743805_745195 *DANN: (..) And she sees the basket . 745195_747180 *DANN: (.) And she sends her servant out to get the basket and bring it to her . 747180_750185 *DANN: &=in And she opens it up 750445_752285 there's Moses 752285_753100 and he begins to cry 753100_754180 &=in and (.) Pharaoh's daughter felt sorry for Moses . 754180_757340 *DANN: (..) And she just decided to keep him . 758705_760600 *DANN: (..) It said 761150_761535 she realized said this is an Israelite baby . 761535_763485 *DANN: (..) &=in &{l=VOX Aw- aw 763925_765785 poor thi:ng &}l=VOX . 765785_766495 *AUD: &=laugh &=laugh &=laugh &=laugh . 766815_767730 *DANN: &=in (..) And so she 767730_769505 (.) she decides to keep him . 769675_770910 *DANN: (.) We:ll . 770910_771870 *DANN: (..) Here's what (.) pha- +/. 772185_773260 *DANN: uh 773260_773565 Moses's sister did . 773565_774680 *DANN: (..) That was her cue . 774680_775930 *DANN: (.) &=in She comes out from hiding 776385_778335 and says 778335_778820 &=in (.) Oh 778820_780435 (..) whatever your name is 781065_782430 &=laugh &=laugh &=laugh ⌈ &=in &=laugh &=laugh &=laugh &=in . 782430_784135 *MANY: ⌊ &=LAUGHTER ⌋ . 782865_784600 *DANN: says ⌉ 784155_784555 (.) oh 784555_784999 mighty princess . 784999_786355 *DANN: (..) Allow me: 788400_789760 (.) to get a nurse for (.) the baby . 789760_792100 *DANN: (..) I know of an Israelite nurse 792100_794100 that can take care (..) of this baby . 794100_796770 *DANN: (..) Guess who . 797050_797970 *DANN: (..) &=in &{l=SM Her mother &}l=SM . 798725_800160 *DANN: (..) So she goes and gets: (.) the mother . 801150_803075 *DANN: &=in Now . 803075_804310 *DANN: (..) Why do I think this is something that (..) the mother knew about . 804310_809065 *DANN: (..) Cause it ends up that 809700_810955 (..) the mother 810955_811565 (.) not only 811565_812535 (..) had her child 813660_815055 (..) to stay alive . 815055_816320 *DANN: &=in (..) But she also 816770_819005 (..) got to take care of him 819005_820430 (..) and got paid for it . 820430_821735 *MANY: (.) &=LAUGHTER . 821735_827285 *DANN: (.) So God not only spared his life 829040_830800 but He provided 830800_831850 (.) uh 831945_832345 for +/. 832345_832935 *DANN: (..) for that whole family . 832935_833990 *DANN: (.) &=tsk &=in But especially for Moses . 833990_836110 *DANN: (..) &=in So we see how 836110_838015 (..) God preserved 838015_839320 (..) Moses . 839320_840165 *DANN: (..) We also see how God (.) prepared Moses 843920_846630 (.) &=in because in the ʔuh +/. 846630_848455 *DANN: (..) Moses's life is kinda divided into three &=in (.) stages . 849665_853340 *DANN: Each being forty years . 853340_854660 *DANN: The first forty years he was in Egypt . 854660_856390 *DANN: (..) &=in The second forty years he was (.) a shepherd . 856390_859895 *DANN: (.) &=in (..) And the third forty years he was l:eading the people out of Israel . 859895_864905 *DANN: (..) And in this first forty years . 867695_869545 *DANN: (..) Moses (.) got the best training 870245_873155 (..) in the world at that time . 874610_876250 *DANN: (..) &=in (.) His foundational training came from his mother . 877850_881850 *DANN: (..) Cause as the nanny 882605_884070 (..) and that's what she was at that point 884955_886405 even though she was his mother 886405_887395 she was his nanny 887395_888230 (.) &=in (..) She (.) trained him (..) in the foundations 888430_892900 (..) uh 892900_893385 trained him 893385_893895 taught him who he was 893895_894995 (..) &=in taught him about his Hebrew origin 895405_898085 (..) and the customs of the Israel- (..) Israelites . 898360_901470 *DANN: (..) Taught him the foundational belief (..) in (.) the true God 902775_906510 (..) &=in taught him of God's promise to Abraham 907795_911360 &=in to multiply (.) his descendants 911360_914175 (.) and make a (.) mighty nation 914175_915590 (..) of them . 915590_916395 *DANN: (..) &=in Probably the first four or five years 921215_923960 (..) the bulk of his time was spent with his mother . 923960_926625 *DANN: (..) And he 927485_928300 (..) I'm sure she told him that 928300_929935 (..) that uh 930685_931415 she was his mother 931415_932235 his real mother 932235_932990 (..) and and about what had happened 933420_935215 cause we wouldn't know about it 935215_936245 (.) &=in uh 936245_937200 (.) if (.) she didn't . 937200_938290 *DANN: (..) But not only did he get this religious training 940855_943180 (..) &=tsk and this foundational (.) belief (.) &=in in a r- in a real God 943180_948005 (..) but he also 949010_949900 was exposed to the best education that Egypt had to offer . 949900_952915 *DANN: (.) Exposed to the wisest teachers 953130_954970 and the best culture offered in the world at that time 954970_957565 &=in he learned about the politics and customs (..) of the courts 957565_962265 (..) of course this would help him later on 963615_965300 (.) when he had to come back and 965300_966540 (.) and uh 966540_967245 (.) and deal with the courts from (.) a different perspective 967245_969955 (..) but that first forty years was spent (.) in being trained . 972380_975815 *DANN: (..) And he was trained well . 976050_977480 *DANN: (..) And he had great knowledge . 978155_979780 *DANN: (..) A lot of knowledge . 980530_981775 *DANN: (..) That he was uh 982325_983395 (..) that (.) God provided for him 983500_985235 through these (..) means . 985235_986760 *DANN: (..) And then for the next forty years . 988800_990700 *DANN: he was exiled . 990700_991715 *DANN: (..) From Egypt . 991715_992865 *DANN: (..) Because 993760_994500 in order to +/. 994500_995410 *DANN: (..) thinking 996250_997040 (..) that because he was an Israelite 997040_999470 (..) by birth 999865_1000825 (..) uh 1001535_1001895 and seeing (..) an Israeli being (.) abused 1001895_1005165 (..) uh 1005630_1005995 he stepped in 1005995_1006830 and he killed the Egyptian that was abusing him 1006830_1009010 &=in (.) thinking that no one else knew except this person that he had saved 1009010_1012840 (.) &=in he buried him 1012840_1014480 (..) and then a few days later 1016815_1018220 you know 1018220_1018400 thinking well it's (.) it's all cool 1018400_1019865 (.) nobody knows 1019865_1020790 I'll just (.) go on . 1020790_1021845 *DANN: &=in He tries to help 1021845_1023490 (..) or tries to intervene between two other 1023490_1026085 (..) uh 1027110_1027640 (..) Hebrew 1029340_1030215 (..) that were arguing amongst themself and 1030215_1032185 (.) and 1032185_1032720 (..) he tries to be a peacemaker 1032720_1034935 and they say 1034935_1035515 &=in you know 1035515_1036205 who made you judge 1036205_1037340 (..) w- what about this 1037495_1038635 you just killed the guy the other day 1038635_1040195 &=in Uh: 1040195_1041145 and he realized that people knew . 1041145_1042605 *DANN: (..) And he realized if these- +/. 1042605_1043840 *DANN: (.) if these men knew 1043840_1044890 &=in then probably Pharaoh was gonna hear pretty soon 1044890_1047500 and so he left . 1047500_1048290 *DANN: He fled . 1048290_1049040 *DANN: (.) &=in He ran . 1049040_1050260 *DANN: (..) He went out into the wilderness . 1051270_1052835 *DANN: (..) After a few days of (.) uh walking 1062670_1064740 he (..) comes upon a a scene 1064740_1066525 where these two young ladies are herding (..) their father's sheep 1066525_1069930 &=in and uh 1069930_1071210 some 1071210_1071780 (..) uh 1072515_1073090 (.) mean guys 1073090_1074145 &=in who knows 1074145_1075525 I don't (.) remember who it was 1075525_1076775 but anyway 1076775_1077150 they came up and tried to 1077150_1078425 (.) to: uh 1078425_1079395 (..) take advantage of the (.) two ladies 1079395_1081475 trying to take care of the sheep 1081475_1082670 &=in and uh 1082670_1083905 ʔuh (..) and I I assume they were trying to steal the sheep 1084865_1087320 or trying to steal the women 1087320_1088360 (.) either way 1088360_1089005 (..) uh 1089510_1089960 but 1089960_1090395 (.) Moses intervened 1090395_1091630 and he ran them off . 1091630_1092585 *DANN: (..) And saved their lives . 1092585_1094100 *DANN: and saved (.) their (.) livestock . 1094100_1095920 *DANN: &=in And so they invited him to come with them 1095920_1098655 to (.) to their home 1098655_1099675 and they told their father what had happened 1099675_1101295 and he invited Moses to stay with them 1101295_1103000 &=in Moses ends up marrying . 1103000_1104900 *DANN: (..) uh 1105270_1105850 (.) one of the young ladies . 1105850_1107300 *DANN: (.) As Ken (..) shared with us the other day 1107300_1109645 it was a (.) a mixed marriage 1109645_1111006 because these 1111006_1111695 (.) uh 1111695_1112150 (.) this family was Black . 1112150_1113685 *DANN: (.) &=in (..) So for the next (.) forty years . 1113685_1123755 *DANN: (..) he becomes a sheep herder 1123755_1125375 for his father-in-law . 1125375_1126655 *DANN: (..) Who was a (.) a Midian priest . 1126655_1128745 *DANN: (..) And during that forty years 1131815_1133250 he he g- gained some other training . 1133250_1135345 *DANN: (.) First of all he became an outdoorsman . 1135345_1136905 *DANN: He became used to being out (.) in the wilderness . 1136905_1139420 *DANN: (..) And that's gonna be important for him 1139420_1141000 for his (..) final forty years . 1141000_1142915 *DANN: &=in (..) Another thing he's 1142915_1145165 is 1145165_1145545 (.) the area where he herded the sheep 1145545_1147705 was a (.) a huge (..) area . 1147705_1150515 *DANN: (..) And uh he got to know the terrain 1150695_1152700 He got to know his way around . 1152700_1153915 *DANN: (.) And that was important because he was gonna spend his final forty years 1153915_1157445 &=in in that same area . 1157445_1158675 *DANN: and it was important that he knew where there- 1158675_1160065 &=in the w- (.) waterholes were and 1160065_1162160 and where the dangerous (.) areas were . 1162160_1164310 *DANN: (.) &=in (..) Uh 1164310_1165505 (..) and so God (.) prepared him . 1165505_1167390 *DANN: (..) &=in God also: has (.) prepared us 1170885_1173655 and is preparing us 1173655_1174835 (..) for h- +/. 1174835_1175455 *DANN: for our part 1175455_1176420 (..) in God's mission . 1176420_1177685 *DANN: (..) God is continually (.) building character . 1180335_1182585 *DANN: And I think 1182585_1183205 (..) this (.) middle forty years for Moses 1184340_1187100 was a: 1187100_1187560 was a time where God really built character . 1187560_1189775 *DANN: Cause he no longer had everything he wanted 1189775_1191885 (..) uh 1191885_1192400 at his fingertips 1192400_1193740 &=in uh 1193740_1194510 he had to learn some things . 1194510_1195705 *DANN: He had to learn . 1195705_1196330 *DANN: (.) He had to &=in learn how to depend on God . 1196330_1198990 *DANN: (..) ON this God that he had learned about . 1198990_1201090 *DANN: (..) From his mother . 1201500_1202520 *DANN: (..) And God is interested in building character in us . 1207975_1210660 *DANN: (.) as individuals . 1210660_1211925 *DANN: (..) In fact 1213625_1214110 God is more concerned about (.) our character 1214110_1216855 than what we do . 1216855_1217770 *DANN: (..) And how we do it . 1218880_1219980 *DANN: (..) And so a lot of what we experience 1221585_1223195 we get frustrated with 1223195_1224380 (.) but God's (..) purpose (.) is to build character within us . 1224380_1229215 *DANN: (..) And so when we're trying to decide w- which we should do or not do 1229935_1233695 (.) something that we're tempted to do 1233695_1235445 &=in we need to remember that 1235445_1236810 God's more concerned about our character 1236810_1238440 &=in and we should (.) be obedient to Him 1238440_1240437 because that's how He builds (.) our character . 1240437_1242640 *DANN: (..) I believe that God has created 1248315_1250220 (.) and preserved 1250220_1251190 (.) and prepared Uptown Baptist Church . 1251190_1253275 *DANN: (..) To be involved in His mission . 1253730_1255460 *DANN: (..) To be involved in reaching out to the unloved and the hurting . 1258225_1261170 *DANN: (..) To be an influence . 1263830_1265385 *DANN: (..) to the community of Uptown 1266400_1268105 (..) for the Kingdom of God . 1270015_1271370 *DANN: (..) To be a beacon of light 1273640_1275437 (..) for those who are lost 1275437_1276935 (..) and as our sign says on top 1280135_1282363 (.) to proclaim that (..) Christ died for our sins . 1282363_1286450 *DANN: (..) God has also created and prepared Uptown Baptist Church 1289670_1292615 (..) to be a model for urban (.) church (.) missions to the world . 1297975_1302400 *DANN: (..) And that wasn't (.) our reasoning 1307540_1309393 we didn't set out to do the things we do 1309393_1311155 so that we could be a model 1311155_1312585 &=in (.) or so that we could (..) get (..) publicity 1312585_1316220 &=in (..) But God has saw- seen fit to use us in that way . 1316220_1321145 *DANN: &=in And this is not for our pride 1321145_1323490 (..) this is just (..) a reality . 1325590_1328345 *DANN: (..) I'm amazed at how (..) people from all over the world 1328525_1331805 have have come 1331805_1333130 &=in to the city 1333130_1334100 and they've come to Uptown Baptist Church 1334100_1335737 because they heard about us somewhere else 1335737_1337400 in another country . 1337400_1338420 *DANN: (..) or they read a book 1338670_1339825 (.) uh that talked about Uptown Baptist Church . 1339825_1342365 *DANN: (..) God has crea- +/. 1350330_1351365 *DANN: also: (.) created an prepared you and me 1351365_1354595 (..) to be involved in His plan . 1355250_1356845 *DANN: (..) First of all He's called us each to a love relationship with Him . 1358610_1361935 *DANN: (..) Some of us have accepted that call 1362630_1364805 (..) and some (.) are still struggling with it . 1364805_1366580 *DANN: (..) But still 1367565_1368550 (..) He wants to have a love (.) relationship 1368550_1371455 (.) with each person that is in this room . 1371805_1373925 *DANN: (..) He's brought us together from many backgrounds 1382090_1384661 (.) many very different backgrounds . 1384661_1386501 *DANN: (.) to be a family . 1386501_1387785 *DANN: (.) &=in A family of followers (..) of Christ . 1387785_1390967 *DANN: (..) A family to be involved (.) in God's mission . 1393660_1396515 *DANN: (..) Building the Kingdom of God . 1398095_1399765 *DANN: (..) I was talking to Greg on Friday . 1404265_1405944 *DANN: Greg Gey 1405944_1406610 (..) and he was sharing wi- +/. 1408145_1409199 *DANN: somehow we got in a conversation 1409199_1410786 and he was saying something about 1410786_1412257 he (..) he really needed &=ex (.) intellectual stimulation 1412257_1415961 because he tended to be more intellectual 1415961_1418200 &=in (.) and we were talking about why 1418200_1420702 some people were intellectual and some weren't . 1420702_1422600 *DANN: (..) And God just (..) flashed in my mind . 1423570_1426585 *DANN: And I said Greg . 1426585_1427604 *DANN: (.) You know God 1427604_1428780 (..) created you to be intellectual 1429260_1430837 so that you could relate to others who are intellectuals . 1430837_1433300 *DANN: So that you could share ʔwith them on their level . 1433300_1435420 *DANN: &=in Because Go:d didn't create us for our purpose 1435420_1438320 (.) God created (.) us for His purpose . 1438320_1440770 *DANN: &=in And that's something we have to keep 1440770_1442565 &=in (..) in +/. 1442565_1443395 *DANN: (.) before us . 1443395_1444270 *DANN: (.) God has created us 1444270_1445569 m:ade us like we are . 1445569_1446645 *DANN: Allowed us to experience the things that we have experienced . 1446645_1449490 *DANN: &=in (..) For his purpose . 1449490_1451745 *DANN: (..) And it's for us to: seek Him 1452585_1454645 and to know what His purpose is . 1454645_1456550 *DANN: (..) Papa Joe has been a 1459320_1460900 (.) a very strong influence in this community . 1460900_1463435 *DANN: (..) &=in Not because of his education 1463740_1466150 (..) his educations came from the streets . 1467855_1470124 *DANN: (..) And as he came to (..) a relationship with Jesus Christ 1476760_1480390 he came from a background 1480390_1481685 (.) that w- had survi:ved 1481685_1483333 from the streets . 1483333_1484345 *DANN: (..) &=tsk &=in (..) He was an alcoholic . 1484340_1487340 *DANN: (..) Now w- how- +/. 1488580_1489375 *DANN: why: has God use him . 1489375_1491180 *DANN: (..) He wasn't educated 1491180_1492630 (..) he didn't go through special training 1493035_1494965 (..) it's because 1495965_1497260 (..) God prepared him 1497545_1499480 (..) with the experience of his life 1499480_1501815 &=in so that he could reach out to other people who are (.) going through the same experience . 1501815_1506690 *DANN: (..) So you can't say well I don't have an education . 1507125_1509660 *DANN: Or I don't +/. 1509660_1510207 *DANN: I can't speak . 1510207_1511132 *DANN: or I can't do this . 1511132_1512295 *DANN: &=in You have to know that whatever (.) God has given you 1512295_1514970 Whatever &=in experience that God has brought you through . 1514970_1518440 *DANN: (.) That He wants to use it . 1518440_1520085 *DANN: (..) To reach people 1520500_1521480 (..) for His Kingdom . 1522350_1523375 *DANN: (..) The second thing I want us to know 1527625_1529565 (..) &=in (..) from this st- (.) story of Moses 1530110_1533550 is that God reveals His mission (..) to His servants . 1533550_1537195 *ENV: &=SIREN_BEGINS . 1529710_1562792 *DANN: (..) The first that God prepares His servants for His mission 1539900_1543060 (..) the second is that God reveals His mission (..) to His servants . 1543075_1547575 *DANN: (..) We have to go to: Exodus three 1547955_1550135 (..) and see how God gets Moses's attention . 1553840_1556530 *DANN: (..) &=in . 1558375_1559185 @End