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We’re Not In Egypt Anymore
Text: Nu. 13:1-3, 25-33
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Introduction
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Our text today finds the children of Israel somewhat fresh out of bondage,
2. It has been a little over 2 years now
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They had encamped at Mount Sinai for a year where Moses received instruction and made preparations
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After a full year at Mount Sinai the Israelites break camp and began their march toward the Promised Land
5. From Mount Sinai they move into the wilderness of Paran, where our text picks up the history
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Here in the wilderness of Paran Moses and the children of Israel pitched
7. The Bible declares that Moses, under the direction of the Lord, sends out some men, 12 to be exact
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There are 2 things to note about these men
a.
They were from every tribe
* This showed fair representation
* Every tribe would thus have a stake in the vision
b.
They were leaders
* They were not just ordinary men
* But God commanded Moses to choose a ruler among them to send
* So then these men would have influence over the remainder of the tribe
9. Moses gives them 2 directives
a. Survey the people
* Stature – are they weak or strong
* Size – are they few or many
b.
Survey the land
* Productivity – fat or lean
* Potential – good or bad
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So Moses sends out the 12 spies
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They are sent on a journey that was nearly 500 miles roundtrip
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The Bible declares that they returned from searching of the land for 40 days
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They go unto Moses, Aaron and all the congregation to deliver their findings
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The text tells us that of the 12 who physically surveyed the land, 10 return with an evil report, while Caleb and Joshua give a good report
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I want to speak to you from the subject: We’re Not in Egypt Anymore
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Exposition of the Text
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Our text today deals with 12 spies
2. But amongst these spies we find two types of people
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And what is revealed about these people paints a picture of our culture today
4. First let us deal with the 10 spies
# EGYPT MOTIVES
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The text declares that they brought up an evil report
b.
Can I take you back to Exodus chapter 1
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There we find that Joseph has died, and all his brethren and all of that generation
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Now a new king arises over Egypt who knew nothing of Joseph or his family’s history
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The Bible declares that this king begins to scheme
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He looks out and sees that the children of Israel are many in number and as such mightier than them
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But greater than this he fears that if there ever comes a time that the children of Israel get bold enough they will leave the country
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My brothers and my sisters hold on to that one
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The adversary does not want you to move further than the state of bondage you are in
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And so this new Pharaoh begins to devise a plan that would suppress the children of Egypt
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The pharaoh sets over them taskmasters to afflict them with burdens
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And the Bible says that the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigor
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There were three possible reasons, or motives, for such treatment
1) /To break their spirits/
* You must understand my brothers and my sisters that this world has Egypt motives and they exist to break your spirits
* Life has become so rigorous that folk don't even try to get out of the ruts that they are in
* They continue to go round and round in the same circle
* It has become so that they don't even have the desire to exit the freeway
* Their spirits have been broken
* Folk feel like there is no need to even try, success won't ever come to them
* Folk look around and see how bad things are and they just give up
* I might as well keep living like I'm living
* My brothers and my sisters that was one of the motives of the Egyptians
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/To ruin their health, thereby shortening their days and thus leading to a diminished number/
* The Egyptians didn't care about the health of the Israelites
* They would work them until there was no work left in them and then work them some more
* There were no weekends
* There were no lunch breaks
* There were no holidays off
* Their desire was to work them so until they had no ability to do anything else
* They would work until they died
* My brothers and my sisters look around at America
* Folk having to work two and three jobs
* Working so until they have run themselves in the ground
* Folk stressed out and mentally are inept to apply themselves to life
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/To discourage them from having a family/
* The Egyptians desired that the children of Israel needed not marry
* For if they married they would have children and thus the increase would continue
* Can you see America
* Nowhere else in the world is it more profitable to be a single parent
* And don't misunderstand me because I'm not knocking single parents because I am the byproduct of one
* But what I am pointing out is that our government has created a system called welfare that rewards and almost advocates non-marriage
* And so man and woman don't want to be together legally and rightfully because it will mess up their benefits
* And yes I said man because men are getting in on the game too
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But my brothers and my sisters these were motives by the Egyptians to keep the Israelites suppressed
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