<TITLE>07. Par 55-63</TITLE>L-55 Let's go to the 17th chapter of Exodus, and begin with the--with the 5th verse, I believe, 5th and 6th verses of the 17th chapter of Exodus.
And the LORD said unto Moses, Go on before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Israel; and thy rod, wherewith thou smotest the river, take in thy hand, and go.
Behold, I will stand before thee... upon the rock in Horeb; and... shall smite the rock, and there shalt come water out of it, that the people may drink.
And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.
Now, if I should call this a little Sunday school text, I would like to take this as the subject for this morning's lesson: "The Ever Present Water From The Rock."

L-57 We know that Israel has always been a historical example of the church. 'Cause Israel was the people of God until they came out of Egypt, and then they were the church of God because they were a separated from the rest of the world.
And when we are separated from the rest of the world, then we become the church. But as long as we are entangled with the rest of the world, then we are not in the church. Now, I trust that that goes real deep, catches its place. See, we are not the church until we are separated from the world. Separate ourselves, come out from among the peoples unclean, deal not with them, and be not partakers of their sins. Yoke not up with the unbelievers, but separate yourself from the things of the world.
And when Israel was in Egypt, they were the people of God. Then when they was called out, or had the exodus, coming out, then they were called the church, because it was then they separated themselves from the rest of the world.

L-60 And the very word "church" means "called out," exodus, "come out." Each one of us, as Christians, has had an exodus in our life. We had a time where we were called out from amongst our associates, called out from amongst the people that we once fellowshipped with, and become a different people, to walk with a different people that acted a different way and talked a different way. It was an exodus in our life.
Very fine example Israel gave us of when God called them out. They had an exodus, and came out from amongst the--the peoples of the world, and become a separated nation, unto God, a peculiar people. They walked under the shadows of the mercy seat. They lived and walked by the great Pillar of Fire. And God brought them from Egypt to the land that He had promised.

L-62 And in this exodus, they were given a spiritual leader, a leader, which was Moses, a great anointed prophet that was a--a great man. He was a godly man; he was borned a godly man. God called him from his mother, even before that time; God ordained him before the foundation of the world to be a leader to that generation to bring this exodus to the people.

L-63 Here sometime ago, I spoke to the little children here in the Tabernacle, and had a little sermon for them, and told, or give a little illustration of how Jochebed, how she prayed, her and Amram, the father of Moses, about doing something about delivering the people. And Amram saw the vision of God standing, or an Angel, pointing towards the north, and told him what would take place. Then the little Moses was born. And they feared not the commandments of the king, or the threats. They knowed that God had His hand on Moses, and that settled it. That's right. No matter what the king said, what the political world said, what anything else said, they knowed God had His hand on Moses. So they wasn't scared to turn him loose right in the midst of the crocodiles; when they were all just fat on little Hebrew children, where they'd fed them out there to the crocodiles. And yet Moses was put right in a little ark and sent right out among the crocodiles, right out among them. Because they didn't fear nothing; they knowed that God had His hand on Moses.


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