A New Life
Posted By admin1 on April 9, 2010
And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses: and she said, Because I drew him out of the water (Exodus 2:10).
Moses was born at the time when the Hebrew men children were being killed. His mother devised a plan to save him from being killed, and hid him, “And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river’s brink. And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him. And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river’s side; and when she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it. And when she had opened it, she saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews’ children.” (Exodus 2:3-6).
Moses got a new life, when Pharaoh’s daughter drew him out of the water. He was drawn out of the water, the same way that Jesus tells Nicodemus “except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God (St. John 3:5). The waters gave Moses a new life, when he was drawn out of them. When the baby wept, Pharaoh’s daughter had compassion on him though he was the child of the enemy, being “one of the Hebrews’ children”. Before then, Moses was going to live like all Hebrews lived.
Such was the case with us. For Jesus came down to give us new life. We were lost and he found us. He drew us out of sin. He had compassion on us and he saved us, and redeemed us by his own blood. Just as Moses was drawn from the water, so were we drawn from sin “that henceforth we should not serve sin” (Romans 6:6).
So long Moses remained in the water, he could not be found neither could he be saved. Likewise we must come out of sin to be saved, hence Jesus tells Nicodemus: “ye must be born again” (St. John 3:7). Put plainly, we must get a new life. As long as we are hiding ourselves and our sins, we cannot be saved. We must expose our sins to God, and confess them so that we can be healed (James 5: 16).
Being drawn, also means to Come out of the world, “Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord” (II Corinthians 6: 17). After becoming Pharaoh’s daughters’ son, Moses left his family and started a completely new life. As believers, we have to be willing to leave our old lifestyles behind, even though that may mean separating us from family and friends, from places and activities we enjoy most.To be with Jesus, we have to completely reject our old lives. Jesus put it in this way: “If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple” (St. Luke 14: 26). Like Moses we have to find a new home, a new lifestyle and cultivate a new culture and new habits, so that we can “walk in newness of life” (Romans 6: 4).
Sometimes we want to be saved, without making any sacrifices on our part. We want the crown, but won’t carry the cross, we want mansions but don’t want to pay the price. The song says, “must Jesus bear the cross alone, and all this whole world go free? For there is a cross of everyone and there is a cross for me”. If we want Jesus there is a price, and if we reject him there is a price also. “I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live” (Deuteronomy 30: 19).
To start a new life, we have to come out of the old life. Lot and his family could not be saved as long as they lingered in Sodom and Gomorrah hence the angels held them by the hand, and led them out (Genesis 19: 16). If we want to be saved, if we want to start a new life with Christ,we have to let him hold us by the hand, lead us from sin and lead us to the new life.
Our Lord specializes in second chances. The woman caught red handed in the very act will testify. She was brought to be condmed, but Jesus gave her a new beginning and said “Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more” (St. John 8: 11). Peter can testify how Jesus restored him after the betrayal (St. John 21: 15-17). For Jesus’ purpose was not to condemn, “For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved (St. John 3: 17). “I am come” Jesus says “that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly” (St. John 10: 10).
Are you tired of your old life? Give it to Jesus. Moses’ mother got tired of hiding Moses. Moses’ mother knew that the child had grown and could no longer be hid. Our sins no matter how small or insignificant may seem to us, we must know that we can no longer hide them. If you are tired of the load of your sins, if you desire new life to begin, then come to Jesus and he will give you a brand new life. In Jesus we get the promise to leave our old life, pass from death unto life, and to walk in the light. “O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the Lord” (Isaiah 2: 5).
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This sermon was right on time. I feel as tho God is speaking to me through you. I want a new life and I’m turning my life over to God this instant.