50 Days – #1 A God of Order

Acts 1:3-4 NLT ³  During the forty days after his crucifixion, he appeared to the apostles from time to time, and he proved to them in many ways that he was actually alive. And he talked to them about the Kingdom of God. ⁴  Once when he was eating with them, he commanded them, “Do not leave Jerusalem until the Father sends you the gift he promised, as I told you before.

Exodus 12:24-27 NLT ²⁴  “Remember, these instructions are a permanent law that you and your descendants must observe forever. ²⁵  When you enter the land the LORD has promised to give you, you will continue to observe this ceremony. ²⁶  Then your children will ask, ‘What does this ceremony mean?’ ²⁷  And you will reply, ‘It is the Passover sacrifice to the LORD, for he passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt. And though he struck the Egyptians, he spared our families.’” When Moses had finished speaking, all the people bowed down to the ground and worshiped.

Exodus 12:31 NLT ³¹  Pharaoh sent for Moses and Aaron during the night. “Get out!” he ordered. “Leave my people—and take the rest of the Israelites with you! Go and worship the LORD as you have requested.

When you leave the world to come to God, the first thing you should do is learn to Him.

Exodus 13:17 NLT ¹⁷  When Pharaoh finally let the people go, God did not lead them along the main road that runs through Philistine territory, even though that was the shortest route to the Promised Land. God said, “If the people are faced with a battle, they might change their minds and return to Egypt.”

God will clear the way for new believers so they can become .

Exodus 14:1-2 NLT ¹  Then the LORD gave these instructions to Moses: ²  “Order the Israelites to turn back and camp by Pi-hahiroth between Migdol and the sea. Camp there along the shore, across from Baal-zephon.

Once you are founded, God will allow trials to so He can show His .

Exodus 15:25-26 NLT ²⁵  So Moses cried out to the LORD for help, and the LORD showed him a piece of wood. Moses threw it into the water, and this made the water good to drink. It was there at Marah that the LORD set before them the following decree as a standard to test their faithfulness to him. ²⁶  He said, “If you will listen carefully to the voice of the LORD your God and do what is right in his sight, obeying his commands and keeping all his decrees, then I will not make you suffer any of the diseases I sent on the Egyptians; for I am the LORD who heals you.”

Always remember, when bitterness comes, God is watching to see if you will remain .

Exodus 16:4-5 NLT ⁴  Then the LORD said to Moses, “Look, I’m going to rain down food from heaven for you. Each day the people can go out and pick up as much food as they need for that day. I will test them in this to see whether or not they will follow my instructions. ⁵  On the sixth day they will gather food, and when they prepare it, there will be twice as much as usual.”

God’s provision is a test of your .

Exodus 32:27-28 NLT ²⁷  Moses told them, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Each of you, take your swords and go back and forth from one end of the camp to the other. Kill everyone—even your brothers, friends, and neighbors.” ²⁸  The Levites obeyed Moses’ command, and about 3,000 people died that day.

The Law .

2 Corinthians 3:6 NLT ⁶  He has enabled us to be ministers of his new covenant. This is a covenant not of written laws, but of the Spirit. The old written covenant ends in death; but under the new covenant, the Spirit gives life.

The Spirit gives .

Acts 2:41 NLT ⁴¹  Those who believed what Peter said were baptized and added to the church that day—about 3,000 in all.