Moses was 80 years old when the Lord called him to lead His people, the Israelites out of their Egyptian bondage.
Moses reluctantly surrendered his will to the Lord’s will. He went back into the land from which he had fled 40 years earlier because he was wanted for murder.
Don’t let your age or your past stop you from serving the Lord. As we travel this journey to Heaven we will have opposition. Moses and his brother Aaron were challenged by the magicians of Pharaoh. God turned the water in Egypt into blood when Moses and Aaron obeyed Him. Pharaoh’s magicians did the same. Exodus 7:22: “And the magicians of Egypt did so with their enchantments.”
Next the Lord brought frogs into the land. Then Satan’s servants did the same. Exodus 8:7: “And the magicians did so with their enchantments, and brought up frogs upon the land of Egypt.”
Next the Lord through Moses and Aaron brought lice into Egypt. Satan’s servants could not do so. Exodus 8:18-19: “And the magicians did so with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they could not: so there were lice upon man, and upon beast. 19 Then the magicians said unto Pharaoh, This is the finger of God: and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.”
Satan has power. But his power is overpowered by God’s power. These servants of Satan were named Jannes and Jambres. 2 Timothy 3:7-8: “Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith. You will not find the names of these two infidels anywhere else in the Bible.”
If you study just the Old Testament you miss the importance of the New Testament. If you just study just the New Testament, you miss the foundation of the Old Testament. The New Testament is the new promise or new covenant. We see the virgin birth, ministry, trial, death and resurrection clearly in the New Testament.
Jesus giving Himself as the final sacrifice and then rising from the grave fulfilled the demands of blood for atonement and no longer are we to offer sheep or goats or bulls or other clean animals for our salvation. Once and for all Jesus paid it all.
So Christian, I urge you to get a good understanding of the New Testament before you read the Old Testament or old promise which has been fulfilled in the blood of Jesus. God is telling us in 2 Timothy 3:7 that in the last days ungodly men like Jannes and Jambres will oppose the Word of God and Christians. We live in those days.
Keep your eyes on Jesus and don’t let the mockers and false teachers lead you astray from the Bible. Ask Jesus to teach you the truth. John 16:13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth.
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