Exodus #5 - Shadows and Rackets

Reading Scripture (0:00 - 3:01) Exodus 3:1-6 & 10 Exodus 4:1-5 Introduction (3:01 - 8:16) What are shadows and rackets? (8:16 - 14:45) Shadows are the parts of you that you put in the background. Rackets are the parts of you that you project. What’s that in your hand? A staff. (14:45 - 20:52) Exodus 4:2 God was looking to use the real Moses. The real Moses was not about being Egyptian royalty. The real Moses was about shepherding God’s people. You don’t learn to shepherd God’s people while sitting in the palace. 1 John 1:7 (20:52 - 28:00) But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. אֶמֶת (Emet) = truth שקר (Sheker) = lie The problem in the church is not sin. The problem in the church is hidden sin. We all sin, that’s not the issue. The problem is, are we keeping it hidden? Are we coming to church trying to pretend we don’t sin? Or do we walk in here with confidence? To celebrate that God forgave me and He continues to forgive me. There is a difference between the fellowship of the fake and the fellowship of the forgiven. Found Out vs. Freedom (28:00 - 40:22) What would change in your life today if you no longer had the fear of being found out? What kind of freedom could you live in if you didn’t have the fear that someone is going to eventually find out the real you? Too many times, we are making ourselves something that we’re not. Philippians 2:7 NIV “…he made himself nothing…” The reason we can be honest with each other is because our faith is not in our own performance. We don’t have to cower in the shadows and create a racket for everyone else to see. Instead, I can bring it to the light and confess it to the family of God. Our freedom is found in the light. We can never repent from the sin that we are not willing to confess. The real Jesus wants to have an encounter with the real you.