Assurance of Faith: Lessons from Moses
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True assurance is not a vague uncertain belief, not a mere hoping, but an assured certain knowledge of the things which they believe. Now then, that has been the case with all the examples that we've looked at hitherto, and now this morning we come to this particular case of Moses. [00:05:37]
The man is not rarely concerned about the details of these people's lives. That's not what he's interested in. He is really interested in the thing that made them what they were, and that is this whole question of assurance. And this, he tells us, is the whole secret. [00:07:27]
It was because of their faith and their assurance that these men were able to do these things. It was because of his assurance that Abram was able to offer up his Isaac. So you don't start with the offering up of the Isaac. The thing to concentrate on is to get Assurance. [00:08:50]
Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter, choosing rather to suffer Affliction with the people of God than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season, esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt. [00:01:03]
The Christian is a man who is always in the position of considering two Alternatives. Now, this is a very important point because it's a very valuable test that we can all apply to ourselves. When I say two Alternatives, of course, I'm speaking in an ultimate sense. [00:20:48]
He is able to look upon suffering in this life and in this world in an entirely new manner. He says, if I do this, it will involve me in the reproach and in the suffering which is inherent in the life of these people, but it's all right. He says, I can see that there's value in that. [00:27:32]
The Christian is a man who sees that he's having the Great and the high privilege of being like his master. So the Apostle Peter makes a great appeal to us when we are in this kind of position. He says, be like him, walk in his steps. [00:29:22]
What was it that enabled Moses to do these things? I'm not asking again what made him do them. I've told you what made him do them. It was the calculating, it was the choosing, it was the Reckoning, it was the esteeming. Yes, that's the thing that made him do it. [00:31:58]
Moses knew him, not only the theophanies, the burning bush. He had met him, he'd spoken to him, he had access into his holy presence. One of the greatest chapters in the Old Testament is Exodus 33, where you find Moses praying to God and pleading with him. [00:45:34]
The argument is, my dear friends, that if it is possible for an Old Testament Saint to have this degree of assurance, how much greater is it now? This man contrasts and compares the old dispensation and the new in chapter 8 and in chapter 12 of this great epistle. [00:47:46]
The Apostle is able to look back on Calvary. He is in Christ. He's been baptized by the Spirit. I know whom I have believed. It's not a vague uncertain Faith. It's not a hoping against hope. It's not a trying to hold on as best you can. [00:49:25]
We are meant to know God. We are meant to know that we are the children of God. We don't just take it by faith and not worry about our feelings and say, of course, I take it in the word. It's all the word. This separation of the word and the spirit is very near to blasphemy. [00:50:28]
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The man is not rarely concerned about the details of these people's lives. That's not what he's interested in. He is really interested in the thing that made them what they were, and that is this whole question of assurance. And this, he tells us, is the whole secret. [00:07:27]
It was because of their faith and their assurance that these men were able to do these things. It was because of his assurance that Abram was able to offer up his Isaac. So you don't start with the offering up of the Isaac. The thing to concentrate on is to get Assurance. [00:08:50]
Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter, choosing rather to suffer Affliction with the people of God than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season, esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt. [00:01:03]
The Christian is a man who is always in the position of considering two Alternatives. Now, this is a very important point because it's a very valuable test that we can all apply to ourselves. When I say two Alternatives, of course, I'm speaking in an ultimate sense. [00:20:48]
He is able to look upon suffering in this life and in this world in an entirely new manner. He says, if I do this, it will involve me in the reproach and in the suffering which is inherent in the life of these people, but it's all right. He says, I can see that there's value in that. [00:27:32]
The Christian is a man who sees that he's having the Great and the high privilege of being like his master. So the Apostle Peter makes a great appeal to us when we are in this kind of position. He says, be like him, walk in his steps. [00:29:22]
What was it that enabled Moses to do these things? I'm not asking again what made him do them. I've told you what made him do them. It was the calculating, it was the choosing, it was the Reckoning, it was the esteeming. Yes, that's the thing that made him do it. [00:31:58]
Moses knew him, not only the theophanies, the burning bush. He had met him, he'd spoken to him, he had access into his holy presence. One of the greatest chapters in the Old Testament is Exodus 33, where you find Moses praying to God and pleading with him. [00:45:34]
The argument is, my dear friends, that if it is possible for an Old Testament Saint to have this degree of assurance, how much greater is it now? This man contrasts and compares the old dispensation and the new in chapter 8 and in chapter 12 of this great epistle. [00:47:46]
The Apostle is able to look back on Calvary. He is in Christ. He's been baptized by the Spirit. I know whom I have believed. It's not a vague uncertain Faith. It's not a hoping against hope. It's not a trying to hold on as best you can. [00:49:25]
We are meant to know God. We are meant to know that we are the children of God. We don't just take it by faith and not worry about our feelings and say, of course, I take it in the word. It's all the word. This separation of the word and the spirit is very near to blasphemy. [00:50:28]
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