He chose to suffer oppression with God’s people rather than to experience the fleeting enjoyment of sin.choosing rather to share ill treatment with God’s people than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a time,Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;choosing rather to share ill treatment with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;
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… by faith Moses when he became of age refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter, choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God than to enjoy the passing pleasures of sin. My goodness, that's a stunning statement right there. Verse 26, esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt. For he looked to the reward. By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king. All right, go back to 26. He esteemed the reproach of Christ as greater riches than the riches of Egypt. Stunning statement. And then it says, for he looked to the reward. He looked to the reward. Hebrews 11, 6 has this verse for us that helps to define faith. It says, he who comes to God must believe that he is and that he is the rewarder of those who seek him. I've heard many people say through the years, well, I'm not interested in reward. I just want to serve the Lord and please him and honor him. …
… refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter, choosing rather to be mistreated with the people of God than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin. Now, if you stop right there, the other side, the instead of people are going to say, see, just like that, just like Jesus. Rather than enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin. So instead of the joy set before him, Moses chose mistreatment with the people of God. Same for Jesus. Instead of enjoying the fleeting pleasures of sin, instead of the joy set before him, Jesus endured the cross. It might sound tough at first. It might seem like it works. Then you look at the next verse and it all falls apart. Verse 26 tells us why Moses did not choose to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin precisely because he was choosing a greater joy. Verse 26, Moses considered the reproach of Christ greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt for he was looking forward to the reward and anticipating what Jesus would do in looking forward to the reward of going to the cross. In other words, Moses did it for joy. And when you take a step back, look at the whole book of Hebrews, the case is just closed. It is slammed shut. …
… by faith Moses when he became of age refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter, choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God than to enjoy the passing pleasures of sin. My goodness, that's a stunning statement right there. Verse 26, esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt. For he looked to the reward. By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king. All right, go back to 26. He esteemed the reproach of Christ as greater riches than the riches of Egypt. Stunning statement. And then it says, for he looked to the reward. He looked to the reward. Hebrews 11, 6 has this verse for us that helps to define faith. It says, he who comes to God must believe that he is and that he is the rewarder of those who seek him. I've heard many people say through the years, well, I'm just, I'm not interested in reward. I just want to serve the Lord and please him and honor him. Yeah, that's fine, but it's not how he thinks. …
… it. By faith 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. Now Moses could have had fathomless wealth. He could have had luxurious lifestyle. He could have dabbled in every sinful worldly pleasure that this world offered. He could have been the king of the most powerful nation on earth. But he refused, the Bible says, 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. For he had respect unto the recompense of the reward. That is, he looked to the bottom line, he looked to the conclusion of the whole matter. Now verse 27, by faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king. Now here's the verse I wanted. For he endured as seeing him who is invisible. One more time. One more time we see that in time of trouble you have to see the invisible. In time of fear you have to see the invisible. In time of temptation you have to see the invisible. That's what's going to keep you going. That's what's going to keep you straight. Now how are you going to bring this into your life? …