Strong to the Finish
It was a hot dayTuesday, July 20, 1993, in Washington, D.C.as Vincent Foster sat in the Rose Garden.
That morning he watched as President Clinton announced his new FBI director.
Foster returned to his White House Counsel's office after the ceremony. He took care of some legal business, then talked with President Clinton,
his boyhood friend, for a few moments. He ate lunch that day at his desk.
A little after one o'clock, Foster left the office, telling his staff he would return.
He pulled his Honda Accord onto the streets of Washington, D.C., and drove to a national park on a bluff overlooking the Potomac River.
He got out, leaving his suit coat in the car. In his hand was an antique, .38 revolver.
He walked across an open field. Standing beside a cannon pointing out over the woods, Vincent Foster took his own life.
I want us to look at the account of the crossing of the Red Sea in Ex. 14
You might call it the climax of Exodus.
I want to connect the Red Sea crossing wit salvation through Jesus?
In the RED sea crossing There are three things: I want you to see:
We learn what we're getting out of;
we learn how we're getting out of it; and
(3) we learn why we can get out of it.
This text is a illustration of our salvation.
What do we get out of?
Bondage.
How do we get out of it?
Crossing over by grace.
Why we can get out of it?
Because of The Mediator.
A boy was sitting on a park bench with one hand resting on an open Bible. He was loudly exclaiming his praise to God. "Hallelujah! Hallelujah! God is great!" he yelled without worrying whether anyone heard him or not.
Shortly after, along came a man who had recently completed some studies at a local university. Feeling himself very enlightened in the ways of truth and very eager to show this enlightenment, he asked the boy about the source of his joy.
"Hey" asked the boy in return with a bright laugh, "Don't you have any idea what God is able to do? I just read that God opened up the waves of the Red Sea and led the whole nation of Israel right through the middle."
The enlightened man laughed lightly, sat down next to the boy and began to try to open his eyes to the "realities" of the miracles of the Bible. "That can all be very easily explained. Modern scholarship has shown that the Red Sea in that area was only 10-inches deep at that time. It was no problem for the Israelites to wade across."
How to make a Decision.
[1] Is it Biblical?
[2] Are there opportunities available?
[3] Do other wise people support the decision?
[4] Have you made attempts to over justify it?
[5] Do you have peace?
if you answered NO to any of the questions 1 - 3 or 5, or if you answered yes to question 4, you may want to consider the fact that God may be directing you toward not making that choice.
[ this is from “Fathweaver Now.”} It’s Good Advice.