Hebrews 11

Our church has a guest pastor this week end that has been super good! Here are a few notes from today's sermon.
Hebrews 11:23-28
What did faith do in Moses? Enoch walked in faith, Abel worshiped in faith, Noah built in faith. What did Moses do in faith? He made a choice in faith. What would he choose? Egypt and all its riches, or God and His love? He probably went through the options, the pros and cons.

Egypt =

1. Fame
2. Pleasures
3. Treasures  

God =

1. Losing the fame
2. Being mistreated
3. Suffering disgrace

Someone without faith would look at these and say, "Come on! you're kidding me, right?" but when faith enters your life, your outlook on life changes and things that seem impossible to deal with, suddenly becomes you life. People always want to be somebody in the eyes of the world, it is a temptation that we are always having to battle. But Moses left that behind. Following Christ carries a high price.
But faith adds something to Christ. Since faith looks at the rewards, Moses was able to leave Egypt behind b/c he had his eyes fixed on heaven.
Faith is -

1. Acknowledging that a moment of sin is not worth eternity.
2. Acknowledging that out present sufferings only last a life time. 
3. It has a different value scale. It views a rich relationship with Christ more valuable then all the treasures in the world. 
4. It looks at the rewards.  

With God, we are somebody when we have Christ, we are kings and queens. We might be suffering in this world, but we have the greatest treasure earth can buy. It doesn't matter if we had millions of dollars if we are suffering in Hell.
Come to Christ today and don't live another day with out His gracious love and happiness. Leave your earthly treasures behind and follow Christ. Let us overcome the world and strengthen our faith.

You can listen to this sermon that is archived on our church website... http://www.grbcrockford.org/