WHEN GOD
BREATHES
TEXT:
EXODUS 14: 21-31
INTRO:
The Word of God is no stranger to references and
instances concerning the
breathe - wind of the Holy Ghost
Gen2:7
"Breathed into Adam the breath of life
Ezek 37
"prophesy unto the wind "breathe upon these slain
that they may live, and the breath came unto them
and they lived"
Job:
"the breath of the Almighty hath given us life"
John20:22
"Jesus came into the midst of the disciples and
He breathed on them, "receive ye the Holy Ghost"
Acts 2
- disciples were gathered in upper room praying
"there was a sound as a mighty rushing wind"
When God breathes on someone or
some thing, there are
certain undeniable, unalterable
evidences that will be present.
it does not matter if He
breathes on a saint, sinner or situation,
remarkable changes will take
place.
Has God ever breathed on you?
Have you ever known the warming
breath of God as He
breathed life and sweet peace
into you dead, dark-depraved
Has God ever parted any Red
Seas in your life?
Here was a life and death
situation. One the Egyptian side of
the Red sea, there was imminent
death. The enemy was
bearing down on a hopeless,
helpless and defenseless people.
One the other side of the Red
sea was life, liberty and freedom.
Only one obstacle stood in the
way. One great big seemingly
unmovable Red Sea.
I.
THE POWER OF GOD'S BREATH CAUSED SEPERATION
A)
This Seperation was Overwhelming
(14:21)
"and the Lord caused the sea
to go back by a strong east wind"
"Overwhelming" means "that the
sea yielded all it's natural
attributes and powers to a
greater power".
******Likewise,
the breath of God overwhelmed the womb of
a virgin named Mary, and it
yielded to a greater power
*****Likewise,
God breath on a locked in system called time.
and time got so full it had to
unlock it's doors and allow the
only begotten Son of God to
come in!!!!
B)
This Seperation was Overthrowing
(15: 9-10)
"The Enemy said, I will
pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the
spoil, my lust shall be
satisfied upon them. I will draw my sword,
my hand shall destroy them.
Thou didst blow with thy wind, the
sea covered them. they sank
as lead in the mighty waters"
Notice
4 I will's 3
my's, the wind blew, sea covered, sank
****Everything
that was a walkway of deliverence to Israel,
now became a wall of death and
destruction to the enemy
****What
God did with the Red Sea is exactly what He does
with the Blood.
That blood is a force that will either convert
or condemn you
****Notice
also in
15:5 "they sank to the bottom as
stones"
This represents the fallacy of
works and false religious
efforts to get to heaven.
You cannot cross God's Red Sea
without the breath of God and
He will not breath on false
religions and self works.
II.
THE PURPOSE OF HIS BREATH CAUSED STABILIZATION
15:8 "and with the blast of
His nostrils the waters were gathered
together, the floods stood
upright as an heap, and the depths were
congealed in the heart of the
sea"
A)
He Stabilized the Passageway
Notice that these people would
have surely perished, had it
not been for God who breathed
on their situation. They had
1) No time
(up against wall, 3 million
people, 12 hours)
2) No talents
(land fairing, no knowledge or skills in
ship building - ship to hold 3 million people?)
3) No tools
(had been slaves in the mud
pits - 400 years)
****Moses
said, "stand still-see salvation of the Lord"
1)
God blasted the waters with His Breath
"and with the blast of His nostrils"
2)
God built the waters with His Breath
"and the waters were a wall unto them on
their right hand
and on their left - floods stood upright as a heap"
3)
God bonded the waters with His Breath
"and the depths were congealed in the heart of the sea"
the word"congealed" means "to make liquid into solid"
(jello)
B)
He Stabilized the People
1) God became their
Fierce Fighter
14:4 "the Lord
shall fight for you"
2)
God became their Firm Foundation
14:29 "but the children of Israel walked upon dry land
in the midst of the sea"
On Christ the solid rock I stand
3) God became their Foremost
Freedom
15:13 "thou in thy mercy has led forth the people which
thou has redeemed"
III.
THE PROMISE OF HIS BREATH CAUSED SALVATION
A)
Salvation from Bondage
God told Moses at
Burning Bush
"I have heard the cries of
my people".
Deity always hears and honors
desperation.
1) Bondage of Darkness
(turned off lights in Egypt)
2) Bondage of Death
(blood)
3) Bondage of Despair(400
years in slavery - noone there
who knew what freedom even felt like.
God did not
redeem them in Egypt - but out of Egypt
B)
Salvation from Burdens
mud pits, miry clay, cruel taskmasters, pain of the whip
never known anything but pain, suffering, captivity
no hope, help, honor - doomed to die under heavy burdens
But God breathed on their burdens - Lifted at Calvary
also erased burden of past life - depths of the sea
couldn't go back to Egypt even if they wanted to - wasn't
any Egypt to go back to!!!!
C)
Salvation from Barriers
barrier of judgment in front of them - Red Sea
barrier of judgement on both sides - mountain 6000 ft
barrier of judgement behind them - Egyptian army
It Would take a miracle for them
to get out of Egypt alive
That is exactly what they
got. God breathed out and parted
the
Red Sea, dried the ground to
hold the weight of 3 million people,
and breathed in and sucked
the wheels off the Egyptian chariots
and buried the past
judgement.