Title: Grace of Marah/Exodus 15:22-27
Contents Today's text is from Exodus 15:22-27 ↙The grace of Marah.
I would like to share my message with the title.
The people of Israel, who were slaves in Egypt, were blessed with God's unconditional grace and
He succeeds in escaping from Egypt through Moses with his power. They cross the Red Sea
You will actually experience God's great work of salvation. However, in the text, the Red Sea
After crossing the road, they walked for three days, but they forgot the thrill of salvation because they could not find water.
When they came to Marah, they found water and ran with joy, but the water was bitter and could not be drunk.
It became bitter and their pain was unspeakable.
Everyone! Why did God bring them to Marah in the first place? deep here
is the truth. The movement of the people of Israel here today is
It is your movement, your pain, and your test. a lot of people talk like this
do. ↙ I wish I was saved. Now, all you have to do is receive the blessing ￢. Plenty
The people crossed the Red Sea by the grace of God, but before the excitement was gone, Marae
I do not want to talk about the hidden providence of God that it has arrived. devil
is hiding it. I tell you not to say it.
Let’s talk about heaven without refinement, heaven without certainty, and heaven without bitter water mara.
is. Therefore, when difficult suffering comes, they will not lose the sense of salvation.
is going to be They lived until Elim, where there were twelve springs of water and seventy palms.
What God is saying through Mara as an inevitable process to be struck
We would like to share the grace while pondering whether or not it is possible.
First, God made the Israelites understand Marah. they met
is not Marah, which happened by chance, but the Israelite hundred that God escaped from Egypt.
It is an inevitable process that sexuality goes through. The text describes their pain like this
I am waiting. ↙They had traveled for three days, but found no water. ↙Three days in the desert
The lack of water for a while means they are on the verge of death. right now
Would you have brought a rum drink? Did you bring fruit? Crossing the Red Sea
They sang the song of salvation and praised God, but for three days they had no water.
As they traveled, they recalled the abundance of water and food in Egypt. soul chair
Rather than Yu, they reached their physical limit, so they crossed the wall of reality and crossed the Red Sea.
It was impossible to jump over even history. But God is silent here
They could live by drinking water that changed the way they thought and lived in Egypt.
He made us realize that we are a non-existent people.
When they came to Marah, they found water, but it was bitter. Why does God
Did you lead me to the bitter waters? Those who escaped from Egypt and crossed the Red Sea
The confession about the water that he found just before he died after traveling for three days came to ↙ Mara.
Then he said, “Do not suffer the pain, because the water stood and you could not drink it.” (Exodus)
15:23)
The saints in the wilderness, who believe in Jesus, receive baptism, and go to heaven, have a taste of a new life.
You must experience the change of What used to be sweet should now feel bitter.
If our lives still feel sweet to the worldly things and envy the worldly things
We will still be those who have not changed as true saints. the world is like that
I liked it, but now I like heaven and I love heaven, so being on this earth is yes
I thought it was the best before, but there must be a change in taste so that the Lord can be the best.
All. ↙Mara￢ That place can be a church. came to Mara. this is
This is our field that was soon led to the church. Here, we say that the world is bitter.
You should be able to make a confession.
Second, God renews his loved ones through Mara. Mara
was a process that the Israelites had to go through inevitably in God's providence.
The way they live is different so that they can experience a taste different from the world here.
God made me realize. I had to live with manna falling from heaven, and God
I had to drink the living water that the Lord gave me, and I had to wear the clothes the Lord gave me.
This Mara was obviously bitter, but through this bitter water God renewed them
I did. For them, it is a place of frustration in the flesh, a place of bitter pain, but
In order for God's people to endure the 40 years of life in the wilderness, God
It was a place of grace given to loved ones and a place of renewal. this place
Also, they resent it. Even if you feel the limits of your body by facing a gruesome death
to rock. It is here that they realize that they are nothing and incompetent beings.
it will be
In the book of Ruth, a woman named Naomi left Bethlehem and went down to Moab.
There is a scene where he loses his and two sons and returns to his hometown. Bethlehem here
When the people of Hem asked, “Who is this and not Naomi?” Naomi said:
↙Don't call me Naomi, but call me Mara. He went through Mara's pain
So, as he returned to his hometown and became the ancestor of Jesus Christ, suffering and suffering
Knowing it as a gift of grace that God gives to those he loves, we must win through the Word
is.
Through the third cross, this Mara is changed. The resentment and frustration of the people of Israel
When his exasperation reached its peak, Moses called out to God. Then God made a tree
and he threw it into the water, and the water was sweetened. what kind of tree is this
how? Many biblical scholars refer to this tree as meaning the cross. thrown into the water
Lost and sweetened That's right. Even in places of suffering, pain, and desperate death
Those who come under this cross will be in that terrible situation. by the bitter water
As long as there are trees, please remember.
The Lord stands closer and closer to our bitter suffering. fish all night long
Next to Peter, who could not catch him, he handed them all to the ferry on the Yabbok River and called them alone.
By the side of Jacob who barks, the Lord is by the side of you who are completely failing and frustrated
you are standing My troubles, my business, my family, my children, my health.
Immediately throw this cross away. That way it will be sweet. ↙Toil and heavy
Come to me, all you who are weary laden, and I will give you rest. Rest in the bosom of the Lord.
Yo. May you come to Elim, where there are twelve springs of water and seventy palms.
↙ Moses cried out to the LORD, and the LORD pointed out a tree, and he
It was cast and it was sweet. These are the words of the living God. -Amen-