The Faith of Moses

Hebrews
Written By Steve Estes

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Speaker: Steve Estes
Scripture: Hebrews 11:24-27
November 5, 2023

Hebrews 11:24-27: By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be known as the son of Pharaoh's daughter. He chose to be mistreated along with the people of God rather than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a short time. He regarded disgrace for the sake of Christ as of greater value than the treasures of Egypt, because he was looking ahead to his reward. By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the king's anger; he preserved because he saw him who is invisible.

Sermon Outline

1. The life Moses was adopted into

  • The food he was served

  • The surroundings he grew accustomed to

  • The first-rate education he received

2. When he was grown, he refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter

  • He chose one kind of life and forsook another

  • What life did Moses choose?

  • What life did Moses refuse?

  • The result of his choice

3. How was Moses able to do this?

  • He was enabled by faith

  • He considered the facts

  • Fact: Sin brings pleasure -- heaven brings ecstasy

  • Fact: Sin's pleasures are brief -- God's ecstasies are forever

4: Conclusion

Steve Estes

Steve Estes has been senior pastor at Brick Lane Community Church in Elverson, Pennsylvania, for over thirty-five years. 

Steve’s books and other writings began with his longtime friendship with Joni Eareckson Tada. As teenagers, they grappled with why God allowed Joni’s paralysis in a swimming accident in the Chesapeake Bay. Steve left for college . . . they kept in touch . . . she liked the style of his letters. When her 1976 autobiography Joni spawned thousands of reader responses, she asked Steve to join her in crafting a follow-up. The result was A Step Further in 1978.

Later, Wycliffe Bible Translators commissioned Steve to write the biography of former college friend Chet Bitterman, a Wycliffe linguist who was kidnapped and murdered by political terrorists in Colombia in 1981. Other books and articles followed, including When God Weeps (with Joni) and A Better December (a giveaway book for non-Christian friends at Christmas.)

Steve was educated at Westminster Theological Seminary, Columbia Bible College and Jerusalem University College in Israel. He has taught homiletics at Westminster and is a board member of the Christian Counseling & Educational Foundation.

But Steve would say his most significant life achievement was persuading college classmate Verna Stoltzfus to marry him in 1974.  They now have eight children and more grandchildren than can fit in a van.

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