Exodus 4-6

Day 32

Exodus 4-6

Exodus 6:9
⁹ But when Moses delivered this message to the Israelites, they didn't even hear him—they were that beaten down in spirit by the harsh slave conditions.

We cannot teach people the apologetics of our faith if they are so beaten down by the world that:
*They no longer have a home
*They lost their job
*They have lost someone close to death
*They can’t get their basic needs of their family meet…  (Clothes, medical, food)

Andy Stanley said most adults who become a Christian do so because of a tragedy in their lives…  If this is true and I believe it is, then we have to reach out to these people. 

-Not with criticism…
-Not with condemnation…
-Not with apologetics…

But offer them in this order:
(1) Get them HELP…  (Shelter, food, medical attention, clothes)
(2) Get them HOPE… Jesus is the hope of the world and we are His instruments to show his love to those without hope.
(3) Get them HEALING… (Counseling or consoling… or both if necessary)

1 John 3:17-18
But if anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God's love abide in him? Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.

We cannot drop the ball on this and expect God to be pleased with us!