He Brought Me Out, To Bring Me In
Pastor Erickson preaches from Colossians 1:13 and Deuteronomy 6:23 that God brought Israel out of Egypt in order to bring them into the promised land, and he warns the church not to get stuck celebrating deliverance. He calls people to step out in faith into a life of joy, holiness and ministry, and to become disciple makers who help others into the kingdom of God.
The message in 6 points
Brought out to be brought in
He reads Colossians 1:13 and Deuteronomy 6:23: God delivered his people from the power of darkness and brought them out in order to bring them in. A testimony of deliverance should be the opening of our story, not the closing of it.
1:01:51Through the water and dancing
Old temptations will chase a believer out of Egypt, but like Pharaoh's army they cannot survive the water, and 1 Corinthians 10 ties the Red Sea to baptism. Israel was right to dance and sing, yet they stayed too long in the celebration and got comfortable with what God brought them out of.
1:06:15Fruit they were afraid to enter
The twelve spies carry back grapes so big it takes two men to carry them, but ten see only giants and walled cities. Hebrews 3 and 4 warn that unbelief kept Israel out, and that hearing the word carries a responsibility to answer it with faith instead of calling hesitation preparation.
1:17:27Canaan is not heaven
Heaven is the goal, but Canaan land is where the church should be living right now, with the abundant life Jesus promised in John 10:10. Holy Ghost joy should overflow from Sunday into the week, and living a holy, separated life is our reasonable service, along with a sacrifice of praise in hard times.
1:23:32Righteousness, peace and joy
The kingdom of God is righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Ghost. Believers should start telling people who has them now, and through Christ they are more than conquerors, living with joy, purpose and victory even while facing giants.
1:39:15Step into the Jordan
At Gilgal Israel keeps the Passover and eats the fruit of Canaan for themselves as the manna stops. The priests stepped into the Jordan before it parted, and he calls people to take that first step to the altar and into ministry, since every believer is called to be a disciple maker.
1:44:21
In his words
“But I got news for you. Your worldly mistakes can't survive the water. Come on, somebody. Your failures and your mess ups, they can't survive the water.”
“We have got to have faith when God has made the next step clear. We can't keep calling our hesitation preparation.”
“He brought me out for more than simple survival. I cannot be content with simply surviving. But through Jesus I can live with joy, with purpose and with victory.”
Taken word for word from the video, with punctuation added.
Scripture
He reads
Colossians 1:13
13Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:
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Deuteronomy 6:23
23And he brought us out from thence, that he might bring us in, to give us the land which he sware unto our fathers.
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1 Corinthians 10:1-2
1Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; 2And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea;
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Hebrews 3:19
19So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.
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Hebrews 4:2
2For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it.
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John 10:10
10The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
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Romans 12:1
1I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
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Hebrews 13:15
15By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.
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Romans 14:17
17For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
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John 15:11
11These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.
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Romans 8:37
37Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
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Isaiah 12:3
3Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.
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Joshua 5:10-12
10And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal, and kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the month at even in the plains of Jericho. 11And they did eat of the old corn of the land on the morrow after the passover, unleavened cakes, and parched corn in the selfsame day. 12And the manna ceased on the morrow after they had eaten of the old corn of the land; neither had the children of Israel manna any more; but they did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year.
King James Version.
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