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A life that follows God's word

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[Numbers 9:23]

At the LORD'S command they encamped, and at the LORD'S command they set out. They obeyed the LORD'S order, in accordance with his command through Moses.

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We always learn to live according to God's Word.

Today we are going to learn what it is that we live according to the Word of God,

through the Israelites who have lived in the wilderness of Exodus.

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By the grace of God, the Israelites who were liberated from the slave life of Egypt

for 430 years were passing through the wilderness to go to Canaan.

God told Moses to make a tabernacle to meet with the Israelites.

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Moses began to build a tabernacle that was not different from what God commanded.

The representatives of the tabernacle were Bezalel and Oholiab.

They led the way in building the tabernacle of God according to the guidance of Moses.

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The tabernacle was completed on the first day of the year when it came out of Egypt.

On the day when the tabernacle was set up and given to God,

a cloud over the tabernacle was covered.

And in the evening, the cloud turned into a pillar of fire and stayed on the tabernacle.

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God appeared to Moses and spoke. “Speak to the people of Israel to keep the Passover at the appointed time. When it is time to keep the Passover,

it is about the sunset of 14th this month. Keep it according to my rules.”

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The Passover is a celebration of God's release of the Israelites from Egypt.

Pharaoh stubbornly refused to rebel against the Word of God and liberate the people of Israel, but God made the last plague of all the firstborn men and animals of Egypt to die.

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In the night all the firstborn men of Egypt and all the beasts were killed.

However, according to the word of God, the people of Israel who kept the blood of the lamb on the doorpost were kept from harm.

On that day, Pharaoh sent out the people of Israel, and God made it this day as the Passover.

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Moses made the Israelites observe the Passover as God had commanded them.

The people followed the instructions of Moses and kept the Passover according to the rules God had ordained.

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This Passover was the second Passover of the people of Israel.

God saw the obedience of the Israelites and led them through the cloud on the tabernacle.

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God informed the people when the people had to move, that the clouds on the tabernacle would rise to the air. When they saw this, the Israelites prepared to move and moved as the cloud led them.

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The Israelites, who were marching along the clouds, stood together when the clouds stopped.

They wanted to move further, but when the clouds stopped,

they stopped there and camped there.

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Sometimes the clouds only stayed from the evening to the morning and then floated and then went straight the next day.

When the cloud stayed for a month, the people stayed for a month,

and when the cloud stayed for a year, the people camped there for a year.

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In the vast wilderness, the Israelites lived by gazing at the God who led them all.

They were able to live in a vast and wild wilderness.

This is how God has led the Israelites in the wilderness.

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Through Moses in the wilderness, God commanded the Israelites to keep the Passover.

And he came into the tabernacle and led the way of the people of Israel through the clouds.

Through today's Word, we can learn how important life is to live in obedience to God's Word.

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How can we, today, become children of God and live according to God's command?

The Bible, the Word of God, is like a cloud above us on the tabernacle.

God carefully records in the Bible how we should live.

Therefore, as a child of God, we must do our best to learn the Bible more than any other book in the world.

Only when we correctly understand and live the words of the Bible,

we can live a life that is led by God.

(This is the sample conclusion provided by CTM. Please feel free to change the conclusion to best suit the listeners of your sermon.)