The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-08-20

the more these miracles sink into in
signifia ance before one tremendous fact
Of Moses life. That fact Is greater
than Moses crossing the Red sea. 1t
IS greater than Moses and the Ten
Commandments. 1t is the fact that
Moses could have led 3OOO, 900 Israelites
out into the wilderness and supported
them there for nearly fOity years,
where there was not one spear Of grass
growing and practically not one drop
Of water. How did he do it? That
fact is the greatest miracle of all the
Bible. Believe that and you can be-
lieye the miraculous conception Of
Jesus Christ and the resurrection Of
Easter day and the ascension from
Mount Oivet. Aye. you can believe
anything written in the Bible l care
not where you may find it.
Tho Wilderness Was Barren.
The wilderness of the Old Testament
is a wilderness OF rock and sand. That
region lies to the northeast Of Mount
Sinai. That region is the driest re
gion in all the east outside of the Sa-
hara desert There Is no living crea
ture there except the venOmOus ser
pent. You may have seen the horrible
picture called Death Valley and Its
Harvest" There in the valleys where
so many miners have met their death
is a poor, starving. thirsty, dying pros
pector. In his delirium he sees noun
tains and brooks and bubbling springs
But sand, endless sand only is around
him. So is the desert where Moses
led the children Of Israel and kept
them there for nearly forty years. 1t
Is a wilderness Of rock and desolatiOn
How did he feed these 100000 men
and women and children! How did he
give them drink where no river was
flowing? Tell ME. We scoffers of the
Bible, how did this Hebrew leader
do 1t unless he did 1t by the power O.
God? Why, the miracle Of dead
man rising up out Of his grave and tes-
tifying to you of the divinity Of Jesus
Christ Is not to he compared to this
miracle worker in the desert Of the
forty years wandering. II We will
not believe Moses and the prophets.
neither will We believe though one ro7e
from the dead. Hear 1t. man! By
Moses testimony hear 1t!
Then we have Moses the prophet as
well as Moses the miracle worker.
wish l had more time to speak upon
this theme. but my time Is already
gone. and must be brief. But | will
say thiS-Moses was not only Il prophet
whom the Lord saw face to face. but
he was also II prophet who could lift
his finger and raise the curtain which
separated, the present from the future
and look away down into the comm.
centuries until he saw into the manager
of Bethlehem and saw the cross and
saw Jesus celestial triumph You
Moses. Did you ever stop to think
that Moses in inspiration saw the in
carnated face Of Jesus Christ? Moses
not Messianic prophet? How ac-
count for that wonderful sentence Of
Deuteronomy Xviii, Is, THE Lord will
raise up unto thee prophet from the
midst Of thee, Of my brethren, like
unto me; unto him We shall hearken:"
To whom was Moses abiding but to
Christ? "Was Moses a prophet?' l
asked great Bible student. "A
prophet"' he exclaimed. why, Moses
was nothing If he was not a prophet.
He saw the coming Of the Messiah II
any one ever did" Yes, this miracle
worker Is prophet as well. What
will you do today in reference to his
testimony? Will you reject 1t, or viii!
you let Moses God be your God?
But | must pause moment before
I close. now present to you the most
overwhelming fact of all this sermon.
Some Of us have not only rejected the
testimony Of a Moses, but we have
rejected the testimony Of one who has
risen from the grave as we'll. Did you
ever stop to think this text may be a.
two edged sword which cuts both
ways: The thing Dives asked for
has been done. A greater than LaZa
rus has risen from the dead; but. as he
said, men are not convinced. We have
not only rejected the testimony Of
Moses in reference to Gods love, but
we have also rejected all the testimony
we have Of the resurrection of Jesus
Christ Can it be that any one here
today is committing that awful double
sin? Let me close by reading the text
with a little change. and he said unto
him, If they hear not Moses and the
prophets, neither will they he persuad-
ed, even though Christ, who shall be
crucified and buried. shall rise again
from the dead" Brother, is that
doubter Of Gods love here? Is he in
this building today? Is Jesus of the
para bic speaking to thee?
copyright. 1907 by Louis Klopsch.1
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