Moses and the Crossing of the Red Sea Psalm 114:1-8

Moses andthe Crossing of the Red Sea

Psalm 114:1-8

God Uses WaterEvent Uses of Water BaptismThe FloodGenesis 6-7

For Salvation(from judgment)

1 Peter 3:20-21

The Red SeaExodus 14

For Separation(from the old life)

Romans 6:3-4

Naaman2 Kings 5

For Restoration(from death)

John 3:5Galatians 3:27Colossians 2:12

Unclean IsraelNumbers 19

For Purification(from sin)

Acts 2:38; 22:16Ephesians 5:26

Crossing the Red Sea( Some Lessons from God’s

Perspective )1. It was an act of God’s mighty, miraculous,

marvelous power (Ex. 14:31; Num. 33:8; Deut. 11:1-4; Psa. 66:5-6; 74:12-13; 78:12-13)

Exodus 14:31

And Israel saw the great work which Jehovah did upon the Egyptians, and the people feared Jehovah: and they believed in Jehovah, and in his servant Moses.

Deuteronomy 11:2-4

2 And know ye this day: for I speak not with your children that have not known, and that have not seen the chastisement of Jehovah your God, his greatness, his mighty hand, and his outstretched arm,3 and his signs, and his works, which he did in the midst of Egypt unto Pharaoh the king of Egypt, and unto all his land;4 and what he did unto the army of Egypt, unto their horses, and to their chariots; how he made the water of the Red Sea to overflow them as they pursued after you, and how Jehovah hath destroyed them unto this day.

Psalm 66:5-6

Come, and see the works of God; He is terrible in his doing toward the children of men. He turned the sea into dry land; They went through the river on foot: There did we rejoice in him.

Psalm 74:12-13

Yet God is my King of old, Working salvation in the midst of the earth. Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: Thou brakest the heads of the sea-monsters in the waters.

Psalm 78:12-13

Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, In the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan. He clave the sea, and caused them to pass through; And he made the waters to stand as a heap.




2. It was an act of God’s salvation (Ex. 14:13, 30; Isa. 51:10, 15)

Exodus 14:13

And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of Jehovah, which he will work for you to-day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to-day, ye shall see them again no more for ever.

Exodus 14:30

Thus Jehovah saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea-shore.

Isaiah 51:10, 15

Is it not thou that driedst up the sea, the waters of the great deep; that madest the depths of the sea a way for the redeemed to pass over? … For I am Jehovah thy God, who stirreth up the sea, so that the waves thereof roar: Jehovah of hosts is his name.




2. It was an act of God’s salvation (Ex. 14:13, 30-31; Isa. 51:10, 15)

3. It was an act of God’s mercy (Josh. 24:6-7; Neh. 9:9-11; Zech. 10:10-12)

Joshua 24:6-7

And I brought your fathers out of Egypt: and ye came unto the sea; and the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots and with horsemen unto the Red Sea. And when they cried out unto Jehovah, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes saw what I did in Egypt: and ye dwelt in the wilderness many days.

Nehemiah 9:9-11

And thou sawest the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the Red Sea, and showedst signs and wonders upon Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and on all the people of his land; for thou knewest that they dealt proudly against them, and didst get thee a name, as it is this day. And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their pursuers thou didst cast into the depths, as a stone into the mighty waters.

Zechariah 10:10-12

I will bring them again also out of the land of Egypt, and gather them out of Assyria; and I will bring them into the land of Gilead and Lebanon; and place shall not be found for them. And he will pass through the sea of affliction, and will smite the waves in the sea, and all the depths of the Nile shall dry up; and the pride of Assyria shall be brought down, and the sceptre of Egypt shall depart. And I will strengthen them in Jehovah; and they shall walk up and down in his name, saith Jehovah.


Perspective )4. It was an act of God’s loving-kindness

(Psa. 136:10-15; Isa. 63:7-14)

Psalm 136:10-15

10 To him that smote Egypt in their first-born; For his lovingkindness endureth for ever; 11 And brought out Israel from among them; For his lovingkindness endureth for ever; 12 With a strong hand, and with an outstretched arm; For his lovingkindness endureth for ever: 13 To him that divided the Red Sea in sunder; For his lovingkindness endureth for ever;14 And made Israel to pass through the midst of it; For his lovingkindness endureth for ever; 15 But overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red Sea; For his lovingkindness endureth for ever:

Isaiah 63:7, 12

I will make mention of the lovingkindnesses of Jehovah, and the praises of Jehovah, according to all that Jehovah hath bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he hath bestowed on them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses ... that caused his glorious arm to go at the right hand of Moses? that divided the waters before them, to make himself an everlasting name?


Perspective )4. It was an act of God’s loving-kindness

(Isa. 63:7-14)

5. It was an act of God that made known his greatness to others (Josh. 2:10; 4:19-24)

Joshua 2:10

For we have heard how Jehovah dried up the water of the Red Sea before you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings of the Amorites, that were beyond the Jordan, unto Sihon and to Og, whom ye utterly destroyed.

Joshua 4:23-24

For Jehovah your God dried up the waters of the Jordan from before you, until ye were passed over, as Jehovah your God did to the Red Sea, which he dried up from before us, until we were passed over; that all the peoples of the earth may know the hand of Jehovah, that it is mighty; that ye may fear Jehovah your God for ever.

Crossing the Red Sea( Some Lessons from Israel’s

Perspective )1. They were rebellious at first (Psa. 106:6-12, 22)

Psalm 106:7

Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; They remembered not the multitude of thy loving-kindnesses, but were rebellious at the sea, even at the Red Sea.



2. Crossing was an act of obedient faith for everyone (Heb. 11:29)

Hebrews 11:29

By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry land: which the Egyptians assaying to do were swallowed up.



2. Crossing was an act of faith for everyone (Heb. 11:29)

3. Many desired in their hearts to cross back over (Acts 7:36, 39; see Exodus 16:3; 17:3; Num. 14:3-4)

Acts 7:36, 39

This man led them forth, having wrought wonders and signs in Egypt, and in the Red Sea, and in the wilderness forty years … of whom our fathers would not be obedient, but thrust him from them, and turned back in their hearts unto Egypt.



2. Crossing was an act of faith for everyone (Heb. 11:29)

3. Many desired in their hearts to cross back over (Acts 7:36, 19; see Exodus 16; 17)

4. Many fell after crossing over (1 Cor. 10:1-12)

1 Corinthians 10:1-5

For I would not, brethren, have you ignorant, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; and were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea; and did all eat the same spiritual food; and did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of a spiritual rock that followed them: and the rock was Christ. Howbeit with most of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness.

Crossing Our Red SeaEgypt & the Red Sea Sin & BaptismSlavery before Jn. 8:32Salvation after 1 Pet. 3:21Separation from old life Jn. 3:3-5; Rom. 6:3-6Mighty act of God Col. 2:11-12Mercy of God Tit. 3:4-8Must not rebel Acts 2:38; 8:36-37Must cross by faith Mark 16:15-16Must not return Heb. 6:1-6Must remain faithful Heb. 10:22-23

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Moses and the Crossing of the Red Sea Psalm 114:1-8