Key Verse: Verse 20 – “And Amram took him Jochebed his father's sister to wife; and she bare him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram were an hundred and thirty and seven years.”
Key Words: And Amram took him Jochebed
More is known about Jochebed than Amram. We know that God used them both to save a nation. We often think of Moses being saved as the result of the faith of Jochebed, but in Hebrews 11:23 we read, “By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months of his parents, because they saw he was a proper child; and they were not afraid of the king’s commandment.”
It was their faith that saved Moses who we know was able to lead Israel out of Egyptian bondage. The faith of these sweethearts really did save a nation.
It is imperative for me to point out that the object of their faith was God. The object of our faith is of supreme importance. It’s not about having faith in faith or faith in religion or even faith in people. It’s faith in God that counts.
In April 1988 the evening news reported on a photographer who was a skydiver. He had jumped from a plane along with numerous other skydivers and filmed the group as they fell and opened their parachutes. On the film shown on the telecast, as the final skydiver opened his chute, the picture went berserk. The announcer reported that the cameraman had fallen to his death, having jumped out of the plane without his parachute. It wasn’t until he reached for the absent ripcord that he realized he was freefalling without a parachute. Until that point, the jump probably seemed exciting and fun. But tragically, he had acted with thoughtlessness, haste and deadly foolishness. Nothing could save him, for his faith was in a parachute never buckled on. Faith in anything but an all-sufficient God can be just as tragic spiritually. Only with faith in Jesus Christ dare we step into the dangerous excitement of life.
Praise God for these sweethearts who lived by faith in God.
Dr. Mike Rouse
What to do:
✞Remember, little faith in Jesus and His shed blood will get you into heaven, but a great faith will get heaven into you.
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