The School of Faith Learning to Know the LORD - The God Who is Sufficient

Aug 16, 2026 • Pastor Dan Bohannon

The God Who Is Sufficient (Exodus 6:10-7:7)

10 Now the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

11 “Go, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the sons of Israel go out of his land.”

12 But Moses spoke before the LORD, saying, “Behold, the sons of Israel have not listened to me; how then will Pharaoh listen to me, for I am unskilled in speech?”

13 Then the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, and gave them a charge to the sons of Israel and to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the sons of Israel out of the land of Egypt.

14 These are the heads of their fathers’ households. The sons of Reuben, Israel’s firstborn: Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi; these are the families of Reuben.

15 The sons of Simeon: Jemuel and Jamin and Ohad and Jachin and Zohar and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman; these are the families of Simeon.

16 These are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon and Kohath and Merari; and the length of Levi’s life was one hundred and thirty-seven years.

17 The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei, according to their families.

18 The sons of Kohath: Amram and Izhar and Hebron and Uzziel; and the length of Kohath’s life was one hundred and thirty-three years.

19 The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their generations.

20 Amram married his father’s sister Jochebed, and she bore him Aaron and Moses; and the length of Amram’s life was one hundred and thirty-seven years.

21 The sons of Izhar: Korah and Nepheg and Zichri.

22 The sons of Uzziel: Mishael and Elzaphan and Sithri.

23 Aaron married Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab, the sister of Nahshon, and she bore him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

24 The sons of Korah: Assir and Elkanah and Abiasaph; these are the families of the Korahites.

25 Aaron’s son Eleazar married one of the daughters of Putiel, and she bore him Phinehas. These are the heads of the fathers’ households of the Levites according to their families.

26 It was the same Aaron and Moses to whom the LORD said, “Bring out the sons of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their hosts.”

27 They were the ones who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt about bringing out the sons of Israel from Egypt; it was the same Moses and Aaron.

28 Now it came about on the day when the LORD spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt,

1 Then the LORD said to Moses, “See, I make you as God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron shall be your prophet.

2 “You shall speak all that I command you, and your brother Aaron shall speak to Pharaoh that he let the sons of Israel go out of his land.

3 “But I will harden Pharaoh’s heart that I may multiply My signs and My wonders in the land of Egypt.

4 “When Pharaoh does not listen to you, then I will lay My hand on Egypt and bring out My hosts, My people the sons of Israel, from the land of Egypt by great judgments.

5 “The Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I stretch out My hand on Egypt and bring out the sons of Israel from their midst.”

6 So Moses and Aaron did it; as the LORD commanded them, thus they did.

7 Moses was eighty years old and Aaron eighty-three, when they spoke to Pharaoh.

Introduction

What gives us the courage to obey God

when we don’t know how things will turn out?

* ++God never told Moses to change Pharaoh’s heart.

* ++God never told Moses to convince Israel.

* ++God never told Moses that success depended on his ability to communicate.

What if you obeyed God faithfully… and the results still weren’t what you wanted?

1. WHEN THE RESULTS AREN’T WHAT

YOU EXPECTED(v. 10-13)

“Now the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, ‘Go, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the sons of Israel go out of his land”

* ++God gave Moses a simple assignment: Go and speak.

* ++Moses measured his faithfulness by the results.

* ++Moses focused on his inadequacy (“I am unskilled in speech”).

* ++God was teaching Moses to have confidence in Him, not in himself.

* ++The first question is not “Will they listen?” but “Will you listen to Me?”

2. WHEN YOU CAN ONLY SEE THE MOMENT

(v. 14–27)

* ++Discouragement shrinks our world to one moment.

* ++God pulls the camera back and shows generations.

* ++God’s faithfulness is older than Moses’ failure (and yours).

* ++Ordinary people still have a place in God’s purposes.

* ++You were never asked to see the whole plan only to be faithful in your part.

3. WHEN YOU DON’T THINK YOU’RE ENOUGH

(Exodus 6:28–7:5)

* ++God says, “Look at who I AM.” Moses says, “Look at what I am.”

* ++Moses was measuring God’s ability by his own ability.

* ++God told Moses beforehand that Pharaoh would not listen.

* ++The outcome belongs to God, not to us.

* ++We do what God has given us to do and trust Him with what only He can do.

4. WHEN FAITH SAYS, “I’LL GO” (Exodus 7:6–7)

* ++Moses and Aaron simply did what the LORD commanded.

* ++Obedience is what faith eventually looks like.

* ++If we believe God is wise, good, sovereign, and sufficient, we can obey.

* ++You’re never too old (or too young) to obey God.

* ++Faith stops saying “But…” and says “I’ll go.”

Closing

“Lord, I don’t know how this is going to turn out. But I know who You are. So I’ll go.”

The School of Faith Learning to Know the LORD - The God Who is Sufficient

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