Sermon Outlines

By Frederick F. Schwindt, Evangelist

"SO MOSES, THE SERVANT OF THE LORD, DIED"

1. It is, in general, a history of the living:
2. But there are, as always, some exceptions, and the record of the death of Moses, the servant of the Lord, is one of them: Deut. 34:1-7
3. The brief obituary of Moses is full of significance for God's people:

1. The result of sin:
   1. It can be forgiven and even be blotted out - 2 Sam. 12:13, 14
   2. But some of the consequences follow our wrong doing - Gal. 6:7, 8
   3. Moses' sin prevented God's original plan to lead Israel into the promised land by the hand of Moses.
   4. God was forced to deny Moses his desire to lead God's people into the promised land.
2. The loneliness of death:
   1. Moses was always in the company of some of his people or fellow officers.
   2. But on his way to his grave he was alone.
   3. This shows the loneliness of death. It matters not how many friends or loved ones we may have, we must die alone!
3. The Lord buried him:
   1. That takes much of the sting of dying away from the dying.
   2. He who is with His people in life will not utterly forsake them in death.
   3. He who cares for His children in life will even care for them in death.

1. I am fascinated by that little word "SO" as it is used in the Bible. It is very thought provoking:
   1. "For God so loved the world" - John 3:16
   2. "And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man." - Luke 17:26
2. God, in His pity for His servant, did not allow him to enter the dark portals of death before:
   1. He had looked beyond the grave - Luke 2:29, 30
   2. He permitted Moses to see the promised land - Acts 7:55; Deut. 34:1-7
   3. How consoling it is to be able to break the bitterness of death with the eye of faith that looks beyond the portals of death! Ps. 23:1-6
   4. Even the Son of God encouraged His heart with the assurance that death and the grave could not hold Him - Acts 2:26-28
3. The death of Moses offers some very helpful thoughts for us at this moment of great sorrow:
   1. It shows how God hates sin and how He has to deal with sin even in the lives of His children.
   2. There comes a moment when we will have to face eternity all alone, as Moses did.
   3. But what is so assuring is that even though we will be alone in the agony of death, we are not alone; God will not forsake either us or the burial of our remains.
   4. Best of all, the sting of death is broken by a look beyond the grave.