The God of New
Sr. Pastor Jeffrey L. Johnson II
Part of Sunday Sermons
January 7, 2024

Exodus 15:22-27; 16:1-5 NASB

22. Then Moses led Israel from the Red Sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness and found no water.

23. When they came to Marah, they could not drink the waters of Marah, because they were bitter; for that reason it was named Marah.

24. So the people grumbled at Moses, saying, “What are we to drink?”

25. Then he cried out to the Lord, and the Lord showed him a tree; and he threw it into the waters, and the waters became sweet. There He made for them a statute and regulation, and there He tested them.

26. And He said, “If you will listen carefully to the voice of the Lord your God, and do what is right in His sight, and listen to His commandments, and keep all His statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you which I have put on the Egyptians; for I, the Lord, am your healer.”

27. Then they came to Elim where there were twelve springs of water and seventy date palms, and they camped there beside the waters.

EXODUS 16 1:5

  1. Then they set out from Elim, and all the congregation of the sons of Israel came to the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departure from the land of Egypt.

  2. But the whole congregation of the sons of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness.

  3. The sons of Israel said to them, “If only we had died by the Lord’s hand in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the pots of meat, when we ate bread until we were full; for you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this entire assembly with hunger!”

  4. Then the Lord said to Moses, “Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a day’s portion every day, so that I may test them, whether or not they will walk in My instruction.

  5. On the sixth day, when they prepare what they bring in, it will be twice as much as they gather daily.”

The Message Reminds Us:

  • There is always a method to his maddness.

  • Some methods that aided a previous miracle can’t perform when you need in this new season.

  • Bitter places are necessary to prepare you and protect you for what’s next.

  • Bitter places are aids for submission and obedience.

  • Don’t let new obstacles in this season cause you to desire expired places.

  • No matter how much “NEW” is produced don’t for the producer.

  • God is big enough to produce “New” everyday.