"I will take you as my own people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians" (Exodus 6:7)
God says he will take you, literally, He will adopt you...How about that? God adopts us as His own. Not only is He our liberator, the one who frees us from the bondage of sin, but He is our God, our Father! He adopts us into His family. The cool thing about God adopting us is this, according to adoption laws, once you adopt a child you cannot ever disown that child. The same rule applies in our relationship with God, He is our God, and He will never leave, nor forsake us.
Guys this is the heart of God's covenant with us. It's a family thing! God takes us to be His, to be His children and he our Father. He made this promise to Abraham way back in Genesis 17:7 and the promise is still good in 2009.
When God brought His children out of Egypt it was an act of His love, of His Fatherly love. God brought Israel out of Egypt into an intimate relationship of mutual affection. That's why Jesus came. To fulfill the covenant, to bring us out of our Egypt, our bondage to sin and death and to give us life and hope and peace and joy and freedom! Wow! What a great God we serve.
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