"And I will bring you to the land I swore with uplifted hand to give to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob. I will give it to you as a possession. I am the LORD." (Exodus 6:8)
God keeps His promises.
We have been looking this week at the seven I Will's of salvation and we are seeing that this is the proving ground that God is God and He demonstrates that by saving His people, by liberating them, by redeeming them, by adopting the and giving them a land to be their very own.
We see this paralleled in Christ. Remember, God has a plan and He was giving everyone a preview of His plan through the children of Israel, you see, Exodus is not simply the history of Hebrew children; it is also the story of our salvation. Philip Ryken says, "As we listen to Exodus we hear the first strains of a melody that becomes a symphony in the Gospels."
You see, Jesus repeats, essentially what God is saying to Moses in the Exodus. Jesus tells us that HE WILL save us from our bondage, that HE WILL deliver us from the yoke of our sin, that HE WILL redeem us because He has purchased us with His blood, that HE WILL make us His very own through an intimate, real relationship with God the Father, and that HE WILL give us a glorious inheritance. Jesus is our liberator, our redeemer, our deliverer...
2 Corinthians 6:16 says, "...For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: 'I will live with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people.'"
Is He your God today? He can be....
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
I Will #2
"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.
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.
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
I WILL #1
Moses returned to the LORD and said, "O Lord, why are you treating this people so badly? And why did you ever send me? From the moment I cane to Pharaoh to speak in Your name, things have only gotten worse for this people. And rescue? Does this look like rescue to You?"
The LORD responded to Moses, reassuring him, "I AM GOD. I appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob...I established my covenant with them...I've heard the groanings of the Israelites...I've remembered my covenant. Therefore tell them, "I AM GOD, I will bring you out from under the cruel hard labor of Egypt. I will rescue you from slavery..."
Moses took his problems to the LORD and that's a good thing because He is truly the only One that can do anything about our problems. He just doesn't sit there, He is active in helping us. Look what He promises for the Israelites...He promises liberation: "I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians. I will free you from being slaves to them." This is what salvation is all about. Being freed from slavery or delivered from captivity. The Hebrew children needed to be freed from slavery, we need to be freed from the slavery of sin and that's exactly what God promised to do and did through Christ. Christ is our liberator, the One who has freed us from the bondage of sin.
This is the promise of God, that Jesus came so that we might be free. Are you free today? Free from the bondage and guilt of sin? You can be...Trust in the God of the I WILL...
The LORD responded to Moses, reassuring him, "I AM GOD. I appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob...I established my covenant with them...I've heard the groanings of the Israelites...I've remembered my covenant. Therefore tell them, "I AM GOD, I will bring you out from under the cruel hard labor of Egypt. I will rescue you from slavery..."
Moses took his problems to the LORD and that's a good thing because He is truly the only One that can do anything about our problems. He just doesn't sit there, He is active in helping us. Look what He promises for the Israelites...He promises liberation: "I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians. I will free you from being slaves to them." This is what salvation is all about. Being freed from slavery or delivered from captivity. The Hebrew children needed to be freed from slavery, we need to be freed from the slavery of sin and that's exactly what God promised to do and did through Christ. Christ is our liberator, the One who has freed us from the bondage of sin.
This is the promise of God, that Jesus came so that we might be free. Are you free today? Free from the bondage and guilt of sin? You can be...Trust in the God of the I WILL...
Monday, March 2, 2009
Problems
Moses was having major problems...He was doing and saying everything that the LORD was instructing him to do and say, but everything was turning out all wrong. Now, the Hebrew children were upset with him and Moses was getting frustrated. The people were blaming him, so he decided to turn the blame toward God.
God told Moses, again, that He is the LORD, that He is the God of his fathers, that He is going to keep His covenant with His people an d lead them to the promised land that He had promised Abraham and that He was aware of His people's suffering. We need to be reminded from time to time of God's promises, we need a constant reminder that God is God and that He and He alone is in control, that He will never leave nor forsake us, that He is faithful even when we are not, that He forgives our sin completely, that He loves us and that He is our constant help and so much more.
Starting in Exodus chapter 6:6-12 God continues to speak to Moses, and us, and He tells Moses to speak to the Israelites and tell them that He is the God that WILL...as a matter of fact God gives Moses seven 'I Wills,' to tell the people. This week let's look at those 'I Wills' of God's salvation together and discover anew the God that is not only there, but the God who cares and acts on behalf of His children...
God told Moses, again, that He is the LORD, that He is the God of his fathers, that He is going to keep His covenant with His people an d lead them to the promised land that He had promised Abraham and that He was aware of His people's suffering. We need to be reminded from time to time of God's promises, we need a constant reminder that God is God and that He and He alone is in control, that He will never leave nor forsake us, that He is faithful even when we are not, that He forgives our sin completely, that He loves us and that He is our constant help and so much more.
Starting in Exodus chapter 6:6-12 God continues to speak to Moses, and us, and He tells Moses to speak to the Israelites and tell them that He is the God that WILL...as a matter of fact God gives Moses seven 'I Wills,' to tell the people. This week let's look at those 'I Wills' of God's salvation together and discover anew the God that is not only there, but the God who cares and acts on behalf of His children...
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