Exodus 1:7-22 And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty… I. NOTWITHSTANDING THE REMOVAL OF ITS CHIEF OFFICER (ver. 6). Joseph dead; his influence gone; his counsel inaccessible. To-day the Church loses her chief officers, but it still grows. II. NOTWITHSTANDING THE DECADE OF THE GENERATION (ver. 6). So to-day men die, but the Church, by making new converts, multiplies her progeny to an almost incredible extent. III. NOTWITHSTANDING THE PERSECUTION TO WHICH IT WAS SUBJECTED (ver. 11). The Church can never be put down by force. The Infinite Power is on her side. This is more than all that can be against her. IV. NOTWITHSTANDING THE ARTIFICES BY WHICH IT WAS SOUGHT TO RE BETRAYED (vers. 15-22). So the Church has been in danger through the treachery of the outside world, and through the daring cruelty of meddlesome men. Still it grows. May it soon fill the world, as the Israelites did Egypt! All Church increase is from God; not from men, not from means. God has promised to multiply the Church. (J. S. Exell, M. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them. |
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