Furthermore, I have heard the groaning of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians are enslaving, and I have remembered My covenant. Sermons
I. THE WORD TO THE LEADER: vers. 2-5. The message must be from faith to faith. The heart of God's servant must first be revived ere he can impart strength to the people. 1. He is reminded of God's faithfulness: "I am Jehovah." We cannot grasp this truth without deliverance from fear. 2. The darkness will only make God's glory shine out the more resplendently. Their present sufferings will mark a new era in God's revelation of himself. Known before as the Almighty, he will now reveal himself as Jehovah, "the faithful One," who remembers and fulfils his promises. 3. Having grasped the truth regarding God's faithfulness he is led back to the promises by which the Lord has bound himself. 4. The assurance of present sympathy and speedy deliverance. He has heard their groaning and called to remembrance his pledged word. To dwell in these truths is to possess light and power. God's word will then be a joy to our hearts, and will be in our lips consolation and strength for the fainting ones around us. II. THE WORD TO THE PEOPLE: vers. 6-8. 1. It is shut in between the reiterated assurance, "I am Jehovah," vers. 6-9. For them, too, the truth to rest in is God's faithfulness. 2. The deliverance will be accompanied by the revelation of God's terribleness (ver. 6). Israel never forgot those days, and never will. 3. God will wed them to himself. He does not deliver us and then leave us: "I will take you to me for a people and I will be to you a God." 4. He will fulfil all the promises and give them the land for a heritage. This is the Gospel message: Our bonds will be broken - God will bind us to himself and give us his people's heritage. Have we received it? Is it a living hope, an abiding joy to us? - U.
I have also established My covenant with them. I. THAT GOSPEL REDEMPTION COMES TO THE SOUL AFTER A PERIOD OF MORAL BONDAGE AND DISTRESS.1. It finds the soul in a condition of moral bondage. "Whom the Egyptians keep in bondage." It is the bondage of sin. It has been long continued, through many years of our lives. It has been degrading. It has been fruitless to ourselves. Almost hopeless. 2. It finds the soul in a condition of anxious grief. "I have also heard the groaning," etc. Tears of repentance. Cries for pardon. 3. It is generally preceded by some Christian agency. Aim of ministry to awaken desire for moral freedom. II. THAT GOSPEL REDEMPTION COMES TO THE SOUL BY VIRTUE OF A DIVINE COVENANT AND PROMISE. "I have remembered," etc. 1. God through Christ has made a covenant of salvation with all who trust in the atonement. 2. By virtue of this covenant, all contrite and believing souls may find rest in and pardon from God. 3. This covenant is — (1) (2) (3) III. THAT GOSPEL REDEMPTION BRINGS THE SOUL INTO HOLY AND RESPONSIBLE RELATIONSHIP TO GOD. "And I will take you to Me for a people, and I will be to you a God" (ver. 7). 1. It constitutes the soul a Divine possession 2. It places the soul under the peculiar guardianship of the Infinite. IV. THAT GOSPEL REDEMPTION LEADS THE FAITHFUL INTO THE INHERITANCE OF CANAAN. What a change! All things are yours. (J. S. Exell, M. A.) II. THE LORDSHIP OF CHRIST IS A REASON FOR HUMAN REDEMPTION. He only could fulfil violated law; forgive past neglect; and enable us to keep it in future. III. THE COVENANT OF GOD IS A REASON FOR HUMAN REDEMPTION. (J. S. Exell, M. A.) 2. Settled. 3. Kept. 4. Happy. 5. Restful. People Aaron, Abiasaph, Abihu, Amminadab, Amram, Assir, Canaanitish, Carmi, Egyptians, Eleazar, Elisheba, Elkanah, Elzaphan, Enoch, Gershon, Hanoch, Hezron, Isaac, Israelites, Ithamar, Izhar, Jachin, Jacob, Jamin, Jemuel, Jochebed, Kohath, Korah, Korahites, Korhites, Levi, Levites, Libni, Mahali, Mahli, Merari, Mishael, Moses, Mushi, Naashon, Nadab, Nahshon, Nepheg, Ohad, Pallu, Phallu, Pharaoh, Phinehas, Putiel, Reuben, Saul, Shaul, Shimei, Shimi, Simeon, Uzziel, Zichri, Zithri, ZoharPlaces Canaan, EgyptTopics Agreement, Bondage, Causing, Covenant, Cry, Ears, Egyptians, Enslaving, Forced, Furthermore, Groaning, Hold, Holding, Israelites, Kept, Mind, Moreover, Open, Remember, Remembered, Serve, Sons, Truly, YokeOutline 1. God renews his promise by his name JEHOVAH9. Moses vainly attempts to encourage the Israelites 10. He and Aaron are again sent to Pharaoh 14. Genealogies of Reuben, Simeon and Levi, of whom came Moses and Aaron 26. The history resumed Dictionary of Bible Themes Exodus 6:1-88728 enemies, of Israel and Judah Library To the Saddest of the SadI often wonder what those preachers do who feel called to make up their message as they go on; for if they fail, their failure must be attributed in great measure to their want of ability to make up a moving tale. They have to spread their sails to the breeze of the age, and to pick up a gospel that comes floating down to them on the stream of time, altering every week in the year; and they must have an endless task to catch this new idea, or, as they put it, to keep abreast of the age. Unless, indeed, … Charles Haddon Spurgeon—Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 34: 1888 From Egypt to Sinai. Fourth Day. Holiness and Revelation. Appendix viii. Rabbinic Traditions About Elijah, the Forerunner of the Messiah Exodus Links Exodus 6:5 NIVExodus 6:5 NLT Exodus 6:5 ESV Exodus 6:5 NASB Exodus 6:5 KJV Exodus 6:5 Bible Apps Exodus 6:5 Parallel Exodus 6:5 Biblia Paralela Exodus 6:5 Chinese Bible Exodus 6:5 French Bible Exodus 6:5 German Bible Exodus 6:5 Commentaries Bible Hub |
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