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 Please take a seat.

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 This evening is the second in our series.

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 I'm not a Christian because we had a cracking start last week.

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 Great time of fellowship together and looking at why all religions aren't the same.

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 Tonight we've got I'm not a Christian because you can't trust the Bible.

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 An absolutely world class speaker called Bob Aykroyd, the principal of Edinburgh Theological Seminary,

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 what used to be the Free Church College, is coming to speak.

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 So whatever it takes, whatever the cost, whatever needs to be sold or given up,

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 make sure you get yourself there because it will be well worth it.

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 And the coffee's not bad either.

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 Let's pray and then we'll get to work.

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 Father God, thank you so much for this morning.

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 Thank you for all the truths that we've sung.

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 Thank you that we've been able to seek your face in prayer.

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 Father, thank you that that's all possible because of Jesus.

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 And so, Lord, we pray now as we come to study this written word.

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 Father, would you show us ever more clearly your son, your living word.

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 Father, bless us and help us in his glorious name.

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 Amen.

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 We love escape stories.

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 We love stories about escape.

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 We love this idea of incarceration to freedom.

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 Although I dare say that goldfish is going to find it's not actually greener on the other side.

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 We love bondage to redemption.

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 We love prison bars exchanged for open spaces.

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 Escape stories really resonate with us.

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 We like them.

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 We have films like Papillon with Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman trying to escape from prison.

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 We have stories like 12 Years a Slave, that box office hit of last year.

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 We have Amazing Grace, William Wilberforce and William Pitt trying to end the slave trade.

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 That classic, the wooden horse where the inmates take up gymnastics in order that they can tunnel out of the prison.

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 We have that world famous Shawshank Redemption.

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 We have Les Mis as Jean Valjean tries to escape the clutches of Inspector Javert.

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 Escape stories seem to resonate with us.

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 We like the idea of escaping.

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 We have TV series like Prison Break and Breakout Kings.

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 Harry Houdini captured imaginations with his escapology.

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 Children play games like Stuck in the Mud, where people are stuck and then they're freed.

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 We have fairy tales like Hansel and Gretel and Sleeping Beauty.

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 Even Aladdin's classic is about Princess Jasmine trying to escape the life of luxury she has in the palace,

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 whilst at the same time Aladdin trying to escape the clutches of poverty that he has.

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 The theme of escape resonates with us, but there's no more famous escape story than the aptly named The Great Escape.

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 If we were feeling more joyous we could perhaps sing the theme tune, but I'll save it.

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 But the film is based on the true story of 76 prisoners of war

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 who set about escaping from the Stalag Luft III prisoner of war camp in Lower Silesia in modern day Poland by tunneling.

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 They built three tunnels.

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 One of them was viable.

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 They left.

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 76 got out.

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 But what we learn in the story is getting out is only half the story.

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 Getting out is only half the story.

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 There is a massive difference between getting out and getting to safety.

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 Of the 76 who escaped, 50 were shot dead.

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 23 were recaptured and severely punished.

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 Only three made it to safety.

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 There is a massive difference between getting out and getting to safety.

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 Good old Alcatraz.

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 For its 29 years as a state penitentiary in America in San Francisco Bay,

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 36 prisoners tried to escape.

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 Six were shot dead.

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 Seven drowned.

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 23 recaptured.

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 There is a massive difference between getting out and getting to safety.

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 And as we turn to Exodus 14, this is what hangs in the balance.

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 The Israelites have gotten out.

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 In chapter 12, verse 31, Pharaoh lets the people go.

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 But they're not safe.

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 They're not safe yet.

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 It's impossible to exaggerate just how key the crossing of the Red Sea is to the rest of the Bible.

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 There are 24 explicit references to it in the rest of the Old Testament.

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 Countless in the New Testament.

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 Most famous, Luke chapter 9, verse 31.

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 They spoke about his departure, which he was about to bring to fulfillment at Jerusalem.

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 The word for departure is the word Exodus.

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 So as Moses and Elijah chat to Jesus on top of the mountain,

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 they very much see it as a second better Exodus.

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 Hebrews 11, by faith, the people passed through the Red Sea as on dry land.

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 But when the Egyptians tried to do so, they were drowned.

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 Probably most famous and awkwardly, 1 Corinthians 10.

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 For I do not want you to be ignorant of the fact, brothers and sisters,

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 that our ancestors were all under the cloud and that they all passed through the sea.

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 They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea.

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 And a little bit later down it says,

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 Now these things happened to them as an example,

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 but they were written down for our instruction.

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 This crossing of the Red Sea isn't just a historical fact.

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 It's important for us.

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 What we're looking at this morning is about the Hebrews not just getting out,

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 but getting to safety.

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 But it's written for us.

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 It helps us get out of our bondage and get us to our safety, which is the Lord Jesus.

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 So if you've got a Bible, it will be massively helpful.

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 If you could turn to Exodus chapter 14.

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 And I want to start reading at verse 5.

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 Exodus chapter 14 and verse 5.

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 When the king of Egypt was told that the people have fled,

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 Pharaoh and his officials changed their mind about them and said,

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 What have we done?

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 We have let the Israelites go and have lost their services.

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 So he had his chariot made ready and took his army with him.

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 He took 600 of the best chariots,

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 along with all the other chariots of Egypt,

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 with officers over all of them.

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 The Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh, king of Egypt,

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 so that he pursued the Israelites who were marching out boldly.

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 The Egyptians, all Pharaoh's horses and chariots,

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 horsemen and troops,

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 pursued the Israelites and overtook them

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 as they camped by the sea near Pi-ha-hiroth,

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 opposite Baal-zaphon.

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 As Pharaoh approached the Israelites,

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 looked up,

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 and there were the Egyptians marching after them.

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 They were terrified and cried out to the Lord.

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 They said to Moses,

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 Was it because there were no graves in Egypt

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 that you brought us to the desert to die?

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 What have you done to us by bringing us out of Egypt?

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 Didn't we say to you in Egypt,

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 Leave us alone.

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 Let us serve the Egyptians.

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 It would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians

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 than to die in the desert.

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 Moses answered the people,

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 Do not be afraid.

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 Stand firm and you will see the deliverance

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 the Lord will bring you today.

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 The Egyptians you see today will never,

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 you will never see again.

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 The Lord will fight for you.

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 You need only be still.

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 Then the Lord said to Moses,

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 Why are you crying out to me?

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 Tell the Israelites to move on.

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 Raise your staff and stretch out your hand over the sea

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 to divide the waters

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 so that the Israelites can go through the sea on dry ground.

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 I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians

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 so that they will go in after them.

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 And I will gain glory through Pharaoh

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 and haul his army through the chariots and his horsemen.

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 The Egyptians will know that I am the Lord

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 when I gain glory through Pharaoh,

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 his chariots and his horsemen.

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 Then the angel of God,

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 who had been traveling in front of Israel's army,

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 withdrew and went behind them.

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 The pillar of cloud also moved from in front

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 and stood behind them,

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 coming between the armies of Egypt and Israel.

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 Throughout the night,

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 the cloud brought darkness to the one side

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 and light to the other,

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 so neither went near the other all night.

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 Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea

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 and all that night,

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 the Lord drove the sea back with a strong east wind

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 and turned it into dry land.

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 The waters were divided

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 and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground

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 with a wall of water on their right

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 and on their left.

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 The Egyptians pursued them

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 and all Pharaoh's horses and chariots

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 and horsemen followed them into the sea.

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 During the last watch of the night,

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 the Lord looked down from the pillar of fire

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 and cloud at the Egyptian army

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 and threw it into confusion.

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 He jammed the wheels of their chariots

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 so that they had difficulty driving.

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 And the Egyptians said,

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 let's get away from the Israelites.

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 The Lord is fighting for them against Egypt.

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 Then the Lord said to Moses,

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 stretch out your hand over the sea

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 so that the waters may flow back over the Egyptians

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 and their chariots and horsemen.

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 Moses stretched out his hand over the sea

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 and at daybreak,

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 the sea went back to its place.

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 The Egyptians were fleeing towards it

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 and the Lord swept them into the sea.

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 The water flowed back

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 and covered the chariots and horsemen.

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 The entire army of Pharaoh

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 that had followed the Israelites into the sea,

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 not one of them survived.

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 But the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground

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 with a wall of water on their right

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 and a wall of water on their left.

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 That day, the Lord saved Israel

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 from the hand of the Egyptians

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 and Israel saw the Egyptians lying dead on the shore.

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 And when the Israelites saw the mighty hand of the Lord

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 displayed against the Egyptians,

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 the people feared the Lord

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 and put their trust in him

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 and in Moses, his servant.

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 They'd taken a kind of roundabout route

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 to get to Pi-Hahiroth.

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 You saw that last week

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 that they didn't take the most obvious route

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 so that they would perhaps evade

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 the Egyptians should they come after them.

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 But back in Egypt,

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 the Pharaoh is freaking out.

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 You can just imagine

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 he's woken up in the morning

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 and he had to get his own slippers

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 because there were no slaves in the house.

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 He had to spread his own marmalade

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 on his sourdough toast.

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 He had to retrieve the paper himself

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 and open his own post

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 and he thinks,

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 what have we done?

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 I love verse 5.

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 It's so English.

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 We have let the Israelites go

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 and have lost their services.

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 He really means that we don't have any slaves anymore.

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 So what does he do?

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 He throws the kitchen sink

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 in this retrieval protocol.

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 This idea of 600 best chariots

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 is the phrase for his imperial guards.

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 He calls the boys and says,

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 right, we're going after them.

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 His best chariots,

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 his very own soldiers.

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 And just for good measure,

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 he sends everybody else as well.

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 It's like Barack Obama

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 sending the Navy SEALs

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 and the rest of the US Army.

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 And they overtook them

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 and they blocked them in.

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 This is what it looks like.

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 The Hebrews have been moving left to right.

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 The Egyptians have overtaken them.

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 They're penned in by the sea

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 and if they go back,

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 it's towards Egypt.

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 They are trapped.

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 It's like,

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 it's going to be like

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 shooting fish in a barrel.

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 What we have on our hands

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 is a potential massacre.

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 The Egyptians are a fierce,

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 fighting superpower.

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 And the Israelites

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 perhaps have a pitchfork

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 between all of them.

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 And I want us to see three things

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 this morning.

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 Here's the first.

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 Salvation is freedom from bondage.

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 Salvation is freedom from bondage.

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 If you just flick back

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 to chapter 13,

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 verse 18,

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 it says,

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 the Israelites went out of Egypt

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 ready for battle.

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 You can imagine them.

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 They've got camo paint,

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 back slaps.

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 They're like,

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 we're going for this.

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 And they give a good grunt,

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 like,

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 ha!

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 Look at chapter 14,

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 verse 8.

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 The Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh,

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 the king of Egypt,

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 so that he pursued the Israelites

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 who were marching out boldly.

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 You can just imagine

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 they're singing like one of those

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 army songs,

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 like,

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 do,

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 do,

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 do,

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 do,

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 do,

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 do,

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 do.

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 Do you know,

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 as they march along,

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 they look up for it.

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 But look at chapter 14,

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 verse 10.

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 The Israelites looked up,

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 and there were the Egyptians

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 marching after them.

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 They were terrified

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 and cried out to the Lord,

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 utterly melted.

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 It was all for show

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 that when they saw

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 their old slave masters

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 in the distance,

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 terrified.

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 And they start to moan.

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 It seems like God's people

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 have that kind of

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 genetically embedded in them.

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 Why didn't you leave us

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 in Egypt,

00:14:30.279 --> 00:14:30.600
 Moses?

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 Were there not enough

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 graves for us?

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 We really loved

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 being slaves

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 to the Egyptians.

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 Why have you brought us

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 out here to die?

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 They've got terrible

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 recollection.

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 Like,

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 horrendous recollection.

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 Back in chapter 4,

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 this is what really happened.

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 Then Moses and Aaron

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 gathered together

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 all the elders

00:14:51.060 --> 00:14:52.120
 of the people of Israel.

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 Aaron spoke all the words

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 of the Lord

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 that were spoken to Moses

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 and did the signs

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 in the sight of the people.

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 And the people believed.

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 And when they heard

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 that the Lord had visited

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 the people of Israel

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 and that he had seen

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 their reflection,

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 they bowed their heads

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 and worshipped him.

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 Didn't read in that bit

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 much like,

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 actually,

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 we're quite happy here.

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 I quite like making

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 yasmin tea

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 for the Pharaoh.

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 Do you see,

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 geographically,

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 they're free.

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 But spiritually,

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 when their old slave masters

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 are in the distance,

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 they're back in bondage.

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 Let's go back.

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 Let's go back

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 to once we,

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 once were.

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 It's like this guy,

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 Brooke Hanlon

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 from Shawshank Redemption.

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 He's been in prison

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 for 50 years

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 and finally,

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 he gets a parole hearing

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 and is set free

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 from Shawshank Prison.

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 But though he's free

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 geographically,

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 inside,

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 he's still a prisoner

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 and he ends up

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 committing suicide

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 because he cannot cope.

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 Just like the Israelites.

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 They got out

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 but they didn't get

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 to safety.

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 Getting Israel

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 out of Egypt

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 is easy

00:16:02.899 --> 00:16:05.259
 compared to getting

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 Egypt

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 out of the Israelites.

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 You know the struggle

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 in your own life.

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 You know what it is

00:16:13.500 --> 00:16:15.000
 to be free in Jesus

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 and yet still

00:16:15.779 --> 00:16:16.460
 to be bound

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 by so many things.

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 What about things

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 like this?

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 On believing

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 in Jesus,

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 you're objectively

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 free

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 from trying to make

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 yourself acceptable

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 to God.

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 You're objectively

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 free.

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 In Jesus,

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 you can boldly

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 approach God

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 because of who

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 Jesus is

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 and yet subjectively,

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 we all still think

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 that it's about

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 our performance.

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 That when we mess up,

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 it's much more about

00:16:45.560 --> 00:16:46.560
 running from God

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 in fear

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 than running to God

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 for forgiveness.

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 just like the Israelites.

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 Geographically

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 out of bondage

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 but spiritually

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 still so enslaved.

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 What about this?

00:17:03.060 --> 00:17:03.360
 Sin.

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 Still in bondage

00:17:06.120 --> 00:17:06.580
 to sin.

00:17:07.100 --> 00:17:08.160
 All of us.

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 That in Jesus

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 we're no longer

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 what we once were

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 but are what we were

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 one day be.

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 The old has gone,

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 the new has come.

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 And yet still,

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 doesn't the old man

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 still creep up

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 and show his face

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 so often?

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 So we were playing

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 football on Friday night

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 and Aaron,

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 in all of his

00:17:26.060 --> 00:17:27.180
 youthful enthusiasm,

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 took a massive

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 swipe at the ball.

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 Fortunately,

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 the ball had long

00:17:32.019 --> 00:17:32.480
 since left

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 and all that was

00:17:33.040 --> 00:17:33.380
 in the way

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 was my leg.

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 And I just,

00:17:37.519 --> 00:17:38.100
 in that moment,

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 just snapped.

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 And it was the old man,

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 the one who got

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 really cross and angry

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 and started shouting.

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 And would have

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 sought retaliation

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 if I could have

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 walked at the point.

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 Isn't it true?

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 Free, but still.

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 So often in bondage

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 and then in idols.

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 Idols that so readily

00:18:02.120 --> 00:18:03.280
 creep up in our lives

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 and say,

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 serve me.

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 Serve us.

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 The idol of Korea

00:18:07.100 --> 00:18:07.780
 that you are,

00:18:07.880 --> 00:18:08.840
 how high up the ladder

00:18:08.840 --> 00:18:09.519
 you get.

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 Money.

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 That secretly

00:18:12.880 --> 00:18:13.860
 we do all think

00:18:13.860 --> 00:18:14.680
 that we're the exception

00:18:14.680 --> 00:18:15.400
 to the rule.

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 And that we can serve

00:18:17.200 --> 00:18:17.980
 both God and money

00:18:17.980 --> 00:18:18.820
 and our bank account

00:18:18.820 --> 00:18:20.460
 is actually what defines us.

00:18:21.640 --> 00:18:22.480
 Our relationships

00:18:22.480 --> 00:18:23.860
 and they all bow at the door

00:18:23.860 --> 00:18:24.259
 and they say,

00:18:24.340 --> 00:18:24.920
 serve me.

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 That though we're free

00:18:26.420 --> 00:18:27.500
 in Jesus forever,

00:18:27.660 --> 00:18:28.900
 so often we're still

00:18:28.900 --> 00:18:30.780
 in bondage.

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 It's like our

00:18:31.880 --> 00:18:32.940
 systematic theology.

00:18:34.280 --> 00:18:34.720
 Past,

00:18:35.280 --> 00:18:36.400
 when we believed in Jesus,

00:18:36.480 --> 00:18:37.160
 we're justified,

00:18:37.360 --> 00:18:38.519
 we're free from the penalty

00:18:38.519 --> 00:18:39.080
 of sin.

00:18:40.420 --> 00:18:40.900
 Present,

00:18:41.680 --> 00:18:42.400
 being sanctified.

00:18:42.400 --> 00:18:43.000
 sanctified.

00:18:43.519 --> 00:18:45.240
 We are being freed

00:18:45.240 --> 00:18:46.860
 from the power of sin

00:18:46.860 --> 00:18:47.620
 that it's losing

00:18:47.620 --> 00:18:48.880
 its grip on us.

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 And then in the future,

00:18:51.500 --> 00:18:52.200
 glorification,

00:18:52.420 --> 00:18:53.200
 we will be free

00:18:53.200 --> 00:18:54.620
 from the very presence

00:18:54.620 --> 00:18:55.800
 of sin.

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 The problem is

00:18:57.680 --> 00:18:58.560
 that middle one

00:18:58.560 --> 00:18:59.519
 is a story.

00:19:00.320 --> 00:19:01.120
 The other two

00:19:01.120 --> 00:19:02.360
 are kind of instantaneous,

00:19:02.600 --> 00:19:03.160
 but this one

00:19:03.160 --> 00:19:04.100
 is a story.

00:19:06.860 --> 00:19:08.140
 God is working out

00:19:08.140 --> 00:19:08.820
 his purposes

00:19:08.820 --> 00:19:10.080
 to loosen the grip

00:19:10.079 --> 00:19:10.779
 of idols

00:19:10.779 --> 00:19:11.619
 and sin

00:19:11.619 --> 00:19:14.259
 and still trying

00:19:14.259 --> 00:19:14.659
 to do it

00:19:14.659 --> 00:19:15.439
 by our works

00:19:15.439 --> 00:19:16.000
 from us,

00:19:16.039 --> 00:19:16.379
 so it's going

00:19:16.379 --> 00:19:17.099
 to take time.

00:19:19.259 --> 00:19:19.879
 John 8,

00:19:19.919 --> 00:19:20.599
 verse 36,

00:19:20.759 --> 00:19:21.460
 so if the sun

00:19:21.460 --> 00:19:22.339
 sets you free,

00:19:23.079 --> 00:19:23.899
 you will be free

00:19:23.899 --> 00:19:24.279
 indeed.

00:19:25.859 --> 00:19:26.659
 Two weeks ago,

00:19:26.720 --> 00:19:27.419
 I had three sets

00:19:27.419 --> 00:19:28.059
 of people over

00:19:28.059 --> 00:19:29.299
 for fajitas.

00:19:30.919 --> 00:19:31.980
 I can only really

00:19:31.980 --> 00:19:32.740
 make fajitas,

00:19:33.339 --> 00:19:34.199
 so if you're invited

00:19:34.199 --> 00:19:34.460
 around,

00:19:34.519 --> 00:19:35.119
 that's what we're having.

00:19:35.659 --> 00:19:36.579
 If you're a vegetarian,

00:19:38.179 --> 00:19:38.839
 bring something.

00:19:40.079 --> 00:19:41.519
 And I made three sets

00:19:41.519 --> 00:19:42.240
 of fajitas,

00:19:42.819 --> 00:19:43.639
 and I have to say,

00:19:43.699 --> 00:19:44.639
 every time I made them,

00:19:44.699 --> 00:19:45.579
 they got a little better.

00:19:46.740 --> 00:19:47.379
 And the reason

00:19:47.379 --> 00:19:48.240
 they got a little better

00:19:48.240 --> 00:19:49.199
 is because on Monday,

00:19:49.299 --> 00:19:50.279
 I made a massive

00:19:50.279 --> 00:19:51.899
 bowl of chicken,

00:19:52.359 --> 00:19:53.679
 and I poured the marinade

00:19:53.679 --> 00:19:54.199
 in,

00:19:54.439 --> 00:19:56.079
 and it sat in my fridge.

00:19:56.460 --> 00:19:57.240
 So on Monday,

00:19:57.399 --> 00:19:58.139
 the chicken was

00:19:58.139 --> 00:19:59.039
 slightly spicy.

00:19:59.720 --> 00:20:00.599
 On Tuesday,

00:20:00.740 --> 00:20:01.319
 the chicken was

00:20:01.319 --> 00:20:02.619
 a little bit more spicy,

00:20:02.960 --> 00:20:04.279
 but by Thursday,

00:20:04.919 --> 00:20:05.539
 man,

00:20:06.399 --> 00:20:07.059
 beautiful.

00:20:07.059 --> 00:20:10.359
 so much spice

00:20:10.359 --> 00:20:11.240
 and juiciness

00:20:11.240 --> 00:20:12.179
 and flavor

00:20:12.179 --> 00:20:13.679
 because the marinade

00:20:13.679 --> 00:20:14.559
 had penetrated

00:20:14.559 --> 00:20:15.720
 right into the meat.

00:20:18.720 --> 00:20:19.779
 This is the thing.

00:20:21.460 --> 00:20:22.399
 We're all

00:20:22.399 --> 00:20:24.139
 still in bondage

00:20:24.139 --> 00:20:24.619
 to many,

00:20:24.759 --> 00:20:25.399
 many things.

00:20:26.119 --> 00:20:27.079
 And how are we going

00:20:27.079 --> 00:20:28.000
 to get ourselves free?

00:20:28.740 --> 00:20:29.519
 We're going to

00:20:29.519 --> 00:20:30.419
 marinate ourselves

00:20:30.419 --> 00:20:31.259
 in the gospel.

00:20:32.279 --> 00:20:32.919
 We're going to

00:20:32.919 --> 00:20:33.720
 remind ourselves

00:20:33.720 --> 00:20:34.579
 every day

00:20:34.579 --> 00:20:35.399
 that we are free

00:20:35.400 --> 00:20:36.060
 in Jesus,

00:20:36.360 --> 00:20:37.120
 that we don't need

00:20:37.120 --> 00:20:37.720
 to worship

00:20:37.720 --> 00:20:38.940
 what we once worshipped.

00:20:39.060 --> 00:20:39.640
 We don't need

00:20:39.640 --> 00:20:40.740
 to perform

00:20:40.740 --> 00:20:41.420
 like once

00:20:41.420 --> 00:20:42.259
 we used to think

00:20:42.259 --> 00:20:43.420
 that we had to perform.

00:20:44.820 --> 00:20:45.220
 That we're going

00:20:45.220 --> 00:20:46.259
 to let his salvation,

00:20:46.440 --> 00:20:47.620
 his freedom,

00:20:48.480 --> 00:20:49.519
 work its way

00:20:49.519 --> 00:20:50.560
 into every part

00:20:50.560 --> 00:20:51.700
 of our lives.

00:20:53.900 --> 00:20:54.820
 Abraham Lincoln

00:20:54.820 --> 00:20:55.700
 signed the

00:20:55.700 --> 00:20:56.920
 Emancipation Proclamation

00:20:56.920 --> 00:20:58.200
 on the 1st of January,

00:20:58.360 --> 00:20:58.700
 1863.

00:21:00.300 --> 00:21:00.780
 However,

00:21:00.900 --> 00:21:01.820
 because the Civil War

00:21:01.820 --> 00:21:02.320
 in the South

00:21:02.320 --> 00:21:03.200
 still went on,

00:21:03.200 --> 00:21:05.319
 and the Confederates

00:21:05.319 --> 00:21:06.299
 still had control,

00:21:07.220 --> 00:21:08.380
 if you were a slave

00:21:08.380 --> 00:21:09.039
 in Texas,

00:21:10.039 --> 00:21:10.779
 you weren't actually

00:21:10.779 --> 00:21:12.279
 free until the 19th

00:21:12.279 --> 00:21:12.819
 of June,

00:21:13.220 --> 00:21:14.160
 1865.

00:21:15.319 --> 00:21:16.200
 The two and a half

00:21:16.200 --> 00:21:16.559
 years,

00:21:17.480 --> 00:21:18.279
 your status

00:21:18.279 --> 00:21:19.519
 was declared free.

00:21:20.660 --> 00:21:21.400
 But it took

00:21:21.400 --> 00:21:22.259
 two and a half years

00:21:22.259 --> 00:21:22.779
 for the news

00:21:22.779 --> 00:21:23.340
 to travel

00:21:23.340 --> 00:21:24.340
 and for you

00:21:24.340 --> 00:21:25.519
 to finally be free.

00:21:26.539 --> 00:21:27.259
 News travelled

00:21:27.259 --> 00:21:28.039
 really slowly.

00:21:29.259 --> 00:21:30.000
 But I have to say

00:21:30.000 --> 00:21:30.559
 in our lives,

00:21:30.660 --> 00:21:31.420
 news travels

00:21:31.420 --> 00:21:32.240
 even slower.

00:21:32.240 --> 00:21:33.579
 And therefore,

00:21:33.700 --> 00:21:34.359
 we need to keep

00:21:34.359 --> 00:21:35.019
 telling ourselves

00:21:35.019 --> 00:21:35.940
 this good news.

00:21:36.720 --> 00:21:37.900
 Jesus has set us free.

00:21:38.640 --> 00:21:39.900
 And he's set us free

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 forever.

00:21:41.779 --> 00:21:42.420
 Tell yourself

00:21:42.420 --> 00:21:43.460
 you're free in Christ

00:21:43.460 --> 00:21:44.279
 every day

00:21:44.279 --> 00:21:45.799
 because we forget

00:21:45.799 --> 00:21:46.440
 all the time.

00:21:47.620 --> 00:21:48.559
 Salvation is

00:21:48.559 --> 00:21:48.940
 freedom

00:21:48.940 --> 00:21:50.480
 from bondage.

00:21:51.980 --> 00:21:52.839
 Second point,

00:21:52.960 --> 00:21:53.920
 salvation is crossing

00:21:53.920 --> 00:21:55.099
 over by grace.

00:21:56.059 --> 00:21:57.200
 Salvation is crossing

00:21:57.200 --> 00:21:57.980
 over by grace.

00:21:58.019 --> 00:21:58.620
 Just look back

00:21:58.620 --> 00:22:00.000
 at verse 13.

00:22:00.000 --> 00:22:02.460
 Moses answered

00:22:02.460 --> 00:22:02.960
 the people,

00:22:03.140 --> 00:22:04.140
 do not be afraid,

00:22:04.519 --> 00:22:05.339
 stand firm

00:22:05.339 --> 00:22:06.480
 and you will see

00:22:06.480 --> 00:22:07.259
 the deliverance

00:22:07.259 --> 00:22:08.059
 the Lord will bring

00:22:08.059 --> 00:22:08.500
 you today.

00:22:08.819 --> 00:22:09.339
 The Egyptians

00:22:09.339 --> 00:22:10.220
 you see today

00:22:10.220 --> 00:22:11.440
 you will never see

00:22:11.440 --> 00:22:11.700
 again.

00:22:11.779 --> 00:22:12.759
 The Lord will fight

00:22:12.759 --> 00:22:13.180
 for you.

00:22:13.720 --> 00:22:14.480
 You need only

00:22:14.480 --> 00:22:15.240
 be still.

00:22:16.240 --> 00:22:16.859
 You don't get

00:22:16.859 --> 00:22:17.920
 a better representation

00:22:17.920 --> 00:22:18.660
 of grace

00:22:18.660 --> 00:22:19.400
 than that.

00:22:19.839 --> 00:22:20.920
 Stand over there,

00:22:21.160 --> 00:22:22.099
 don't do anything,

00:22:22.519 --> 00:22:23.279
 just watch

00:22:23.279 --> 00:22:24.039
 and see that God

00:22:24.039 --> 00:22:25.019
 will win for you.

00:22:26.180 --> 00:22:26.759
 Seems like

00:22:26.759 --> 00:22:28.079
 it's all grace.

00:22:28.079 --> 00:22:30.039
 seems like

00:22:30.039 --> 00:22:30.399
 they're going

00:22:30.399 --> 00:22:31.019
 to get free

00:22:31.019 --> 00:22:31.579
 not because

00:22:31.579 --> 00:22:32.299
 of their efforts

00:22:32.299 --> 00:22:32.919
 in fighting

00:22:32.919 --> 00:22:34.259
 but because

00:22:34.259 --> 00:22:35.539
 God is going

00:22:35.539 --> 00:22:36.359
 to set them free.

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 And all night

00:22:38.399 --> 00:22:39.419
 the wind blows,

00:22:39.559 --> 00:22:40.799
 the waters part

00:22:40.799 --> 00:22:41.819
 and they go by

00:22:41.819 --> 00:22:42.659
 on dry ground

00:22:42.659 --> 00:22:43.220
 with a wall

00:22:43.220 --> 00:22:44.079
 on their left

00:22:44.079 --> 00:22:45.119
 and a wall

00:22:45.119 --> 00:22:45.919
 on their right.

00:22:46.879 --> 00:22:47.599
 And this division

00:22:47.599 --> 00:22:48.500
 is explicit.

00:22:49.079 --> 00:22:49.439
 Do you see

00:22:49.439 --> 00:22:50.299
 how the Israelites

00:22:50.299 --> 00:22:51.599
 have light

00:22:51.599 --> 00:22:53.419
 in verse 20

00:22:53.419 --> 00:22:55.139
 but the Egyptians

00:22:55.139 --> 00:22:56.299
 are still in darkness.

00:22:56.299 --> 00:22:58.319
 they cross over

00:22:58.319 --> 00:22:58.879
 by grace

00:22:58.879 --> 00:22:59.519
 because God

00:22:59.519 --> 00:23:00.740
 won the day.

00:23:02.099 --> 00:23:02.700
 Bondage

00:23:02.700 --> 00:23:03.899
 to freedom.

00:23:05.139 --> 00:23:05.740
 Instantaneous

00:23:05.740 --> 00:23:06.919
 death to life.

00:23:07.339 --> 00:23:07.659
 Darkness

00:23:07.659 --> 00:23:08.399
 to light.

00:23:08.879 --> 00:23:09.500
 Unadopted

00:23:09.500 --> 00:23:10.139
 to adopted.

00:23:10.339 --> 00:23:11.279
 Dominion of darkness

00:23:11.279 --> 00:23:11.919
 to the kingdom

00:23:11.919 --> 00:23:12.559
 of the sun.

00:23:12.919 --> 00:23:13.639
 Old creature

00:23:13.639 --> 00:23:14.680
 becomes new creature.

00:23:14.980 --> 00:23:15.539
 Unregenerate

00:23:15.539 --> 00:23:16.559
 becomes regenerate.

00:23:16.960 --> 00:23:17.480
 Condemned

00:23:17.480 --> 00:23:18.480
 becomes saved.

00:23:19.180 --> 00:23:19.700
 The area

00:23:19.700 --> 00:23:20.399
 of bondage

00:23:20.399 --> 00:23:21.399
 becomes new.

00:23:21.879 --> 00:23:22.319
 Freedom.

00:23:23.299 --> 00:23:23.819
 It's a change

00:23:23.819 --> 00:23:24.519
 of status.

00:23:24.519 --> 00:23:26.720
 salvation is

00:23:26.720 --> 00:23:28.039
 crossing over

00:23:28.039 --> 00:23:29.119
 by grace.

00:23:30.539 --> 00:23:31.339
 So someone

00:23:31.339 --> 00:23:32.139
 asks,

00:23:32.720 --> 00:23:34.400
 are you a Christian?

00:23:35.799 --> 00:23:36.700
 How would you

00:23:36.700 --> 00:23:37.000
 answer,

00:23:37.119 --> 00:23:38.059
 are you a Christian?

00:23:40.119 --> 00:23:40.940
 Perhaps you'll

00:23:40.940 --> 00:23:41.319
 answer,

00:23:41.819 --> 00:23:42.900
 I'm really trying.

00:23:44.539 --> 00:23:45.379
 Some days

00:23:45.379 --> 00:23:46.920
 more than others

00:23:46.920 --> 00:23:49.400
 I'm working

00:23:49.400 --> 00:23:50.440
 hard on it.

00:23:50.440 --> 00:23:52.140
 can I say

00:23:52.140 --> 00:23:52.940
 if that's your answer,

00:23:53.019 --> 00:23:53.759
 you haven't understood

00:23:53.759 --> 00:23:54.759
 this at all.

00:23:56.620 --> 00:23:57.440
 Because what we

00:23:57.440 --> 00:23:57.980
 talk about

00:23:57.980 --> 00:23:58.779
 in Christianity

00:23:58.779 --> 00:24:00.299
 is crossing

00:24:00.299 --> 00:24:01.400
 over by grace.

00:24:02.320 --> 00:24:03.019
 We believe

00:24:03.019 --> 00:24:03.480
 in Jesus

00:24:03.480 --> 00:24:04.279
 instantly,

00:24:04.480 --> 00:24:05.820
 we're justified.

00:24:06.100 --> 00:24:06.680
 It's binary,

00:24:06.840 --> 00:24:07.539
 yes or no.

00:24:08.500 --> 00:24:09.180
 It's not about

00:24:09.180 --> 00:24:09.600
 effort.

00:24:11.140 --> 00:24:11.920
 One point

00:24:11.920 --> 00:24:12.320
 they were in

00:24:12.320 --> 00:24:12.700
 the land

00:24:12.700 --> 00:24:13.539
 of bondage,

00:24:13.539 --> 00:24:14.440
 the next

00:24:14.440 --> 00:24:14.840
 moment

00:24:14.840 --> 00:24:15.660
 they're free

00:24:15.660 --> 00:24:16.640
 as they

00:24:16.640 --> 00:24:17.340
 cross over.

00:24:17.480 --> 00:24:18.019
 It's crossing

00:24:18.019 --> 00:24:18.480
 over

00:24:18.480 --> 00:24:19.920
 by grace.

00:24:21.339 --> 00:24:22.000
 There's no

00:24:22.000 --> 00:24:22.660
 middle,

00:24:23.380 --> 00:24:23.880
 there's no

00:24:23.880 --> 00:24:25.079
 almost justified,

00:24:25.319 --> 00:24:25.660
 there's no

00:24:25.660 --> 00:24:27.259
 quasi-righteous,

00:24:27.380 --> 00:24:27.960
 there's no

00:24:27.960 --> 00:24:28.720
 diet

00:24:28.720 --> 00:24:29.640
 Christian.

00:24:30.599 --> 00:24:31.220
 It's in

00:24:31.220 --> 00:24:32.019
 or out.

00:24:33.240 --> 00:24:33.900
 But I know

00:24:33.900 --> 00:24:34.440
 what some people

00:24:34.440 --> 00:24:34.720
 say,

00:24:34.779 --> 00:24:35.279
 but you need

00:24:35.279 --> 00:24:35.620
 faith,

00:24:35.700 --> 00:24:36.160
 that's what I

00:24:36.160 --> 00:24:36.779
 need to add.

00:24:36.819 --> 00:24:37.200
 You need a

00:24:37.200 --> 00:24:37.380
 good,

00:24:37.519 --> 00:24:38.319
 strong faith.

00:24:39.559 --> 00:24:39.880
 Well that's

00:24:39.880 --> 00:24:40.259
 where I think

00:24:40.259 --> 00:24:40.700
 this is so

00:24:40.700 --> 00:24:41.059
 helpful.

00:24:42.319 --> 00:24:42.860
 Because all

00:24:42.860 --> 00:24:43.900
 the Israelites

00:24:43.900 --> 00:24:44.680
 cross over,

00:24:45.480 --> 00:24:45.880
 and as they

00:24:45.880 --> 00:24:46.240
 walk through

00:24:46.240 --> 00:24:47.120
 on dry ground,

00:24:47.220 --> 00:24:47.640
 there's a wall

00:24:47.640 --> 00:24:48.200
 of water on

00:24:48.200 --> 00:24:48.580
 their right

00:24:48.580 --> 00:24:49.000
 and a wall

00:24:49.000 --> 00:24:49.340
 of water

00:24:49.340 --> 00:24:50.100
 on their left.

00:24:51.220 --> 00:24:51.759
 And I dare

00:24:51.759 --> 00:24:52.180
 say some

00:24:52.180 --> 00:24:53.020
 people swagger

00:24:53.020 --> 00:24:53.660
 across.

00:24:54.160 --> 00:24:54.700
 Isn't God

00:24:54.700 --> 00:24:55.100
 great?

00:24:55.180 --> 00:24:55.560
 He's won

00:24:55.560 --> 00:24:55.960
 the day

00:24:55.960 --> 00:24:56.759
 for us.

00:24:57.560 --> 00:24:57.900
 Woo!

00:25:00.180 --> 00:25:00.800
 But I bet

00:25:00.800 --> 00:25:01.100
 there's some

00:25:01.100 --> 00:25:01.540
 other people

00:25:01.540 --> 00:25:01.860
 who are

00:25:01.860 --> 00:25:03.060
 clinging to

00:25:03.060 --> 00:25:03.480
 their friends

00:25:03.480 --> 00:25:03.720
 going,

00:25:03.980 --> 00:25:04.400
 we're going

00:25:04.400 --> 00:25:04.780
 to die,

00:25:04.860 --> 00:25:05.100
 we're going

00:25:05.100 --> 00:25:05.520
 to die,

00:25:05.600 --> 00:25:05.840
 we're going

00:25:05.840 --> 00:25:06.440
 to die.

00:25:08.560 --> 00:25:08.820
 Do you

00:25:08.820 --> 00:25:08.940
 see,

00:25:08.980 --> 00:25:09.200
 it's not

00:25:09.200 --> 00:25:09.780
 the quality

00:25:09.780 --> 00:25:11.100
 of faith.

00:25:11.900 --> 00:25:12.420
 It's the

00:25:12.420 --> 00:25:13.000
 object of

00:25:13.000 --> 00:25:13.640
 our faith.

00:25:14.680 --> 00:25:15.060
 That God

00:25:15.060 --> 00:25:15.400
 has won

00:25:15.400 --> 00:25:15.900
 the day

00:25:15.900 --> 00:25:17.400
 so that

00:25:17.400 --> 00:25:18.720
 we don't

00:25:18.720 --> 00:25:19.640
 have to.

00:25:22.080 --> 00:25:22.360
 Do you

00:25:22.360 --> 00:25:22.600
 know I

00:25:22.600 --> 00:25:22.860
 had the

00:25:22.860 --> 00:25:23.140
 awesome

00:25:23.140 --> 00:25:23.620
 privilege

00:25:23.620 --> 00:25:24.300
 before

00:25:24.300 --> 00:25:25.519
 Christmas

00:25:25.519 --> 00:25:26.620
 of hanging

00:25:26.620 --> 00:25:26.980
 out with

00:25:26.980 --> 00:25:27.280
 Ruby,

00:25:28.740 --> 00:25:29.580
 before she

00:25:29.580 --> 00:25:30.019
 went to be

00:25:30.019 --> 00:25:30.340
 with the

00:25:30.340 --> 00:25:30.660
 Lord,

00:25:31.519 --> 00:25:31.880
 and she

00:25:31.880 --> 00:25:32.400
 had absolute

00:25:32.400 --> 00:25:33.140
 confidence of

00:25:33.140 --> 00:25:33.519
 where she's

00:25:33.519 --> 00:25:34.019
 going because

00:25:34.019 --> 00:25:34.460
 she crossed

00:25:34.460 --> 00:25:35.120
 over by

00:25:35.120 --> 00:25:35.600
 grace.

00:25:37.380 --> 00:25:37.820
 Similarly

00:25:37.820 --> 00:25:38.440
 with Ruth

00:25:38.440 --> 00:25:39.000
 as I've

00:25:39.000 --> 00:25:39.840
 seen her

00:25:39.840 --> 00:25:40.420
 and so

00:25:40.420 --> 00:25:40.840
 many of

00:25:40.840 --> 00:25:41.160
 you have

00:25:41.160 --> 00:25:41.720
 seen her,

00:25:41.980 --> 00:25:42.280
 real

00:25:42.280 --> 00:25:42.840
 confidence.

00:25:44.040 --> 00:25:44.320
 She'll be

00:25:44.319 --> 00:25:44.579
 with the

00:25:44.579 --> 00:25:44.919
 Lord because

00:25:44.919 --> 00:25:45.259
 she knows

00:25:45.259 --> 00:25:45.539
 what it

00:25:45.539 --> 00:25:45.839
 is to

00:25:45.839 --> 00:25:46.159
 cross

00:25:46.159 --> 00:25:46.679
 over by

00:25:46.679 --> 00:25:47.159
 grace.

00:25:48.000 --> 00:25:48.599
 She's not

00:25:48.599 --> 00:25:49.159
 trusting in

00:25:49.159 --> 00:25:49.919
 her performance

00:25:49.919 --> 00:25:50.539
 but trusting

00:25:50.539 --> 00:25:51.000
 that Jesus

00:25:51.000 --> 00:25:51.779
 nailed her.

00:25:53.859 --> 00:25:54.579
 Salvation is

00:25:54.579 --> 00:25:55.220
 crossing over

00:25:55.220 --> 00:25:55.960
 by grace.

00:25:56.559 --> 00:25:56.939
 It's what

00:25:56.939 --> 00:25:57.480
 it is.

00:25:58.639 --> 00:25:59.019
 Here's the

00:25:59.019 --> 00:25:59.519
 last thing.

00:26:01.619 --> 00:26:02.439
 Salvation is

00:26:02.439 --> 00:26:03.439
 possible through

00:26:03.439 --> 00:26:05.579
 only through

00:26:05.579 --> 00:26:06.339
 a mediator.

00:26:07.899 --> 00:26:08.539
 Look at

00:26:08.539 --> 00:26:09.200
 verse 11.

00:26:09.200 --> 00:26:14.440
 they were

00:26:14.440 --> 00:26:15.180
 terrified and

00:26:15.180 --> 00:26:15.740
 cried out to

00:26:15.740 --> 00:26:16.100
 the Lord.

00:26:16.180 --> 00:26:16.740
 They said to

00:26:16.740 --> 00:26:17.240
 Moses and

00:26:17.240 --> 00:26:17.500
 then they

00:26:17.500 --> 00:26:17.880
 have this

00:26:17.880 --> 00:26:18.519
 big moan.

00:26:19.660 --> 00:26:20.279
 Drop down

00:26:20.279 --> 00:26:20.680
 to verse

00:26:20.680 --> 00:26:21.240
 15.

00:26:22.519 --> 00:26:22.880
 Then the

00:26:22.880 --> 00:26:23.299
 Lord said

00:26:23.299 --> 00:26:23.779
 to Moses,

00:26:23.960 --> 00:26:24.559
 why are you

00:26:24.559 --> 00:26:25.059
 crying out

00:26:25.059 --> 00:26:25.460
 to me?

00:26:26.039 --> 00:26:26.779
 Moses hasn't

00:26:26.779 --> 00:26:27.360
 been crying

00:26:27.360 --> 00:26:27.819
 out.

00:26:28.420 --> 00:26:28.840
 In fact,

00:26:28.880 --> 00:26:29.200
 he's been

00:26:29.200 --> 00:26:29.539
 the one

00:26:29.539 --> 00:26:29.940
 who's been

00:26:29.940 --> 00:26:30.220
 getting

00:26:30.220 --> 00:26:31.400
 moaned at.

00:26:32.680 --> 00:26:33.039
 And yet,

00:26:33.080 --> 00:26:33.500
 do you see

00:26:33.500 --> 00:26:34.140
 that Moses

00:26:34.140 --> 00:26:34.720
 is so

00:26:34.720 --> 00:26:35.440
 associated

00:26:35.440 --> 00:26:35.940
 with his

00:26:35.940 --> 00:26:37.140
 people that

00:26:37.140 --> 00:26:37.740
 their sin

00:26:37.740 --> 00:26:38.519
 becomes his

00:26:38.519 --> 00:26:38.840
 sin?

00:26:39.200 --> 00:26:41.360
 But then

00:26:41.360 --> 00:26:42.100
 drop down

00:26:42.100 --> 00:26:43.980
 to verse

00:26:43.980 --> 00:26:44.500
 21,

00:26:44.680 --> 00:26:44.940
 that as

00:26:44.940 --> 00:26:45.860
 Moses stretches

00:26:45.860 --> 00:26:46.279
 out his

00:26:46.279 --> 00:26:46.740
 hand,

00:26:47.980 --> 00:26:48.519
 the Lord

00:26:48.519 --> 00:26:49.080
 sets about

00:26:49.080 --> 00:26:49.660
 parting the

00:26:49.660 --> 00:26:50.140
 sea because

00:26:50.140 --> 00:26:51.799
 Moses is

00:26:51.799 --> 00:26:52.900
 so associated

00:26:52.900 --> 00:26:53.920
 with God

00:26:53.920 --> 00:26:55.340
 that his

00:26:55.340 --> 00:26:56.319
 power works

00:26:56.319 --> 00:26:56.819
 through

00:26:56.819 --> 00:26:57.900
 Moses.

00:27:00.039 --> 00:27:00.819
 What a

00:27:00.819 --> 00:27:01.120
 brilliant

00:27:01.120 --> 00:27:01.700
 mediator,

00:27:01.819 --> 00:27:02.779
 someone associated

00:27:02.779 --> 00:27:03.220
 with the

00:27:03.220 --> 00:27:04.120
 people and

00:27:04.120 --> 00:27:05.059
 someone associated

00:27:05.059 --> 00:27:05.759
 with God,

00:27:05.940 --> 00:27:06.759
 so can be a

00:27:06.759 --> 00:27:07.460
 perfect middle

00:27:07.460 --> 00:27:07.900
 man.

00:27:09.200 --> 00:27:10.420
 And yet,

00:27:10.519 --> 00:27:10.940
 doesn't that

00:27:10.940 --> 00:27:11.500
 point so

00:27:11.500 --> 00:27:12.100
 much better

00:27:12.100 --> 00:27:12.500
 to the

00:27:12.500 --> 00:27:13.080
 Lord Jesus

00:27:13.080 --> 00:27:13.640
 who's not

00:27:13.640 --> 00:27:14.559
 associated

00:27:14.559 --> 00:27:15.200
 with us

00:27:15.200 --> 00:27:15.779
 but became

00:27:15.779 --> 00:27:16.660
 like us

00:27:16.660 --> 00:27:17.779
 in every

00:27:17.779 --> 00:27:18.140
 way?

00:27:19.019 --> 00:27:19.640
 And someone

00:27:19.640 --> 00:27:20.220
 who wasn't

00:27:20.220 --> 00:27:21.160
 just associated

00:27:21.160 --> 00:27:21.960
 with God

00:27:21.960 --> 00:27:22.860
 but was

00:27:22.860 --> 00:27:23.279
 God and

00:27:23.279 --> 00:27:23.620
 dwelt

00:27:23.620 --> 00:27:24.860
 amongst us

00:27:24.860 --> 00:27:26.120
 to be the

00:27:26.120 --> 00:27:26.580
 perfect

00:27:26.580 --> 00:27:27.319
 mediator.

00:27:27.319 --> 00:27:27.439
 God.

00:27:27.439 --> 00:27:29.139
 And he

00:27:29.139 --> 00:27:30.139
 wasn't just

00:27:30.139 --> 00:27:30.919
 condemned

00:27:30.919 --> 00:27:31.639
 for the

00:27:31.639 --> 00:27:32.039
 sins of

00:27:32.039 --> 00:27:32.480
 the people

00:27:32.480 --> 00:27:32.859
 on one

00:27:32.859 --> 00:27:33.599
 occasion like

00:27:33.599 --> 00:27:33.960
 Moses,

00:27:34.079 --> 00:27:34.319
 he was

00:27:34.319 --> 00:27:34.700
 condemned

00:27:34.700 --> 00:27:35.279
 for all

00:27:35.279 --> 00:27:36.119
 our sins,

00:27:37.119 --> 00:27:38.240
 carried out

00:27:38.240 --> 00:27:38.799
 in all

00:27:38.799 --> 00:27:39.779
 our lives

00:27:39.779 --> 00:27:41.200
 and he

00:27:41.200 --> 00:27:41.879
 took them

00:27:41.879 --> 00:27:42.980
 upon

00:27:42.980 --> 00:27:43.579
 himself.

00:27:44.879 --> 00:27:45.679
 Such a

00:27:45.679 --> 00:27:45.919
 better

00:27:45.919 --> 00:27:46.799
 mediator,

00:27:48.059 --> 00:27:48.980
 fully man

00:27:48.980 --> 00:27:49.619
 yet fully

00:27:49.619 --> 00:27:50.139
 God,

00:27:50.439 --> 00:27:50.939
 taking on

00:27:50.939 --> 00:27:51.399
 the sins

00:27:51.399 --> 00:27:52.079
 of man so

00:27:52.079 --> 00:27:52.599
 we can be

00:27:52.599 --> 00:27:53.259
 brought to

00:27:53.259 --> 00:27:54.119
 God.

00:27:54.119 --> 00:27:56.339
 And let's

00:27:56.339 --> 00:27:56.739
 not lose

00:27:56.739 --> 00:27:57.379
 the significance

00:27:57.379 --> 00:27:57.839
 of the

00:27:57.839 --> 00:27:58.279
 water.

00:28:00.259 --> 00:28:01.379
 Genesis 1-2

00:28:01.379 --> 00:28:01.919
 talks about

00:28:01.919 --> 00:28:02.379
 the spirit

00:28:02.379 --> 00:28:02.739
 of God

00:28:02.739 --> 00:28:04.079
 hovering over

00:28:04.079 --> 00:28:04.599
 the face

00:28:04.599 --> 00:28:04.959
 of the

00:28:04.959 --> 00:28:05.359
 water.

00:28:06.339 --> 00:28:07.239
 This picture

00:28:07.239 --> 00:28:07.699
 of being

00:28:07.699 --> 00:28:08.559
 uncreated

00:28:08.559 --> 00:28:08.899
 and what

00:28:08.899 --> 00:28:09.279
 does God

00:28:09.279 --> 00:28:09.579
 do?

00:28:09.819 --> 00:28:10.399
 He takes

00:28:10.399 --> 00:28:11.179
 uncreation

00:28:11.179 --> 00:28:11.619
 and makes

00:28:11.619 --> 00:28:12.299
 it creation.

00:28:13.739 --> 00:28:14.299
 So what's

00:28:14.299 --> 00:28:14.859
 he doing

00:28:14.859 --> 00:28:15.879
 in Exodus

00:28:15.879 --> 00:28:16.639
 14 to

00:28:16.639 --> 00:28:17.259
 the Egyptians?

00:28:17.859 --> 00:28:18.439
 Because they

00:28:18.439 --> 00:28:19.039
 don't have

00:28:19.039 --> 00:28:19.799
 a mediator.

00:28:20.819 --> 00:28:21.139
 Well the

00:28:21.139 --> 00:28:21.659
 water comes

00:28:21.659 --> 00:28:22.239
 back in over

00:28:22.239 --> 00:28:22.699
 the top,

00:28:22.759 --> 00:28:23.039
 it's an

00:28:23.039 --> 00:28:23.500
 act of

00:28:23.500 --> 00:28:24.799
 uncreation,

00:28:24.980 --> 00:28:25.200
 it's an

00:28:25.200 --> 00:28:25.579
 act of

00:28:25.579 --> 00:28:26.440
 decreation

00:28:26.440 --> 00:28:28.279
 as they're

00:28:28.279 --> 00:28:29.339
 disintegrated.

00:28:31.380 --> 00:28:31.940
 Do you

00:28:31.940 --> 00:28:32.279
 see it's

00:28:32.279 --> 00:28:32.740
 judgment?

00:28:33.819 --> 00:28:34.619
 God judges

00:28:34.619 --> 00:28:35.259
 the Egyptians

00:28:35.259 --> 00:28:35.700
 and gets

00:28:35.700 --> 00:28:36.259
 glory for

00:28:36.259 --> 00:28:36.740
 himself,

00:28:37.319 --> 00:28:37.700
 that for

00:28:37.700 --> 00:28:38.420
 enslaving his

00:28:38.420 --> 00:28:39.079
 people they're

00:28:39.079 --> 00:28:40.140
 called to

00:28:40.140 --> 00:28:40.599
 account.

00:28:41.539 --> 00:28:41.880
 But let's

00:28:41.880 --> 00:28:42.339
 not make the

00:28:42.339 --> 00:28:43.180
 fatal error to

00:28:43.180 --> 00:28:43.539
 think that

00:28:43.539 --> 00:28:44.099
 Israel was

00:28:44.099 --> 00:28:45.180
 good and

00:28:45.180 --> 00:28:45.619
 the Egyptians

00:28:45.619 --> 00:28:46.180
 were bad,

00:28:46.240 --> 00:28:46.599
 that's not

00:28:46.599 --> 00:28:46.920
 it.

00:28:48.680 --> 00:28:49.640
 The Israelites

00:28:49.640 --> 00:28:50.039
 would have

00:28:50.039 --> 00:28:50.539
 tried to

00:28:50.539 --> 00:28:51.000
 fight back

00:28:51.000 --> 00:28:51.480
 against the

00:28:51.480 --> 00:28:52.059
 Egyptians if

00:28:52.059 --> 00:28:52.519
 they could.

00:28:53.500 --> 00:28:54.019
 But they

00:28:54.019 --> 00:28:54.259
 couldn't,

00:28:54.319 --> 00:28:54.599
 they didn't

00:28:54.599 --> 00:28:54.920
 have the

00:28:54.920 --> 00:28:55.359
 technology.

00:28:55.900 --> 00:28:56.880
 Why is

00:28:56.880 --> 00:28:57.680
 Israel saved

00:28:57.680 --> 00:28:58.160
 and Egypt

00:28:58.160 --> 00:28:58.940
 isn't simply

00:28:58.940 --> 00:28:59.680
 because God

00:28:59.680 --> 00:29:00.480
 showed his

00:29:00.480 --> 00:29:01.559
 grace to

00:29:01.559 --> 00:29:02.200
 his people

00:29:02.200 --> 00:29:03.900
 and not to

00:29:03.900 --> 00:29:04.420
 the Egyptians.

00:29:06.420 --> 00:29:07.440
 Moses stretched

00:29:07.440 --> 00:29:08.440
 out hands over

00:29:08.440 --> 00:29:09.140
 waters of

00:29:09.140 --> 00:29:09.920
 God's wrath

00:29:09.920 --> 00:29:10.759
 and saw them

00:29:10.759 --> 00:29:11.720
 separate so his

00:29:11.720 --> 00:29:12.240
 people could

00:29:12.240 --> 00:29:12.960
 cross over and

00:29:12.960 --> 00:29:13.579
 be safe.

00:29:14.619 --> 00:29:15.519
 Jesus stretched

00:29:15.519 --> 00:29:16.259
 out his hands

00:29:16.259 --> 00:29:16.960
 on a cruel

00:29:16.960 --> 00:29:18.519
 Roman cross

00:29:18.519 --> 00:29:19.559
 and was

00:29:19.559 --> 00:29:20.279
 thrown into

00:29:20.279 --> 00:29:20.859
 the sea of

00:29:20.859 --> 00:29:21.680
 God's wrath

00:29:21.680 --> 00:29:23.200
 for us

00:29:23.200 --> 00:29:24.819
 so that we

00:29:24.819 --> 00:29:25.359
 might cross

00:29:25.359 --> 00:29:25.980
 over and be

00:29:25.980 --> 00:29:26.720
 safe forever.

00:29:27.879 --> 00:29:28.480
 Jesus was

00:29:28.480 --> 00:29:30.180
 decreated and

00:29:30.180 --> 00:29:31.339
 judged so

00:29:31.339 --> 00:29:31.879
 that we could

00:29:31.879 --> 00:29:32.920
 be recreated

00:29:32.920 --> 00:29:34.660
 and set free.

00:29:35.639 --> 00:29:36.099
 There's

00:29:36.099 --> 00:29:37.019
 beautiful bookends

00:29:37.019 --> 00:29:37.799
 to this story.

00:29:39.139 --> 00:29:39.639
 In Exodus

00:29:39.639 --> 00:29:40.339
 chapter 2

00:29:40.339 --> 00:29:40.779
 what do we

00:29:40.779 --> 00:29:41.279
 start with?

00:29:41.339 --> 00:29:41.960
 We start with

00:29:41.960 --> 00:29:43.220
 Hebrew infant

00:29:43.220 --> 00:29:45.299
 boys littering

00:29:45.299 --> 00:29:46.059
 the banks

00:29:46.059 --> 00:29:46.879
 of the Nile

00:29:46.879 --> 00:29:48.879
 as Egypt

00:29:48.879 --> 00:29:51.379
 kills

00:29:51.379 --> 00:29:52.339
 and performs

00:29:52.339 --> 00:29:53.579
 this infanticide.

00:29:54.240 --> 00:29:55.019
 The end of

00:29:55.019 --> 00:29:55.720
 chapter 14

00:29:55.720 --> 00:29:56.159
 what do we

00:29:56.159 --> 00:29:56.559
 have?

00:29:57.220 --> 00:29:57.559
 We have

00:29:57.559 --> 00:29:58.220
 Hebrew men

00:29:58.220 --> 00:29:59.099
 the soldiers

00:29:59.099 --> 00:30:00.259
 who came to

00:30:00.259 --> 00:30:00.720
 once again

00:30:00.720 --> 00:30:01.379
 enslave them

00:30:01.379 --> 00:30:01.899
 littered on

00:30:01.899 --> 00:30:02.240
 the shore

00:30:02.240 --> 00:30:02.680
 dead

00:30:02.680 --> 00:30:03.980
 as God

00:30:03.980 --> 00:30:04.779
 judges them

00:30:04.779 --> 00:30:05.799
 for their

00:30:05.799 --> 00:30:06.700
 acts against

00:30:06.700 --> 00:30:07.940
 his people.

00:30:09.960 --> 00:30:10.519
 Salvation

00:30:10.519 --> 00:30:11.000
 you see

00:30:11.000 --> 00:30:12.399
 is only

00:30:12.399 --> 00:30:12.879
 possible

00:30:12.879 --> 00:30:13.419
 through a

00:30:13.419 --> 00:30:14.000
 mediator

00:30:14.000 --> 00:30:15.380
 and that's

00:30:15.380 --> 00:30:15.640
 what we

00:30:15.640 --> 00:30:16.140
 perfectly

00:30:16.140 --> 00:30:16.759
 have in

00:30:16.759 --> 00:30:17.099
 Jesus.

00:30:18.660 --> 00:30:19.559
 Just imagine

00:30:19.559 --> 00:30:20.220
 then if Sky

00:30:20.220 --> 00:30:21.640
 News had a

00:30:21.640 --> 00:30:22.500
 roving reporter

00:30:22.500 --> 00:30:23.119
 amidst the

00:30:23.119 --> 00:30:24.099
 Israelites just

00:30:24.099 --> 00:30:24.660
 after they've

00:30:24.660 --> 00:30:25.299
 crossed over

00:30:25.299 --> 00:30:27.099
 and kind of

00:30:27.099 --> 00:30:27.900
 George Alagia

00:30:27.900 --> 00:30:28.400
 or one of

00:30:28.400 --> 00:30:28.859
 those guys

00:30:28.859 --> 00:30:29.440
 gets up and

00:30:29.440 --> 00:30:29.740
 puts the

00:30:29.740 --> 00:30:30.380
 microphone in

00:30:30.380 --> 00:30:31.119
 their face

00:30:31.119 --> 00:30:32.559
 of

00:30:32.559 --> 00:30:35.059
 let's call him

00:30:35.059 --> 00:30:35.859
 Jeremiah and

00:30:35.859 --> 00:30:36.480
 says Jeremiah

00:30:36.480 --> 00:30:37.180
 how is it

00:30:37.180 --> 00:30:37.420
 going?

00:30:37.640 --> 00:30:38.059
 This is what

00:30:38.059 --> 00:30:38.700
 he might say.

00:30:40.619 --> 00:30:41.380
 He says I

00:30:41.380 --> 00:30:42.019
 was a foreigner

00:30:42.019 --> 00:30:42.680
 in a foreign

00:30:42.680 --> 00:30:43.380
 land not my

00:30:43.380 --> 00:30:43.740
 home.

00:30:44.480 --> 00:30:45.259
 I was in

00:30:45.259 --> 00:30:46.079
 cruel bondage

00:30:46.079 --> 00:30:46.599
 and under

00:30:46.599 --> 00:30:47.319
 judgment and

00:30:47.319 --> 00:30:47.960
 sentenced to

00:30:47.960 --> 00:30:49.799
 death but I

00:30:49.799 --> 00:30:50.380
 took shelter

00:30:50.380 --> 00:30:50.900
 under the

00:30:50.900 --> 00:30:51.400
 blood of the

00:30:51.400 --> 00:30:51.740
 lamb.

00:30:52.579 --> 00:30:53.339
 I followed

00:30:53.339 --> 00:30:54.160
 my mediator

00:30:54.160 --> 00:30:54.740
 to freedom

00:30:54.740 --> 00:30:55.880
 and he

00:30:55.880 --> 00:30:56.440
 stretched his

00:30:56.440 --> 00:30:57.059
 hand so I

00:30:57.059 --> 00:30:57.460
 could cross

00:30:57.460 --> 00:30:58.400
 over by grace.

00:30:59.599 --> 00:31:00.359
 Now we're on

00:31:00.359 --> 00:31:00.900
 the way to the

00:31:00.900 --> 00:31:01.420
 promised land

00:31:01.420 --> 00:31:01.920
 but we're not

00:31:01.920 --> 00:31:02.640
 there yet.

00:31:03.819 --> 00:31:04.559
 We're following

00:31:04.559 --> 00:31:05.460
 God's lead.

00:31:05.880 --> 00:31:06.299
 He's going to

00:31:06.299 --> 00:31:06.819
 give us this

00:31:06.819 --> 00:31:07.740
 law to make us

00:31:07.740 --> 00:31:08.200
 a distinct

00:31:08.200 --> 00:31:09.380
 people and he's

00:31:09.380 --> 00:31:09.880
 going to dwell

00:31:09.880 --> 00:31:10.579
 with us in the

00:31:10.579 --> 00:31:11.420
 tabernacle to

00:31:11.420 --> 00:31:11.960
 remind us

00:31:11.960 --> 00:31:12.859
 constantly of our

00:31:12.859 --> 00:31:13.440
 need of his

00:31:13.440 --> 00:31:13.900
 grace.

00:31:14.000 --> 00:31:15.039
 forgiveness.

00:31:16.319 --> 00:31:17.180
 One day we'll

00:31:17.180 --> 00:31:17.920
 arrive home to

00:31:17.920 --> 00:31:18.599
 be with him in

00:31:18.599 --> 00:31:19.119
 the place he

00:31:19.119 --> 00:31:19.720
 has prepared

00:31:19.720 --> 00:31:21.180
 and we'll

00:31:21.180 --> 00:31:21.960
 receive fully

00:31:21.960 --> 00:31:22.460
 all that he

00:31:22.460 --> 00:31:23.079
 has promised.

00:31:25.039 --> 00:31:25.599
 It's not

00:31:25.599 --> 00:31:26.359
 radically different

00:31:26.359 --> 00:31:26.920
 is it to what

00:31:26.920 --> 00:31:27.420
 we might say

00:31:27.420 --> 00:31:28.000
 this side of

00:31:28.000 --> 00:31:28.579
 the cross.

00:31:29.619 --> 00:31:30.119
 As Christians

00:31:30.119 --> 00:31:30.599
 all that

00:31:30.599 --> 00:31:32.539
 language is

00:31:32.539 --> 00:31:33.299
 exactly what we

00:31:33.299 --> 00:31:33.740
 see in the

00:31:33.740 --> 00:31:34.339
 New Testament.

00:31:35.920 --> 00:31:36.559
 Two quick

00:31:36.559 --> 00:31:37.180
 things to finish.

00:31:37.180 --> 00:31:37.820
 number one.

00:31:38.759 --> 00:31:39.420
 God gets them

00:31:39.420 --> 00:31:39.820
 out and then

00:31:39.820 --> 00:31:40.380
 gives them the

00:31:40.380 --> 00:31:40.700
 law.

00:31:40.920 --> 00:31:41.900
 Grace first.

00:31:42.960 --> 00:31:43.259
 He's not

00:31:43.259 --> 00:31:43.740
 getting them

00:31:43.740 --> 00:31:44.580
 out because

00:31:44.580 --> 00:31:44.900
 they've

00:31:44.900 --> 00:31:45.420
 obeyed.

00:31:45.560 --> 00:31:46.100
 He's getting

00:31:46.100 --> 00:31:46.580
 them out so

00:31:46.580 --> 00:31:47.019
 they can

00:31:47.019 --> 00:31:47.360
 obey.

00:31:47.700 --> 00:31:47.960
 They're

00:31:47.960 --> 00:31:48.600
 obeying as a

00:31:48.600 --> 00:31:49.320
 response to

00:31:49.320 --> 00:31:49.880
 grace not a

00:31:49.880 --> 00:31:50.680
 requirement for

00:31:50.680 --> 00:31:51.240
 grace.

00:31:52.960 --> 00:31:53.720
 And this bit

00:31:53.720 --> 00:31:54.539
 blew my mind

00:31:54.539 --> 00:31:55.259
 this week.

00:31:56.340 --> 00:31:57.160
 Just go back

00:31:57.160 --> 00:31:58.100
 to verse 13.

00:31:58.099 --> 00:32:00.539
 Do not be

00:32:00.539 --> 00:32:01.139
 afraid.

00:32:02.399 --> 00:32:03.099
 Stand firm and

00:32:03.099 --> 00:32:03.539
 you will see

00:32:03.539 --> 00:32:04.579
 the deliverance

00:32:04.579 --> 00:32:05.159
 the Lord will

00:32:05.159 --> 00:32:05.539
 bring you

00:32:05.539 --> 00:32:05.959
 today.

00:32:08.359 --> 00:32:08.599
 Do you know

00:32:08.599 --> 00:32:08.919
 what's so

00:32:08.919 --> 00:32:09.639
 beautiful about

00:32:09.639 --> 00:32:10.359
 that phrase?

00:32:11.339 --> 00:32:12.240
 The deliverance

00:32:12.240 --> 00:32:12.939
 of the Lord

00:32:12.939 --> 00:32:13.899
 could literally

00:32:13.899 --> 00:32:14.679
 be the phrase

00:32:14.679 --> 00:32:15.759
 God saves.

00:32:17.319 --> 00:32:17.879
 Now we all

00:32:17.879 --> 00:32:18.459
 know one bit

00:32:18.459 --> 00:32:19.079
 of Hebrew and

00:32:19.079 --> 00:32:19.599
 it's that that

00:32:19.599 --> 00:32:20.879
 God saves.

00:32:21.639 --> 00:32:22.379
 Because it's

00:32:22.379 --> 00:32:22.980
 the word

00:32:22.980 --> 00:32:24.379
 Yeshua.

00:32:26.279 --> 00:32:26.959
 Which will

00:32:26.959 --> 00:32:27.519
 become

00:32:27.519 --> 00:32:28.859
 in Aramaic

00:32:28.859 --> 00:32:29.559
 the word

00:32:29.559 --> 00:32:30.639
 Jesus.

00:32:32.240 --> 00:32:33.599
 So literally

00:32:33.599 --> 00:32:34.639
 God says

00:32:34.639 --> 00:32:35.759
 to his people

00:32:35.759 --> 00:32:36.539
 through Moses

00:32:36.539 --> 00:32:38.559
 stand still

00:32:38.559 --> 00:32:40.680
 don't

00:32:40.680 --> 00:32:41.339
 do

00:32:41.339 --> 00:32:42.259
 anything.

00:32:43.579 --> 00:32:44.500
 Your salvation

00:32:44.500 --> 00:32:45.200
 will come and

00:32:45.200 --> 00:32:45.720
 it will be

00:32:45.720 --> 00:32:46.460
 through looking

00:32:46.460 --> 00:32:47.139
 at the Jesus

00:32:47.139 --> 00:32:47.859
 of the Lord.

00:32:48.639 --> 00:32:49.579
 It will be by

00:32:49.579 --> 00:32:50.639
 staring at Jesus

00:32:50.639 --> 00:32:51.359
 where you will

00:32:51.359 --> 00:32:52.740
 be saved.

00:32:54.299 --> 00:32:54.720
 And so what

00:32:54.720 --> 00:32:55.119
 do we learn

00:32:55.119 --> 00:32:55.579
 from Exodus

00:32:55.579 --> 00:32:56.039
 14?

00:32:56.200 --> 00:32:56.799
 We learn that

00:32:56.799 --> 00:32:58.039
 salvation is

00:32:58.039 --> 00:32:58.599
 freedom from

00:32:58.599 --> 00:32:59.159
 bondage and

00:32:59.159 --> 00:32:59.579
 we need to

00:32:59.579 --> 00:33:00.259
 work it into

00:33:00.259 --> 00:33:00.919
 every part of

00:33:00.919 --> 00:33:01.500
 our lives.

00:33:02.700 --> 00:33:03.440
 Salvation is

00:33:03.440 --> 00:33:04.240
 crossing over

00:33:04.240 --> 00:33:05.059
 by grace.

00:33:06.220 --> 00:33:06.919
 Trusting that

00:33:06.919 --> 00:33:07.460
 God has done

00:33:07.460 --> 00:33:08.180
 it and walking

00:33:08.180 --> 00:33:08.740
 through from

00:33:08.740 --> 00:33:09.359
 one side to

00:33:09.359 --> 00:33:09.700
 the other

00:33:09.700 --> 00:33:10.500
 instantaneous

00:33:10.500 --> 00:33:11.859
 justification.

00:33:13.639 --> 00:33:14.240
 And salvation

00:33:14.240 --> 00:33:15.299
 is only possible

00:33:15.299 --> 00:33:17.519
 through the

00:33:17.519 --> 00:33:18.099
 mediator.

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 There is a

00:33:19.619 --> 00:33:20.200
 great difference

00:33:20.200 --> 00:33:20.839
 between getting

00:33:20.839 --> 00:33:22.119
 free and

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 getting safe.

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 life.

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 But in the

00:33:24.720 --> 00:33:25.259
 Lord Jesus

00:33:25.259 --> 00:33:25.980
 he sets us

00:33:25.980 --> 00:33:27.500
 free and

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 will bring us

00:33:28.099 --> 00:33:28.859
 safely all the

00:33:28.859 --> 00:33:29.359
 way home

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 because he's

00:33:30.679 --> 00:33:31.939
 that good to

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 us.

00:33:32.179 --> 00:33:32.539
 Why don't we

00:33:32.539 --> 00:33:32.819
 pray?

00:33:32.819 --> 00:33:40.859
 The writer to

00:33:40.859 --> 00:33:41.279
 the Hebrews

00:33:41.279 --> 00:33:41.899
 says how

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 shall we

00:33:42.519 --> 00:33:43.159
 escape if

00:33:43.159 --> 00:33:43.679
 we ignore

00:33:43.679 --> 00:33:44.179
 such a

00:33:44.179 --> 00:33:44.659
 great

00:33:44.659 --> 00:33:45.460
 salvation?

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 And so

00:33:47.619 --> 00:33:48.299
 Lord as we've

00:33:48.299 --> 00:33:48.819
 looked at your

00:33:48.819 --> 00:33:50.319
 son through the

00:33:50.319 --> 00:33:50.980
 lens of Exodus

00:33:50.980 --> 00:33:52.019
 14, Father we're

00:33:52.019 --> 00:33:52.859
 so thankful to

00:33:52.859 --> 00:33:53.159
 him.

00:33:53.960 --> 00:33:55.019
 We're so thankful

00:33:55.019 --> 00:33:55.819
 for him.

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 And Father we

00:33:57.859 --> 00:33:58.659
 pray that his

00:33:58.659 --> 00:33:59.619
 news of free

00:33:59.619 --> 00:34:01.339
 grace, of

00:34:01.339 --> 00:34:02.139
 absolute

00:34:02.139 --> 00:34:02.799
 forgiveness,

00:34:03.899 --> 00:34:04.439
 might work

00:34:04.439 --> 00:34:05.059
 its way into

00:34:05.059 --> 00:34:06.019
 every part of

00:34:06.019 --> 00:34:06.699
 our lives.

00:34:07.899 --> 00:34:08.759
 Father that we

00:34:08.759 --> 00:34:09.599
 would trust him

00:34:09.599 --> 00:34:10.360
 that he's won

00:34:10.360 --> 00:34:10.860
 where we

00:34:10.860 --> 00:34:13.139
 failed, that

00:34:13.139 --> 00:34:14.139
 he succeeded

00:34:14.139 --> 00:34:14.699
 where we

00:34:14.699 --> 00:34:16.460
 flunked, and

00:34:16.460 --> 00:34:17.340
 that it is in

00:34:17.340 --> 00:34:19.139
 him and only

00:34:19.139 --> 00:34:20.900
 in him that

00:34:20.900 --> 00:34:21.799
 we are righteous

00:34:21.799 --> 00:34:23.599
 and able to

00:34:23.599 --> 00:34:24.480
 cross over.

00:34:24.679 --> 00:34:25.460
 Father may grace

00:34:25.460 --> 00:34:26.279
 be so precious

00:34:26.279 --> 00:34:27.539
 to us.

00:34:28.840 --> 00:34:29.539
 And Father may

00:34:29.539 --> 00:34:30.420
 we love him for

00:34:30.420 --> 00:34:31.079
 what he's done.

00:34:31.340 --> 00:34:32.640
 May we be those

00:34:32.640 --> 00:34:33.300
 this morning who

00:34:33.300 --> 00:34:34.059
 simply stand

00:34:34.059 --> 00:34:35.780
 still and gaze

00:34:35.780 --> 00:34:36.480
 upon him,

00:34:37.420 --> 00:34:38.420
 gazing upon him

00:34:38.420 --> 00:34:39.100
 in his perfect

00:34:39.100 --> 00:34:40.780
 life, in his

00:34:40.780 --> 00:34:42.300
 atoning death,

00:34:42.880 --> 00:34:43.720
 and in his

00:34:43.720 --> 00:34:44.760
 glorious resurrection

00:34:44.760 --> 00:34:45.740
 that keeps us

00:34:45.740 --> 00:34:47.360
 free for all

00:34:47.360 --> 00:34:47.840
 eternity.

00:34:48.760 --> 00:34:49.620
 Father bless us

00:34:49.620 --> 00:34:50.480
 and be with us.

00:34:51.200 --> 00:34:51.640
 Commit these

00:34:51.640 --> 00:34:52.320
 things to our

00:34:52.320 --> 00:34:53.039
 hearts we pray

00:34:53.039 --> 00:34:54.539
 in Jesus glorious

00:34:54.539 --> 00:34:55.019
 name.

00:34:56.019 --> 00:34:56.280
 Amen.

00:35:01.340 --> 00:35:02.340
 Thank you.

00:35:02.340 --> 00:35:02.980
 Thank you.

00:35:02.980 --> 00:35:03.079
 Thank you.

00:35:04.079 --> 00:35:04.800
 If you have any

00:35:04.800 --> 00:35:05.380
 questions about

00:35:05.380 --> 00:35:05.940
 anything that's

00:35:05.940 --> 00:35:06.440
 being said

00:35:06.440 --> 00:35:06.920
 this morning

00:35:06.920 --> 00:35:07.440
 then please

00:35:07.440 --> 00:35:08.059
 feel free to

00:35:08.059 --> 00:35:08.660
 speak to either

00:35:08.660 --> 00:35:10.760
 myself or the

00:35:10.760 --> 00:35:10.960
 John

00:35:10.960 --> 00:35:12.059
 after the service.

00:35:13.760 --> 00:35:14.680
 When I'm going to

00:35:14.680 --> 00:35:15.320
 move into

00:35:15.320 --> 00:35:16.220
 short...