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 because of their slave drivers, and I am concerned about their suffering.

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 So I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians

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 and to bring them up out of that land into a good and spacious land,

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 a land flowing with milk and honey,

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 the home of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites and Jebusites.

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 And now the cry of the Israelites has reached me,

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 and I have seen the way the Egyptians are oppressing them.

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 So now go.

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 I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring my people, the Israelites, out of Egypt.

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 But Moses said to God,

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 Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?

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 And God said,

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 I will be with you,

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 and this will be a sign to you that it is I who have sent you.

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 When you have brought the people out of Egypt,

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 you will worship God on this mountain.

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 Moses said to God,

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 Suppose I go to the Israelites and they say to them,

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 The God of your fathers has sent me to you,

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 and they ask me,

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 What is his name?

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 Then what shall I tell them?

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 God said to Moses,

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 I am who I am.

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 This is what you are to say to the Israelites.

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 I am has sent me to you.

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 God also said to Moses,

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 Say to the Israelites,

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 The Lord,

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 the God of your fathers,

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 the God of Abraham,

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 and the God of Isaac,

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 and the God of Jacob

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 has sent me to you.

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 This is my name forever.

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 The name by which I am to be remembered from generation to generation.

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 Go,

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 assemble the elders of Israel,

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 and say to them,

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 The Lord,

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 the God of your fathers,

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 the God of Abraham,

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 and Isaac,

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 and Jacob

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 appeared to me and said,

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 I have watched over you,

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 and have seen what has been done to you in Egypt.

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 And I have promised to bring you up out of your misery in Egypt,

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 into the land of the Canaanites,

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 the Hivites,

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 the Amorites,

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 the Perizzites,

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 the Hivites,

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 and Jebusites,

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 a land flowing with milk and honey.

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 The elders of Israel will listen to you.

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 Then you and the elders are to go to the king of Egypt and say to him,

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 The Lord,

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 the God of the Hebrews,

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 has sent,

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 has met with us.

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 Let us take a three-day journey into the desert

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 to offer sacrifices to the Lord our God.

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 But I know that the king of Egypt will not let you go

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 unless a mighty hand compels him.

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 So I will stretch out my hand

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 and strike the Egyptians with all the wonders that I will perform among them.

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 After that,

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 he will let you go.

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 And I will make the Egyptians favorably disposed towards his people,

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 so that when you leave,

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 you will not go empty-handed.

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 Every woman is to ask her neighbor

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 and any woman living in her house

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 for articles of silver and gold and for clothing,

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 which you will put on your sons and daughters,

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 and so you will plunder the Egyptians.

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 Jonathan.

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 Jonathan.

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 Thank you.

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 Let's just bow ahead and pray just as we come to God's word.

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 Father,

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 we do thank you for your word,

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 for that living and active word.

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 I pray indeed as we hear the words from Scripture

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 that indeed our hearts will be changed,

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 that our desire will be to know you more,

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 to live out our lives in service to you.

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 Help us, Lord,

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 to concentrate,

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 to focus on you,

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 and to be enthralled once again

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 at how mighty,

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 and what a great God you are.

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 Amen.

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 I'd like to ask you a question.

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 Do you like rescue stories?

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 You do?

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 You might remember a number of years ago,

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 there was these miners in Chile

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 got caught in a mine deep underground.

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 Do you remember that?

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 There was 33 men

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 were stuck over 2,000 feet down,

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 and for a few days,

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 nobody even knew they were alive.

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 Once they knew they were alive,

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 people made huge efforts to save them.

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 In fact,

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 for nearly 70 days,

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 they made efforts.

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 They were sending down food and water,

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 coming up with ways to save them.

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 By the 69th day,

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 when the first miners were coming up from the ground,

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 one billion people, it was estimated,

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 were watching it live.

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 So if you can imagine that,

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 all these people all around the world,

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 with all that was going on in their lives,

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 were tuning in to see 33 people

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 in a small part of Chile

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 being raised to the ground.

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 Why were people so interested in that?

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 Why was it the focus of so many conversations,

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 the focus of so many news reports?

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 Is it because we like to see people rescued?

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 We don't want people to suffer.

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 After all,

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 these were real men

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 who were down underground

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 in a desperate situation,

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 couldn't save themselves.

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 Maybe that's why we were so interested in them.

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 Our movies.

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 We do like rescue movies as well,

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 don't we?

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 Movies like Spartacus

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 or Braveheart.

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 And often in these movies,

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 there's a hero.

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 And we like heroes,

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 don't we?

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 We want to know what the hero is like.

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 If we think of Braveheart,

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 you think of William Wallace.

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 He was raised up

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 to try to save,

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 to rescue his people,

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 the Scottish people,

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 from being under the British.

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 And he said to them,

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 Scotland needs to be free.

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 And people were excited about that.

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 But William Wallace,

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 who was he?

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 After all,

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 is he going to be able to help them?

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 Because if it's going to be a rescue,

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 and there's going to be a hero

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 to do the rescue,

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 we actually want to know

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 what they're like,

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 don't we?

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 Because a hero needs to be able

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 to complete what he's doing.

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 There's no point in giving

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 false hope to somebody

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 if he's not going to be able

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 to do it.

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 In our reading this morning,

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 it's from Exodus chapter 3,

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 and we're going to see

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 a great rescue.

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 Now,

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 if we're familiar with Exodus,

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 different things will come

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 to our minds.

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 For example,

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 we might think of

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 the Ten Commandments,

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 or we might think of

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 the plagues in Egypt,

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 or we might think of

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 Moses in a basket,

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 going back to perhaps

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 if you've heard the stories

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 or seen pictures

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 in Sunday school

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 or something of the

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 Moses in a basket,

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 and being saved.

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 Well,

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 if you have your Bibles open,

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 turn back to chapter 1 of Exodus.

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 Our passage is right

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 at the start of Exodus,

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 and we see the context

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 for our passage.

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 chapter 1,

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 it speaks of the sons of Israel

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 who went from their land of Canaan

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 down into Egypt.

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 And when they arrived,

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 they started to have children

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 and more children and children

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 until the generations passed.

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 And for a long time,

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 everything went well.

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 Look at verse 7 of chapter 1.

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 But the Israelites were fruitful

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 and multiplied greatly

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 and became exceedingly numerous.

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 They were prospering.

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 But in their prospering,

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 they came to notice

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 of the king.

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 Look at verse 9.

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 Look, the king said,

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 the Israelites have become

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 too numerous for us.

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 Come,

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 we must deal with them shrewdly

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 or they will become

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 even more numerous.

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 And here was the main worry he had.

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 And if war breaks out,

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 they will join our enemies,

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 fight against us,

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 and leave the country.

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 So he came up with a solution.

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 I'll make them slaves.

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 And that's exactly what he did.

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 Look down in verse 11.

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 He put slave masters over them.

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 Verse 12.

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 He oppressed them

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 and he treated them ruthlessly.

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 In verse 14,

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 it tells us that their lives were bitter

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 and they had hard labor.

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 They weren't very happy about this,

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 were they?

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 How could this actually happen?

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 Because back in Genesis,

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 we're told when Israel

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 and all his sons

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 came down into Egypt,

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 the king actually welcomed them.

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 This was good.

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 This was a good thing to happen.

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 Yet, all these years later,

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 they were being treated as slaves.

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 And if that wasn't bad enough,

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 look at verse 22.

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 Because the slavery wasn't working

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 and the Israelites were still

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 growing in number,

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 Pharaoh had another idea.

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 And this time he said,

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 let's kill every boy

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 that is born

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 and throw them into the Nile.

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 This was going to be a solution

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 to the growing number

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 of the Israelites.

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 Now, if this happened nowadays,

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 there'd be an international outcry.

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 We'd hear about it on the UN.

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 It'd be all over social media.

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 There might even be military intervention

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 from a neighboring country.

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 But for the Israelites,

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 they were stuck.

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 They were in their slavery.

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 There was nothing they could do

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 except groan out and cry.

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 Look at verse 23 of chapter 2.

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 It says,

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 the Israelites groaned in their slavery

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 and cried out

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 because they were powerless.

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 There was absolutely no one

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 was going to help them.

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 All they could do was cry and groan.

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 Now, just pause for a moment.

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 You've got these people in Egypt.

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 They were slaves.

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 They were no power, no freedom.

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 They were fearing for their children.

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 They basically had no life.

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 They were in a desperate situation.

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 We see something like that

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 even in modern days

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 when we see the migrants

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 trying to flee North Africa,

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 trying to get to Europe.

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 They were desperate.

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 They couldn't do anything themselves.

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 They were hopping on boats to go across.

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 In one interview,

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 one man was interviewed

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 and he said,

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 I didn't know

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 whether I was going to live or die.

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 And I wondered

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 how the Israelites felt.

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 After all,

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 they didn't know

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 whether they were going to live or die.

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 I mean,

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 did no one care

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 about their circumstances?

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 Now,

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 bear in mind,

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 these are the children of Israel.

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 I wonder,

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 did it come to their mind,

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 where was God in all this?

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 Here they were,

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 slaves,

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 powerless,

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 they couldn't do anything.

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 Is it right to ask,

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 where is God?

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 Why isn't God doing anything about this?

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 After all,

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 was a promise not made

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 to their forefather Abraham?

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 Do you remember back in Genesis,

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 in Genesis chapter 12 and 17,

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 God made promises to Abraham.

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 He said,

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 I will bless you.

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 You will be the father of many nations.

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 I will be your God

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 and you will be my people.

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 And not only that,

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 but I'm going to give you this great land,

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 a land flowing with milk and honey.

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 But what were they looking around at now?

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 They were looking at half-built cities

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 that they were supposed to be building

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 or fields that they're supposed to work in

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 that never seem to be finished.

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 How could that happen?

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 Had God forgotten them?

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 Had God broken his promise?

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 Maybe God wasn't able

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 to fulfill his promise.

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 After all,

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 he said,

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 I'll bring you into this land,

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 but they weren't there.

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 Or maybe God had chosen someone else.

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 Maybe he'd chosen another people group

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 in the world

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 and said,

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 I'll forget about these guys.

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 I wonder if that goes through

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 the minds of the Israelites.

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 And so often for us,

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 when we're going through

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 different circumstances,

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 we too might think these things.

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 Where is God?

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 We might say it out loud,

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 but do we often find ourselves

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 in a situation

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 where we're thinking,

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 life isn't great at the moment.

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 It had so much promise.

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 I had ideas.

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 I was going to do this,

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 this,

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 this,

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 this,

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 and it's working out badly.

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 And to actually ask ourselves,

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 where is God in all this?

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 Did God forget about us?

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 I cry out.

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 I don't need to hear anything.

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 Is God concerned?

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 Well,

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 the Israelites were about to find out.

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 Look in our passage in verse 7,

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 what God had to say

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 about their crying out.

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 Verse 7 of chapter 3,

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 the Lord said,

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 I have indeed seen the misery

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 of my people in Egypt.

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 I have heard them crying out

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 because of their slave drivers.

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 And I am concerned

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 about their suffering.

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 Think about the words

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 that were used.

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 The Lord says,

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 I have seen them.

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 So he's able to see

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 what was going on in Egypt.

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 But not only did he see it,

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 but he also heard it.

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 He knew exactly what was going on.

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 He could see the misery they were in,

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 the hopeless situation.

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 But at the end of the verse,

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 it also says,

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 I am concerned.

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 In some verses it says,

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 I knew God had full knowledge

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 of what was going on in Egypt.

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 But not only that,

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 he was willing to do something about it.

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 Look at verse 8.

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 So I have come down to rescue them

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 from the hand of the Egyptians.

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 Isn't that going to be wonderful news

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 for the Israelites?

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 They're now hearing that God

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 not only hears their cries for help,

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 not only does he see it,

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 but he's actually going to come down

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 and help them.

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 He was willing to associate with them,

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 to identify himself with them

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 by coming down.

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 Isn't that an amazing thought

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 that the God of all creation

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 was willing to come down

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 and rescue his people?

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 We sing a popular song,

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 My God is Mighty to Save,

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 and the Israelites were about to find out

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 the truth of that song.

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 Now, God could have saved

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 the Israelites by himself.

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 Couldn't he?

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 He literally could have just

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 opened up the gates of Israel,

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 let all the people pass through,

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 and go up to the land.

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 But he didn't.

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 He had a certain plan

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 of action.

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 Look at verse 1,

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 when we're introduced to Moses.

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 Now, Moses was going about

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 his normal, everyday business

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 as a shepherd.

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 And he sees a burning bush,

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 and this is probably a story

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 that's very familiar to us.

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 And being curious,

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 as any of us was,

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 he went over to it.

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 And God calls out to him.

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 He says in verse 4,

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 Moses, Moses.

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 And Moses replies,

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 Here I am.

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 And then God identifies himself.

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 He says in verse 6,

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 I am the God of your father,

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 the God of Abraham,

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 the God of Isaac,

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 and the God of Jacob.

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 At this, Moses hid his face

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 because he was afraid

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 to look at God.

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 God was identifying himself

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 to Moses.

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 He was saying,

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 I am the God of your father.

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 He was linking Moses

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 with his family back in Egypt.

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 But not only that,

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 he was also the God of Abraham,

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 Isaac, and Jacob,

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 linking back to the entire people

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 of Israel.

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 And God had something

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 very important to say to Moses.

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 Look down in verse 10.

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 So now go.

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 I am sending you to Pharaoh

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 to bring my people,

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 the Israelites,

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 out of Egypt.

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 Moses was about to become

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 the mediator

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 between God and man.

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 Now to say Moses

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 didn't jump at the idea

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 of being a mediator

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 would be an understatement.

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 Look at verse 11.

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 But God said,

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 but Moses said to God,

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 who am I

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 that I should go to Pharaoh

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 and bring the Israelites out?

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 Moses was immediately

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 looking at himself

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 and saying,

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 I'm not going to be able

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 to do this.

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 Now,

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 God doesn't say,

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 oh actually Moses,

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 you're the perfect man

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 to do this.

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 You're qualified.

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 You're going to be able.

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 Look at what God says to him

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 in verse 12.

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 He says,

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 I will be with you.

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 Because that's what

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 Moses needed

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 to go

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 and rescue the people.

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 The fact that God

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 was with him.

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 Now,

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 this actually wasn't

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 good enough for Moses.

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 And he had

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 another question.

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 Look down

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 in verse 13.

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 Moses said to God,

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 suppose I go

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 to the Israelites

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 and say to them,

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 the God of your fathers

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 has sent me to you

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 and they ask me,

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 what is his name?

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 And then what

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 shall I tell them?

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 For whatever reason,

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 Moses wanted to know

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 what God's name was

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 so that he could

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 have authority

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 in going to the Israelites.

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 And the next two verses

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 reveal something

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 about God

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 that was never

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 revealed before.

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 And we learn something

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 about the nature

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 and character of God.

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 Reading from verse 14.

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 God said to Moses,

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 I am who I am.

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 This is what you are

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 to say to the Israelites.

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 I am has sent me to you.

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 Verse 15.

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 God also said to Moses,

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 say to the Israelites,

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 the Lord,

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 the God of your fathers,

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 the God of Abraham,

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 the God of Isaac

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 and the God of Jacob

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 has sent me to you.

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 This is my name forever,

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 the name by which

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 I am to be remembered

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 from generation

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 to generation.

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 God was giving

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 a name to Moses

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 that hadn't been given before.

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 We know that

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 because later on

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 in chapter 6,

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 God says,

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 this is something

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 I've never told them before.

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 And what is God's name?

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 Well,

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 it's a little confusing

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 when we read it first.

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 Look at verse 14 again.

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 He says,

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 I am who I am.

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 I mean,

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 what does that mean?

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 At the end of verse 14,

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 he says,

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 I am has sent you.

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 And then in verse 15,

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 look at the word

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 in caps,

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 in capitals,

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 the Lord,

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 which he's calling himself

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 the God of your fathers.

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 What is God

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 actually saying here?

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 Is he using the word

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 I am

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 and the word Lord

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 interchangeably?

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 In other words,

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 he's saying,

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 I am the same as Lord.

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 Well,

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 first looking at the word Lord.

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 If you ever see

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 in your Bible

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 the word Lord

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 in capitals,

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 L-O-R-D,

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 the Hebrew word

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 has only four letters in it.

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 You might be familiar with it.

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 Y-H-W-H

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 and we pronounce that word

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 Yahweh.

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 So,

00:19:13.040 --> 00:19:13.980
 God was giving

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 a name to Moses

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 that he hadn't given before.

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 Lord,

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 or Yahweh.

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 It was his personal name

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 or if you'd like,

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 his covenant name.

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 But he's also calling himself

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 I am.

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 Well,

00:19:26.800 --> 00:19:27.480
 what's the connection?

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 Well,

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 the root word for both

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 is the verb

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 to be.

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 So,

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 what God was saying was

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 I am.

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 I simply exist.

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 Now,

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 pause for a moment

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 to think,

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 what does that mean?

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 If God says,

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 I am,

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 I just am.

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 It's a very strange thing to say,

00:19:48.100 --> 00:19:48.920
 but think about

00:19:48.920 --> 00:19:49.720
 what it actually means.

00:19:49.779 --> 00:19:50.259
 If something

00:19:50.259 --> 00:19:51.640
 is just is,

00:19:52.600 --> 00:19:53.500
 it's just there.

00:19:54.460 --> 00:19:55.880
 There's no beginning

00:19:55.880 --> 00:19:57.680
 and there's no end.

00:19:58.220 --> 00:19:58.400
 So,

00:19:58.440 --> 00:19:59.060
 what we could say

00:19:59.060 --> 00:20:00.340
 is that God

00:20:00.340 --> 00:20:01.279
 is revealing something

00:20:01.279 --> 00:20:02.000
 about himself

00:20:02.000 --> 00:20:03.799
 that we can understand

00:20:03.799 --> 00:20:04.180
 to be

00:20:04.180 --> 00:20:05.180
 to be

00:20:05.180 --> 00:20:06.099
 an exciting

00:20:06.099 --> 00:20:07.119
 illustration

00:20:07.119 --> 00:20:08.240
 of what God is like.

00:20:09.099 --> 00:20:09.900
 We might say

00:20:09.900 --> 00:20:10.880
 God exists.

00:20:11.220 --> 00:20:12.720
 That might seem obvious.

00:20:12.960 --> 00:20:13.940
 We know God exists.

00:20:14.299 --> 00:20:15.400
 What he's saying is

00:20:15.400 --> 00:20:17.880
 I never didn't exist.

00:20:20.039 --> 00:20:21.599
 So often we can live our lives

00:20:21.599 --> 00:20:23.420
 as if God doesn't exist.

00:20:23.859 --> 00:20:23.940
 Well,

00:20:23.980 --> 00:20:25.079
 how are the Israelites

00:20:25.079 --> 00:20:25.819
 going to hear that?

00:20:26.279 --> 00:20:26.880
 Here they are

00:20:26.880 --> 00:20:27.819
 in their slavery.

00:20:28.839 --> 00:20:29.440
 Nobody seems to be

00:20:29.440 --> 00:20:29.960
 listening to them

00:20:29.960 --> 00:20:30.640
 and all of a sudden

00:20:30.640 --> 00:20:31.700
 Moses is going to come

00:20:31.700 --> 00:20:32.299
 and say to them,

00:20:32.819 --> 00:20:33.400
 I am.

00:20:34.079 --> 00:20:34.579
 In other words,

00:20:34.799 --> 00:20:35.500
 I exist.

00:20:36.059 --> 00:20:36.620
 Isn't that going to be

00:20:36.620 --> 00:20:37.819
 exciting for them after all?

00:20:38.240 --> 00:20:38.759
 Here they are.

00:20:38.960 --> 00:20:39.680
 They had no hope

00:20:39.680 --> 00:20:40.259
 in their lives

00:20:40.259 --> 00:20:41.340
 and God

00:20:41.340 --> 00:20:42.700
 was going to tell them,

00:20:42.940 --> 00:20:43.000
 well,

00:20:43.039 --> 00:20:43.340
 actually,

00:20:43.500 --> 00:20:44.100
 I exist.

00:20:45.720 --> 00:20:46.039
 So,

00:20:46.440 --> 00:20:47.620
 if there was a time,

00:20:47.940 --> 00:20:48.420
 no time

00:20:48.420 --> 00:20:49.680
 that God didn't exist,

00:20:50.640 --> 00:20:50.920
 then

00:20:50.920 --> 00:20:52.620
 God is more

00:20:52.620 --> 00:20:53.600
 powerful

00:20:53.600 --> 00:20:54.559
 than anything

00:20:54.559 --> 00:20:55.640
 or anywhere else

00:20:55.640 --> 00:20:56.360
 because

00:20:56.360 --> 00:20:57.900
 if God

00:20:57.900 --> 00:20:58.819
 always existed,

00:20:58.819 --> 00:21:00.079
 then nobody

00:21:00.079 --> 00:21:00.759
 created him.

00:21:01.619 --> 00:21:02.980
 There was no power

00:21:02.980 --> 00:21:03.700
 or authority

00:21:03.700 --> 00:21:05.000
 that was bigger than him.

00:21:05.559 --> 00:21:06.079
 In fact,

00:21:06.619 --> 00:21:08.079
 God wasn't influenced

00:21:08.079 --> 00:21:09.559
 or reliant

00:21:09.559 --> 00:21:10.559
 on anyone.

00:21:11.559 --> 00:21:12.119
 He was

00:21:12.119 --> 00:21:13.079
 totally

00:21:13.079 --> 00:21:13.819
 sovereign.

00:21:14.779 --> 00:21:15.879
 So when the Israelites

00:21:15.879 --> 00:21:16.559
 are hearing

00:21:16.559 --> 00:21:17.619
 that God

00:21:17.619 --> 00:21:18.119
 is coming

00:21:18.119 --> 00:21:18.839
 to save them,

00:21:19.279 --> 00:21:20.059
 they can be assured

00:21:20.059 --> 00:21:20.480
 of this,

00:21:21.220 --> 00:21:21.740
 that there was

00:21:21.740 --> 00:21:23.039
 no one

00:21:23.039 --> 00:21:23.899
 greater than him.

00:21:24.279 --> 00:21:25.039
 There was no one

00:21:25.039 --> 00:21:26.579
 God was reliant on.

00:21:26.579 --> 00:21:28.079
 there was no one

00:21:28.079 --> 00:21:29.099
 that was going

00:21:29.099 --> 00:21:29.759
 to tell God

00:21:29.759 --> 00:21:30.339
 what to do.

00:21:31.639 --> 00:21:32.299
 In fact,

00:21:32.759 --> 00:21:33.899
 if God

00:21:33.899 --> 00:21:34.779
 always existed

00:21:34.779 --> 00:21:36.179
 and he just

00:21:36.179 --> 00:21:36.679
 is,

00:21:37.039 --> 00:21:37.619
 he also

00:21:37.619 --> 00:21:38.419
 doesn't

00:21:38.419 --> 00:21:39.179
 change.

00:21:40.339 --> 00:21:41.099
 So when

00:21:41.099 --> 00:21:41.720
 God

00:21:41.720 --> 00:21:42.819
 was going

00:21:42.819 --> 00:21:43.639
 to tell the Israelites

00:21:43.639 --> 00:21:44.559
 that I am

00:21:44.559 --> 00:21:45.299
 has sent you,

00:21:46.019 --> 00:21:46.720
 what he was saying

00:21:46.720 --> 00:21:47.379
 was also,

00:21:47.779 --> 00:21:48.259
 I'm not going

00:21:48.259 --> 00:21:48.799
 to change.

00:21:49.399 --> 00:21:50.019
 I am a God

00:21:50.019 --> 00:21:50.419
 of love.

00:21:51.259 --> 00:21:51.899
 I will always

00:21:51.899 --> 00:21:52.279
 be a God

00:21:52.279 --> 00:21:52.639
 of love.

00:21:53.019 --> 00:21:53.759
 I am a faithful

00:21:53.759 --> 00:21:54.139
 God.

00:21:54.439 --> 00:21:55.379
 I will always

00:21:55.380 --> 00:21:56.000
 be a faithful

00:21:56.000 --> 00:21:56.280
 God.

00:21:57.200 --> 00:21:57.700
 When I made

00:21:57.700 --> 00:21:58.320
 you a promise,

00:21:58.520 --> 00:21:58.860
 when I made

00:21:58.860 --> 00:21:59.440
 a promise

00:21:59.440 --> 00:22:00.180
 to Abraham,

00:22:00.440 --> 00:22:00.840
 I'm going

00:22:00.840 --> 00:22:02.060
 to keep

00:22:02.060 --> 00:22:03.180
 that promise.

00:22:04.140 --> 00:22:04.560
 So,

00:22:04.780 --> 00:22:05.460
 what's

00:22:05.460 --> 00:22:06.320
 in a name?

00:22:07.500 --> 00:22:07.840
 Well,

00:22:08.120 --> 00:22:08.700
 tied up in

00:22:08.700 --> 00:22:09.300
 God's name,

00:22:09.740 --> 00:22:10.240
 the Lord,

00:22:10.600 --> 00:22:11.000
 is that

00:22:11.000 --> 00:22:11.600
 he's an

00:22:11.600 --> 00:22:12.660
 active God.

00:22:12.980 --> 00:22:13.320
 He's an

00:22:13.320 --> 00:22:14.820
 ever-present

00:22:14.820 --> 00:22:15.220
 God.

00:22:15.500 --> 00:22:15.860
 He's not

00:22:15.860 --> 00:22:16.160
 going to

00:22:16.160 --> 00:22:16.700
 change.

00:22:17.960 --> 00:22:18.260
 We're not

00:22:18.260 --> 00:22:18.560
 going to be

00:22:18.560 --> 00:22:19.040
 surprised.

00:22:19.160 --> 00:22:19.400
 He's not

00:22:19.400 --> 00:22:19.700
 going to do

00:22:19.700 --> 00:22:20.120
 anything out

00:22:20.120 --> 00:22:20.680
 of character.

00:22:21.600 --> 00:22:21.820
 And no

00:22:21.820 --> 00:22:22.760
 matter what

00:22:22.760 --> 00:22:23.400
 place or

00:22:23.400 --> 00:22:24.040
 what time

00:22:24.040 --> 00:22:24.540
 or what

00:22:24.540 --> 00:22:25.180
 circumstances,

00:22:25.380 --> 00:22:26.000
 any of

00:22:26.000 --> 00:22:26.240
 us are

00:22:26.240 --> 00:22:26.400
 in,

00:22:27.200 --> 00:22:27.860
 God is

00:22:27.860 --> 00:22:28.460
 always

00:22:28.460 --> 00:22:28.980
 going to

00:22:28.980 --> 00:22:30.000
 be there.

00:22:31.520 --> 00:22:31.960
 So,

00:22:32.020 --> 00:22:32.260
 we ask

00:22:32.260 --> 00:22:32.580
 ourselves,

00:22:33.300 --> 00:22:34.280
 is God

00:22:34.280 --> 00:22:34.540
 going to

00:22:34.540 --> 00:22:35.020
 be able

00:22:35.020 --> 00:22:35.500
 to save

00:22:35.500 --> 00:22:35.860
 the rest

00:22:35.860 --> 00:22:36.680
 of the

00:22:36.680 --> 00:22:37.040
 people of

00:22:37.040 --> 00:22:37.280
 Israel?

00:22:39.040 --> 00:22:39.620
 After all,

00:22:39.640 --> 00:22:40.120
 we always

00:22:40.120 --> 00:22:40.420
 want to

00:22:40.420 --> 00:22:40.640
 know,

00:22:40.880 --> 00:22:41.220
 if someone's

00:22:41.220 --> 00:22:41.440
 going to

00:22:41.440 --> 00:22:41.960
 save us,

00:22:42.120 --> 00:22:42.500
 are they

00:22:42.500 --> 00:22:42.800
 going to

00:22:42.800 --> 00:22:43.140
 be able?

00:22:43.640 --> 00:22:43.840
 Well,

00:22:43.880 --> 00:22:44.280
 God was

00:22:44.280 --> 00:22:44.720
 just about

00:22:44.720 --> 00:22:45.040
 to tell

00:22:45.040 --> 00:22:45.540
 the Israelites,

00:22:46.040 --> 00:22:46.420
 there was

00:22:46.420 --> 00:22:46.720
 no one

00:22:46.720 --> 00:22:47.180
 else able.

00:22:47.640 --> 00:22:48.280
 I am

00:22:48.280 --> 00:22:48.620
 able.

00:22:48.920 --> 00:22:49.600
 I am

00:22:49.600 --> 00:22:49.920
 mighty

00:22:49.920 --> 00:22:50.760
 to save.

00:22:51.940 --> 00:22:52.240
 So,

00:22:53.240 --> 00:22:54.000
 if he's

00:22:54.000 --> 00:22:54.440
 established

00:22:54.440 --> 00:22:55.380
 that God

00:22:55.380 --> 00:22:55.620
 is going

00:22:55.620 --> 00:22:55.860
 to be

00:22:55.860 --> 00:22:56.320
 able to

00:22:56.320 --> 00:22:57.140
 save the

00:22:57.140 --> 00:22:57.519
 Israelites,

00:22:57.920 --> 00:22:58.620
 how did

00:22:58.620 --> 00:22:59.240
 the rescue

00:22:59.240 --> 00:23:00.120
 work itself

00:23:00.120 --> 00:23:00.360
 out?

00:23:01.100 --> 00:23:01.960
 Look over

00:23:01.960 --> 00:23:02.580
 at verse

00:23:02.580 --> 00:23:03.500
 16.

00:23:04.840 --> 00:23:05.700
 God was

00:23:05.700 --> 00:23:06.180
 going to

00:23:06.180 --> 00:23:06.880
 reveal his

00:23:06.880 --> 00:23:07.539
 rescue plan

00:23:07.539 --> 00:23:08.340
 to Moses,

00:23:08.600 --> 00:23:09.320
 and in a

00:23:09.320 --> 00:23:09.559
 sense,

00:23:09.640 --> 00:23:09.840
 it was

00:23:09.840 --> 00:23:10.720
 actually quite

00:23:10.720 --> 00:23:11.240
 simple.

00:23:11.759 --> 00:23:12.120
 He'd already

00:23:12.120 --> 00:23:13.360
 told Moses

00:23:13.360 --> 00:23:13.860
 to go,

00:23:14.299 --> 00:23:14.840
 and in

00:23:14.840 --> 00:23:15.539
 verse 16,

00:23:15.820 --> 00:23:16.140
 he now

00:23:16.140 --> 00:23:16.600
 tells him

00:23:16.600 --> 00:23:17.340
 to go

00:23:17.340 --> 00:23:17.660
 again.

00:23:17.820 --> 00:23:18.279
 But this

00:23:18.279 --> 00:23:18.600
 time,

00:23:18.900 --> 00:23:19.100
 he was

00:23:19.100 --> 00:23:19.440
 going to

00:23:19.440 --> 00:23:19.960
 go to

00:23:19.960 --> 00:23:20.779
 the elders

00:23:20.779 --> 00:23:21.399
 of the

00:23:21.399 --> 00:23:21.720
 Israelites,

00:23:22.299 --> 00:23:22.700
 those who

00:23:22.700 --> 00:23:23.200
 were leading

00:23:23.200 --> 00:23:23.559
 Israel,

00:23:23.740 --> 00:23:24.000
 and he

00:23:24.000 --> 00:23:24.359
 was going

00:23:24.359 --> 00:23:24.899
 to tell

00:23:24.899 --> 00:23:25.539
 them the

00:23:25.539 --> 00:23:26.160
 good news

00:23:26.160 --> 00:23:26.920
 that God

00:23:26.920 --> 00:23:27.839
 himself was

00:23:27.839 --> 00:23:28.200
 going to

00:23:28.200 --> 00:23:28.559
 do the

00:23:28.559 --> 00:23:28.920
 rescue.

00:23:29.559 --> 00:23:30.160
 Verse 16,

00:23:30.639 --> 00:23:31.359
 go assemble

00:23:31.359 --> 00:23:32.039
 the elders

00:23:32.039 --> 00:23:32.559
 of Israel

00:23:32.559 --> 00:23:33.319
 and say

00:23:33.319 --> 00:23:33.700
 to them,

00:23:34.740 --> 00:23:35.240
 the Lord,

00:23:35.359 --> 00:23:35.720
 the God

00:23:35.720 --> 00:23:35.960
 of your

00:23:35.960 --> 00:23:36.339
 fathers,

00:23:36.420 --> 00:23:36.839
 appeared to

00:23:36.839 --> 00:23:37.079
 me and

00:23:37.079 --> 00:23:37.319
 said,

00:23:37.639 --> 00:23:38.039
 I have

00:23:38.039 --> 00:23:38.339
 watched

00:23:38.339 --> 00:23:38.920
 over you

00:23:38.920 --> 00:23:39.240
 and have

00:23:39.240 --> 00:23:39.759
 seen what

00:23:39.759 --> 00:23:40.000
 has been

00:23:40.000 --> 00:23:40.899
 done in

00:23:40.899 --> 00:23:41.299
 Egypt.

00:23:42.019 --> 00:23:42.420
 No doubt

00:23:42.420 --> 00:23:42.700
 they're going

00:23:42.700 --> 00:23:43.240
 to be very

00:23:43.240 --> 00:23:43.879
 excited at

00:23:43.879 --> 00:23:44.119
 that,

00:23:44.960 --> 00:23:45.339
 and even

00:23:45.339 --> 00:23:45.899
 more excited

00:23:45.899 --> 00:23:46.299
 from verse

00:23:46.299 --> 00:23:46.819
 17,

00:23:47.039 --> 00:23:47.500
 and I have

00:23:47.500 --> 00:23:48.220
 promised to

00:23:48.220 --> 00:23:48.720
 bring you up

00:23:48.720 --> 00:23:49.079
 out of the

00:23:49.079 --> 00:23:49.839
 land of your

00:23:49.839 --> 00:23:50.699
 misery into

00:23:50.699 --> 00:23:51.459
 the land of

00:23:51.459 --> 00:23:52.199
 the Canaanites

00:23:52.199 --> 00:23:52.720
 and all

00:23:52.720 --> 00:23:53.039
 these other

00:23:53.039 --> 00:23:53.659
 people groups,

00:23:54.579 --> 00:23:55.220
 a land

00:23:55.220 --> 00:23:56.159
 flowing with

00:23:56.159 --> 00:23:56.740
 milk and

00:23:56.740 --> 00:23:57.000
 honey.

00:23:58.079 --> 00:23:58.939
 So Moses

00:23:58.939 --> 00:23:59.599
 was going to

00:23:59.599 --> 00:24:00.559
 go to the

00:24:00.559 --> 00:24:00.919
 elders,

00:24:01.439 --> 00:24:01.899
 tell them the

00:24:01.899 --> 00:24:02.259
 good news

00:24:02.259 --> 00:24:02.699
 is coming,

00:24:03.199 --> 00:24:03.959
 and then,

00:24:04.299 --> 00:24:05.199
 in verse 18,

00:24:05.980 --> 00:24:06.619
 they were all

00:24:06.619 --> 00:24:07.279
 going to go to

00:24:07.279 --> 00:24:07.759
 Pharaoh and

00:24:07.759 --> 00:24:08.059
 say,

00:24:08.379 --> 00:24:08.799
 we're going to

00:24:08.799 --> 00:24:09.500
 take a journey

00:24:09.500 --> 00:24:10.299
 out into the

00:24:10.299 --> 00:24:10.599
 desert.

00:24:11.559 --> 00:24:12.399
 But God in

00:24:12.399 --> 00:24:13.000
 his providence

00:24:13.000 --> 00:24:14.099
 tells Moses

00:24:14.099 --> 00:24:14.539
 something.

00:24:15.539 --> 00:24:16.099
 He tells in

00:24:16.099 --> 00:24:16.779
 verse 19

00:24:16.779 --> 00:24:17.899
 that Pharaoh

00:24:17.899 --> 00:24:18.839
 isn't going to

00:24:18.839 --> 00:24:19.480
 like the idea

00:24:19.480 --> 00:24:20.140
 in fact,

00:24:20.279 --> 00:24:20.599
 he's going

00:24:20.599 --> 00:24:21.640
 to say no.

00:24:22.279 --> 00:24:22.500
 Now,

00:24:22.620 --> 00:24:23.019
 that's actually

00:24:23.019 --> 00:24:23.440
 not very

00:24:23.440 --> 00:24:23.759
 helpful,

00:24:23.900 --> 00:24:24.120
 really,

00:24:24.400 --> 00:24:24.799
 if you're

00:24:24.799 --> 00:24:25.140
 about to

00:24:25.140 --> 00:24:25.519
 be told

00:24:25.519 --> 00:24:26.259
 God's going

00:24:26.259 --> 00:24:26.599
 to rescue

00:24:26.599 --> 00:24:27.480
 and then

00:24:27.480 --> 00:24:27.660
 say,

00:24:27.759 --> 00:24:27.860
 well,

00:24:27.960 --> 00:24:28.240
 actually,

00:24:28.319 --> 00:24:28.620
 Pharaoh's

00:24:28.620 --> 00:24:28.940
 not going

00:24:28.940 --> 00:24:29.180
 to go

00:24:29.180 --> 00:24:29.460
 along with

00:24:29.460 --> 00:24:29.779
 the plan.

00:24:31.400 --> 00:24:32.079
 But God

00:24:32.079 --> 00:24:32.339
 was going

00:24:32.339 --> 00:24:32.640
 to do

00:24:32.640 --> 00:24:32.940
 something

00:24:32.940 --> 00:24:33.460
 amazing

00:24:33.460 --> 00:24:34.299
 in Egypt.

00:24:34.980 --> 00:24:35.220
 In

00:24:35.220 --> 00:24:36.099
 verse 20,

00:24:36.620 --> 00:24:37.120
 we see

00:24:37.120 --> 00:24:37.900
 that God

00:24:37.900 --> 00:24:38.779
 was going

00:24:38.779 --> 00:24:39.220
 to bring

00:24:39.220 --> 00:24:39.900
 judgment

00:24:39.900 --> 00:24:40.779
 on Egypt.

00:24:41.099 --> 00:24:41.420
 You see,

00:24:42.220 --> 00:24:42.740
 the Egyptians

00:24:42.740 --> 00:24:44.079
 hadn't treated

00:24:44.079 --> 00:24:45.099
 God's people

00:24:45.099 --> 00:24:45.420
 well,

00:24:45.940 --> 00:24:46.339
 and there was

00:24:46.339 --> 00:24:46.779
 going to have

00:24:46.779 --> 00:24:47.579
 to be a

00:24:47.579 --> 00:24:48.740
 price to pay

00:24:48.740 --> 00:24:49.160
 for that.

00:24:49.480 --> 00:24:50.640
 And God

00:24:50.640 --> 00:24:51.240
 was going

00:24:51.240 --> 00:24:51.680
 to bring

00:24:51.680 --> 00:24:52.099
 judgment,

00:24:52.579 --> 00:24:52.880
 and they

00:24:52.880 --> 00:24:53.180
 were going

00:24:53.180 --> 00:24:53.599
 to pay

00:24:53.599 --> 00:24:53.920
 for what

00:24:53.920 --> 00:24:54.099
 they've

00:24:54.099 --> 00:24:54.339
 done.

00:24:58.140 --> 00:24:58.839
 Look down

00:24:58.839 --> 00:24:59.920
 in the end

00:24:59.920 --> 00:25:00.559
 of verse 20.

00:25:01.099 --> 00:25:01.940
 After that,

00:25:02.380 --> 00:25:03.140
 he will

00:25:03.140 --> 00:25:03.579
 let you

00:25:03.579 --> 00:25:03.880
 go.

00:25:04.279 --> 00:25:04.680
 And surely

00:25:04.680 --> 00:25:05.400
 that's what

00:25:05.400 --> 00:25:05.940
 the Israelites

00:25:05.940 --> 00:25:06.700
 wanted to hear,

00:25:07.099 --> 00:25:07.480
 that they

00:25:07.480 --> 00:25:08.140
 can now

00:25:08.140 --> 00:25:08.579
 go.

00:25:09.440 --> 00:25:09.740
 But when

00:25:09.740 --> 00:25:10.019
 you're being

00:25:10.019 --> 00:25:10.420
 rescued,

00:25:10.940 --> 00:25:11.220
 you don't

00:25:11.220 --> 00:25:11.460
 want to be

00:25:11.460 --> 00:25:12.160
 just rescued

00:25:12.160 --> 00:25:12.839
 out of

00:25:12.839 --> 00:25:13.240
 your own

00:25:13.240 --> 00:25:13.740
 situation,

00:25:14.039 --> 00:25:14.319
 you want

00:25:14.319 --> 00:25:14.519
 to be

00:25:14.519 --> 00:25:14.920
 rescued

00:25:14.920 --> 00:25:15.640
 to

00:25:15.640 --> 00:25:16.100
 something.

00:25:16.779 --> 00:25:17.200
 Look at

00:25:17.200 --> 00:25:17.920
 verse 17

00:25:17.920 --> 00:25:18.300
 again.

00:25:19.440 --> 00:25:19.840
 The Israelites

00:25:19.840 --> 00:25:20.080
 are going

00:25:20.080 --> 00:25:20.320
 to hear

00:25:20.320 --> 00:25:20.860
 this great

00:25:20.860 --> 00:25:21.420
 news that

00:25:21.420 --> 00:25:21.820
 not only

00:25:21.820 --> 00:25:21.920
 are they

00:25:21.920 --> 00:25:22.060
 going to

00:25:22.060 --> 00:25:22.400
 be taken

00:25:22.400 --> 00:25:22.700
 out of

00:25:22.700 --> 00:25:23.060
 the misery

00:25:23.060 --> 00:25:23.620
 of Egypt,

00:25:23.940 --> 00:25:24.580
 but into

00:25:24.580 --> 00:25:25.160
 a land

00:25:25.160 --> 00:25:25.779
 that is

00:25:25.779 --> 00:25:26.259
 flowing

00:25:26.259 --> 00:25:27.080
 with milk

00:25:27.080 --> 00:25:27.519
 and honey.

00:25:29.660 --> 00:25:30.300
 And this

00:25:30.300 --> 00:25:30.880
 rescue of

00:25:30.880 --> 00:25:31.259
 the Israelites

00:25:31.259 --> 00:25:31.820
 is something

00:25:31.820 --> 00:25:32.440
 that was

00:25:32.440 --> 00:25:32.840
 going to be

00:25:32.840 --> 00:25:33.320
 remembered

00:25:33.320 --> 00:25:34.539
 for generations

00:25:34.539 --> 00:25:35.279
 to generation.

00:25:36.660 --> 00:25:37.300
 If you

00:25:37.300 --> 00:25:37.640
 think of

00:25:37.640 --> 00:25:38.400
 even the

00:25:38.400 --> 00:25:38.940
 passage that

00:25:38.940 --> 00:25:39.420
 Ralph was

00:25:39.420 --> 00:25:40.060
 reading earlier

00:25:40.060 --> 00:25:40.779
 in Exodus

00:25:40.779 --> 00:25:41.620
 chapter 15,

00:25:42.140 --> 00:25:42.340
 there were

00:25:42.340 --> 00:25:43.200
 songs written

00:25:43.200 --> 00:25:43.779
 about these

00:25:43.779 --> 00:25:44.340
 rescues.

00:25:44.779 --> 00:25:45.420
 We see

00:25:45.420 --> 00:25:45.700
 it in

00:25:45.700 --> 00:25:46.319
 the Psalms,

00:25:46.400 --> 00:25:46.759
 in Psalms

00:25:46.759 --> 00:25:47.400
 77,

00:25:47.559 --> 00:25:48.120
 78.

00:25:48.720 --> 00:25:49.340
 We know

00:25:49.340 --> 00:25:49.740
 it in

00:25:49.740 --> 00:25:50.700
 the Passover.

00:25:51.259 --> 00:25:51.519
 It's

00:25:51.519 --> 00:25:52.019
 remembered

00:25:52.019 --> 00:25:53.299
 that God

00:25:53.299 --> 00:25:53.960
 had rescued

00:25:53.960 --> 00:25:54.400
 his people.

00:25:54.779 --> 00:25:55.019
 But we

00:25:55.019 --> 00:25:55.440
 also see

00:25:55.440 --> 00:25:55.980
 it in

00:25:55.980 --> 00:25:56.279
 the New

00:25:56.279 --> 00:25:56.640
 Testament.

00:25:57.019 --> 00:25:57.180
 If you

00:25:57.180 --> 00:25:57.640
 ever read

00:25:57.640 --> 00:25:58.080
 Acts

00:25:58.080 --> 00:25:58.840
 chapter 7

00:25:58.840 --> 00:25:59.580
 about the

00:25:59.580 --> 00:25:59.880
 stoning

00:25:59.880 --> 00:26:00.480
 of Stephen,

00:26:01.080 --> 00:26:01.580
 Stephen

00:26:01.580 --> 00:26:02.880
 refers to

00:26:02.880 --> 00:26:03.920
 this rescue

00:26:03.920 --> 00:26:05.200
 from Egypt

00:26:05.200 --> 00:26:06.700
 by God.

00:26:07.779 --> 00:26:08.220
 We also

00:26:08.220 --> 00:26:08.680
 see it in

00:26:08.680 --> 00:26:08.960
 Hebrews

00:26:08.960 --> 00:26:09.559
 chapter 11,

00:26:09.660 --> 00:26:10.220
 that great

00:26:10.220 --> 00:26:11.460
 chapter of

00:26:11.460 --> 00:26:12.360
 faith.

00:26:13.200 --> 00:26:15.140
 the writer

00:26:15.140 --> 00:26:16.360
 speaks of

00:26:16.360 --> 00:26:17.160
 being saved

00:26:17.160 --> 00:26:17.620
 out of

00:26:17.620 --> 00:26:17.920
 that

00:26:17.920 --> 00:26:18.700
 exodus.

00:26:20.740 --> 00:26:21.319
 But this

00:26:21.319 --> 00:26:21.799
 rescue,

00:26:22.120 --> 00:26:22.519
 it's been

00:26:22.519 --> 00:26:23.080
 remembered for

00:26:23.080 --> 00:26:23.799
 generations to

00:26:23.799 --> 00:26:24.220
 generations.

00:26:25.160 --> 00:26:25.720
 But do we

00:26:25.720 --> 00:26:26.360
 see something

00:26:26.360 --> 00:26:27.860
 greater than

00:26:27.860 --> 00:26:28.160
 that?

00:26:29.160 --> 00:26:29.460
 You know,

00:26:29.519 --> 00:26:29.759
 if we're

00:26:29.759 --> 00:26:30.180
 watching a

00:26:30.180 --> 00:26:30.759
 movie and

00:26:30.759 --> 00:26:31.100
 we really

00:26:31.100 --> 00:26:31.580
 like it and

00:26:31.580 --> 00:26:31.819
 they bring

00:26:31.819 --> 00:26:32.140
 out a

00:26:32.140 --> 00:26:32.420
 sequel,

00:26:34.220 --> 00:26:37.140
 we often

00:26:37.140 --> 00:26:37.720
 want to go

00:26:37.720 --> 00:26:38.059
 and see the

00:26:38.059 --> 00:26:38.259
 sequel,

00:26:38.420 --> 00:26:38.700
 but it's

00:26:38.700 --> 00:26:39.460
 never as

00:26:39.460 --> 00:26:39.740
 good as

00:26:39.740 --> 00:26:40.140
 the original.

00:26:40.759 --> 00:26:41.059
 But in

00:26:41.059 --> 00:26:41.600
 this rescue

00:26:41.600 --> 00:26:41.960
 that we're

00:26:41.960 --> 00:26:42.519
 reading about

00:26:42.519 --> 00:26:43.700
 here, we

00:26:43.700 --> 00:26:44.160
 see that

00:26:44.160 --> 00:26:44.359
 there's

00:26:44.359 --> 00:26:45.160
 actually an

00:26:45.160 --> 00:26:46.240
 even greater

00:26:46.240 --> 00:26:46.980
 rescue.

00:26:47.519 --> 00:26:47.819
 Think of

00:26:47.819 --> 00:26:48.599
 the similarities

00:26:48.599 --> 00:26:49.819
 that we have

00:26:49.819 --> 00:26:50.879
 read in

00:26:50.879 --> 00:26:51.500
 our passage

00:26:51.500 --> 00:26:53.059
 just now.

00:26:53.519 --> 00:26:53.759
 You see,

00:26:54.400 --> 00:26:55.019
 a lot of

00:26:55.019 --> 00:26:55.319
 what we

00:26:55.319 --> 00:26:55.680
 read in

00:26:55.680 --> 00:26:56.039
 the Old

00:26:56.039 --> 00:26:56.460
 Testament

00:26:56.460 --> 00:26:57.819
 finds its

00:26:57.819 --> 00:26:58.599
 fulfillment in

00:26:58.599 --> 00:26:58.940
 the New.

00:26:59.599 --> 00:27:00.240
 There's so

00:27:00.240 --> 00:27:01.139
 many people

00:27:01.139 --> 00:27:01.859
 and events

00:27:01.859 --> 00:27:02.420
 that we read

00:27:02.420 --> 00:27:03.639
 about and

00:27:03.639 --> 00:27:04.500
 it's like a

00:27:04.500 --> 00:27:04.819
 shadow.

00:27:05.259 --> 00:27:05.759
 We see

00:27:05.759 --> 00:27:06.740
 something greater

00:27:06.740 --> 00:27:07.559
 in the New

00:27:07.559 --> 00:27:08.240
 Testament and

00:27:08.240 --> 00:27:08.799
 this rescue

00:27:08.799 --> 00:27:09.639
 is one of

00:27:09.640 --> 00:27:10.540
 those great

00:27:10.540 --> 00:27:11.020
 events.

00:27:12.440 --> 00:27:13.060
 Think of

00:27:13.060 --> 00:27:13.780
 the position

00:27:13.780 --> 00:27:14.780
 of the

00:27:14.780 --> 00:27:15.580
 Israelites.

00:27:16.140 --> 00:27:16.740
 They were

00:27:16.740 --> 00:27:17.680
 in slavery

00:27:17.680 --> 00:27:18.280
 and there

00:27:18.280 --> 00:27:19.100
 was nothing

00:27:19.100 --> 00:27:19.600
 they could

00:27:19.600 --> 00:27:19.940
 do about

00:27:19.940 --> 00:27:20.120
 it.

00:27:20.500 --> 00:27:20.660
 Now,

00:27:20.860 --> 00:27:21.940
 we don't

00:27:21.940 --> 00:27:22.740
 have slave

00:27:22.740 --> 00:27:23.400
 bastards over

00:27:23.400 --> 00:27:23.640
 us.

00:27:23.740 --> 00:27:24.000
 We're not

00:27:24.000 --> 00:27:24.780
 forced to

00:27:24.780 --> 00:27:25.360
 do things

00:27:25.360 --> 00:27:25.900
 we don't

00:27:25.900 --> 00:27:26.240
 want to

00:27:26.240 --> 00:27:26.480
 do.

00:27:26.980 --> 00:27:27.340
 Not all

00:27:27.340 --> 00:27:27.620
 the time

00:27:27.620 --> 00:27:27.840
 anyway.

00:27:30.040 --> 00:27:30.740
 But are

00:27:30.740 --> 00:27:31.380
 we still

00:27:31.380 --> 00:27:32.160
 not in

00:27:32.160 --> 00:27:32.500
 slavery?

00:27:33.500 --> 00:27:34.140
 Think of

00:27:34.140 --> 00:27:34.620
 the words

00:27:34.620 --> 00:27:35.960
 of Jesus.

00:27:36.280 --> 00:27:36.720
 In chapter

00:27:36.720 --> 00:27:37.540
 8, verse

00:27:37.540 --> 00:27:38.280
 34, he

00:27:38.279 --> 00:27:39.720
 said, everyone

00:27:39.720 --> 00:27:41.059
 who sins

00:27:41.059 --> 00:27:42.420
 is a

00:27:42.420 --> 00:27:43.379
 slave to

00:27:43.379 --> 00:27:43.680
 sin.

00:27:44.660 --> 00:27:44.859
 That's

00:27:44.859 --> 00:27:45.639
 everyone.

00:27:45.920 --> 00:27:46.099
 Now, you

00:27:46.099 --> 00:27:46.399
 might say

00:27:46.399 --> 00:27:46.680
 to yourself,

00:27:46.799 --> 00:27:47.720
 well, that

00:27:47.720 --> 00:27:48.339
 doesn't include

00:27:48.339 --> 00:27:49.019
 me because

00:27:49.019 --> 00:27:49.899
 I don't

00:27:49.899 --> 00:27:50.160
 sin.

00:27:51.039 --> 00:27:51.519
 But Paul

00:27:51.519 --> 00:27:51.940
 wrote in

00:27:51.940 --> 00:27:52.339
 Romans

00:27:52.339 --> 00:27:53.339
 chapter 3,

00:27:53.399 --> 00:27:54.019
 verse 23,

00:27:54.759 --> 00:27:55.879
 all have

00:27:55.879 --> 00:27:56.420
 sinned and

00:27:56.420 --> 00:27:56.879
 fall short

00:27:56.879 --> 00:27:57.079
 of the

00:27:57.079 --> 00:27:57.460
 glory of

00:27:57.460 --> 00:27:57.680
 God.

00:27:58.440 --> 00:27:58.879
 So, in

00:27:58.879 --> 00:28:00.119
 effect, all

00:28:00.119 --> 00:28:01.059
 of us were

00:28:01.059 --> 00:28:02.680
 once slaves

00:28:02.680 --> 00:28:03.500
 to sin.

00:28:03.960 --> 00:28:04.579
 Just like

00:28:04.579 --> 00:28:05.059
 the Israelites,

00:28:06.259 --> 00:28:06.899
 we were

00:28:06.899 --> 00:28:07.359
 slaves.

00:28:07.359 --> 00:28:08.599
 and like

00:28:08.599 --> 00:28:08.979
 the Israelites,

00:28:09.339 --> 00:28:09.719
 there is

00:28:09.719 --> 00:28:10.939
 nothing we

00:28:10.939 --> 00:28:11.240
 can do

00:28:11.240 --> 00:28:11.519
 in it.

00:28:11.959 --> 00:28:12.299
 We're

00:28:12.299 --> 00:28:12.819
 powerless

00:28:12.819 --> 00:28:13.519
 in ourselves

00:28:13.519 --> 00:28:14.479
 to save

00:28:14.479 --> 00:28:14.899
 ourselves.

00:28:17.839 --> 00:28:18.779
 Think also

00:28:18.779 --> 00:28:19.079
 of the

00:28:19.079 --> 00:28:19.559
 mediator.

00:28:20.419 --> 00:28:20.919
 God

00:28:20.919 --> 00:28:21.740
 chose

00:28:21.740 --> 00:28:22.740
 Moses to

00:28:22.740 --> 00:28:23.000
 be a

00:28:23.000 --> 00:28:23.379
 mediator.

00:28:23.979 --> 00:28:24.599
 Somebody to

00:28:24.599 --> 00:28:25.159
 come between

00:28:25.159 --> 00:28:26.419
 God and

00:28:26.419 --> 00:28:26.959
 the people.

00:28:28.759 --> 00:28:29.279
 But is

00:28:29.279 --> 00:28:29.679
 there not

00:28:29.679 --> 00:28:30.559
 a greater

00:28:30.559 --> 00:28:31.339
 mediator that

00:28:31.339 --> 00:28:31.579
 came?

00:28:32.139 --> 00:28:32.559
 In 1

00:28:32.559 --> 00:28:32.859
 Timothy

00:28:32.859 --> 00:28:33.519
 chapter 2,

00:28:34.039 --> 00:28:34.519
 Jesus is

00:28:34.519 --> 00:28:35.500
 referred to

00:28:35.500 --> 00:28:36.199
 as a

00:28:36.199 --> 00:28:36.579
 mediator.

00:28:36.579 --> 00:28:37.019
 it says

00:28:37.019 --> 00:28:37.919
 there is

00:28:37.919 --> 00:28:38.659
 one

00:28:38.659 --> 00:28:39.539
 mediator

00:28:39.539 --> 00:28:39.859
 between

00:28:39.859 --> 00:28:40.779
 God and

00:28:40.779 --> 00:28:41.039
 man,

00:28:41.220 --> 00:28:41.659
 the man

00:28:41.659 --> 00:28:42.299
 Christ

00:28:42.299 --> 00:28:42.899
 Jesus.

00:28:43.879 --> 00:28:44.519
 Moses,

00:28:44.720 --> 00:28:45.159
 he was

00:28:45.159 --> 00:28:46.339
 faithful as

00:28:46.339 --> 00:28:46.839
 a servant

00:28:46.839 --> 00:28:48.079
 in bringing

00:28:48.079 --> 00:28:48.460
 the people

00:28:48.460 --> 00:28:48.859
 out of

00:28:48.859 --> 00:28:49.279
 Israel.

00:28:50.079 --> 00:28:50.859
 But Jesus,

00:28:51.039 --> 00:28:51.539
 it speaks

00:28:51.539 --> 00:28:52.460
 in Hebrews,

00:28:52.960 --> 00:28:53.319
 he was

00:28:53.319 --> 00:28:54.139
 faithful as

00:28:54.139 --> 00:28:54.859
 a son

00:28:54.859 --> 00:28:56.679
 because Jesus

00:28:56.679 --> 00:28:57.500
 is greater

00:28:57.500 --> 00:28:58.339
 than

00:28:58.339 --> 00:28:59.439
 Moses and

00:28:59.439 --> 00:29:00.599
 we needed

00:29:00.599 --> 00:29:01.579
 a mediator

00:29:01.579 --> 00:29:02.079
 because there

00:29:02.079 --> 00:29:02.460
 was nothing

00:29:02.460 --> 00:29:02.779
 we could

00:29:02.779 --> 00:29:03.039
 do.

00:29:03.039 --> 00:29:05.180
 you might

00:29:05.180 --> 00:29:06.299
 recall we

00:29:06.299 --> 00:29:07.159
 spoke about

00:29:07.159 --> 00:29:07.980
 God coming

00:29:07.980 --> 00:29:08.879
 down to

00:29:08.879 --> 00:29:09.440
 rescue the

00:29:09.440 --> 00:29:09.759
 Israelites.

00:29:10.220 --> 00:29:10.559
 What an

00:29:10.559 --> 00:29:11.240
 amazing thought

00:29:11.240 --> 00:29:11.680
 that is.

00:29:12.139 --> 00:29:12.379
 In the

00:29:12.379 --> 00:29:12.859
 powerlessness

00:29:12.859 --> 00:29:13.759
 of the

00:29:13.759 --> 00:29:14.200
 Israelites,

00:29:14.839 --> 00:29:15.839
 God came

00:29:15.839 --> 00:29:16.159
 down.

00:29:17.099 --> 00:29:17.460
 Aren't there

00:29:17.460 --> 00:29:18.200
 wonderful verses

00:29:18.200 --> 00:29:19.279
 in the New

00:29:19.279 --> 00:29:19.799
 Testament that

00:29:19.799 --> 00:29:20.299
 speak of

00:29:20.299 --> 00:29:22.019
 Jesus coming

00:29:22.019 --> 00:29:22.599
 down to

00:29:22.599 --> 00:29:23.099
 rescue us

00:29:23.099 --> 00:29:23.440
 from our

00:29:23.440 --> 00:29:23.659
 sins?

00:29:23.659 --> 00:29:24.359
 Think of

00:29:24.359 --> 00:29:25.599
 Romans chapter

00:29:25.599 --> 00:29:26.039
 5,

00:29:26.119 --> 00:29:26.639
 verse 6.

00:29:27.159 --> 00:29:27.539
 It says,

00:29:27.539 --> 00:29:28.359
 you see,

00:29:28.879 --> 00:29:29.559
 at just

00:29:29.559 --> 00:29:30.440
 the right

00:29:30.440 --> 00:29:30.899
 time,

00:29:31.539 --> 00:29:32.000
 when we

00:29:32.000 --> 00:29:32.519
 were still

00:29:32.519 --> 00:29:33.019
 powerless,

00:29:33.700 --> 00:29:35.059
 Christ died

00:29:35.059 --> 00:29:35.639
 for the

00:29:35.639 --> 00:29:36.139
 ungodly.

00:29:36.500 --> 00:29:37.220
 That's all

00:29:37.220 --> 00:29:37.599
 of us.

00:29:37.859 --> 00:29:38.099
 There was

00:29:38.099 --> 00:29:39.099
 nothing we

00:29:39.099 --> 00:29:39.559
 could do.

00:29:41.039 --> 00:29:41.879
 God came

00:29:41.879 --> 00:29:42.220
 down to

00:29:42.220 --> 00:29:42.700
 rescue the

00:29:42.700 --> 00:29:43.079
 Israelites.

00:29:43.680 --> 00:29:43.899
 And we

00:29:43.899 --> 00:29:44.240
 see it in

00:29:44.240 --> 00:29:44.460
 the New

00:29:44.460 --> 00:29:44.839
 Testament,

00:29:45.339 --> 00:29:46.259
 Jesus coming

00:29:46.259 --> 00:29:47.139
 down to

00:29:47.139 --> 00:29:48.319
 rescue us.

00:29:50.960 --> 00:29:51.819
 Turn back,

00:29:51.920 --> 00:29:52.240
 if you will,

00:29:52.319 --> 00:29:53.619
 to verse 12

00:29:53.619 --> 00:29:54.180
 of Exodus.

00:29:54.180 --> 00:29:54.340
 Exodus.

00:29:55.620 --> 00:29:56.060
 When

00:29:56.060 --> 00:29:58.279
 Moses asked

00:29:58.279 --> 00:29:58.720
 his very

00:29:58.720 --> 00:29:59.700
 first question

00:29:59.700 --> 00:30:00.620
 and God

00:30:00.620 --> 00:30:00.880
 said,

00:30:01.060 --> 00:30:01.519
 I will be

00:30:01.519 --> 00:30:01.920
 with you,

00:30:02.080 --> 00:30:02.740
 he also

00:30:02.740 --> 00:30:03.580
 said something

00:30:03.580 --> 00:30:03.840
 else,

00:30:03.880 --> 00:30:04.700
 something very

00:30:04.700 --> 00:30:05.180
 interesting.

00:30:05.799 --> 00:30:06.340
 He said,

00:30:06.700 --> 00:30:07.720
 and this

00:30:07.720 --> 00:30:08.240
 will be the

00:30:08.240 --> 00:30:08.759
 sign to

00:30:08.759 --> 00:30:09.660
 you that

00:30:09.660 --> 00:30:10.120
 I,

00:30:10.600 --> 00:30:11.080
 who have

00:30:11.080 --> 00:30:11.620
 sent you,

00:30:12.080 --> 00:30:12.519
 when you

00:30:12.519 --> 00:30:13.100
 have brought

00:30:13.100 --> 00:30:13.740
 the people

00:30:13.740 --> 00:30:14.259
 out of

00:30:14.259 --> 00:30:14.600
 Egypt,

00:30:14.759 --> 00:30:15.279
 you will

00:30:15.279 --> 00:30:15.759
 worship

00:30:15.759 --> 00:30:17.259
 God on

00:30:17.259 --> 00:30:17.860
 this mountain.

00:30:18.880 --> 00:30:19.440
 So as

00:30:19.440 --> 00:30:19.700
 soon as

00:30:19.700 --> 00:30:20.400
 they came

00:30:20.400 --> 00:30:20.860
 out of

00:30:20.860 --> 00:30:21.860
 Egypt,

00:30:22.160 --> 00:30:22.519
 they were

00:30:22.519 --> 00:30:22.840
 going to

00:30:22.840 --> 00:30:23.600
 gather together

00:30:23.600 --> 00:30:24.060
 on the

00:30:24.059 --> 00:30:24.859
 mountain and

00:30:24.859 --> 00:30:25.539
 worship God.

00:30:25.599 --> 00:30:25.839
 And that

00:30:25.839 --> 00:30:26.500
 was fulfilled

00:30:26.500 --> 00:30:27.659
 on Mount

00:30:27.659 --> 00:30:28.319
 Sinai when

00:30:28.319 --> 00:30:28.639
 they all

00:30:28.639 --> 00:30:29.259
 came together

00:30:29.259 --> 00:30:30.159
 and worshipped.

00:30:31.720 --> 00:30:32.039
 A little

00:30:32.039 --> 00:30:32.419
 earlier,

00:30:32.899 --> 00:30:33.539
 Ralph referred

00:30:33.539 --> 00:30:33.879
 to it,

00:30:34.319 --> 00:30:34.679
 there's going

00:30:34.679 --> 00:30:34.940
 to be a

00:30:34.940 --> 00:30:35.779
 time for

00:30:35.779 --> 00:30:36.539
 us as

00:30:36.539 --> 00:30:37.200
 believers in

00:30:37.200 --> 00:30:37.639
 Christ when

00:30:37.639 --> 00:30:38.839
 we too are

00:30:38.839 --> 00:30:39.299
 going to be

00:30:39.299 --> 00:30:40.419
 finally rescued,

00:30:40.539 --> 00:30:40.740
 when we're

00:30:40.740 --> 00:30:41.519
 going to be

00:30:41.519 --> 00:30:42.039
 in eternity

00:30:42.039 --> 00:30:42.779
 with God,

00:30:43.139 --> 00:30:44.200
 when we

00:30:44.200 --> 00:30:45.079
 will gather

00:30:45.079 --> 00:30:47.700
 together and

00:30:47.700 --> 00:30:48.079
 worship.

00:30:49.039 --> 00:30:49.639
 Let me read

00:30:49.639 --> 00:30:50.159
 these verses

00:30:50.159 --> 00:30:51.119
 from Revelation

00:30:51.119 --> 00:30:52.039
 chapter 7,

00:30:52.159 --> 00:30:52.859
 which Ralph

00:30:52.859 --> 00:30:53.220
 mentioned.

00:30:53.220 --> 00:30:53.500
 And we

00:30:53.500 --> 00:30:53.860
 also,

00:30:53.980 --> 00:30:54.220
 you might

00:30:54.220 --> 00:30:55.039
 recall as

00:30:55.039 --> 00:30:55.440
 we read

00:30:55.440 --> 00:30:55.620
 it,

00:30:56.039 --> 00:30:56.220
 that we

00:30:56.220 --> 00:30:56.880
 also sang

00:30:56.880 --> 00:30:57.920
 in one

00:30:57.920 --> 00:30:58.160
 of our

00:30:58.160 --> 00:30:58.519
 songs.

00:30:59.100 --> 00:30:59.339
 In

00:30:59.339 --> 00:30:59.900
 verse 9

00:30:59.900 --> 00:31:01.519
 of chapter

00:31:01.519 --> 00:31:02.019
 7 of

00:31:02.019 --> 00:31:02.420
 Revelation,

00:31:03.319 --> 00:31:03.640
 it is

00:31:03.640 --> 00:31:03.900
 written,

00:31:04.440 --> 00:31:05.420
 After this

00:31:05.420 --> 00:31:06.259
 I looked,

00:31:06.779 --> 00:31:07.259
 and there

00:31:07.259 --> 00:31:07.880
 before me

00:31:07.880 --> 00:31:08.240
 was a

00:31:08.240 --> 00:31:08.519
 great

00:31:08.519 --> 00:31:09.019
 multitude

00:31:09.019 --> 00:31:10.140
 that no

00:31:10.140 --> 00:31:10.460
 one could

00:31:10.460 --> 00:31:10.839
 count,

00:31:11.420 --> 00:31:12.059
 from every

00:31:12.059 --> 00:31:12.480
 nation,

00:31:12.700 --> 00:31:13.000
 tribe,

00:31:13.140 --> 00:31:13.460
 people,

00:31:13.539 --> 00:31:14.039
 and language

00:31:14.039 --> 00:31:14.640
 standing

00:31:14.640 --> 00:31:15.200
 before the

00:31:15.200 --> 00:31:16.319
 throne and

00:31:16.319 --> 00:31:16.779
 in front

00:31:16.779 --> 00:31:17.059
 of the

00:31:17.059 --> 00:31:17.299
 Lamb.

00:31:17.299 --> 00:31:19.240
 they were

00:31:19.240 --> 00:31:19.960
 wearing white

00:31:19.960 --> 00:31:20.819
 robes and

00:31:20.819 --> 00:31:21.359
 were holding

00:31:21.359 --> 00:31:22.119
 palm branches

00:31:22.119 --> 00:31:22.440
 in their

00:31:22.440 --> 00:31:22.839
 hands,

00:31:23.079 --> 00:31:23.599
 and they

00:31:23.599 --> 00:31:24.259
 cried out

00:31:24.259 --> 00:31:24.879
 in a loud

00:31:24.879 --> 00:31:25.339
 voice,

00:31:26.099 --> 00:31:26.879
 salvation

00:31:26.879 --> 00:31:28.159
 belongs to

00:31:28.159 --> 00:31:28.619
 our God

00:31:28.619 --> 00:31:29.539
 who sits

00:31:29.539 --> 00:31:29.919
 on the

00:31:29.919 --> 00:31:31.019
 throne and

00:31:31.019 --> 00:31:31.419
 to the

00:31:31.419 --> 00:31:31.700
 Lamb.

00:31:32.879 --> 00:31:33.259
 There was

00:31:33.259 --> 00:31:33.879
 no one

00:31:33.879 --> 00:31:35.220
 else that

00:31:35.220 --> 00:31:35.799
 could save

00:31:35.799 --> 00:31:36.500
 the Israelites,

00:31:36.980 --> 00:31:37.500
 and there was

00:31:37.500 --> 00:31:38.720
 no one else

00:31:38.720 --> 00:31:39.619
 could save

00:31:39.619 --> 00:31:40.159
 us.

00:31:40.579 --> 00:31:41.180
 Salvation

00:31:41.180 --> 00:31:42.279
 belongs to

00:31:42.279 --> 00:31:42.940
 our God,

00:31:42.940 --> 00:31:43.200
 and that

00:31:43.200 --> 00:31:43.460
 will be

00:31:43.460 --> 00:31:44.220
 for us,

00:31:44.700 --> 00:31:45.039
 we can

00:31:45.039 --> 00:31:45.660
 look forward

00:31:45.660 --> 00:31:46.100
 to that,

00:31:46.299 --> 00:31:46.720
 that one

00:31:46.720 --> 00:31:47.140
 day we

00:31:47.140 --> 00:31:47.380
 will,

00:31:47.620 --> 00:31:48.140
 as believers,

00:31:48.460 --> 00:31:48.860
 we will be

00:31:48.860 --> 00:31:49.820
 together to

00:31:49.820 --> 00:31:50.779
 worship the

00:31:50.779 --> 00:31:51.059
 Lord.

00:31:52.779 --> 00:31:53.380
 But what

00:31:53.380 --> 00:31:53.860
 about sin?

00:31:55.480 --> 00:31:56.120
 What about

00:31:56.120 --> 00:31:56.480
 sin we've

00:31:56.480 --> 00:31:56.860
 just said,

00:31:57.120 --> 00:31:57.580
 that all

00:31:57.580 --> 00:31:58.080
 have sinned

00:31:58.080 --> 00:31:58.559
 and fall

00:31:58.559 --> 00:31:59.320
 short of

00:31:59.320 --> 00:31:59.660
 the glory

00:31:59.660 --> 00:32:00.100
 of God?

00:32:00.799 --> 00:32:01.380
 Think back

00:32:01.380 --> 00:32:01.680
 on the

00:32:01.680 --> 00:32:02.059
 judgment

00:32:02.059 --> 00:32:04.019
 that God

00:32:04.019 --> 00:32:04.660
 brought on

00:32:04.660 --> 00:32:05.140
 the Egyptians.

00:32:08.259 --> 00:32:08.980
 He said

00:32:08.980 --> 00:32:09.299
 to them

00:32:09.299 --> 00:32:10.500
 that he

00:32:10.500 --> 00:32:11.360
 would stretch

00:32:11.360 --> 00:32:11.740
 out his

00:32:11.740 --> 00:32:12.539
 hand and

00:32:12.539 --> 00:32:13.180
 strike them

00:32:13.180 --> 00:32:14.000
 because of

00:32:14.000 --> 00:32:14.480
 what they

00:32:14.480 --> 00:32:14.879
 had done.

00:32:16.720 --> 00:32:17.319
 But for

00:32:17.319 --> 00:32:18.399
 us, we

00:32:18.399 --> 00:32:18.879
 don't have

00:32:18.879 --> 00:32:19.180
 to pay

00:32:19.180 --> 00:32:19.779
 that penalty

00:32:19.779 --> 00:32:20.639
 for our

00:32:20.639 --> 00:32:20.819
 sin.

00:32:21.579 --> 00:32:22.019
 Listen to

00:32:22.019 --> 00:32:22.500
 these words

00:32:22.500 --> 00:32:23.220
 from 1

00:32:23.220 --> 00:32:24.720
 Peter 24.

00:32:25.759 --> 00:32:26.740
 He himself

00:32:26.740 --> 00:32:27.359
 bore our

00:32:27.359 --> 00:32:28.379
 sins on

00:32:28.379 --> 00:32:28.899
 the cross.

00:32:30.399 --> 00:32:30.879
 You see,

00:32:31.139 --> 00:32:31.920
 for us,

00:32:32.159 --> 00:32:32.460
 there was a

00:32:32.460 --> 00:32:32.980
 penalty to

00:32:32.980 --> 00:32:33.299
 pay as

00:32:33.299 --> 00:32:34.480
 well, but

00:32:34.480 --> 00:32:35.720
 we, unlike

00:32:35.720 --> 00:32:36.200
 the Egyptians,

00:32:36.599 --> 00:32:37.079
 didn't have

00:32:37.079 --> 00:32:37.619
 to pay it.

00:32:39.700 --> 00:32:40.420
 It was

00:32:40.420 --> 00:32:41.799
 Christ who

00:32:41.799 --> 00:32:42.119
 paid for

00:32:42.119 --> 00:32:42.519
 that penalty

00:32:42.519 --> 00:32:42.619
 penalty.

00:32:45.099 --> 00:32:45.759
 But there's

00:32:45.759 --> 00:32:46.319
 one other

00:32:46.319 --> 00:32:46.720
 thing that

00:32:46.720 --> 00:32:47.019
 we can

00:32:47.019 --> 00:32:48.019
 learn from

00:32:48.019 --> 00:32:49.539
 this rescue,

00:32:50.000 --> 00:32:50.680
 and that's

00:32:50.680 --> 00:32:51.319
 a further

00:32:51.319 --> 00:32:52.579
 revelation of

00:32:52.579 --> 00:32:52.920
 God.

00:32:54.440 --> 00:32:55.160
 We have

00:32:55.160 --> 00:32:55.720
 seen how

00:32:55.720 --> 00:32:56.279
 God was

00:32:56.279 --> 00:32:56.799
 revealing his

00:32:56.799 --> 00:32:57.259
 name, the

00:32:57.259 --> 00:32:58.000
 covenant name,

00:32:58.400 --> 00:32:59.000
 I am.

00:33:00.119 --> 00:33:00.599
 Does that

00:33:00.599 --> 00:33:01.279
 sound familiar

00:33:01.279 --> 00:33:01.579
 to you?

00:33:01.639 --> 00:33:01.940
 Have you

00:33:01.940 --> 00:33:02.920
 heard the

00:33:02.920 --> 00:33:03.519
 words I

00:33:03.519 --> 00:33:04.339
 am from

00:33:04.339 --> 00:33:04.660
 the New

00:33:04.660 --> 00:33:04.960
 Testament?

00:33:04.960 --> 00:33:08.779
 in John

00:33:08.779 --> 00:33:09.759
 chapter 8,

00:33:10.440 --> 00:33:10.720
 Jesus

00:33:10.720 --> 00:33:11.920
 himself used

00:33:11.920 --> 00:33:12.539
 that phrase.

00:33:13.039 --> 00:33:13.340
 In chapter

00:33:13.340 --> 00:33:13.940
 8, verse

00:33:13.940 --> 00:33:15.779
 58, Jesus

00:33:15.779 --> 00:33:16.180
 said,

00:33:17.680 --> 00:33:18.360
 I tell

00:33:18.360 --> 00:33:19.579
 you the

00:33:19.579 --> 00:33:19.900
 truth.

00:33:20.940 --> 00:33:21.299
 Jesus

00:33:21.299 --> 00:33:21.799
 answered,

00:33:22.480 --> 00:33:23.460
 before Abraham

00:33:23.460 --> 00:33:24.400
 was born,

00:33:25.240 --> 00:33:26.180
 I am.

00:33:27.340 --> 00:33:28.460
 Jesus was

00:33:28.460 --> 00:33:29.460
 using the

00:33:29.460 --> 00:33:30.200
 very name

00:33:30.200 --> 00:33:30.779
 of God

00:33:30.779 --> 00:33:32.079
 for himself.

00:33:32.079 --> 00:33:33.079
 blasphemy.

00:33:33.079 --> 00:33:33.619
 Now, if

00:33:33.619 --> 00:33:33.980
 that was a

00:33:33.980 --> 00:33:34.500
 mere man

00:33:34.500 --> 00:33:35.059
 did that,

00:33:35.639 --> 00:33:36.460
 he would

00:33:36.460 --> 00:33:37.079
 have deserved

00:33:37.079 --> 00:33:38.439
 to be accused

00:33:38.439 --> 00:33:39.079
 of blasphemy.

00:33:41.179 --> 00:33:42.299
 But Jesus

00:33:42.299 --> 00:33:43.079
 said, I tell

00:33:43.079 --> 00:33:43.559
 you the truth,

00:33:43.720 --> 00:33:44.259
 because this

00:33:44.259 --> 00:33:44.559
 was the

00:33:44.559 --> 00:33:44.839
 truth.

00:33:45.559 --> 00:33:46.079
 And if we

00:33:46.079 --> 00:33:46.699
 think, oh

00:33:46.699 --> 00:33:47.240
 well, maybe

00:33:47.240 --> 00:33:47.939
 that wasn't

00:33:47.939 --> 00:33:48.879
 what Jesus

00:33:48.879 --> 00:33:49.359
 was saying,

00:33:50.059 --> 00:33:50.359
 well, the

00:33:50.359 --> 00:33:51.159
 people at that

00:33:51.159 --> 00:33:52.279
 time certainly

00:33:52.279 --> 00:33:52.980
 understood what

00:33:52.980 --> 00:33:53.399
 he was saying,

00:33:53.639 --> 00:33:54.139
 because the

00:33:54.139 --> 00:33:54.759
 following verse

00:33:54.759 --> 00:33:55.240
 says,

00:33:55.240 --> 00:33:56.099
 at this,

00:33:56.420 --> 00:33:56.819
 they picked

00:33:56.819 --> 00:33:57.519
 up stones

00:33:57.519 --> 00:33:58.039
 to stone

00:33:58.039 --> 00:33:58.700
 him, but

00:33:58.700 --> 00:33:59.500
 Jesus hid

00:33:59.500 --> 00:33:59.859
 himself.

00:34:00.160 --> 00:34:00.519
 They knew

00:34:00.519 --> 00:34:01.299
 exactly what

00:34:01.299 --> 00:34:01.700
 Jesus was

00:34:01.700 --> 00:34:02.559
 doing, because

00:34:02.559 --> 00:34:03.759
 Jesus was

00:34:03.759 --> 00:34:04.339
 identifying,

00:34:04.740 --> 00:34:05.359
 making himself

00:34:05.359 --> 00:34:06.720
 equal to

00:34:06.720 --> 00:34:07.039
 God.

00:34:08.139 --> 00:34:08.980
 And now

00:34:08.980 --> 00:34:09.559
 we have a

00:34:09.559 --> 00:34:09.960
 wonderful

00:34:09.960 --> 00:34:11.579
 opportunity to

00:34:11.579 --> 00:34:12.039
 know more

00:34:12.039 --> 00:34:12.679
 about God

00:34:12.679 --> 00:34:13.659
 through Jesus.

00:34:15.559 --> 00:34:16.400
 Jesus said

00:34:16.400 --> 00:34:16.719
 in John

00:34:16.719 --> 00:34:17.519
 chapter 14,

00:34:17.820 --> 00:34:18.360
 that anyone

00:34:18.360 --> 00:34:18.780
 who has

00:34:18.780 --> 00:34:20.099
 seen him

00:34:20.099 --> 00:34:20.780
 has seen

00:34:20.780 --> 00:34:21.280
 the Father.

00:34:21.880 --> 00:34:22.480
 And Hebrews,

00:34:22.679 --> 00:34:23.579
 wonderful words

00:34:23.579 --> 00:34:24.079
 in Hebrews

00:34:24.079 --> 00:34:24.719
 chapter 1,

00:34:24.719 --> 00:34:25.519
 they say

00:34:25.519 --> 00:34:26.559
 that Jesus

00:34:26.559 --> 00:34:27.379
 is the

00:34:27.379 --> 00:34:28.179
 radiance

00:34:28.179 --> 00:34:29.139
 of God's

00:34:29.139 --> 00:34:30.279
 glory, and

00:34:30.279 --> 00:34:31.119
 the exact

00:34:31.119 --> 00:34:32.279
 representation

00:34:32.279 --> 00:34:33.159
 of his

00:34:33.159 --> 00:34:33.459
 being.

00:34:34.480 --> 00:34:35.259
 We now

00:34:35.259 --> 00:34:35.659
 have the

00:34:35.659 --> 00:34:36.359
 benefit of

00:34:36.359 --> 00:34:37.419
 having further

00:34:37.419 --> 00:34:38.279
 revelation of

00:34:38.279 --> 00:34:39.299
 God in

00:34:39.299 --> 00:34:39.659
 Jesus.

00:34:40.759 --> 00:34:43.219
 So, what

00:34:43.219 --> 00:34:44.159
 can we learn

00:34:44.159 --> 00:34:44.739
 from this?

00:34:45.199 --> 00:34:45.819
 After all,

00:34:46.439 --> 00:34:47.159
 we've concluded

00:34:47.159 --> 00:34:48.439
 that God is

00:34:48.439 --> 00:34:49.179
 able to

00:34:49.179 --> 00:34:49.500
 save.

00:34:50.239 --> 00:34:50.559
 But you

00:34:50.559 --> 00:34:51.519
 know, as

00:34:51.519 --> 00:34:52.539
 believers, we

00:34:52.539 --> 00:34:53.419
 can go through

00:34:53.419 --> 00:34:54.500
 difficult times

00:34:54.500 --> 00:34:55.320
 we can go

00:34:55.320 --> 00:34:56.500
 through struggles,

00:34:56.599 --> 00:34:56.940
 we can get

00:34:56.940 --> 00:34:57.619
 tired, and

00:34:57.619 --> 00:34:58.239
 there can be

00:34:58.239 --> 00:34:59.599
 times, if

00:34:59.599 --> 00:34:59.960
 we're honest,

00:35:00.019 --> 00:35:00.500
 that we feel

00:35:00.500 --> 00:35:01.880
 God isn't

00:35:01.880 --> 00:35:02.320
 there, or

00:35:02.320 --> 00:35:02.659
 he's not

00:35:02.659 --> 00:35:03.059
 listening to

00:35:03.059 --> 00:35:03.260
 us.

00:35:04.199 --> 00:35:04.599
 So what

00:35:04.599 --> 00:35:05.099
 can we do?

00:35:05.820 --> 00:35:07.059
 Well, we

00:35:07.059 --> 00:35:08.000
 can reflect on

00:35:08.000 --> 00:35:08.760
 God's character.

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 We can learn

00:35:10.400 --> 00:35:10.800
 from this

00:35:10.800 --> 00:35:12.000
 passage about

00:35:12.000 --> 00:35:12.760
 the uniqueness

00:35:12.760 --> 00:35:14.679
 of God, the

00:35:14.679 --> 00:35:15.159
 fact that there's

00:35:15.159 --> 00:35:16.199
 no one greater

00:35:16.199 --> 00:35:17.179
 than God, and

00:35:17.179 --> 00:35:18.079
 the fact that he

00:35:18.079 --> 00:35:19.519
 is able to

00:35:19.519 --> 00:35:19.860
 save.

00:35:20.820 --> 00:35:21.659
 We can reflect

00:35:21.659 --> 00:35:22.380
 on the fact that

00:35:22.380 --> 00:35:23.099
 he keeps

00:35:23.099 --> 00:35:23.599
 his promises.

00:35:24.680 --> 00:35:25.599
 We have

00:35:25.599 --> 00:35:26.440
 his continuous

00:35:26.440 --> 00:35:28.900
 presence, because

00:35:28.900 --> 00:35:29.720
 we can lose

00:35:29.720 --> 00:35:32.260
 sight of God, but

00:35:32.260 --> 00:35:33.000
 we can pick up

00:35:33.000 --> 00:35:33.960
 God's word and

00:35:33.960 --> 00:35:34.619
 meditate on

00:35:34.619 --> 00:35:35.420
 various passages

00:35:35.420 --> 00:35:37.240
 that speak of

00:35:37.240 --> 00:35:37.619
 God.

00:35:38.039 --> 00:35:38.940
 Think of passages

00:35:38.940 --> 00:35:39.740
 such as Isaiah

00:35:39.740 --> 00:35:41.300
 chapter 40, or

00:35:41.300 --> 00:35:42.300
 Colossians chapter

00:35:42.300 --> 00:35:43.099
 1, that speak of

00:35:43.099 --> 00:35:44.019
 the supremacy of

00:35:44.019 --> 00:35:44.380
 Christ.

00:35:45.320 --> 00:35:46.920
 When Moses met

00:35:46.920 --> 00:35:47.559
 with God and

00:35:47.559 --> 00:35:48.619
 God spoke, his

00:35:48.619 --> 00:35:49.880
 reaction was to

00:35:49.880 --> 00:35:50.800
 hide his face.

00:35:50.800 --> 00:35:52.920
 he was in

00:35:52.920 --> 00:35:53.640
 awe of God.

00:35:54.580 --> 00:35:54.940
 Do we

00:35:54.940 --> 00:35:55.980
 sometimes lose

00:35:55.980 --> 00:35:56.960
 that sense of

00:35:56.960 --> 00:35:57.740
 awe of God?

00:35:59.260 --> 00:36:00.080
 When we read

00:36:00.080 --> 00:36:00.720
 God's word and

00:36:00.720 --> 00:36:01.360
 we realize how

00:36:01.360 --> 00:36:03.200
 great God is, we

00:36:03.200 --> 00:36:04.140
 can relive that

00:36:04.140 --> 00:36:05.220
 sense of awe,

00:36:05.519 --> 00:36:07.120
 because God is

00:36:07.120 --> 00:36:07.700
 so much more

00:36:07.700 --> 00:36:08.360
 wonderful, and

00:36:08.360 --> 00:36:09.180
 when we think we

00:36:09.180 --> 00:36:09.660
 might have him

00:36:09.660 --> 00:36:11.280
 sussed, well, we

00:36:11.280 --> 00:36:12.720
 don't, because God

00:36:12.720 --> 00:36:14.260
 is far greater than

00:36:14.260 --> 00:36:15.539
 we can even ever

00:36:15.539 --> 00:36:16.000
 imagine.

00:36:16.000 --> 00:36:21.219
 rest in God.

00:36:21.860 --> 00:36:22.360
 Do you know when

00:36:22.360 --> 00:36:23.000
 we get up tomorrow

00:36:23.000 --> 00:36:23.659
 morning as a

00:36:23.659 --> 00:36:24.380
 believer, we don't

00:36:24.380 --> 00:36:25.159
 have to think about

00:36:25.159 --> 00:36:26.199
 how can we please

00:36:26.199 --> 00:36:27.360
 God today such that

00:36:27.360 --> 00:36:28.739
 he'll make sure he

00:36:28.739 --> 00:36:29.360
 saves us.

00:36:30.219 --> 00:36:31.039
 We don't have to

00:36:31.039 --> 00:36:32.119
 worry, well, what

00:36:32.119 --> 00:36:33.019
 if I do something

00:36:33.019 --> 00:36:34.480
 today and I don't

00:36:34.480 --> 00:36:35.280
 end up being among

00:36:35.280 --> 00:36:36.800
 that great throng in

00:36:36.800 --> 00:36:37.440
 Revelation.

00:36:38.059 --> 00:36:39.179
 When Jesus died on

00:36:39.179 --> 00:36:39.920
 the cross, he said,

00:36:40.000 --> 00:36:40.659
 it is finished.

00:36:40.780 --> 00:36:42.639
 We cannot add to

00:36:42.639 --> 00:36:43.260
 our salvation.

00:36:43.260 --> 00:36:47.120
 We can rest in

00:36:47.120 --> 00:36:47.440
 that.

00:36:49.820 --> 00:36:50.620
 But in that

00:36:50.620 --> 00:36:53.360
 resting in Jesus, we

00:36:53.360 --> 00:36:54.580
 can also find

00:36:54.580 --> 00:36:55.560
 refreshment.

00:36:56.580 --> 00:36:57.100
 Think of these

00:36:57.100 --> 00:36:58.480
 words in Isaiah

00:36:58.480 --> 00:36:59.360
 chapter 40.

00:37:00.380 --> 00:37:01.080
 Let me read them

00:37:01.080 --> 00:37:01.300
 out.

00:37:02.260 --> 00:37:03.100
 Why do you say,

00:37:03.200 --> 00:37:03.980
 O Jacob, and

00:37:03.980 --> 00:37:04.940
 complain, O Israel,

00:37:05.260 --> 00:37:06.540
 my way is hidden

00:37:06.540 --> 00:37:07.480
 from the Lord?

00:37:08.080 --> 00:37:09.180
 My cause is

00:37:09.180 --> 00:37:10.200
 disregarded by my

00:37:10.200 --> 00:37:10.540
 God.

00:37:10.539 --> 00:37:13.079
 But look at what

00:37:13.079 --> 00:37:13.659
 Isaiah says.

00:37:13.759 --> 00:37:15.079
 He says, do you

00:37:15.079 --> 00:37:15.960
 not know, have you

00:37:15.960 --> 00:37:17.559
 not heard, the

00:37:17.559 --> 00:37:18.400
 Lord is the

00:37:18.400 --> 00:37:19.800
 everlasting God, the

00:37:19.800 --> 00:37:20.840
 creator of the

00:37:20.840 --> 00:37:21.519
 ends of the earth.

00:37:21.739 --> 00:37:22.719
 We can rest in

00:37:22.719 --> 00:37:23.219
 that God.

00:37:25.559 --> 00:37:26.659
 He will not grow

00:37:26.659 --> 00:37:27.840
 tired or weary, and

00:37:27.840 --> 00:37:28.860
 his understanding

00:37:28.860 --> 00:37:30.659
 no one can

00:37:30.659 --> 00:37:31.019
 fathom.

00:37:33.199 --> 00:37:34.420
 In verse 29, it

00:37:34.420 --> 00:37:35.619
 reads, he gives

00:37:35.619 --> 00:37:37.340
 strength to the

00:37:37.340 --> 00:37:38.119
 weary, because we

00:37:38.119 --> 00:37:38.779
 do get weary.

00:37:38.780 --> 00:37:41.900
 And increases the

00:37:41.900 --> 00:37:42.420
 power of the

00:37:42.420 --> 00:37:42.660
 weak.

00:37:43.240 --> 00:37:44.100
 Even youths grow

00:37:44.100 --> 00:37:45.360
 tired and weary, and

00:37:45.360 --> 00:37:46.380
 young men stumble and

00:37:46.380 --> 00:37:46.700
 fall.

00:37:47.600 --> 00:37:48.480
 But listen to this, but

00:37:48.480 --> 00:37:49.920
 those who hope in the

00:37:49.920 --> 00:37:51.960
 Lord will renew their

00:37:51.960 --> 00:37:52.380
 strengths.

00:37:52.700 --> 00:37:53.540
 And when we rest in

00:37:53.540 --> 00:37:55.519
 God, we can renew our

00:37:55.519 --> 00:37:55.880
 strength.

00:37:56.420 --> 00:37:57.200
 They will soar on

00:37:57.200 --> 00:37:58.040
 wings like eagles.

00:37:58.400 --> 00:37:59.820
 They will run and not

00:37:59.820 --> 00:38:00.240
 grow weary.

00:38:00.640 --> 00:38:02.220
 They will walk and not

00:38:02.220 --> 00:38:02.680
 be faint.

00:38:04.560 --> 00:38:06.620
 And finally, we can

00:38:06.620 --> 00:38:08.140
 rely on God.

00:38:08.780 --> 00:38:12.580
 We've just read that

00:38:12.580 --> 00:38:14.100
 about resting in

00:38:14.100 --> 00:38:14.400
 God.

00:38:14.900 --> 00:38:16.240
 We can totally rely on

00:38:16.240 --> 00:38:18.360
 him for our

00:38:18.360 --> 00:38:18.860
 salvation.

00:38:19.300 --> 00:38:20.160
 And when he makes

00:38:20.160 --> 00:38:21.540
 promises to us, he

00:38:21.540 --> 00:38:22.260
 will fulfill them.

00:38:22.320 --> 00:38:23.160
 So when he promises

00:38:23.160 --> 00:38:24.660
 that our sin is

00:38:24.660 --> 00:38:25.640
 forgiven, it's

00:38:25.640 --> 00:38:25.960
 forgiven.

00:38:26.120 --> 00:38:26.820
 And when he promises

00:38:26.820 --> 00:38:27.880
 that we will spend

00:38:27.880 --> 00:38:29.440
 eternity with him, we

00:38:29.440 --> 00:38:30.300
 will do that, because

00:38:30.300 --> 00:38:31.720
 we can, he is totally

00:38:31.720 --> 00:38:32.360
 trustworthy.

00:38:32.360 --> 00:38:36.200
 So is God a mighty

00:38:36.200 --> 00:38:36.559
 God?

00:38:36.680 --> 00:38:37.860
 Is he mighty to save?

00:38:38.800 --> 00:38:39.519
 The Israelites could

00:38:39.519 --> 00:38:41.140
 say yes, and we too

00:38:41.140 --> 00:38:41.920
 can say yes.

00:38:42.760 --> 00:38:43.660
 Let's just bow our

00:38:43.660 --> 00:38:45.059
 heads and pray.

00:38:45.059 --> 00:38:45.180
 Amen.

00:38:51.840 --> 00:38:52.760
 Father, thank you

00:38:52.760 --> 00:38:54.440
 indeed that you are

00:38:54.440 --> 00:38:55.519
 mighty to save.

00:38:55.519 --> 00:38:58.000
 I thank you that, as

00:38:58.000 --> 00:38:59.460
 we read, when you

00:38:59.460 --> 00:39:00.480
 saw the Israelites, you

00:39:00.480 --> 00:39:02.259
 saw, you heard, and

00:39:02.259 --> 00:39:03.000
 you were concerned.

00:39:04.000 --> 00:39:05.440
 But you also came

00:39:05.440 --> 00:39:05.840
 down.

00:39:06.639 --> 00:39:07.320
 And I thank you that

00:39:07.320 --> 00:39:08.219
 we can see that as a

00:39:08.219 --> 00:39:09.500
 picture of what Jesus

00:39:09.500 --> 00:39:11.780
 did for us in coming

00:39:11.780 --> 00:39:14.239
 down to take our sin

00:39:14.239 --> 00:39:15.679
 upon himself.

00:39:17.679 --> 00:39:18.960
 Unlike the Egyptians, we

00:39:18.960 --> 00:39:20.340
 didn't have to pay for

00:39:20.340 --> 00:39:21.380
 the penalty for our sin,

00:39:21.460 --> 00:39:22.519
 but it was all paid in

00:39:23.219 --> 00:39:23.559
 Jesus.

00:39:23.559 --> 00:39:26.360
 I thank you that in

00:39:26.360 --> 00:39:28.179
 Jesus we see and learn

00:39:28.179 --> 00:39:29.279
 more about you, Father.

00:39:30.639 --> 00:39:31.559
 I thank you for the

00:39:31.559 --> 00:39:33.219
 great truths of your

00:39:33.219 --> 00:39:34.400
 word that point us to

00:39:34.400 --> 00:39:35.820
 the promise of eternity

00:39:35.820 --> 00:39:37.739
 with you, and that as

00:39:37.739 --> 00:39:39.119
 believers we can look

00:39:39.119 --> 00:39:40.639
 forward to spending

00:39:40.639 --> 00:39:42.579
 eternity with you in

00:39:42.579 --> 00:39:43.900
 worship and in praise.

00:39:44.079 --> 00:39:45.099
 Salvation belongs to

00:39:45.099 --> 00:39:45.559
 our God.

00:39:46.360 --> 00:39:46.920
 Amen.

00:39:49.739 --> 00:39:51.539
 We're going to sing