<“Exodus: Standing on the Promises
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A Sermon by Dr. Bob Griffin, Teaching Elder at Sovereign Grace Church
I. PROMISE: GOD IS IN CONTROL
A. GOD’S PATIENCE
Ex 6:1a But the LORD said to Moses, “Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh” (also Heb 3:1; 12:2)
>>1. MOSES’ DISCOURAGEMENT ANSWERED
>>2. MOSES’ UNDERSTANDING ENLIGHTENED
B. GOD’S PLAN
Ex 6:1b “so with a strong hand he will release them, and with a strong hand he will expel them from his land.”
>>1. PHARAOH’S DESIRES
>>2. PHARAOH’S ACTIONS
II. PROMISE: GOD KEEPS HIS WORD
A. GOD’S PERSON
>>1. GODS NAME
Ex 6:2-3 God spoke to Moses and said to him, “I am YHWH. I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as God Almighty, but by My name YHWH I did not make Myself known to them.
>>2. GOD’S ACTION
Ex 6:4 I also established My covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, the land in which they lived as sojourners.”
B. GOD’S PRESENCE
>>1. ISRAEL NOT IGNORED
Ex 6:5a Moreover, I have heard the groaning of the people of Israel whom the Egyptians hold as slaves, (also Gal 1:4)
>>2. ISRAEL NOT FORGOTTEN
Ex 6:5b and I have remembered My covenant. (also Ps 105:8)
III. PROMISE: GOD WILL DELIVER
A. GOD’S PLEDGE
>>1. ISRAEL’S FOUNDATION
Ex 6:6a, 8b Say therefore to the people of Israel, ‘I am YHWH . . . I am YHWH.’
>>2. ISRAEL’S SURETY
Ex 6:6b-8a “I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will deliver you from slavery to them, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great acts of judgment. I will take you to be My people, and I will be your God, and you shall know that I am YHWH your God, Who has brought you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians. I will bring you into the land that I swore to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. I will give it to you for a possession.” (also Rev 21-22)
B. GOD’S PATHOS
>>1. ISRAEL’S RESPONSE
Ex 6:9a Moses spoke thus to the people of Israel, but they did not listen to Moses (also Is 14:13-14)
>>2. ISRAEL’S REALITY
Ex 6:9b because of their broken spirit and harsh slavery. (also Ezek 20:5-9)
IV. PROMISE: GOD IS FAITHFUL
A. GOD’S PROGRAM
>>1. MOSES’ QUESTION
Ex 6:10-11 So YHWH said to Moses, “Go in, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the people of Israel go out of his land.” (also Ex 5:1-2)
>>2. MOSES’ QUESTION
Ex 6:12 But Moses said to YHWH, “Behold, the people of Israel have not listened to me. How then shall Pharaoh listen to me, for I am of uncircumcised lips?”
B. GOD’S PROVISION
>>1. MOSES’ COMMISSION
Ex 6:13 But YHWH spoke to Moses and Aaron and gave them a command for the people of Israel about Pharaoh king of Egypt: to bring the people of Israel out of the land of Egypt.
>>2. ISRAEL LINEAGE
Ex 6:14-25 These are the heads of their fathers’ houses: the sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi; these are the clans of Reuben.
The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman; these are the clans of Simeon.
These are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari, the years of the life of Levi being 137 years. The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei, by their clans. The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, the years of the life of Kohath being 133 years. The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites according to their generations.
Amram took as his wife Jochebed his father’s sister, and she bore him Aaron and Moses, the years of the life of Amram being 137 years. The sons of Izhar: Korah, Nepheg, and Zichri. The sons of Uzziel: Mishael, Elzaphan, and Sithri.
Aaron took as his wife Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab and the sister of Nahshon, and she bore him Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. The sons of Korah: Assir, Elkanah, and Abiasaph; these are the clans of the Korahites. Eleazar, Aaron’s son, took as his wife one of the daughters of Putiel, and she bore him Phinehas. These are the heads of the fathers’ houses of the Levites by their clans.
Ex 6:26-27 These are the Aaron and Moses to whom the LORD said: “Bring out the people of Israel from the land of Egypt by their hosts.” It was they who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt about bringing out the people of Israel from Egypt, this Moses and this Aaron.
Ex 6:28-30 On the day when the LORD spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt, YHWH said to Moses, “I am YHWH; tell Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I say to you.” But Moses said to YHWH, “Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips. How will Pharaoh listen to me?”