The School of Faith Learning to Know the LORD - The LORD Whose Word Cannot Fail

  Moses Learns That the LORD Keeps His Covenant  (Exodus 6:6-9)

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6 “Say, therefore, to the sons of Israel, ‘I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will deliver you from their bondage. I will also redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great judgments. 

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 7 ‘Then I will take you for My people, and I will be your God; and you shall know that I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians. 

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 8 ‘I will bring you to the land which I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and I will give it to you for a possession; I am the LORD.’ ” 

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 9 So Moses spoke thus to the sons of Israel, but they did not listen to Moses on account of their despondency and cruel bondage.

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           Introduction

  When life becomes difficult, we ask “Why?”

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* ++Moses is discouraged - circumstances seem to contradict God’s Word

* ++God does not answer Moses’ “why” - He reveals Himself

* ++Faith is not built on explanations - it is built on revelation of God’s character

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     Every “I will” rests upon “I AM.”

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 1.   God Reveals That He Is the Deliverer Who 

     Sees the Burdens of His People (v. 6a)

   “I will bring you out from under the 

    burdens of the Egyptians.”

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* ++God begins with their burden, not the destination

* ++He saw every aching back, every tear, every impossible quota

* ++The same God sees your burdens today

* ++Deliverance begins with God - not with our strength

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2. God Reveals That He Is the Liberator Who Breaks

  the Bondage of His People (v. 6b)

   “I will deliver you from their bondage.”

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* ++Burdens are what we carry - bondage is who owns us

* ++God is not merely lightening the load - He is changing the Master

* ++Sin is a cruel master; only Christ sets free

* ++Grace accomplishes what slavery never could

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3. God Reveals That He Is the Redeemer 

   Who Pays the Price for His People (v. 6c)

 “I will also redeem you with an outstretched arm 

  and with great judgments.”

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* ++Redemption always costs someone something

* ++Israel’s freedom came through judgment and the blood of the lamb

* ++Our freedom came through the cross of Christ

* ++Confidence rests on the price already paid - not on how tightly we hold on

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4. God Reveals That He Is the God 

  Who Brings His People to Himself (vv. 7a–b)

 “I will take you for My people, and I will be your God.”

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* ++Salvation is not only about what we are saved from

* ++The greatest blessing is Who we are brought to

* ++Forgiveness is the doorway — fellowship with God is the destination

* ++The greatest gift God can give is Himself

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5. God Reveals That He Is the Covenant-Keeping God 

  Who Always Finishes What He Begins (v. 8)

 “I will bring you to the land… and I will give it to you for a possession; I am the LORD.”

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* ++The certainty of the promise rests on God’s character, not Israel’s faithfulness

* ++Time never weakens God’s promises

* ++Delays never cancel God’s purposes

* ++What God has sworn, God will perform

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6. The Unexpected Response (v. 9)

 “So Moses spoke thus to the sons of Israel, but they did not listen… on account of their despondency and cruel bondage.”

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* ++Their circumstances had become so loud that God’s promises seemed distant

* ++Israel stopped listening - but God did not stop speaking

* ++God’s faithfulness does not rest on the strength of our faith

* ++The Exodus succeeds because God is relentlessly faithful

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         Conclusion

 This passage is not ultimately about seven promises.

  It is about one God:

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* ++The God who sees the burdens of His people

* ++The God who breaks the bondage of His people

* ++The God who redeems His people at His own expense

* ++The God who brings His people to Himself

* ++The God who remembers every covenant promise

* ++The God who finishes what He begins

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