How does God deal with the Israelites? He fights for them. How does God fight for the Israelites, and how does God save them from their bondage to slavery?
Our reading of Exodus 14 should not be focused on the parting of the Red Sea, but rather anchored on the salvation of God through Jesus Christ.
From the beginning of the Exodus story, God’s main goal has been to continue to strengthen the faith of the Israelites in Him. God did it through promises, miracles and the display of power through the plagues. Now, God is training and growing the Israelites by rerouting them to protect and nurture their fragile faith […]
The Christian life can sometimes get messy. The anchor that keeps the Christian grounded and not sway to the extreme of pride or hopelessness are the facts that Christians, like the Israelites, have been chosen by God, consecrated to Him and have been redeemed by the blood of Jesus Christ.
God rescued His people from Egypt to be consecrated: to be set apart for God for the purpose of remembering God’s salvation. But what does being consecrated look like? Pastor Sonny discusses this in the next set of verses in our ongoing study of Exodus 13.