The Exodus – Part 9
God Promises Deliverance
Pastor Bruce A. Shields
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SERMON TIMELINE
· The Book of Genesis
· The Book of Exodus
· Introduction
· Israelite’s Oppression
· The Birth of Moses
· Moses Flees to Midian
· Moses and the Burning Bush
· Signs for Moses
· Moses Returns to Egypt
· Moses Speaks to Pharaoh
· God Promises Deliverance
INTRODUCTION
Last week we read about Moses and Aaron going to Pharaoh and telling him what God said about letting the Israelites go.
Pharaoh instead burdened the Hebrews and made their work even harder by no longer supplying straw for their bricks forcing them to gather their own, while simultaneously demanding the same quota for bricks each day.
It was impossible to keep this quota, and Pharaoh knew this but demanded it to punish the Hebrews for listening to Moses about what God wanted from His people.
The Israelites were beaten for not keeping the quota, and some of the Israelite Overseers in charge of the Hebrews went to Pharaoh to ask why this was happening. Pharaoh responded with a denial of leniency and demanded they return to work and meet the quota.
Angry at this notion, when they left the palace, they saw Moses and Aaron and cursed them for their coming to Egypt and stirring up the Pharaoh’s anger and wrath. The Israelite Overseers then feared their lives would be next for listening to Moses.
Pharaoh hoped that the Hebrews would be so busy with the new work that they wouldn’t have time to listen to Moses and his “lies”, or as the Literal states, “Vain Words”.
Pharaoh, led by Satan’s spirit and guided to work all sorts of evil towards God’s people, believes that Moses’ message from God is nothing more than vain words, powerless, meaningless, and accomplishing nothing of the matter.
The age-old lie of Satan, God can do nothing for you, you are my slave.
The truth of God’s Word however paints a different picture, you are a slave that I have come to redeem and deliver from your bondage.
Though the Israelite Overseers did not believe Moses about God’s promise, after Moses returns to God in prayer because of his own doubts, God straightens him out, promises deliverance, and sends Moses back to the Israelites with another message.
This is where we pick up at the last two verses of Exodus 5, God promises deliverance
SCRIPTURE READING
Exodus 5:22-23
“22 Moses returned to the Lord and said, “Why, Lord, why have you brought trouble on this people? Is this why you sent me? 23 Ever since I went to Pharaoh to speak in your name, he has brought trouble on this people, and you have not rescued your people at all.”
Exodus 6:1-12
“Then the Lord said to Moses, “Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh: Because of my mighty hand he will let them go; because of my mighty hand he will drive them out of his country.”
2 God also said to Moses, “I am the Lord. 3 I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob as God Almighty, [El-Shaddai] but by my name the Lord [Exodus 3:15 “I AM”] I did not make myself fully known to them. 4 I also established my covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, where they resided as foreigners. 5 Moreover, I have heard the groaning of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians are enslaving, and I have remembered my covenant.
6 “Therefore, say to the Israelites: ‘I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians. I will free you from being slaves to them, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment. 7 I will take you as my own people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the Lord your God, who brought you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians. 8 And I will bring you to the land I swore with uplifted hand to give to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob. I will give it to you as a possession. I am the Lord.’”
9 Moses reported this to the Israelites, but they did not listen to him because of their discouragement and harsh labor.
10 Then the Lord said to Moses, 11 “Go, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the Israelites go out of his country.”
12 But Moses said to the Lord, “If the Israelites will not listen to me, why would Pharaoh listen to me, since I speak with faltering lips [LIT:” I am uncircumcised of lips”]?”
I. MOSES AND AARON CURSED BY THE ISRAELITE OVERSEERS
a. Exodus 5:19-21
i. “The Israelite overseers realized they were in trouble when they were told, “You are not to reduce the number of bricks required of you for each day.” 20 When they left Pharaoh, they found Moses and Aaron waiting to meet them, 21 and they said, “May the Lord look on you and judge you! You have made us obnoxious to Pharaoh and his officials and have put a sword in their hand to kill us.”
b. The Overseers were right to fear Pharaoh, but wrong in not trusting God
i. At first, they were excited Moses came with the good news from God, but when the pressure was on, they quickly lost their enthusiasm and cursed the messengers
ii. Sometimes we are grateful to hear God’s Word and excited to receive it and believe it, but as Jesus said about the sewer and the seed, the first sign of trouble and their lack of good roots kills their faith in God.
iii. We must receive the Word, believe it, and have no doubt that if God says it, it will be.
iv. We should never allow outward circumstances in life to change our faith in God and His Word.
c. The Israelites’ doubts caused Moses to doubt as well
i. What happens to the seed of faith that is surrounded by thorns?
ii. Jesus said they “choke it out and prevent it from growing.”
iii. Moses did not travel all this distance, find Aaron, speak to the elders, then to Pharaoh because he did not believe. However, his faith was weak, and had shallow roots.
1. Moses was in Midian for 40 years before God called him.
2. We read nothing of his faith other than the fact God was displeased that Moses did not obey and have his son circumcised. And the fact Moses’ wife was angry about it shows she did not worship God.
3. Without teachers, without writ history, without access to anything, Moses’ roots of faith were shallow.
4. He knew there was a God, he listened to Him and obeyed as far as his weak faith could take him.
iv. Therefore, we see his roots choked out and his lack of faith in God in Exodus 5:22-23
“Moses returned to the Lord and said, “Why, Lord, why have you brought trouble on this people? Is this why you sent me? 23 Ever since I went to Pharaoh to speak in your name, he has brought trouble on this people, and you have not rescued your people at all.”
II. THE LORD CLARIFIES HIS PLAN TO MOSES
a. God reminds Moses of His Mighty Hand
i. Remember before this began the Lord told Moses the Pharaoh would not listen unless God’s mighty hand was against him.
ii. Exodus 6:1 “the Lord said to Moses, “Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh: Because of my mighty hand he will let them go; because of my mighty hand he will drive them out of his country.”
iii. Sometimes we need reminding that God stands by what He says. We are the covenant breakers, the liars, the forgetful disobedient, not God.
b. “I am the Lord”
i. In verses 2-4 the Lord explains to Moses that He is the one who appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob as God Almighty (El-Shaddai)
ii. He also explains that He did not make Himself “fully known to them”
iii. God Gives us what we need and can understand to accomplish and fulfill His Will. Therefore, we must trust Him and His Word completely.
iv. There is God’s timing which simply means, we don’t understand why something must or must not take place at a certain time in history, but God knows, and it is for our good and fulfillment of His Will.
c. “I have also heard the groaning of the Israelites”
i. We also see God saying He heard their groanings and remembered His covenant.
ii. We spoke about this before, “remembering” does not mean God “forgot”, but is “actively fulfilling His promise because of the covenant”
iii. When the scriptures mention God remembering, it simply means God is telling us in His Word the “WHY” for the actions He is or is about to take.
III. THE LORD GIVES MOSES HIS NEXT MISSION
a. Therefore, say to the Israelites
i. Say to the Israelites.
1. I am the Lord
2. I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians
3. I will free you from being slaves to them
4. I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment
5. I will take you as my own people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the Lord your God, who brought you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians
6. And I will bring you to the land I swore with uplifted hand to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
7. I will give it to you as a possession. I am the Lord.
ii. Promises the Lord will keep BECAUSE of the covenant He made with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
b. They would not listen because of their suffering
i. Moses returns to the Israelites and tells them what God said, but they did not listen.
ii. Sometimes it is hard for us to receive God’s Word during times of suffering
iii. Sometimes it’s hard to listen to or believe when you are filled with pain and agony of life
iv. Verse 9 tells us it was because of their discouragement and harsh labor they would not listen to Moses.
c. Then the Lord sent Moses back to Pharaoh
i. Moses was then told by the Lord to tell Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the Israelites go out of his country.
CONCLUSION
GOD PROMISES DELIVERANCE
Exodus 6:12 “But Moses said to the Lord, “If the Israelites will not listen to me, why would Pharaoh listen to me, since I speak with faltering lips [uncircumcised lips]?”
As we have read in previous verses, Moses has a problem for every solution.
Again, resisting God and His commands with excuses.
This verse reads “faltering lips” in some texts, and “uncircumcised lips” in others, such as the Literal Translation.
Moses is referring to his inability to speak properly. Whether it be slurring, stuttering, or some other speech impediment that caused his words to not form properly sounding sentences, we know Moses had an issue.
It could have even been something such as his fear or insecurities causing faltered speech.
Regardless, for every excuse we invent not to obey God’s Word, He creates a solution, some more pleasing than others. In this case, God allows Aaron to speak for Moses.
NEXT WEEK
The Lord speaks to Moses and Aaron about the Israelites
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