Exodus 6 – The Seven “I Wills” of Redemption
God is telling Moses that He is THE LORD. He does not
have to prepare for the future. He is
self-existing and needs no reserve. God is
not dependent of anything in creation.
He does not lean upon anything; rather, all of creation leans upon Him
for support. God wanted Moses to lean
upon Him too.
I will bring you out from your burdens: The things of the world
are an oppression to the heart. We are
told not to love the world. God can
deliver us from the burden of sin through faith in Jesus Christ.
I will rid you out of bondage: When we dive into the
truths of the Bible, the darkness begins to roll away, and the light breaks
through into our heart.
I will redeem you with an outstretched
arm: God
has a great plan of salvation, but man must come to Him for it. He will redeem you with an outstretched arm.
I will take you to me for a people: God has lifted us up out
of the muck and mire of sin and made us His sons by faith in Christ Jesus! He
wants us to know Christ as Savior and Lord.
I will be to you a God: God loves His own because
it is His nature to love. He wants to be
our God.
I will bring you into the land: Canaan is not a picture of
heaven. It is a picture of the Christian
life as believers should be living it. Are you living today in the life, light,
and love of a living Savior?
I will give you the land for a heritage: We have been justified by
faith and have peace with God through the Lord Jesus Christ. We have been given the Holy Spirit of God to
indwell in us and the love of God has been made real to us.
It is also essential that Moses and Aaron are who
they claim to be. It has been forty
years since Moses left Egypt. In the
meantime, he has married the daughter of the priest of Midian. Now here he is back in Egypt. He belongs to the tribe of Levi and his
father and Mother are Amram and Jochebed.
The genealogy provides the necessary credentials for Moses to accomplish
the work he is sent to do in the land of Egypt. It is not a very pleasant task
he has to perform. He has been rejected
all along the way. Even after he shows
his credentials of being in the tribe of Levi, he is rejected. “I’m in the right line” says Moses, “but I
hesitate to go.”
Commentary by J. Vernon McGee
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