The Seven I
Wills of God
Exodus 6:1-8
Intro:
Moses was struggling. He had answered Gods call for service, he confronted
Pharaoh but
God answers telling Moses things are
about to change. Not only will Pharaoh let
(1)I am the Lord
(2)Abraham, Isaac and Jacob knew me as God Almighty, not as
Jehovah (redeemer)
(3)Gods covenant with the patriarchs and that He remembered it.
God reminded Moses of something we need
to remember today, He is still
in control. God told Moses to give
I.
I Will bring them out from under their burden
(A)
(B) The Christian had burdens of
(1)A lost condition
(2)A conscious guilt
II. I Will rid you
of bondage
(Definition) Bondage is severing from a
previous condition.
Illustration- If a slave were to be
sold by a evil master to a kind master, a burden would be removed, but he would
still be a slave!
(A) For
He led them through the
(B) For Christians
(1)Jesus Christ removed sins burden
(2)Jesus Christ removed sins bondage
(3)Jesus Christ removed satans bondage
(4)Jesus Christ removed deaths bondage
III. I Will redeem
you
(Definition) Redeem means to purchase
and set free.
(A) For
(1)
(2)
Likewise man's redemption comes from a
first born, Jesus Christ Gods only son.
Christ's blood will redeem any that
repent and accept it.
(B) For Christians
(1)
The redeemed are purchased by incorruption; 1Pe 1:18 Forasmuch
as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and
gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;
1Pe 1:19
But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without
spot:
(2)
The redeemed are not their own; 1Co 6:20 For ye are bought with a price:
therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.
(3) We are redeemed with power. The same power that
resurrected Jesus from the tomb, can redeem souls burdened in bondage of sin
and headed to a devils hell.
IV. I
Will take you for a people
(A)
(1)
A covenant people
(2)
A nation of slaves
(B) Christians are
(1) A peculiar people set apart from the world.
(2) A people with unmerited
redemption.
V. I Will be your God.
(A)
For
(1)
Protection- They were God's people
(2)
Guidance- He led out of
(3)
Provisions- He always provided water and food.
(B)
For Christians this means
(1) He will be their God; 2Co 6:16
And what agreement hath the
(2)
Being preserved to the end, in spite of our ignorance, weakness,
fickle attitudes and even our rebellion and failures.
VI.I Will bring you in unto the
land.
(A)
For
(1) Leaving a land of bondage
(2) Entering a land of
promised
(3) Deliverance from their
enemies; i.e. Amalekites, Amonites, Og the king of
(B) For Christians this means
(1) Leaving the world
(2) Leaving the flesh
(3) Promise of Heaven
VII. I will give you a
heritage
(A) For
(1) God promised it to
Abraham
(2) Provided it through Moses
(3) Promised it for the
future generations.
(B) For Christians this means
(1) We have the earnest (down
payment); Eph 1:13 In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of
truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye
were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, Eph 1:14 Which is the earnest of
our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the
praise of his glory.
(2) It is a gift; Rom 6:23
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through
Jesus Christ our Lord.
(3) It can’t be removed (see
sealed from item 1)
Conc.
I hope you can see that God's “I Will's” for
02/12/05