Who Chooses? Part 9
Kalergi Clergy
Copied from the sermon notes of Pastor Don Elmore
September 3, 2017
Scripture Reading: Exodus 2:23-25
The situation depicted in these few scriptures was when the chosen people of God, the people of His covenant, were in bondage to the Egyptians. Their numbers had increased by so much that the new Pharaoh feared the Israelites. But Israel, at this time, was in apostasy and rebellion and few even knew who the true God was.
But God:
Heard the groanings of His covenant people
Remembered His covenants (That was the part that was missing in the above verse: “… God remembered His covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.” )
Looked upon their sufferings
Had respect unto them
It was the covenant that He had made with Abraham and passed it along to Isaac and then to Jacob and his seed. That was the thing that He remembered. That was the difference between the Israelites and the Egyptians. The Israelites were God’s people and the other races were not the people of God. That is the reason that Israel was superior to the Egyptians—they were God’s people and the Egyptians were not. Israel was God’s covenant people and the Egyptians were not. All the other races worshipped other gods, only Israel worshipped the true God, i.e. the God of the Bible.