Trust God - Exodus 6:1-12

Today’s sermon: Exodus 6v1-12 “Trust God”

 

Intro: Stumbling and handholds

 

        1) In times of doubt take hold of who God is (v1-13)

 

• God’s hand is mighty and acts for his people (v1)

 

• Yahweh is personally relating to his people (v2)

 

• God is completely faithful and unchanging (v3)

 

 

“Our affections and emotions are useful but they are not gospel”

 

 

 

             2) In times of doubt take hold of what God has done (v4-5)

 

We have bad spiritual memories!

 

• Yes the journey will be more twisty than we assumed

 

• But remember what God has already done for you

 

 

WHAT HAS GOD ALREADY DONE FOR YOU?

“He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all – how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things?” Romans 8v32

 

 

               3) In times of doubt take hold of what God will do (v6-12)

 

“I AM ….

• I will bring you out
• I will free you
• I will redeem you
• I will take you as my own people
• I will bring you into the land
• I will give it to you as a possession

“… I AM”

 

God’s “I will’s” are tied to his “I AM”; for God to fail to do what he has said he will do would be to stop being the God he is!!!

 

 

Questions to chew on: “Our affections are useful but they are not gospel truth” – how much do your affections control your thinking and decision-making? How does God’s faithfulness help you in times of disappointment? How can remembering what God has already done for you help you in times of doubt? How as a church family could we be better at remembering God’s blessings? What promises that God has made are important in your life?

Memory verse: Exodus 6 v 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.”

My own questions for later: