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In The Press

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And Moses said unto the people, “Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which He will shew to you to day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever.  The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.”
And the LORD said unto Moses, “Wherefore criest thou unto Me? Speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward: but lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and divide it: and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea.  And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall follow them: and I will get Me honour upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.  And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I have gotten Me honour upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.
Exodus 14:13-18

The Israelite people had been freed from bondage in Egypt,  They had made it to the Red Sea, when they looked and saw their former captors on the chase after them, and it was not for recapture.  The Egyptians had a heart for killing them all.

The people of Israel, many of them, when they saw the Egypt’s army hot on their trail, they were frightened.  Moses tells them “Do not fear, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD.

Please note what God says to Moses, it sounds something like this, “What are you doing standing here?  Tell the people to move forward, stretch out your staff over the sea, and it will divide, and the people will go over on dry ground.”

The King of Egypt, the Pharaoh was not an honest, trust worthy man. He could not be trusted. He thought he was god, and was worshiped by the Egyptian people.  The LORD God Almighty had proven that he was not god, but only a man.

The people of Israel had found themselves in a press, or it you will, a stressful situation.  When they saw the large army coming after them they saw no way out.  The LORD provided a way where there seemed to be no way.

God is the Righteous, Holy and Just Lord of creation.  He cannot tolerate sin, and He will not even look upon it.  How then, can we please Him?  We cannot, but One did.  Humanity is in a press concerning our relationship with God.  God sent His Son to  live a life without sin, an obedient Son who had a strong relationship with God His Father.

The press of sin can defeated now by one calling on the name of the One who died on the cross for our sins, having become sin for us, that we would become the Righteousness of God.

Is the press of sin weighing on you today.  Today is the day to move toward Jesus Christ the Son of the Living God. He is the way, and there is no other.

They Have Believed

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“I have manifested Thy name unto the men which Thou gavest Me out of the world: Thine they were, and Thou gavest them Me; and they have kept Thy word. Now they have known that all things whatsoever Thou hast given Me are of Thee. For I have given unto them the words which Thou gavest Me; and they have received, and have known surely that I came out from Thee, and they have believed that Thou didst send Me.” John 17:6-8

These are from the prayer Jesus prayed in the garden of the press – Gethsemane. It has been called His High Priestly prayer, and in reality is the real “Lord’s Prayer”, because this is what He is praying for all those who will follow Him believing.

In these three verses we can learn part of what He is asking for us…

One, that He has revealed the Father’s name to those who believe and redeemed them out of the world;

Two, those who believe are kept by the word of God;

Three, we can know that all things given to Christ Jesus came from the Father;

Four, the words Jesus spoke and lived have been received by those who believe;

Five, those believing receive Jesus Christ, His words, and His works.

How about you? Have you believed that Jesus loved you so much that He died on the cross for your sins, that He was buried, and that He rose again? If not, call out to Him turning from sin to believing in Him. He will hear. He will save you. He makes you clean.