Message Notes

TUESDAY, 19 MARCH 2019
Text: Isaiah 1-12; Exodus
Topic: “Behold, God is my Salvation”

Behold, God is my salvation,
I will trust and not be afraid;
For YAH, the LORD is my strength and song;
He also has become my salvation. (Isaiah 12:2)

GOD AS SAVIOUR IS CLEARLY SEEN IN THE PHYSICAL REALM (BOOK OF EXODUS)

1. Knowledge of problems in life
God’s knowledge of the plight of the oppressed

I have surely seen the oppression of My people who are in Egypt (Exodus 3:7a)
I know their sorrows (Exodus 3:7b)

2. Deliverance from powerful enemies
Salvation is deliverance from powerful enemies and difficulties

I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians (Exodus 3:8)

I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt (Exodus 3:17)

3. Provision for a better future
Salvation includes provision of something better

And to bring them up from that land to a good and large land, to a land flowing with milk and honey (Exodus 3:8)

4. The Power of God applied
Salvation also includes God’s power effectively applied

I will stretch out My hand and strike Egypt with all My wonders which I will do in its midst
(Exodus 3:20)

GOD AS SAVIOUR-REDEEMER EXPLAINED

1. Identity of God established

a) As the God Almighty of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob (Exodus 6:3)

b) The new name He would be known by would be LORD (Exodus 6:3)

2. A Covenant-Keeping God

a) I have also established My covenant with them (Exodus 6:4)

b) I have remembered My covenant (Exodus 6:5)

c) I will take you as My people (Exodus 6:7a)

d) I will be your God (Exodus 6:7b)

e) I will bring you into the land which I swore to give (Exodus 6:8)

3. A Redeemer-God

a) Burdens
I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians (Exodus 6:6a)

b) Bondage
I will rescue you from their bondage (Exodus 6:6b)

c) Redemption
I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great judgments (Exodus 6:6c)

4. A God who leads His people

a) The LORD went before them by day in a pillar of cloud to lead the way (Exodus 13:21a)

b) And by night in a pillar of fire to give them light (Exodus 13:21b)

c) He did not take away the pillar of cloud by day (Exodus 13:22a)

d) Or the pillar of fire by night from before the people (Exodus 13:22b)

TEACHING PEOPLE TO HAVE FAITH IN GOD AS THE ONE WHO BRINGS SALVATION

1. Do not be afraid (Exodus 14:13a)

2. Stand still (Exodus 14:13b)

3. And see the salvation of the LORD (Exodus 14:13c)

4. Which He will accomplish for you today (Exodus 14:13d)

5. So the LORD saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians (Exodus 14:30)

APPROPRIATE RESPONSE OF FAITH TO THE LORD

1. Thus Israel saw the great work which the LORD had done in Egypt (Exodus 14:31a)

2. So the people feared the LORD (Exodus 14:31b)

3. And believed in the LORD (Exodus 14:31c)

APPROPRIATE RESPONSE OF PRAISE TO THE LORD

1. Singing to the LORD
I will sing to the LORD (Exodus 15:1)

2. Strength and Song
The LORD is my strength and song (Exodus 15:2 , Isaiah 12:2)

3. Salvation
And He has become my salvation (Exodus 15:2b, Isaiah 12:2)

4. Personal Faith in God
He is my God and I will praise Him (Exodus 15:2c)

5. Extolling the LORD
Who is like You, O LORD? (Exodus 15:11a)

Who is like You, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, ding wonders (Exodus 15:11b; Psalm 145)