When God gave Moses the assignment of delivering Israel from bondage in Egypt, what Moses needed to know more than anything was God’s name and word. Indeed, down through the centuries, mankind’s greatest need has always been to know God’s character, to receive His promises, and to live in the light of both. In his final message as Parkside Church’s senior pastor, Alistair Begg calls us to reflect on God’s unfailing trustworthiness, which gives us sure grounds for staking our lives upon His promises:
In verse 17, He’s the God who keeps His promise: “I promise that I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt.” We can trust God’s promises. In fact, there’s no difference between an Old Testament believer and a New Testament believer in this regard. What were they doing? What did they go on? The disclosure of God and His promises. What are you going on into next week? The disclosure of God and His promises.
You say to your friends at work that you believe in eternity, that you believe that there is a heaven that may be enjoyed, and they say, “And where did you come up with this?”
And you say, “Well, I came up with it from the Bible.”
“Oh, you read the Bible?”
“Yeah, I read the Bible.”
They say, “Well, what part do you mean?”
“Well, it’s a promise that Jesus made: ‘Don’t let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God. Believe in Me. In My Father’s house are many rooms, mansions. If it weren’t so, I would have told you that. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself, so that where I am there you may be also.’”
That’s what He was saying: “Tell the people that you’re going to a place that He’s prepared for you. I promise,” He says. They trusted His promise. Do we?
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