But Pharaoh replied, “Who is the LORD that I should obey His voice and let Israel go? I do not know the LORD, and I will not let Israel go.”Pharaoh said, “Who is Yahweh, that I should listen to his voice to let Israel go? I don’t know Yahweh, and moreover I will not let Israel go.”And Pharaoh said, Who is the Lord, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the Lord, neither will I let Israel go.And Pharaoh said, Who is Jehovah, that I should hearken unto his voice to let Israel go? I know not Jehovah, and moreover I will not let Israel go.
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He says, Who is the Lord that I should obey his voice and let Israel go? I do not know the Lord. Moreover, I will not let Israel go. mark that. When Pharaoh asks, who is the Lord? I do not know who the Lord is. You know how the story goes. We pause here and we say, oh, Pharaoh, you will know. You're going to know. This is what God's going to do in 10 plagues. And what God's going to do at the Red Sea, you're going to know. And you're going to know him in his judgments on you. You're not going to know him from a safe place. You will know him in his judgments. You'll know that he's the Lord. no more will Pharaoh be able to say, who is the Lord? I don't know who he is. Pharaoh will know him, but not as friend. Pharaoh will know him as a vanquishing foe. And God brings that back twice in Exodus chapter 14. So this is Exodus 14 verse four. …
May the Lord add a blessing to the reading and hearing of God's holy word. I'd like to place a tag here on this text for this moment. I'd like for us to deal with this simple idea in the continuation of this series that we have been in for Black History Month, The Genius of Black People. But we want to deal with this subheading of the truth about liberation. The truth about liberation. If you could turn to your neighbor at this time and say to your neighbor, Neighbor. Neighbor. Oh, neighbor. Oh, neighbor. We need to tell the truth. We need to tell the truth. About liberation. About liberation. Let's find another neighbor. Find another neighbor. Say neighbor Oh neighbor Did you hear What Moses said He said Why Did you ever Send me The truth about liberation or the problem of liberation. The truth about liberation. Beloved, courage and cowardice live in the same body. Courage and cowardice live in the same house. The flight or fight response exists in the same heart. …
There is a Divine ring about the text as there was in that ancient fiat which startled the darkness and caused it to flee away. "Let there be light, and there was light." So here the Lord says, "I will bring them and gather them.. .and they shall come.. .I will lead them. I will cause them to walk; they shall not stumble." It is, "I will," and, "they shall" all the way through! There is no admission of doubt or of the possibility of failure. Jehovah speaks in the Sovereignty of His power and says, "I will do this, and I will do that," and there is not an, "if," or a, "perhaps," or a "maybe" to mar the certainty of the Divine Declarations—"I will" and "they shall." Remember, Beloved, that it was so in Egypt. " Moses and Aaron went in and told Pharaoh, "Thus says the Lord God of Israel, Let My people go, that they may hold a feast unto Me in the wilderness. And Pharaoh said, Who is the Lord, that I should obey His voice to let Israel go? I know not the Lord, neither will I let Israel go." Yet, when the Lord smote his first-born with all the first-born throughout the land of Egypt, "he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, Rise up and get you forth from among my people, both you and the children of Israel; and go, serve the Lord as you have said." And when the time came for captive Israel to return from Babylon, God had but to speak and the iron bars snapped in sunder and the gates of brass flew open! So also shall it be in the latter days when the Jews are restored to their own land. By some mysterious influence which probably many of them will not be able to understand, they will be irresistibly drawn from all parts of the earth to Emmanuel's land and, meanwhile, that same Divine Energy is gathering together the chosen unto the great Shiloh, for "unto Him shall the gathering of the people be." Invisible bands of love are continually drawing to Christ those for whom He died. The mighty magnet of His atoning Sacrifice is constantly attracting to Him the members of His redeemed family—more in one age than in another, yet always according to the eternal purpose and decree of God—for although He acts mysteriously and silently, yet He always "works all things after the counsel of His own will." …