When we leave “Egypt” - the place where we were in bondage
to sin - we need to be careful to not rebuild our gods from our past.
Nehemiah described the children of Israel when they left
Egypt:
"But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened
their necks, and hearkened not to thy commandments, and refused to obey,
neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but hardened
their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their
bondage: but thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to
anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest them not.
“Yea, when they had made them a molten calf, and said, This
is thy God that brought thee up out of Egypt, and had wrought great
provocations; yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the
wilderness: the pillar of the cloud departed not from them by day, to lead them
in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to shew them light, and the
way wherein they should go." - Nehemiah 9:16-19 KJV
God is merciful. His love comes to us, not by righteous
deeds we have done, but by His amazing grace and undeserved love for us, that
while we were deep in sin, He died for us.
"For when we were yet without strength, in due time
Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet
peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. But God commendeth his
love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Much
more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath
through him." - Romans 5:6-9 KJV
"But after that the kindness and love of God our
Saviour toward man appeared, not by works of righteousness which we have done,
but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and
renewing of the Holy Ghost; which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ
our Saviour" - Titus 3:4-6 KJV
When we turn to Jesus, our sins can be washed away by His
blood in water baptism in Jesus name. When He has cleansed us of our sins, He
can fill us with His Holy Ghost. Even though we have stumbled in our walk with
Him, when we reach out to Him, determined to live for Him, He forgives us, and
refills us with His Spirit. Jesus loves us.
"Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized
every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye
shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. For the promise is unto you, and to
your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God
shall call." - Acts 2:38-39 KJV
"And with many other words did he testify and exhort,
saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation." - Acts 2:40 KJV
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