THE END OF A TYRANNY

EXODUS 14:3

A. "AND ISRAEL SAW THE EGYPTIANS DEAD UPON THE SEA SHORE"
  1. That was the end of a tyranny:
    1. Israel had been the bond servant of Egypt for a long time
    2. What God had foretold about the Egyptians came to pass - Ex. 14:17-18
  2. God had wrought a great victory over the Egyptian taskmasters:
    1. Pharaoh and his army were swallowed up by the waves of the Dead Sea
    2. Israel saw with their eyes how God made good His promises B. A GREAT LESSON FOR ALL TIMES
  3. Satan is the real tyrant that has sought to perpetuate the bondage of men:
    1. "Can the prisoners of a tyrant ever escape" - Is. 49:24; The James Moffatt Bible
    2. Of Satan, our Lord testifies that "He was a murderer from the beginning" - John 8:44
    3. Abel was his first human victim - Gen. 4:8
  4. He has hated God's people all the way:
    1. That was foretold in the Garden of Eden - Gen. 3:15-16
    2. Wrote Peter, "Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil as a roaring lion walketh about, seeking whom he may devour" - I Pet. 5:8; Examples: Job - Job chapters 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; Jeremiah - Jer. 20:2; 18:18; the Jews - Esther 3:1-15
  5. Egypt a type of sin:
    1. John writes about the city "which is called "Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified" - Rev. 11:8
    2. Sin makes slaves of all who come under its power; Examples: Cain - Gen. 4:8; Judas - John 13:30; Saul, called Paul - Rom. 7:14-22; 6:16; Samson - Judges 16:16 C. FINAL AND GLORIOUS DELIVERANCE FROM ALL TYRANNY PROMISED TO GOD'S PEOPLE
  6. Satan's wrath against God's people will increase as the end of his tyranny is near at hand:
    1. "Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea; for the devil is come down unto you having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time" - Rev. 12:12
    2. "And the devil was wroth with the woman and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus" - Rev. 12:17
  7. He seeks to perpetuate the human race in bondage:
    1. Through the lust of the eye
    2. The pride of life
    3. The lust of the flesh - I John 2:16; Examples: Eve the first victim of the lust of the eye - Gen. 3:6; Samson, too, a victim of the same lust - Judges 14:1; David yielded to the lust of the flesh - 2 Sam. 11:2; Nebuchadnezzar a victim of the pride of life - Dan. 4:30
  8. Christ the great deliverer from the tyranny of sin:
    1. His name - Matt. 1:21
    2. His power - Is. 49:24-25; Matt. 28:18
    3. His promise - Is. 60:1; John 8:36
  9. The deliverance from the tyranny of sin is threefold:
    1. Deliverance from the guilt of sin - Rom. 8:1; John 8:1-6
    2. Deliverance from the power of sin - Acts 26:18
    3. Deliverance from the eternal consequences of sin - 2 Cor. 5:17
  10. The final and glorious victory over Satan, sin and death will come at the second coming of Jesus Christ:
    1. Death will be abolished - I Cor. 15:26; 15:54-58
    2. Immortality - eternal life will be given to God's children - Rev. 20:5-6 Dear reader will you share in that glorious experience of God's people


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