Page 24 - Laying Down the Law

Departing from Egypt, the Israelites wandered in the wilderness until they came
to the Red Sea. Pharaoh arose with all his army and pursued Israel, intending to take
them back into captivity. Behold what occurred.

Exodus 14:13-14, 19-20
And Moses said to the people, "Do not be afraid. Stand still, and see the
salvation of Yahweh, which He will accomplish for you today. For the
Egyptians whom you see today, you shall see again no more forever. Yahweh
will fight for you, and you shall hold your peace..." And the Angel of God,
who went before the camp of Israel, moved and went behind them; and the
pillar of cloud went from before them and stood behind them. So it came
between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel. Thus it was a cloud
and darkness to the one, and it gave light by night to the other, so that the one
did not come near the other all that night.

Hallelujah! Yahweh would not grant Pharaoh authority to take those set free by
the blood of the lamb back into slavery. “He whom the Son sets free shall be free
indeed!” (John 8:36).
Observe, however, the reaction of God’s people. They have not perceived, or fully
embraced, the grace and power of Yahweh working on their behalf. They doubt the
goodness of the One who delivered them, believing that they are powerless to resist
a return to their former life.

Exodus 14:10-12
And when Pharaoh drew near, the children of Israel lifted their eyes, and
behold, the Egyptians marched after them. So they were very afraid, and the
children of Israel cried out to Yahweh. Then they said to Moses, "Because there
were no graves in Egypt, have you taken us away to die in the wilderness? Why
have you so dealt with us, to bring us up out of Egypt? Is this not the word that
we told you in Egypt, saying, 'Let us alone that we may serve the Egyptians'?
For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than that we should
die in the wilderness."

This same struggle is faced by all those who have been set free from sin’s
bondage through the blood of the Lamb. Having known only unrelenting slavery to
sin, having been cruelly treated by this dominant taskmaster, it is difficult to
comprehend that sin no longer has any power over the child of God. By faith we must
enter into the freedom that has been purchased for us. We must reckon those things
true that God has declared accomplished through the blood of Christ.

Romans 6:11
Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God
in Christ Yahshua our Lord.