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Psalms 114:1-8

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public Domain

The spiritual exodus.

I. WE MAKE OUR ESCAPE FROM A STATE OF BONDAGE—EGYPT.

1. A life of sin is a life of spiritual bondage. (Romans 6:16.)

2. Such a life of bondage brings us into "strange" and unnatural relations. (Psalms 114:1.) Egypt was not the home of the Israelites.

II. THE SPIRITUAL EXODUS BRINGS US INTO OUR TRUE, OR DIVINE, RELATIONS. (Psalms 114:2.)

1. We become consecrated temples for the indwelling of God. (Psalms 114:2.) "Judah was his sanctuary."

2. We are kingdoms over which God reigns. "And Israel his dominion."

III. THIS EXODUS IS ACCOMPANIED BY GREAT EXCITEMENTS.

1. There is a grand revelation of the presence of God. (Psalms 114:7.)

2. A wonderful proclamation of the Law of God. Sinai is shaken by it, and so is the soul of man. Moses said, "I exceedingly fear and quake."

3. There is a revelation of the abundant mercy of God. (Psalms 114:8.) This manifestation of God "turned the rock into a standing water, the flint into a fountain of waters."—S.

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