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In Exodus 23, Israel is at Mount Sinai receiving what will be called the law of Moses. It was the 10 Commandments, and so much more. These were the rules and principles that were to guide their lives as they entered the land God promised them.

God wanted justice and righteousness and respect for one another. There were rules of charity and generosity. There were rules in the kind treatment of animals and the forgiveness of debt. There were instructions to help them understand how to be men and women with the heart and character of God.

You see that clearly in certain ordinances such as in 23:4-5, “If you meet your enemy’s ox or his donkey wandering away, you shall surely return it to him. If you see the donkey of one who hates you lying helpless under its load, you shall refrain from leaving it to him, you shall surely release it with him.” What character we would have if we lived these words today. Jesus taught principles that were similar; “I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven.”

Some of the rules were certainly interesting. For example, verse 19, “You are not to boil a kid in the milk of its mother.” Very likely, God gave that rule so they would be distinct from the pagan nations around them. There is something cruel about the thought of boiling the kid of a goat in the milk of its own mother. It’s also likely, that God did not want the mixing of life – milk – with death.

Unfortunately, that’s one rule that has been taken to the extreme in Israel even today. When you travel to Israel, you cannot get milk in any form at dinner in the remote chance that whatever meat you choose might get mixed with the milk of its mother. But you can’t even get chicken with milk together and the last I checked you can get milk from the chicken.

The verses I want us to look at today, however, are filled with promises for Israel. There are amazing promises that are part of the Law of Moses. But they are also conditional. “If you will truly obey My voice and do all that I say…”

These rules are good for us to study because there are principles contained in these rules that show us God’s heart. There are also many promises God gives the believer today and we need to see how these apply to our lives.

I. God Will Be with You Along the Way

 God told Israel that he bore them on eagles’ wings and brought them to Himself, that they would a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.

 God brought them to Himself and then promised to be with them along the way.

 This is one of the greatest promises for the believer today. Jesus is Immanuel – God with us.

Matthew 28:20, “I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”

Hebrews 13:5-6, Be content with what you have; for He Himself has said, “I will never leave you, nor forsake you,” so that we confidently say, “The Lord is my helper, I will not be afraid. What will man do to me?”

 God’s presence is a promise and with it comes personal application.

A. God will bring you safely home

 God promised to send an angel. Many believe this was the pre-incarnate Christ that we see in many places of the Old Testament.
 The promise was that He would go before them to guard them along the way and to bring them to the place which God prepared.
 It’s very encouraging to know that God goes before us; that he knows what’s ahead in the journey of life, and that He will bring us safely home.

John 14:1-6, “Do not let your heart be troubled; believe in God, believe also in Me. In My Father’s house are many dwelling places; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you. If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself, that where I am, there you may be also.”

 God never promised a life free from troubles. He did promise to be with us in the storm and He promised to bring us safely home.

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