Exodus 6:6-7 // Therefore, say to the Israelites: “I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians. I will free you from being slaves to them, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment. I will take you as my own people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians.
- The Cup of Sanctification – Salvation.
- The Cup of Deliverance – Freedom.
- The Cup of Redemption – Restoration.
- The Cup of Praise – Fulfillment.
Exodus 6:6-7 // “I will bring you out from under the yoke…”
- Forced to make bricks.
- You feel enslaved.
John 8:34-35 MSG // Jesus said, “I tell you most solemnly that anyone who chooses a life of sin is trapped in a dead-end life and is, in fact, a slave. A slave is a transient, who can't come and go at will.”
- Death of the babies.
- You feel empty.
- Forcing them to collect their own straw.
- You feel exhausted
- The Cup of Sanctification
John 10:10 // The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.
Romans 8:11 MSG // It stands to reason, doesn’t it, that if the alive and present God who raised Jesus from the dead moves into your life, he’ll do the same thing in you that he did in Jesus, bringing you alive to himself? When God lives and breathes in you, you are delivered from that dead life. With his Spirit living in you, your body will be as alive as Christ’s!
1 Peter 1:3-4 MSG // Because Jesus was raised from the dead, we’ve been given a brand-new life and have everything to live for, including a future in heaven – and the future starts now!
- How did we get there?
- How do we get out?
- Turn around. Repent
2 Corinthians 6:17-18 // Therefore, “Come out from them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.” And, “I will be a Father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”
Mark 8:34-35 MSG // Anyone who intends to come with me has to let me lead. You’re not in the driver’s seat; I am. Follow me and I’ll show you how. Self-help is no help at all. Self-sacrifice is the way, my way, to saving yourself.
- Commit your life. Relationship
Romans 6:19 // Just as you used to offer yourselves as slaves to impurity and to ever-increasing wickedness, so now offer yourselves as slaves to righteousness leading to holiness.
