Amen. If you would remain standing and take your Bible together with me, turn it to Exodus chapter 15, beginning from verse 1 to 21. If you are using the church Bible, you will find it on page 72. Exodus 15, verse 1 to 21. 21, I will read it in the name of Jesus Christ, our Savior. Then Moses and the people of Israel sang this song to the Lord, saying, I will sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously. The horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea. The Lord is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation. This is my God. I will praise him. My father's God, and I will exalt him. The Lord is a man of war. The Lord is his name. Pharaoh's chariots and his host he cast into the sea. And his chosen officers were sunk in the Red Sea. The floods covered them. They went down into the depths like a stone. Your right hand, O Lord, glorious in power. Your right hand, O Lord, shatters the enemy. In the greatness of your majesty, you overthrow your adversaries. You send out your fury. It consumes them like stubble. At the blast of your nostrils, the waters piled up. The flood stood up in a heap. conjured in the heart of the sea. The enemy said, I will pursue. I will overtake. I will divide the spoil. My desire shall have its fill of them. I will draw my sword. My hand shall destroy them. You blew with the wind. The sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters. Who is like you, Lord, among the gods? who is like you, majestic in holiness, awesome in glorious deeds, doing wonders. You stretched out your right hand. The earth swallowed them. You have led in your steadfast love the people whom you have redeemed. You have guided them by your strength to your holy abode. The peoples have heard. They strumble. The bands have seized the inhabitants of Calestia. Now are the chiefs of Edom dismayed. Trembling seizes the leaders of Moab. All the inhabitants of Canaan have melted away. Terror and dread fall upon them. Because of the greatness of your arm, they are still as a stone. Till your people, O Lord, pass by, till the people pass by whom you have purchased it. You will bring them in and plant them on your own mountain, the place, O Lord, which you have made for your abode, the sanctuary, O Lord, which your hands have established. The Lord will reign forever and ever. For when the horses of Pharaoh, with his chariots and his horsemen, went into the sea, The Lord brought back the waters of the sea upon them. But the people of Israel walked on a dry ground in the midst of the sea. Then Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a tambourine in her hand. And all the women went out after her with tambourines and dancing. And Miriam sang to them, sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously. the horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea. Amen. Let's pray. Father and our God, as we now, with the help of the Holy Spirit, open our hearts and our minds to the hearing of your word. We pray that you, our God, through the ministry of the Holy Spirit, We'll use the preaching of your word tonight to encourage our hearts, to show us more of Christ, more of his person and work for our salvation. Speak to your people by your holy word. We pray in Jesus' name. Amen. You may be seated. I'm sure you all have read the Book of Exodus. Especially, you are familiar with the story of the parting of the Red Sea into two parts, where the people of Israel walked through a dry land. Tonight, I want to ask you a question. going back to that story, that great story of Exodus. What did Moses do the moment the Lord brought Israel's deliverance from Egypt? The end of the deliverance being the passing of the Israelites through the Red Sea, walking on that dry land, that the Lord has prepared for them. What did Moses did? You know, the first thing he did after he saw God's deliverance was he sang a song of praise and celebration to God. He sang a song of praise unto the Lord. Notice verse two and three. I will sing to the Lord for he has triumphed gloriously. The horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea. The Lord is my strength and my song. He has become my salvation. This is my God and I will praise him. My Father's God, I will exalt him. Normally, we would expect Moses to brag about the obedience of the people of Israel to their God, which would not be the case because they were not obedient to God. You might expect Moses to make fun of the Egyptians and Pharaoh who were droned into the Red Sea. We don't see Moses doing those things. What we see tonight is Moses gathering the people of Israel who have tested and experienced God's deliverance around the Red Sea and through the Red Sea and sing a song of praise. The moment God saved you. The moment that you realize it as a redeemed person, that you have already transferred from the kingdom of darkness to the kingdom of light, what was your response? What did you do? Did you sing praise to God? Did you raise your voice, open your mouth, and sang a song of praise to the Lord? What have you done? This is a song of Moses. He's narrating God's mighty work of deliverance through singing. In this song of salvation, Moses teach us a wonderful lesson concerning the link, the relationship, between the historic deliverance of the Israelites from the bondage in Egypt and our deliverance from sin's slavery. I don't know how many of us noticed from time to time, but the hymns and the songs that we sing unto the Lord, they tell a story. They paint a picture of God's work of redemption for us in every hymn, in every song that is sung, as far as that hymn is based on the scripture, based on the Word of God. You see, that song, that hymn paints for you a picture of your own salvation. And tonight, Moses, through this singing, shows us the application, the spiritual application of our salvation. As we consider this song that Moses sang, the song of redemption, the song of salvation, we learn that as God brought the people of Israel out of Egypt, in order to bring them in to Canaan, the land of promise, in the same way. That's the picture of what I'm going to tell you now. It's a picture of God bringing us out from sin's slavery to bring us into his kingdom, his righteous kingdom, his son's kingdom, the kingdom of righteousness, the kingdom of salvation, the kingdom of forgiveness of sins, the kingdom of reconciliation with our God. So I want us to think about this truth from this song of salvation. He brought us out in order to bring us in. God brought us out from the slavery of sin in order to bring us into His salvation. Notice how Moses described God's salvation here in verse 2. The Lord is my strength and my song. He has become my salvation. You see the word salvation is the name Joshua, Jesus, who will be born from the virgin to save his people from their sins. And Moses here is saying, Joshua has become my salvation. As his name indicates, he has become my salvation. Imagine for God to become your salvation. We often talk about Jesus as our savior. Jesus, the one who made our salvation possible. But you also need to understand your salvation. In this term, God has become our salvation. And by God's grace, I want us to explore this under three points. First, I want us to consider from this song of salvation, sin's captivity. We will be around verse 13 and expound it in the context of Moses' song of salvation tonight, sin's captivity, and then redemption's liberty, and heaven's certainty. We have this lesson in this song tonight. First, sin's captivity. Notice verse 13. You have led in your steadfast love The people whom you have redeemed. You see, Moses is speaking about what? Redemption. He's speaking about people who have been in bondage. People who have been in slavery. And God came to them and he redeemed them from their slavery. This song is to God. This song is of God, and this song is for God. God was the object of Moses' song of redemption. The Lord has become my salvation. The word redeemed implies to us that the people of Israel, were in Egypt for all those years in bondage. They were slaves. It's a gospel language. Redemption. The redeemed. It's a gospel language. The people of Israel knew what it means to live under bondage. Slavery. under a cruel and evil taskmaster. They knew that. They experienced that. And Pharaoh, that evil and cruel master, represents the devil, who is the master of those who are in the world, those who are in sin's slavery. The people of Israel had to go through many fiery trials to reach a place of rest. But remember that their liberty was not a planned escape. We don't see the people of Israel planning their escape. We don't see them coming together in consultation. This is how we're going to break out. This is how we're going to crossed the Red Sea. No, it was not a planned escape. It was a divine rescue. You remember the song of the Israelites in Psalm 126.1, when the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion, we were like those who dream. It just happened. You know, once they saw their salvation, once they saw God's mighty hand rescuing them from Egypt, they acted as if they were dreaming. They didn't contribute anything toward their deliverance. It was divine rescue. Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with shouts of joy. That's exactly how Moses responded. You know this song? Moses' song was written before Exodus. Do you know that? It was written before Exodus took place. Moses wrote this song before the actual crossing of the Red Sea. He wrote this song by faith. The Holy Spirit inspired Moses to write this song of salvation before even Exodus happened. It had to be divine work. divine work of redemption, the same, your salvation, my salvation. It was God's work. Israel was delivered by God. They were brought out of the slavery in Egypt by the mighty hand of God. This is a picture of a redemption from sin's captivity. Listen, beloved, sin is captivity. In the Bible, We give it different names, different description of the spiritual condition of man in sin. Sometimes we say dead in sin. Sometimes we say blind. Sometimes we say unclean. Sometimes we say a stranger. Sometimes we say in darkness. The gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ meets a sinner in all these conditions. Jesus Christ is the only one who can give life to the dead. Jesus is the only one who can give spiritual light to the blind. Jesus is the only one who is able to bring near to God the one who is far from God. Notice verse 13, that's the reality here. You have led in your steadfast love, not because of their obedience, not because they prayed, not because they asked for, But you have led in your steadfast love the people whom you have redeemed. You have guided them by your strength to your holy abode. You see, in his song, Moses is saying, you did it all. We haven't done anything. It was your work. It was the result of your steadfast love. The Lord is my strength and my song. He has become my salvation. Beloved, the people of Israel were slaves in Egypt. They didn't belong to their own. Someone else owned them. They were Pharaoh's servants. He tells them to go out, they go out. He tells them to come in, they come in. They were slaves. They were under Pharaoh's control. If that was not the case, Moses would never go to Egypt. God would never send a deliverer to Egypt. But he sent Moses as a type of Christ. because his people were in slavery. That's exactly what God did for us. You see the picture now. You see how this song paints the picture of your salvation. You were a slave to sin, John 8, 34. Everyone who practices sin is a slave to sin. That's who we were, slaves to sin. God sent a deliverer to us because we were in slavery. Because of the transgression of Adam and Eve. Because of that inherited sin, we became slaves to sin. Unable to do anything good, the devil held us as captives. Would not let us go to worship God. Do you remember what God told Moses? You go to Pharaoh and you tell him to do what? Let my people go. To do what? Worship me. He couldn't let them go to serve their God, to worship God. And God told him through Moses, let my people go to worship me. You know, before you saw that light, before you experience that mighty hand of God delivering you from the bandage of sin, you are not a worshiper of God. You are not in church. You never sang songs of salvation. You are a slave to sin. You are not a worshiper of God. The devil tells us that the gospel is useless. We don't need it. We are free. You see, the devil, the world, and the flesh always tells us we are free and we should enjoy our freedom. All lies, all deception. Paul in 2 Corinthians 3, 11 said, we are not ignorant of his designs. ignorant of the devil's designs, whatever he tells us, it's a lie because he is a father of what? Lies. He's a liar from the beginning. You see, the Lord came to Egypt to rescue his people from the bondage of Pharaoh, the sins of Egypt, in order to bring them into his own freedom. 1 Corinthians 7.22, What about Romans 6.18? 1 Corinthians 6.18 shows us our former status as slaves to sin. And then, as those who have been bowed by the blood of Jesus Christ, made free by work of redemption. So sin is slavery. And God sent his own begotten son, Jesus Christ, to deliver us from that bandage. And then redemption is liberty. Again, verse 13. That's the core. You have led in your steadfast love the people whom you have redeemed. In relation to God, you and I, the people of Israel, at this time we are the redeemed. That's who we are. That's our name, the redeemed. Redeemed from what? From sin. Redeemed from what? From God's wrath. Redeemed from what? From eternal condemnation. God already spoke to the people of Israel in Exodus chapter 6. Remember what God told them in Exodus 6. God said, say therefore to the people of Israel, I am the Lord. I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will deliver you from slavery to them, and I will redeem you. You see? You see? Slavery, redemption. Slavery, redemption. That's the picture here. That's what this song of redemption is painting for us. We're slaves and He redeemed us. I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great acts of judgment. I will take you to be my people. I will be your God and you shall know that I am the Lord your God who has brought you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians. I'll bring you into the land I swore to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. will give it to you for a possession. I am the Lord." We were not saved by gold or silver. We were not delivered, bought, redeemed, even brought out by anything that we have done. But the Lord delivered us, redeemed, delivered by means of redemption. You remember those 10 plagues? The first three affected all the people in Egypt. The water changing into blood, the frogs, the gnats affected all the people in Egypt. They saw the mighty hand of God being manifested upon the entire Egypt. Then the remaining plagues made a distinction between the Egyptians and the Israelites. The Israelites were preserved. The Israelites were protected. They were covered by God. Then came the tenth plague, the death of the firstborn. Another distinction, not just by God's Word, but through the blood of the Lamb. You know, God delivered the Israelites from the hand of the Egyptians right after they celebrated the Passover lamb, the Passover feast. Right after they make the connection in their mind, in their heart. The Lord is speaking to us about the ultimate lamb, His Son, the Messiah. His blood, his redeeming work. Now remember, God had the right to kill the firstborn of the Israelites also. Paul said no one is righteous, not even one. In Romans chapter 1, Paul tells us that everyone, Jews, Gentiles, everyone was under God's wrath. God's judgment in Romans chapter 1 was universal. Everyone was under God's judgment and under God's wrath. So God had every right to kill the firstborn of the Israelites. So what happened? Mercy. What happened? Grace, Romans 9, 15. I will have mercy on whom I have mercy. I will have compassion on whom I have compassion. Not because of what we have done, but because of God's mercy. Remember what God told the people of Israel in Exodus 12, verse 13. Listen to what he told them. The blood shall be a sign for you on the houses where you are. And when I see the blood, I will pass over you. No plague will befall you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt." Now notice what God said, when I see the blood. Not when I see your obedience, not when I see your gifts, not when I see how you behave in the church, in the family. No, no, no, no, no, no. How we behave matters as Christians. But there is nothing like the blood of the lamb. When I see the blood, then I will pass you over. You will be rescued when I see the blood. Thirdly, heaven's certainty. Again, verse 13, sorry. You have led in your steadfast love the people whom you have redeemed. Now I think we said enough about this. But then notice what follows. You have guided them by your strength to your holy abode. What is this holy abode? What is Moses speaking of in his song of redemption? In Deuteronomy 6, 23, God told the people, and he brought out from there that he might bring us in. and give us the land that he swore to give to our fathers." Now notice the terms here, the words, the statement. He brought out from there that he might bring us in. Brought out in order to bring in, to brought in. But what is this place? For Israelites, it was the land of promise, Canaan. But we all need to understand that Canaan was an earthly inheritance. Earthly inheritance will perish. It's not eternal. Abraham understood that. Isaac understood that. Jacob understood that. Hebrews 11, the writer of the Hebrews, tells us this about these patriarchs and how they responded to God's inheritance for them. In Hebrews 11, Listen to what the writer of the Hebrews tells us in Hebrews 11, starting from verse 13. This all died in faith, not having received the things promised, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having acknowledged that they were strangers in exile on the earth. For people who speak thus make it clear that they are seeking a home. And if they had been thinking of that land from which they had gone out, they would have had opportunity to return. But as it is, they desire a better country that is a heavenly one. Therefore, God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared for them a city." This is eternal. This is everlasting, abode, heaven. the place of rest that God has prepared for his people. Peter speaks about this inheritance in 1 Peter 1, 3. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to live in hope. through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead to an inheritance. What kind of inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, unfading, kept in heaven for you, who by God's power have been guarded through faith for salvation, ready to be revealed in the last time. This is the abode that Moses is referring to in his song of salvation. You see, the ultimate purpose of God in Exodus is not to leave his people in unearthly land with their temporal earthly benefits. but with eternal joy in inheritance, in a place where corruption and sorrow and death doesn't exist. In his song, Moses said, verse 16, Terror and dreadful fall upon them because of the greatness of your arm. They are still as a stone till your people or Lord pass by till the people pass by whom you have purchased it. You bring them in and plant them on your own mountain, the place, O Lord, which you have made for your abode, the sanctuary, O God, which your hands have established. The Lord will reign forever and ever." So that's the picture that this song of redemption paints for us. You remember what Jesus told his disciples in John chapter 14. Do not let your heart be troubled. Believe in God. Believe also in me. I will go and prepare a place for you. Then I will come back. and take you to where I am so that you will be with me forever. This is what Moses is singing. This is all his song is about. Teaching us, teaching us this marvelous lesson. Our God brought us out of sin slavery to bring us to heaven to live with him forever. Tonight, in addition to the preaching of the Word of God, the sacrament of the Lord's Supper is a reminder of that heavenly blessing for us. Jesus died for us on the cross to bring us out and then bring us in to this divine blessing that we have in Christ Jesus. When we take the Lord's Supper, we are reminded that we approach the table. We take the bread that points us to the body of Christ. We drink the wine that points us to the blood of Jesus Christ. To remind ourselves and celebrate our redemption. that he brought us out of sin slavery to bring us into his righteous kingdom till we inherit heaven forever. Amen. Let's pray. Our gracious and heavenly Father, thank you for the preaching of your word. Thank you for that mighty work of redemption. that you have accomplished in the life of each and every one of us. Through your son, Jesus Christ, our Redeemer. Because of Jesus, we are the redeemed. Because of Jesus, we are forgiven. Because of Christ's work of redemption, we are worthy to partake the Lord's Supper. Lord, thank you for this blessing, special blessing. redemption's blessing upon each and every one of us. Now help us to heed all these things in our own hearts. Use them in our spiritual walk. Share them with others for the glory of your name. Also help us to always sing the song of our redemption as praise and adoration to our God. In the name of Christ, we pray. Amen.