e h a v e sh a r ed I John, chapter 5, verse 4 with you in our pre message. That wonderful Scrip- n the New Testament epistle of ‘For whatsoever is born of God srcometh the world:, and this is victory that overcometh the rid, even our faith.” ! experiences of the children of are types by which we might the will of God for our individ- ves. For each individual soul let ■the victory of Israel in the Old nent as it relates to the historical ience of every believer who might ing in a New Testament period conomy. invite you, first of all, to con- that faith of Israel that overcame eople and the land of the Egyp- You see the key thought in con- n with this is found in the great chapter on faith in the book of rws verse 27. ‘By faith he forsook Egypt, not ring the wrath of the king: for endured, as seeing him who is risible.” v Egypt stands for the world with auty and its glory, but the chosen >d were iii that land as slaves, good did all the glory do them lg as they were simply slaves, of these Israelites may have had w o r l d l y accumulation and h. Some of them might have been educated than others of their rs but they all had one thing in on and that was slavedom and im. Being in bondage they were ;ss and in a real sense they were humanly hopeless; and so it is every man in this world who is e of the Lord Jesus Christ. He the land of spiritual bondage and lot produce the liberty for which definitely is craving. No individ- dll ever know freedom from his y until he finds it by faith in the Jesus Christ.
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