The Lord is Not Troubled Exodus 14: 8, 13, 25, 27

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                1.     The enemy never was in control; God had been all along.

                          (in Egypt.)

                 2.     God’s people never belonged to Egypt, they belonged to God.

                 3.     The enemy didn’t let God’s people go; God did.

                          (13: 17)  (14: 5)

v.8            4.    The enemy couldn’t find God were it not for God’s people to pursue.

                           And the Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt and he 
                           pursued after the children of Israel:)

v.13            5.  God’s hand is never shortened.

                           (see the salvation of the Lord which He will show to you today;)

v.20            6.  God’s bounds are appointed over the enemy, that the enemy cannot pass.

                           And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and

                           it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by the night to these: 

                           so that the one came not near the other all the night.)

v.27            7.  God is free to exercise His dominion.

                           (And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to

                           its strength when the morning appeared; …)