Jesus Wants to Save Christians Chapter One

Jesus Wants To Save Christians - Chapter One:  The Cry Of The Oppressed.

 

In the book of Exodus, there is a disruption.  Things change.  And the change begins with God saying:

       ”I have indeed seen the misery of my people…”

       ”I have heard them crying out…”

       ”I have come down to rescue them…”

       ”I have seen the way the Egyptians are oppressing them…”

       The Israelites are oppressed, they’re in misery, they’re suffering - and when they cry out, God hears.

       This is a God who always hears the cry.

       This is central to who God is:  God always hears the cry of the oppressed.

       The cry inaugurates history.  It kicks things in gear.  It shakes things up and gets them moving.  The cry is the catalyst, the cause, the reason that a new story unfolds.

       But God in this story doesn’t just hear the cry.  God does something about.  The exodus is how God responds to the cry.

       The Cry - the cry inaugurates redemptive history.  These slaves in Egypt cry out and God hears and something new happens.  Things aren’t how they were.  Things change.

       These slaves are rescued from the oppression of Egypt.

Where have you seen misery?

Whose cry do you hear?

What will you do about it?

God always hears the cry of the oppressed and God always acts on their behalf.  He extends mercy over and over and over again.  And he extends this mercy through you and through me.

What will change because you hear the very same cries that God hears?

-Ben Nockels