Psalms 114:1-8 - Homilies By C. Short

The spiritual exodus.

I. WE MAKE OUR ESCAPE FROM A STATE OF BONDAGE — EGYPT .

1. A life of sin is a life of spiritual bondage . ( Romans 6:16 .)

2. Such a life of bondage brings us into "strange" and unnatural relations . ( Psalms 114:1 .) Egypt was not the home of the Israelites.

II. THE SPIRITUAL EXODUS BRINGS US INTO OUR TRUE , OR DIVINE , RELATIONS . ( Psalms 114:2 .)

1. We become consecrated temples for the indwelling of God . ( Psalms 114:2 .) "Judah was his sanctuary."

2. We are kingdoms over which God reigns . "And Israel his dominion."

III. THIS EXODUS IS ACCOMPANIED BY GREAT EXCITEMENTS .

1. There is a grand revelation of the presence of God . ( Psalms 114:7 .)

2. A wonderful proclamation of the Law of God . Sinai is shaken by it, and so is the soul of man. Moses said, "I exceedingly fear and quake."

3. There is a revelation of the abundant mercy of God . ( Psalms 114:8 .) This manifestation of God "turned the rock into a standing water, the flint into a fountain of waters."—S.