Exodus 2:24

  • The Politics of Responsibility

    So God heard their groaning; and God remembered His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.  Exodus 2:24  NASB Covenant – I suppose the first thing we need to address in this verse is the possibility that God forgot about His covenant and it took the groaning of the people to remind Him.  At least, that’s what this translation might suggest.  When we use the word “remember,”…

  • Petition or Presence

    So God heard their groaning; and God remembered His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Exodus 2:24 NASB Heard – “In its original form, prayer is not asking God for anything; it is not a request. It is a cry; an elementary outburst of woe, a spontaneous call in need; a hurt, a sorrow, given…

  • Accelerated Depreciation

    So God heard their groaning; and God remembered His covenant with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Exodus 2:24  NASB Remembered – American Christianity is unique in its stress on the victorious life, its expectation of rescue at any moment, its theology of personal salvation, its assumption of assured deliverance, and its spiritualization of Kingdom battles.  In…