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Exodus chapter 14, verse 31.

Israel saw the great power that the Lord used against the Egyptians.

So the people feared the Lord, and they believed in the Lord and in his servant, Moses.

This is the commentary after God saved his people from the Egyptians, not just through the

Passover, but through the Red Sea instance, when the Egyptians

were about to overtake the Israelites, God split that sea in half, sent them through on dry

land, and then brought those waters down upon the Egyptians who were pursuing them.

And so Israel, the Bible says here in verse 31 of Exodus 14, they saw the great

power that the Lord used in saving his people. So they feared him and they believed in him.

When I read this, there's so many things that come to my mind, but one in particular is how

God's power is made known, made evident in salvation. That when God saves, it is a demonstration

of his power. That's the picture here in Exodus 14. And that's the

picture all over the Bible. And it's the picture in our lives. When God saves someone from their

sin, that is a picture of God's power at work. When God takes the life of a sinner and draws them to himself by his grace and then

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