Brent Warner brings todays message, sharing from the book of Exodus, highlighting the difference between its Hebrew name, Names, and the Greek title, Exodus. One focuses on the event, the other on the people.
He then walks through the story of Israel’s long, painful oppression in Egypt. For generations they were beaten down, their identity crushed, their worth dismissed. Yet even in that suffering, God saw them, “My people,” He called them. He saw, He heard, He knew, and He prepared to deliver.
Brent connects their story to ours. Before we knew Christ, we too lived under a kind of bondage, lies spoken over us, wounds from authority figures, rejection, abuse, insecurity, destructive thoughts planted by an enemy who seeks to kill, steal, and destroy. These things shape us and try to define us.
But God who sees, hears, and knows moves toward us with intention. He does not overlook our pain. He listens with care. And He comes to deliver, restore identity, break strongholds, and lead us into freedom.
Just as God brought Israel out of Egypt, He brings His people out of darkness. Through Christ, we have been conveyed, transferred legally and permanently from the kingdom of darkness into the kingdom of light. Our identity is no longer tied to our past, our shame, or the lies once spoken over us.
But freedom doesn’t mean passivity. Brent warns that while Satan cannot steal our salvation, he can enslave us with lies, especially through comparison, insecurity, and old mental strongholds. So believers must “stand firm” and refuse to return to old bondage.
He urges us to stop bowing to fear, insecurity, and comparison, and instead rise into their true identity as sons and daughters of God. God isn’t looking for perfection or performance, He’s seeking authenticity, people who come to Him in spirit and in truth. And He stands ready to set His people free.