Exodus

From the series: Exodus: The God Who Delivers

Fear is real, and Exodus 14 does not pretend otherwise. Israel's danger was genuine. The problem was that they measured it without considering how great their God is. When fear took the lead, faith was forgotten. This week, ask what is shaping your choices, the situation in front of you or the God who goes before you.

From the series: Exodus: The God Who Delivers

We often think freedom means doing whatever we want. Exodus 12 and 13 shows something better. God sets Israel free so they can live for the purpose they were made for. He gives them a new identity, asks for their first and best, and leads them through the wilderness. What would it look like to offer him your firstborn instead of your leftovers?

From the series: Exodus: The God Who Delivers

God's answer to the destroyer in Exodus 12 is a one-year-old lamb. Not an army or a show of strength, but innocence. The innocent took the place of the guilty, and Israel lived. Paul calls the cross foolishness to the world and God's power to us. This sermon traces how the Passover lamb points straight to Jesus.

From the series: Exodus: The God Who Delivers

We may never bow to a frog god, but our idols are just more polished. Comfort, success, approval, and self can all take God's place. Walking through the ten plagues in Exodus 7-10, we see that Jesus is greater than every idol. His glory is not the enemy of our joy. It is where our joy is made full.

From the series: Exodus: The God Who Delivers

Pharaoh looked like a good, moral person by his culture's standards. He worshipped faithfully by the Nile every morning. But in Exodus 7, God says his heart is heavy, guilty, hardened against the Lord. Jesus makes a similar point in Matthew 7. God didn't create us primarily to do good things. He created us for a relationship with him, and a heavy heart is one that hasn't given itself over to that.

From the first Passover in Egypt to the upper room, one thread runs through it all. How communion ties the old and new covenants together in Christ.

The ninth commandment is about more than not lying. A look at what it means to guard our neighbor's name and to tell the truth in full.

The Biblical Temple is the place God’s presence dwells. The Hebrew word for temple means "Sanctuary" or "God’s palace". Another Old Testament phrase used for God presence was "Tabernacle". Tabernacle…

The Bible is clear on the answer and the answer is, No. God does not change. He is perfect and he will not deviate from His eternal plan before time even began. (Isaiah 46:10-11) Malachi 3:6…

It sounds like a simple question, but it carries a hidden assumption. A clear look at why the God who made all things has no beginning himself.

What does it mean in scripture that Jesus is called the "I am"? In the book of John, John centers the theme of his book around this phrase, the "I am". This "I am" is used at least eight times within…