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Welcome...
Introduce self...
Pray...
Heavenly Father, we worship you this morning for you sovereign power and immeasurable goodness.
We thank you for being with us through all our hurt and brokenness.
Please open our ears and our hearts to your word this morning.
Please give me grace as I deliver the good news of your gospel.
In Jesus’ name, amen.
I’m excited for the book of Exodus:
Key Themes:
Redemption
Worship
Pilgrimage
Covenant
Rest
We are going to be turning the corner today as we kind of built a foundation for the idea of redemption, of being set free from bondage, to pilgrimage and worship.
Quick Recap
Israel enslaved
God hears his people, and he cares for them:
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He hears you
He remembers his promises to you
He sees you
And he is concerned for you.
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“In Exodus God moves from being perceived as a distant deity to becoming a God who dwells in the midst of His people.”
R.C. Sproul
I would add to Sproul’s commentary that we see the movement of God continue from dwelling in the midst of His people to actually indwelling his people.
Exodus 26, Moses is given instruction for building a Tabernacle, an elaborate tent that served as a holy place for God’s presence to dwell.
God tells Moses during the burning bush encounter:
Watch because you are going to see 4 references to God’s “strong hand” in the text today.
Recall what I said 2 weeks ago...
We are given a demonstration of God’s “mighty hand” or his “strong hand” in the way he deals judgment on Pharaoh.
It was God’s strong hand that crushed Pharaoh...
Isaiah tells us that this Judgement was coming to us as rebels against God, but Jesus stands in the way:
Isaiah 53:10 (ESV)
Yet it was the will of the Lord to crush him;
he has put him to grief;
God strikes Egypt with 10 plagues, each one growing in severity and consequence.
The 10th plague is the death of the firstborn sons of Egypt, including Pharaoh’s own son...
It took the death of Pharaoh’s firstborn son for Israel to be freed from the bondage of Egypt...
It took the death of God’s firstborn son for us to be freed from the bondage of sin...
This is the picture of redemption that Exodus gives us.
Picking up the story where we left off last time:
Now that you’re free, how should you live?
You have been redeemed from Egypt and idol worship,
As we leave the Egypt, our old way of life and our love for the world, how are we to think, act, be?
This is the turning the corner to worship and pilgrimage.
This is by no means an exhaustive list answering that question, but these are some key ideas from the text:
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Consecration
Remembrance
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