Exodus
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Series on Exodus Title: Sin, Separation and Salvation Introduction What is it like when you go on a trip? Some people read the map, others drive till they find it, but none of us has ever experienced what the Israelites did in the wilderness. My wife drives and I’m the tryptiker. The AAA gives us
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Series on Exodus Title: The Blessings of a Righteous and Just Society Introduction You will note in our outline that I have included portions of Exodus 21:1-23:19 under each of the commandments. The reason for this is that these chapters contain the application of the commandments to the life of Israel. They are examples of
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Series on Exodus Title: The Second Table Introduction This section of the law represents the second part of the great commandment. The first part is loving God with all your heart. The second is loving your neighbor as yourself. These commandments teach us how to love our neighbor. No study of these commandments should be
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Series on Exodus Title: The First Table Introduction In our last study we looked intensively at the first commandment of the ten commandments because it is the foundation of all the rest. If we get the first commandment wrong, it does not matter what else we believe or do. All the commandments rest on the
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Series on Exodus Title: The Heart of the Law Introduction We come now to an exposition of the law of God. Our text is the first commandment which is the foundation of everything else in true religion, And God spoke all these words: “I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt,
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Series on Exodus Title: A Holy, Holy, Holy People Introduction The mountain of God as Sinai is called in the Bible was a destination for the children of Israel. Before they could go up and take possession of the promised land they had to understand the stipulations of God’s covenant. The location of this mountain
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Series on Exodus Title: Family Ties Introduction In this passage we have the ordination of a group of judges for Israel. Men who like elders would assist Moses in ruling over God’s people. But let’s look a little deeper. This is the family of God. From the beginning God chose a family from which he
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Series on Exodus Title: The Means of Grace Introduction Moses has just sung the great song of victory in which the deliverance of his people is celebrated. They are saved from the bondage of Egypt just as God’s people are saved by a greater exodus in Jesus Christ from sin and death and hell. Thus
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Series on Exodus Title: The Song of Moses Introduction Exodus 15 is the song of Moses and in Revelation 15 we have a reference to this song. The seven bowls of wrath are about to be poured out because God’s wrath is completed and those who have been victorious over the beastial anti-christ take up
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Series on Exodus Title: The Way Out Introduction Our text begins in the end of Chapter 13 with an account of the consecration of the first born both man and beast to the Lord. The animals are to be sacrificed or redeemed, and the firstborn son to be redeemed by sacrifice. So stringent is this
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Series on Exodus Title: The Passover Introduction By common Christian consensus we have two sacraments in the Christian faith. These are ordinances which Jesus has commanded us to keep, baptism and the Lord’s supper. What is a sacrament? According to the Westminster Shorter Catechism it is “A holy ordinance instituted by Christ, wherein by sensible
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Series on Exodus Title: Then They Shall Know Introduction We are dealing in this section of Exodus with the formation of the covenant people of God, the Jewish nation. In the first part (5:1-7:5) we saw how God would exalt himself through the difficulty of this task. Moses is not sufficient, indeed, as Paul says,
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Series on Exodus Title: Deliverance in Difficulty Introduction We have been looking at the life of Moses and his preparation as a servant of the Lord. In chapter 4 we saw Moses comforted with the promise and presence of the Lord. The last thing we would expect, therefore, would be a troublesome, embarrassing, complicated and
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Series on Exodus Title: The Making of a Leader Introduction After eighty years of providential preparation to be the leader of God’s people, Moses has now been commissioned by God at the burning bush. Not all the tasks to which God’s servants are called are successful in the eyes of men. We need only look
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Series on Exodus Title: Facing the Grace and the Glory Introduction We now come to the beginning of the second forty years of Moses’ life. This is one of the great moments in human history. It is awe inspiring yet simple enough for a child to understand. All of those places where God calls his
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