Exodus 11-13 - The Tenth Plague - Passover (Part 3)

Exodus 11-13 - The Tenth Plague - Passover (Part 1)

New Years Sermon - Fear (Part 6)

 

 

GOOD THEOLOGY is the best cure for FEAR

TRUTH is the best cure for FEAR

BELIEVING LIES is the best cause for FEAR

 

 

Lie #1:

I am alone, unseen, unassisted;

and what I do/say for Christ is meaningless.

 

Truth #1:

Everything hidden will come into the light,

and those “in Christ” will be vindicated.

 

 

Lie #2:

The seen is more powerful than the unseen.

The body is more important than the soul.

The temporary is more valuable than the eternal.

 

Truth #2:

Those who have a faith-filled fear of God,

that produces obedience…

need fear nothing else.

 

 

Lie #3:

I am insignificant to a far-off, invisible God.

 

Truth #3:

God’s care for you is as a Father who knows how to love perfectly.

 

 

Lie #4:

Even if God cares for me, He is not actually able to keep me from harm.

 

Truth #4:

There is not one tiny corner of creation that is not cared for and controlled by my Father.

New Years Sermon - Fear (Part 4)

 

Matthew 10 - Jesus tells His disciples...What to Expect

 

How were Jesus’ disciples strengthened from His teaching in vs. 16-25?

1. They knew going in what the true cost of following Jesus would be.

2. They were able to embrace the tension of...going in the strength of the LORD,...and going in the vulnerability of sheep.

3. They were forced to see themselves as dispensable parts of a whole.

4. They could know that the message they preach is true by the world’s response to it.

5. This shows the power and the glory of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

New Years Sermon - Fear (Part 2)

 

 

Came after 400 years of slavery.

Led them into the wilderness.

Took place 3 days after the Passover.

Pillar of Cloud went behind them.

They were commanded to stand still.

The water opened and then they went.

Was a defensive maneuver.

Their enemies were behind them.

It saved them from their enemies.

They were afraid of their enemies.

They left dead Egyptians on the bottom.

They left their enemies behind.

Were very afraid.

 

Came after 40 years of judgement.

Led them into the Promised Land.

Took place 4 days before the Passover.

The Ark went before them.

They were commanded to step in.

They went and then the water opened.

Was an offensive maneuver.

Their enemies were before them.

It enabled them to conquer their enemies.

Their enemies were afraid of them.

They left 12 stones on the bottom.

They left themselves behind.

Were strong and courageous.

 

... not a fix, a system, a technique, a plan to follow

... to kill it (to crucify it)

... by faith (to reckon that God’s truth is true)

... daily

... by losing all that is “mine”

... by taking hold of all that is His

Christmas Sermon – Why Did Jesus Come

 

Why Did Jesus Say That He Came?

 

Nine Reasons Jesus Gave for His Coming

1. To Fulfill the Law and Prophets

- To complete them or satisfy their conditions

- To keep the Old Covenant and finish it

 

2. To Preach the Good News of the Kingdom

- He was the Living Word that came from God

- God speaks things into being through His words

 

3. To Bring a Sword (Division)

- To preach a message that will divide people

- To distinguish between the two seeds

 

4. To Seek and Save the (really) Lost

- To seek out those who are not seeking Him

- To save those whom the world sees as unsavable

 

5. To Judge (Divide) the World and Give Sight to Some, and Blindness to Others

- To hide truth from the proud and self-trusting

- To reveal truth to the humble and child-like

 

6. To Humbly Serve Others And Give Himself as a Ransom for Many

- The nature of the Kingdom is upside-down

- The rulers self-sacrificially serve their people

 

7. To Give Eternal Life and Abundant Life

- To give His sheep a great quality of life

- To give His sheep unending, everlasting life

 

8. To Bring Truth to the Earth and Identify Those Who Belong to the Truth

- The language of the Kingdom is truth

- The people of the Kingdom listen to truth

 

9. To Glorify the Father by Dying on the Cross

- To shed His blood as a sacrifice for many

- To glorify His Father with His death on the cross

Exodus 7-10 The First Nine Plagues

 

The Second Plague: Frogs

The Third Plague: Gnats

The Fourth Plague: Flies

The Fifth Plague: Livestock

The Sixth Plague: Boils

 

Five Truths That Should Move Us As We Read Through the Plagues

 

1. The possible hardness of the human heart.

2. How blessed we are that we can learn from the sins of others.

3. How blessed we are that God marvelously separates His people.

4. God can and does, sovereignly use all of creation for His purposes.

5. All that God has done In destroying the work of the devil on my behalf.

Exodus 6 God's Response to Moses

Exodus 5:22-6:13, 6:28-7:7

 

1. He would point you to HIS OWN NATURE...and call you to believe in Him because of WHO HE IS.

- Our faith is not the source of power. Our faith has an object. The object of our faith is our source of power. Therefore, the object of our faith is what we focus on to be strengthened in our faith.

 

2. He would point to His covenant.

- By always remembering His covenant with us in Christ, our hearts are encouraged and strengthened.

 

3. He would point you to His promises.

- Our eyes of faith are to be focused upon those things that God has promised HE WILL DO..., not on people around us, not on the enemy, not on our own deficiencies, not what we are called to do, but squarely on His nature and His promises.

Exodus 5 Pharaoh's Response

 

Two Viewpoints:

1. Pharaoh is a type of Satan who is the slave master of all who are slaves to sin

2. Pharaoh as a king of the earth who oppresses God’s people

 

1. Let’s consider a ‘what if’...

- What if God had not hardened Pharaoh’s heart; and that he would have let the people go at this first request?

 

- Then God would not have been glorified in bringing judgement upon him. - Then God would not have been able to show the riches of His glory to His elect people. - Then God’s people would not have learned to trust the LORD in the face of great suffering. - Then God would not have been able to teach His people to walk by faith in His word rather than faith in what they see and experience. - Then the rest of the world would not have feared the God of Israel as they left Egypt. - Then God would not have been able to teach His Church about Satan’s devices, and future ones like Jannes and Jambres. - Then we would not have this illustration of how God also delivers us from our slavery to sin by His sacrificial Passover Lamb.

 

2. When God brings judgement onto the world, His people will become targets of the world’s anger.

 

3. When God brings judgement onto the world, His people will be tempted to turn on each other.

 

4. God’s people must, must, must, have a long view of justice.