"Exodus" Tagged Sermons
Refugee Messiah
With echoes of Moses’ journey and the Exodus, Jesus’ earthly parents flee from the wrath of Herod the Great to Egypt, returning only after an angelic visitation tells them it is safe. They return not to Bethlehem but to Nazareth. Matthew 2:13-23 SERMON OUTLINE “So he got up, took the child and his mother during the night and left for Egypt, where he stayed until the death of Herod. And so was fulfilled what the Lord had said through the…
Make Every Effort
The calling of God is to unshakable realities and so we make every effort to live in God’s ways. Hebrews 12:12-29 SERMON OUTLINE “Make every effort to live in peace with everyone and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord.” (Hebrews 12:14-29) Make Every Effort and See To It (Hebrews 12:14-17) to live at peace to cultivate holiness that no one falls short of God’s grace that no one falls into sexual immorality or godlessness The…
The Neighbor
(Exodus 20:16-17; Mark 12:31) SERMON OUTLINE “You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor. You shall not covet…anything that belongs to your neighbor.” (Exodus 20:16-17) Lying and our Neighbor (Exodus 20:16; Ephesians 4:15) What is ‘false testimony’? (Exodus 20:16) The triangle of truth assessment: what we take in, what we think, what we speak out What lying does to us and our neighbor The remedy: “speak the truth in love” (Ephesians 4:15) Envy and our Neighbor (Exodus 20:17; 1…
Murder, Adultery & Theft
(Exodus 20:13-15; Matthew 5:21-30) SERMON OUTLINE “You shall not murder. You shall not commit adultery. You shall not steal.” (Exodus 20:13-15) From Murder to Valuing Life (Exodus 20:13; Matthew 5:21-26) What is murder? (Exodus 20:13) The anger of the heart (Matthew 5:21-26) From Adultery to Valuing Love (Exodus 20:14; Matthew 5:27-30) What is adultery? (Exodus 20:14) The desires of the heart (Matthew 5:27-30) From Theft to Valuing Others (Exodus 20:15; Matthew 6:19-21) What is theft? (Exodus 20:15) The treasure of…
Your Mother and Father
(Exodus 20:12; Ephesians 6:1-4) SERMON OUTLINE “Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which the Lord your God gives you.” (Exodus 20:12) “Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. ‘Honor your father and mother,’ which is the first commandment with promise: ‘that it may be well with you and you may live long on the earth.’ Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the…
Set Apart
(Exodus 20:7-11) SERMON OUTLINE “You shall not misuse the name of the LORD your God… Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.” (Exodus 20:7,8) Set Apart in Our Words (Exodus 20:7) The Name and God’s identity (Exodus 20:2) Useless words that demean God (Exodus 20:7) Distorted words that distort God (Exodus 20:7) What demeaning or distorting God’s identity does to us Set Apart in Our Time (Exodus 20:8-11) A day to stop, cease and rest (Exodus 20:8) Setting a…
The One and Only
(Exodus 20:1-6) SERMON OUTLINE “’Now if you obey me fully and keep my covenant, then out of all nations you will be my treasured possession. Although the whole earth is mine, you will be for me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words you are to speak to the Israelites.” (Exodus 19:5-6) “I will also walk among you and be your God, and you shall be My people.” (Leviticus 26:12) The Covenant between God and…
The Ten
One of the key identity markers for God’s people is the Ten Commandments. When God called His people, the Hebrews, out of slavery from Egypt and into a new land of promise, God established a new covenant with them. This covenant was an agreement outlining God’s relationship with the people. It was a covenant of grace characterized by a new way of life as a community and as individuals. While there were many parts of this, the Ten Commandments—or Decalogue—are…