In this passage, Moses and the Israelites sing praise to God for saving them from Pharaoh and his army. The content of their song gives us insight into the kinds of themes that should be included in our songs of praise.
Read Exodus 15:1-21
The Beginning of Birth Pains
In this passage, Jesus describes the conditions on earth in the period between his time on earth and his return. He also gives specific instructions about how his people are to live in the light of these conditions.
Read Matthew 24:1-14
How Jesus Confronts Unbelief
In this text Jesus deals with the unbelief of the Jews and as he does so he gives us some important insights into the whole matter of faith and unbelief and the role of evidence. He presents a number of testimonies to his identity as the Son of God and the Saviour of world which should have brought the Jews to faith. His point is that there was plenty of evidence in these testimonies to persuade people that Jesus was the Christ and the Son of God, and that the unbelief of the Jews did not lie with problems with the evidence, but rather with the Jews themselves.
Read John 5:31-47
What Are You Afraid Of?
The Lord intentionally led Israel to a place where they would be trapped between the Red Sea and Pharaoh’s army to teach them to trust in Him even in situations that seem to be hopeless. He leads his people today in a similar way.
Read Exodus 14:1-31
How God Guides His People
This passage shows that God guides his people and that he often leads them in ways that they do not expect. There is comfort in the fact that he know what is best for us and that he promises to be with us.
Read Exodus 13:17-22
Jesus, Our Life and Our Judge
The leaders of the Jews were evaluating Jesus on the basis of their man-make rules about the Sabbath. In response to their challenge Jesus teaches that he is God, that he has come to bring life and that he is the Son of man who is going to judge the world.
Read John 5:16-30
The Consecration of the Firstborn
God claimed all the firstborn sons of his people as a reminder that the whole people belonged to him because he had redeemed them from slavery in Egypt. As those delivered from spiritual slavery by the blood of Christ we also belong to God. This has profound implications for our lives.
Read Exodus 13:1-16
The Healing at the Pool
This passage shows Jesus showing mercy to a very unpleasant person. We will meet people like that in our evangelism and mercy ministry. We need to understand that because of or sin we are like this man in some ways and be motivated by the love of Jesus to us.
Read John 5:1-15
Jesus Heals the Official's Son
In this passage, John shows us two different responses to Jesus. The first is an interest in Jesus for his miracles. The second comes to see Jesus as the Christ, the Son of God and believes in him for salvation.
Read John 4:43-54
How God Delivers His People
In this passage God delivers his people from Egypt. The sermon considers the insights that the passage gives us for the Christian life which is also rooted in a divine deliverance from bondage.
Read Exodus 12:31-51