This sermon considers what our lives will look like if we are zealous in serving the Lord. It considers a number of hindrances to zeal and finally shows how Jesus Christ, through the gospel, enables us to grow in zeal.
Read Romans 12:11
Moses’ and Aaron’s Genealogy
Genealogies in Scripture show us that the characters and stories in the Bible are historical and they show us how God works through families and generations. This genealogy focuses on the line of Aaron as an early indication that God had chosen Aaron and his descendants for the priesthood. Hebrews 7 shows us that the Aaronic priesthood was not sufficient to truly deal with our sins and so Jesus was not of the line of Aaron but of the order of Melchizedek.
Read Exodus 6:13-27
Honour One Another Above Yourselves
In order to keep this command we need to understand our own self-centeredness and repent of it. When we are humbled before the Lord and receive his full acceptance in Jesus Christ we will be in a position to honour one another above ourselves.
Read Romans 12:10
Moses’ Questions and God’s Response
The way that Moses questions God shows that God allows us to question him when we cannot understand how God is dealing with us. God’s answer, however, shows that the help that we need in difficulties is not answers, but the promises that he has already given.
Read Exodus 5:22-6:12
Be Devoted to One Another in Brotherly Love
This text shows that not only are we to seek the good of our fellow believers, we are also called to be warm and affectionate towards them. The love within the body of Christ is to be like the love within a close knit family.
Read Romans 12:10
God’s Salvation and Suffering
This passage shows how the effect of God’s saving work may sometimes result in suffering for God’s people. When Moses told Pharaoh to let the people of Israel go and worship God, the immediate result was more suffering.
Read Exodus 5:1-21
Hate What is Evil; Cling to What is Good
This sermon looks at good and evil in the light of the creation and fall and God's plan of salvation in which he is hating evil and clinging to what is good. Are call to hate evil and cling to what is good must be understood as a call to participate in God's work of redemption.
Read Romans 12:9
Moses Returns to Egypt
This passage focuses on the way in which God relates to people as he pursues his plan of salvation. The sermon looks at how God tells Moses and Aaron exactly what to do and say, how God hardens Pharaoh's heart, how God sees Israel as his firstborn son and how God was about to kill Moses because he had not circumcised his son.
Read Exodus 4:18-31
Covenant and Circumcision
To understand this passage we must see how it is fulfilled in the New Testament. The promises that God makes to Abraham and his descendants are fulfilled in the New Testament in Jesus Christ. The same is the case with circumcision which is fulfilled in baptism. Just as the covenant sign of the Old Testament was applied to the infants of the covenant people, so should the covenant sign of the New Testament be applied to the children of the covenant people.
Read Genesis 17:1-4
I Am Slow of Speech
This passage reminds us that most of what God does directly or through us he does through his Word. Moses was aware of weakness when it came to speaking, but God knew of that before he called him to lead his people out of Israel. The same is the case with us. God knows all about our weaknesses and yet he call us to serve him because he is not hindered by our weaknesses.
Read Exodus 4:1-17