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
Jesus Institutes Baptism
This sermon focuses on baptism as Jesus instituted it in the great commission. The covenantal context of this passage, the meaning of discipleship and the role of baptism are all considered.
Read Matthew 28:1-20
Practice Hospitality
This sermon examines the relationship between the gospel and hospitality and three goals of hospitality, helping the needy, deepening the unity of the church and witnessing to Jesus Christ.
Share With God’s People
This sermons considers Paul’s exhortation to share with God’s people in need in the light of Romans 12:1 which says that we are to offer our bodies as sacrifices to God in view of God’s mercy.
The Plagues
A look at the meaning of the plagues in their own context as well as the theme of God using his creation in both judgment and salvation in the rest of Scripture.
Read Exodus 7:14-24