Forming a Worshipping People I. Drawing NEAR to the God AMONG us. (v.17-38)A. The ALTAR – A reminder of our NEED. (v.29; 27:1-18; 38:1-7)B. The LAVER – There is HOPE
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Forming A People – Part 9 | Exodus 33:12-34:10,29-35
The God who Forms His People I. Moses has a HUNGER for GOD. (33:12-23)A. It’s a DEEP and RELATIONAL longing. (v.12-14)B. It sees RELATIONSHIP as COMMUNAL. (v.15-17)C. It SEEKS to
Read moreForming a People – Part 8 | Exodus 32:1-35
A People Who Fail I. MOSES on the MOUNTAIN. (v.1-14)A. A big CHANGE in a short TIME. (v.1-6; Ex. 24:18) B. An UNSETTLING response by GOD. (v.7-10) C. Moses ACTS
Read moreForming A People – Part 7 | Ex. 20:8-11; Deut. 5:12-15; Ex. 31:12-18
A People Learning to Rest I. The COMMANDMENT in the MIDDLE. (v.8-11; Deut 5:12-15)A. REMEMBER this DAY… (v.8)B. …By SETTING it APART. (v.8,11)C. This is to be DONE in COMMUNITY.
Read moreForming A People – Part 6 | Exodus 20:1-7, 12-17
A People Learning to Live with God and Each Other I. Taking some TIME to OBSERVE. (v.1-17)A. NOTICE who is SPEAKING. (v.1)B. GROUNDED in RELATIONSHIP with YAHWEH. (v.2)C. The LIST
Read moreForming A People – Part 5 | Exodus 16:1-36
A People Learning to Trust – Part 2 I. The CHALLENGES of day to day REALITY. (v.1-5)A. People: COMPLAINING and IDEALIZING the past. (v.2-3)B. God: From PROTECTING to PROVIDING. (v.4,12-15)C.
Read moreForming A People – Part 4 | Exodus 14:1-31
A People Learning to Trust – Part 1 I. Ummm….not TOTALLY free YET. (v.1-20)A. Pharaoh REALIZES what he has LOST. (v.5)B. The RESPONSE of the PEOPLE. (v.10-12)C. The WORD from
Read moreForming A People – Part 3 | Exodus 12:1-42
An Invitation to Freedom I. A CRUCIAL but CHALLENGING passage. (12:1-42)A. READING like an EGYPTIAN. (Prov. 18:17)B. We ALL know or have a FIRSTBORN. (v.30)C. This is a PART of
Read moreForming a People – Part 1 | Matthew 28:16-20
“Let’s Start at the Very Beginning…” I. We are a PEOPLE of full of CONTRADICTIONS. (v.16-18)A. OBEDIENT and WORSHIPPING. (v.17)B. Yet STILL struggling with DOUBT. (v.17)C. But...
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