In our studies so far in the book of Exodus, we have met the Lord God’s appointed deliverer, Moses, and his many excuses and fears. Having gone to Pharaoh as the Lord God had commanded him with the result being far from what Moes had expected, Moses could only now go back to the Lord and ask ‘why?’ The Lord’s answer to Moses is found in Exodus 6:1-13, a great passage which focusses upon what the Lord can and would do to Pharaoh and can and would do for His people. His power is far greater than our weaknesses!

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Outline

• The sixth in this series
• When and where we left Moses
• A song for Moses?
• See how God responded to Moses that He would…

1. Keep His promises (v.1-4)
2. Redeem His people (v.5-6)
3. Demonstrate His power (v.7-13)

Kids’ letters to Pastors
The response of the people!
A better song to be singing…

It’s hard enough to cope with circumstances getting worse at any time, let alone when you’ve shown a willingness to obey the Lord’s directions! But in Exodus 4:18-5:23, Moses found out that obeying God doesn’t always mean that everything will go smoothly – sometimes it just doesn’t. In fact, the circumstances for Moses and the people of Israel got significantly worse because Moses obeyed. But…all was not lost and Moses had to find out the hard way that this too was part of God’s plan.

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• The fifth in this series
• Moses’ fearful task…
• Off to meet Pharaoh
• Note that Moses ought to have learned not to …

1. Miss the Lord’s requirements (4:18-31)
2. Miscalculate the Lord’s timetable (5:1-21)
3. Misread the Lord’s agenda (5:22-23)

The picture in perspective…
William Cowper and the sovereign God
Trusting on the bad days too…

When God called to Moses from the burning bush, He also commissioned him for the task He had in mind – of Moses going to Pharaoh with the news! As Exodus 4:1-17 tells us, Moses was quite unwilling and hesitant and…well, frankly…scared! So instead of implicit obedience from Moses, there was continued excuses…. but the Lord God who called him, would accept none of them and sent him anyway!

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• The fourth is this series
• This conversation!
• Moses’ attempts to wriggle out of his responsibility!
• Note how Moses gave God …

1. The ‘what if?’ excuse (v.1-9)
2. The ‘I’m not capable’ excuse (v.10-12)
3. The ‘please find someone else’ excuse (v.13-17)

A need to trust God
…that His call is His enabling
…that He will help you use what He has given you
…in a way that shows implicit obedience

There is no more important text in the Old Testament than that recorded in Exodus 3:1-22 where God revelaed Himself to Moses through the ‘bush that was buring but not consumed’. God speaks! And what he says is so vital to our understanding of who He is and what His plans are! It’s a great event to think about and one that leads us (again) straight to Jesus…

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o The third in this series
o Israel in trouble, God at work
o Chapter 3: significant change in the drama!
o Note the following …

1. How God caught Moses’ attention (v.1-3)
2. How God advanced Moses’ comprehension (v.4-9, 13-15)
   • His h
   • His f
   • His t
   • His N
3. How God soothed Moses’ apprehension (v.10-12, 16-22)

An unplanned meeting
Jesus is YHWH!
The God we serve!

The text of Exodus 2:11-25 helps us see some of the details of what became of Moses the baby rescued in Exodus 2:1-10. This text, along with a section of Stephen’s speech in Acts 7:17-29, tell us that in growing up in the palace, Moses was equipped to be a great leader in Egypt. But not all went according to his plan. God certainly had other ideas for him. After 40 years in the palace being somebody, Moses spent the next 40 years in the desert being a relative ‘nobody’, but God had plans for this too…

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o The second in this series
o What we’ve seen
o The story unfolds…
o Note how God used circumstances to prepare Moses to be…

1. What God wanted him to be (Acts 7:17-22)
2. Where God wanted him to be (v.11-15)
3. Who God wanted him to be (v.16-21)

The situation of the people (v.22-25)
The burdens we bear
What you’ve been given
You and your circumstances

The book of Exodus, continues the story of God’s sovereign control over all things, especially the plan to save His people, Israel. It begins in Exodus 1:1-2:10 with the people of Israel in slavery in Egypt, struggling under the weight of the burdens laid upon them by Pharaoh, whose evil designs were to bring the people of Israel to nothing. But God had a plan (as he always does) and through the faithful witness of the Hebrew midwives and an a young un-named couple, a baby named Moses entered the scene, destined to be the redeemer of God’s people.

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Outline

o A new series!
o Why bother studying Exodus?
o Themes we should know and love…
o Note the following matters …

1. The fear inspired by the Pharaoh (1:1-14)
2. The faith displayed by the midwives (1:15-22)
3. The favour revealed by the Lord (2:1-10)

As long as life continues
…evil will persist
…God’s people are called to be faithful
…God can be trusted!

There aren’t many men in the Bible of more importance than Moses. Selected by God to be the redeemer of His people, Moses faced a huge challenge for all of his days – none more so that at the outset of his ministry when God sent him to Pharaoh with the demand to ‘let My people go’. It didn’t go down so well with Pharaoh, nor with the rest of the people of Israel. Exodus 4:18-5:21 fills in the details and reminds us of the fact that God is in all our circumstances – even when we’re having a ‘bad day’.

Full service

00:00 Introduction
Song: Beautiful Saviour (All My Days)
00:45 Prayer
06:14 Children’s talk (see also Big Picture Bible Crafts #15)
Song: Remember the Lord
10:51 Bible reading: Exodus 3:7-12
Song: There is a Redeemer
16:03 Bible reading: Exodus 4:18-5:23
Song: How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds
22:38 Sermon: Exodus 4:18-5:21
Song: By Faith
46:28 Closing

Rev. Philip Burns continues this series highlighting the text of Exodus 33. The passage speaks of Moses’ bold approach to God in prayer that he might not pour out His wrath upon the wayward people of Israel and that he might see something of God’s glory. This happened when God put Moses on a rock and covered Moses with His hand as His glory passed by. The passage challenges to also be bold in our approach to God’s throne which will enable us to be bold in sharing the gospel with others. We also have been granted access into the presence of God through the Lord Jesus Christ to know something of this glory.

Rev. Philip Burns begins this series of messages on the people of Israel’s journey through the desert at Exodus 32. The text tells how the people of Israel worshiped the golden calf in the desert. The core problem was not just idolatry but unbelief which led them forget all about the God who saved them and His commands to them. The circumstances caused by the absence of Moses remind us that Jesus our Redeemer is also ‘out of sight’ and the question is whether or not we will live and act in faith or unbelief until the day He returns.