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The Gospel According to Exodus

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	Title	Date	Speaker
	God Has Come	Dec 25, 2011	Ajay Thomas
Audio Download Scripture: Exodus 34-40 Speaker: Ajay Thomas Date: December 25, 2011
	God is Not Coming	Dec 18, 2011	Ajay Thomas
Audio Download Scripture: Exodus 33 Speaker: Ajay Thomas Date: December 18, 2011
	God is Coming: How Could We Mess This All Up?	Dec 11, 2011	Ajay Thomas
Audio Download Scripture: Exodus 32 Speaker: Ajay Thomas Date: December 11, 2011
	God is Coming: Who Has Time For Rest?	Dec 4, 2011	Ajay Thomas
Audio Download Scripture: Exodus 31:12-18 Speaker: Ajay Thomas Date: December 4, 2011
	God is Coming: Who's Going to Build His House?	Nov 27, 2011	Ajay Thomas
Audio Download Scripture: Exodus 31:1-11 Speaker: Ajay Thomas Date: November 27, 2011
	God is Coming: How Do We Get Ready?	Nov 20, 2011	Binu Abraham
Audio Download Scripture: Exodus 29:10-21 Speaker: Binu Abraham Date: November 20, 2011
	God is Coming: Who Gets to Serve in His House?	Nov 13, 2011	Ajay Thomas
Audio Download Scripture: Exodus 29:1-9 Speaker: Ajay Thomas Date: November 13, 2011
	God is Coming: What Do We Wear?	Nov 6, 2011	Ajay Thomas
Audio Download Scripture: Exodus 28 Speaker: Ajay Thomas Date: November 6, 2011
	God is Coming: Who's Going To Pay For All Of This?	Oct 30, 2011	Ajay Thomas
Audio Download Scripture: Exodus 25:1-9; 35:20-29 Speaker: Ajay Thomas Date: October 30, 2011
	God is Coming: What Goes In His House?	Oct 23, 2011	Ajay Thomas
Audio Download Scripture: Exodus 25:10-40; 27:1-8; 30:1-10, 17-21 Speaker: Ajay Thomas Date: October 23, 2011
	God Is Coming: Where Will He Live?	Oct 16, 2011	Ajay Thomas
Audio Download Scripture: Exodus 26 Speaker: Ajay Thomas Date: October 16, 2011
	God is Coming	Oct 9, 2011	Ajay Thomas
Audio Download Scripture: Exodus 25:8-9 Speaker: Ajay Thomas Date: October 9, 2011 In the closing section of Exodus (chapters 25-40) God speaks once more to His people and they receive an incredible announcement: God is coming! Yahweh will dwell among His people! The Lord whose power was displayed in Egypt, whose holiness was reflected at Mt. Sinai, would now reside in the desert. God would dwell like His people, among His people, with His people. Get ready then, God is coming.
	Covenant Confirmed	Sep 25, 2011	Ajay Thomas
Audio Download Scripture: Exodus 24:1-11 Speaker: Ajay Thomas Date: September 25, 2011 God and Israel stand before one another at Mt. Sinai like a groom and bride standing before the altar. They make vows to one another and promise loyalty and faithfulness. Some words are spoken and some rituals are performed to bring the two into a permanent union, into a covenant relationship. Only, Israel will break her vows and God knows it. She will be faithless and He will remain faithful. And in the end, He will pay for her faithlessness and she will benefit from His faithfulness. It's an incredible moment - one that we share in through Jesus!
	Ten Commandments	Sep 18, 2011	Ajay Thomas
Audio Download Scripture: Exodus 20:1-21 Speaker: Ajay Thomas Date: September 18, 2011 After encountering a holy God upon the mountain, the people now receive His Ten Commandments. Patterned after other ancient treaties, the people are about to enter into a covenant relationship with Yahweh. They will be His subjects and He will be their Great King. With the very first words, God reminds His people that the commandments are given in a context of grace. He has not saved them because the kept the law. Instead, they ought to keep His law as a response to His salvation. He has not rescued them because they are holy but so that He might make them holy. The Ten Commandments begin with gospel and grace before law and obedience. These ten words reflect the beautiful moral character of our God and call us to the way of life that leads to fullness of joy.
	Meeting God	Sep 11, 2011	Ajay Thomas
Audio Download Scripture: Exodus 19 Speaker: Ajay Thomas Date: September 11, 2011 The people of Israel are trekking through the wilderness and alas they have reached Mt. Sinai, the mountain of God. God has drawn His people to this place in great love. Like an eagle bears her young on her wings, so the Lord has bore Israel and brought them out of captivity unto Himself. Only as they approach the mountain, they see God as not only love, but as holy. Fire, smoke, thunder, lightning, a trembling mountain, and a trembling people are all present as God descends upon the mountain. The Scriptures tell us that God is love and so we are drawn to Him. But God is also holy and so we must stand in awe of Him. How can a sinful people approach a God who is loving and holy? Exodus 19 will tell us.
	Sharing the Load	Sep 4, 2011	Ajay Thomas
Audio Download Scripture: Exodus 18 Speaker: Ajay Thomas Date: September 4, 2011 Seeing Moses bear the burden of the whole community by himself, Jethro sits his son-in-law down to offer some fatherly advice. The task of leading this people is too great to fall on one man’s shoulders and will only lead to a worn out people and a burnt out leader. Instead, the people can best be served with a plurality of leaders who share the weight of leadership. Moses heeds the advice and chooses capable and qualified men to partner with him to lead God’s people. Though this wisdom comes from Jethro's lips, it is wisdom from the heart of God. Share leadership is the pattern that Jesus and the Apostles hand down to the church as well.
	Strike the Rock	Aug 21, 2011	Ajay Thomas
Audio Download Scripture: Exodus 17:1-7 Speaker: Ajay Thomas Date: August 21, 2011 The people set up camp but come across a familiar problem. There’s no water and they’re thirsty again. Having seen God rain down wonder bread from the sky, there’s no way the people can do anything but trust Him right? Wrong. In fact, the people intensify their complaints and it looks like Moses has a bull’s-eye painted on his chest. While the people pick up stones, Moses is directed to pick up the staff that had wreaked havoc in Egypt. Judgment is about to fall. Who will it fall on? Moses? The people? Neither. In His incredible grace, God allows the rock to be struck and provides for His people again.
	Bread From Heaven	Aug 14, 2011	Dennis Mathew
Audio Download Scripture: Exodus 15:22-16:36 Speaker: Dennis Mathew Date: August 14, 2011 Moses and the people of Israel go from the wet shores of the Red Sea into the dry wilderness toward Sinai. For days they go without food and water. Yet rather than trust God who minutes ago miraculously saved them, they began to grumble and complain. God leads them into the wilderness because though He has brought them out of slavery, He needs to get the slavery out of them. The wilderness is training ground where God provides, teaches, and tests His people.
	Song of Salvation	Jun 12, 2011	Siby Varghese
Audio Download Scripture: Exodus 15:1-21 Speaker: Siby Varghese Date: June 12, 2011 Standing on the shores of the Red Sea, the people of Israel break out into jubilant song. The women dance. The people sing. For four centuries they were foreigners in Egypt. Slaves. Now they were free. The Lord parted the sea for them, while their enemies sank to the bottom like lead. How could they keep silent? They couldn't! Neither can we. Today we consider our redemption and singing as an appropriate response to salvation. We'll let the redeemed people of God in Exodus 15 teach us what should mark our corporate worship and song.
	Crossing the Sea	Jun 5, 2011	Ajay Thomas
Audio Download Scripture: Exodus 14 Speaker: Ajay Thomas Date: June 5, 2011 The newly freed Israelites are led out of Egypt by God Himself. In a pillar of cloud by day and fire by night, Yahweh walks His people out of the land of slavery. The only problem is, He seems a bit lost. Rather than taking the short and direct route, God leads His people to the shores of the Red Sea. Add this with Pharaoh's change of heart and murderous hate, and now the people are sitting ducks, trapped between an angry sea and an even angrier army. Though it seems like their dead bodies will line the shore, God works a mighty salvation for His people. They are saved. Their enemies are drowned. Today we consider this well known story and learn what salvation is all about.
	Free At Last	May 29, 2011	Ajay Thomas
Audio Download Scripture: Exodus 12:33-42 Speaker: Ajay Thomas Date: May 29, 2011 Freedom. The day of God's deliverance had finally come. No swords were drawn, no arrows shot, and no spears thrown. In fact without a single battle, without so much as lifting a finger, the powerless band of slaves walked out of one of the most powerful empires the world had ever known. God set them free. In fact, God so powerfully demonstrated His might that the Egyptians begged the slaves to leave. The paupers left like princes, taking the wealth of Egypt with them. God had promised. God delivered. God always keeps His word and His word can be trusted for our freedom as well. Pack your bags...we're leaving Egypt!
	Passed Over Rather Than Struck Down	May 22, 2011	Ajay Thomas
Audio Download Scripture: Exodus 12:1-32 Speaker: Ajay Thomas Date: May 22, 2011 Nine times the Lord showed His power to Pharaoh. Nine times Pharaoh hardened his heart and his grip over the people of Israel. Yahweh promises one more plague that will bring this contest to an end. A final plague will sweep through the land claiming the lives of all the firstborn. There's just one problem. Israel is in as much danger as Egypt. They are in idolatry and sin as much as the Egyptians and deserve judgment and death as much as they. What will distinguish them from their neighbors? What mark do they have that they should be passed over rather than struck down? Blood. Not their own, but the blood of a substitute killed in their place for their sins. An innocent will die in the place of the guilty. Thousands of years later, Jesus would declare Himself to be the true Lamb, that because of His shed blood, God would pass over us in wrath and visit us in mercy.
	A Hardened Hard Heart	May 15, 2011	Ajay Thomas
Audio Download Scripture: Exodus 7-11; Romans 9 Speaker: Ajay Thomas Date: May 15, 2011 Pharaoh refuses to repent and free the Hebrews because: A. Pharaoh hardened his heart. B. Pharaoh’s heart was hardened. C. God hardened Pharaoh’s heart. Sso which is it? It is D. All of the above. Throughout the probationary plagues a patient God was allowing time for wicked Pharaoh to repent, which He never did, which God ensured by hardening his heart, while holding him fully accountable for his hardness of heart. Pharaoh’s heart is a case study in a mystery we all struggle with, but a faithful biblical theology must allow for the realities of both free will and predestination, both accountability and election, both destiny and choice, and a sovereign, just, loving God who superintends all of it for His glory.
	Salvation through Judgment	May 8, 2011	Ajay Thomas
Audio Download Scripture: Exodus 7-11 Speaker: Ajay Thomas Date: May 8, 2011 How do you get the attention of the most powerful ruler and nation in the world? God had an idea. In fact, He had ten. Ten plagues were unleashed upon Egypt in order to educate the people that Yahweh is God and there is no other. These signs and wonders served to assault the false gods of the Egyptians and to execute judgment upon unrepentant Pharaoh and his people. Simultaneously, they were to accomplish a great salvation for the people of God. God was willing to destroy in order to save. In much the same way, Jesus would be destroyed so that we might be saved. Through His terrible judgment, we experience a wonderful salvation.
	The Sons of Levi	May 1, 2011	Ajay Thomas
Audio Download Scripture: Exodus 6:14-30 Speaker: Ajay Thomas Date: May 1, 2011 The epic tale of Exodus is interrupted to give us, of all things, a genealogy. A family tree. A long list of funny names that we hardly recognize. Yet while it would seem an intrusion to us, it serves a great purpose. When you come across a genealogy in the Bible, the automatic response is to skim over it or skip it altogether. After all, what purpose could it serve? Yet today, we'll learn that not only do these lists give us historical information, they serve us with important theological information. They tell us about who God is, what He is like, and what His doing in the world.
	Bricks Without Straw	Apr 17, 2011	Ajay Thomas
Audio Download Scripture: Exodus 5:1-6:9 Speaker: Ajay Thomas Date: April 17, 2011 So what's going to have to happen to get all the slaves out of Egypt? Let's see. Raise a deliverer. Check. Call him through a burning bush. Check. Give him an incredible revelation of who God is. Check. Convince everybody to get on board with God's plan and God's chosen deliverer. Check. Check. Walk straight up to Pharaoh, tell him to let God's people go, get him so angry that he makes the work harder on the slaves than ever before, and have all the people hate Moses. Wait a minute...what? Things turn ugly in a hurry. But you know what? God said they would! In God's redemption, things may often get worse before they get better. This week we remember that to accomplish redemption for us, things got really bad for Jesus before they got really good for us.
	Lord, Please Send Some Else	Apr 10, 2011	Ajay Thomas
PDF Notes Scripture: Exodus 3-4:17 Speaker: Ajay Thomas Date: April 10, 2011 "Me? Go to Egypt? Are you kidding?!?!" Going head to head with the Pharaoh was the last thing on Moses' mind. He had settled down. He was a family man and a shepherd now. Yet God calls him by name and commissions him to participate in the redemption that God would accomplish. Salvation is God's work, but Moses had a role to play. But, but, but, but, but....Moses sputters out one excuse after another. He wrestles with his own inadequacies and insufficiencies. Yet God's answer takes Moses' eyes off himself and gives Him a vision for the sufficiency of God. God continues to call men and women to participate in His mission. And God continues to remind us that the One who called us is sufficient for the mission. (We apologize, but there is no audio recording for this sermon. However, we have a manuscript of the sermon that you can read.)
	Holy Ground	Apr 3, 2011	Ajay Thomas
Audio Download Scripture: Exodus 3 Speaker: Ajay Thomas Date: April 3, 2011 What is God like? This is perhaps the most important question a human being will ever ask. Were it not for God revealing Himself, we would have no idea who He is or what He was like. But God can be known because God has revealed Himself. In Exodus 3, God reveals Himself to Moses, and as He does, we learn that God is holy and loving. Today we consider God's holy love and see it supremely in the person and work of Jesus.
	A Savior	Mar 27, 2011	Ajay Thomas
Audio Download Scripture: Exodus 2 Speaker: Ajay Thomas Date: March 27, 2011 The recipe for a great story has always been the same. The key ingredients are a terrifying villain, an impossible problem, and a savior. You paint a picture where hope is all but gone and death is certain and sure, and when it seems as if all is lost, a savior appears! We love these stories because they reflect the reality of our hearts. We need a Savior. In Exodus 2, we learn from the story of Israel that they needed a savior. But the good news is that God provided one. Today we're drawn into the story to see that their story is ours as well. We need a savior. And the good news, the gospel, is that God has provided one - Jesus Christ!
	Slavery & Death	Mar 20, 2011	Ajay Thomas
Audio Download Scripture: Exodus 1:15-22 Speaker: Ajay Thomas Date: March 20, 2011 After seeing that slavery did not stop the multiplication of the Hebrews, the Pharaoh of Egypt orders the slaughter of Hebrew babies. From the beginning, slavery leading to death has been the tactic of the enemy of God. It is the work that the serpent seeks to do in the soul and in the world. Last week, we considered slavery. This week we consider death, specifically the death of innocent children through abortion. Today we seek to approach this difficult topic, like Jesus, full of grace and truth.
	Slavery & Suffering	Mar 13, 2011	Ajay Thomas
Audio Download Scripture: Exodus 1:1-14 Speaker: Ajay Thomas Date: March 13, 2011 The Bible is not a textbook. If you want to know what faith means, there is no glossary in the back with a definition. Instead, the Scriptures point you to Abraham that you might learn what it looks like to have faith. When the Scriptures want to explain words like salvation, redemption, and deliverance, it points to the story of Exodus. Do you want to know what it means to be saved? Read Exodus. Today we begin a new series and consider the shadows of the gospel from this Old Covenant book. As you watch an enslaved people, suffering under brutal slavery, hopeless under the hand of a cruel enemy, being set free by a mighty and gracious God, you are being prepared for Jesus and His gospel. The Gospel According to Exodus begins today.