A messages from the series “Exodus: YHWH on Display.” After God has victoriously led the Israelites across the Red Sea and vanquished the Egyptians, showing his mighty power, Moses leads God’s people in a song of worship and reverence. This song is a call for us to worship God for who He is and what He’s done in our lives.

A messages from the series “Exodus: YHWH on Display.” Just when the Israelites thought that they were trapped, between the Egyptian army bearing down on them and a vast sea in front of them, YHWH shows that He is always victorious.

A messages from the series “Holiday Service.” Just as God rescued the Israelites out of Egypt by guiding them with a pillar of fire and light, He does so again by providing His Son, Jesus Christ, the Light of the World!

A messages from the series “Exodus: YHWH on Display.” Today’s message focuses on remembering the good things God has done. There is a cost to life and rescue, and God tasks the Israelites with passing down the story of how God rescued, and continues to rescue, His people.

A messages from the series “Exodus: YHWH on Display.” Make no mistake. God’s judgement is terrible and no one would want to receive it. Yet we are all deserving of God’s judgement. In today’s passage we observe God passing a fatal judgement on the Egyptians. While we often ask why God exacts justice, we should be focusing on why He decides to save anyone at all. And the reason that He does extend mercy and grace to some is so that they would have a relationship with Him and be His people.

A messages from the series “Exodus: YHWH on Display.” God knows how easy it is for us humans to forget important things. That’s why He calls us to repeatedly remember Him and all He has done for us. In today’s passage in Exodus, YHWH calls on the Hebrews to remember when He passed over them and to celebrate it as a lasting statute, sharing it with each generation.

A messages from the series “Exodus: YHWH on Display.” When an injustice has been done, we righteously call for justice to be enacted on others but when it comes to us, we want to receive grace and mercy. In today’s message, we see the tension between the justice and mercy of YHWH as He deals his final blow on the Egyptians and Pharaoh.

A messages from the series “Exodus: YHWH on Display.” We can sometimes fall into the trap of thinking that God’s story is all about “me,” when in truth it is all about God, the great I Am, full of glory and power and majesty. In today’s text, we see the continued hardening of Pharaoh’s heart and his attempt to control the situation. But the whole purpose of this rescue wasn’t for the Hebrews or even for Pharaoh to know God, but for the entire world to know the Name of YHWH.

A messages from the series “Exodus: YHWH on Display.” Today’s passage highlights the middle three of the nine strikes against Pharaoh and Egypt. Two significant things happen. God sets apart the Hebrews and they do not experience the wrath of the three plagues as the Egyptians do, not because of their goodness, but because of God’s. And second, we see Pharaoh try to compromise with God, but God will not relent until there is total submission.

A messages from the series “Exodus: YHWH on Display.” Blood, frogs, and gnats. YHWH is starting to execute His plan of judgements on Egypt and Pharaoh. Yet Pharaoh’s heart remains hardened. These judgements serve multiple purposes, but first and foremost among them is that YHWH will be known, not just by the Hebrews, and not just by Pharaoh, but by everyone.