WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:10.000 Perhaps you can keep them open there at Exodus chapter 3. 00:00:11.080 --> 00:00:14.859 We spent some time, maybe a couple of years ago now, 00:00:15.019 --> 00:00:17.660 in the first 15 chapters of the book of Exodus. 00:00:18.199 --> 00:00:22.500 We're going to return to Exodus, picking the story up in chapter 16. 00:00:23.160 --> 00:00:29.120 But just to give ourselves a reminder of some of the key events 00:00:29.120 --> 00:00:30.380 and some of the key themes, 00:00:30.880 --> 00:00:32.899 we're going to look at some of these early chapters, 00:00:33.079 --> 00:00:37.439 and especially, as Bob said, this hugely significant chapter, 00:00:37.640 --> 00:00:40.780 Exodus chapter 3, where we meet Moses, 00:00:41.600 --> 00:00:45.939 and he receives his call from God. 00:00:46.760 --> 00:00:51.980 The story of Moses is one that captures the imagination. 00:00:52.980 --> 00:00:56.820 It's one that has featured prominently through the years in film and TV. 00:00:56.820 --> 00:01:01.700 So for some generations, they'll have been raised on Charlton Heston, 00:01:01.799 --> 00:01:02.880 the Ten Commandments. 00:01:03.659 --> 00:01:08.260 Perhaps you watch Christian Bale in a more recent one. 00:01:08.359 --> 00:01:10.060 There's the DreamWorks, Prince of Egypt. 00:01:10.379 --> 00:01:15.079 Even Netflix has got a new series on the life of Moses. 00:01:15.219 --> 00:01:21.240 And it's really understandable when you think about how grand and epic his story is 00:01:21.239 --> 00:01:25.399 and how God works through him bringing deliverance. 00:01:25.640 --> 00:01:28.640 It makes for a great and gripping story. 00:01:30.039 --> 00:01:32.719 It's also interesting to think about the life of Moses 00:01:32.719 --> 00:01:38.119 in light of the modern interest in origin stories. 00:01:38.699 --> 00:01:40.579 So now there's that great interest, 00:01:40.840 --> 00:01:45.519 not just in who are our heroes as they're fully grown and established in their roles. 00:01:45.519 --> 00:01:47.959 We want to know what is their background. 00:01:48.339 --> 00:01:51.840 What is it that made them tick and makes them the people that they are. 00:01:52.659 --> 00:01:54.500 Moses has one of those stories. 00:01:55.819 --> 00:01:59.459 Sometimes God's people, they appear on the scene 00:01:59.459 --> 00:02:01.239 and we don't know anything about their background. 00:02:01.420 --> 00:02:03.819 We get just one or two brief details, perhaps. 00:02:04.579 --> 00:02:09.859 But we have some chapters devoted to the early years of Moses. 00:02:09.860 --> 00:02:12.540 So we learn about Moses' birth. 00:02:13.660 --> 00:02:18.260 And we discover him arriving in history at this point of great tension 00:02:18.260 --> 00:02:22.460 where the people of Israel, God's people, are under real threat. 00:02:22.580 --> 00:02:27.580 There is a king, Pharaoh, who wants to destroy the people of God 00:02:27.580 --> 00:02:33.420 by throwing the firstborn or the male children into the River Nile. 00:02:33.419 --> 00:02:37.919 And so we meet Moses, God's chosen deliverer, 00:02:38.119 --> 00:02:41.459 himself having to be rescued from an evil king. 00:02:42.199 --> 00:02:45.599 And of course we fast forward in our minds to the life of Jesus 00:02:45.599 --> 00:02:46.919 and we see a parallel. 00:02:48.060 --> 00:02:52.859 Jesus too was threatened by an evil king, King Herod. 00:02:53.379 --> 00:02:58.299 Jesus also was the rescuer who was himself rescued. 00:02:58.300 --> 00:03:05.740 Also in chapter 2, we meet a moment of decision in Moses' life. 00:03:06.719 --> 00:03:10.960 Raised in the palace, educated in the way of the Egyptians, 00:03:11.719 --> 00:03:14.380 at one point in his adult life, 00:03:15.220 --> 00:03:17.020 he chooses to leave the palace behind 00:03:17.020 --> 00:03:21.100 in order to identify with God's enslaved people. 00:03:22.260 --> 00:03:25.380 And again, that reminds us of Jesus 00:03:25.379 --> 00:03:29.500 leaving the glory of heaven to become one of us, 00:03:29.579 --> 00:03:34.900 to identify with us in order to save us. 00:03:35.219 --> 00:03:37.900 And then we come to this chapter that we've just heard, 00:03:38.019 --> 00:03:42.120 chapter 3, where Moses is called by God 00:03:42.120 --> 00:03:46.740 to be his chosen mediator and deliverer. 00:03:46.740 --> 00:03:51.480 Just as we understand that Jesus is God's chosen, 00:03:52.040 --> 00:03:55.840 great mediator, deliverer for his people. 00:03:56.659 --> 00:03:58.080 So as I said, our story is, 00:03:58.400 --> 00:04:02.260 our series is largely going to focus on chapter 16 onwards. 00:04:02.400 --> 00:04:05.080 But I want us to think about the call of Moses 00:04:05.080 --> 00:04:07.160 because we see in this chapter themes 00:04:07.160 --> 00:04:11.040 that will run through the whole book of Exodus. 00:04:11.039 --> 00:04:14.519 So we discover as God calls Moses, 00:04:14.639 --> 00:04:17.339 he comes to be personally present. 00:04:19.279 --> 00:04:23.980 He announces his promise to save his people 00:04:23.980 --> 00:04:28.000 and to reveal his purpose for the Exodus, 00:04:28.959 --> 00:04:32.279 which involves freeing his people from slavery, 00:04:32.759 --> 00:04:34.620 inviting them into relationships 00:04:34.620 --> 00:04:37.120 so that they might worship. 00:04:38.219 --> 00:04:39.939 So we'll think about those things together. 00:04:39.939 --> 00:04:43.560 We'll see how this story connects with us today 00:04:43.560 --> 00:04:47.800 and how this story connects with the story of God's Son, 00:04:48.639 --> 00:04:49.600 the Lord Jesus. 00:04:50.839 --> 00:04:54.519 But let's go to verse 1 to set the scene 00:04:54.519 --> 00:04:58.540 and to think about God's presence here 00:04:58.540 --> 00:05:00.000 in the call of Moses. 00:05:00.519 --> 00:05:02.500 So the day starts like any other day. 00:05:03.060 --> 00:05:06.120 Moses was tending the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law. 00:05:06.120 --> 00:05:08.740 He led the flock to the far side of the wilderness, 00:05:08.740 --> 00:05:10.400 came to Horeb. 00:05:11.540 --> 00:05:14.000 Moses has had to flee. 00:05:14.199 --> 00:05:15.900 He's on the run from Egypt. 00:05:16.759 --> 00:05:17.600 He's got married. 00:05:17.740 --> 00:05:18.699 He's now a shepherd, 00:05:19.480 --> 00:05:22.220 which will prove excellent training for future service, 00:05:22.319 --> 00:05:23.780 leading, guiding, protecting. 00:05:24.740 --> 00:05:26.600 He comes to Mount Horeb, 00:05:26.900 --> 00:05:28.740 which becomes significant in the story 00:05:28.740 --> 00:05:31.120 because it is also known as Mount Sinai, 00:05:31.579 --> 00:05:33.780 the place of meeting with God. 00:05:33.779 --> 00:05:37.319 The day begins like any other day. 00:05:38.399 --> 00:05:39.679 But then, verse 2, 00:05:40.439 --> 00:05:43.159 the angel of the Lord appeared to him 00:05:43.159 --> 00:05:46.639 in flames of fire from within a bush. 00:05:47.219 --> 00:05:49.519 God is present. 00:05:50.619 --> 00:05:52.279 How do we know God is present? 00:05:52.399 --> 00:05:56.279 There are numerous signs along the way. 00:05:56.699 --> 00:05:58.819 This burning bush and these flames 00:05:58.819 --> 00:06:00.519 stand as a signpost for us. 00:06:00.519 --> 00:06:03.620 As we read through the book of Exodus, 00:06:03.779 --> 00:06:05.180 we discover that fire 00:06:05.180 --> 00:06:08.379 is a sign of God's presence. 00:06:09.240 --> 00:06:10.959 We have the pillar of fire 00:06:10.959 --> 00:06:13.359 that guides them through the wilderness. 00:06:14.139 --> 00:06:16.539 We have, when they arrive at Mount Sinai, 00:06:16.680 --> 00:06:20.139 a mountain with fire and with smoke on the top. 00:06:21.039 --> 00:06:23.099 And then, as the tabernacle is built 00:06:23.099 --> 00:06:24.279 as a place to worship, 00:06:24.519 --> 00:06:25.359 chapter 40, 00:06:25.360 --> 00:06:27.980 as God's glory cloud comes down, 00:06:28.080 --> 00:06:28.920 there is fire. 00:06:31.600 --> 00:06:33.379 So there's the flames of fire 00:06:33.379 --> 00:06:34.720 and there's the bush. 00:06:34.819 --> 00:06:36.900 And Moses saw that though the bush was on fire, 00:06:36.980 --> 00:06:38.319 it did not burn up. 00:06:38.980 --> 00:06:40.920 Telling us some important things about God. 00:06:41.020 --> 00:06:42.460 God who is eternal. 00:06:42.740 --> 00:06:44.199 God who is self-sustaining. 00:06:44.699 --> 00:06:46.680 God who is unchanging. 00:06:47.100 --> 00:06:48.180 It is this God 00:06:48.180 --> 00:06:49.699 who comes to be present, 00:06:49.800 --> 00:06:50.819 who comes to speak 00:06:50.819 --> 00:06:51.680 to Moses. 00:06:51.680 --> 00:06:55.199 We know more about God 00:06:55.199 --> 00:06:58.560 as we go on in our text. 00:06:59.879 --> 00:07:01.519 In verse 4 and verse 5, 00:07:01.939 --> 00:07:03.600 God called to him from the bush, 00:07:03.759 --> 00:07:05.079 Moses, Moses, 00:07:05.340 --> 00:07:06.000 and Moses said, 00:07:06.120 --> 00:07:06.860 Here I am. 00:07:07.660 --> 00:07:09.560 Do not come any closer, 00:07:10.500 --> 00:07:12.420 for the place where you are standing 00:07:12.420 --> 00:07:14.120 is holy ground. 00:07:14.860 --> 00:07:16.800 So here's another theme 00:07:16.800 --> 00:07:18.019 in the book of Exodus. 00:07:19.060 --> 00:07:20.620 The people are being introduced 00:07:20.620 --> 00:07:21.660 introduced to the reality 00:07:21.660 --> 00:07:23.860 of a God who is holy. 00:07:24.500 --> 00:07:27.019 A God who is separate from sin. 00:07:27.459 --> 00:07:29.740 A God who is utterly pure. 00:07:30.540 --> 00:07:32.000 A God who both makes 00:07:32.000 --> 00:07:33.240 and declares 00:07:33.240 --> 00:07:34.840 people and places 00:07:34.840 --> 00:07:35.699 to be holy. 00:07:37.160 --> 00:07:38.120 So there is nothing 00:07:38.120 --> 00:07:39.720 particularly special 00:07:39.720 --> 00:07:41.840 about the kind of scrubby 00:07:41.840 --> 00:07:43.819 desert land of Mount Horeb. 00:07:44.660 --> 00:07:46.079 But because the holy God 00:07:46.079 --> 00:07:46.680 is there, 00:07:47.060 --> 00:07:47.899 it becomes 00:07:47.899 --> 00:07:49.660 a holy place. 00:07:50.620 --> 00:07:51.759 And again, 00:07:51.860 --> 00:07:52.660 as we understand 00:07:52.660 --> 00:07:53.699 in the book of Exodus, 00:07:53.860 --> 00:07:54.600 the fire 00:07:54.600 --> 00:07:55.939 in itself 00:07:55.939 --> 00:07:57.220 also speaks 00:07:57.220 --> 00:07:59.100 of holiness. 00:08:00.819 --> 00:08:01.780 And indeed, 00:08:02.060 --> 00:08:02.360 Moses, 00:08:02.500 --> 00:08:03.019 as he writes 00:08:03.019 --> 00:08:04.420 the book of Deuteronomy, 00:08:04.780 --> 00:08:05.800 draws attention 00:08:05.800 --> 00:08:06.360 to that. 00:08:06.699 --> 00:08:07.519 A couple of verses. 00:08:08.240 --> 00:08:09.560 Deuteronomy chapter 4, 00:08:09.680 --> 00:08:10.680 verse 24. 00:08:11.480 --> 00:08:12.579 Moses is warning 00:08:12.579 --> 00:08:13.519 the people here 00:08:13.519 --> 00:08:14.579 about the danger 00:08:14.579 --> 00:08:16.259 of idolatry. 00:08:16.379 --> 00:08:16.939 They need to have 00:08:16.939 --> 00:08:18.340 loyalty to God 00:08:18.340 --> 00:08:18.920 alone. 00:08:18.920 --> 00:08:20.480 And he says there, 00:08:20.840 --> 00:08:21.560 for the Lord, 00:08:21.660 --> 00:08:22.500 your God, 00:08:22.980 --> 00:08:25.140 is a consuming fire. 00:08:26.220 --> 00:08:27.720 A jealous God. 00:08:29.420 --> 00:08:30.580 So that stands 00:08:30.580 --> 00:08:31.220 as a warning 00:08:31.220 --> 00:08:32.779 for God's people. 00:08:34.019 --> 00:08:35.240 But let's hear him now 00:08:35.240 --> 00:08:36.159 in Deuteronomy 9, 00:08:36.240 --> 00:08:36.840 verse 3, 00:08:37.220 --> 00:08:38.860 present it as a promise. 00:08:40.460 --> 00:08:41.960 Be assured today 00:08:41.960 --> 00:08:43.639 that the Lord, 00:08:43.740 --> 00:08:44.159 your God, 00:08:44.200 --> 00:08:45.159 is the one who goes 00:08:45.159 --> 00:08:46.580 across ahead of you 00:08:46.580 --> 00:08:48.600 like a devouring fire. 00:08:49.220 --> 00:08:51.060 He will destroy them. 00:08:51.320 --> 00:08:52.879 He will subdue them 00:08:52.879 --> 00:08:54.160 before you. 00:08:55.660 --> 00:08:57.080 So he warns the people, 00:08:57.240 --> 00:08:58.780 you must stay loyal 00:08:58.780 --> 00:09:00.060 in your worship to me 00:09:00.060 --> 00:09:01.120 because I am holy 00:09:01.120 --> 00:09:02.160 in a consuming fire. 00:09:02.320 --> 00:09:03.680 But he gives this promise, 00:09:04.120 --> 00:09:05.600 I will save you. 00:09:05.980 --> 00:09:06.980 I will rescue 00:09:06.980 --> 00:09:08.500 and deliver you 00:09:08.500 --> 00:09:10.139 as your holy God. 00:09:10.200 --> 00:09:11.080 And it's this God 00:09:11.080 --> 00:09:12.640 who says to his people 00:09:12.640 --> 00:09:13.440 then and now, 00:09:13.440 --> 00:09:14.400 be holy 00:09:14.400 --> 00:09:16.640 because I am holy. 00:09:18.100 --> 00:09:18.860 And of course, 00:09:18.920 --> 00:09:19.580 this creates 00:09:19.580 --> 00:09:20.420 that sense 00:09:20.420 --> 00:09:21.600 of tension. 00:09:23.160 --> 00:09:23.980 How can 00:09:23.980 --> 00:09:25.640 sinful people 00:09:25.640 --> 00:09:27.080 draw near 00:09:27.080 --> 00:09:28.280 to the perfectly 00:09:28.280 --> 00:09:29.340 holy God? 00:09:30.060 --> 00:09:30.900 As Moses 00:09:30.900 --> 00:09:31.980 comes to understand 00:09:31.980 --> 00:09:32.840 that he is dealing 00:09:32.840 --> 00:09:33.880 with God, 00:09:34.260 --> 00:09:35.020 we find him 00:09:35.020 --> 00:09:36.100 at the end of verse 6 00:09:36.100 --> 00:09:37.520 hiding his face 00:09:37.520 --> 00:09:38.540 because he was afraid 00:09:38.540 --> 00:09:39.440 to look at God. 00:09:39.440 --> 00:09:41.920 And again, 00:09:42.000 --> 00:09:42.620 the book of Exodus 00:09:42.620 --> 00:09:43.580 is so helpful. 00:09:44.020 --> 00:09:45.180 How is it possible 00:09:45.180 --> 00:09:46.440 for sinners 00:09:46.440 --> 00:09:47.820 to be in relationship 00:09:47.820 --> 00:09:48.480 with God? 00:09:49.260 --> 00:09:49.420 Well, 00:09:49.440 --> 00:09:50.160 the book of Exodus 00:09:50.160 --> 00:09:51.480 will introduce, 00:09:52.000 --> 00:09:52.800 by God's grace, 00:09:53.200 --> 00:09:54.660 the sacrificial system. 00:09:56.400 --> 00:09:57.440 And so we are being 00:09:57.440 --> 00:09:58.540 reminded that God 00:09:58.540 --> 00:10:00.640 graciously provides 00:10:00.640 --> 00:10:01.720 a way to make 00:10:01.720 --> 00:10:02.280 atonement, 00:10:02.600 --> 00:10:03.460 a way to make 00:10:03.460 --> 00:10:04.340 reconciliation. 00:10:05.840 --> 00:10:06.520 And we're being 00:10:06.520 --> 00:10:07.040 pointed, 00:10:07.200 --> 00:10:07.700 ultimately, 00:10:07.700 --> 00:10:09.440 to the provision 00:10:09.440 --> 00:10:10.440 of the Lord Jesus. 00:10:12.080 --> 00:10:13.680 God who draws near. 00:10:14.700 --> 00:10:15.879 God who draws so near 00:10:15.879 --> 00:10:16.460 as to become 00:10:16.460 --> 00:10:17.379 one of us. 00:10:18.020 --> 00:10:19.320 Becoming one of us 00:10:19.320 --> 00:10:20.460 to give his life 00:10:20.460 --> 00:10:21.379 as a sacrifice 00:10:21.379 --> 00:10:22.620 so that we, 00:10:23.020 --> 00:10:23.640 by faith, 00:10:23.920 --> 00:10:24.740 might draw near 00:10:24.740 --> 00:10:25.500 to our God. 00:10:26.700 --> 00:10:27.879 We also discover 00:10:27.879 --> 00:10:29.320 that this holy God 00:10:29.320 --> 00:10:32.060 is a personal God. 00:10:32.700 --> 00:10:33.840 We already heard 00:10:33.840 --> 00:10:34.400 the truth 00:10:34.400 --> 00:10:36.520 that God speaks. 00:10:36.519 --> 00:10:38.159 speaking to Moses 00:10:38.159 --> 00:10:39.679 by name. 00:10:40.439 --> 00:10:41.179 We don't worship 00:10:41.179 --> 00:10:41.779 a force, 00:10:41.899 --> 00:10:42.460 we worship 00:10:42.460 --> 00:10:44.000 a person. 00:10:45.639 --> 00:10:46.379 Verse 6, 00:10:46.480 --> 00:10:48.159 then God said, 00:10:48.259 --> 00:10:48.899 I am the God 00:10:48.899 --> 00:10:49.819 of your father, 00:10:50.460 --> 00:10:51.539 the God of Abraham, 00:10:51.939 --> 00:10:53.000 the God of Isaac, 00:10:53.259 --> 00:10:54.100 and the God 00:10:54.100 --> 00:10:55.340 of Jacob. 00:10:55.899 --> 00:10:56.840 The one who is 00:10:56.840 --> 00:10:57.960 speaking is the God 00:10:57.960 --> 00:10:58.679 who is revealed 00:10:58.679 --> 00:10:59.819 in the book of Genesis. 00:10:59.820 --> 00:11:02.700 This is the creator God. 00:11:03.260 --> 00:11:04.240 This is the God 00:11:04.240 --> 00:11:04.840 who has made 00:11:04.840 --> 00:11:06.100 covenant promises 00:11:06.100 --> 00:11:06.920 to Abraham 00:11:06.920 --> 00:11:08.600 and to Abraham's family. 00:11:08.920 --> 00:11:09.720 This is a God 00:11:09.720 --> 00:11:10.500 unlike 00:11:10.500 --> 00:11:12.080 the false gods 00:11:12.080 --> 00:11:12.600 of Egypt. 00:11:12.600 --> 00:11:13.760 This is the true 00:11:13.760 --> 00:11:15.800 and living God. 00:11:17.500 --> 00:11:19.040 And that takes us 00:11:19.040 --> 00:11:19.560 to 00:11:19.560 --> 00:11:21.420 verse 14, 00:11:21.960 --> 00:11:23.480 where this personal God, 00:11:23.560 --> 00:11:24.540 the God who is holy, 00:11:24.880 --> 00:11:25.840 also reveals 00:11:25.840 --> 00:11:27.480 his personal 00:11:27.480 --> 00:11:28.420 name 00:11:28.420 --> 00:11:29.440 to Moses. 00:11:31.700 --> 00:11:32.920 In verse 13, 00:11:33.019 --> 00:11:33.940 Moses asked the question, 00:11:34.039 --> 00:11:34.840 suppose I go 00:11:34.840 --> 00:11:35.560 to the Israelites 00:11:35.560 --> 00:11:36.159 and say, 00:11:36.300 --> 00:11:37.240 the God of your fathers 00:11:37.240 --> 00:11:38.159 has sent me to you, 00:11:38.180 --> 00:11:38.759 and they ask me, 00:11:38.840 --> 00:11:39.560 what is his name? 00:11:39.620 --> 00:11:40.980 Then what shall I tell them? 00:11:41.980 --> 00:11:43.300 God said to Moses, 00:11:43.659 --> 00:11:44.539 I am 00:11:44.539 --> 00:11:45.279 who 00:11:45.279 --> 00:11:46.379 I am. 00:11:47.120 --> 00:11:47.580 This 00:11:47.580 --> 00:11:48.720 is what you are to say 00:11:48.720 --> 00:11:49.600 to the Israelites. 00:11:49.820 --> 00:11:50.279 I 00:11:50.279 --> 00:11:51.019 am 00:11:51.019 --> 00:11:52.680 has sent me 00:11:52.680 --> 00:11:53.259 to you. 00:11:53.879 --> 00:11:54.920 So here's a key verse 00:11:54.920 --> 00:11:55.899 in this chapter. 00:11:55.899 --> 00:11:57.299 Who is speaking? 00:11:57.639 --> 00:11:58.779 It's the eternal, 00:11:59.399 --> 00:12:00.100 unchanging 00:12:00.100 --> 00:12:02.059 Lord God. 00:12:02.459 --> 00:12:03.240 The God 00:12:03.240 --> 00:12:04.939 of the covenant promise. 00:12:05.100 --> 00:12:05.679 And what does he say 00:12:05.679 --> 00:12:06.240 to Moses? 00:12:06.399 --> 00:12:06.740 He says, 00:12:07.139 --> 00:12:08.879 I will be with you 00:12:08.879 --> 00:12:10.360 and for you, 00:12:10.480 --> 00:12:10.740 Moses. 00:12:11.340 --> 00:12:12.659 I will be with 00:12:12.659 --> 00:12:13.620 and for 00:12:13.620 --> 00:12:14.840 my people 00:12:14.840 --> 00:12:16.779 in steadfast love. 00:12:18.539 --> 00:12:19.500 Moses is full 00:12:19.500 --> 00:12:20.960 of personal doubts 00:12:20.960 --> 00:12:22.079 and fears. 00:12:23.179 --> 00:12:23.480 God, 00:12:23.559 --> 00:12:24.120 I don't feel 00:12:24.120 --> 00:12:24.759 eloquent. 00:12:24.759 --> 00:12:25.559 I don't feel 00:12:25.559 --> 00:12:26.159 capable. 00:12:26.720 --> 00:12:27.299 God sends 00:12:27.299 --> 00:12:28.039 someone else. 00:12:29.159 --> 00:12:29.879 And the answer 00:12:29.879 --> 00:12:30.460 to Moses' 00:12:30.659 --> 00:12:31.620 doubts and fears, 00:12:32.319 --> 00:12:33.059 I am 00:12:33.059 --> 00:12:34.840 who I am. 00:12:36.259 --> 00:12:36.740 And that 00:12:36.740 --> 00:12:37.399 invitation 00:12:37.399 --> 00:12:38.379 to know 00:12:38.379 --> 00:12:39.120 the God 00:12:39.120 --> 00:12:39.539 who is 00:12:39.539 --> 00:12:40.080 the God 00:12:40.080 --> 00:12:41.419 of steadfast love, 00:12:42.080 --> 00:12:42.899 that's the answer 00:12:42.899 --> 00:12:43.840 to our doubts 00:12:43.840 --> 00:12:44.600 and fears 00:12:44.600 --> 00:12:45.299 also. 00:12:46.139 --> 00:12:47.179 He draws near 00:12:47.179 --> 00:12:48.419 to speak, 00:12:48.679 --> 00:12:49.360 to reveal 00:12:49.360 --> 00:12:49.799 himself 00:12:49.799 --> 00:12:51.399 to us. 00:12:51.399 --> 00:12:53.399 So the 00:12:53.399 --> 00:12:53.819 holy and 00:12:53.819 --> 00:12:54.419 personal God 00:12:54.419 --> 00:12:55.039 draws near 00:12:55.039 --> 00:12:55.519 to call 00:12:55.519 --> 00:12:55.879 Moses. 00:12:56.000 --> 00:12:56.340 And of course, 00:12:56.439 --> 00:12:57.299 this is a 00:12:57.299 --> 00:12:58.819 unique event. 00:12:59.720 --> 00:13:00.259 But at the 00:13:00.259 --> 00:13:00.959 same time, 00:13:01.240 --> 00:13:01.639 there is a 00:13:01.639 --> 00:13:02.980 pattern set 00:13:02.980 --> 00:13:03.720 and true 00:13:03.720 --> 00:13:04.740 for every 00:13:04.740 --> 00:13:05.899 believer. 00:13:07.759 --> 00:13:08.480 That we 00:13:08.480 --> 00:13:08.860 too, 00:13:09.000 --> 00:13:09.539 if we 00:13:09.539 --> 00:13:11.019 know Jesus 00:13:11.019 --> 00:13:11.579 as Savior, 00:13:11.740 --> 00:13:12.120 we too 00:13:12.120 --> 00:13:12.620 have a 00:13:12.620 --> 00:13:13.159 personal 00:13:13.159 --> 00:13:14.019 encounter 00:13:14.019 --> 00:13:14.860 with the 00:13:14.860 --> 00:13:15.539 true and 00:13:15.539 --> 00:13:16.360 living God. 00:13:17.799 --> 00:13:18.360 We too 00:13:18.360 --> 00:13:18.960 are invited 00:13:18.960 --> 00:13:19.400 to know 00:13:19.400 --> 00:13:19.680 this 00:13:19.680 --> 00:13:20.560 holy God 00:13:20.560 --> 00:13:21.420 who is 00:13:21.420 --> 00:13:22.400 awesome. 00:13:23.519 --> 00:13:24.040 This 00:13:24.040 --> 00:13:25.139 loving God 00:13:25.139 --> 00:13:26.500 who graciously 00:13:26.500 --> 00:13:27.720 calls us 00:13:27.720 --> 00:13:28.980 into covenant 00:13:28.980 --> 00:13:30.500 relationship. 00:13:33.040 --> 00:13:33.800 To jump 00:13:33.800 --> 00:13:34.300 ahead in the 00:13:34.300 --> 00:13:34.639 book of 00:13:34.639 --> 00:13:35.280 Acts, 00:13:36.080 --> 00:13:36.759 Derek will be 00:13:36.759 --> 00:13:37.360 preaching on Acts 00:13:37.360 --> 00:13:38.139 2 next week, 00:13:38.200 --> 00:13:38.639 but to jump 00:13:38.639 --> 00:13:39.240 ahead to Acts 00:13:39.240 --> 00:13:39.420 2, 00:13:39.480 --> 00:13:39.879 how is the 00:13:39.879 --> 00:13:40.560 Spirit sent? 00:13:41.440 --> 00:13:41.759 If you 00:13:41.759 --> 00:13:42.259 remember, 00:13:43.120 --> 00:13:43.480 the Spirit 00:13:43.480 --> 00:13:44.180 comes as 00:13:44.180 --> 00:13:44.860 flames of 00:13:44.860 --> 00:13:45.360 fire, 00:13:46.379 --> 00:13:46.860 the sign 00:13:46.860 --> 00:13:47.440 the holy 00:13:47.440 --> 00:13:47.940 God has 00:13:47.940 --> 00:13:48.379 come to 00:13:48.379 --> 00:13:48.800 dwell. 00:13:48.960 --> 00:13:50.060 with and 00:13:50.060 --> 00:13:51.120 in his 00:13:51.120 --> 00:13:51.720 people. 00:13:52.540 --> 00:13:52.860 This is 00:13:52.860 --> 00:13:53.300 God's 00:13:53.300 --> 00:13:53.900 design. 00:13:56.580 --> 00:13:57.420 Helps to 00:13:57.420 --> 00:13:58.019 anticipate 00:13:58.019 --> 00:13:59.440 the coming 00:13:59.440 --> 00:14:00.000 of Jesus. 00:14:00.980 --> 00:14:01.560 God 00:14:01.560 --> 00:14:02.340 come 00:14:02.340 --> 00:14:03.220 down. 00:14:03.960 --> 00:14:04.600 The holy 00:14:04.600 --> 00:14:05.200 God 00:14:05.200 --> 00:14:06.759 who himself 00:14:06.759 --> 00:14:07.460 puts on 00:14:07.460 --> 00:14:08.340 sandals 00:14:08.340 --> 00:14:09.840 so that he 00:14:09.840 --> 00:14:10.360 might walk 00:14:10.360 --> 00:14:11.019 among us. 00:14:11.480 --> 00:14:12.300 The son of 00:14:12.300 --> 00:14:12.800 God who 00:14:12.800 --> 00:14:13.660 promises to 00:14:13.660 --> 00:14:14.160 be with 00:14:14.160 --> 00:14:15.300 us always. 00:14:16.879 --> 00:14:17.519 When Jesus 00:14:17.519 --> 00:14:18.080 was speaking 00:14:18.080 --> 00:14:18.480 to his 00:14:18.480 --> 00:14:19.379 opponents in 00:14:19.379 --> 00:14:20.600 John chapter 00:14:20.600 --> 00:14:21.480 8, 00:14:22.279 --> 00:14:24.180 he said 00:14:24.180 --> 00:14:24.460 that he 00:14:24.460 --> 00:14:24.960 was the 00:14:24.960 --> 00:14:25.659 I am. 00:14:26.100 --> 00:14:26.360 It's one 00:14:26.360 --> 00:14:26.560 of the 00:14:26.560 --> 00:14:26.980 themes of 00:14:26.980 --> 00:14:27.379 John's 00:14:27.379 --> 00:14:27.779 gospel, 00:14:27.899 --> 00:14:28.399 those seven 00:14:28.399 --> 00:14:29.100 great I 00:14:29.100 --> 00:14:30.700 am sayings. 00:14:30.860 --> 00:14:31.700 Before Abraham 00:14:31.700 --> 00:14:32.360 was, 00:14:32.720 --> 00:14:33.639 I am, 00:14:34.000 --> 00:14:34.740 Jesus said, 00:14:34.980 --> 00:14:35.920 saying to 00:14:35.920 --> 00:14:36.659 his listeners 00:14:36.659 --> 00:14:37.300 loud and 00:14:37.300 --> 00:14:37.740 clear, 00:14:38.100 --> 00:14:39.340 he is the 00:14:39.340 --> 00:14:40.580 God that 00:14:40.580 --> 00:14:41.060 met with 00:14:41.060 --> 00:14:41.480 Moses. 00:14:41.480 --> 00:14:44.139 God wants 00:14:44.139 --> 00:14:45.659 people to 00:14:45.659 --> 00:14:46.379 know him. 00:14:48.220 --> 00:14:48.779 That's 00:14:48.779 --> 00:14:50.340 clear that 00:14:50.340 --> 00:14:51.060 God wanted 00:14:51.060 --> 00:14:51.659 to know 00:14:51.659 --> 00:14:52.060 and to 00:14:52.060 --> 00:14:52.480 call 00:14:52.480 --> 00:14:53.060 Moses. 00:14:54.399 --> 00:14:55.159 That God 00:14:55.159 --> 00:14:55.700 wants to 00:14:55.700 --> 00:14:56.320 know us 00:14:56.320 --> 00:14:56.779 and reveal 00:14:56.779 --> 00:14:57.340 himself to 00:14:57.340 --> 00:14:57.820 us is 00:14:57.820 --> 00:14:59.940 clear in 00:14:59.940 --> 00:15:00.460 that Jesus 00:15:00.460 --> 00:15:00.940 became 00:15:00.940 --> 00:15:02.860 flesh and 00:15:02.860 --> 00:15:03.180 made his 00:15:03.180 --> 00:15:03.920 dwelling among 00:15:03.920 --> 00:15:04.480 us. 00:15:05.680 --> 00:15:06.180 That as the 00:15:06.180 --> 00:15:06.659 author of the 00:15:06.659 --> 00:15:07.180 Hebrews would 00:15:07.180 --> 00:15:07.340 say, 00:15:07.340 --> 00:15:07.620 in the 00:15:07.620 --> 00:15:08.220 past God 00:15:08.220 --> 00:15:08.800 spoke through 00:15:08.800 --> 00:15:09.360 the prophets 00:15:09.360 --> 00:15:10.019 but now 00:15:10.019 --> 00:15:11.660 he's spoken 00:15:11.660 --> 00:15:12.100 through his 00:15:12.100 --> 00:15:12.440 son. 00:15:15.759 --> 00:15:16.280 And it's 00:15:16.280 --> 00:15:16.800 wonderful to 00:15:16.800 --> 00:15:17.360 think about. 00:15:18.180 --> 00:15:19.180 It's wonderful to 00:15:19.180 --> 00:15:19.780 think about the 00:15:19.780 --> 00:15:20.519 truth that every 00:15:20.519 --> 00:15:21.399 time we gather 00:15:21.399 --> 00:15:22.280 together for 00:15:22.280 --> 00:15:24.160 worship or 00:15:24.160 --> 00:15:24.940 every time we 00:15:24.940 --> 00:15:25.940 come to God 00:15:25.940 --> 00:15:26.899 in prayer, 00:15:28.019 --> 00:15:28.879 we're invited 00:15:28.879 --> 00:15:29.940 to an encounter 00:15:29.940 --> 00:15:31.000 with the 00:15:31.000 --> 00:15:31.680 living God. 00:15:34.440 --> 00:15:35.240 Of course, 00:15:35.300 --> 00:15:35.720 it doesn't 00:15:35.720 --> 00:15:37.080 always seem 00:15:37.080 --> 00:15:38.400 dramatic. 00:15:38.920 --> 00:15:39.360 We spoke 00:15:39.360 --> 00:15:39.879 about that a 00:15:39.879 --> 00:15:40.160 little bit 00:15:40.160 --> 00:15:40.759 this morning. 00:15:41.560 --> 00:15:42.240 We can't 00:15:42.240 --> 00:15:43.200 control how 00:15:43.200 --> 00:15:43.980 God works 00:15:43.980 --> 00:15:44.620 and how the 00:15:44.620 --> 00:15:45.600 spirit moves. 00:15:47.040 --> 00:15:47.560 But again, 00:15:47.660 --> 00:15:48.300 we know that 00:15:48.300 --> 00:15:49.600 when we are 00:15:49.600 --> 00:15:50.820 consciously aware 00:15:50.820 --> 00:15:51.280 that he has 00:15:51.280 --> 00:15:53.440 drawn near to 00:15:53.440 --> 00:15:54.120 bless us, 00:15:54.180 --> 00:15:54.860 to speak to 00:15:54.860 --> 00:15:56.700 us, there's a 00:15:56.700 --> 00:15:57.480 power, there's a 00:15:57.480 --> 00:15:58.400 beauty, there's a 00:15:58.400 --> 00:15:59.560 grace there. 00:16:00.780 --> 00:16:01.340 The gracious 00:16:01.340 --> 00:16:02.580 God loves to 00:16:02.580 --> 00:16:03.640 meet with, to 00:16:03.640 --> 00:16:04.600 strengthen, to 00:16:04.600 --> 00:16:05.640 speak with his 00:16:05.640 --> 00:16:06.080 people. 00:16:07.080 --> 00:16:08.080 So that's 00:16:08.080 --> 00:16:09.180 God's presence. 00:16:10.500 --> 00:16:10.940 Let's think 00:16:10.940 --> 00:16:12.040 secondly about 00:16:12.040 --> 00:16:14.460 God's promise 00:16:14.460 --> 00:16:15.759 that we have 00:16:15.759 --> 00:16:16.379 here. 00:16:18.379 --> 00:16:19.360 So where have 00:16:19.360 --> 00:16:19.780 we got in the 00:16:19.780 --> 00:16:20.580 story so far? 00:16:20.660 --> 00:16:21.780 We have Moses, 00:16:22.800 --> 00:16:23.500 the shepherd, 00:16:23.639 --> 00:16:24.400 with his staff 00:16:24.400 --> 00:16:25.040 in his hand, 00:16:25.120 --> 00:16:25.800 with his shoes 00:16:25.800 --> 00:16:26.620 off, with his 00:16:26.620 --> 00:16:28.040 face down, 00:16:28.540 --> 00:16:29.360 bowing before 00:16:29.360 --> 00:16:29.700 God. 00:16:29.759 --> 00:16:30.340 The eternal, 00:16:30.560 --> 00:16:31.400 living, unchanging 00:16:31.400 --> 00:16:32.440 God is speaking 00:16:32.440 --> 00:16:35.560 truth to 00:16:35.559 --> 00:16:36.019 Moses. 00:16:38.019 --> 00:16:39.059 Moses is living 00:16:39.059 --> 00:16:39.759 in exile. 00:16:40.939 --> 00:16:41.439 Moses is 00:16:41.439 --> 00:16:42.239 separate from 00:16:42.239 --> 00:16:43.079 God's people, 00:16:43.579 --> 00:16:44.399 yet we discover 00:16:44.399 --> 00:16:45.179 wonderfully his 00:16:45.179 --> 00:16:46.299 identity is 00:16:46.299 --> 00:16:47.879 fixed by God. 00:16:47.879 --> 00:16:49.459 His purpose is 00:16:49.459 --> 00:16:50.339 given to him 00:16:50.339 --> 00:16:51.579 by God. 00:16:51.839 --> 00:16:52.879 When he hears in 00:16:52.879 --> 00:16:53.459 verse 10, 00:16:53.579 --> 00:16:54.339 so now go, 00:16:55.019 --> 00:16:55.839 I am sending 00:16:55.839 --> 00:16:56.679 you to Pharaoh 00:16:56.679 --> 00:16:58.119 to bring my 00:16:58.119 --> 00:16:58.779 people, the 00:16:58.779 --> 00:16:59.379 Israelites, 00:16:59.859 --> 00:17:00.939 out of 00:17:00.940 --> 00:17:02.080 Egypt. 00:17:03.220 --> 00:17:03.780 Moses had 00:17:03.780 --> 00:17:04.860 tried to be 00:17:04.860 --> 00:17:05.420 a deliverer in 00:17:05.420 --> 00:17:06.180 his own strength 00:17:06.180 --> 00:17:06.559 and it had 00:17:06.559 --> 00:17:07.940 failed miserably, 00:17:08.259 --> 00:17:08.980 but he now 00:17:08.980 --> 00:17:10.120 hears God say, 00:17:10.559 --> 00:17:11.080 I have come 00:17:11.080 --> 00:17:12.640 down to 00:17:12.640 --> 00:17:13.360 rescue them. 00:17:14.039 --> 00:17:14.519 And this is 00:17:14.519 --> 00:17:15.220 the great promise, 00:17:15.259 --> 00:17:16.000 the great promise 00:17:16.000 --> 00:17:16.680 at the heart of 00:17:16.680 --> 00:17:17.100 the book of 00:17:17.100 --> 00:17:18.000 Exodus, that 00:17:18.000 --> 00:17:19.259 God will be a 00:17:19.259 --> 00:17:20.360 savior and 00:17:20.360 --> 00:17:21.820 deliverer for 00:17:21.820 --> 00:17:23.500 his people. 00:17:24.660 --> 00:17:25.500 Key verses 00:17:25.500 --> 00:17:26.259 here, verses 00:17:26.259 --> 00:17:27.640 7 to 10. 00:17:28.779 --> 00:17:29.880 Listen to God 00:17:29.880 --> 00:17:30.560 speak, the 00:17:30.560 --> 00:17:31.520 Lord said, 00:17:32.440 --> 00:17:32.920 I have 00:17:32.920 --> 00:17:34.420 indeed seen 00:17:34.420 --> 00:17:35.100 the misery of 00:17:35.100 --> 00:17:35.860 my people in 00:17:35.860 --> 00:17:37.100 Egypt, I 00:17:37.100 --> 00:17:37.620 have heard 00:17:37.620 --> 00:17:38.440 them crying 00:17:38.440 --> 00:17:39.780 out and I 00:17:39.780 --> 00:17:40.840 am concerned 00:17:40.840 --> 00:17:42.380 about their 00:17:42.380 --> 00:17:42.820 suffering. 00:17:43.740 --> 00:17:44.140 What a 00:17:44.140 --> 00:17:45.540 wonderful truth 00:17:45.540 --> 00:17:46.360 about God. 00:17:47.220 --> 00:17:48.040 He sees, 00:17:48.360 --> 00:17:49.040 he hears, 00:17:49.360 --> 00:17:50.340 he cares 00:17:50.340 --> 00:17:52.160 about misery 00:17:52.160 --> 00:17:53.760 and oppression 00:17:53.760 --> 00:17:55.440 and injustice. 00:17:56.580 --> 00:17:57.460 So I have 00:17:57.460 --> 00:17:58.020 come down 00:17:58.020 --> 00:17:59.020 to rescue 00:17:59.020 --> 00:17:59.580 them, 00:17:59.880 --> 00:18:00.660 from the 00:18:00.660 --> 00:18:01.240 hand of the 00:18:01.240 --> 00:18:01.740 Egyptians 00:18:01.740 --> 00:18:03.080 and to 00:18:03.080 --> 00:18:03.460 bring them 00:18:03.460 --> 00:18:03.980 up out of 00:18:03.980 --> 00:18:04.480 that land 00:18:04.480 --> 00:18:04.880 into a 00:18:04.880 --> 00:18:05.260 good and 00:18:05.260 --> 00:18:05.860 spacious 00:18:05.860 --> 00:18:06.560 land, 00:18:07.320 --> 00:18:08.080 a land 00:18:08.080 --> 00:18:08.900 flowing with 00:18:08.900 --> 00:18:10.060 milk and 00:18:10.060 --> 00:18:10.480 honey. 00:18:11.300 --> 00:18:11.840 He's going 00:18:11.840 --> 00:18:12.720 to transform 00:18:12.720 --> 00:18:14.200 everything about 00:18:14.200 --> 00:18:15.140 their experience, 00:18:15.280 --> 00:18:15.780 taking them 00:18:15.780 --> 00:18:16.620 from misery 00:18:16.620 --> 00:18:18.820 to the land 00:18:18.820 --> 00:18:19.680 of milk and 00:18:19.680 --> 00:18:20.000 honey, 00:18:20.720 --> 00:18:21.800 from slavery 00:18:21.800 --> 00:18:22.840 to the 00:18:22.840 --> 00:18:24.160 spacious and 00:18:24.160 --> 00:18:25.660 good land 00:18:25.660 --> 00:18:26.100 and of 00:18:26.100 --> 00:18:27.040 promise. 00:18:29.680 --> 00:18:30.460 One of the 00:18:30.460 --> 00:18:30.840 things that 00:18:30.840 --> 00:18:31.340 we see in 00:18:31.340 --> 00:18:31.700 the early 00:18:31.700 --> 00:18:32.640 chapters of 00:18:32.640 --> 00:18:33.100 the book of 00:18:33.100 --> 00:18:33.820 Exodus is a 00:18:33.820 --> 00:18:34.840 conflict between 00:18:34.840 --> 00:18:36.380 God represented 00:18:36.380 --> 00:18:37.000 by Moses 00:18:37.000 --> 00:18:38.440 and Pharaoh 00:18:38.440 --> 00:18:39.200 and the 00:18:39.200 --> 00:18:40.019 false gods 00:18:40.019 --> 00:18:40.920 of Egypt 00:18:40.920 --> 00:18:41.680 and here we 00:18:41.680 --> 00:18:42.519 have in 00:18:42.519 --> 00:18:43.400 anticipation 00:18:43.400 --> 00:18:45.380 the reality 00:18:45.380 --> 00:18:46.080 that God 00:18:46.080 --> 00:18:46.740 is the 00:18:46.740 --> 00:18:47.700 true king 00:18:47.700 --> 00:18:48.740 and the 00:18:48.740 --> 00:18:49.500 true king 00:18:49.500 --> 00:18:50.820 will act 00:18:50.820 --> 00:18:51.940 and act 00:18:51.940 --> 00:18:52.960 decisively. 00:18:52.960 --> 00:18:54.160 If you go 00:18:54.160 --> 00:18:54.620 towards the 00:18:54.620 --> 00:18:55.079 end of the 00:18:55.079 --> 00:18:55.380 chapter, 00:18:55.539 --> 00:18:56.440 verse 19, 00:18:56.840 --> 00:18:57.799 I know 00:18:57.799 --> 00:18:59.200 that the 00:18:59.200 --> 00:18:59.539 king of 00:18:59.539 --> 00:19:00.039 Egypt will 00:19:00.039 --> 00:19:00.519 not let 00:19:00.519 --> 00:19:01.000 you go 00:19:01.000 --> 00:19:02.000 unless a 00:19:02.000 --> 00:19:02.920 mighty hand 00:19:02.920 --> 00:19:03.660 compels 00:19:03.660 --> 00:19:04.039 him, 00:19:04.579 --> 00:19:05.140 so I 00:19:05.140 --> 00:19:05.980 will stretch 00:19:05.980 --> 00:19:06.440 out my 00:19:06.440 --> 00:19:07.880 hand and 00:19:07.880 --> 00:19:08.779 strike the 00:19:08.779 --> 00:19:09.180 Egyptians 00:19:09.180 --> 00:19:10.019 with all the 00:19:10.019 --> 00:19:10.559 wonders that 00:19:10.559 --> 00:19:11.420 I will perform 00:19:11.420 --> 00:19:12.340 among them. 00:19:12.819 --> 00:19:13.900 After that 00:19:13.900 --> 00:19:14.920 he will 00:19:14.920 --> 00:19:15.840 let you 00:19:15.840 --> 00:19:16.360 go. 00:19:16.900 --> 00:19:17.279 And we 00:19:17.279 --> 00:19:17.960 are led to 00:19:17.960 --> 00:19:18.480 see that 00:19:18.480 --> 00:19:19.059 Pharaoh, 00:19:19.539 --> 00:19:20.100 the most 00:19:20.100 --> 00:19:21.079 powerful king 00:19:21.079 --> 00:19:22.079 on the 00:19:22.079 --> 00:19:22.360 earth, 00:19:22.359 --> 00:19:22.819 is no 00:19:22.819 --> 00:19:23.559 match for 00:19:23.559 --> 00:19:24.000 the true 00:19:24.000 --> 00:19:24.240 and the 00:19:24.240 --> 00:19:24.959 living God. 00:19:25.779 --> 00:19:26.599 His mighty 00:19:26.599 --> 00:19:27.500 hand of 00:19:27.500 --> 00:19:28.479 judgment and 00:19:28.479 --> 00:19:29.240 salvation 00:19:29.240 --> 00:19:30.659 will reveal 00:19:30.659 --> 00:19:31.740 the glory of 00:19:31.740 --> 00:19:32.399 God to the 00:19:32.399 --> 00:19:33.719 Israelites and 00:19:33.719 --> 00:19:34.839 to the 00:19:34.839 --> 00:19:35.299 Egyptians. 00:19:36.419 --> 00:19:37.039 And he 00:19:37.039 --> 00:19:37.599 will break 00:19:37.599 --> 00:19:39.039 down Pharaoh's 00:19:39.039 --> 00:19:40.819 resistance and 00:19:40.819 --> 00:19:41.699 the end result 00:19:41.699 --> 00:19:42.819 will be freedom 00:19:42.819 --> 00:19:44.359 for the people 00:19:44.359 --> 00:19:45.059 of God. 00:19:46.979 --> 00:19:47.319 Exodus 00:19:47.319 --> 00:19:48.219 presents us 00:19:48.219 --> 00:19:49.379 with a 00:19:49.379 --> 00:19:50.679 spiritual battle 00:19:50.680 --> 00:19:53.740 and we 00:19:53.740 --> 00:19:54.460 understand that 00:19:54.460 --> 00:19:55.000 the battle 00:19:55.000 --> 00:19:55.779 belongs to 00:19:55.779 --> 00:19:56.299 the Lord. 00:19:57.759 --> 00:19:58.420 And again 00:19:58.420 --> 00:19:58.840 we see 00:19:58.840 --> 00:19:59.380 anticipation 00:19:59.380 --> 00:20:00.100 towards the 00:20:00.100 --> 00:20:00.640 end of the 00:20:00.640 --> 00:20:01.039 chapter. 00:20:01.180 --> 00:20:01.500 The end 00:20:01.500 --> 00:20:02.019 result is 00:20:02.019 --> 00:20:03.060 that God 00:20:03.060 --> 00:20:03.480 as he 00:20:03.480 --> 00:20:04.160 reveals his 00:20:04.160 --> 00:20:04.500 glory, 00:20:04.759 --> 00:20:05.140 he's even 00:20:05.140 --> 00:20:05.400 going to 00:20:05.400 --> 00:20:05.900 turn the 00:20:05.900 --> 00:20:06.440 hearts of 00:20:06.440 --> 00:20:07.120 the Egyptians 00:20:07.120 --> 00:20:08.220 to be 00:20:08.220 --> 00:20:09.400 favorable to 00:20:09.400 --> 00:20:10.000 their former 00:20:10.000 --> 00:20:11.299 slaves so 00:20:11.299 --> 00:20:11.900 that as 00:20:11.900 --> 00:20:12.960 they leave, 00:20:13.200 --> 00:20:13.580 they will 00:20:13.580 --> 00:20:14.080 leave with 00:20:14.080 --> 00:20:14.640 the spoils 00:20:14.640 --> 00:20:15.180 of war. 00:20:15.180 --> 00:20:16.900 there is 00:20:16.900 --> 00:20:18.060 no contest, 00:20:18.220 --> 00:20:18.640 no one 00:20:18.640 --> 00:20:19.380 opposes 00:20:19.380 --> 00:20:20.680 God's 00:20:20.680 --> 00:20:21.640 will. 00:20:22.340 --> 00:20:22.759 He has 00:20:22.759 --> 00:20:23.279 said he 00:20:23.279 --> 00:20:24.039 will save 00:20:24.039 --> 00:20:24.960 and so he 00:20:24.960 --> 00:20:25.560 is going 00:20:25.560 --> 00:20:26.799 to save. 00:20:28.140 --> 00:20:29.100 Verse 15, 00:20:29.980 --> 00:20:30.220 it says, 00:20:30.299 --> 00:20:30.660 God also 00:20:30.660 --> 00:20:31.080 said to 00:20:31.080 --> 00:20:31.320 Moses, 00:20:31.460 --> 00:20:31.820 say to 00:20:31.820 --> 00:20:32.320 the Israelites, 00:20:32.460 --> 00:20:32.799 the Lord, 00:20:32.900 --> 00:20:33.340 the God of 00:20:33.340 --> 00:20:34.060 your fathers, 00:20:34.740 --> 00:20:35.220 the God of 00:20:35.220 --> 00:20:35.539 Abraham, 00:20:35.640 --> 00:20:36.080 the God of 00:20:36.080 --> 00:20:36.519 Isaac and 00:20:36.519 --> 00:20:37.060 the God of 00:20:37.060 --> 00:20:37.640 Jacob has 00:20:37.640 --> 00:20:38.440 sent me to 00:20:38.440 --> 00:20:38.960 you. 00:20:40.140 --> 00:20:40.880 And in 00:20:40.880 --> 00:20:41.279 that, 00:20:42.860 --> 00:20:43.299 there is a 00:20:43.299 --> 00:20:43.960 promise, 00:20:43.960 --> 00:20:44.799 a promise 00:20:44.799 --> 00:20:45.880 already given, 00:20:46.220 --> 00:20:46.920 a promise 00:20:46.920 --> 00:20:48.000 already given 00:20:48.000 --> 00:20:48.860 to Abraham. 00:20:50.299 --> 00:20:50.840 God was 00:20:50.840 --> 00:20:51.559 not thrown 00:20:51.559 --> 00:20:52.440 off course 00:20:52.440 --> 00:20:52.900 in his 00:20:52.900 --> 00:20:53.539 plan of 00:20:53.539 --> 00:20:53.980 redemption 00:20:53.980 --> 00:20:54.460 when his 00:20:54.460 --> 00:20:55.019 people went 00:20:55.019 --> 00:20:56.019 into slavery. 00:20:56.440 --> 00:20:57.160 In Genesis 00:20:57.160 --> 00:20:58.600 15 and 00:20:58.600 --> 00:20:59.539 verse 6, 00:21:00.420 --> 00:21:01.100 we find 00:21:01.100 --> 00:21:01.640 God 00:21:01.640 --> 00:21:03.019 telling 00:21:03.019 --> 00:21:03.720 Moses, 00:21:04.360 --> 00:21:04.960 it's not 00:21:04.960 --> 00:21:05.440 verse 6, 00:21:05.559 --> 00:21:05.700 is it? 00:21:05.720 --> 00:21:05.960 It's verse 00:21:05.960 --> 00:21:06.420 13, 00:21:06.500 --> 00:21:06.840 the Lord 00:21:06.840 --> 00:21:07.519 said to 00:21:07.519 --> 00:21:08.440 Abraham, 00:21:09.720 --> 00:21:10.360 know for 00:21:10.360 --> 00:21:11.000 certain 00:21:11.000 --> 00:21:12.200 that for 00:21:12.200 --> 00:21:13.720 400 years 00:21:13.720 --> 00:21:14.680 your 00:21:14.680 --> 00:21:15.279 descendants 00:21:15.279 --> 00:21:15.740 will be 00:21:15.740 --> 00:21:16.339 strangers 00:21:16.339 --> 00:21:16.759 in a 00:21:16.759 --> 00:21:17.140 country 00:21:17.140 --> 00:21:17.740 not their 00:21:17.740 --> 00:21:18.180 own 00:21:18.180 --> 00:21:19.400 and that 00:21:19.400 --> 00:21:19.700 they will 00:21:19.700 --> 00:21:19.860 be 00:21:19.860 --> 00:21:20.600 enslaved 00:21:20.600 --> 00:21:20.980 and ill 00:21:20.980 --> 00:21:21.380 treated 00:21:21.380 --> 00:21:21.759 there. 00:21:22.240 --> 00:21:22.519 That's 00:21:22.519 --> 00:21:23.120 the story 00:21:23.120 --> 00:21:23.680 of Exodus 00:21:23.680 --> 00:21:24.440 to date. 00:21:25.319 --> 00:21:25.620 But here's 00:21:25.620 --> 00:21:26.140 the promise 00:21:26.140 --> 00:21:26.799 made 400 00:21:26.799 --> 00:21:27.700 years before, 00:21:28.160 --> 00:21:28.480 but I 00:21:28.480 --> 00:21:29.259 will punish 00:21:29.259 --> 00:21:29.920 the nation 00:21:29.920 --> 00:21:30.700 they serve 00:21:30.700 --> 00:21:31.660 as slaves 00:21:31.660 --> 00:21:33.220 and afterwards 00:21:33.220 --> 00:21:34.460 they will 00:21:34.460 --> 00:21:34.920 come out 00:21:34.920 --> 00:21:35.380 with great 00:21:35.380 --> 00:21:35.940 possessions. 00:21:36.559 --> 00:21:36.799 And now 00:21:36.799 --> 00:21:37.279 what is God 00:21:37.279 --> 00:21:37.680 doing for 00:21:37.680 --> 00:21:37.920 Moses? 00:21:38.240 --> 00:21:38.600 He's 00:21:38.600 --> 00:21:39.819 restating 00:21:39.819 --> 00:21:40.779 that promise, 00:21:40.779 --> 00:21:42.819 saying now 00:21:42.819 --> 00:21:43.240 the time 00:21:43.240 --> 00:21:43.839 has come. 00:21:44.639 --> 00:21:44.920 God's 00:21:44.920 --> 00:21:45.480 promise of 00:21:45.480 --> 00:21:46.019 rescue 00:21:46.019 --> 00:21:48.079 is here. 00:21:48.940 --> 00:21:49.240 And so 00:21:49.240 --> 00:21:49.879 Moses is 00:21:49.879 --> 00:21:50.500 called 00:21:50.500 --> 00:21:51.779 and he's 00:21:51.779 --> 00:21:52.220 given this 00:21:52.220 --> 00:21:52.799 job to 00:21:52.799 --> 00:21:53.940 be God's 00:21:53.940 --> 00:21:54.599 mediator, 00:21:54.720 --> 00:21:55.279 to be the 00:21:55.279 --> 00:21:56.019 deliverer, 00:21:56.579 --> 00:21:57.019 but there is 00:21:57.019 --> 00:21:57.980 never any 00:21:57.980 --> 00:21:59.279 doubt in 00:21:59.279 --> 00:21:59.680 the whole 00:21:59.680 --> 00:22:00.119 book of 00:22:00.119 --> 00:22:01.279 Exodus about 00:22:01.279 --> 00:22:01.879 who is in 00:22:01.879 --> 00:22:02.319 charge and 00:22:02.319 --> 00:22:03.019 who deserves 00:22:03.019 --> 00:22:03.639 the glory. 00:22:04.940 --> 00:22:05.339 It's not 00:22:05.339 --> 00:22:05.680 Moses, 00:22:05.879 --> 00:22:06.779 it's the 00:22:06.779 --> 00:22:08.139 Lord God. 00:22:08.140 --> 00:22:09.980 I have 00:22:09.980 --> 00:22:10.360 seen, 00:22:10.680 --> 00:22:11.160 I have 00:22:11.160 --> 00:22:11.440 heard, 00:22:11.720 --> 00:22:12.200 I have 00:22:12.200 --> 00:22:12.800 come down. 00:22:14.780 --> 00:22:15.460 The story 00:22:15.460 --> 00:22:15.900 of Exodus 00:22:15.900 --> 00:22:16.920 is the 00:22:16.920 --> 00:22:18.360 story of 00:22:18.360 --> 00:22:19.060 salvation 00:22:19.060 --> 00:22:19.920 in the 00:22:19.920 --> 00:22:20.580 Old Testament. 00:22:21.580 --> 00:22:22.280 As the 00:22:22.280 --> 00:22:23.259 New Testament 00:22:23.259 --> 00:22:24.960 writers look 00:22:24.960 --> 00:22:25.580 back on the 00:22:25.580 --> 00:22:26.080 Old Testament, 00:22:26.240 --> 00:22:26.900 they see 00:22:26.900 --> 00:22:28.720 such powerful 00:22:28.720 --> 00:22:29.500 pointers 00:22:29.500 --> 00:22:32.460 to the 00:22:32.460 --> 00:22:32.840 person and 00:22:32.840 --> 00:22:33.160 work of 00:22:33.160 --> 00:22:33.440 the Lord 00:22:33.440 --> 00:22:33.800 Jesus. 00:22:35.540 --> 00:22:36.400 Jesus who 00:22:36.400 --> 00:22:37.120 before his 00:22:37.120 --> 00:22:37.720 birth is 00:22:37.720 --> 00:22:38.980 revealed as 00:22:38.980 --> 00:22:40.079 Emmanuel, 00:22:41.140 --> 00:22:42.519 God with 00:22:42.519 --> 00:22:43.000 us. 00:22:44.039 --> 00:22:44.779 God the 00:22:44.779 --> 00:22:46.160 Savior present 00:22:46.160 --> 00:22:47.059 with his 00:22:47.059 --> 00:22:47.500 people. 00:22:49.860 --> 00:22:50.960 The child 00:22:50.960 --> 00:22:51.480 who is given 00:22:51.480 --> 00:22:51.900 the name 00:22:51.900 --> 00:22:52.420 Jesus, 00:22:52.680 --> 00:22:53.339 which means 00:22:53.339 --> 00:22:55.559 God saves. 00:22:57.019 --> 00:22:57.900 Saving from 00:22:57.900 --> 00:22:58.579 a greater 00:22:58.579 --> 00:22:59.579 slavery than 00:22:59.579 --> 00:23:00.160 political 00:23:00.160 --> 00:23:00.779 slavery, 00:23:01.460 --> 00:23:02.180 saving his 00:23:02.180 --> 00:23:03.420 people from 00:23:03.420 --> 00:23:04.420 slavery to 00:23:04.420 --> 00:23:04.839 sin, 00:23:05.700 --> 00:23:06.980 becoming the 00:23:06.980 --> 00:23:07.500 lamb of 00:23:07.500 --> 00:23:08.559 God who 00:23:08.559 --> 00:23:09.440 takes away 00:23:09.440 --> 00:23:10.480 the sin 00:23:10.480 --> 00:23:10.880 of the 00:23:10.880 --> 00:23:11.480 world. 00:23:11.900 --> 00:23:12.400 As Jesus 00:23:12.400 --> 00:23:12.799 would say 00:23:12.799 --> 00:23:13.259 again in 00:23:13.259 --> 00:23:13.660 John 8, 00:23:13.759 --> 00:23:14.420 everyone who 00:23:14.420 --> 00:23:16.440 sins is a 00:23:16.440 --> 00:23:17.079 slave to 00:23:17.079 --> 00:23:17.500 sin. 00:23:18.940 --> 00:23:19.579 But if the 00:23:19.579 --> 00:23:20.240 son sets you 00:23:20.240 --> 00:23:20.579 free, 00:23:21.579 --> 00:23:22.539 you are free 00:23:22.539 --> 00:23:22.960 indeed. 00:23:24.180 --> 00:23:24.759 And Jesus 00:23:24.759 --> 00:23:25.319 is the 00:23:25.319 --> 00:23:25.839 Lord, 00:23:26.640 --> 00:23:27.839 the Lord of 00:23:27.839 --> 00:23:28.539 the covenant 00:23:28.539 --> 00:23:29.400 promise. 00:23:30.660 --> 00:23:31.460 And how did 00:23:31.460 --> 00:23:32.500 Jesus, our 00:23:32.500 --> 00:23:32.740 Lord, 00:23:32.880 --> 00:23:33.740 establish 00:23:33.740 --> 00:23:34.799 covenant 00:23:34.799 --> 00:23:35.919 relationship 00:23:35.919 --> 00:23:36.419 with his 00:23:36.419 --> 00:23:38.559 people by 00:23:38.559 --> 00:23:39.119 his broken 00:23:39.119 --> 00:23:40.839 body and 00:23:40.839 --> 00:23:41.359 his shed 00:23:41.359 --> 00:23:42.379 blood on 00:23:42.379 --> 00:23:43.139 the cross. 00:23:44.079 --> 00:23:44.899 Satisfying 00:23:44.899 --> 00:23:45.339 God's 00:23:45.339 --> 00:23:46.059 justice, 00:23:47.079 --> 00:23:47.779 demonstrating 00:23:47.779 --> 00:23:48.740 God's love, 00:23:49.480 --> 00:23:50.240 bringing us 00:23:50.240 --> 00:23:51.079 into 00:23:51.079 --> 00:23:52.099 fellowship. 00:23:53.039 --> 00:23:53.720 Jesus is 00:23:53.720 --> 00:23:54.460 the greater 00:23:54.460 --> 00:23:55.220 Moses, the 00:23:55.220 --> 00:23:55.720 perfect 00:23:55.720 --> 00:23:56.399 mediator, 00:23:56.839 --> 00:23:57.460 fully God, 00:23:57.619 --> 00:23:58.279 fully man, 00:23:58.619 --> 00:23:59.279 a greater 00:23:59.279 --> 00:24:00.059 Savior with 00:24:00.059 --> 00:24:00.759 a greater 00:24:00.759 --> 00:24:02.579 rescue. 00:24:02.579 --> 00:24:02.980 you. 00:24:04.819 --> 00:24:05.559 And so 00:24:05.559 --> 00:24:06.199 the call 00:24:06.199 --> 00:24:06.960 of God 00:24:06.960 --> 00:24:08.339 to us 00:24:08.339 --> 00:24:09.599 becomes a 00:24:09.599 --> 00:24:10.240 call to 00:24:10.240 --> 00:24:12.439 faith in 00:24:12.439 --> 00:24:14.179 Jesus as 00:24:14.179 --> 00:24:15.399 Lord and 00:24:15.399 --> 00:24:15.899 Savior. 00:24:17.179 --> 00:24:18.159 To believe 00:24:18.159 --> 00:24:18.480 that when 00:24:18.480 --> 00:24:19.419 Jesus died on 00:24:19.419 --> 00:24:20.059 the cross, 00:24:20.259 --> 00:24:21.559 he died for 00:24:21.559 --> 00:24:22.019 me. 00:24:23.179 --> 00:24:24.139 That I have 00:24:24.139 --> 00:24:24.799 sinned and 00:24:24.799 --> 00:24:25.699 broken God's 00:24:25.699 --> 00:24:26.500 law, and 00:24:26.500 --> 00:24:27.319 Jesus in love, 00:24:27.399 --> 00:24:28.039 he died to 00:24:28.039 --> 00:24:28.879 forgive me. 00:24:29.439 --> 00:24:30.019 That though I 00:24:30.019 --> 00:24:31.000 deserve death, 00:24:31.139 --> 00:24:31.980 Jesus died to 00:24:31.980 --> 00:24:32.620 give me 00:24:32.620 --> 00:24:33.579 eternal 00:24:33.579 --> 00:24:34.140 life. 00:24:35.960 --> 00:24:36.740 The call 00:24:36.740 --> 00:24:37.259 to faith, 00:24:37.360 --> 00:24:38.099 to believe he 00:24:38.099 --> 00:24:38.759 is the one 00:24:38.759 --> 00:24:39.839 that we must 00:24:39.839 --> 00:24:41.220 follow and 00:24:41.220 --> 00:24:41.680 trust. 00:24:41.980 --> 00:24:42.640 He is the 00:24:42.640 --> 00:24:43.299 one who 00:24:43.299 --> 00:24:44.099 leads us 00:24:44.099 --> 00:24:45.180 from slavery 00:24:45.180 --> 00:24:46.240 to freedom 00:24:46.240 --> 00:24:47.380 and all the 00:24:47.380 --> 00:24:48.380 way to the 00:24:48.380 --> 00:24:49.279 promised land 00:24:49.279 --> 00:24:50.680 of glory in 00:24:50.680 --> 00:24:51.339 the presence 00:24:51.339 --> 00:24:52.839 of God. 00:24:55.500 --> 00:24:56.200 That's the 00:24:56.200 --> 00:24:57.339 promise at 00:24:57.339 --> 00:24:57.779 the heart of 00:24:57.779 --> 00:24:58.380 this chapter 00:24:58.380 --> 00:24:58.980 and the heart 00:24:58.980 --> 00:24:59.339 of the book 00:24:59.339 --> 00:24:59.799 of Exodus. 00:24:59.960 --> 00:25:00.360 One last 00:25:00.359 --> 00:25:00.819 thing to 00:25:00.819 --> 00:25:02.399 see, and 00:25:02.399 --> 00:25:03.359 it's God's 00:25:03.359 --> 00:25:04.579 purpose. 00:25:06.379 --> 00:25:07.059 I don't 00:25:07.059 --> 00:25:07.379 know how 00:25:07.379 --> 00:25:07.939 many of us 00:25:07.939 --> 00:25:08.479 have seen 00:25:08.479 --> 00:25:09.519 the movie 00:25:09.519 --> 00:25:10.819 Shawshank 00:25:10.819 --> 00:25:11.299 Redemption. 00:25:11.479 --> 00:25:12.019 It's an old 00:25:12.019 --> 00:25:13.339 movie now, 00:25:14.059 --> 00:25:14.899 but there's a 00:25:14.899 --> 00:25:16.759 character in 00:25:16.759 --> 00:25:17.399 that movie 00:25:17.399 --> 00:25:18.419 called Brooks. 00:25:18.839 --> 00:25:19.619 So the movie 00:25:19.619 --> 00:25:20.219 takes place in 00:25:20.219 --> 00:25:20.619 a prison, 00:25:21.699 --> 00:25:22.240 and Brooks 00:25:22.240 --> 00:25:22.719 has been the 00:25:22.719 --> 00:25:23.740 prison librarian 00:25:23.740 --> 00:25:24.959 for decades. 00:25:26.059 --> 00:25:26.539 Eventually, 00:25:26.740 --> 00:25:27.399 as an old man 00:25:27.400 --> 00:25:28.380 in his 70s, 00:25:28.420 --> 00:25:29.240 he is released. 00:25:30.320 --> 00:25:30.660 And he 00:25:30.660 --> 00:25:31.540 writes a letter 00:25:31.540 --> 00:25:33.259 back to his 00:25:33.259 --> 00:25:33.960 friends in 00:25:33.960 --> 00:25:34.380 prison. 00:25:35.100 --> 00:25:35.460 It's a really 00:25:35.460 --> 00:25:36.920 poignant moment 00:25:36.920 --> 00:25:38.640 in the movie. 00:25:39.360 --> 00:25:40.480 As he writes, 00:25:40.660 --> 00:25:41.500 and we see on 00:25:41.500 --> 00:25:43.220 screen how he 00:25:43.220 --> 00:25:44.500 can't believe how 00:25:44.500 --> 00:25:45.360 much the world 00:25:45.360 --> 00:25:45.840 has changed, 00:25:45.880 --> 00:25:46.780 and he struggles 00:25:46.780 --> 00:25:48.940 to cope in a 00:25:48.940 --> 00:25:49.519 world that has 00:25:49.519 --> 00:25:50.160 changed. 00:25:50.860 --> 00:25:52.140 He can't find a 00:25:52.140 --> 00:25:53.220 place to fit in, 00:25:53.280 --> 00:25:54.740 he can't find a 00:25:54.740 --> 00:25:56.340 job, he has no 00:25:56.339 --> 00:25:57.699 connections prison 00:25:57.699 --> 00:25:58.459 had been, his 00:25:58.459 --> 00:25:59.819 home and his 00:25:59.819 --> 00:26:02.119 family, and he 00:26:02.119 --> 00:26:03.119 writes of his 00:26:03.119 --> 00:26:04.259 despair. 00:26:05.379 --> 00:26:05.679 And we 00:26:05.679 --> 00:26:06.859 discover eventually 00:26:06.859 --> 00:26:08.019 he commits 00:26:08.019 --> 00:26:08.679 suicide. 00:26:10.539 --> 00:26:11.259 Brooks needed 00:26:11.259 --> 00:26:11.839 more than 00:26:11.839 --> 00:26:13.559 freedom, he 00:26:13.559 --> 00:26:14.559 also needed a 00:26:14.559 --> 00:26:16.199 purpose for 00:26:16.199 --> 00:26:17.539 life in 00:26:17.539 --> 00:26:17.959 freedom. 00:26:19.539 --> 00:26:20.759 The story of 00:26:20.759 --> 00:26:21.819 Exodus, and 00:26:21.819 --> 00:26:22.619 this chapter helps 00:26:22.619 --> 00:26:23.599 us to see this, 00:26:24.319 --> 00:26:25.339 that salvation 00:26:25.339 --> 00:26:27.119 is freedom, 00:26:27.519 --> 00:26:28.579 but it's both 00:26:28.579 --> 00:26:30.119 freedom from 00:26:30.119 --> 00:26:33.000 slavery, and 00:26:33.000 --> 00:26:34.519 it's freedom for 00:26:34.519 --> 00:26:36.179 relationship with 00:26:36.179 --> 00:26:36.659 God. 00:26:37.399 --> 00:26:38.099 There is a 00:26:38.099 --> 00:26:39.939 purpose to the 00:26:39.939 --> 00:26:40.879 freedom that God 00:26:40.879 --> 00:26:42.419 brings, and the 00:26:42.419 --> 00:26:44.639 purpose ultimately 00:26:44.639 --> 00:26:46.659 is worship, that 00:26:46.659 --> 00:26:47.500 we would know and 00:26:47.500 --> 00:26:48.339 enjoy and glorify 00:26:48.919 --> 00:26:49.339 God. 00:26:49.379 --> 00:26:50.299 We notice this in 00:26:50.299 --> 00:26:51.839 two places in 00:26:51.839 --> 00:26:52.679 this chapter. 00:26:52.680 --> 00:26:52.759 chapter. 00:26:53.500 --> 00:26:54.180 First of all, in 00:26:54.180 --> 00:26:57.580 verse 12, as 00:26:57.580 --> 00:26:58.840 God again looks to 00:26:58.840 --> 00:27:00.860 assure Moses, he 00:27:00.860 --> 00:27:02.299 said, I will be 00:27:02.299 --> 00:27:03.900 with you, and 00:27:03.900 --> 00:27:04.580 this will be the 00:27:04.580 --> 00:27:05.480 sign to you that 00:27:05.480 --> 00:27:06.580 it is I who have 00:27:06.580 --> 00:27:07.200 sent you. 00:27:07.860 --> 00:27:08.440 When you have 00:27:08.440 --> 00:27:09.180 brought the people 00:27:09.180 --> 00:27:11.039 out of Egypt, you 00:27:11.039 --> 00:27:13.279 will worship God on 00:27:13.279 --> 00:27:14.720 this mountain. 00:27:14.720 --> 00:27:17.700 So when you are 00:27:17.700 --> 00:27:20.360 set free, you will 00:27:20.360 --> 00:27:22.839 meet with God, and 00:27:22.839 --> 00:27:23.559 you will worship. 00:27:25.180 --> 00:27:28.799 Verse 18, here is 00:27:28.799 --> 00:27:30.380 the message the 00:27:30.380 --> 00:27:31.759 elders of Israel are 00:27:31.759 --> 00:27:33.039 to bring to 00:27:33.039 --> 00:27:33.539 Pharaoh. 00:27:34.180 --> 00:27:34.860 You and the 00:27:34.860 --> 00:27:35.740 elders are to go to 00:27:35.740 --> 00:27:36.400 the king of Egypt 00:27:36.400 --> 00:27:37.220 and say to him, 00:27:37.259 --> 00:27:38.200 the Lord, the God 00:27:38.200 --> 00:27:39.120 of the Hebrews, has 00:27:39.120 --> 00:27:40.000 met with us. 00:27:40.640 --> 00:27:41.600 Let us take a 00:27:41.600 --> 00:27:42.720 three-day journey 00:27:42.720 --> 00:27:44.000 into the wilderness 00:27:44.000 --> 00:27:45.539 to offer 00:27:45.539 --> 00:27:47.539 sacrifices to 00:27:47.539 --> 00:27:48.819 the Lord our 00:27:48.819 --> 00:27:49.660 God. 00:27:50.279 --> 00:27:51.740 Their message, we 00:27:51.740 --> 00:27:52.759 have met God. 00:27:52.880 --> 00:27:53.660 He has spoken 00:27:53.660 --> 00:27:54.900 with us, and he 00:27:54.900 --> 00:27:56.000 is calling us out 00:27:56.000 --> 00:27:56.980 from this place, 00:27:57.400 --> 00:27:58.140 calling us to 00:27:58.140 --> 00:27:58.940 meet with him, 00:27:59.380 --> 00:28:01.079 calling us to 00:28:01.079 --> 00:28:02.000 worship him. 00:28:03.360 --> 00:28:04.019 And so the 00:28:04.019 --> 00:28:05.059 story of Exodus is 00:28:05.059 --> 00:28:05.799 always something much 00:28:05.799 --> 00:28:07.100 bigger than just a 00:28:07.100 --> 00:28:08.079 political freedom 00:28:08.079 --> 00:28:09.279 story that we see 00:28:09.279 --> 00:28:11.380 portrayed in the 00:28:11.380 --> 00:28:12.020 movies. 00:28:13.560 --> 00:28:14.280 This is a deeper 00:28:14.280 --> 00:28:14.760 freedom. 00:28:15.600 --> 00:28:16.500 This is true 00:28:16.500 --> 00:28:17.120 freedom. 00:28:17.660 --> 00:28:19.080 Set free to know 00:28:19.080 --> 00:28:20.300 God, the creator. 00:28:21.420 --> 00:28:22.620 Set free to live 00:28:22.620 --> 00:28:24.620 under his good and 00:28:24.620 --> 00:28:25.900 loving rule. 00:28:26.660 --> 00:28:27.480 Set free that they 00:28:27.480 --> 00:28:29.080 might glorify and 00:28:29.080 --> 00:28:30.620 enjoy God. 00:28:31.540 --> 00:28:33.080 Set free to become 00:28:33.080 --> 00:28:34.880 the people of God. 00:28:35.900 --> 00:28:36.760 They will be my 00:28:36.760 --> 00:28:38.600 people, and I will 00:28:38.599 --> 00:28:39.980 be their God. 00:28:41.119 --> 00:28:42.339 The goal, the 00:28:42.339 --> 00:28:45.019 purpose, is that 00:28:45.019 --> 00:28:45.779 they would become a 00:28:45.779 --> 00:28:46.740 people who worship 00:28:46.740 --> 00:28:47.919 their Savior God. 00:28:49.980 --> 00:28:51.279 A wee preview that 00:28:51.279 --> 00:28:52.179 Zach will remind us 00:28:52.179 --> 00:28:52.919 of that on 00:28:52.919 --> 00:28:55.679 Wednesday at 6.30 as 00:28:55.679 --> 00:28:56.399 we think about what 00:28:56.399 --> 00:28:57.879 happens when we 00:28:57.879 --> 00:28:58.500 worship. 00:28:59.179 --> 00:28:59.959 But the holy 00:28:59.959 --> 00:29:01.679 personal God 00:29:01.679 --> 00:29:05.459 calls us to 00:29:05.459 --> 00:29:06.159 worship him. 00:29:06.160 --> 00:29:08.920 It's a great 00:29:08.920 --> 00:29:09.920 theme of this book. 00:29:10.920 --> 00:29:11.900 Great theme for our 00:29:11.900 --> 00:29:12.100 lives. 00:29:12.140 --> 00:29:12.759 This is why Jesus 00:29:12.759 --> 00:29:13.440 has come. 00:29:14.440 --> 00:29:15.140 He is the one who 00:29:15.140 --> 00:29:16.440 saves by 00:29:16.440 --> 00:29:17.540 sacrifice. 00:29:18.700 --> 00:29:19.980 The cross is the 00:29:19.980 --> 00:29:20.920 victory of God 00:29:20.920 --> 00:29:22.400 over all the dark 00:29:22.400 --> 00:29:24.080 forces, securing 00:29:24.080 --> 00:29:25.100 our spiritual 00:29:25.100 --> 00:29:25.740 freedom. 00:29:28.480 --> 00:29:29.640 He is the one who 00:29:29.640 --> 00:29:31.000 both leads us in the 00:29:31.000 --> 00:29:32.240 worship of God and 00:29:32.240 --> 00:29:33.360 is the Lord we are 00:29:33.360 --> 00:29:35.279 called to worship. 00:29:36.160 --> 00:29:39.720 worship is the 00:29:39.720 --> 00:29:41.580 great purpose of 00:29:41.580 --> 00:29:42.360 our freedom. 00:29:42.540 --> 00:29:44.120 It is the goal of 00:29:44.120 --> 00:29:45.900 our discipleship and 00:29:45.900 --> 00:29:46.759 our mission. 00:29:47.700 --> 00:29:49.200 As followers of 00:29:49.200 --> 00:29:50.500 Jesus, we want to 00:29:50.500 --> 00:29:52.200 grow to know and 00:29:52.200 --> 00:29:53.220 to worship our 00:29:53.220 --> 00:29:53.759 God. 00:29:55.080 --> 00:29:56.140 Why do we go on 00:29:56.140 --> 00:29:56.540 mission? 00:29:56.800 --> 00:29:57.820 We go on mission 00:29:57.820 --> 00:29:59.560 not just to get 00:29:59.560 --> 00:30:00.660 decisions for 00:30:00.660 --> 00:30:02.840 Jesus, but to 00:30:02.840 --> 00:30:04.420 create worshipers. 00:30:04.420 --> 00:30:05.900 As John Piper 00:30:05.900 --> 00:30:06.380 put it so 00:30:06.380 --> 00:30:07.000 helpfully, 00:30:07.180 --> 00:30:08.740 mission exists 00:30:08.740 --> 00:30:11.000 because worship 00:30:11.000 --> 00:30:11.680 doesn't. 00:30:12.940 --> 00:30:14.200 We won't always 00:30:14.200 --> 00:30:15.080 be doing the 00:30:15.080 --> 00:30:15.960 great commission, 00:30:16.500 --> 00:30:17.680 but we will for 00:30:17.680 --> 00:30:19.960 all eternity be 00:30:19.960 --> 00:30:21.600 worshiping our 00:30:21.600 --> 00:30:22.840 God and 00:30:22.840 --> 00:30:23.420 Savior. 00:30:25.019 --> 00:30:25.600 So that's 00:30:25.600 --> 00:30:26.820 Moses and the 00:30:26.820 --> 00:30:27.500 call of God, 00:30:27.539 --> 00:30:27.880 and it's a 00:30:27.880 --> 00:30:28.340 chapter that 00:30:28.340 --> 00:30:28.880 reveals, I 00:30:28.880 --> 00:30:29.420 think, wonderful 00:30:29.420 --> 00:30:30.700 truths for us 00:30:30.700 --> 00:30:32.600 about the one 00:30:32.599 --> 00:30:33.579 true and living 00:30:33.579 --> 00:30:34.159 God, that he 00:30:34.159 --> 00:30:35.000 is eternal, he 00:30:35.000 --> 00:30:35.959 is unchanging, he 00:30:35.959 --> 00:30:37.019 is personal, he 00:30:37.019 --> 00:30:38.279 is holy, and he 00:30:38.279 --> 00:30:40.099 draws near to 00:30:40.099 --> 00:30:41.139 call people to 00:30:41.139 --> 00:30:41.639 himself. 00:30:43.219 --> 00:30:44.319 And this God has 00:30:44.319 --> 00:30:45.039 sent his son 00:30:45.039 --> 00:30:46.359 Jesus into the 00:30:46.359 --> 00:30:47.399 world to be our 00:30:47.399 --> 00:30:49.339 great Savior and 00:30:49.339 --> 00:30:51.339 mediator to 00:30:51.339 --> 00:30:52.439 represent us 00:30:52.439 --> 00:30:53.459 before God. 00:30:53.460 --> 00:30:53.600 God. 00:30:55.400 --> 00:30:55.799 And we 00:30:55.799 --> 00:30:56.660 discover just as 00:30:56.660 --> 00:30:58.160 Moses, just as 00:30:58.160 --> 00:30:58.860 Israel would be 00:30:58.860 --> 00:30:59.720 called out and 00:30:59.720 --> 00:31:00.960 then called in to 00:31:00.960 --> 00:31:01.740 meet God and to 00:31:01.740 --> 00:31:04.860 worship, so God 00:31:04.860 --> 00:31:05.680 and his son Jesus 00:31:05.680 --> 00:31:06.680 calls us out of 00:31:06.680 --> 00:31:07.400 slavery and 00:31:07.400 --> 00:31:09.600 darkness, calls us 00:31:09.600 --> 00:31:10.600 to worship him as 00:31:10.600 --> 00:31:12.559 king, confessing 00:31:12.559 --> 00:31:14.420 Jesus Christ is 00:31:14.420 --> 00:31:15.299 Lord. 00:31:16.460 --> 00:31:17.279 Let's pray 00:31:17.279 --> 00:31:17.680 together. 00:31:17.680 --> 00:31:20.940 Father God, we 00:31:20.940 --> 00:31:22.560 thank you for the 00:31:22.560 --> 00:31:23.360 book of Exodus, we 00:31:23.360 --> 00:31:24.220 thank you for the 00:31:24.220 --> 00:31:24.779 story of your 00:31:24.779 --> 00:31:26.039 dealing with Moses 00:31:26.039 --> 00:31:26.640 and with your 00:31:26.640 --> 00:31:28.900 people, Israel, and 00:31:28.900 --> 00:31:29.700 we thank you for 00:31:29.700 --> 00:31:30.880 the way it helps us 00:31:30.880 --> 00:31:32.660 to understand that 00:31:32.660 --> 00:31:33.380 you are a God 00:31:33.380 --> 00:31:34.640 personally committed 00:31:34.640 --> 00:31:36.420 to saving your 00:31:36.420 --> 00:31:38.620 people, that you 00:31:38.620 --> 00:31:40.100 are the holy God 00:31:40.100 --> 00:31:42.420 who in grace 00:31:42.420 --> 00:31:44.160 establishes a way 00:31:44.160 --> 00:31:44.820 where sinful 00:31:44.820 --> 00:31:46.100 people like us can 00:31:46.100 --> 00:31:46.900 draw near, 00:31:47.680 --> 00:31:48.420 by way of 00:31:48.420 --> 00:31:50.340 sacrifice, by 00:31:50.340 --> 00:31:51.519 way of your 00:31:51.519 --> 00:31:52.380 son the Lord.