Good morning. Today we continue in our series of the wonderful works of God and we're leaving
Genesis and Abraham behind and we're going to look at this in the life of Moses and what God did
in that generation. We'll be reading selected portions of the text so please follow along on
the screen or in your bulletin starting in chapter two we read. During those many days the king of
Egypt died and the people of Israel groaned because of the slavery and cried out for help.
The cry for rescue from slavery came up to God and God heard their groaning and God remembered
his covenant with Abraham with Isaac and with Jacob. God saw the people of Israel and God knew.
Then in chapter six. But the Lord said to Moses now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh
for with a strong hand he will send them out and with a strong hand he will drive them out of his
land. God spoke to Moses and said to him I am the Lord. I appeared to Abraham to Isaac and to Jacob
as God Almighty but by my name the Lord I did not make myself known to them. I also established my
covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan the land in which they live as sojourners.
Moreover I have heard the groaning of the people of Israel whom the Egyptians hold as slaves and I
have remembered my covenant. Say therefore to the people of Israel I am the Lord and I will bring
you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians and I will deliver you from slavery to them and I
will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great acts of judgment. I will take you to be my people
and I will be your God and you shall know that I am the Lord your God who has brought you out from
under the burdens of the Egyptians. I will bring you into the land that I swore to give to Abraham
to Isaac and to Jacob. I will give it to you for possession. I am the Lord. From chapter 7 to 11 we read of God's great acts of judgment in the form of nine terrible plagues upon the Egyptians.
Despite this Pharaoh continued refusing to let the Israelites go and the tenth and final plague was imminent.
So in chapter 12.
The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt
this month shall be for you the beginning of months.
It shall be the first month of the year for you.
Tell all the congregation of Israel that on the tenth day of this month
every man shall take a lamb according to their father's houses.
A lamb for a household.
And if the household is too small for a lamb
then he and his nearest neighbor shall take according to the number of persons.
According to what each can eat
you shall make your count for the lamb.
Your lamb shall be without blemish
a male a year old.
You may take it from the sheep
or from the goats
and you shall keep it until the fourteenth day
of this month when the whole assembly
of the congregation of Israel
shall kill their lambs
at twilight.
Then they shall take some of the blood
and put it on the two doorposts
and the lintel of the houses
in which they eat it.
They shall eat the flesh that night
roasted on the fire
with unleavened bread
and bitter herbs
they shall eat it.
Do not eat any of it raw
or boiled in water
but roasted
its head
with its legs
and its inner parts
and you shall let none of it
remain until the morning.
Anything that remains
until the morning
you shall burn.
In this manner
you shall eat it
with your belt fastened
your sandals on your feet
and your staff in your hand
and you shall eat it in haste.
It is the Lord's Passover
for I will pass through
the land of Egypt that night
and I will strike
all the firstborn
in the land of Egypt
both man and beast
and on all the gods of Egypt
I will execute judgments.
I am the Lord.
The blood shall be a sign for you
on the houses where you are
and when I see the blood
I will pass over you
and no plague
will befall you
to destroy you
when I strike
the land of Egypt.
At midnight
the Lord struck down
all the firstborn
in the land of Egypt
from the firstborn of Pharaoh
who sat on his throne
to the firstborn of the captive
who was in the dungeon
and all the firstborn
of the livestock
and Pharaoh rose up
in the night
he and all his servants
and all the Egyptians
and there was a great cry
in Egypt
where there was not a house
where someone was not dead
and he summoned Moses
and Aaron by night
and said
up go out from among my people
both you and the people
of Israel
and go serve the Lord
as you have said
take your flocks
and your herds
as you have said
and be gone
and bless me also.
This is the word of God.
Great.
Thank you Margot and Celeste.
Well great to be back with you
and if you are new
great to have you
with us this morning.
Let me pray for us briefly
and then we're going to dive in.
Father God
we say this every week
but as we come to your word
we want to hear you speaking to us.
We are not in the slight bit interested
in the opinions of man.
We're not here for a pep talk
just to encourage us.
We're not here just to
hear some wisdom
to help us in our lives.
We want to encounter you
the living God
through your word.
And so God we pray
by your spirit
may your spirit
and your word
work together God.
As we look at your word
may your spirit
be writing it on our hearts.
God come and reveal yourself to us.
Make us known
and make yourself known to us
this morning
through your word we pray.
We want to love you
and know you better.
We want to trust you
and follow you.
And so come and help us to do that.
God build our faith
build our love for you
build our trust in you
this morning.
We pray this in your great name.
Amen.
Well we are
continuing the series
as solicit
the wonderful work of God
and what we're doing
is we're zooming out
and looking at the
whole storyline
of the Bible.
We want to
see the narrative arc
of the Bible
from beginning to end.
And the reason
we're doing this
is we want to understand
what the Bible
is about.
We don't just
come to the Bible
to learn a little bit
of wisdom
some insight here and there
some bits of advice
to help us get along
with our lives.
God is wanting
to speak to us.
But in order to understand it
we need to know
what's going on.
Incidentally
one of the things
you find
when you read
the whole Bible
is you discover
it's actually not about you.
We tend to think
the Bible is about us.
God's giving us
some wisdom
some advice.
Actually the Bible
is about God
and what He's doing.
It's about the
wonderful work of God.
But the other thing is
many of us will know
little sections of the Bible.
We'll know some stories.
We'll know some teaching.
Maybe some of the words
of Jesus.
But it's really hard
to make sense
of those individual parts
unless you know
where into the big picture
they fit in.
It's easy to misinterpret them.
To misunderstand them.
To think they're saying
one thing
but actually in light
of the context
it's saying something else.
And so we're doing this series
you want to see
what is God
saying in His Bible.
And so two weeks ago
we started in Genesis
1 to 2
1 to 3
and we saw
that God has a plan
for humanity.
He has a design.
And His design
is that God's people
live under His rule
experiencing His blessing
and His favor
as they live in the place
that He's assigned for them.
But we also saw
that unfortunately
this plan
has got messed up
because of humanity's sin.
Sin has ruined everything
in our world.
It's ruined our experience
of the world.
and so now
God's plan
is kind of
out of kilter
in a way.
We are no longer
God's people
no longer living
under His rule
and therefore
no longer
experiencing
His blessing.
The world is nothing
like what it's meant to be.
But then last week
we saw
but just because
humanity
messed things up
doesn't mean
that God's plan
is off course
or in trouble.
God is still
working all things
according to the purpose
of His will.
God is sovereign
and His plan
will come to pass.
And so
we saw that
God is still
going to form
a people
bring them
under His rule
so that they can
experience His blessing
and His favor.
And the way that God
does this
is He starts off
He chooses a man.
A man by the name
of Abram
and God makes him
a promise.
And the promise
is that through
Abram
and his descendants
his offspring
God is going
to form a
community of people
a new community
of people
and these people
will live under
His rule
and experience
His blessing
and His favor
but it won't end
with them
through this
community
this tribe
this family
all the nations
of the world
will one day
ultimately be blessed.
From Hong Kong
to South America
every nation
will be blessed
through what God
is going to do
through this
family of Abram.
And so God
is starting
to reverse
the effects
of the curse
and the fall.
Humanity lives
kind of under
sin's curse
God is going to
bring a group
of people
out from under
that
under His rule
to experience
His blessing
and His grace.
And so the rest
of that's what we
looked at last week
Neil's looked at
that the rest
of Genesis
is the story
of Abram's family
and Abram
has a son
Isaac
and they have
a son Jacob
and eventually
the family starts
to grow
and grow
and we see
God's plan
starting to bear
fruit.
Well today we come
to the second book
of the Bible
Exodus
and the beginning
of Exodus
it starts off
and it tells us
that this family
tree of Abram
is growing
and it's a sizable
tribe
and so we start off
in chapter 1
verse 7
says this
the people of Israel
that's the descendants
of Abram
were fruitful
and increased greatly
they multiplied
and grew exceedingly
strong
so that the land
was full of them
shows that God's
promise to Abram
is starting
to take shape
this childless couple
Abram and Sarah
have become
a sizable tribe
but the problem
is the rest
of the promise
about coming
under God's rule
and experiencing
his favor
and his blessing
that still seems
like a very far
way off
it seems like
a bit of a pipe dream
that nobody really
knows how it's
going to happen
because they are
sizable
but they're not
living in God's
promised land
they're living in Egypt
and they're not
under God's
gracious rule
they're under
the rule of Pharaoh
and Pharaoh
is a bit of
a tyrannical king
and they're not
experiencing God's
favor and his
blessing
no they're experiencing
Pharaoh's hardship
and so God's people
the Israelites
are in misery
they are suffering
they are in hardship
and so the question
is this
what is God
doing
how is God
going to bring
his promises
to bear
or maybe
has God
forgotten
his promises
were his promises
an exaggeration
that are maybe
just one step
too far
what is God
doing
and how is he
going to keep
his promises
what we see
today
is God
is slowly
working
all things
according to
the purpose
of his will
and the first
thing he's going
to do
is he's going
to form
a people
he's going
to form
a people
he's going
to take
the descendants
of Abraham
this rather
sorry bunch
of murderous
deceitful
backstabbing
broken family
and these
people that
are a bit
of a mess
he's going
to form
them into
his people
his chosen
people
and so
how's God
going to do
that
well he's
going to do
a couple
of things
but maybe
before we
look at
youth
let me
ask you
if you
are a
high
schooler
maybe
I can
ask you
what does
it mean
to be
part
of
God's
people
how would
you know
whether you're
part of
God's
people
maybe you're
not sure
if you're
a Christian
this morning
how would
you know
what it would
look like
to be part
of God's
people
well I think
this passage
is going
to tell us
and so
God is going
to form a
people
he's going
to do
it
in a bunch
of stages
look at the
first thing
he does
the first
thing is
revelation
God reveals
himself
before God
does anything
for them
the first
thing he's going
to do
is he's going
to reveal
himself
to them
so in
chapter 3
we didn't
read it
but the
story picks
up like
this
Moses
is out
in the
wilderness
he's in
the desert
and there's
a story
how he gets
there
I'll tell
you that
in a few
minutes
time
he's out
in the
wilderness
looking
after sheep
not a very
exciting job
and one
day
God chooses
to reveal
himself to
Moses
in the most
unusual way
Moses is
following a
sheep
and there's
a tree
that's on
fire
but it's
not burning
up
it's just
the leaves
are still
green
but it's
on fire
and Moses
draws near
and as he
does
God calls
to him
audibly
Moses
and then he
says this
I am the
God of your
fathers
the God
of Abraham
the God
of Isaac
the God
of Jacob
now notice
Moses is not
looking for
God
he's just
looking for
his sheep
but God
is looking
for Moses
God takes
the initiative
when Moses
is not
interested in
God
takes initiative
and reaches
out and calls
him to
himself
and what
does he
say
how does
he reveal
himself
to Moses
he says
I am the
God
of your
fathers
five or
six times
he says
I'm the
God
of Abraham
Isaac
and Jacob
he's saying
I'm the
God
of the
promise
I'm the
one who
all those
400 years
ago spoke
to Abraham
I haven't
forgotten
in fact I
think we
read it in
chapter 6
it says
God
remembered
his
covenant
to Abraham
that doesn't
mean that he
had forgotten
and suddenly
he's like
oh yeah
actually I
made a
promise
no it
means God
is about
to fulfill
it
God reveals
himself as
the God
of the
promise
says that
chapter 2
God heard
their cry
he remembered
his covenant
that's what
God does
he draws
near and he
says
Moses I
want you
to know
me
now
incidentally
it's not
only Moses
that God
wants to
reveal himself
to
he also
is going
to reveal
himself
to all
the
Egyptians
in the
plagues
that Margot
told us
about
we didn't
read about
all of
them
but almost
every time
there's a
plague
God says
this is being
done
then all the
world will
know that I
am the Lord
in the midst of
all the earth
God wants
Pharaoh to
know who he
is
he says
Moses says to
Pharaoh
God is sending
these plagues
that you may
know that there
is no one
like the Lord
our God
why does God
keep on bringing
plague after
plague even
though he's the
one who's hardening
Pharaoh's heart
sometimes it
feels a bit
unfair
right
God keeps
on doing
this
the reasons
he wants
to reveal
himself to
Israel and
to Egypt
to all the
watching world
that he is the
one true God
above all the
gods of Egypt
so Egypt have
multiple gods
and each plague
God is picking
them off
saying no no
I'm actually
the God of
that
no I'm
the God
of the
water
I'm
the God
of creation
I'm
the God
of the
sun
the moon
and the
stars
I am
the one
true God
but it's
not only
Moses and
Pharaoh who
need to
know
so do
God's
people
and so
Moses
God says to
Moses I'm
going to
send you
back to
Egypt and
you are
going to
deliver my
people
and Moses
says okay
so I go
back and
who do I
tell them
is sending
me
I mean
Egypt's got
lots of
gods
what is
your name
and God
gives himself
the most
unusual
name
it's the
name
I am
or I am
what I am
I am
who I
am
it's a
very unusual
name
who is
sending
you
I am
is sending
me
in
Hebrew I
think we'd
say Yahweh
or in
English sometimes
we say
Jehovah
but it
really in
English it
means I
am
it's an
unusual name
but what
does it
mean
well it
means many
things
on the one
hand it
means I
am the
limitless
God
I'm the
God who
has no
restraints
no
constraints
I'm not
the God
of this
nation
or this
nation
of this
culture
or this
people
group
I simply
am the
one true
God
I'm not
the God
of the
sun
or the
moon
or fertility
or the
crops
or the
water
I
simply
am
I am
the one
divine
being
over all
existence
I am
who I
am
I'm
simply the
self-existing
God
I am
the one
true God
I
am
but
in addition
to that
scholars
say there's
something else
going on
here
in almost
all
ancient
civilizations
the gods
were defined
by their
characteristics
about
certain
characteristics
so
the God
who
does this
the God
of this
aspect
of life
when
God
says
I
am
he
seems
to be
saying
if you
want to
know
who
I
am
you
won't
find out
by any
words
or description
or by
going to
the temple
or through
any priest
the way
you find
out
who I
really
am
is by
watching
my
actions
God
who
are
you
I
am
the
God
who
acts
in
history
God
will be
found
out
or reveals
himself
not through
any
description
or through
any
sacred
text
but
through
his
actions
I
am
who
I
am
and
what
they
will
come
to
know
God
through
what
he
is
about
to
do
and
what
is
God
about
to
do
well
he's
about
to
rescue
them
who
is
God
he
is
the
rescuing
God
so
when
Moses
says
who
are
you
God
in a
sense
answers
by
saying
this
is
who
I
am
watch
what
I
am
about
to
do
and
what
is
he
going
to
do
he's
going
to
rescue
his
people
and
that's
the
second
thing
we
see
how
is
God
going
to
form
his
people
what
does
it
mean
to be
part
of
the
people
of
God
well
firstly
he
reveals
himself
to
them
he
calls
them
he
makes
himself
known
to
them
but
secondly
he
rescues
them
he
is
the
rescuing
God
look
at
if
you
got
your
bulletin
chapter
6
verse
6
to
7
we
are
going
to
look
at
this
scripture
quite
a lot
this
kind
of
shapes
much
of
the
sermon
God
says
this
in
verses
6
and
7
he
says
Moses
so
what's
happened
here
Moses
has
gone
back
he
spoken
to
Pharaoh
and
Pharaoh
has
made
things
worse
and
now
the
Israelites
are
upset
with
Moses
because
Moses
is
making
things
Yahweh
or
I
am
who
I
am
I
will
bring
you
out
from
under
the
Egyptians
I
will
deliver
you
from
slavery
I
will
redeem
you
with
an
outstretched
arm
with
great
acts
of
judgment
then
you
will
know
that
I
am
the
Lord
your
God
so
how
are
God's
people
going
to
know
who
God
is
how
they
are
going
to
figure
out
who
is
this
God
well
they
are
going
to
see
what
he
is
going
to
do
and
what
is
he
doing
well
he
says
here
three
times
I
will
bring
you
out
I
will
deliver
you
I
will
redeem
you
the
way
they
are
going
to
know
who
God
is
not
through
description
but
through
watching
his
actions
he
is
going
to
rescue
them
and
of
course
that's
the
whole
point
of
exodus
isn't
it
that
God
is
going
to
who
are
under
Pharaoh's
slavery
and
things
are
getting
worse
the
more
Moses
speaks
to
Pharaoh
to
say
let
God's
people
go
the
worse
things
get
Pharaoh
cracks
the
whip
even
harder
until
one
point
even
Moses
has
his
doubts
and
Moses
cries
out
and
says
God
what
are
you
doing
where
are
you
I
thought
you
meant
to
save
your
people
and
things
are
just
getting
worse
but
look
at
what
God
says
I
will
deliver
my
people
I
will
redeem
them
I
will
bring
them
up
I
will
set
them
free
one
of the
reasons
why
it
takes
so
long
for
God's
people
to
get
delivered
and
why
the
more
they
try
things
get
worse
and
why
Pharaoh
keeps
on
saying
no
ten
times
or nine
times
is
because
God
wants
his
people
to be
under
no
illusions
as to
who
rescued
them
and
Niels
pointed
this out
to me
this
week
but
imagine
if
God
had
changed
Pharaoh's
heart
so
after
the
first
instant
Pharaoh
said
sure
okay
you
can
go
no
problem
I
mean
what
would
the
Israelites
have
thought
oh
Pharaoh
is
such
a
nice
guy
I
mean
he
was
a
little
harsh
in
the
beginning
but
no
he
is
actually
not
such
a
bad
guy
after
he
let
us
go
right
or
maybe
they
would
have
thought
Moses
is
great
diplomacy
I
mean
they
go
into
wilderness
and
they
build
a
golden
statue
of
Moses
and
they
would
bow
down
to
Moses
right
this
great
leader
that
set
them
free
God
wants
them
to be
under
no
illusions
who
it
is
that
sets
them
free
it
wasn't
Pharaoh
and
it
wasn't
Moses
it
was
the
one
true
God
is
the
one
who
rescued
them
if
you
know
the
story
of
Exodus
in
chapter
2
this
is
how
Moses
ends
up
in
the
wilderness
in
chapter
2
Moses
is
a
prince
in
Egypt
he
actually
grew
up
in
Pharaoh's
household
and
one
day
he
sees
an
Egyptian
attacking
an
Israelite
and
he
thinks
this
is
not
right
his
heart
stirs
up
and
he
runs
to
the
defense
of
the
Israelite
and
he
beats
the
Egyptian
he
ends
up
killing
the
Egyptian
and
he
rescues
the
Israelites
from
this
cruel
hand
of
the
Egyptian
and
Moses
thinks
my
people
are
going
to
recognize
me
I'm
a
deliverer
they're
going
to
thank
me
but
what
happens
the
next
day
the
Israelites
turn
on
him
rather
than
thanking
him
they
turn
on
him
and
things
end
disastrously
because
Pharaoh
hears
that
Moses
has
killed
an
Egyptian
and
Pharaoh
puts
a
Moses
runs
for
his
life
and
flees
from
Egypt
and
ends
up
in
the
wilderness
for
40
years
looking
after
his
father
in
his
sheep
and
so
here's
Moses
thinking
I'm
going
to
be
this
great
deliverer
I'm
going
to
rescue
God's
people
no
if
you
try
you
will
mess
it
up
God
says
the
point
is
God
will
use
Moses
but
Moses
will
not
deliver
God's
people
God
is
the
one
who
rescues
and
what
does
God
rescue
them
from
on
the
one
hand
he
rescues
them
from
slavery
right
you
read
that
earlier
I
will
deliver
you
from
slavery
right
in
the
beginning
God
says
I
have
seen
my
people
suffering
I've
heard
their
groans
I
know
what's
going
on
I
have
come
down
I
will
rescue
them
but
he
also
rescues
them
from
judgment
and
look at
verse 6
again
of
chapter
6
with
us
God
says
I
will
redeem
you
with
an
outstretched
arm
and
with
great
acts
of
judgment
and
so
let's
read
it
earlier
in
chapter
12
God
says
on
all
the
gods
of
Egypt
I
will
execute
my
judgment
God
is
going
to
judge
all
the
inhabitants
of
Israel
sorry
of
Egypt
and
it's
going
to
affect
everyone
and
how's
this
judgment
going
to
come
well
the
firstborn
living
family
is
going
to
come
under
God's
judgment
and
is
going
to
die
the
firstborn
of
Pharaoh
on
the
throne
the
prisoner
in
prison
the
livestock
out
in
the
field
the
firstborn
of
every
living
creature
of
every
family
is
going
to
come
under
God's
judgment
and
is
going
to
die
except
God
is
going
to
make
a
distinction
and
the
distinction
is
not
between
the
good
and
the
bad
the
sinless
and
the
sinful
because
actually
everybody
in
Egypt
is
sinners
even
God's
people
are
sinners
if
you
think
about
how
they
respond
to
Moses
and
God
their
hearts
get
hard
they
moan
and
grumble
they
shake
their
fists
to
God
even
God's
people
are
sinners
so
God's
going
to
make
a
distinction
but
it's
not
between
the
good
and
the
bad
the
sinful
and
the
sinless
it's
between
those
who
trust
him
and
because
they
trust
him
when
judgment
comes
on
Egypt
God
is
going
to
pass
over
them
so
that
they
won't
experience
his
judgment
they
will
be
saved
God's
enemies
will
be
judged
but
those
who
trust
him
will
be
saved
and
how
does
this
salvation
come
about
how
does
this
Passover
come
about
well
it
comes
about
through
sacrifice
and
substitute
you
see
somebody
else
will
shed
their
blood
in
their
place
some
innocent
life
will
die
so
that
those
who
trust
God
don't
need
to
God
says
go
out
to
the
fields
and
take
one
of
your
lambs
one
per
family
and
slaughter
that
lamb
and
that
innocent
lamb
will
shed
his
blood
he
will
die
and
when
you
do
that
you
take
the
blood
from
the
lamb
put
it
on
the
floor
and
you
paint
the
door
frames
of
your
house
you
paint
blood
on
the
door
frames
on
the
tops
and
on
the
sides
kind
of
like
the
shape
of
a
cross
but
not
exactly
and
when
you
do
that
when
judgment
comes
on
Egypt
I
will
pass
over
your
house
and
your
family
will
be
saved
because
a
substitute
will
be
sacrificed
in
your
place
and
so
those
who
trust
God
and
believe
in
him
and
put
their
faith
in
God's
word
and
his
provision
are
passed
over
and
they
are
saved
by
the
blood
of
the
lamb
how
God's
people
formed
through
revelation
and
through
rescue
but
now
notice
what's
the
relationship
between
revelation
and
rescue
the
relationship
is
actually
symbiotic
means
they
work
together
in
some
ways
which
one
comes
first
does
God
reveal
himself
and
then
rescue
or
does
he
rescue
and
by
rescuing
reveal
himself
well
actually
the
answer
is
both
as
God
reveals
himself
to
his
people
how
does
he
reveal
himself
he
says
I
am
the
God
that's
going
to
rescue
you
and
as
God
rescues
what
is
he
doing
he's
revealing
his
nature
and
his
character
he's
showing
them
who
he
is
friends
can
you
see
what
this
means
still
today
to
be
the
people
of
God
you
need
two
things
you
need
God
to
reveal
himself
and
you
need
to
be
rescued
by
God
who
are
God's
people
who
are
those
that
are
part
of
God's
kingdom
those
who
have
come
to
know
him
those
that
have
been
rescued
see
friends
God
doesn't
just
invite
us
into
his
kingdom
like
you
invite
somebody
to
your
wedding
you
send
out
the
invitation
say
please
come
oh
be
lovely
if
you
could
save
people
in
his
kingdom
the
good
news
of
the
Bible
is
that
God
can
save
and
God
does
save
and
God
loves
to
save
God
delights
in
rescuing
people
friends
can you
see how
this
all
points
to
Jesus
why
did
Jesus
come
why
did
Jesus
come
down
was
it
because
he
wanted
to
give
us
some
good
advice
some
good
teaching
to
get
us
to
see
how
the
world
has
got
a
bit
messed
up
and
to
put
us
back
on
the
noble
path
towards
enlightenment
my friends
Jesus
didn't come
to give
us
good
advice
or to
just
simply
tell us
how
to
live
our
lives
Jesus
came
to
reveal
God
to
us
to
show
us
what
God
is
like
the
apostle
John
says
the
word
became
flesh
that
Jesus
and
has
dwelt
amongst
us
and
by
seeing
him
we
have
seen
the
glory
of
the
father
the
glory
of
the
only
son
from
the
father
who
is
full
of
grace
and
truth
so
John
saying
because
we've
seen
Jesus
we've
seen
what
God
the
father
is
like
and
what
is
God
the
father
like
he
is
full
of
truth
righteousness
justice
holiness
but
he's
also
full
of
grace
he's
full
of
mercy
he's
long
suffering
he's
full
of
patience
Jesus
came
to
show
us
reveal
to
us
what
God
is
like
but
how
did
Jesus
reveal
who
God
is
and
how
God
is
like
where
do
we
most
clearly
see
the
glory
of
God
in
the
face
of
Christ
is
it
through
his
teachings
is
through
his
miracles
no
friends
where
is
it
it's
on
the
cross
right
it's
on
Mount
Calvary
as
Jesus
nailed to
the
cross
and
dies
friends
we
see
the
fullness
that
God
is
full
of
truth
and
justice
and
righteousness
and
God
will
judge
sin
in
the
world
but
we
also
see
on
the
cross
God
is
full
of
grace
and
mercy
and
patience
friends
we
may be
tempted
to
think
in
the
New
Testament
God
is
so
full
of
grace
and
mercy
he's
not
wrathful
and
judgmental
like in
the
Old
Testament
don't
you
see
on the
cross
God
was
pouring
out
his
wrath
he was
pouring
out
his
judgment
on
sin
it's
just
that
Jesus
took
our
judgment
and
our
wrath
in
our
place
so
that
those
who
trust
in
him
it
doesn't
need
to
fall
on
us
God
will
still
save
through
judgment
but he
saves
by pouring
his
judgment
on
Jesus
our
substitute
in
our
place
we sang
earlier
Julian
led us
in that
song
the one
line
says
great
and
awesome
is
your
name
you know
what the
name
Jesus
means
the name
Jesus
means
God
saves
Jesus
is
the
innocent
life
whose
blood
was
shed
in
our
place
so
that
we
can
be
saved
how
does
God
form
his
people
he
does
it
through
revealing
himself
making
himself
known
calling
us
out
of
darkness
into
light
he
forms
a
people
through
rescuing
us
and
saving
us
there's
one
last
thing
he
forms
a
people
through
relationship
once
again
we
see
God's
people
are
rescued
and
saved
but
now
what
once
they
are
out
of
Egypt
should
they
simply
thank
God
and
go
on
their
way
well
look
at
what
Exodus
6
verse
6
to
8
says
let's
read
it
again
we've
read
a couple
of
times
God
says
this
I
am
the
Lord
your
God
I
will
bring
you
out
from
under
the
burdens
of
the
Egyptians
I
will
deliver
you
from
slavery
to
them
I
what
is
the
point
of
God
rescuing
his
people
the
point
is
relationship
many
years
ago
when
I
was
about
8
or
9
years
old
I
grew
up
in
South
Africa
and
I
grew
up
inland
in
a
place
called
Johannesburg
and
Christmas
holidays
we
went
to
the
beach
to
the
seaside
for
Christmas
holidays
southern
hemisphere
Christmas
time
is
summer
not
like
Hong
Kong
we
spend
Christmas
at
the
beach
but
this
particular
year
Christmas
day
was
a
miserable
day
it
was
overcast
it
was
windy
it
was
just
a
terrible
day
but
my
family
decided
let's
go
to
the
beach
anyway
and
fly
some
kites
get
some
fresh
air
so
we
go
out
to
the
beach
and
there's
nobody
else
on
the
beach
my
family
alone
I'm
eight
or
nine
years
old
I'm
pretty
bored
with
flying
kites
and
so
I
say
to
my
dad
I'm
going
to
go
for
a
swim
so
I
go
into
water
we
always
swim
at
that
beach
I
know
that
water
fairly
well
but
I
didn't
know
there
was
a
current
like
an
underwater
current
that
pulls
you
out
so
I'm
trying
to
catch
some
waves
but
before
I
know
it
and
the
last
life
guard
is
getting
in
his
car
about
a
driveway
because
the
life
guards
think
there's
nobody
on
the
beach
nobody
swimming
we
can
go
home
and
so
he
gets
the
guy's
attention
says
please
come
and
the
life
guard
runs
on the
beach
and
gets
in
and
pulls
me
out
of
the
water
and
we
all
lived
happily
after
I
can't
really
remember
exactly
what
happened
but
I'm
pretty
sure
my
parents
were
very
grateful
I'm
sure
they
were
very
thankful
right
I
can't
remember
what
happened
but
I'm
sure
they
thanked
the
guy
profusely
but
here's
the
thing
five
minutes
later
that
life
guard
got
back
in
his
car
drove
away
and
we
never
saw
him
again
never
spoke
to
him
don't
know
who
he
is
I
don't
know
if
he's
still
alive
no
recollection
that
was the
end
people
thank
you
for
saving
me
high
five
now
I
will
go
on
my
way
when
God
rescues
his
people
he's
it's
the
start
of
a
lifelong
relationship
that
will
go
on
forever
when
God
saves
us
it's
the
beginning
of
eternal
relationship
of
knowing
him
and
being
known
by
him
of
loving
him
and
being
loved
by
him
of
ever
deeper
friendship
and
intimacy
and
closeness
and
joy
of
enjoying
God
forever
and
one
of
God's
favorite
sayings
in
the
Old
Testament
is
this
I
am
the
Lord
your
God
who
brought
you
up
out
of
Egypt
therefore
have
no
other
gods
before
me
therefore
be
holy
as
I
am
holy
therefore
love
your
neighbor
therefore
welcome
the
sojourner
and
the
foreigner
and
the
exile
and
the
poor
and
the
marginalized
into
your
community
therefore
know
that
I
will
be
faithful
to
you
as
I
was
to
your
people
I
am
the
Lord
your
God
who
brought
you
up
out
of
Egypt
now
let
that
shape
our
relationship
going
forward
in
chapter
12
we
actually
read
it
God
says
this
month
will
be
the
first
month
of
the
year
forever
God
redefines
the
whole
calendar
around
this
day
when
he
saved
them
because
this
is
the
thing
that's
going
to
mark
their
relationship
forever
what
does
it
mean
to
be
the
people
of
God
it
means
to
know
that
you
have
been
rescued
and
saved
why
does
God
rescue
them
not
just
out
of
compassion
not
just
out
of
kindness
but
for
relationship
that
they
will
be
his
people
that
he
will
be
their
God
that
they
will
know
him
and
love
him
and
enjoy
him
and
glorify
him
and
worship
him
and
treasure
him
above
everything
else
all the
days
of
their
life
this
is
what
the
exodus
is
about
God
being
faithful
to
his
promise
that
he
will
form
his
people
so
friends
what
about
us
what
should
we
do
about
this
well
let
me
close
with
two
application
questions
very
questions
the
first
one
are
you
part
of
the
people
of
God
friends
are
you
part
of
the
people
of
God
and
if
you
think
you
are
how
would
you
know
that
have
you
come
to
see
God
for
who
he
truly
is
have
you
felt
God
calling
you
maybe
you're
not
a
Christian
this
morning
the
fact
that
you're
in
church
this
morning
is
God
calling
you
it's
not
a
coincidence
maybe
God
has
brought
you
calling
you
like
he
called
Moses
but
friends
to be
part
of
the
people
of
God
is
also
to
know
that
he
went
to
the
cross
for
you
to
rescue
you
to
save
you
to
deliver
you
do
you
know
that
Jesus
came
not
just
to
give
you
advice
not
just
to
give
you
wisdom
not
just
to
help
you
get
along
in
life
but
he
came
to
die
on
the
cross
that
he
might
save
you
that
he
might
take
judgment
for
you
so
that
judgment
may
pass
over
you
that
you
can
be
saved
friends
going
to
church
doesn't
make
you
a
Christian
taking
communion
doesn't
make
you
a
Christian
coming
to
Jesus
as
savior
believing
in him
and trusting
in him
is what
saves
you
but
then
here's
the
other
question
this
is
probably
applicable
to
most
of
us
if
you
are
a
Christian
how
is
your
relationship
with
God
is
it
alive
is
it
vivid
is
it
real
is
it
dynamic
does
it
shape
your
life
and
your
identity
does
what
God
did
on
the
cross
all
those
years
ago
define
you
as
a
person
friends
have
you
forgotten
the
wonder
of
your
salvation
have
you
become
familiar
with
the
gospel
have
you
forgotten
what
it
is
that
Jesus
rescued
you
from
have
you
become
familiar
with
calvary
friends
what
God
is
doing
in
the
exodus
is
he
is
forming
a
people
he
is
saving
and
rescuing
a
people
that
those
people
may
come
under
his
rule
and
experience
his
blessing
but
it
all
starts
with
being
rescued
and
saved
God
doesn't
just
invite
us
into
his
kingdom
he
rescues
us
into
his
kingdom
let me
give
us
30
seconds
to
think
and
ponder
those
questions
then
I'm
going
to
pray
for
us
and
we're
going
to
respond
in
one
last
song
let's
take
half a
minute
to
think
you
heavenly
father
lord
jesus
christ
wonderful
spirit
of
god
we
confess
this
morning
it's
so
easy
to
become
familiar
and
blasé
with
the
old
story
that
you
are
god
who
loves
us
enough
to
rescue
you
so
love
the
world
god
that
you
sent
your
son
to
die
on
the
cross
that
we
might
be
saved
through
him
god
i
pray
for
each
one
of
us
this
morning
for
those
of
us
that
aren't
christians
god
reveal
yourself
to
us
open
the
eyes
of
our
heart
to
see
you
to
believe
in
you
to
trust
in
you
god
for
those
of
us
that
are
christians
i
pray
that
the
wonder
of
jesus
and
the
cross
will
be
so
real
to
us
it
will
shape
us
and
define
us
god
i
pray
for
us
as
a
church
may
we
ever
be
centered
on
the
good
news
of
you
christ
who
you
are
and
what
you
did
for
us
god
thank
you
for
going
to
the
cross
thank
you
jesus
that
you
the
lamb
of
god
was
slain
that
we
might
be
saved
that
you
took
the
wrath
and
the
judgment
that
we
deserved
that
we
might
be
passed
over
and
might
be
saved
and
rescued
god
i
pray
won't
you
help
us
and
form
us
into
the
people
of
god
and
that
you
may
work
through
us
work
in
us
and
then
work
through
us
to
bless
the
city
with
the
gospel
god
may
we
celebrate
and
love
the
wonder
of
Jesus
and
what
you've
done
for
us
that
you
are
faithful
to
your
promises
that
in
Christ
Jesus
all
the
promises
of
god
are
yes
and
amen
you
made
these
great
promises
to
Abraham
god
you
fulfill
them
in
christ
in
you
christ
jesus
all
the
promises
are
yes
and
amen
we
love
you
we
thank
you
we
celebrate
and
rejoice
in
you
this
morning
your
great
name
we
pray
amen