Exodus - Cartersville
From Groaning to Glory
Exodus 2:1-10
April 3, 2022 • Joe Burrows • Exodus 2:1–10
In chapter two, we zoom in to see how the crisis of the Israelites affects the family of Moses. We can imagine that Moses, the author of Exodus, heard this story more than once from the mouths of the three women involved in his rescue from Pharaoh’s murderous edict. Let’s meet these women, each one an instrument of God’s providence.
Exodus 2:11-25
April 10, 2022 • Tyler Price • Exodus 2:11–25
Moses will be the rescuer God chooses, and His vessel of salvation for the Israelites. It is striking that the first major event in Moses’ life is an act of despicable sin. Nevertheless, God uses Moses to bring about the deliverance of His people. This is a stark reminder that God uses even the most shameful events in human history to bring about His good purpose.
Exodus 3:1-15
April 17, 2022 • Joe Burrows • Exodus 3:1–15
Moses has finally settled down with a wife and children, a new extended family, and a job—shepherd of Jethro’s flock. But God has another plan for Moses—Moses is going to deliver God’s people from the hand of Pharaoh and lead them through the wilderness to the Promised Land. He just doesn’t know it yet.
Exodus 4:18-31
May 1, 2022 • Joe Burrows • Exodus 4:18–31, James 1:13–15
God has equipped Moses with supernatural powers to validate his call, and assured Moses of his inevitable success in bringing the Israelites out of Egypt, despite Moses’ unbelief and lack of confidence in himself. Moses has all he needs to return back to Egypt to rescue the Hebrews from the snares of the Egyptians. However, Moses must first return from the wilderness to Midian, to formally seek the permission of Jethro to rejoin his kindred back in Egypt.
Exodus 5:1-23
May 8, 2022 • Joe Burrows • Exodus 5
The instruction God gave to Moses at the burning bush was very clear. “You and the elders of Israel shall go to the king of Egypt” (Exodus 3:18). At the end of chapter 4, things seemed to be going according to plan. Moses and Aaron had met with the elders, pitched the plan, performed the signs God had given them, and Israel believed (4:29-31). However, by the time Moses and Aaron get to Pharaoh, they are conspicuously alone, with no mention of the elders being with them.
Exodus 6:1-27
May 15, 2022 • Joe Burrows • Exodus 6:1–27
We’d all like to deliver on our word when we make commitments, but sometimes we can’t. We can get sick, or our car won’t start, or we simply forget to follow through. God is not subject to any of these limitations or lapses. He is all-powerful and is never unable to do what He says He will do. In this passage, God answers Moses’ complaint about the effect of his first audience with Pharaoh with a series of “I will” statements. Over the course of the first half of Exodus, God will fulfill these commitments over and again.
Exodus 6:28-7:13
May 22, 2022 • Steve Youngren • Exodus 6:28–30, Exodus 7:1–13
In Exodus 6:28-29, God once again reminds Moses of his task, which is to stand before Pharaoh and deliver to Pharaoh all of the words that God has spoken to Moses. As usual, Moses gives God an excuse! He says, “Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips. How will Pharaoh listen to me?” (v. 30). Moses feels very unfit to accomplish this task. Will the king of Egypt listen to this old, stuttering Hebrew man? What unfolds next should provide us all with great encouragement and prove to us that God uses very unfit people to accomplish His perfect plan!
Exodus 7:14-10:29
May 29, 2022 • Joe Burrows • Exodus 7:14–25, Exodus 8, Exodus 9, Exodus 10
As we begin to look at the plagues, we see a pattern emerge. God makes a clear statement through these plagues to His people and to the Egyptians. He sends the plagues in a calculated and orderly way, showing His sovereignty and His divine order among the affairs of men. Nothing is random or by chance. God is in complete control over everything: past, present, and future.
Exodus 11:1-12:28
June 5, 2022 • Bruce Barlow • Exodus 11, Exodus 12:1–28
You would think that at any point in Exodus 7-10, Pharaoh would have had enough and abandoned his stubborn hold on the people of Israel. However, just as the plagues have become harder, so has Pharaoh’s heart (Exodus 11:10). It takes one last plague to break his resolve and force his hand to send God’s people on their way (11:1). In this passage, we read what the plague on the firstborn will entail. We also see God’s gracious provision to spare the life of His people, called the Passover.
Exodus 12:29-51
June 12, 2022 • Joe Burrows • Exodus 12:29–51
The day of the Passover has arrived just as God has promised (see Exodus 4:23). Pharaoh has not heeded God’s commands, therefore the firstborn males in all of Egypt will be killed. Israel will be saved from God’s wrath with this sign: the blood of a lamb smeared on their doorposts. Everything that God had told Israel to prepare for now comes to pass in the events that unfold.
Exodus 13:1-16
June 19, 2022 • Joe Burrows • Exodus 13:1–16
The exodus is a monumental event in human history. For 430 years, God’s people resided in Egypt (Exodus 12:41). Now they are free. But God knows the fickleness and forgetfulness of mankind, and this is why He builds the Feast of the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread into the annual calendar of His people. He calls them to remember His great work of deliverance.
Exodus 13:17-14:31
June 26, 2022 • Joe Burrows • Exodus 13:17–22, Exodus 14
The crossing of the Red Sea is one of the most dramatic miracles in all of the Bible. This mighty act and its association with the people of Israel’s deliverance from Egypt makes it a foundational part of God’s history with Israel. It is referred to directly no less than fifteen times (Deuteronomy 11:4; Joshua 2:10; 4:23; 24:6-7; Nehemiah 9:9-11; Psalm 66:6; 77:16-20; 78:13, 53; 106:9-11, 21-23; 136:13-15; Isaiah 51:10; 63:11-13; Acts 7:36; 1 Corinthians 10:1-2, 13; Hebrews 11:29), with many more allusions (Psalm 18:13-15; 74:13; Isaiah 23:11; 43:16; Nahum 1:4; Zechariah 10:11). The Red Sea crossing is something that the people of Israel referred to again and again, because it reminded them of God’s great power and care for them. For us who live in anticipation of Jesus’ return, it is also a picture of Him delivering us from the power of sin and Satan.
Exodus 15:1-21
August 7, 2022 • Joe Burrows • Exodus 15:1–21
Victory has occurred! The Israelites have been rescued and their enemies have been drowned at the bottom of the Red Sea. God has finally and fully destroyed the Egyptians. No more bondage, no more oppression, no more slavery in Egypt. What is the response of Moses and the Israelites to the mighty power of God and his deliverance? A song. This song, often entitled “The Song of the Sea” is the first recorded hymn of the Hebrew nation.