Moses and Jethro

Redemption Hill Church

Moses and Jethro

Exodus 18

October 27, 2019 • Pastor Bill Riedel

This Sunday we will jump back into our series in Exodus with 17:8-18:26. This passage starts with an amazing story of the Israelites' first battle after leaving Egypt. As Moses held his staff aloft overlooking the battle, the Israelites would win, but when his hands dropped, they would start losing. Moses needed help to carry the burdens of the people he was leading, and that was noticed by his father-in-law, Jethro, who stepped in to give Moses some advice on how to structure things to be more sustainable. This is a great opportunity for us to talk about dealing with the exhaustion of the burdens we carry, and the importance of community - having people around us to help with the heavy lift.

The Ark and the Tabernacle

December 15, 2019 • Pastor Bill Riedel

In this sermon, we close out our series in Exodus. It’s almost hard for me to believe that it’s over so soon! I have loved the chance to walk through this foundational book of the Bible together. I hope you have been able to see how Exodus sets up the broader storyline of redemption that we see carried out through the rest of Scripture. Our closing study together will focus and the Tabernacle and the items within it. A major portion of the book of Exodus is devoted to the Tabernacle. Chapters 25-31 describe the preparation and plans in great detail, while chapters 35-40 describe how the Israelites carried out the plans to prepare it, with a dramatic close to the book of Exodus as the glory of God filled the Tabernacle. We won’t be able to read all 13 chapters in our gathering on Sunday, but we will walk through each item that made up the Tabernacle worship. We learn important things about God’s character and the nature of worship as we focus on the Tabernacle. As with all things in Exodus, the Tabernacle itself is a shadow of the ultimate that was shown to us in Christ. Because of the volume of text devoted to the Tabernacle, I encourage you to take the time to read those chapters in Exodus on your own. Making the time to do so will only enrich and illuminate this sermon for you.

Intercession & Covenant Renewal

December 8, 2019 • Pastor Bill Riedel

This Sunday we jump back into Exodus. When we left off, the Israelites had created a golden calf to worship. God's anger burned against these people and Moses was working to intercede for them. This week we continue with Exodus 33-34 and we will focus in on Intercession and Covenant Renewal. We can learn a lot from Moses' approach to God in prayer. And, as one commentator put it, “In the lengthy dialogue between God and Moses in these chapters we may be brought as close to God as it is possible for Scripture to take us.”

The Golden Calf

November 24, 2019 • Pastor Bill Riedel

Moses was gone on Mt. Sinai for 40 days and when he returned, the people had gone crazy in a festival to worship a golden calf they had constructed. We will take some time to try to understand the identity of the calf - what they were actually worshiping - and the reasons it was so offensive to God. There are revealing themes for us in the passage. It will be a fun one to get through together.