Exodus - Westminster Calvary

The Reason for My Hope

November 20, 2024 • Jeff Cramer • Exodus 12

As we continue studying thru the Old Testament, we’ve come to the final plague – death of the firstborn. God was passing over Egypt and delivering His final blow to those who resisted Him. This 10th plague is the most devastating of all plagues – death! So far, God has been patient with people for an extended period of time, but He systematically toppled all the god’s of the Egyptians. At each exchange between Moses & Pharaoh, there was an opportunity for Pharaoh to submit. Yet he chose to harden his heart instead and take his chances against God. Now the consequences were catching up with him.

National Stability

October 30, 2024 • Jeff Cramer • Exodus 11

When we say, “God’s in control and working everything out in the world.” Many times that comes across as meaningless. We simply don’t understand it fully! God was patient with Pharaoh but the time came for judgment. Here’s a few simple applications as we look at a A safe country, a declining country, and where’s my country.

Refusing Instruction

October 23, 2024 • Jeff Cramer • Exodus 10

As we continue to navigate thru the OT we’re working our way thru the 10-Plagues of Egypt; A series of judgments poured out by God. At the end of each of these plagues Pharaoh become more resistant and refused to give God His people! God says He had two purposes for these plagues, to show unbelievers His power (v.1) & To provide a deliverance story for His people (v.2) A Memorable moment to pass on to their kids & grandkids about how the hand of God moved on their behalf!

Resistant to Change

October 16, 2024 • Jeff Cramer • Exodus 9

In our modern culture we have a strong dislike around the thoughts of judgment! Many have embraced the sacred-secular, which views judgment as the ultimate sin and labeling judgment as an enemy of “my feelings” that guide me to what I want! “This makes me feel good… so don’t tell me it’s wrong.” Yet, in an honest reading of the Bible we learn God’s motivation behind judgment. It’s to awaken humanity to the reality of what life & eternity is without Him! Tonight we will continue our study through the 10-plagues of Egypt.

I'm Trying To Get Your Attention

October 9, 2024 • Jeff Cramer • Exodus 8

The Israelites had been enslaved in Egypt for about 400 years and it seems that they had lost faith in God’s promise to Abraham, Issac, and Jacob. No doubt they believed God existed AND went thru the motions of worshipping. However, they doubted He could, or would, set them free from the difficult circumstances of their lives in Egypt. In the Church Age we read the Gospels and how Jesus came with a ministry of mercy & grace & truth. Jesus came to seek lost people who know they’re sick and looking for help. Yet, God is not afraid to take radical steps to get the attention of creation. So, last week we ended with the first plague as the Nile was turned to blood and tonight we will look at the successive three plagues.

Move Forward

October 2, 2024 • Jeff Cramer • Exodus 7

God taught Moses that His Name was sufficient no matter what he faced! We learned this is a spiritual lesson all followers of God go thru. Because God wants us to trust Him. However, with the natural eye, Moses was 80-years old. He had spent the last 40-years of his life as a shepherd, and now God was calling him to go before the head of state – Pharaoh, to demand the immediate release of the country’s work force. No doubt, this was a daunting task from the natural perspective.

I AM All You Need

September 11, 2024 • Jeff Cramer • Exodus 6

God had called Moses to take a message to Pharaoh which was to let His people go. But after this demand things immediately got worse for the Israelites. God was moving behind the scene, but on the surface things got worse, and Moses was getting cold feet! Moses needed a right perspective that only God could give. So He speaks to Moses by making His power known. God reveals His name which reveals His character and moves Moses from faith to fear!

Struggles in Ministry

August 28, 2024 • Jeff Cramer • Exodus 5

As we’ve read about Moses’ story we see that God had a plan for his entire life. God has repeatedly attempted to connect with Moses and God has been patient with Moses. Chapter 5 opens with the fact that God was on the move! So why did the conditions get worse? Satan loves to sift us as we step out in to trust God. He brings discouragement, pressure and attacks to make us want to give up and go back. This is what Moses was wrestling with and it’s something that you and I wrestle with today.

Preparing For Ministry

August 21, 2024 • Jeff Cramer • Exodus 4

Going deeper with God can be scary because our human mind often thinks in terms of limitations and not of abundance. This is why anything done for God has to be done by faith in God. As we learn to see the person of God and the power of God we release our self to walking by faith. However, in Exodus 4 we see the hindrances of faith as Moses wrestled with God and gave excuses to not falling God’s leading.

Understanding My Calling

August 14, 2024 • Jeff Cramer • 1 Samuel 3:4–10, Isaiah 6:8, Psalm 32:8–9, Exodus 3

God has prepared a man – Moses – for 40-years and the Lord commissions him in this chapter. We can understand, no matter how long you have walked with the Lord He still has work for you to do. No one is too old OR too young to be used by God. The question is will I be ready to listen when you’re called, and will I walk by faith!?! You may struggle to recognize God’s voice at first. But that’s not problem, you’re not the first one.

There's A Purpose in the Process

July 31, 2024 • Jeff Cramer • Exodus 2

Last week as we started Exodus, we learned how God’s redemption story moves out of (Genesis) and into the next phase. We learned that 70-people (Israel) turned into roughly 2-million people. And today, we’re getting more details about the man God will us next – Moses. The conditions surrounding his birth were very difficult as there was a national forced birth control because Pharaoh ordered that all male Hebrew babies were to be killed. However, God has different plans for Moses, and we see how things will play out in his life over time!

A Break Thru in Faith

July 24, 2024 • Jeff Cramer • Exodus 1

The theme of Exodus is Deliverance, which is defined as the action of being rescued OR set free. In the experience of the Israelites Exodus shows us how God delivered Israel from oppression of the Egyptian Government, how God gave Israel freedom to serve Him, and how this freedom was to result in their worshiping of Him.