by Justin Marple | Oct 5, 2014 | 2014 Sermons, Exodus, SERMONS
Exodus 7:8-8:19 includes the sign of Aaron’s staff turning into a serpent before Pharaoh as well as the first three plagues — the Nile turning to blood, the land of Egypt overrun by frogs, and third by gnats. Each of the first three plagues were...
by Justin Marple | Sep 28, 2014 | 2014 Sermons, Exodus, SERMONS
Exodus 5:22-7:7 begins with Moses exasperated: “Why did you ever send me?” So how did things get to this point? Moses and Aaron had challenged Pharaoh to let the people of Israel go, but instead Pharaoh made their work harder. Thus the Hebrew foremen...
by Justin Marple | Sep 21, 2014 | 2014 Sermons, Exodus, SERMONS
Moses and Aaron must have been pretty confident when they first went in to confront Pharaoh. Moses had been afraid that the people would not believe him, but the Bible tells us that the people believed and that they had bowed their heads and worshiped YHWH upon...
by Justin Marple | Sep 14, 2014 | 2014 Sermons, Exodus, SERMONS
Exodus 4:18-31 is easily the most challenging passage of the entire book. It makes an awful movie script because it does not tell us everything we might want to know. Thus it raises lots of questions that we will only find out answers when we go to be with Jesus....
by Justin Marple | Sep 7, 2014 | 2014 Sermons, Exodus, SERMONS
Exodus 4:1-17 shows us more of the excuse-making that Moses did for why he should not be the redeemer of Israel. We can understand why Moses was so reluctant to be their redeemer. He had no illusions of being some kind of God-man hero who could save his people. And...
by Justin Marple | Aug 31, 2014 | 2014 Sermons, Exodus, SERMONS
Exodus 3:11-22 begins with the ominous word, “But.” Moses has just seen a sign that is prophetic of all the great miracles of Exodus and even prophetic of the person and work of Jesus Christ. There was no mistaking that Moses would lead Israel out of...
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