The character of how God disrupts paganism. The Word of God will either increase someone’s rebellion or induce submission to God. There is a rational connection between the exodus event and the call of Abraham. The sacred name of God. Jesus Christ’s use of the sacred name of God. The lesson of the exodus is that civilization cannot remove the fall. God took His people and walked out from the greatest existing civilization. Characteristics of God’s judgments. Part of God’s justice is restitutionary in nature. Questions and answers.

The exodus was a momentous event! The “god of the world” (Satan) is busy reconstructing history so as to make the Word of God not true (mythologized). When we read the Scriptures, we should read them as history. What is the big picture of the exodus? The glory of God is the controlling principle in history. God hardened Pharaoh’s heart by giving him more revelation. The Bible presents a coherent, rational purpose for history.

The reason for the Egyptian captivity. Egypt can be considered the historic womb of the nation Israel. The structure of Egyptian society. How did Egyptian society view Pharaoh? The exodus took place in the most unlikely politically and socially structured society in human history. The plagues prior to the exodus. The exodus. Rethinking Egyptian history and classic chronology. Questions and answers.

Jewish history leading up to the exodus. God put the Jews into a segregated society (Egypt) in order to prevent them from assimilating with other cultures. Egyptian society. Pharaoh was considered the mediator between Heaven and Earth. The confrontation between Moses and Pharaoh was a confrontation between God and the Egyptian gods, two belief systems and two mighty ideas.

Review of the major events of the Old Testament, prior to the exodus. The exodus event is the major picture of salvation in the Old Testament. The event of creation defines the three major parts of that creation: God, man, and nature. The Christian God speaks and makes contracts! The scriptural view is that man’s image is unique from that of animals. Reasons for suffering.

The doctrine of faith. Justification must not be confused with regeneration or sanctification. Luther and Calvin taught that faith is assurance of salvation. What is biblical faith? What is the content of “saving faith?” The motive for Christian sanctification must be gratitude for what God has already done for you.

The doctrine of justification. In paganism, man invents truth. In biblical Christianity, man discovers truth. Gospel preaching is not an impudent, superficial act; it is the powerful call of God that creates the elect in human history. Man must be credited with a perfect righteousness that he does not generate. Justification is due to righteousness outside of man: the imputed righteousness of Christ. The Cross was the greatest act of obedience. The Protestant view of justification, contrasted with the Roman Catholic view. The whole point of justification is that the believer’s relationship with God is permanently fixed. [Brief technical difficulties begin around the 43:00 minute mark and last for a couple minutes] Questions and answers.

Linking biblical events with doctrinal truths. Background for the doctrine of election. God can control us without eliminating individual responsibility. When election happens in history, it’s a revelation, a surprise event. Jesus Christ expected people to deduce the doctrine of resurrection from the Abrahamic Covenant. Questions and answers.

The Abrahamic Covenant. Missions begin once God breaks from the rest of the world (Genesis 12). The seed of Abraham promise was fulfilled in a miraculous way. You must have an infinite, personal, God in order to have the basis for a covenant (contract). The existence of a covenant with God argues for the inerrancy of Scripture. The significance of circumcision. Questions and answers.

The structure of the world system (it’s spiritual orientation) by the time God called Abraham. The activities of civilization tend to further “the lust of the eye,” “the lust of the flesh”, and “the pride of life.” Features of pagan thought. The hallmark of pagan society. Babel was man uniting to create a one-world system for security against God. The call of Abraham. By leaving the world system, Abraham became a worldwide blessing. Questions and answers.