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  • The Radiant Return

    Sermon 86 in Series

    Exodus 34:29-35

    [29] When Moses came down from Mount Sinai, with the two tablets of the testimony in his hand as he came down from the mountain, Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone because he had been talking with God. [30] Aaron and all the people of Israel saw Moses, and behold, the skin of his face shone, and they were afraid to come near him. [31] But Moses called to them, and Aaron and all the leaders of the congregation returned to him, and Moses talked with them. [32] Afterward all the people of Israel came near, and he commanded them all that the LORD had spoken with him in Mount Sinai. [33] And when Moses had finished speaking with them, he put a veil over his face.

    [34] Whenever Moses went in before the LORD to speak with him, he would remove the veil, until he came out. And when he came out and told the people of Israel what he was commanded, [35] the people of Israel would see the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses’ face was shining. And Moses would put the veil over his face again, until he went in to speak with him.

    DEEP SHEET: Sermon Study Questions

    1.   In what specific ways have we seen God’s grace emphasized and expressed throughout chapters 32-34? How has this increased your appreciation for the gospel?
    2.   Why was Moses’ face shining when he came down the mountain? What was this meant to communicate to the Israelites, and how did it foreshadow Christ?
    3.   How does Moses’ glowing face illustrate a Christian’s life in the world? In what ways does this challenge you?
    4.   What does 2 Corinthians 3 contribute to our understanding of the veil? How does Paul use the Exodus narrative to contrast the Old and New Covenants?
    5.   Why should 2 Corinthians 3:18 encourage us in our sanctification? How does it spur you on in faithful beholding and reflecting?References: Exodus 34:6-7; 32:14; 33:14, 17; 34:10; 33:4; Matthew 17:2; Exodus 33:5; 20:18; 2 Corinthians 3:7-18; 4:6

    57 min
  • Renewal of the Covenant

    Sermon 85 in Series

    Exodus 34:10-28

    [10] And he said, “Behold, I am making a covenant. Before all your people I will do marvels, such as have not been created in all the earth or in any nation. And all the people among whom you are shall see the work of the LORD, for it is an awesome thing that I will do with you.

    [11] “Observe what I command you this day. Behold, I will drive out before you the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. [12] Take care, lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land to which you go, lest it become a snare in your midst. [13] You shall tear down their altars and break their pillars and cut down their Asherim [14] (for you shall worship no other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God), [15] lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and when they whore after their gods and sacrifice to their gods and you are invited, you eat of his sacrifice, [16] and you take of their daughters for your sons, and their daughters whore after their gods and make your sons whore after their gods.

    [17] “You shall not make for yourself any gods of cast metal.

    [18] “You shall keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread. Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you, at the time appointed in the month Abib, for in the month Abib you came out from Egypt.

    [19] All that open the womb are mine, all your male livestock, the firstborn of cow and sheep. [20] The firstborn of a donkey you shall redeem with a lamb, or if you will not redeem it you shall break its neck. All the firstborn of your sons you shall redeem. And none shall appear before me empty-handed.

    [21] “Six days you shall work, but on the seventh day you shall rest. In plowing time and in harvest you shall rest. [22] You shall observe the Feast of Weeks, the firstfruits of wheat harvest, and the Feast of Ingathering at the year’s end. [23] Three times in the year shall all your males appear before the LORD God, the God of Israel. [24] For I will cast out nations before you and enlarge your borders; no one shall covet your land, when you go up to appear before the LORD your God three times in the year.

    [25] “You shall not offer the blood of my sacrifice with anything leavened, or let the sacrifice of the Feast of the Passover remain until the morning. [26] The best of the firstfruits of your ground you shall bring to the house of the LORD your God. You shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.”

    [27] And the LORD said to Moses, “Write these words, for in accordance with these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel.” [28] So he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights. He neither ate bread nor drank water. And he wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments.

    DEEP SHEET: Sermon Study Questions

    1.   How has God shown you his glory in this section of Exodus? In what ways have you come to a deeper understanding of his name?
    2.   How does God magnify his grace in renewing the covenant with Israel? Why should this encourage us in prayer?
    3.   What does God call Israel to look forward to? As Christians, how do we practically look forward while not forgetting the past?
    4.   What does it mean to be in the world but not of the world (John 17:15-16)? How does this passage put us on guard against the false worship that we see all around us?
    5.   How do idleness and neglect of the good act as a gateway for the bad? Stated positively, how does being preoccupied with serving God protect us from sin?
    6.   As we think about Israel’s need to constantly remember, how has God used corporate worship and the Lord’s Supper for remembrance in your life?

    References: Matthew 4:2; 9:33; Exodus 23:10-33; John 17:15-16; James 1:27; 1 John 2:15; 2 Corinthians 6:17; 7:1; Hebrews 10:25; 1 Corinthians 11:24, 25.

    1 hr 1 min
  • Show Me Your Glory, Part 2

    Sermon 84 in Series

    Exodus 34:6b-9

    [6b] “The LORD, the LORD, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, [7] keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but who will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children and the children’s children, to the third and the fourth generation.” [8] And Moses quickly bowed his head toward the earth and worshiped. [9] And he said, “If now I have found favor in your sight, O Lord, please let the Lord go in the midst of us, for it is a stiff-necked people, and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for your inheritance.”

    DEEP SHEET: Sermon Study Questions

    1.   How does the desire to see God’s glory function as a test for authenticity? Why does it drive us to Scripture and our future hope?
    2.   As God describes his name, what characteristics stand out to you? How does it inform or correct your view of him?
    3.   How does God’s name hold together mercy and justice? In what ways does this render other “gods” deficient?
    4.   How does this passage protect us from presuming on God’s grace? How can mercy or justice be emphasized at the expense of the other?
    5.   What does it look like for us to practice God’s name? How does this passage challenge you in the areas of grace, forgiveness, patience, and anger?
    6.   How did Moses respond to this revelation? How are you encouraged to bow down and/or lean in?

    References: 2 Corinthians 3:18; 1 John 3:2; Exodus 3:14-15; Matthew 12:31; Exodus 20:5; John 1:14; Romans 3:24-25; 2:4; 6:1-2; Luke 6:36; Matthew 6:12; Proverbs 19:11; Psalm 116:1-5.

    1 hr 1 min
  • Show Me Your Glory, Part 1

    Sermon 83 in Series

    Exodus 33:18 - 34:6a

    [18] Moses said, “Please show me your glory.” [19] And he said, “I will make all my goodness pass before you and will proclaim before you my name ‘The LORD.’ And I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy. [20] But,” he said, “you cannot see my face, for man shall not see me and live.” [21] And the LORD said, “Behold, there is a place by me where you shall stand on the rock, [22] and while my glory passes by I will put you in a cleft of the rock, and I will cover you with my hand until I have passed by. [23] Then I will take away my hand, and you shall see my back, but my face shall not be seen.”

    [1] The LORD said to Moses, “Cut for yourself two tablets of stone like the first, and I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke. [2] Be ready by the morning, and come up in the morning to Mount Sinai, and present yourself there to me on the top of the mountain. [3] No one shall come up with you, and let no one be seen throughout all the mountain. Let no flocks or herds graze opposite that mountain.” [4] So Moses cut two tablets of stone like the first. And he rose early in the morning and went up on Mount Sinai, as the LORD had commanded him, and took in his hand two tablets of stone. [5] The LORD descended in the cloud and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD. [6] The LORD passed before him and proclaimed,

    DEEP SHEET: Sermon Study Questions

    1.   Why are “grace” and “mediator” such important themes in chapters 33-34? How does Moses’ relationship with God picture the gospel?
    2.   What makes Moses’ request a little odd? How does the context help us make sense of what Moses is seeking and what God provides?
    3.   How are goodness, glory, and name related? What attributes of God stand out most to you?
    4.   How does God emphasize hearing? What does this imply about our relationship to Scripture?
    5.   How does Moses’ obedience illustrate a major biblical theme, foreshadow Christ, and give us an example? What is the significance of the tablets in this section?
    6.   How does this passage both challenge and invite sinners? How has it motivated you to seek, serve, and trust God?

    References: Matthew 3:17; Exodus 16:10; 24:9-10, 16, 18; 33:9; 1 John 3:2; John 1:18; 14:8-9; Mark 6:48; Romans 9:14-16; 10:17; John 20:29; Genesis 6:22; 17:23; 1 John 3:5.

    1 hr 1 min
  • Give Us Your Presence

    Sermon 82 in Series

    Exodus 33:1-17

    [1] The LORD said to Moses, “Depart; go up from here, you and the people whom you have brought up out of the land of Egypt, to the land of which I swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying, ‘To your offspring I will give it.’ [2] I will send an angel before you, and I will drive out the Canaanites, the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. [3] Go up to a land flowing with milk and honey; but I will not go up among you, lest I consume you on the way, for you are a stiff-necked people.”

    [4] When the people heard this disastrous word, they mourned, and no one put on his ornaments. [5] For the LORD had said to Moses, “Say to the people of Israel, ‘You are a stiff-necked people; if for a single moment I should go up among you, I would consume you. So now take off your ornaments, that I may know what to do with you.’” [6] Therefore the people of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments, from Mount Horeb onward.

    [7] Now Moses used to take the tent and pitch it outside the camp, far off from the camp, and he called it the tent of meeting. And everyone who sought the LORD would go out to the tent of meeting, which was outside the camp. [8] Whenever Moses went out to the tent, all the people would rise up, and each would stand at his tent door, and watch Moses until he had gone into the tent. [9] When Moses entered the tent, the pillar of cloud would descend and stand at the entrance of the tent, and the LORD would speak with Moses. [10] And when all the people saw the pillar of cloud standing at the entrance of the tent, all the people would rise up and worship, each at his tent door. [11] Thus the LORD used to speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. When Moses turned again into the camp, his assistant Joshua the son of Nun, a young man, would not depart from the tent.

    [12] Moses said to the LORD, “See, you say to me, ‘Bring up this people,’ but you have not let me know whom you will send with me. Yet you have said, ‘I know you by name, and you have also found favor in my sight.’ [13] Now therefore, if I have found favor in your sight, please show me now your ways, that I may know you in order to find favor in your sight. Consider too that this nation is your people.” [14] And he said, “My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.” [15] And he said to him, “If your presence will not go with me, do not bring us up from here. [16] For how shall it be known that I have found favor in your sight, I and your people? Is it not in your going with us, so that we are distinct, I and your people, from every other people on the face of the earth?”

    [17] And the LORD said to Moses, “This very thing that you have spoken I will do, for you have found favor in my sight, and I know you by name.”

    DEEP SHEET: Sermon Study Questions

    1.   How do we take God’s presence for granted? Why is this truth so important for our encouragement and growth as Christians?
    2.   How does God’s message to Israel begin with good news but end with very bad news? How do the people respond?
    3.   Why does God tell the people to take off their ornaments? How is this a painful and yet hopeful moment for Israel?
    4.   How might God be calling you to “strip away”? How are we tempted to ignore or forego this key aspect of relating to God?
    5.   How is Moses motivated by and focused on God’s glory? How should this inform our praying, thinking, and doing?
    6.   What does this passage teach us about God’s grace? In what ways do we run from God rather than to him when convicted of sin?
    7.   Why is there so much emphasis on Moses’ relationship to God? How does this deepen our appreciation for Christ’s person and work?

    References: Exodus 32:4, 34; 3:8; 23:20-21; Isaiah 63:9; Genesis 35:4; Psalm 27:8-9; Matthew 3:17; Ephesians 5:2.

    1 hr 5 min
  • Final Appeals to Gospel Living

    Sermon 13 in Series

    Philippians 4:2-9

    [2] I entreat Euodia and I entreat Syntyche to agree in the Lord. [3] Yes, I ask you also, true companion, help these women, who have labored side by side with me in the gospel together with Clement and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the book of life.

    [4] Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice. [5] Let your reasonableness be known to everyone. The Lord is at hand; [6] do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. [7] And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

    [8] Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. [9] What you have learned and received and heard and seen in me—practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you.

    DEEP SHEET: Sermon Study Questions

    1.   How does Paul keep both the realities of earth and the glories of heaven in view? How are you tempted to get these out of balance?
    2.   How does our partnership in the gospel lead us to unity in the face of disagreement?
    3.   How does Paul’s admonishment in vv.2-3 remind us that the Christian life is a community life?
    4.   In what ways does rejoicing require us to look away from self?
    5.   Have you ever considered anxiety as a sin? How is sinful anxiety borne out of forgetfulness and faithlessness?
    6.   How does prayer lead us to a posture of dependence and trust? In your experience, what does “the peace of God” look like in the face of anxiety?
    7.   What is unique about Paul’s final appeal in v.8? How can you pursue truth, honor, justice, excellence, and beauty (wherever it may be found) with the mind of Christ?

    References: Phil. 2:2, 2:5; Acts 16:25; Phil. 2:20; 1 Cor. 12:25, 7:32-24; Matt. 6:25-34; Rom. 5:1; Col. 3:12-13; Heb. 12:1; Phil. 1:27

    1 hr 8 min
  • The Son We Celebrate, Part 2
    John 1:14

    [14] And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

    DEEP SHEET: Sermon Study Questions

    1. References:

    23 min
  • The Son We Celebrate, Part 1
    John 1:14

    [14] And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

    DEEP SHEET: Sermon Study Questions

    1.   What is the central truth and miracle of Christmas? How has God used Christmas to reorient you over the years and to raise your affections for Christ
    2.   Who is the Word? Why is the doctrine of the Trinity so important?
    3.   How does the Incarnation leave you astonished and in awe? How does Exodus help us understand its meaning and significance?
    4.   In what ways is Christmas enlightening, comforting, and challenging? How does Paul apply the Incarnation to the church in Philippians 2?
    5.   How does Jesus supremely reveal the Father’s Glory? How does this encourage you to spend more time reading Scripture?References: Revelation 22:20-21; Genesis 1:1, 3; Psalm 33:6; Psalm 107:20; Proverbs 8:29-30; Exodus 25:8; Isaiah 7:14; Matthew 1:21; 20:28; Philippians 2:1-11; Exodus 32:12; Colossians 1:15; Hebrews 1:3; 1 John 1:1-2; John 2:11; 2 Peter 1:16-18.

    1 hr 3 min
  • Evil Confronted, Part 2

    Sermon 81 in Series

    Exodus 32:25-35

    [25] And when Moses saw that the people had broken loose (for Aaron had let them break loose, to the derision of their enemies), [26] then Moses stood in the gate of the camp and said, “Who is on the LORD’s side? Come to me.” And all the sons of Levi gathered around him. [27] And he said to them, “Thus says the LORD God of Israel, ‘Put your sword on your side each of you, and go to and fro from gate to gate throughout the camp, and each of you kill his brother and his companion and his neighbor.’” [28] And the sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses. And that day about three thousand men of the people fell. [29] And Moses said, “Today you have been ordained for the service of the LORD, each one at the cost of his son and of his brother, so that he might bestow a blessing upon you this day.”

    [30] The next day Moses said to the people, “You have sinned a great sin. And now I will go up to the LORD; perhaps I can make atonement for your sin.” [31] So Moses returned to the LORD and said, “Alas, this people has sinned a great sin. They have made for themselves gods of gold. [32] But now, if you will forgive their sin—but if not, please blot me out of your book that you have written.” [33] But the LORD said to Moses, “Whoever has sinned against me, I will blot out of my book. [34] But now go, lead the people to the place about which I have spoken to you; behold, my angel shall go before you. Nevertheless, in the day when I visit, I will visit their sin upon them.”

    [35] Then the LORD sent a plague on the people, because they made the calf, the one that Aaron made.

    DEEP SHEET: Sermon Study Questions

    1.   What does it practically look like for you and your family to treasure Christ this Christmas?
    2.   How would you describe the state of the Israelites even after Moses initially confronts them? What does it mean to say that there is a crisis on top of a crisis
    3.   What does God command the Levites to do? How does the context guard us against misinterpreting this incident?
    4.   How does the devotion of the Levites highlight the principle that God must be first? In what ways have you been tempted to put family before or on par with God?
    5.   How do Moses’ intercessory words to God point to Christ as our atonement, substitute, and Mediator?
    6.   Where do we see God’s grace at work in this passage? How do we see wrath and grace (judgment and salvation) coming together in this story and throughout the Bible?

    References: Deuteronomy 9:20; Luke 12:51-53; 14:26; Romans 9:3; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Hebrews 9:14; John 10:11; Luke 10:20; Revelation 20:15; 21:27.

    1 hr 3 min
  • Evil Confronted, Part 1

    Sermon 80 in Series

    Exodus 32:15-24

    [15] Then Moses turned and went down from the mountain with the two tablets of the testimony in his hand, tablets that were written on both sides; on the front and on the back they were written. [16] The tablets were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, engraved on the tablets. [17] When Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said to Moses, “There is a noise of war in the camp.” [18] But he said, “It is not the sound of shouting for victory, or the sound of the cry of defeat, but the sound of singing that I hear.” [19] And as soon as he came near the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, Moses’ anger burned hot, and he threw the tablets out of his hands and broke them at the foot of the mountain. [20] He took the calf that they had made and burned it with fire and ground it to powder and scattered it on the water and made the people of Israel drink it.

    [21] And Moses said to Aaron, “What did this people do to you that you have brought such a great sin upon them?” [22] And Aaron said, “Let not the anger of my lord burn hot. You know the people, that they are set on evil. [23] For they said to me, ‘Make us gods who shall go before us. As for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.’ [24] So I said to them, ‘Let any who have gold take it off.’ So they gave it to me, and I threw it into the fire, and out came this calf.”

    DEEP SHEET: Sermon Study Questions

    1.   How is the golden calf story rich in doctrine? What are some theological points that stand out to you?
    2.   How does Moses’ intercession show the relationship between prayer and knowledge? How is “knowledge” sometimes denigrated by Christians?
    3.   Why is the breaking of the tablets meant to shock the reader? What does it symbolize, and how can it be misinterpreted?
    4.   Why does Moses make the people drink the pulverized idol? What does this teach us about sin in general and idolatry in particular?
    5.   How do Moses and Aaron see Aaron’s sin differently? How does this point back to the Fall?
    6.   In what ways have you been tempted to dodge/deflect/defend rather than own and confront your sin? How can we help one another fight this battle within the church?

    References: Exodus 24:12; Deuteronomy 9:21; Numbers 5:11-31; Genesis 20:9; 3:12; Deuteronomy 9:20; Romans 8:3.

    1 hr 2 min

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