Sermons at Graham Emmanuel

God glorifies Himself by delivering His people out of the presence of the Egyptians. By parting the waters of the Red Sea, God shows why He delivered His people, how He delivered His people, and how His people should respond.

God has redeemed Israel, His “firstborn” from slavery in Egypt and while traveling out of Egypt He has instructed them on how to consecrate and remember His redemption through the feasts of Passover and Unleavened Bread and the dedication of the firstborn. Now, as they journey to the Red Sea, God miraculously leads Israel with a pillar of fire and cloud, and in doing so reveals the nature of how God leads His people.

God gives the final of three messages before His people cross the Red Sea into the wilderness. Each message focused on remembering an aspect of God’s salvation from Egypt—the Passover remembered God’s sacrifice, the feast of Unleavened Bread remembered God’s salvation, and this final lesson on the consecration of the firstborn focuses on the passing along of God’s salvation to subsequent generations. In fact, the firstborn itself is a symbol of salvation. Found out why.

God gives the second of three lessons to His people after delivering them from slavery in Egypt after the death of the firstborn. After giving instructions for who can and cannot partake in Passover, God now gives instructions on the Feast of Unleavened Bread and will conclude by giving instructions on dedicating the firstborn. All three lessons touch on an element of God’s salvation from Egypt, and point to God’s salvation from sin. In instructions on the Feast of Unleavened Bread, God explains that doing so is part of the process of consecrating the firstborn to Him. Join us and find out how the way parents lead their families impacts the spiritual future of their children.

After God has provided a sacrifice, and after God has saved His people, God now gives instructions on how that salvation should be shared with others. To do so, God calls for strict adherence to the Passover to ensure that His people set themselves apart from the rest of the world, while also allowing all nations of the world to be identified as His people. Join us to find out how this impacts the way the Church conducts itself in worship and missions.

With the Passover and the striking of every firstborn in Egypt, God finally gives freedom to the Israelites and delivers them from Egypt. But what does it mean to have freedom from God, and how does one receive it? The historical true story of the Exodus illustrates the spiritually true story of the Gospel. Join us and find out the true meaning of spiritual freedom, and how it only comes by responding to God’s grace with faith, and results in obedience.

As God prepares to deliver His people from slavery in Egypt, he gives them two festivals, each one intended to illustrate His spiritual work. The Feast of Passover illustrates God’s saving work through the ultimate sacrifice of the Lamb of God, while the Feast of Unleavened Bread illustrates God’s sanctifying work as He now calls His people to live as saved people by rejecting the impurities of sin in their life. Join us for this fascinating study on a Jewish tradition that illustrates eternal principles.

After warning Pharaoh of the first nine plagues, God chooses to announce His final plague to the Israelites themselves. As a result of His Word of warning, God expects His people to respond with faithful obedience. Join us to see in Scripture how God used the Passover to point to His ultimate plan of salvation through His son Jesus Christ.

Pharaoh made a threat to Moses and failed to keep it, but as God shows through the ninth plague of bringing darkness over Egypt, whether to bless or to curse, God always does what He says, and His words should be treated with the full weight of reality.

Today, we talk about the concept of Zeal: The unquenchable desire to seek God and honor Him. We talk about how it was lost in the fall of man, how it’s regained through repentance, and ultimately how it’s seen in the childlike faith that Jesus calls us to have.