Sermon Series: Exodus: The Gospel According to the Old Testament
Sermon Text: Exodus 19:1-25, 20:18-21
Sermon Title: “Covenant Faithfulness”
Sermon Slides:
SLIDE 1 – Sermon Title Slide
SLIDE 2 – Today’s Big Idea: God Has Been Faithful to Us … But Will We Be Faithful to Him?
SLIDE 3 – Point 1: Covenant Faithfulness … Means Commitment (19:1-9)
SLIDE 4 – Exodus 6:2-4 – “God spoke to Moses and said to him, ‘I am the Lord. I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as God Almighty, but by my name the Lord I did not make myself known to them. I also established my covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, the land in which they lived as sojourners.’”
SLIDE 5 – Genesis 12:1-2 – “Now the Lord said to Abram, ‘Go from your country and your kindred and your father's house to the land that I will show you. And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.’”
SLIDE 6 – Genesis 15:1, 5-6 – “The word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision: ‘Fear not, Abram, I am your shield; your reward shall be very great …And he brought him outside and said, ‘Look toward heaven, and number the stars … so shall your offspring be.” And he believed the Lord, and he counted it to him as righteousness.”
SLIDE 7 – Exodus 1:7 – “But the people of Israel were fruitful and increased greatly; they multiplied and grew exceedingly strong, so that the land was filled with them.”
SLIDE 8 – Insert a Copy of Sermon Point #1 Slide
SLIDE 9 – Point 2: Covenant Faithfulness … Means Cleanliness (19:10-15)
SLIDE 10 – Romans 12:1 – “I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.”
SLIDE 11 – James 4:7-8 – “Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.”
SLIDE 12 – 1 Corinthians 7:5 – “Do not deprive one another, except perhaps by agreement for a limited time, that you may devote yourselves to prayer; but then come together again, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.”
SLIDE 13 – Insert a Copy of Sermon Point #2 Slide
SLIDE 14 – Point 3: Covenant Faithfulness … Means Closeness (19:16-22, 20:18-21)
SLIDE 15 – Deuteronomy 4:24 – “For the Lord your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.”
SLIDE 16 – Deuteronomy 5:4 – “The Lord spoke with you face to face at the mountain, out of the midst of the fire.”
SLIDE 17 – Genesis 2:15-17 – “The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it. And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, ‘You may surely eat of every tree of the garden, but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.’”
SLIDE 17 – Six Uses of This Sermon for Your Life
SLIDE 18 – God is Speaking … So He Expects an Answer.
SLIDE 19 – God’s Covenant has Two Principles for Us: Good Law & Gracious Gospel.
SLIDE 20 – We Can’t be Perfect, But We Can be Faithful.
SLIDE 21 – The Softer our Hearts are, the Easier the Law is.
SLIDE 22 – The Greater Closeness of God … Means Greater Accountability to God.
SLIDE 23 – Warning the Prideful Sinner … Encouraging the Trembling Saint.
