Wattle Park

Series outline

March 1 - July 5 1998.

INTRODUCING EXODUS

• a sermon series at St. Theodore's Wattle Park to be preached by Chris Appleby

"By faith Moses was hidden by his parents for three months after his birth, because they saw that the child was beautiful; and they were not afraid of the king's edict. ^{24By faith Moses, when he was grown up, refused to be called a son of Pharaoh's daughter, 25choosing rather to share ill-treatment with the people of God than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin. 26He considered abuse suffered for the Christ to be greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking ahead to the reward. 27By faith he left Egypt, unafraid of the king's anger; for he persevered as though he saw him who is invisible. 28By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch the firstborn of Israel. 29By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as if it were dry land, but when the Egyptians attempted to do so they were drowned."         Heb 11:23-29 NRSV}

^{Exodus Overview}

^{1:1-8 (NRSV) "These are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt with Jacob, each with his household: 2Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, 3Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin, 4Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher. 5The total number of people born to Jacob was seventy. Joseph was already in Egypt. 6Then Joseph died, and all his brothers, and that whole generation. 7But the Israelites were fruitful and prolific; they multiplied and grew exceedingly strong, so that the land was filled with them. 8Now a new king arose over Egypt, who did not know Joseph."}

^{God rescues his people}

^{The birth and call of Moses l-4
The 9 plagues 5-10
The Passover and the Exodus from Egypt 11-15
On the way to Mt Sinai 15-18}

^{God makes a covenant with his people}

^{The Making of the Covenant 19-24
Instruction about the Tabernacle 25-31
The Covenant broken with a Golden Calf 32
The Covenant Remade 33-34}

^{God comes to dwell among his people}

^{The Building of the Tabernacle 36-40}

^{40:34-38 (NRSV) "Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle. 35Moses was not able to enter the tent of meeting because the cloud settled upon it, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle. 36Whenever the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle, the Israelites would set out on each stage of their journey; 37but if the cloud was not taken up, then they did not set out until the day that it was taken up. 38For the cloud of the LORD was on the tabernacle by day, and fire was in the cloud by night, before the eyes of all the house of Israel at each stage of their journey."}

^{The book of Exodus is the story of the people of God. It's our story really. It tells of oppression, deliverance, celebration, wilderness, and of Promised Land. This unmistakably historical account mixes elements of miracle and the mundane; the majesty of God and the misery of the people; the stuttering tongue of Moses and the hard heart of Pharaoh.}

^{Where does the story of the ancient people of God intersect with our story? Does the God who reached out with hope still do so? Is God the same - concerned, active and involved ? Let's enjoy our continuing journey together as we learn what it means to be the people of God ?}

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