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ExodusSermonSeries

“The Exodus was never meant to be a private salvation but a public declaration of God’s Glory.” – Phil Ryken

Yahweh has defeated false gods and delivered a people so that the report will reach the nations. When the Good News travels, people will come to worship Him and be seated at His table.

  1. The Good News Travels (vv 1-6)
    1. Jethro (Exodus 4), the Priest of Midian and Moses’ father-in-law, brings Zipporah and her two sons to the wilderness near Horeb. Jethro has heard of the wonders God worked for His people in Egypt. The Exodus news is spreading. God has designed redemption to be retold. (Rom 10:17)
      1. Jethro HEARED (shama) – Hebrew verb meaning to heed, obey, respond in faith. Other examples of this language include Rahab (Joshua 2:9-11), Ruth (Ruth 1:16), Nineveh (Jonah 3:4), the nations and us.
  2. The Good News is Proclaimed (vv 7-9)
    1. Moses bows down and kisses Jethro to show respect as the lesser. He holds Jethro in great respect and shows this through his posture. Moses then models the way the Good News is intended to be shared (Eph 4:15):
      1. Genuine care for the person receiving the Good News – Moses showed this by going out to meet Jethro. (Luke 15:20)
      1. Faithful telling and interpretation of God’s redeeming work of grace.
        1. Judgement (Egypt’s false gods and Pharaoh crushed)
        1. Redemption (Israel delivered)

“The cross makes no sense without judgment. We are not saved from inconvenience but from the righteous wrath of God.” – Al Mohler

  1. The Good News Believed and God Worshipped (vv 10-12)
    1. Jethro hears the Good News and responds by recognizing Yahweh is greater than all gods (Know – “yada”: intimate knowledge). He blesses the name of the Lord and makes and offering and sacrifice to God. This leads a pagan, gentile priest of Midian, a great enemy of the people of God (Gen 37:28, Num 25:17), to be welcomed to the table of God’s people.
  2. The Good News Brings Us to the Table (vv 12)
    1. Believing the Good News brings us to the table to fellowship and celebrate what God has done.
      1. Examination – reflection about our sin and the provision of Christ. (1 Cor 11:28)
      1. Proclamation – We proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes. (1 Cor 11:26)
      1. Celebration – They ate before God, and we eat in Christ and look forward to the marriage supper of the lamb. (Rev 19:6-9)
    1. Jesus has delivered us, brought us to the table in communion with him, and one day we will feast in His kingdom.
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