Scripture: Exodus 13:17-22 | John 8:12-14 I. God’s light will lead you to a place of testing. A. Why did God have Israel take the scenic route home? “Lest the people change their minds when they see war and return to Egypt” (vs. 17). Israel had been slaves for 400 years. They had no trained…
Scripture: Exodus 12:21-23 | John 1:29-36 I. We are saved through judgment. A. We see who is going to be judged in the Passover in Exodus 12:23: the Egyptians. God said Israel was his firstborn son (Ex. 4:22-23). God told Pharaoh and Egypt to let his son go to worship Him. If Pharaoh did not…
Scripture: Exodus 2:23-25 | John 8:34-36 I. Your Christian story is one of freedom from sin to serve God. A. How does God respond to Israel’s groaning (Exodus 2:23)? God cares. “God heard… God remembered… God saw… God knew” (Exodus 2:24-25). Jesus’ response to those who say they are free is, “Actually, you are not…
Scripture: Genesis 2:18-25 | Ephesians 5:25-33 I. Marriage is about your spouse. A. Your focus in marriage is not about yourself and meeting your own needs. Your focus is on your spouse. The fact that Eve is a helper (Genesis 2:18) means that by definition she is not in this marriage to focus on herself.…
1 Corinthians 5:9-13 I. Living together doesn’t make sense to God because it is sexually immoral. A. 1 Corinthians 5 describes an unusually perverse living arrangement. In verse 1 we read about a man in the church who has his father’s wife. In verse 1, Paul calls this behavior sexual immorality. And in vs. 9…
Scripture: Genesis 2:18 | 1 Corinthians 7:32-35 I. Singleness is hard, but you can be content. A. Genesis 2:18 does not teach that unless I am married, I am bound to be lonely. All that Genesis 2:18 teaches is that Adam had a big job (he was to have dominion over all the earth according…
Scripture: Matthew 5:27-30 | Ephesians 5:3-12 I. Porn is not the norm for Christians because we are drastically pursuing holiness. A. In Matthew 5:27 Jesus quotes the seventh commandment, “You shall not commit adultery.” And then Jesus goes on to say in verse 28 what this commandment really means: “But I say to you that…
Scripture: Genesis 1:26-28 | 1 Corinthians 6:12-20 | Hebrews 13:4 I. It’s not just sex because sex pictures the Gospel. A. The very first chapter of the Bible addresses the topic of sex and marriage. How did God make us? Genesis 1:27 says He created us male and female. Sex then was God’s idea. And…
Scripture: Psalm 72 / Matthew 2:1-6, 11 I. We need the righteousness and peace and prosperity of King Jesus. A. In the first two verses of his prayer for Solomon, King David prays twice for Solomon to rule with justice and righteousness. David’s prayer for Solomon to crush the oppressor (vs. 4) went far beyond…
Scripture: Psalm 59 I. The king wins because he is strong. A. At first, it appears like King David’s enemies are stronger than he is. Verse 3 says that “fierce men stir up strife against me.” The word fierce in this verse literally means strong or mighty. David says his enemies are like dogs (vs.…
