We've been studying 1 Peter together on Sunday mornings. One of the things we noticed was the way Peter referred to his readers as 'strangers in the world' (1:1). Later he describes them as 'aliens and strangers in the world' (2:11). The background to the use of this phrase is found in the Old Testament … Continue reading Callings from God (2016)
Month: Nov 2020
Revealed and Secret Will (2013)
At the end of one year, and the beginning of a new year, I thought it might be helpful to remind you of some of the things we thought about one Sunday evening when we were studying question and answer 103 of our church's Shorter Catechism. Question 103 is about the third request in the … Continue reading Revealed and Secret Will (2013)
Exodus 17(08–16)
Introduction Last week we were looking at the passage which runs from verse 22 of chapter 15 to verse 7 of chapter 17 and which contained the stories of how the Lord provided the Israelites with food and water in the wilderness. Do you remember? For three days they travelled in the desert without finding … Continue reading Exodus 17(08–16)
Exodus 15(22)–17(07)
Introduction I suppose if I were asked to summarise today's passage, I'd say it's about living in the in-between time. Living in the in-between time. And I'll explain in a minute what I mean by the in-between time. But while someone might look at this passage and the way the Israelites got on, and might … Continue reading Exodus 15(22)–17(07)
Exodus 15(01–21)
Summary Last week we spent our time on Exodus 14 and the account of how the Lord opened a way through the Red Sea to enable his people to cross over on dry land; whereas the Egyptians -- when they too tried to cross over -- were drowned when the waters of the Red Sea … Continue reading Exodus 15(01–21)
Exodus 13(17)–14(31)
Summary In fulfilment of God's promise in the book of Genesis to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob to make the number of their descendants like the stars in the sky and like the sand on the seashore, too many to count, the Israelites have become a great nation. They were fruitful and multiplied greatly and became … Continue reading Exodus 13(17)–14(31)
Exodus 11(01)–13(16)
Introduction Two weeks ago we spent our time looking at the first nine plagues which the Lord sent on the Egyptians. And so we covered the long section from verse 8 of chapter 7 to the end of chapter 10. We're going to cover another large section this evening from verse 1 of chapter 11 … Continue reading Exodus 11(01)–13(16)
Exodus 07(08)–10(29)
Pharaoh's unbelief Rather than take each of the ten plagues separately, which might become repetitive, I thought I'd have a stab at studying the first nine today, before coming back to the tenth and last plague next week. But before we get to the plagues, there's verses 8 to 13 of Exodus 7 where Moses … Continue reading Exodus 07(08)–10(29)
Exodus 06(10)–07(07)
Introduction Let me remind you of what we've seen so far. In fulfilment of God's promise to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob to make the number of their descendants like the stars in the sky and like the sand on the seashore, too many to count, the Israelites have become a great nation. They were fruitful … Continue reading Exodus 06(10)–07(07)
Exodus 05(01)–06(09)
Introduction Last week we saw how Moses and Aaron went to the Israelites and told them what the Lord had said he was going to do for them and how he was concerned about them and was going to deliver them from their bondage in Egypt. And Aaron performed the miraculous signs the Lord had … Continue reading Exodus 05(01)–06(09)