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No One Like Him (Worship Service, July 2nd, 2017)

Title: No One Like Him

Passage: Exodus 9:13–35

Speaker: Pastor Ryan Martin

Service: Sunday Morning Worship Service

Date: July 2nd, 2017

The seventh plague, before us this morning, is the fiery hail. It is a lengthy plague. It, like the first and fourth plagues, announces an amplification of God’s original purpose for the plagues. Here the Lord gives Moses a much longer word for Pharaoh than in previous episodes. Like in the first and fourth plagues, a clear statement of the Lord’s purpose in the seventh through ninth (and tenth) plagues right at the outset. This purpose is stated at the end of v 13: so that you may know that there is none like me in all the earth. This Scripture passage is not only about God, however. It also contains important teachings of what this glorious God of the Exodus demands of all humanity. Today, I want you to see from the seventh plague four important teachings, not only about God and who we are before him.

Survey of the Pentateuch: The Sacrificial System (Sunday School, June 25th, 2017)

Topic: The Sacrificial System

Speaker: Eric White

Section: 5

Service: Sunday School

Date: June 25th, 2017

On Giving (Worship Service, June 25th, 2017)

Title: On Giving

Passage: Exodus 8:20 – 9:12

Speaker: Dr. Eric White

Service: Sunday Morning Worship Service

Date: June 25th, 2017

Introduction: Our giving on Sunday morning is an act of worship. Money, however, strongly influences us. In our sinfulness, we desire money and to keep it for ourselves. We want to spend it on things that we think will make us happy. It is no wonder that the Bible says that money is the root of all kinds of evil (1 Tim 6:10). Moreover, the author of Hebrews admonishes us, “Keep your life free from love of money” (Heb 13:5). It may be that giving is hard for some of us here today. It may be that even when we give obediently, we feel a certain hesitation in our heart. Maybe that is you today. God wants us to give freely and not to love money. Our passage this morning provides us with two lessons about giving, that, when taken together, encourage us to give freely.

Survey of the Pentateuch: Creation (Sunday School, May 14th, 2017)

Topic: Creation

Speaker: Eric White

Section: 2

Service: Sunday School

Date: May 14th, 2017

Unlikely Servants (Worship Service, May 14th, 2017)

Title: Unlikely Servants

Passage: Exodus 6:9-30

Speaker: Pastor Ryan Martin

Service: Sunday Morning Worship Service

Date: May 14th, 2017

After the response of Israel to the Lord’s message through Moses in v 9, the passage has a chiastic or x-like pattern in vv 10-30. Moses is the focus in vv 10-12. Then Moses and Aaron in v 13. Next the genealogy of Moses and Aaron in vv 14-25, followed by a return to Aaron and Moses in vv 26-27, and finally, Moses again in vv 28-30. The passage confirms the truths of vv 1-8, and shows that the Exodus is ultimately the Lord’s work. The Lord is the one who delivers his people. Yes, God uses servants, but he is the one who gets the glory. The primary point of this sermon this morning is that the Lord accomplishes his purposes no matter what.

Survey of the Pentateuch: Introduction (Sunday School, April 30th, 2017)

Topic: Introduction to the Pentateuch

Speaker: Eric White

Section: 1

Service: Sunday School

Date: April 30th, 2017

Now You Shall See, Part 2 (Worship Service, April 30th, 2017)

Title: Now You Shall See, Part 2

Passage: Exodus 5:22 – 6:9

Speaker: Pastor Ryan Martin

Service: Sunday Morning Worship Service

Date: April 30th, 2017

The first part of Exodus 6 is the Lord’s answer to Moses’s prayer at the end of ch 5. The Scripture before us lifts up God’s purpose to bring glory to himself through the redemption of Israel from Egypt. The passage has five ways God glorifies himself. We looked at two last week.

Now You Shall See, Part 1 (Worship Service, April 23, 2017)

Title: Now You Shall See, Part 1

Passage: Exodus 5:22 – 6:9

Speaker: Pastor Ryan Martin

Service: Sunday Morning Worship Service

Date: April 23rd, 2017

It is instructive to frame verses 5:22 – 6:9 in terms of the great despondency of the Israelites in Egypt described in ch. 5. We see Moses’s response, and then we hear from God. In all this, the passage emphasizes God’s purpose to bring glory to himself through the redemption of his people. The Holy Spirit wants to draw us in to this great agenda, that we would glorify God ourselves.

He Is Risen, As He Said (Worship Service, April 16, 2017)

Title: He Is Risen, As He Said

Passage: Mathew 28: 1-10

Speaker: Pastor Ryan Martin

Service: Sunday Morning Worship Service

Date: April 16th, 2017