As I shared on Sunday, we've been covering a number of sermon topics since finishing 1 Corinthians last fall. We are now returning to a book of the Bible, the book of Exodus. This strategy is called "expository preaching."
The fact of the matter is I always try to preaching expositionally. Exposition simply means "to expound;" as a preacher, my primary goal is to let the Word of God speak for itself whether I'm in a sermon series from a book of the Bible or I'm discussing a specific topic. So, I simply try to expound what God has already said. And when you march through a book of the Bible, you force yourself to address and take seriously everything that God says rather than jumping around and touching on topics and verses that peak your interest.
Help me out as we prepare to work through Exodus: what questions do you have that are related to this book? What questions do you hope will be addressed as we go through this book? What do you think about going through a book from the Old Testament? Your feedback will be helpful as I prepare these sermons.
Blessings,
Pastor Brian
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The Old Testament is very important to my faith. I studied parts of the Torah through a Religious Studies class in College at a secular university. It will be interesting to learn more from a different perspective. Genesis and Exodus are the foundation of the BIBLE and I think it is very important that people understand the themes that are in it. So many people, usually not Baptists, don’t know their scripture. We are living in an age with the most illiterate nation generation when it comes to the WORD. Here are some themes that I am very interesting in.
Israel's relationship with God: initiated by divine will it is to be maintained by their faithfulness to the covenant began with Noah and expanded with Abraham in Genesis, and now brought to a climax at Sinai with the Burning bush and the 10 commandments.
The goal of the divine plan as revealed in Exodus is a return to man's state in Eden, so that the Lord could dwell with the Hebrews as he had with Adam and Eve: in Exodus, he dwells with Israel through the medium of the Ark and Tabernacle.
Exodus also shows the importance of genealogy in the OT - Israel is elected for salvation because it is the firstborn son of the Lord, descended though Shem and Abraham to the chosen line of Israel/Jacob. The theme of election by birth will narrows still further, to the line of David, the descendant of Judah. Being of a LDS family background, I understand why they are so engrossed in family history, but it is even more interesting to see why GOD and the OLD TESTIMENT are filled with Genealogy. I would love it you would touch on the theories of dating through Genealogy. I own the annals of the World by: James Ussher- there is some really great information. I fear that many people in the congregation do not take a literal interpretation of the BIBLE and the creation of the world.
What are your views? Young Earth, Creation, and Evolution- I would be really interesting if you would talk about this- or maybe we could have lunch sometime and just chat about life?
James
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