Sermons at Graham Emmanuel

As Pharaoh refuses to obey God, God continues to display His power. By sending more pestilence to Egypt in the form of frogs, gnats, and flies, God not only shows His power over all living creatures but also His sovereign might over those with heavy hearts who refuse to submit to Him. Find out the tell-tale sign of a hard heart and how God is both mighty and merciful in the face of rebellion.

Psalm 33 gives a crash course on praise. It perfectly explains how to praise God, why to praise God, and even gives an example of what proper praise looks like. In one of Pastor Jay’s favorite Psalms, study with us exactly why God should be worshipped and the biblical examples the Lord gives of worship.  

As promised, God begins to show His might by unleashing miraculous signs and wonders against Egypt. These signs do more than just reveal the weakness of Pharaoh or his fictional gods, it reveals the sovereignty of God over all facets of life, including life, nature, and the Universe. As God reveals His first sign by turning all the water of Egypt into blood, He shows Himself to be the God of life who both gives and takes away.

God begins to reveal His Power in visible ways in Egypt. As Pharaoh continued to harden his heart against God’s command to let His people go, God began to prove His authority and the power of His words by powerfully performing a miracle through Aaron’s staff. Join us and find out why God’s power is meant to show the reliability of His promises, and why Christians should avoid pursuing false displays of power like Pharaoh’s magicians did.

At a low point in the Exodus story, all that Moses does in obedience to God seems to result in favor, yet as much as Moses pleads, God continues to demand further obedience. This low point is broken up with a pause to tell the family history of Moses and Aaron. This genealogy, which is one of many genealogies used to tell God’s story of redemption in Scripture, shows how the evidence of God’s faithfulness is revealed through the preservation of families.

In a moment of uncertainty, God gives Moses certainty about the kind of God Israel has as their Lord. After telling Moses that Pharaoh’s hard heart is for God’s greater purpose in revealing His might, God reaffirms to Moses who He is, and what He has promised to do for Israel even before they came to Egypt. Join as we reflect on these reminders of God’s attributes that were given for believers today just as much as it was given to Israel when it was originally written.   

After hearing God’s command to let His people go, Pharaoh cruelly increases Israel’s workload, leaving Moses to wonder why God would have him deliver a message that would not be accepted. Find out God’s response and what it says about what God expects of His people even amidst bad circumstances.  

Once Moses returns to Egypt, he has three interactions with people who all hear the commands of God. Some choose to obey, some choose not to obey. The way each person responds to God’s Word reveals how they feel about God. Join us as we study three examples of faith—both good and bad, and see how faith is connected to action.   

As Moses prepares to return to Egypt, God reiterates His message to Pharaoh, this time with the promise that if Pharaoh disobeys, that God will punish him by taking his firstborn son. Later God approaches to execute Moses for his sin but is appeased when Moses’ firstborn son is circumcised. Both situations illustrate God’s wrath towards sin and foreshadow His provision of a substitute through the “Firstborn.”  

This week, we see that God’s sufficiency, not only answers all of Moses’ objections to his call, but also demands our response.