EXodus

The life we live in Jesus Christ is filled with much joy and much pain. Times when things go as we planned and many times when they do not. One this is for sure God’s people can confidently say they are exactly where God wants them to be. He is working in it all.

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Sermon Preview for Sunday, August 30, 2026

God has blessed us with the privilege of observing the Lord’s Supper and baptism on the same Sunday. The Lord’s Supper as a part of our 5th Sunday schedule, and Baptism as a result of the Holy Spirit’s work unto salvation in the lives of the lost. Both of these sacraments belong to our Lord and they are for His purposes alone. Through them, we proclaim the realities of our salvation, purchased and provided for us through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ our Lord. The sacraments have not been given to one individual alone, but to the church, which is the gathering of those who have put their faith in Christ and are made his disciple. We do them together as a church because of the design of God. We spend this morning in a deep and thorough investigation into both Baptism and Communion, where they come from, what they are, what we believe about them. As we do, my prayer for you is that the Holy Spirit would move and guide you to the cross of Jesus Christ. He is the door, the only way unto salvation. He is the Good Shepherd who is willing to lay his life down for the sheep. When trouble came and threatened our lives, indeed when we were all dead in our trespasses, the Good Shepherd did not run and flee like the false, hired hands, He came down from His eternal glory and took on the death you and I deserved, only to rise again on the third day securing for those who believe in Him by faith an eternal salvation. Praise His glorious name!

Sermon Preview for Sunday, August 23, 2026

The seventh plague brings with it perhaps the most important question and discussion in the entire Scriptures. So important is this discussion in fact that Paul quotes this text when, while being carried along by the Holy Spirit, he lays out the details of God’s sovereign work in the salvation of sinful men and women. Pharaoh’s heart was hardened; this is clear and obvious. A hard heart for Pharaoh was exactly what Pharaoh wanted and it was exactly what God wanted. God’s plan was using Pharaoh’s hard heart to accomplish the task of having “His name be proclaimed in all the earth.” Here is the valuable question and discussion. Even with a hard heart and unsaved heart, Pharaoh at one point in time was able to utter these words, “I have sinned, the Lord is in the right, and I and my people are in the wrong.” How can this be? What did these words mean in the grand scheme of things? Paul says only God can pierce through the stubborn, hard, dead heart of man and only when God has truly pierced through this heart is someone made a child of God. The words that come out of our mouth must match the reality in our heart for it to be true salvation. Brothers and Sisters in Christ, this is not meant to be frightening or threatening because today is the day of salvation. It is such a blessing that our salvation is in the hands of God alone because it means it is real, secure, and everlasting. Stop battling God and pray that He will pierce your heart right now. Come let us all bow down before our God and plead with him this morning. Let us beg for Him to do in our hearts what only He can do.