The Wilderness

Obedience in the Wilderness

January 28, 2024

Main Scripture: Exodus 5-10

Additional Scriptures: Hebrews 12:15, 13:8, 1 John 4:18, John 3:16-17, 2 Peter 3:9, Genesis 1:1-2, Exodus 12:13, Matthew 27:45-46

POINTS:

• The plagues answer Pharoah’s question about who God is and why we should obey Him.

• We live in a pluralist society, where God stands apart as unique.

• We should obey God because there is no one like Him.

• Knowing that no one is like our God, is not enough cause for us to obey Him.

• God performed the plagues naturally instead of supernaturally because the plagues are an “Undoing” of Genesis 1-2.

• We should obey God because to break His law is to break ourselves. When we disobey God we unleash chaos and disorder in our lives.

• God gives us physical, emotional, relational, and societal laws that point us to abundant life.

• The fear of punishment is not enough cause for us to obey God.

• We should obey God because He loves us. It is His perfect love that drives out fear.

• On the Cross all of God’s judgment fell on Jesus - and He began to disintegrate. This is the ultimate Exodus.