Second Presbyterian Church Sermons

Jesus' Solidarity with Us Exodus 4:21-26 | Sermon Recap & Discussion Questions Notice the parallel between Joseph taking his family to Egypt and Moses taking his to the same destination. Matthew 2:13-15 informs us that Joseph’s trek to Egypt and back with baby Jesus “fulfilled what the Lord had said through the prophet, ‘Out of Egypt I called my son.’” Through thi...

A Debtor to Grace Exodus 4:18-28 | Sermon Recap & Discussion Questions In view of God’s gift of Jesus Christ, we must turn from our presumption on his grace and give thanks to him for his perseverance to preserve us. I. Presumption Moses seems all too eager to witness God kill Pharaoh’s firstborn son if Pharaoh will not let the people go (23). However, he is so focused on the judgm...

The Quitters' Club Exodus 4:10-17 | Sermon Recap & Discussion Questions   In this passage, Moses doesn’t teach us to obey; God commands us to bring our disobedience to him so he can cure it!  We must take our disobedient hearts to God because ...   I. He Answers Ingratitude with Sovereignty (10-12) Moses’ protest begins respectfully enough, “Pardon your servant...

Signed, Sealed, Delivered Exodus 3:16-4:9 | Sermon Recap & Discussion Questions   Because God, in his infinite humility, assures us of his promises through the means of grace, we must commit ourselves to experiencing those means of grace, primarily in corporate worship.   I. Promise (15-20) God has made the same promises to us that he made to Moses. A. Repetition Proves Faithfulness...

The Mustard Seed's Faith Exodus 3:10-15 | Sermon Recap & Discussion Questions   God equips us for what he calls us to do.   I. Strength for Weakness (10-12) When God called Moses, Moses responded with three reasons why he could not do what God called him to do. Moses’ protest is answered with seven attributes of God.  A. Self-sufficient (2): The fact that the bush was burn...

The Call | Exodus 3:1-9 Sermon Recap & Discussion Questions   Because God is merciful, he redeems weak, sinful people to play a part in his cosmic plan of redemption.   I. Preparation God prepared Moses his entire life to accomplish his most important task: to die pointing the people forward to the Promised Land (Cf. Deuteronomy 34:1-12).   II. Promise God calls Moses into his s...

His Story of Redemption | Exodus 2:11-22 Sermon Recap & Discussion Questions   In the last study, through Moses we were introduced to the concept of a personal redeemer. In this passage we encounter the crafting of a personal redeemer and our personal redemption.     I. Acknowledge Need (11-14) In Luke 5, Jesus said, “I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to re...

A Savior and Defender | Exodus 2:1-10 Sermon Recap & Discussion Questions   I. Person God developed Moses as a person to teach his people who Jesus Christ would be. A. Fully Human:  As a real person like the people he was sent to rescue, Moses could feel their pain and identify with their needs, just as Jesus can empathize with us (Cf. Heb. 4:15) B. Miraculously Preserved:  Desp...

Liberty to the Captives, Part 2 Exodus 1 Sermon Recap   I. Social Two childless slave women were more powerful than the richest, most politically powerful man in the world. It seems that Moses intentionally does not give us Pharaoh’s name, but he does give us the names of the midwives, Shiphrah and Puah. They disobeyed Pharaoh’s order because they “feared God.” These t...

Liberty to the Captives, Part 1 Exodus 1:1-17 Sermon Recap Exodus shows us, in part, that the gospel is not only good news for our sin but for every part of our lives. Not only that, this good news turns us into liberators with God. I. Political The people of Israel were oppressed by Pharaoh and forced into harsh labor because he feared they would grow too strong as a nation and overthrow his rule...

Sermon Recap & Discussion Questions I. Servitude to Sin (6) God offers us rescue from servitude to sin. A. Liberation:  God has mercy for his image-bearers and will always move against oppressive powers that dehumanize those who bear his image. B. Redemption:  Jesus came to earth to become our kinsman-redeemer. II. Freedom through Service (7-8) Your past bondage to sin does not disqu...

This very long text describes the beginning of Paul’s first missionary journey and the official offer of the Gospel to the Gentiles. Specifically, the focus is once again on the power of the Word of God to transform lives by its presentation of Christ (vv. 5,7,12,46,48,49). Such power moved Katherine Hankey to exclaim, “I love to tell the story . . . the message of salvation...