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Exodus Number 11 "A People of God's Purposes - Survey Exodus 23-28

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May 22, 2009 08:05 AM PDT

This lesson is a broad encompassing view of Exodus 23:13-28:43. God's call to his people is one of compassion and mercy to others. This must begin with a call to holiness. Through the commandments of the Sinai covenant, God calls for a people who will be attentive to the will of God and responsive to His purposes. Commandments are centered on being socially responsible, upright and resistant to evil and self-serving ways. Put simply, God desires a people who will be reflection of His nature. Our call today is to realize the continuity of this covenant with that of our Christ-centered new covenant. God's desire has been congruent from Sinai to Golgotha. We are called to love, serve and shine as lights.

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The podcasts you will find here are mostly sermons I have preached at Oakhaven Church in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. These are posted for the benefit of exploring the wonder of God’s word in scripture. No claims are made as to my own expertise as a scholar or authority. These audio presentations are not edited. They will often include a side comment or reference to a Powerpoint slide or handout. They will occasionally include a statement or an aside comment which might need clarification or even correction. I frequently find that if I listen to my own sermons I wince at the choice of words or wish I had elaborated on something so as not to be misleading or inaccurate. Bottom line: “it is what it is”. These are sermons to encourage one to study on their own, draw ones' own conclusions. Finally my own efforts serve well to point out the frail human condition of any of those of us who call ourselves, “preachers”. We paint a target on our chests every time we publicly proclaim God’s word. We are usually our own fiercest critics. Like Paul, we embrace the fact that “we know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified….and we stand before you in weakness and in fear and much trembling….my speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit of power that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men but in the power of God” 1 Cor. 2:2-5 ESV and a little paraphrasing of my own. — Gary Cleveland

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