Tag: Jesus in the Book of Exodus

Reading The Bible Through The Jesus Lens in Exodus

“From Biblical Book to Biblical Hook”

Charts adapted from Dr. Michael Williams Book

Exodus Title

Exodus: Theme

Exodus 29:46

 “Deliverance into Presence”

 God delivers His people from slavery into His presence.

 “And they shall know that I am the LORD their God, who brought them out of the land of Egypt that I might dwell among them. I am the LORD their God.” 

Christ-Focus in Exodus

Implications from Exodus

Hooks from Exodus

In Christ, God delivers His people from slavery to sin into fellowship with Him.

“So I find it to be a law that when I want to do right, evil lies close at hand. For I delight in the law of God, in my inner being, but I see in my members another law waging war against the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin that dwells in my members. Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself serve the law of God with my mind, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.” – Romans 7:21-25

We can trust in God’s saving power to deliver us from sin’s grip and into His saving presence.

“Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God. For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life.” – Romans 5:9-10

Does the fact that you are a Christian feel like a burden (something to be delivered from) or deliverance?

 Are your eyes open to the wonders of the presence of God into which you have been brought, or are you still focused on the features of your life in captivity?

 What could you do to change your perspective? What could you do to help others to change their perspective?

 Do you feel like you’re in the grip of God, or of sin?

 On whose strength are you relying to free yourself from sin’s power?

 What can you do to make others aware of the freedom from their captivity to sin and its horrible effects that is available to them in Christ? Can they see evidence of that freedom in you?

 What can you do to make others aware of the rich life of fellowship with God himself that is available to them in Christ?

 Can they see evidence of that rich life of fellowship with God in you?