Author: nickjones2011
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I’d believe if I saw…(Exodus 32-34, Philippians 3)
“I’d believe if I saw a sign” Well the people had seen 10 signs, and then the parting of the Red Sea! Bread from heaven, water from the rock, and yet when Moses is meeting with the very God who rescued them and did all these signs, they struggle to believe by faith. They need…
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Our great High Priest (Exodus 28-31, Philippians 2)
In Exodus 28 we see one of the privileges of the High Priest was to carry the names of the tribes of Israel before the LORD. The priests were a shadow of our great High Priest who we read about in our reading from Philippians 2. Our great High Priest left the riches of heaven…
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Bananas for Valentines! (Exodus 25-27, Psalm 90, Philippians 1)
It’s Valentine’s Day coming up, how do you think my wife would feel if I gave her a bunch of bananas instead of a bunch of flowers?! Would she congratulate me for being thrifty?! How about if I told you that Dorothy really dislikes bananas?! It doesn’t matter that I love them and think they…
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The heart of Jesus (Exodus 22-24, Psalm 109, Ephesians 6)
One of the things I love about the Psalms is that they show us the heart of Jesus. The writer of the book of Hebrews tells us that “in the days of his flesh, Jesus offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears.” (Hebrews 5:7) Some of those prayers were undoubtedly the Psalms.…
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Rescue and relationship before rules (Exodus 19-21, Psalm 33, Ephesians 5)
I had my first driving experience when I was about 4 – my mum had let me play in her Renault 4! She was in the house washing her hair over the bath. I was being Nigel Mansell, but then the car actually starting moving! I had let the handbrake off in my excitement. The…
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Grumbling…again! (Exodus 16-18, Ephesians 4)
“The heart of the problem is the human heart.” That’s a line in the really helpful Christianity Explored course, but it’s a great description of God’s people in Exodus. God has rescued them out of Egypt through 10 plagues, then they panicked when Pharaoh chased after them, but God rescued them through the Red Sea,…
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Hemmed in (Exodus 13-15, Psalm 114, Ephesians 3)
Why doesn’t he just give up?! Surely by now he knows who the LORD is and that he can’t beat him. Surely after 10 times of showing His power, Pharaoh should come and say with the Philippian jailer “what must I do to be saved?” And yet, Pharaoh is still trying to resist the sovereign…
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The severity of God’s judgment (Exodus 10-12, Ephesians 2)
Is God’s judgment too severe? It is fairly shocking. There is a death in every house. And yet, God had given 9 warnings with the previous plagues and now he warns that every firstborn will die. Is this fair? Well, remember what Pharaoh had done to the Israelite baby boys. And when you consider that…
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Who is the real God? (Exodus 7-9, Psalm 105, Ephesians 1)
Why doesn’t God make himself clearer? Sometimes people ask that sort of question. I’d believe if God showed me some sign… Well Pharaoh has a fair few signs and yet still refuses to acknowledge that the LORD is God! The problem isn’t so much a lack of evidence as it is a lack of desire…
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When things get worse instead of better. (Exodus 4-6, Galatians 6)
What happens when you pray and things seem to get worse instead of better. That’s what happens to God’s people in Exodus. God has heard his people’s groans and sends Moses to tell Pharaoh to let the people go and Pharaoh says ‘No!’ And then makes life harder for them. They now have to collect…
Light and Momentary Troubles 