Exodus Studies
Sermons and studies from the book of Exodus, as preached from the pulpit of Brackenhurst Baptist Church.
God’s Pinned Post (Exodus 34:1–9)
The world of news media has a long-standing practice of highlighting its most important content by placing it front and centre. Even though newspapers are somewhat outmoded...
Backstage Midwives on the Frontline (Exodus 1:8–22)
As we continue to examine how God uses ordinary “hidden figures” to accomplish great things for his kingdom, we turn to consider Shiphrah and Puah, the Hebrew midwives who...
There is Strength in Community (Exodus 17:8–13)
The ancient African proverb says that it takes a village to raise a child. If that is true, then it is equally true that it takes a church to raise a believer. There is...
A Life of Remembrance (Exodus 11:1–13:16)
God’s people have experienced a mighty salvation. A crucial piece of living out that salvation is to lead a life of remembering that salvation.
When Heaven Came Down (Exodus 40:1-38)
I would concur with many who identify the kingdom of God as the theme of Scripture. From Genesis to Revelation the plotline is, as Goldsworthy once said, “God’s people, in God’s place, under God’s rule.” Another way of saying that is that the Bible is the revelation...
It is Finished (Exodus 39:32-43)
Finally, it is finished! The long journey to the making of the tabernacle had finally come to an end. All that was left was the presentation of the items to Moses, the project manager, for his inspection. Once this was done then the erection of the tabernacle could...
A Dress Rehearsal (Exodus 39:1-31)
As we have come to see in our studies in Exodus, and particularly with reference to the tabernacle, the older covenant shadows pointed to the substantive fulfilment in the person and work of the Lord Jesus Christ. They were pointers to the new covenant. They prepared...
God’s Gated Community (Exodus 38:1-38)
Many years ago a business was started for the purpose of supplying office supplies. It was called Office Administration. This business supplied quality stationary, envelopes and pens. Business began to boom. It was a success. But with the advent of technological...
Life in God’s House (Exodus 37:1-29)
You can learn a lot about someone by a visit to their home; especially when you spend some time there. Years ago our family was going on holiday, and some people we knew who stayed in the area were out of town and so offered to let us use their house for the duration...
What Are You Doing? (Exodus 36:8-38)
The story is told of a group of quarry workers who were once asked by a passer-by what they were doing. One labourer replied that he was working himself to the bone. A second responded that he was wearily chopping away at a large piece of granite. But a third man,...
Grace Giving (Exodus 35:30—36:7)
As we have journeyed through the book of Exodus, we have seen that the children of Israel experienced the grace of God in many ways. They were visited by a compassionate God. He delivered them through a series of plagues. He graciously spared their firstborn sons. He...
Trusting God (Exodus 35:1-29)
As we come to this 35th chapter of Exodus we come to the last major section of the book. Pretty much everything recorded in these chapters has already been mentioned in chapters 25-31. For example, at the end of chapter 31 God restated the Sabbath law and with the...
The Glorious Gospel (Exodus 34:29-35)
The story of the book of Exodus is the story of the progressive revelation of the glory of God in the gospel of God. As we saw previously, it is vital that we not lose this plotline. God began to reveal this glory at the burning bush (chapter 3) and then through the...
God’s Purpose-Driven Life (Exodus 34:8-28)
No doubt the most important existential question with which each of us grapples is, why am I here? In other words, what is my purpose? And related to this is the question, am I achieving it? It is for this reason that one of the most popular books published in recent...
The Hope of Glory (Exodus 34:1-9)
We have spent several studies in Exodus 33 with a view to knowing God. This was Moses’ passionate pursuit, not because he was merely curious but rather because he was desirous for the glory of God. Moses was concerned for the fame of God’s name of God and so he...
A Weighty Knowledge (Exodus 33:18-23)
Exodus 33 is a wonderful portion of Scripture which, points us to the gracious and glorious gospel of God. We have seen this in many ways, especially in the typological picture of Moses as the mediator of the people. This, of course, points us to the greater Moses,...
Gospel-Driven Knowledge (Exodus 33:12-17)
We have spent a lot time studying the book of Exodus. Some may question the wisdom of spending years exploring an Old Testament book. After all, we live in the new covenant era and so it may seem that to study Exodus is actually counterproductive; it may seem like a...
Knowing God (Exodus 33:1-11)
One idea that is rather popular in the church today is that we are all on a “journey” and that the thrill is in the journey itself. The Bible presents another worldview: The purpose of a journey is to get somewhere. The purpose of a journey is to reach a...
It’s Not About You (Exodus 32:25)
In his insightful little book, On being a Servant of God, Warren Wiersbe relates the following little vignette. John Rutter is one of my favourite musicians. . . . My wife and I attended [one of his concerts] at which the noted composer/conductor did a strange thing....
Be Thou My Vision (Exodus 32:25)
In his excellent book, The Knowledge of the Holy, A. W. Tozer wrote, “A right conception of God is basic not only to systematic theology but to practical Christian living as well. It is to worship what the foundation is to the temple; where it is inadequate or out of...
Is There Any Hope? (Exodus 32:30-35)
By this point in our study of Exodus 32 you may feel battle weary from our intense confrontation with the subject of idolatry. We have been reminded over and over that we daily struggle with the temptation to substitute all kinds of things for God. We feel the...
Responding to Idolatry (Exodus 32:21-29)
As we are increasingly coming to appreciate, idolatry is not limited to the worship of crass images of pagan gods. Instead, we are constantly tempted with idols in our own hearts. Pink gives a good definition of idolatry when he writes, An “idol” is anything which...
Confronting Idolatry (Exodus 32:15-24)
Counsellor and author David Powlinson reckons that “idolatry is by far the most frequently discussed problem in the Scriptures.”[1. David Powlinson, “Idols of the Heart and ‘Vanity Fair’” in The Journal of Biblical Counselling (vol. 13, no. 2, winter 1995), 35.] The...
Perpetual Parentheses (Exodus 32:1-14)
John Calvin famously said that the human heart is a “perpetual forge [factory] of idols.” It is constantly creating gods in opposition to God. Since the fall of man in Eden idolatry has been a perpetual problem. It was idolatry (the entertaining in one’s mind of a...
Rested, Reverent Builders of God’s Glory (Exodus 31:12-18)
Previously, we spent our time looking at the gifted builders who were tasked by God with the privilege of constructing the tabernacle. We saw that these individuals were gifted artisans who were overseen by Bezalel and Aholiab, who were also gifted—by God the Holy...
Gifted Builders of a Glorious Building (Exodus 31:1-11)
Philip Ryken has produced a wonderful little book titled Art for God’s Sake, which is largely an exposition of Exodus 31. (Much of his writing in that book is included in his commentary on Exodus.) I read it some months ago just prior to visiting the Louvre in Paris....
A Graced Group (Exodus 30:22-33)
The children of Israel were a people so blessed by God that one cannot be sure where to begin describing those blessings. Genesis reminds us of God’s grace in choosing Abraham to become the father of nations, not so much physically but rather spiritually (Galatians...
A Prayer Sandwich (Exodus 30:11-21)
The reason that we like order is because we are made in the image of God. God, as we often say, is a God of order. When He created the world, He made cosmos out of chaos. And He has been doing so ever since. This characteristic of God is important to keep in mind as...
The Place of Prayer (Exodus 30:1-10, 34-38)
I recently found myself wondering, if I was stranded on a desert island or incarcerated in a prisoner of war camp, and I needed to daily occupy my mind, how would I do so? I trust that I would bring to mind many Bible verses and passages, and try to remember the...
The Priesthood of All Believers III (Exodus 29:38-46)
Having spent considerable time in this chapter we now come to our concluding study. This has not been an exhaustive study but I dare say that for some perhaps it has been exhausting! It is a bit surprising that so little has been written regarding this passage. From...