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Was too busy to blog last week, so back on track with Murray M’Cheyne’s Bible reading plan… Exodus 22 Grace goes beyond the law – the law points us to Christ. Being in Christ, full of the Spirit, means that we fulfil the law and are often empowered to go beyond! So when I read […]
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Exodus 21 Ch 20 had the ten commandments v1-17, which introduced fear v18-21. Then further legislation from v21. Chapter 21 is case law v2-11 are “when..then..”, v12-17 are someone doing something and from v18 when..then.. scenarios. Galatians teaches us the law drives us to Christ. The gospels show that Jesus fulfilled the law perfectly, the […]
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Exodus 11-12 The Passover Lamb points to Jesus Passover Lamb Jesus Without defect Sinless Blood Shed Blood Shed on the cross Saved by blood applied to the doorway Saved by believing in Jesus’ death and resurrection (blood shed for us) Luke 14-16 Humble people get exalted People make excuses not to respond, so go and […]
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Day 58 of blogging through Murray Mc’Cheyne’s Bible Reading Plan Exodus 10 At different points in he narrative we are told “Pharaoh hardened his heart” or “God hardened Pharaoh’s heart”. Both are true and not mutually exclusive. In hardening Pharaoh’s heart, God allowed him to have what he sinfully desired – a hard heart against […]
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Day 57 of blogging through the Murray M’Cheyne Bible Reading Plan Exodus 9 The plagues continue, with Israel saved and Egypt suffering due to the hardness of Pharaoh’s heart. v1-2 He is given an opportunity to repent again, but his heart is hard. Verse 20 – we can see some of Pharoah’s staff fear God, […]
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Exodus 8 The plague of frogs was against another Egyptian god called Heqet. Egyptians considered frogs sacred and wouldn’t kill them. God’s sense of humour at work – the Egyptians worship frogs, so God gives them over to what they desire – see Romans 1 for how God gives unbelievers over to what they desire. […]
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Exodus 7 Pharoah had rejected God, so Moses will stand in God’s place “He should stand before Pharaoh in the place of God, not only delivering His messages, but accompanying them with such actions of power as should demonstrate the authority of those messages.” (Morgan) In the New testament, Paul writes that believers are like […]
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Exodus 6 The Lord speaks to Moses – Israel are going to see God’s mighty hand in delivering them, so they will know it is the Lord God Almighty who has saved them. God hears our groaning v5 – those times when words can’t express what we want to say in prayer. Sometimes we can’t […]
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Day 49 of blogging through Murray M’Cheyne’s Bible Reading plan 1 Cor 5 The Corinthians were pretty wild – lots of sexual immorality and even boasting of it. Paul says STOP! Don’t associate with immoral Christians. Don’t disassociate from immoral unbelievers, we are trying to reach them – v10, but do expel hypocritical immoral believers […]