Crossing out of Egypt, God sent his people back. This small detail is often missed, but what an incredibly difficult moment. Free from Pharaoh, God led his people back into the land of their oppressors. But to what end and what can we learn from this overlooked idea?

God brought his people out of Egypt, showing his power over the gods of Egypt, his sovereignty, and His goodness. God didn’t just hear his people, He moved to see them delivered. And the same God who delivered his people out of Egypt is the same God we worship today.

Pharaoh’s heart is a central theme to the biblical narrative of Exodus. But what does it mean that his heart was hardened? And what can we learn about God, ourselves, and sin in Pharaoh’s downfall.

The first two names we get in Exodus aren’t that of the Pharaoh, or some great leader, but rather it is the midwives; the slave women tasked with aiding in the brith of Hebrew children. But, even more amazing is how the bible lifts these up for embodying the very nature of a woman as they serve God in a no hope situation.

In the opening sermon of our Exodus series we examine the fact that while Pharaoh may have forgotten who Joseph was, God did not. Rather what we see from the God of the Bible is that he sees us in our plight, hears us in our despair, and meets us in our troubles.