Four Oaks East Podcast

Speaker; Rob Hodges
Scripture: Exodus 19
Big idea: Because God preserves a questioning people and protects a questionable people, we can meet him at the place of grace.
 1. God preserves a questioning people 2. God protects a questionable people 3. God meets us at the place of grace

Speaker: Pastor Kyle Kraeft
 
Scripture: Exodus 18
 
Big Idea: The wonder of God’s redemptive rule is seen in unexpected windows of ordinary welcome.
I. A Welcomed Witness (vv. 1–12)- The posture of our witness: Humble hospitality is the soil of open ears and hearts- The proclamation of our witness: The gospel is the good news of God’s sovereign mercy and deliverance.- The power of our witness: If God can defeat nations, part seas, and rain manna, he can change hearts. 
II. A Welcomed Wisdom (vv. 13–27)
1. Welcome the Wisdom of Humility- Humility is both the approach and the approachability of wisdom.
2. Welcome the Wisdom of (your) Humanity
“You and I were never meant to repent for not being everywhere for everybody and all at once. You and I are meant to repent because we’ve tried to be.”  Zack Eswine
"God delights in our finitude: he is not embarrassed or shocked by our creatureliness. Since he is not apologetic about it, we should stop apologizing for it ourselves." - Kelly Kapic
3. Welcome the Wisdom of HelpEph. 4:11-16 And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ… when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love.
Deut. 4:5-7, “See, I have taught you statutes and rules, as the LORD my God commanded me, that you should do them in the land that you are entering to take possession of it. Keep them and do them, for that will be your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples, who, when they hear all these statutes, will say, ‘Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.’ For what great nation is there that has a god so near to it as the LORD our God is to us, whenever we call upon him?”
4. Welcome the Wisdom of Holiness
5 Welcome Wisdom Himself

Speaker: Jason Hollister
Scripture: Exodus 17  Big Idea: Though God's people grumble and doubt, the Lord graciously demonstrates His covenant faithfulness through His provision, His protection, and His abiding presence. 
1. His provision 2. His protection 3. His presence  

Speaker: Garrett Bone 
Scripture: Exodus 16 
 
Big Idea: God can meet proud grumblers with provisioned gifts because of His perfect grace, so feed on the Bread of Heaven who welcomes you into His eternal rest.
 
How It Started
How God Responded
Why It Matters
How It Ends

Speaker: Pastor Joshua Hughes 
Scripture: Exodus 15
(these two will come in rapid succession, adding the parenthetical):
Big Idea: The God who rescues his people gives them a song to sing as they journey home to him, so let’s sing until we get there 
Big Idea: The God who rescues his people gives them a song to sing as they journey home to him, so let’s sing until we get there (then we’ll sing some more).
1. We sing because we’ve seen
Psalm 106:7-12
Psalm 119:68
2. We sing because we’re saved
3. We sing because we’re needy
Psalm 107:12-14
Psalm 81:10
4. We sing because we’re loved
 

Speaker: Pastor Funmi Ojetayo Text: Exodus 14Big Idea: When there is no way out, God makes a way through, winning a victory no one else can claim, and getting glory no one else deserves.
1. Sovereign Setup (vv. 1–9)+ God led them to the dead end on purpose.+ One purpose: the fame of His name (v. 4).
2. Slavery's Shadow (vv. 10–12)+ They saw Pharaoh without seeing God.+ Israel was out of Egypt, but Egypt not yet out of them.
3. Saving Stand (vv. 13–15)Four commands, then a fifth:+ Fear not+ Stand firm+ See+ Be silent+ Go forward (v. 15)
4. Sea-Splitting Salvation (vv. 16–31)+ The Lord shields His people (vv. 19–20)+ The Lord splits the sea (vv. 21–22)+ The Lord swallows the enemy (vv. 23–28)+ The Lord saves Israel (vv. 29–31)+ Saved first. Then they believed (v. 31).

Speaker: Pastor Kyle Kraeft 
Big Idea: We remember and rehearse our redemption so we can live and give in the fullness of freedom.
1. Remember the Purpose of Redemption: You are Not Your Own.
2. Remember the Privilege of Redemption: You are a Treasured Possession
Exodus 19:5-6 Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be my treasured possession among all peoples, for all the earth is mine; and you shall be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ 
1 Peter 2:9-12 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. 
Exodus 4:22 "Israel is my firstborn son, Let my son go that he may serve me in the wilderness.” 
3. Remember the Price of Redemption: You were bought by precious blood.
The truth of the gospel, reflected in the passover, is that God gave his very best while we were at our very worst. "God shows his love for us in this, that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us." Rom 5:7"Whoever lacks these qualities is so nearsighted that he is blind, having forgotten that he was cleansed from his former sins." 2 Pet. 1:9 
Our fathers, when they were in Egypt, did not consider your wondrous works; they did not remember the abundance of your steadfast love, but rebelled by the sea, at the Red Sea. Yet he saved them for his name’s sake, that he might make known his mighty power. Ps. 106:7-8
4. Remember Your Ever-Present Redeemer: You are Not Alone

Speaker: Pastor Greg Hutchins
Passage: Exodus 12:42-50
Big Idea:  God commanded a covenant meal as a rhythmic reminder of redemptive reality
1) A New People is Formed
2) A New Age has Dawned
3) A New Freedom is Won

Text: Exodus 11:1-12:42Speaker: Pastor Joshua Hughes
Big idea: Since the blood of the Lamb is the only refuge for sinners, the question that matters most is, have you taken shelter under it?
1. A Sacrifice That Rescues Them (12:3-13, 21-23)
Hebrews 10:11-14
2. A Supper That Reminds Them (14-20)
3. A Story That Remakes Them (12:1-2, 24-42)
Within that remaking story, they take with them:- Gifts- Goyim- God himself

Speaker: Pastor Funmi OjetayoText: Exodus 6Big Idea: The I AM speaks "I will" over our "I can't," and in Christ, every "I will" becomes "I have done it."
I. The "I AM" of God's Identity (vv. 1–5) + Before God says what He will do, He tells us who He is. + The ground of hope is the person and character of God.
II. The "I Will" of God's Promise (vv. 6–8) + Seven promises. Four covenant gifts:+ Liberation · Redemption · Communion · Inheritance
III. The "I Can't" of a Broken People (vv. 9–13) + They could not hear. Moses could not speak. + God's "I will" is not canceled by our "I can't."
IV. The "I Have Done It" of Jesus Christ (vv. 14–27)+ The genealogy is the seam, and through it, we see Jesus. + Every "I will" of Exodus finds its receipt at Calvary.