Lectio Continua: Exodus 3 - Moses

In this sermon from Exodus 3 (with readings from 4:1–13), Pastor Chris Gordon examines the calling and sending of Moses as part of an ongoing "Essential Bible Text" series on the prophets. Moses, now near eighty years old, encounters the angel of the Lord in a burning bush at Horeb — the mountain of God — and receives a divine commissioning unlike any he expected.

The sermon traces Moses through a series of objections to God's call — "Who am I?", "They won't believe me," "I can't speak," and finally, "Please send someone else" — and God's patient, authoritative answers to each. The pivotal moment comes when Moses asks the name of the One sending him, and God answers: "I am who I am." Pastor Gordon unpacks this self-disclosure as a declaration of God's self-existence and sovereign constancy, and draws the line forward to Jesus' own "I am" declarations in the Gospels. The entire Exodus narrative, he argues, is a prefiguring of Christ's redemptive mission — God coming down to deliver his enslaved people, not because they deserve it, but because he loves them and will not be stopped. The sermon closes with a call to confidence in the power of that same word today.

Chapters:

0:00 - Introduction
5:19 - Moses Among the Prophets
8:07 - The Calling and Sending
9:30 - Moses at Horeb
11:18 - The Prophet Must Know God
13:37 - God's Holiness Humbles
15:44 - The Question of Exodus
19:53 - God's Motivation: Love for His People
22:14 - God Sends Moses
27:14 - The Impossible Task
31:03 - Moses Asks God's Name
35:00 - "I Am Who I Am"
37:51 - God's Confident Promise
38:27 - The Greater Prophet
40:14 - Closing and Prayer

Mentions:

- Moses
- Elijah
- Isaiah (Isaiah 6)
- Jeremiah
- Amos
- Jonah
- Jethro (priest of Midian)
- Pharaoh
- Herman Bavinck
- Jesus Christ (I Am sayings; John 14:6; Matthew 28:20; Philippians 2:9–11)
- Paul (2 Corinthians 5 — ministry of reconciliation)