“God is God, and We are Not” — Bruce Power, Elder
Sermon Outline
Kernel: News of God’s mighty acts in Egypt have spread as far as Canaan and Midian. Moses’ father-in-law hears of it and comes to visit Moses and the Israelites. God’s mighty deeds are recounted and God is worshiped. Jethro’s faith is strengthened. Israel has learned that God is their all-sufficient help. But Moses is then taught a lesson by Jethro that human limitations are good and that our dependence on God and others is part of God’s plan. This has application in all our lives, as well as in the concept of plurality of leadership in the local church.
Exodus 18: God is God, and We are Not
Introduction: Does our productivity-oriented culture tempt us to think we’re God; that there’s no limitation we can’t overcome?
1) God is God (vv.1-12)
a) Application: That God is God should draw us to worship him as our all-sufficient helper.
2) We are Not (vv.13-27)
a) Application: To see our limitations as designed by God for us to grow in humility and dependence.
