EXODUS

WHY EXODUS?

The heart behind this is simple; we want to let Exodus demonstrate how God saves and forms His people to becomes a witness.

From Exodus 12 to Exodus 40, we watch God do far more than bring Israel out of Egypt. He redeems a people by blood, leads them by His presence, forms them into a holy people, calls them into visible obedience, and comes to dwell among them in glory. This is a story of ordinary people being saved by God’s grace, shaped by his voice, sustained by his presence, and set apart and sent as living witnesses.

As a result, this fits so naturally with Empowered Witnesses. In Exodus, witness is more than verbal. It is covenantal, communal, visible, and Spirit shaped. Israel is rescued, remembered, formed, tested, consecrated, corrected, and filled so that the reality of God may be seen in and among them. By the time we reach the New Testament, that same pattern becomes explicit in the life of the church. God’s people are still redeemed by the Lamb, still called to holiness, still marked by His presence, and now sent into the world as empowered witnesses through the Holy Spirit.

Witness is not simply about saying more. It is about becoming a people whose story, worship, obedience, dependence, repentance, generosity, and shared life all point to the living God. Exodus gives us a redemptive picture of a people brought out of darkness and drawn near to God rescued, reshaped, and invited to live as His own, carrying His presence and reflecting His glory. To capture the idea of visible witness we will let these themes rise naturally from the text and show how each one contributes to the shaping of God’s people for His mission – the people are uprooted, to be re-rooted in Him.